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WELCOME TO THE FINAL TWO!


If you have anything you want to post about getting here, or events leading up to tonight, or how you think it might
go from here, feel free to use this space.



Also, please start a separate new topic and title it Jury Speech or Opening/Closing Speech or whatever. You will ABSOLUTELY have to have your opening speech and closing speech posted ahead of time. Please have this done by Saturday night. And please trust me on this. Final Tribal Council will be a lengthy event, and we need to do everything we can so it keeps moving quickly. Having things taken care of ahead of time could be the difference between a 2 hour Tribal Council and a 3 hour one.




CONGRATS ON GETTING HERE!




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If you have anything you want to post about getting here, or events leading up to tonight, or how you think it might
go from here, feel free to use this space.


As I get ready to write my Jury speech, I'm truly amazed at how crazy this journey has been. My game can be summed up into a few key phases.

1) Introduction for myself to the other players and the game itself- I tried to be as friendly as I could be and let people know that I was someone to be trusted.

2) Alliance solidification- I made a F3 alliance with Ace and Hunter on Jun 29. I also had a F4 with them and Jamie, a F5 with them and Coach, and I was tighter with Billy than anyone else was on the tribe.

3) Creating safety- this game was all about making the right move at the right time in order to keep yourself in the game. I felt I had to get rid of someone like Jake or Teresa in order to keep myself in the majority. Those people didn't have my back no matter what and even if they did "flip" on their friends I didn't trust that they would necessarily flip to me.

4) Enduring twists- Each time we had a crazy twist (Combine, Swap, Merge, double-boots etc) I had to make sure I was safe before it could happen. See above #3. This is also why I made a F3 alliance with Coach/Hunter, a F3 alliance with Frank/Hunter, and a F4 alliance with Crystal/Deena/Hunter. The key to this was always my "friend" Hunter. However the next stage of my game was.....

5) Complacency- I was never cocky, not in the slightest. There was a time early in the game though that I anticipated having to turn on Hunter or Ace. But, I would only do it if the time was right and I could spin it where I wasn't at fault. But, at some point, my thoughts changed a little. I always wanted to win and I knew that I could. But, I began to think it would be great if I just got to the end with Hunter and Frank...or Coach. This game wasn't for money after all right? However, I hadn't anticipated that Hunter didn't feel the same way about me. I thought he was well on his way to at least making it to the end without screwing over his "best friend." So, lo and behold, during a challenge at the Final 8, my buddy actually tried to throw the challenge to get rid of ME. WTF? I won immunity though and then everything changed.

6) The Eruption- When Hunter turned on me and actually told me straight up that he had done it, I knew that the game was flipped upside-down for me. I had simply asked him if he had turned on me. He was very cocky about it and so was Ace, who was just gloating to me and ripping into me personally. So, I decided right then and there that everything was fair game now and I was only playing this game for ME and ME only. I went back and read EVERY message that Hunter and Ace ever sent to me and exposed ALL their lies, even to each other. You see, Hunter made one crucial mistake in his strategy. He didn't actually get me out of the game. He tried and failed. So, I was still here and I was able to expose some of the things he had told me about other people. Like I said, I would have turned on him possibly before, but only if I couldn't be blame for it. Little did I know it would end up like THIS.

7) The Streak- From here on out, I KNEW I had to win every IC to make it to the end. There was a F4 alliance of Hunter, Jill, Ace, and Frank that I just couldn't crack. I even tried to get Jill, Crystal, and Frank at different times to work with each other after I was gone, but with the exception of "sitting duck" Crystal, they were just too comfortable with their spot. Dumb. Didn't they see what happened to me? Anyway, as I won immunity after immunity, I just solidified my spot as a threat. So, I HAD to keep winning. I made some great strategic moves such as deciding before the Auction challenge to bid everything on the first item and just pray that it was Immunity. And I was right. This wasn't the first time that luck/fate smiled on me in this game. You need that to win. Anyway, I ended up winning EVERY IC after I became a target and here we are.

Time to write my Jury Speech.

(oh and lest I forget, I stirred up a lot of crap in the process. And boy was it fun when I had nothing to lose :) )
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Just a heads up since you're new to this and having been through a Final TC. Be prepared and ready well before start time 4:00pm Central this Sunday.

To start things off, the two of you will both post your opening speeches at the same time. Then I will post which juror is up and they will post their speech/comments/questions for you. You can respond or not respond based on what they request. Respond with everything you want to say to that person in ONE POST. You don't have to wait for any cue. Whatever they are asking you to answer or explain, handle it how you want. But ONE POST.

Then I ask the next juror to go. etc. etc. etc. Until we get to the end and I'll ask you both to post your closing speech at the same time.

Be prepared for it to go LONG. Final TC's are almost always AT LEAST a good 2 hours. They take time.

So, rock and roll and we'll see how Sunday goes! :D






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Yeah, I thoroughly checked out everything from your last game. It also helped me with that last challenge too. I guessed exactly right on what the challenge would be, partly because I found that "Guillotine photo" challenge. Well, you will hear more about all that in my Jury speech.

So you won't actually post our opening and closing speeches for us then correct? Us typing them now is just so we have them ready and save time. That's how I'm reading this, but there was a little bit of confusion.

Really, I would just be concerned about my closing statement anyway because I want to be able to address what people say to me.

That is all. Oh, LOVED the recap btw. I guess I should though since I'm all over it huh?


And where's our breakfast? :P
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So you won't actually post our opening and closing speeches for us then correct? Us typing them now is just so we have them ready and save time.

Correct. Everything you post during Final TC is done by you. And if things come up during Final TC that you want to add to your closing speech or whatever, feel free. But obviously having things ready to go will save us eons of time on Sunday.
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