Post by Nate Gonzalez on May 28, 2011 12:40:46 GMT -5
First off I just want to say thanks to Jeff, the PW's and the players for making this a fun and intense game. Can you say DAAAAMMMNN, lol.
Anyways, I'm gonna get right to it.
I came into this game day one looking to make it to the end with no questions asked. I wanted to do whatever I could to make it to the end because those of you who have played with me before know that I stick true to my first alliance and look to carry that all the way through the game, even if it ends up screwing me most of the time. Well I wanted it to be different this time around but after like the first two rounds, it's hard to turn on people because you make connections with people and it's just not in me to be able to lie to a person's face when I've had so much more conversations out of the game, it's not who I am. I'm not saying I did not lie this game, because I did here and there to help myself or my allies, but I don't recall ever lying to my main allies in the game which were Jenny, Sekou (even after he turned on us), Jonathan, Candice and Cecelia before the swap.
Those were the people I was going to stick true to no matter what because I had gotten to know them well before the merge and I felt I could genuinely trust them. But as the game progressed, Candice and Cecilia were voted out by the shuffle, Jonathan was voted out because a lot of people did not like him and Sekou was voted out because he turned on our original alliance. I came into this game alone and wanted to work with new people and I can truthfully say all of the people I mentioned above I have never played with before and/or been in an alliance with them in other games(unless of course they were a real good alias, lol).
So I'm going to get right to merge, since that is where all the juicy stuff happens. First round Becky gets eliminated and it doesn't really effect me that much because to me, she was a wildcard. Then the next round, we had to vote Billy off. Me and Jonathan talked about this a lot, and figured, it's nothing against him, he's a cool dude, but he's been to the Secret Island twice and might have something. That possibility scared us so we decided to vote for him and blindside him. He seemed real dangerous and he was strong in challenges. Then the next round, We had to go for Ozzy, because a) he was a threat in challenges and overall and b) I had heard from numerous people he planned on me going soon. Now if that's true or not, I'm not sure but I had to act on my instinct and play it safe, it's better to have less people in the game that will target you so I went with it.
The Penner vote, I had no idea, I had wanted it to be Yul because he was playing both sides and he was a dangerous player but Penner was blindsided and I felt like after he left, I was a goner if I didn't win, so I kicked my effort into overdrive for the challenges.
Next round, I knew I wanted Yul out now for sure and we did talk about last round and work things out but right after it, I heard he is going to CC, Parv and them and telling them to vote for Jenny, while he's telling us to vote Parv, so it only put him in a bigger hole and we got him out. Round Parvati left, I knew I was gone since I wasn't immune, but luckilly, I was able to find the idol and play it and get Parv out. I liked Parvati a lot but the more the game progressed the more I felt she was just trying to play me and I'm not gonna fall for that charm. I had to get her out with the idol because it would have been hard otherwise. I had to lie to her that round and the round prior because a lot of things just did not make sense and I knew she was sitting pretty with the girls (CC, Steph) and Adam and the best way to go about that was to go for the ring leader, and I couldn't tell her I was voting her at that point because I didn't get my idol until 2 hours before tribal and like I touched upon before, I felt the longer the game went, the more distant me and Parv were getting and that raised a big red flag in my mind.
After I played the idol I was able to win some more immunities and I could have just chilled back and let the people do what they want but I didn't. I came to play and I wasn't going to take a day off just because I was immune. So anyways, Sekou flipped on us because he thought he'd have a better shot if I was out but he didn't think what if I won all the challenges? The girls would have voted him out, but they voted Jenny, she played her idol, and Adam was voted out. We went for Adam because I still hoped to rekindle the alliance with Sekou but also because I felt Adam was a bigger underdog if he made his way to the end so me and Jenny voted for Adam. The vote for Sekou, CC voted with us and voted him out because she had been working with Jenny all game. I told Sekou I was voting for him that round because after working with him for the majority of the game he deserved that much and I still like him as a person so I felt there was no reason to lie to him at this point. So we went into the final challenge knowing it was going to tie most likely 2-2. I knew I needed it more because you never know, anything could have happened and for all I knew I would have been out and Jenny posting so much did concern me just a bit, maybe it was just paranoia or whatever, but I felt if she won, I would have gone home, no tie. The challenge started and well, I had stuff come up in my real life and wasn't able to do much in the beginning, but I was able to get online around 2am after a long and stressful day and just finish what I started and won. And we all know how last round went, don't think that's something anyone will forget.
In conclusion, I did what I had to do to make the end. Just because I won most of the immunities, didn't mean I didn't strategize, ask anyone that was aligned with me, I was always talking strategy even though I knew I was immune. Why? Because I wanted my alliance to do well with me too. I never took a round off the game because I was immune. I never self voted this game. I was never wishy washy or turned on my true alliance. I played a clean game and stuck true to who I am. I think it speaks for it self, even Cristina said it in her tribal answer last round, that I was one of the best and I take that as a huge compliment. Also, just to touch on my immunity wins, in case some people are thinking that's the only reason I made it this far, I am just going to state the fact that if any one of the jurors had played the game the same way I did and made the end. They would have known they deserve to win this game, so I am just putting it out there for you all to read because I feel a lot of the jurors would be saying the deserve to win had they played the way I did and I feel that same way.
Anyways, I feel this is long enough, I will answer your questions the same way I know how, honestly. Thanks and good luck with your decisions!
Anyways, I'm gonna get right to it.
I came into this game day one looking to make it to the end with no questions asked. I wanted to do whatever I could to make it to the end because those of you who have played with me before know that I stick true to my first alliance and look to carry that all the way through the game, even if it ends up screwing me most of the time. Well I wanted it to be different this time around but after like the first two rounds, it's hard to turn on people because you make connections with people and it's just not in me to be able to lie to a person's face when I've had so much more conversations out of the game, it's not who I am. I'm not saying I did not lie this game, because I did here and there to help myself or my allies, but I don't recall ever lying to my main allies in the game which were Jenny, Sekou (even after he turned on us), Jonathan, Candice and Cecelia before the swap.
Those were the people I was going to stick true to no matter what because I had gotten to know them well before the merge and I felt I could genuinely trust them. But as the game progressed, Candice and Cecilia were voted out by the shuffle, Jonathan was voted out because a lot of people did not like him and Sekou was voted out because he turned on our original alliance. I came into this game alone and wanted to work with new people and I can truthfully say all of the people I mentioned above I have never played with before and/or been in an alliance with them in other games(unless of course they were a real good alias, lol).
So I'm going to get right to merge, since that is where all the juicy stuff happens. First round Becky gets eliminated and it doesn't really effect me that much because to me, she was a wildcard. Then the next round, we had to vote Billy off. Me and Jonathan talked about this a lot, and figured, it's nothing against him, he's a cool dude, but he's been to the Secret Island twice and might have something. That possibility scared us so we decided to vote for him and blindside him. He seemed real dangerous and he was strong in challenges. Then the next round, We had to go for Ozzy, because a) he was a threat in challenges and overall and b) I had heard from numerous people he planned on me going soon. Now if that's true or not, I'm not sure but I had to act on my instinct and play it safe, it's better to have less people in the game that will target you so I went with it.
The Penner vote, I had no idea, I had wanted it to be Yul because he was playing both sides and he was a dangerous player but Penner was blindsided and I felt like after he left, I was a goner if I didn't win, so I kicked my effort into overdrive for the challenges.
Next round, I knew I wanted Yul out now for sure and we did talk about last round and work things out but right after it, I heard he is going to CC, Parv and them and telling them to vote for Jenny, while he's telling us to vote Parv, so it only put him in a bigger hole and we got him out. Round Parvati left, I knew I was gone since I wasn't immune, but luckilly, I was able to find the idol and play it and get Parv out. I liked Parvati a lot but the more the game progressed the more I felt she was just trying to play me and I'm not gonna fall for that charm. I had to get her out with the idol because it would have been hard otherwise. I had to lie to her that round and the round prior because a lot of things just did not make sense and I knew she was sitting pretty with the girls (CC, Steph) and Adam and the best way to go about that was to go for the ring leader, and I couldn't tell her I was voting her at that point because I didn't get my idol until 2 hours before tribal and like I touched upon before, I felt the longer the game went, the more distant me and Parv were getting and that raised a big red flag in my mind.
After I played the idol I was able to win some more immunities and I could have just chilled back and let the people do what they want but I didn't. I came to play and I wasn't going to take a day off just because I was immune. So anyways, Sekou flipped on us because he thought he'd have a better shot if I was out but he didn't think what if I won all the challenges? The girls would have voted him out, but they voted Jenny, she played her idol, and Adam was voted out. We went for Adam because I still hoped to rekindle the alliance with Sekou but also because I felt Adam was a bigger underdog if he made his way to the end so me and Jenny voted for Adam. The vote for Sekou, CC voted with us and voted him out because she had been working with Jenny all game. I told Sekou I was voting for him that round because after working with him for the majority of the game he deserved that much and I still like him as a person so I felt there was no reason to lie to him at this point. So we went into the final challenge knowing it was going to tie most likely 2-2. I knew I needed it more because you never know, anything could have happened and for all I knew I would have been out and Jenny posting so much did concern me just a bit, maybe it was just paranoia or whatever, but I felt if she won, I would have gone home, no tie. The challenge started and well, I had stuff come up in my real life and wasn't able to do much in the beginning, but I was able to get online around 2am after a long and stressful day and just finish what I started and won. And we all know how last round went, don't think that's something anyone will forget.
In conclusion, I did what I had to do to make the end. Just because I won most of the immunities, didn't mean I didn't strategize, ask anyone that was aligned with me, I was always talking strategy even though I knew I was immune. Why? Because I wanted my alliance to do well with me too. I never took a round off the game because I was immune. I never self voted this game. I was never wishy washy or turned on my true alliance. I played a clean game and stuck true to who I am. I think it speaks for it self, even Cristina said it in her tribal answer last round, that I was one of the best and I take that as a huge compliment. Also, just to touch on my immunity wins, in case some people are thinking that's the only reason I made it this far, I am just going to state the fact that if any one of the jurors had played the game the same way I did and made the end. They would have known they deserve to win this game, so I am just putting it out there for you all to read because I feel a lot of the jurors would be saying the deserve to win had they played the way I did and I feel that same way.
Anyways, I feel this is long enough, I will answer your questions the same way I know how, honestly. Thanks and good luck with your decisions!
