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Brooke,Aug 17 2017
11:19:37 PM
This group really knows how to make the best of things, and how can you be sad when Sierra is around?? You can't, that's how.

That's me.
Miss Congeniality! :P :D
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Glad to know you're the consolation prize Sierra :D

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Oh heck, darn. I didn't realize the party had moved over yonder this way.

Welcome Rudy! My favorite sourpuss with the literary grace of Dickens is in our presence! YEAH!!

Here's a kitty...

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And a beverage..

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An irish derby cocktail to be exact.

I'm getting some knowledge about irish cocktails in my time here in the jury house. Always learnin stuff. B)

Oh yeah, I stole the bag of Xanax on my way out of the game so feel free to help yourself anytime. That goes for everyone else as well. :D

And finally, here's a hug

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Well, folks, it's been fun getting reacquainted but my sleep-o-meter needs its batteries recharged. I think 12 car bombs is enough for old Rudy tonight.

BUT... I promise not to be a stranger. I'll be here all weekend, (two shows daily) :lol:

Also... HI JOEL! Sorry you didn't hang with these lovely ladies. I'll catch you soon enough I guess.

I'll be monitoring for activity in these here parts so don't be surprised if I sneak up behind one of you and say BOO when you peek in for a minute.

Good Night Cirie Bob

Good Night Sierra Bob

Good Night Brooke Bob

Good night Joel Ellen

*fades out to "The Waltons" tune*

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Welcome Rudy, sad to see you here. Been following along throughout the night... Glad the ladies kept you company, I didn't expect to see you make your appearance so soon. :) Can't wait to chat more soon.


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Joel,Aug 18 2017
12:59:48 AM
Welcome Rudy, sad to see you here. Been following along throughout the night... Glad the ladies kept you company, I didn't expect to see you make your appearance so soon. :) Can't wait to chat more soon.


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Awwwwww! JOEL!

I'm sorry to see me here too :(

BUT, the company of these hot babes and your burly self sure take the edge off of the sting of the scorpion-she-spider's betrayal.

I believe the only one I've missed saying hello to so far is Ozzy, and I suppose he'll grace us with his presence eventually so we can kiss and make up.

I'm planning to be around 'cuz I'm not missing this show for anything. We'll have plenty of time to catch up over the next few days.

I'm not finished plotting and scheming just yet. As a matter of fact I'm already plotting a grand welcome party for the next member of our select group of first class passengers. I could sure use the help of another old Cork boy's hands. Those cases of liquor I had Brobst order up this morning are heavy. If you don't mind lending some muscle to the task we can move them from the foyer to behind the bar in short order and then relax with a cold one to reminisce about the good ole days.
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Rudy,Aug 18 2017
06:12:50 AM
I believe the only one I've missed saying hello to so far is Ozzy, and I suppose he'll grace us with his presence eventually so we can kiss and make up.

What's up Rudy! No hard feelings man, it was a game and it was a blast! No kiss though...I'll just shake your hand and take a shot with you! ;)
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1)  Describe how your game adapted from the opening couple days of being able
to message everyone, to then super small tribes, to the reshuffle, your decision to switch tribes at the swap, and then throughout the merge.


In the beginning, I adapted an Old Man "Get off my lawn!" attitude for a number of reasons. Most importantly was to get people to stop role playing stupid stuff like hunting for food and pretending to go fishing because that was a waste of time. It wouldn't get you past the point of useless hellos and actually learn something about the player. I also purposely did not make the first contact in order to see who the more social players were in the game. I'm sure I missed a few but I did identify a few that would become the power players that are still in this game at F4

In the small tribe of Cork I worked to get to know the four I was playing with to determine if one or more could be trusted to work closely with moving forward. I found a great deal of trust could be put in Bubba and we made a pact to try to get to F2 together. (I do believe he was absolutely loyal until his demise but by that time I was realizing he was more of a detriment to my game than I wanted and him leaving ended up being a blessing in disguise.)

After the reshuffle Dave, my number 2 ally, became a totally different player and I tried to keep my head down so he was the target of peoples frustration instead of me, but that wasn't easy because of a silly instant alliance of 5 that he created right off the bat that made it difficult to negotiate a path with the players outside of that, because I was trying not to create a whole bunch of lies that could catch up to me. I realized Dave needed to go sooner than later but his demise came at least one round too early for me. I failed to get Dave to realize that there were bigger dangers to him and me than the people that he seemed to be randomly targeting, and low and behold he got blindsided as a result of his hubris.

When The opportunity to swap to the other tribe came up immediately after Dave's demise, I jumped at the chance because I figured my position in the Limerick pecking order was significantly lowered and a fresh start on Dublin where I had two allies in Bubba and Joel and another person, Zeke, that I had connected with in pre-tribes gave me more options. Then there was the numbers advantage Dublin had over Limerick which if kept up would likely make it more possible to survive beyond the merge. Diane coming along was a real plus, and with Bubba, Joel, Diane and me we had a significant voting block that could sway other voters.

Post merge was all about building and maintaining relationships with those that I felt were the most capable players that would give my and Diane's game an advantage to possibly make it to the end. The one item I missed that got me in the end was not knowing just how close Julie was to Todd. I could write for hours about the relationship between Julie and myself but the crux of it is I knew she might eventually take me out and saw how that was happening to her "other allies" but I got too comfortable with the string of successes and missed what her real plan was for final 5 when Zeke made it along with us. That plan might have actually been different if Zeke hadn't won immunity, and we had taken him out instead of Sierra, but fate had different ideas for that night.

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2)  What were some of your favorite moments during the whole season?


By far my favorite moment was when Ozzy was successfully blindsided and watching the order Brobst read the vote results. Sorry, Ozzy, but it was totally delicious from my perspective. No other moment has come close to that one. However, all the way around this has been the most enjoyable ORG I've ever played.

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3)  Did you feel confident in being able to make it this far, or did you have lingering doubts along the way?[/color]


I never, ever, felt totally confident. There were brief moments when I felt very comfortable that things were working in my favor but the doubts of making it as far as I did weren't just lingering, they were ever present and always in the front of my mind.
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Ozzy,Aug 18 2017
01:20:44 PM
What's up Rudy!  No hard feelings man, it was a game and it was a blast!  No kiss though...I'll just shake your hand and take a shot with you!  ;)

Here you go bro!

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Great game all the way around. I wish you had consulted me about Bubba, I might have been on board if you had approached me with your concerns about him and the votes you had, but in the end, his going the way he did worked out well for me for a while. It made you the biggest threat and not me.

Here's mud in our eyes!

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So you felt you and Bubba were F2 with each other? That's interesting cuz Him and I were F2 together running along side by side in decisions and stuff....so thats funny to see LOL. Maybe he wasn't as loyal as he portrayed....he did talk a ton though....

I just went to the store for you Rudy... picked up some Fireball and Rumchatta for this evening....Can't wait to dive in...(i really did just pick some up and im staring at it as i type this lol)
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Joel,Aug 20 2017
05:20:33 PM
So you felt you and Bubba were F2 with each other? That's interesting cuz Him and I were F2 together running along side by side in decisions and stuff....so thats funny to see LOL. Maybe he wasn't as loyal as he portrayed....he did talk a ton though....

I just went to the store for you Rudy... picked up some Fireball and Rumchatta for this evening....Can't wait to dive in...(i really did just pick some up and im staring at it as i type this lol)

Hahahaha. I wonder how many other people Bubba made F2 deals with.

Hit me with a Fireball and Rumchatta mate. Let's get this F3 party started!
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Rudy,Aug 20 2017
09:06:41 AM
In the beginning, I adapted an Old Man "Get off my lawn!" attitude for a number of reasons. Most importantly was to get people to stop role playing stupid stuff like hunting for food and pretending to go fishing because that was a waste of time. It wouldn't get you past the point of useless hellos and actually learn something about the player. I also purposely did not make the first contact in order to see who the more social players were in the game. I'm sure I missed a few but I did identify a few that would become the power players that are still in this game at F4

In the small tribe of Cork I worked to get to know the four I was playing with to determine if one or more could be trusted to work closely with moving forward. I found a great deal of trust could be put in Bubba and we made a pact to try to get to F2 together. (I do believe he was absolutely loyal until his demise but by that time I was realizing he was more of a detriment to my game than I wanted and him leaving ended up being a blessing in disguise.)

After the reshuffle Dave, my number 2 ally, became a totally different player and I tried to keep my head down so he was the target of peoples frustration instead of me, but that wasn't easy because of a silly instant alliance of 5 that he created right off the bat that made it difficult to negotiate a path with the players outside of that, because I was trying not to create a whole bunch of lies that could catch up to me. I realized Dave needed to go sooner than later but his demise came at least one round too early for me. I failed to get Dave to realize that there were bigger dangers to him and me than the people that he seemed to be randomly targeting, and low and behold he got blindsided as a result of his hubris.

When The opportunity to swap to the other tribe came up immediately after Dave's demise, I jumped at the chance because I figured my position in the Limerick pecking order was significantly lowered and a fresh start on Dublin where I had two allies in Bubba and Joel and another person, Zeke, that I had connected with in pre-tribes gave me more options. Then there was the numbers advantage Dublin had over Limerick which if kept up would likely make it more possible to survive beyond the merge. Diane coming along was a real plus, and with Bubba, Joel, Diane and me we had a significant voting block that could sway other voters.

Post merge was all about building and maintaining relationships with those that I felt were the most capable players that would give my and Diane's game an advantage to possibly make it to the end. The one item I missed that got me in the end was not knowing just how close Julie was to Todd. I could write for hours about the relationship between Julie and myself but the crux of it is I knew she might eventually take me out and saw how that was happening to her "other allies" but I got too comfortable with the string of successes and missed what her real plan was for final 5 when Zeke made it along with us. That plan might have actually been different if Zeke hadn't won immunity, and we had taken him out instead of Sierra, but fate had different ideas for that night.



By far my favorite moment was when Ozzy was successfully blindsided and watching the order Brobst read the vote results. Sorry, Ozzy, but it was totally delicious from my perspective. No other moment has come close to that one. However, all the way around this has been the most enjoyable ORG I've ever played.



I never, ever, felt totally confident. There were brief moments when I felt very comfortable that things were working in my favor but the doubts of making it as far as I did weren't just lingering, they were ever present and always in the front of my mind.

I often wondered how my game or maybe the entire game would've been different if I had gone with you in the tribal swap. I almost did but I was sentimentally attached to Limerick and the beginning of TeamPink. I was also theorizing that Amanda might come back over and that would be good for me, I was Thrilled to see it was not only Amanda but also Brooke.

Still I did wonder if I made a mistake not going to Dublin. I also had some good convos with Bubba right at the beginning :D

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Omg, I was so mad that night of the swap! I could not get my laptop to connect to the internet to save my life and then my phone died after the challenge....when I FINALLY got it to a charger, the swap had been announced and I was frantically messaging Bubba and Zeke and both of them lied to me about what was going on even after I told them I just wanted to know if it was me and I'd understand given that I wasn't able to compete and I felt awful about it. No one would tell me anything and then I was swapped to Limerick with Amanda. I really did like Bubba and I would have liked to work with him, but he always kept me at a distance, and then when that happened I knew I couldn't trust him for sure. Bubba never seemed to be confused about anything that was going on, so for him to tell me he didn't know what anyone wanted to do was not normal. He was the kind of guy to knock on your door, not wait for you to come to him. Anyway, I felt better about it pretty quick because I finally got to work with Sierra <3 and I was back with Julie who (again) I thought was with me 100%. It's like Rudy said, even though it upset Joel which I never wanted to do, voting for Bubba who I never felt truly aligned with or trusted was just what I saw was best for me. I agree about Diane, though. Apparently, if you were not Rudy or Zeke, you know nothing about her game because she was outwardly a "as long as it's not me" player so much that Sierra thought for sure she'd come to Team Pink just to be in better numbers and to save her own skin. I never felt that I could work with her which bummed me out as much as Leann did. I wanted to work with them so bad, they were always fun in the Pub and they were both super disappointing once I tried to get to know them in the game...If Zeke comes to join us tonight, I'd love to get his insight, too.
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Brooke,Aug 20 2017
08:37:05 PM
Omg, I was so mad that night of the swap! I could not get my laptop to connect to the internet to save my life and then my phone died after the challenge....when I FINALLY got it to a charger, the swap had been announced and I was frantically messaging Bubba and Zeke and both of them lied to me about what was going on even after I told them I just wanted to know if it was me and I'd understand given that I wasn't able to compete and I felt awful about it. No one would tell me anything and then I was swapped to Limerick with Amanda. I really did like Bubba and I would have liked to work with him, but he always kept me at a distance, and then when that happened I knew I couldn't trust him for sure. Bubba never seemed to be confused about anything that was going on, so for him to tell me he didn't know what anyone wanted to do was not normal. He was the kind of guy to knock on your door, not wait for you to come to him. Anyway, I felt better about it pretty quick because I finally got to work with Sierra <3 and I was back with Julie who (again) I thought was with me 100%. It's like Rudy said, even though it upset Joel which I never wanted to do, voting for Bubba who I never felt truly aligned with or trusted was just what I saw was best for me. I agree about Diane, though. Apparently, if you were not Rudy or Zeke, you know nothing about her game because she was outwardly a "as long as it's not me" player so much that Sierra thought for sure she'd come to Team Pink just to be in better numbers and to save her own skin. I never felt that I could work with her which bummed me out as much as Leann did. I wanted to work with them so bad, they were always fun in the Pub and they were both super disappointing once I tried to get to know them in the game...If Zeke comes to join us tonight, I'd love to get his insight, too.

I liked LeAnn but never got to know her.
I also couldn't get past the fact that her Avata always seemed to SHOUT everything.
I wasn't surprised when she went home.

But truly there is t a person in this game who I have an honest dislike for. Brobst did s great job choosing the cast.
Well except for M&M of course.., but can't hate who I never met!
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Yea, that's the only gripe I have is that 3 people had to be ejected from the game. That's a LOT...and who wouldn't want to play, they're crazy. I think Leann and Diane are great, they were just boring for the most part. Leann barely spoke to anyone that I knew about and only escaped being voted out because Dublin kept winning lol. She would disappear and then show up guns blazing at challenges, then duck back out again. Diane I think is just happily confident in her alliance as it stands each round and didn't feel any need to put in work with anyone since Julie was handling it. But, I could say the same about Todd...he didn't put in a ton of work talking to people the way Julie did with everyone in the game. I don't love how she played everyone, BUT....that's survivor and Rudy was the last person I'd have easily voted for over Julie and unfortunately I can't vote for him anymore, so the others will have to really sell it. Whoever is at the end, whether one of them is Julie or not, will have a lot to explain and I'm not going to know my vote until after everyone has had their chance to ask questions.
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