Board Thread:Season 44: Costa Rica/@comment-30692190-20171216023126







Congratulations on all three of you for making F3! It’s an amazing destination to arrive at.  Now, the three of you wrote down my name on the parchment at least once or twice. Not only you three, all the jurors, except CJ, also wrote down my name once in the merge. The point is, your social game with me isn’t going to be a factor into getting my jury vote. I had lovely conversations with all three of you, but ultimately, it all comes down to how your strategic ability was put to the test in this season, in order to get my vote. How your moves helped you further your game, how you manipulated others' perception of you, your ability to adapt, analyzing your environment and the like.

So I will be asking questions about your strategy and game moves. I want 100% honest answers - no sugarcoating, no beating around the bush. I may even consult with the other jurors about your answers. Tee-hee!

Ry:

Your speech didn’t give much for us to read honestly - it left a lot of holes in your game that needed to be answered. I do relate to the feelings of triumph that come with winning immunities. The only problem I had with your game is meta-gaming, like Zakriah stated in his speech.


 * 1) Did you not consider that winning immunities early could peg you as a challenge beast and put a huge target on your back? What is your logic behind winning immunities, other than safety?
 * 2) <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Your meta-gaming mindset was brought up as part of the jury discussion, particularly in regards to Zakriah/Willow. Has my main/703 record (i.e. immunity runs) influenced your decisions to target me later on in the merge? (I’m asking this because while I was still in game, I heard others mention you targeting me for such reasons)
 * 3) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Pick one word to describe your overall strategy - risky or cautious? And why?

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Joanna:

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">I enjoyed talking with you. I didn’t want to vote for you during F7 yet I did in the end, so sorry about that. If you hadn’t gone on a trip, I think we could have discussed the votes better, but I was a tired flop. But I do share your sentiment in meeting new people in orgs, and would definitely love to continue talking with you after the season is over.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The few problems I have with your game is that you had bad timings on certain tribals, revenge votes, and kept in Ry into FTC, who was seen as a threat by other players.


 * 1) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">When did you think I was a threat (if you did), and when did you decide to keep me as a meatshield for yourself?
 * 2) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Since you decided to keep in Ry into FTC, why are you better than Ry in all aspects?
 * 3) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Do you think the outcast twist is a good or bad thing for your jury case?

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Morgan:

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Initially, I wasn’t going to just tell you everything just because we were already friends. (My 703 game explains that) But you started giving me information, like how people didn't want to bring me to the finals, so I gave back info in return, before and after CJ got voted out. Everyone else had established relationships already by then, so you took CJ’s place as my partner after he got out. If not CJ, I wanted to see you or I win this season.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Next, I will explain my anger with you: I almost legitimately vomited after finding out that day that I was voted out. I know you said "you voted out a friend for your game", but you basically turned all the time I stayed up for tribals to dust, and that I gave you so much information that night because I saw you as my partner (after CJ), only to get blindsided while I was asleep and weak. I was really overworked physically as a player and human by then.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">But then, here’s the sad inevitable truth. Even if I lived past F7, people <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:700;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">would still try to get me out, so you were simply the first to do that. I do think your blindside of me did shift the game towards your win condition from F6 and onwards, so you’re going to need that conveyed towards the other jurors better.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Finally, your speech sounds a bit arrogant and questionable at some places, where some events I think you had an inaccurate perception of and is not good at wording in general. You just need to be humble too, and jury wants that kind of thing. I would list the speech errors, but that’s not the point now - we’re going to evaluate your strategic ability when you answer the questions I have laid out for you.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Anyway, here are the questions.


 * 1) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You weren’t specific when you said having me around wasn’t good for your game. Please explain why, and keep it detailed.
 * 2) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">What is your strategic reasoning for keeping Joanna into FTC? Why are you better than her in all aspects?
 * 3) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">At the start of the game, which aspect did you prioritize first - social, strategy or physical and why? (think of the experiment where a toddler picks between 2 items that represents 2 values in life: money or love)
 * 4) <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Did you prepare for a F2 or F3 scenario?

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Good luck!

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">- Nadine <ac_metadata title="Nadine&#039;s Jury Speech!"> </ac_metadata>