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Post by The Host on Apr 4, 2007 17:18:34 GMT -5
Tom and Yul, plz writhe your Opening statements here
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Post by Yul Kwon on Apr 6, 2007 21:50:14 GMT -5
Coming up sometime today, busy till about 6pm tonite [12.45pm now].
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Post by Yul Kwon on Apr 7, 2007 4:55:45 GMT -5
Well hello to the jury, we've finally made it here to the finale. We've been through a lot together, and a lot has happened on the way. There is only one way I'm going to handle this final 2 experience, and that is to be a honest as I can be. So I'm going to take you guys down my memory lane, and talk about the game from the way I saw it. This is going to be very long, so I'm going to title each paragraph appropriately, so that you can skip to sections you are interested in. Or heck, read it all, and then you can see how hard I have been playing this game.
ORIGINAL TRIBES: ASPENS AND GOLDENS
I started life originally in the Aspens tribe. We lost the first challenge, but I had started making friends with a few people on my tribe. I made an alliance with Sean, Cece and Twila, and we decided to make Jenna the first boot, cause she didn't help us in the first challenge. Also, about this time I asked Sean for a final 2 alliance, to which he agreed to. We were planning on getting Ethan and Adam onto our alliance to get an advantage in numbers in the Aspens tribe.
It was the start of the game, and at this time I had started to develop a relationship with Tina. We spoke to each other, and agreed to help each other in the game, before tribes were formed. This proved to be pivotal later in the game.
Me and Sean were pretty close, and this was reflected when I won the power during the reward challenge. I managed to get the highest score, and I won 'The Power'! 'The Power' was that I could save any person from another tribe from being voted off if they went to tribal council. The only person who I told I had this power was Sean, who I trusted, and he did not reveal this information to anyone [to my knowledge that is].
SWITCH UP: MONUMENTS CREATED
Around the time of episode 3, we had to choose 3 people to go to the Monuments. Thinking about the fact that there was the possibility of finding the hidden immunity idol, I proceeded to determine who the three most inactive members of Goldens were. I looked at the post count, and the three lowest were Sundra, Bobby Jon and Tom. So I suggested these three on the Aspens board. These were the three from Goldens who we know were finally sent to Monuments. Now I was sent to Monuments as well, due to the suggestion of Tina. To be honest, I was pleased that Tina was helping me with what could possibly help me to find the hidden immunity idol.
So I was sent to the Monument from Aspens, along with Kelly and Becky. But to my utter shock, we suddenly found out that the people sent to Monuments would form a new tribe. I did not see this coming. I was absolutely gobsmacked, because I was now stuck with what I saw as complete inactives, and stuck without any friends. Luckily for me, my new tribe wasn't as inactive as I initially thought it was. But the problem was that the two who came with me from Aspens were absolutely inactive.
So here I am stuck on a new tribe with no friends. Immediately I make new plans, to suss out the three original Goldens and see if I can make an alliance with them. I knew Kelly and Becky were dead to the world, and if it became an Aspens vs Goldens game within Monuments, I would be gone pretty soon. So to save myself, I had to make a new alliance. Thank God for Bobby Jon, Tom and Sundra. They were all active, and they all agreed to my plea for an alliance. So now I had two alliances running, one in Aspens, and one in Monuments. At this time, I was planning to run back to the Aspens once the merger came.
The third immunity challenge was a big one. It was the famous pour the water in the bucket challenge. This was where my strengths shone strong. I single-handedly won immunity for the weak Monuments tribe, increasing my post count to astonishing highs on the way. Us Monuments sent both original tribes to tribal council, so that the tribe number count would be Monuments - 6, Aspens and Goldens 4 each. This shifted the balance of power to Monuments, and looking back on it, I think it might have been what had saved my skin on my tribe. I might have been voted out pre-merge otherwise.
So the Monuments won the first three tribe challenge. I told Sean I'd be willing to use my Power on him if needed, and he said he didn't need it.
Now during my time at Monuments, we lost the next two challenges. The votes were easy, but I'll admit I was certainly not in control of the votes. I asked BJ, Sundra and Tom to vote for Becky first because she was more active than Kelly, but Kelly was voted out before Becky - because Kelly self-voted, and one of Tom and BJ voted with Becky to get Kelly out.
A crucial thing happened during my time at Monument. I'd been talking to Tina, and I found out that Tina did not particularly like a few people on her tribe. So I concocted a final 5 plan for after the merger - one with me, Tina, Tom, Bobby Jon and Sundra. I asked each person if they'd be willing to join such an alliance, and they all agreed to it. This was about the time that I was taking the Monuments alliance seriously. I was now torn between two alliances - the one with Aspens, and the one with Monuments and Tina.
It was also during this time that Ibrehem revealed to me that the Aspens were planning to team up with the Goldens to vote the Monuments off, but he said he didn't like Sean and Twila, so he'd rather join us Monuments to vote off the Aspens. I saw this as another option for us as a back up plan, but I still felt like I could trust the Aspens, and possibly switch to them if need be.
Tribal Council 7 was an Aspen tribal council - the last tribal council before another switch up. Sean told me that of the Aspen four, Twila had become tight with Ethan, and that they wanted to vote out my alliance member Cece. So I decided to use my Power on Cece, saving her from being voted out. This eventually led to Ethan being voted out, letting things turn out the way I wanted, with all my original Aspens alliance member being the last Aspens standing.
TRIBAL SHUFFLE: 11 PEOPLE LEFT
When the tribe shift happened, I found myself on a tribe with Sundra, Sean, Cece and Aras. It was obvious who I wanted out - Aras. It didn't come without problems though. Aras asked me who to vote out, and trying to be deceptive about the fact that I'd vote him out, I told him Sundra. Problem is, he went and told Sundra, and Sundra confronted me about it. With the greatest difficulty, I convinced Sundra that Aras was lying, and that I was committed to our final 5 pact. It was also at this time that I started putting suggestions to Sundra that we work together once the final 5 comes around.
MERGE: 10 PEOPLE LEFT
Aras was swiftly voted out, and the merge finally happened. I had definitely made up my mind about which alliance to stick with, and that was the Monument 4 + Tina. I made this decision purely because we had the numbers. The decision about who we would vote for came from Tom, and that was Twila. Tina had said that Jed had said that Sean, Cece, and Twila would join Jed, Ibrehem and Tina and vote the Monuments out. I don't know how true this is, because Cece asked me who to vote for and I said Ibrehem, and there was a vote for Ibrehem [but there were two votes for Bobby Jon].
FINAL 9
So Twila was voted out. Originally, pre-merge, Tina wanted Ibrehem out first. So I tried to save Sean and Cece by asking my final 5 alliance to vote out Ibrehem, with the idea that we could vote out Jed after. It was strange for me that I would want to vote Ibrehem out because he was a great friend for me from other games - but in this game we were just poles apart in terms of alliance positions. So I voted for Ibrehem when Sean was voted out, and plead for Sean's case with my other alliance members, and I also did the same when Cece was voted out. I was definitely not in control of how the votes went at these times - but certainly the focus of who to vote out was not on me.
FINAL 7
So Sean and Cece were voted off. Now the tribal council with 7 left was controversial. It was a 3-3 tie between Tom and Ibrehem, with Sundra self-voting. Me, Tom and Tina voted Ibrehem, and Bobby Jon had flipped!! At least I think this is what happened. That was a shocker to me. And this was the time Tom's hidden immunity idol was played.
FINAL 5
Jed was voted without much ado, and it was at this time Bobby Jon came to me and said that Tom and Tina were close, and suggested that he, me and Sundra vote together at the final 5. It was funny, because I was going to ask the same thing. I agreed, and asked if he'd be interested in a final 2. He agreed. At this time I also asked Sundra if she is still interested in a final 2. You see, I thought I had asked her before and we agreed, but I couldn't remember. Her response was this:
Re: Hey « Message sent on Mar 8, 2007, 9:26pm » [Reply]
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Post by Tom Westman on Apr 7, 2007 7:23:43 GMT -5
Ok, well first off id like to say to the jury.. hello . It was a great pleasure playing with you guys and i hope you make the right decision here. In this game, i started out going with the flow, and just laying back. I worked on the challenges hard, and didnt go to Tribal Council until TC #5. After that, we started the monument alliance with Yul, Sundra, Bobby Jon, and Tina. Throughout the game, my original plan for F2 was me and Tina. Unfortunatly she was voted out due to the ties with me. Then, i was alone, i was being lied to by someone, and alone. So the game kept going, the Monument alliance stayed strong until F5. Then as Tina was voted out, i knew i was next target. Yul, and Bobby Jon were the people i had to trust, both claimed to have voted with me for that vote, only one did. Without that vote i wouldnt be here. I believed Yul voted with me, therefore i took him here. I could've been voted out at 2 points in this game, had i not found the idol for T.C 12, at which point i had definitly lost trust in Bobby Jon for voting with them against me. Then at the F4 T.C where im pretty sure it is Yul who saved me as Bobby Jon stated he voted for Sundra, but he also stated he didnt vote for me at TC12. My gameplay in this game was flawless practically i helped with the tribal challenges, won about 4 or 5 immunities, got the idol, alligned with the right people, and got myself here. I did challenges well, and for some reason wasnt seen as a threat, well i didnt think anyone saw me that way. I believe that how i played should get me a win here, as i tried not to lie, not to deciet, not to backstab, i tried to play an honest, physical, good game. I wanted to keep this sort of short, so im going to, again its great to see you all again, ill answer your questions honestly and openly, and hope you make the right decision.
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