Board Thread:Season 11 - Polynesia/@comment-8210816-20140110043100/@comment-24046040-20140110064103

§   '''Is there anything you regret during your gameplay? '''

Not really. I mean, I came in here, sort of looking at it like training for the real show, so people talking about cross-tribe alliances, really ruins the integrity of the game. I think the first time I talked to anyone on a different tribe was to congratulate Adam on his Immunity and getting out Kacey. I played honorably, and I wouldn’t change that.

§   '''If you could change one thing about your strategy/gameplay on Polynesia, what would it be? '''

I just wish I was a little better at challenges. I probably had the best social game out of everybody, because I didn’t always talk strategy. That was my strategy, to lay low, and only worry about voting someone out when I had to. Looking at past seasons, my challenge prowess would probably have me winning a lot of seasons. But with a stacked season of great competitors, it was difficult. I always ended up getting second or third, because Adam was just too good. We couldn’t beat him. But other than that, I think I played probably the most well rounded game out of everybody.

§   '''What was your most fond memory from this season? '''

Probably meeting and getting to talk with everybody. I mean, I still talk with Adam and Trace probably everyday, and I periodically talk with a few other people. The whole thing was fantastic, and I cherish this whole experience.

<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;color:black">§   '''<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black">What was your most reviled memory from the season? '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Sockgate. I tried to keep a level head, but it was so difficult. I mean, how hard was it to just take a visible picture. Honestly. That was probably the only time in this game I lost my cool, but I was also being the voice of reason.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in2.25pt30pt;text-indent:-0.25in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;color:black">§   '''<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black">What do you think you will be remembered for? '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in;text-align:justify;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";color:black">For being a nice guy. Hopefully people see me as a very well-rounded and complete player. But it is difficult for me to know.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in2.25pt30pt;text-indent:-0.25in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;color:black">§   '''<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black">Who did you think was going to win from Day 1? '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Its hard to gauge that sort of thing that early, but my biggest fear was Mitch. He had experience playing, and he had a majority alliance that I wasn’t in.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in2.25pt30pt;text-indent:-0.25in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family:Wingdings;mso-bidi-font-family:Wingdings;color:black">§   '''<span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black">What do you think would have happened if you were placed on the opposite tribe instead of your original? (Pretend that you were the only one switched to the tribe, for example, if you were an original Rapa Nui, you were on Tuamotu instead) '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">I probably would have taken Ted’s place as Adam’s go-to-guy. He and I connected very quickly, and have both agreed that if we were together from the beginning, we would have stuck it out to the end, and it would have made FTC a little more difficult in my opinion. ''' <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">I feel that if numbers were just slightly different, I would have probably ended about the same spot. I feel that people didn’t view me as a threat in this game until close to my boot, and if numbers were different, it probably would have went the same way. Either that, or I would have rode my alliance to the end, and would have won the game…. You never know. ''' <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">I’d like to think so. He knew how much of a threat I was at merge, but he kept me around because I didn’t rock the boat. Plus, it helped having someone who I could talk to about life, not just strategy or Survivor. That’s why I think him and I are still pretty good friends. ''' <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black">I’d like to think so. I played the game with integrity and honor, and I honestly don’t think I lied to anybody once my vote was cast. I stayed true to my alliance, and I never rocked the boat. I played my strategic game behind the radar, and so nobody got angry with me. ''' <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">It all depends on how everything was worded. More than likely I would have voted for Jay, because he was my ally from the beginning, and he never betrayed me. Plus, with him not having numbers, if he made it to the end, it’d be hard not to say he played the better game. But, since that didn’t happen, Adam played the best game. '''
 * '''<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">Do you think that if you had been on the different side of numbers, that you could’ve gone further?
 * '''<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">Do you think that your close relationship with Adam was at all helpful to your game and final placement?
 * '''<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">You were seen by many to be the hero of Polynesia. Do you think you deserve that title?
 * '''<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">Had Jay won the final tiebreaker, and Ted was on the jury as well, who would you have voted for? Adam, Jay or Val?
 * '''<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">From Harry to Kevin: Do you think that had you played a bit more villainously, you would’ve made it that much further?

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:2.25pt0in2.25pt0.25in;line-height:16.5pt;"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black">Thank you for the question Harry, and honestly, I don’t think so. If I played more villainously, or aggressive in my opinion, I would have been viewed as a target earlier on, and probably would have been voted out instead of Mitch before the merge. The fact that I was on nobodies bad side throughout the whole game, really helped keep me in the game. That is how I saw that I needed to play, and probably how I would play the game again. It is easier to make villainous moves to keep yourself in the game longer, but to make heroic moves, stay true to your alliance, and still make it as far as I did, takes more skill in my opinion. So, even if it did take me a bit further, I probably wouldn’t have had as much fun, or made the friends that I did.''' '''