Board Thread:Season 8 - Korea/@comment-4062486-20131031070805/@comment-2002887-20131105051829

Ivan, it seems that you were close to being eliminated at Final 11, but playing the Rings saved you. What was your reaction knowing that without Matt's vote, you wouldn't have gotten the Ring and probably would have you be voted out/Hunter?

I was just glad that when I chose to play my artifact, it wasn't wasted. However I never really felt too worried. I had faith in the people I put trust in and at least at that point in the game, they ultimately kept their word.

Also, people say that after Jake was eliminated you became the leader of the Super Korea Alliance. Do you feel that you were a leader, or do you feel that the alliance was more equally involved now without a head?

I definitely didn't feel like I was the leader. I felt like I was just throwing my ideas out there to see what people thought. I wasn't sure if anyone was listening, and it seemed like they were until around the final 9. There were a lot of people in my alliance I felt demonstrated leadership qualities, but I definitely wasn't the leader.

Also, how does it feel to be a target of the Mask twice (making you the most Artifact used castaway this season)?

I'm thinking "what are you people doing?". I'm not a threat! The people that ended up going to the final 5, at least 4 of them were threats, maybe all of them. I mean I didn't have any idols, I was never on top of the food chain, and I didn't appear like a jury threat because I wasn't doing as much strategy or deal making as Alejandro or Aaron or Miggy. So I felt a lot of energy was wasted on me that could've been used against other players that would've benefited certain people more.