Abi Wants Answers

[Abi Maria Gomes]

First of all, I want to congratulate Sierra and BJ for making it this far. You both outplayed, outwitted, and outlasted me so good on you.

Sierra, I saw you do absolutely nothing in the game until we merged at 10, since even at the swap, you made zero effort to connect with me knowing that I could be a possible ally down the road, so please enlighten me and write a paragraph explaining to me why I should vote for someone that wasn't even around for half the game.

BJ, I know some people here are hating on you for making no big moves in the game, but in my opinion, you had great jury management and props to you for playing a social game knowing that the relationships you built with people on the jury were going to be important should you make the final 2. Now convince all the haters that you deserve to win by describing one big move you made and how that got you this far.

To both of you, I want you to compare the final 2 + all the jurors to any Survivor contestant except the one that person is playing, and explain your reasons why you chose that particular player for that person.

[Bobby Jon Drinkard]

Now convince all the haters that you deserve to win by describing one big move you made and how that got you this far.



Let me preface this question by saying one thing (note that this isn't a response to the question yet, just a statement in response to ALL the jurors): there were very few times in this game that I HAD to make, quote unquote, "big moves". And to be quite frank, I don't think there were many people in this game who made these mystical big moves. I guess the closest thing would be Alexis attempting to flip, followed by the Vahines voting her off. I personally only make a move when:

1) I'm in danger of being voted out, or

2) It would be wiser for me to flip to the other side then stay on mine.

And I don't think there was a single time in this game where it would have been smarter for me to flip to the Vahines rather than stay with the Tanes. No one from the Vahines flipped to our side either. I guess the best opportunity I had to flip would have been at 5 to Danielle and Sarah, but that just wouldn't work--Pete and Sierra would hate me, and Danielle and Sarah would have swept me in a jury vote thanks to the Vahine filled jury.

However (now to your question, Abi), I think my 3 most important moves in the game were:

1) playing my idol on Sierra to eliminate Matty

2) putting everything out in the open at Tribal Council to keep Sierra from flipping at the Final 4 (Sierra told me she was considering it, and given that she had a Final 2 deal with Pete, they most likely would have voted for me)

3) convincing Sierra to bring me to the finals over Pete

I think the one that ended up being most important in the long run was the idol play. I could have held on to the idol and saved it for later, as Danielle told me that I was not the target that round (something that she did every round). However, if a Tane went home that night, we would have been picked off one by one, so I think that move was most important in getting me here.

To both of you, I want you to compare the final 2 + all the jurors to any Survivor contestant except the one that person is playing, and explain your reasons why you chose that particular player for that person.

Oh boy, here we go.

Bobby Jon: JT Thomas: was in the minority at some point during the game, stuck with a core 3, used good social game to maneuver his way to the end despite being dangerous in the finals
Sierra: Kim Johnson: said that she was unsure if she could beat either me or Pete in the end, and she ended up taking the person with the better social game (at least according to you guys).
Pete: Cirie Fields: voted out in 3rd place by a conflicted finalist due to being a strategic threat
Sarah: Jenn Lyon: liked by all her fellow castaways, voted out in 4th place after making a final gambit to stay in the game
Danielle: Tasha Fox: challenge beast in the minority who was simply too threatening to be allowed to go any farther
Eddie: Jon Misch: incredibly nice guy who made a pact to not vote for someone (in Jon's case Missy, in Eddie's case Pete)
Matty: Kelly Remington: idoled out by the minority alliance due to being the glue that held the majority alliance together
Alexis: Kelly Goldsmith: intelligent and a little bit snarky, tried to flip, but the opposing alliance voted her out
Abi: Jeff Varner: voted out at the first Tribal Council of a deadlocked merge for being a strategic threat (although in your case it was accidental and due to a crazy twist)

I hate Chelsea for telling y'all to make so many comparison questions LOL. Hopefully my answers were to your satisfaction, Abi!

[sierra]

so please enlighten me and write a paragraph explaining to me why I should vote for someone that wasn't even around for half the game. 

Wasn’t around half the game…hmmm not sure if I take offense to that or not haha. My goal in this game was to fly under the radar until I couldn’t any longer. I wanted the target to always be on someone else’s back over mine. If that was interpreted as me not being here half the game, then so be it, but that was FAR from the case. The only time I ‘wasn’t’ here was when I went to Yellowstone with some family because it was the first time I had seen some of them in a few years, and I didn’t want to pass that up. Other than that, I was always behind the scenes, either trying to throw a challenge, trying to make tight alliances with people who I knew could help me get far in this game, or trying to seem….irrelevant. I think my main part of my strategy definitely worked out. Trust me, if I was MIA for most of the game, I would never have used my power to save misty out of all people, because im not trashy and if I wasn’t playing the game, I wouldn’t have cared enough to take out somebody who was trying over somebody..well who obviously wasn’t (FUCK YOU AGAIN MISTY)

compare the final 2 + all the jurors to any Survivor contestant except the one that person is playing, and explain your reasons why you chose that particular player for that person.

Sierra: Kimmi Kappenberg. Controversial. Caused drama. Was either loved or hated.

BJ: Yau-Man. So loved by so many. A great social competitor, and a great guy overall.

Pete: Sierra Reed. COP OUT I KNOW! But let me explain. I personally loved her to DEATH, even though some people hated her or just didn’t care about her at all. Her time was cut way to short by being dealt a bad hand by those she thought she should have been able to trust.

Sarah: Cirie Fields. A strong competitor who probably would have easily wiped the floor with anyone else in the end of the game, had it gone to a firemaking challenge like it did for her…I doubt your fate would have been the same.

Danielle: Colby Donaldson. A challenge master, who always did well in whatever challenge he did. So well liked he could probably use his smile to convince someone to give him the million.

Eddie: Tyson Apostol. Not really the cockiness of Tyson, but more of the…WTF move of Tyson. When I think of WTF moves I think of Tyson not voting Russell for whatever reason, it was sort of like you not wanting to vote Pete. It bit you in the behind.

Matty: Rob Mariano. A guy who knew what he was doing and had all his chips stacked up. If it wasn’t for an idol play, you could have easily won.

Alexis: John Cochran. Smarter than most of the people around her, flipped?! (at least I think you were going to) and that’s what eventually cost you.

Abi-Maria: Paschal English. In his case it was a stupid rule, in your case it was a stupid power that got you out of the game. Just like how the purple rocks shouldn’t have been used on Paschal, the vote reversal wasn’t a very fair power to be set loose into the game. (Not that im complaining that much, it helped me get this far)

[Abi Maria Gomes]

Thank you both and good luck.