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Post by Sassy Stephannie on May 29, 2011 12:44:43 GMT -5
Hey Jenny, Nate and CC! First off all I would like to congratulate the three of you for making it this far. You all deserve to be here, as this has been a tough game full of blindsides, twists, hidden idols, etc. I know that I haven't been the easiest person to get along with nor was I the most warm person to be around... However, I do have a big heart in the real world and I would like to apologize to you three - as well as EVERYONE in this game for the anxiety and stress I may have put on you all. I thought playing as a crazy bitch type character would be entertaining but I didn't realize how far I took it in the long run. I thought standing out would be a reason for me to get an All Star spot... because I did write confessionals and I was active so I wanted to be that "villain" character. So again, my deepest apologies because regardless of how I played, I really enjoyed playing with all of you. PS: The reason I rarely did challenges was A)- because the last two months were hell with work. I freelance myself so my schedule was kitty wompus... B)- I decided to totally depend on my loyalty and social skills with my alliance and people in this game because I knew it would help me get far... C)- Just like "The Shep" from Redemption Isles, he wasn't liked - so I figured if I could play that up, people would take me to the end and I could easily kick ass in final immunity and land a spot in the finals. HOWEVER, Real Life Emergency took affect so I couldn't spam for the challenge. I didn't have the energy. - I just wanted to give insight into my game so people realize I DID care about this game...
With that being said... CC I think you've played an absolutely fantastic game... flawless at that. Your social skills, despite your geographical location were out of this world. The fact you didn't need to win immunities or be the strongest at challenges... nor did you have luck when it came to hidden immunity idols... you got this far because you were social, well liked and didn't piss anyone off. TO ME, you are Todd meets Tina. So I congratulate you for a respectable game well played. Nate & Jenny - I personally have nothing against either one of you... and even though I said it already... I apologize to both of you. However, everything aside... Nate to me all you did was win immunity challenges. You may say you strategized and made moves, but we ALL did that... the only thing to me that sets you apart was the immunities... which to me makes you one dimensional. You only won immunities. Jenny, to me all you did was get lucky with some hidden immunities. Just like I said to Nate, you may say you strategized and made moves, but we ALL Did that... the only thing to me that makes you stand out is your luck with HII's. Again, you in my eyes are one dimensional just like Nate.
My Questions - CC & NATE & JENNY. Please tell me what you admire about my game play and why you think I would've deserved a spot in the finals and a chance at winning this game... Thank you, Good luck to all three of you.  |
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Post by Cristina 'CC' Coria on May 29, 2011 13:05:33 GMT -5
Hi Steph..
Steph: Please tell me what you admire about my game play and why you think I would've deserved a spot in the finals and a chance at winning this game...
CC: Well i love the fact that you're outspoken. I admired you for that. You're definitely memorable girl. Except the whole 'Outspoken' thing, we got the same laid back strategy. You deserved to be in the Final because you got your own strategy. The whole 'Hate Me' strategy that you've been apply works for you because you made it to the Top 4. You stay loyal to your alliance and one of my favorite thing about you is you didn't afraid to defend yourselves and I think everyone should thank you for the drama in TC before because without you the waiting for the Host to show up could be very bland and boring. And Yes, I do think you got a chance at winning this game because I believe if Nate & Jenny picked you to the final instead of me, you might get the votes from Me, Billy, Parv and possibly Sekou. I love you girl!!!
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Post by Nate Gonzalez on May 29, 2011 13:08:42 GMT -5
Hey Steph,
Don't worry about it, like you said you were just playing a character, it's all water under the bridge now. As for thinking I was one dimensional, we're all entitled to our opinions, but I'm sure had you been seen as a threat in people's eyes for making it to the end and winning early on in the game and if you had been able to win challenges and get to the end the way I did, you'd expect to win too, I think mostly anyone would. But that's just me, and if you played the way I did and got to the end and thought you didn't deserve to win, well like I said, we all have our own opinions.
As for your question. Well, now that you've apologized for whatever happened the last round or two, I can say I admire the fact that your a good enough person to admit things and apologize for them and that takes a lot and shows a lot of a person and I admire that you did that. Takes a lot of character. As for your gameplay, you were close to the people you had grown bonds with and they returned their loyalty to you as well, and I admire people who stick to what they say to their original alliances.
Just like you mentioned, you deserved a spot in the finals for being the Phillip type character of this season. You weren't able to compete in the challenges due to your life being hectic and that's a given (life > ORG) so I would equate that to Phillip coming in last in most of the challenges, lmao. I mean we all have stuff going on in life, you had a crazy schedule, CC lived half way across the world from most of us, and despite what most jurors may think, only two challenges really took much time, the endurance challenge where we had to post every 3 minutes (I was at work and it was slow) and the last final challenge (I did most of my damage at night). The other challenges took 5-20 minutes at the most, I got a busy scedule too. With school (I just finished up my 2nd year at University) and with working as a manager for a restaurant, I have odd hours too, so when I hear stuff like people saying I have no life for winning all these challenges, it honestly kinda pisses me off, but that's beside the point, lol. Rant over.
Anyways, I think you deserve a spot in the end just like any of the rest of us because you were a character that stuck out. Probably the most colorful person in the game and you would pick and choose your spots at times and at other times just be your diva personality the rest of the time. It sure as hell would have been entertaining to see you in the end and potentially telling a juror to shut the F up, or something like what Phillip did in the end on Redemption Island, haha.
Unlike Phillip though, I do think you probably had a chance at getting a few more votes if you played your cards right. Depending on how you handled the final tribal council, you probably would have been able to sway a couple of votes your way, and potentially win.
I think that covers most of it, thanks Steph and good luck with your decision.
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Post by Sassy Stephannie on May 29, 2011 14:45:38 GMT -5
As for thinking I was one dimensional, we're all entitled to our opinions, but I'm sure had you been seen as a threat in people's eyes for making it to the end and winning early on in the game and if you had been able to win challenges and get to the end the way I did, you'd expect to win too, I think mostly anyone would. But that's just me, and if you played the way I did and got to the end and thought you didn't deserve to win, well like I said, we all have our own opinions. Nate, I absolutely loved the answer you gave me but the part above threw me off a little bit... the fact that you think you would EXPECT to win... just isn't good sportsmanship to me. I think Jenny and CC deserve to win too... but for someone to EXPECT to win because of winning immunities and busting their ass in challenges? I don't know. The game is more complex than that and although I do admire your competitive spirit in this game and how much you took interest in challenges, I don't think you should EXPECT to win because of that. Thank you for your opinion and your answer to my question. Good luck to you. |
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Post by Sassy Stephannie on May 29, 2011 14:47:09 GMT -5
Hi Steph..
Steph: Please tell me what you admire about my game play and why you think I would've deserved a spot in the finals and a chance at winning this game...
CC: Well i love the fact that you're outspoken. I admired you for that. You're definitely memorable girl. Except the whole 'Outspoken' thing, we got the same laid back strategy. You deserved to be in the Final because you got your own strategy. The whole 'Hate Me' strategy that you've been apply works for you because you made it to the Top 4. You stay loyal to your alliance and one of my favorite thing about you is you didn't afraid to defend yourselves and I think everyone should thank you for the drama in TC before because without you the waiting for the Host to show up could be very bland and boring. And Yes, I do think you got a chance at winning this game because I believe if Nate & Jenny picked you to the final instead of me, you might get the votes from Me, Billy, Parv and possibly Sekou. I love you girl!!! I love you too, CC. I'd also like to extend my love to: Billy, Parvati, Yul and Sekou! You all are my lovers. It was a pleasure playing this game with all five of you! It's a bummer things didn't work out to the favor of us all. Thanks for your answer, CC. You're a sweetheart. Best of luck to you. |
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Post by Jenny Guzon-Bae on May 29, 2011 15:53:01 GMT -5
Jenny, to me all you did was get lucky with some hidden immunities. Just like I said to Nate, you may say you strategized and made moves, but we ALL Did that... the only thing to me that makes you stand out is your luck with HII's. Again, you in my eyes are one dimensional just like Nate.
Hey Steph, yeah I'm putting the past behind us. I know things got rough and I bottled up my anger towards you and finally let it out when you called me the c-word but that's the past and I accept your apology.
To answer your question, I know everyone has their opinions, some like it when people challenge it up, some thing getting HII's and using it at the right time is luck and some think playing UTR is the best strategy to go so I can't really say that there's one way to win this game because there are multple ways to win.
Now you think I got lucky during the game but I think that's a bit unfair to say because we only really started talking at the merge. If I got lucky with the idol and yet made it here I think by surving all those TC's I truly was a survivor. I did a bit of both. I played a social game, and played the challenges to the best to my ability. In the end I was always a few steps ahead of some players and by the time they started talking to me I already knew there motive. I was able to call out on their bullshit and stuck to my gut instincts when going to TC because that's why I was on top of things. I know many people never noticed it, but I never showed it and that's why people think I played an UTR game. I didn't and because i never got caught talking to CC, I think that's what stood me out and got me to the end. I don't know how many of you constantly knew how precise the votes were gonna be going into each TC, but I pretty much had a good guess each time, barring any rewards that were played.
I gotta say I admired your passion for the game. Yeah you played a hell of a character and while it might have been over the top, you played it from the beginning to the end. Your character play alone would've probably got you some votes and had you made the end I think people would've seen your character style as a potential winner.
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Post by Nate Gonzalez on May 29, 2011 16:14:53 GMT -5
Just to clarify Steph, I didn't say I expect to win just because of the immunity wins, I said more in terms of if you knew everything I did, in that regard. Not just the challenges but overall everything was what I was talking about, from my point of view and if you had seen the game from my eyes, in that regard. We all have an equal shot at winning because at the end of the day, its the jury that decides, not me, not jenny or CC. But yeah, I'm not saying I expect to win just cause I won challenges, that would be arrogant and shooting myself in the foot and if it came off that way, then I do apologize, I have poor choice of words sometimes, English is actually my third language so I sometimes put my foot in my mouth saying certain things, lol.
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Post by Sassy Stephannie on May 29, 2011 18:50:02 GMT -5
Thank you Jenny for your answers and Nate for your explanation, but I have already made my decision. Best of luck! Love you, CC! |
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Post by Billy Garcia on May 29, 2011 18:54:36 GMT -5
Lov u 2 steph  |
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