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| Dave | Aug 19 2011, 08:59 PM Post #1 |
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ROUGH ROUGH ROUGH Draft. (do not post) Hi everyone, I just want to start by saying how cool it is to finally be able to talk to you all again. This has been an amazing journey for all of us and I have no illusions that I could have gotten to this point without having a certain amount of luck and some breaks going my way. That said, I absolutely believe that I’ve earned my spot here in the Final 2 and I am thrilled to be able to sit here and plead my case as to why I should win this game. It has been quite a road for me personally and I could never have predicted how I would get to this point. In the teaser video that Brobst sent us so long ago, he mentioned that “Power players may fall. Underdogs may rise.” I did both. I’ve never played an online Survivor game before, or any online game for that matter. So when this game began the only thing I trusted were my own instincts, awareness, and knowledge of the game of Survivor. In the beginning, I just wanted to be friendly with everyone and let them know that I was someone who could be trusted. I was looking for people that had similar communicative styles as I do, which I found in several members of Katorga. I formed tight bonds with Hunter and Ace in particular, as we formed a Final 3 alliance way back on June 29. I knew that this was going to be a game FULL of hardcore strategists, so my plan at this point was to try and have as much control as possible without anyone being opposed to it, and just adapt when the game called for it. Part of that strategy involved not being TOO social outwardly on “The Mountain” because I didn’t want to build a target on myself. My strategy worked very well for a long time. I was able to keep someone like Billy around longer than others wanted him to be mostly because I knew that Billy liked me and trusted me more than he did anyone else in the tribe. He wasn’t in our alliance, but I still knew he wasn’t going to vote me out, so I needed that for my own safety. It was all about “Creating Safety”. A move like that may seem insignificant now, but EVERYTHING is important. (Little did I know that at some point “Creating Safety” would become synonymous with “Winning Immunity.” Ultimately though, I just wanted to continue to put my full trust in the members of my alliance, which was the Katorga 5, including Jamie and Coach. As the game progressed, I suspected that I might have to turn on someone like Hunter or Ace if it was the smartest strategic move for me. But, there was no way I would do that unless I set it up where I couldn’t be blamed for it. I decided this back on July 8. As the twist and turns in this game continued to baffle us all (combine, swap, double-boots, merge…ugh), I tried to stay one step ahead if I could. I think one of the biggest moves in the game for me was coming up with the idea to throw the challenge to get rid of Teresa. I wasn’t the only one to have the idea by any stretch of the imagination (Hi Coach and Crystal), but really I had already discussed it with Hunter at that point. I was just thrilled that I wasn’t alone in the thought. However, a couple people believed that Teresa would work with us down the road and didn’t want to throw the challenge. Luckily, people like Crystal, Coach and myself wanted to throw it because it just wasn’t worth the risk to keep T-bird around to reunite with her fellow Yeti’s on the other side if we merged right after the vote. As fate would have it, we DID merge right after. For me it was doubly important because we also saved Jamie or Ace from certain elimination. Going into the merge, I had a lot of allies. I had talked to Hunter about forming a Final 3 alliance with Frank AND one with Coach. I thought it was perfect because I felt like Hunter was tighter with Frank than I was, and I KNEW that Coach was tighter with me. After that Hunter and I formed a Final 4 alliance with Crystal and Deena because we just weren’t sure what to expect when we re-united with Jamie and Ace. I felt very confident about my position in the game at this point, which should have been a dead giveaway that I was screwed, right? After the merge, there were signs that things weren’t going quite the way I wanted them to. I did not want Coach to be voted out when he was, to the point that I tried to argue it to the group that wanted him gone. But, I couldn’t go against the majority at that point. So, I lost someone who I thought was one of my biggest allies. And then came Jamie. I fully expected that we were going to vote out Jill that night, but Hunter decided right before the vote that Jamie needed to go because he wouldn’t expect it. Hunter was my best friend and closest ally, so I went along with it. Jamie HAD been seemingly ready to screw us over anyway, so it did make sense. At this point though, my outlook on the game changed. I decided that no matter what I wasn’t going to consider screwing over Hunter and Frank because I trusted them the most and thought that we could really make it to the end together. There was no money involved in this game and I still liked my chances anyway. But, then everything blew up in my face. |
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| Dave | Aug 19 2011, 11:25 PM Post #2 |
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Rought Draft #2 Hi everyone, I just want to start by saying how cool it is to finally be able to talk to you all again. This has been an amazing journey for all of us and I have no illusions that I could have gotten to this point without having a certain amount of luck and some breaks going my way. That said, I absolutely believe that I¡¦ve earned my spot here in the Final 2 and I am thrilled to be able to sit here and plead my case as to why I should win this game. It has been quite a road for me personally and I could never have predicted how I would get to this point. In the teaser video that Brobst sent us so long ago, he mentioned that ¡§Power players may fall. Underdogs may rise.¡¨ I did both. I¡¦ve never played an online Survivor game before, or any online game for that matter. So when this game began the only thing I trusted were my own instincts, awareness, and knowledge of the game of Survivor. In the beginning, I just wanted to be friendly with everyone and let them know that I was someone who could be trusted. I was looking for people that had similar communicative styles as I do, which I found in several members of Katorga. I formed tight bonds with Hunter and Ace in particular, as we formed a Final 3 alliance way back on June 29. I knew that this was going to be a game FULL of hardcore strategists, so my plan at this point was to try and have as much control as possible without anyone being opposed to it, and just adapt when the game called for it. Part of that strategy involved not being TOO social outwardly on ¡§The Mountain¡¨ because I didn¡¦t want to build a target on myself. My strategy worked very well for a long time. I was able to keep someone like Billy around longer than others wanted him to be mostly because I knew that Billy liked me and trusted me more than he did anyone else in the tribe. He wasn¡¦t in our alliance, but I still knew he wasn¡¦t going to vote me out, so I needed that for my own safety. It was all about ¡§Creating Safety¡¨. A move like that may seem insignificant now, but EVERYTHING is important. (Little did I know that at some point ¡§Creating Safety¡¨ would become synonymous with ¡§Winning Immunity.¡¨ Ultimately though, I just wanted to continue to put my full trust in the members of my alliance, which was the Katorga 5, including Jamie and Coach. As the game progressed, I suspected that I might have to turn on someone like Hunter or Ace if it was the smartest strategic move for me. But, there was no way I would do that unless I set it up where I couldn¡¦t be blamed for it. I decided this back on July 8. As the twist and turns in this game continued to baffle us all (combine, swap, double-boots, merge¡Kugh), I tried to stay one step ahead if I could. I think one of the biggest moves in the game for me was coming up with the idea to throw the challenge to get rid of Teresa. I wasn¡¦t the only one to have the idea by any stretch of the imagination (Hi Coach and Crystal), but really I had already discussed it with Hunter at that point. I was just thrilled that I wasn¡¦t alone in the thought. However, a couple people believed that Teresa would work with us down the road and didn¡¦t want to throw the challenge. Luckily, people like Crystal, Coach and I wanted to throw it because it just wasn¡¦t worth the risk to keep T-bird around to reunite with her fellow Yeti¡¦s on the other side if we merged right after the vote. As fate would have it, we DID merge right after. For me it was doubly important because we also saved Jamie or Ace from certain elimination. Going into the merge, I had a lot of allies. I had talked to Hunter about forming a Final 3 alliance with Frank AND one with Coach. I thought it was perfect because I felt like Hunter was tighter with Frank than I was, and I KNEW that Coach was tighter with me. After that Hunter and I formed a Final 4 alliance with Crystal and Deena because we just weren¡¦t sure what to expect when we re-united with Jamie and Ace. I felt very confident about my position in the game at this point, which should have been a dead giveaway that I was screwed, right? After the merge, there were signs that things weren¡¦t going quite the way I wanted them to. I did not want Coach to be voted out when he was, to the point that I tried to argue it to the group that wanted him gone. But, I couldn¡¦t go against the majority at that point. So, I lost someone who I thought was one of my biggest allies. And then came Jamie. I fully expected that we were going to vote out Jill that night, but Hunter decided right before the vote that Jamie needed to go because he wouldn¡¦t expect it. Hunter was my best friend and closest ally, so I went along with it. Jamie HAD been seemingly ready to screw us over anyway, so it did make sense. At this point though, my outlook on the game changed. I decided that no matter what I wasn¡¦t going to consider screwing over Hunter and Frank because I trusted them the most and thought that we could really make it to the end together. There was no money involved in this game and I still liked my chances anyway. But, then everything blew up in my face. During the ¡§Retention¡¨ challenge, I pulled off a very unexpected win considering I had to guess on the last two ¡§matches¡¨ in order to do it. However, I had no idea how big a win it really was because I fully expected that Jill was going home that night. It did seem odd during the challenge when Jill ¡§fumbled¡¨ her turn and Hunter somehow missed his turn. It all became clear when Deena was voted out that night. Hunter (and Frank) had turned on me. I was in disbelief because I really didn¡¦t understand the move. When I questioned Hunter and even Ace about it, I was met with gloating and a matter-of-fact ¡§sorry, it¡¦s nothing personal.¡¨ This comment was in direct response to me telling Ace that I felt like it WAS personal for me when someone like Jamie got voted out unexpectedly. Like I said, dumb or not, I had convinced myself that ¡§my group¡¨ could get through this game without unnecessary blindsides. And sure, I was pissed at my ¡§best friend¡¨ Hunter for turning on me. But, as I explained to him later, the real reason I was so hurt by his move to get rid of me was because (in my opinion) he was well on his way to getting to the end of this game without betraying me. But, now the game was on because you know what? No one got the job done. Back when I said I would consider getting rid of him or Ace, I said I would have to set it up so that I couldn¡¦t be blamed for doing it. Unfortunately for Hunter, (and luckily for me) I was still in the game and now everything was fair game¡K.. Quick history lesson kids ƒº : The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest known volcanic events of the last 500 million years. This event likely caused the ¡§Great Dying¡¨ that killed 90% of the species in the area. So, in this game of Survivor: Siberia, I now had a mission. I would never give up on myself, but no matter what I wanted to make sure that Hunter and Ace weren¡¦t the Final 2 in this game. So, I turned the mountain into a volcano. Just ask Jill ƒº I literally re-read every PM ever sent to me by Hunter and Ace and exposed every little secret I could find in order to prove that I wasn¡¦t this big villain that they had likely made me out to be. Jill, Crystal, and Frank know that I made it my crusade to get them to work with each other after I was voted out, if only to ensure that one of those other guys didn¡¦t win the game. Crystal knew what was up for sure, but there was nothing she could do, cuz no one else would work with her because they felt too comfortable in their spot. The new alliance of Jill, Frank, Hunter, and Ace was unbreakable. So, I had to keep winning. And I did. I tried to stir up as much as I could every chance I got because I just knew that I had to lose a challenge eventually. So, I needed there to be some doubt in people¡¦s minds about each other in order for me to have any chance. But, I never lost. I don¡¦t think I can even do justice to the level of focus and motivation I had in this game after I was nearly blindsided. I made the conscious decision that I was willing to do anything to win at that point and I never looked back. As for the challenges, I think my performance does in a way speak for itself. But since I¡¦m campaigning to win this game, I¡¦m not going to gloss over it. I won 6 out of 9 Individual Immunity Challenges. Also, I was the key reason why my tribe won two challenges before that- one in the Siberia Trivia challenge where I scored 2 of our 5 points. This was a pivotal point in this game for Katorga because it was the first challenge after our surprise ¡§double-boot¡¨ at the previous TC and we needed to regain the numbers advantage. With the individual challenges, I won 5 in a row where I was 100% certain I was going home if I hadn¡¦t won. Some of you probably understand the pressure I felt. The first one I obviously had no clue I was the target that night, but each one after that the pressure was very real. During the ¡§Place Your Order¡¨ challenge in particular, I was shaking as I tried to cut-and-paste the cast photos. But, I was so proud of myself because I continued to persevere despite such heavy odds. Some might say that I had nothing to lose, but I say that I had everything to lose. There were even moments during some of the challenges that epitomized my journey and my destiny in this game: 1) As I mentioned earlier, even though Jill and Hunter tried to prevent me from winning the ¡§Retention¡¨ challenge, I guessed right twice at the end and STILL won and saved myself. It could be luck, but I think it was fate. 2) During the ¡§Going Once¡¨ auction, I told myself going into the challenge that I would bid ALL my money on the FIRST item and just pray that it was immunity. And it was. Luck? Or fate? How about both? 3) Finally, before the Final IC ¡§The Necklace¡¨ even started, I analyzed Tree Mail and predicted EXACTLY what the challenge would be. I practiced cutting, pasting, and moving around photos during the day in case I had to assemble ¡§pieces¡¨ into one big picture. I had gone through every challenge from Season 5: LOST and found a challenge where players had to find hidden ¡§Guillotine¡¨ photos in the threads. I even remembered the Immunity Necklace photo that ended up being used in the challenge as the same photo that was used when I won the necklace at the auction challenge. I took this photo earlier in the day, saved it as my desktop background on my computer, and studied it so I¡¦d be ready just in case. Everything paid off for me. Was it all luck? Or was it fate? I¡¦m a big believer in both. Now, I¡¦m here in the Final 2, and I actually have a chance to plead my case to you. I truly think I deserve to be here and I know that I¡¦ve earned it. I¡¦ve played my ass off in this game and worn my heart on my sleeve the entire time. I never rode coattails and always gave my opinion. That won¡¦t stop today. I¡¦m looking forward very much to hearing everything you have to say to me or ask me because I have nothing to hide. I hope in the end you decide that I¡¦ve earned your vote because I think I¡¦ve played a damn good game. But even if you feel that the gentleman sitting next to me deserves it more, I will still be extremely proud of everything I¡¦ve accomplished. Thanks! |
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| Dave | Aug 20 2011, 10:06 AM Post #3 |
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Hi everyone, I just want to start by saying how cool it is to finally be able to talk to you all again. This has been an amazing journey for all of us and I have no illusions that I could have gotten to this point without having a certain amount of luck and some breaks going my way. I also couldn’t have gotten here by myself (although recently I pretty much have done exactly that lol) That said, I absolutely believe that I’ve earned my spot here in the Final 2 and I am thrilled to be able to sit here and plead my case as to why I should win this game. It has been quite a road for me personally and I could never have predicted how I would get to this point. In the teaser video that Brobst sent us so long ago, he mentioned that “Power players may fall. Underdogs may rise.” I did both. I’ve never played an online Survivor game before, or any online game for that matter. So when this game began the only things I trusted were my own instincts, awareness, and knowledge of the game of Survivor. In the beginning, I just wanted to be friendly with everyone and let them know that I was someone who could be trusted. I was looking for people that had similar communicative styles as I do, which I found in several members of Katorga. I formed tight bonds with Hunter and Ace in particular, as we formed a Final 3 alliance way back on June 29. I knew that this was going to be a game FULL of hardcore strategists, so my plan at this point was to try and have as much control as possible without anyone being opposed to it, and just adapt when the game called for it. Part of that strategy involved not being TOO social outwardly on “The Mountain” because I didn’t want to build a target on myself. My strategy worked very well for a long time. I was able to keep someone like Billy around longer than others wanted him to be mostly because I knew that Billy liked me and trusted me more than he did anyone else in the tribe. He wasn’t in our alliance, but I still knew he wasn’t going to vote me out, so I needed that for my own safety. It was all about “Creating Safety”. A move like that may seem insignificant now, but EVERYTHING is important. (Little did I know that at some point “Creating Safety” would become synonymous with “Winning Immunity.”) Ultimately though, I just wanted to continue to put my full trust in the members of my alliance, which was the Katorga 5, including Jamie and Coach. As the game progressed, I suspected that I might have to turn on someone like Hunter or Ace if it was the smartest strategic move for me. But, there was no way I would do that unless I set it up where I couldn’t be blamed for it. I decided this back on July 8. As the twist and turns in this game continued to baffle us all (combine, swap, double-boots, merge…ugh), I tried to stay one step ahead if I could. I think one of the biggest moves in the game for me was coming up with the idea to throw the challenge to get rid of Teresa. I wasn’t the only one to have the idea by any stretch of the imagination (Hi Coach and Crystal), but really I had already discussed it with Hunter at that point. I was just thrilled that I wasn’t alone in the thought. However, a couple people believed that Teresa would work with us down the road and didn’t want to throw the challenge. Luckily, people like Crystal, Coach and I wanted to throw it because it just wasn’t worth the risk to keep T-bird around to reunite with her fellow Yeti’s on the other side if we merged right after the vote. As fate would have it, we DID merge right after. For me it was doubly important because we also saved Jamie or Ace from certain elimination. Going into the merge, I had a lot of allies. I had talked to Hunter about forming a Final 3 alliance with Frank AND one with Coach. I thought it was perfect because I felt like Hunter was tighter with Frank than I was, and I KNEW that Coach was tighter with me. After that Hunter and I formed a Final 4 alliance with Crystal and Deena because we just weren’t sure what to expect when we re-united with Jamie and Ace. I felt very confident about my position in the game at this point, which should have been a dead giveaway that I was screwed, right? After the merge, there were signs that things weren’t going quite the way I wanted them to. I did not want Coach to be voted out when he was, to the point that I tried to argue it to the group that wanted him gone. But, I couldn’t go against the majority at that point and the double-boot made it impossible to save him. So, I lost someone who I thought was one of my biggest allies. And then came Jamie. I fully expected that we were going to vote out Jill that night, but Hunter decided right before the vote that Jamie needed to go because he wouldn’t expect it. Hunter was my best friend and closest ally, so I went along with it. Jamie HAD been seemingly ready to screw us over anyway, so it did make sense. At this point though, my outlook on the game changed. I decided that no matter what I wasn’t going to consider screwing over Hunter and Frank because I trusted them the most and thought that we could really make it to the end together. There was no money involved in this game and I still liked my chances anyway. As Coach might say I was more interested in “working for good than for gold.” The “4 Cheeses” alliance of Hunter/Crystal/Deena and me made ME feel very safe too, especially because I felt like the girls and I got along better than Hunter and the girls did. I thought for sure we would be Final 5 at least. But, then everything blew up in my face. During the “Retention” challenge, I pulled off a very unexpected win considering I had to guess on the last two “matches” in order to do it. However, I had no idea how big a win it really was because I fully expected that Jill was going home that night. It did seem odd during the challenge when Jill “fumbled” her turn and Hunter somehow missed his turn. It all became clear when Deena was voted out that night. Hunter (and Frank) had turned on me. I was in disbelief because I really didn’t understand the move. When I questioned Hunter and even Ace about it, I was met with gloating and a matter-of-fact “sorry, it’s nothing personal.” I felt like this comment was in direct response to me telling Ace that I felt like it WAS personal for me when someone like Jamie got voted out unexpectedly. Like I said, dumb or not, I had convinced myself that “my group” could get through this game without unnecessary blindsides. And sure, I was pissed at my “best friend” Hunter for turning on me. But, as I explained to him later, the real reason I was so hurt by his move to get rid of me was because (in my opinion) he was well on his way to getting to the end of this game without betraying me. But, now the game was on because you know what? No one got the job done. Back when I said I would consider getting rid of him or Ace, I said I would have to set it up so that I couldn’t be blamed for doing it. Unfortunately for Hunter, (and luckily for me) I was still in the game and now everything was fair game… Quick history lesson kids : The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest known volcanic events of the last 500 million years. This event likely caused the “Great Dying” that killed 90% of the species in the area. So, in this game of Survivor: Siberia, I now had a mission. I would never give up on myself, but no matter what I wanted to make sure that Hunter and Ace weren’t the Final 2 in this game. So, I turned the mountain into a volcano. Just ask Jill, who received countless forwarded messages from me as I tried to turn the tide. I literally re-read every PM ever sent to me by Hunter and Ace and exposed every little secret I could find in order to prove that I wasn’t this big villain that they had likely made me out to be. Jill, Crystal, and Frank know that I made it my crusade to get them to work with each other after I was voted out, if only to ensure that one of those other guys didn’t win the game. Crystal knew what was up for sure, but there was nothing she could do, cuz no one else would work with her because they felt too comfortable in their spot. The new alliance of Jill, Frank, Hunter, and Ace was unbreakable. So, I had to keep winning. And I did. I tried to stir up as much as I could every chance I got because I just knew that I had to lose a challenge eventually. So, I needed there to be some doubt in people’s minds about each other in order for me to have any chance. But, I never lost. I don’t think I can even do justice to the level of focus and motivation I had in this game after I was nearly blindsided. I made the conscious decision that I was willing to do anything to win at that point and I never looked back. As for the challenges, I think my performance does in a way speak for itself. But since I’m campaigning to win this game, I’m not going to gloss over it. I won 6 out of 9 Individual Immunity Challenges. Also, I was the key reason why my tribe won two challenges before that- one being the Siberia Trivia challenge where I scored 2 of our 5 points. This was a pivotal point in this game for Katorga because it was the first challenge after our surprise “double-boot” at the previous TC and we needed to regain the numbers advantage. With the individual challenges, I won 5 in a row where I was 100% going home if I hadn’t. With the first one I obviously had no clue I was the target that night, but each one after that the pressure was very real. During the “Place Your Order” challenge in particular, I was shaking as I tried to cut-and-paste the cast photos. But, I was so proud of myself because I continued to persevere despite such heavy odds. Some might say that I had nothing to lose, but I say that I had everything to lose. There were even moments during some of the challenges that I feel epitomized my journey and my destiny in this game: 1) As I mentioned earlier, even though Jill and Hunter tried to prevent me from winning the “Retention” challenge, I guessed right twice at the end and STILL won and saved myself. It could be luck, but I think it was also fate. 2) During the “Going Once” auction, I told myself going into the challenge that I would bid ALL my money on the FIRST item and just pray that it was immunity. And it was. Luck? Or fate? How about both? 3) Finally, before the Final IC “The Necklace” even started, I analyzed Tree Mail and predicted EXACTLY what the challenge would be. I practiced cutting, pasting, and moving around photos during the day in case I had to assemble “pieces” into one big picture. I had gone through every challenge from Season 5: LOST and found a challenge where players had to find hidden “Guillotine” photos in the threads. I even remembered the Immunity Necklace photo that ended up being used in the challenge as the same photo that was used when I won the necklace at the auction challenge. I took this photo earlier in the day, saved it as my desktop background on my computer, and studied it so I’d be ready just in case. Everything paid off for me. Was it all luck? Or was it fate? I’m a big believer in both. There are just a couple more things that I’d like to clear up. I played a lot with some of you and not so much with others. Quite frankly, I just didn’t feel the need to really deceive a couple of you too much because it didn’t seem necessary at the time. I wanted to get to know you though and I hope you realize that, especially considering a couple of you received messages from me wanting to just chat “non-strategically.” But, then there was Hunter. Hunter and I made MANY decisions together in this game, to the point that some of you probably didn’t know who was behind them all. Well, the truth is we both came up with a lot of good ideas and that’s why we made it so far together. Sure, I was pissed at him bigtime when he tried to get rid of me and I just couldn’t trust him after that, but the main reason I voted him out was really because I knew how well he had played this game. The same goes with Ace, who I was at least fortunate enough to be able to mend fences with and repair our friendship that had been clouded along the way. Even though I would still proudly put my game up against theirs, I still have tremendous respect for them both. I don’t want to make it seem like I’m trashing either of them here. This is all just my perspective on the game. Now, I’m here in the Final 2, and I actually have a chance to plead my case to you. I truly think I deserve to be here and I know that I’ve earned it. I’ve played my ass off in this game for the last 2 months and worn my heart on my sleeve the entire time. I never rode coattails and always gave my opinion. That won’t stop today. I’m looking forward very much to hearing everything you have to say to me or ask me because I have nothing to hide. I've played this game strategically, emotionally, "physically" (on my keyboard), and logically. Combine that with some well-timed luck, good fortune, and I believe fate and I think I truly should stand alone at the end as the sole Survivor. |
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| Dave | Aug 20 2011, 05:21 PM Post #4 |
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Hi everyone, I just want to start by saying how cool it is to finally be able to talk to you all again. This has been an amazing journey for all of us and I have no illusions that I could have gotten to this point without having a certain amount of luck and some breaks going my way. I also couldn’t have gotten here by myself (although recently I pretty much have done exactly that lol) That said, I absolutely believe that I’ve earned my spot here in the Final 2 and I am thrilled to be able to sit here and plead my case as to why I should win this game. It has been quite a road for me personally and I could never have predicted how I would get to this point. In the teaser video that Brobst sent us so long ago, he mentioned that “Power players may fall. Underdogs may rise.” I did both. I’ve never played an online Survivor game before, or any online game for that matter. So when this game began the only things I trusted were my own instincts, awareness, and knowledge of the game of Survivor. In the beginning, I just wanted to be friendly with everyone and let them know that I was someone who could be trusted. I was looking for people that had similar communicative styles as I do, which I found in several members of Katorga. I formed tight bonds with Hunter and Ace in particular, as we formed a Final 3 alliance way back on June 29. I knew that this was going to be a game FULL of hardcore strategists, so my plan at this point was to try and have as much control as possible without anyone being opposed to it, and just adapt when the game called for it. Part of that strategy involved not being TOO social outwardly on “The Mountain” because I didn’t want to build a target on myself. My strategy worked very well for a long time. I was able to keep someone like Billy around longer than others wanted him to be mostly because I knew that Billy liked me and trusted me more than he did anyone else in the tribe. He wasn’t in our alliance, but I still knew he wasn’t going to vote me out, so I needed that for my own safety. It was all about “Creating Safety”. A move like that may seem insignificant now, but EVERYTHING is important. (Little did I know that at some point “Creating Safety” would become synonymous with “Winning Immunity.”) Ultimately though, I just wanted to continue to put my full trust in the members of my alliance, which was the Katorga 5, including Jamie and Coach. As the game progressed, I suspected that I might have to turn on someone like Hunter or Ace if it was the smartest strategic move for me. But, there was no way I would do that unless I set it up where I couldn’t be blamed for it. I decided this back on July 8. As the twist and turns in this game continued to baffle us all (combine, swap, double-boots, merge…ugh), I tried to stay one step ahead if I could. I think one of the biggest moves in the game for me was coming up with the idea to throw the challenge to get rid of Teresa. I wasn’t the only one to have the idea by any stretch of the imagination (Hi Coach and Crystal), but really I had already discussed it with Hunter at that point. I was just thrilled that I wasn’t alone in the thought. However, a couple people believed that Teresa would work with us down the road and didn’t want to throw the challenge. Luckily, people like Crystal, Coach and I wanted to throw it because it just wasn’t worth the risk to keep T-bird around to reunite with her fellow Yeti’s on the other side if we merged right after the vote. As fate would have it, we DID merge right after. For me it was doubly important because we also saved Jamie or Ace from certain elimination. Going into the merge, I had a lot of allies. I had talked to Hunter about forming a Final 3 alliance with Frank AND one with Coach. I thought it was perfect because I felt like Hunter was tighter with Frank than I was, and I KNEW that Coach was tighter with me. After that Hunter and I formed a Final 4 alliance with Crystal and Deena because we just weren’t sure what to expect when we re-united with Jamie and Ace. I felt very confident about my position in the game at this point, which should have been a dead giveaway that I was screwed, right? After the merge, there were signs that things weren’t going quite the way I wanted them to. I did not want Coach to be voted out when he was, to the point that I tried to argue it to the group that wanted him gone. But, I couldn’t go against the majority at that point and the double-boot made it impossible to save him. So, I lost someone who I thought was one of my biggest allies. And then came Jamie. I fully expected that we were going to vote out Jill that night, but Hunter decided right before the vote that Jamie needed to go because he wouldn’t expect it. Hunter was my best friend and closest ally, so I went along with it. Jamie HAD been seemingly ready to screw us over anyway, so it did make sense. At this point though, my outlook on the game changed. I decided that no matter what I wasn’t going to consider screwing over Hunter and Frank because I trusted them the most and thought that we could really make it to the end together. There was no money involved in this game and I still liked my chances anyway. As Coach might say I was more interested in “working for good than for gold.” The “4 Cheeses” alliance of Hunter/Crystal/Deena and me made ME feel very safe too, especially because I felt like the girls and I got along better than Hunter and the girls did. I thought for sure we would be Final 5 at least. But, then everything blew up in my face. During the “Retention” challenge, I pulled off a very unexpected win considering I had to guess on the last two “matches” in order to do it. However, I had no idea how big a win it really was because I fully expected that Jill was going home that night. It did seem odd during the challenge when Jill “fumbled” her turn and Hunter somehow missed his turn. It all became clear when Deena was voted out that night. Hunter (and Frank) had turned on me. I was in disbelief because I really didn’t understand the move. When I questioned Hunter and even Ace about it, I was met with gloating and a matter-of-fact “sorry, it’s nothing personal.” I felt like this comment was in direct response to me telling Ace that I felt like it WAS personal for me when someone like Jamie got voted out unexpectedly. Like I said, dumb or not, I had convinced myself that “my group” could get through this game without unnecessary blindsides. And sure, I was pissed at my “best friend” Hunter for turning on me. But, as I explained to him later, the real reason I was so hurt by his move to get rid of me was because (in my opinion) he was well on his way to getting to the end of this game without betraying me. But, now the game was on because you know what? No one got the job done. Back when I said I would consider getting rid of him or Ace, I said I would have to set it up so that I couldn’t be blamed for doing it. Unfortunately for Hunter, (and luckily for me) I was still in the game and now everything was fair game… When I was studying for the Trivia challenge I learned a good bit about this place we've been living. And something really stood out to me that ended up playing into my game: The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest known volcanic events of the last 500 million years. This event likely caused the “Great Dying” that killed 90% of the species in the area. So, in this game of Survivor: Siberia, I now had a mission. I would never give up on myself, but no matter what I wanted to make sure that Hunter and Ace weren’t the Final 2 in this game. So, I turned the mountain into a volcano. Just ask Jill, who received countless forwarded messages from me as I tried to turn the tide. I literally re-read every PM ever sent to me by Hunter and Ace and exposed every little secret I could find in order to prove that I wasn’t this big villain that they had likely made me out to be. Jill, Crystal, and Frank know that I made it my crusade to get them to work with each other after I was voted out, if only to ensure that one of those other guys didn’t win the game. Crystal knew what was up for sure, but there was nothing she could do, cuz no one else would work with her because they felt too comfortable in their spot. The new alliance of Jill, Frank, Hunter, and Ace was unbreakable. So, I had to keep winning. And I did. I tried to stir up as much as I could every chance I got because I just knew that I had to lose a challenge eventually. So, I needed there to be some doubt in people’s minds about each other in order for me to have any chance. But, I never lost. I don’t think I can even do justice to the level of focus and motivation I had in this game after I was nearly blindsided. I made the conscious decision that I was willing to do anything to win at that point and I never looked back. As for the challenges, I think my performance does in a way speak for itself. But since I’m campaigning to win this game, I’m not going to gloss over it. I won 6 out of 9 Individual Immunity Challenges. Also, I was the key reason why my tribe won two challenges before that- one being the Siberia Trivia challenge where I scored 2 of our 5 points. This was a pivotal point in this game for Katorga because it was the first challenge after our surprise “double-boot” at the previous TC and we needed to regain the numbers advantage. With the individual challenges, I won 5 in a row where I was 100% going home if I hadn’t. With the first one I obviously had no clue I was the target that night, but each one after that the pressure was very real. During the “Place Your Order” challenge in particular, I was shaking as I tried to cut-and-paste the cast photos. But, I was so proud of myself because I continued to persevere despite such heavy odds. Some might say that I had nothing to lose, but I say that I had everything to lose. There were even moments during some of the challenges that I feel epitomized my journey and my destiny in this game: 1) As I mentioned earlier, even though Jill and Hunter tried to prevent me from winning the “Retention” challenge, I guessed right twice at the end and STILL won and saved myself. It could be luck, but I think it was also fate. 2) During the “Going Once” auction, I told myself going into the challenge that I would bid ALL my money on the FIRST item and just pray that it was immunity. And it was. Luck? Or fate? How about both? 3) Finally, before the Final IC “The Necklace” even started, I analyzed Tree Mail and predicted EXACTLY what the challenge would be. I practiced cutting, pasting, and moving around photos during the day in case I had to assemble “pieces” into one big picture. I had gone through every challenge from Season 5: LOST and found a challenge where players had to find hidden “Guillotine” photos in the threads. I even remembered the Immunity Necklace photo that ended up being used in the challenge as the same photo that was used when I won the necklace at the auction challenge. I took this photo earlier in the day, saved it as my desktop background on my computer, and studied it so I’d be ready just in case. Everything paid off for me. Was it all luck? Or was it fate? I’m a big believer in both. There are just a couple more things that I’d like to clear up. I played a lot with some of you and not so much with others. Quite frankly, I just didn’t feel the need to really deceive a couple of you too much because it didn’t seem necessary at the time. I wanted to get to know you though and I hope you realize that, especially considering a couple of you received messages from me wanting to just chat “non-strategically.” But, then there was Hunter. Hunter and I made MANY decisions together in this game, to the point that some of you probably didn’t know who was behind them all. Well, the truth is we both came up with a lot of good ideas and that’s why we made it so far together. Sure, I was pissed at him bigtime when he tried to get rid of me and I just couldn’t trust him after that, but the main reason I voted him out was really because I knew how well he had played this game. The same goes with Ace, who I was at least fortunate enough to be able to mend fences with and repair our friendship that had been clouded along the way. Even though I would still proudly put my game up against theirs, I still have tremendous respect for them both. I don’t want to make it seem like I’m trashing either of them here. This is all just my perspective on the game. Now, I’m here in the Final 2, and I actually have a chance to plead my case to you. I truly think I deserve to be here and I know that I’ve earned it. I’ve played my ass off in this game for the last 2 months and worn my heart on my sleeve the entire time. I never rode coattails and always gave my opinion. That won’t stop today. I’m looking forward very much to hearing everything you have to say to me or ask me because I have nothing to hide. I've played this game strategically, emotionally, "physically" (on my keyboard), and logically. Combine that with some well-timed luck, good fortune, and I believe fate and I think I truly should stand alone at the end as the sole Survivor. |
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| Brobst | Aug 20 2011, 08:04 PM Post #5 |
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Tell ya what I'll do since you have a LOT of codes and color in there now. Let me actually go ahead and post your opening speech. Reason being, when you copy and paste, it doesn't transfer codes. Easiest way to start is for me to post it for ya from your own account so you don't lose all the colors and stuff that you added. Coolio? |
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| Dave | Aug 20 2011, 10:23 PM Post #6 |
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Yeah I could do that. I guess I could have just not had all the colors lol. I'm actually pretty nervous that I've written way too much as it is. I thought the color, albeit a little feminine, would at least make it a little easier to read. I'm going to be so mad at myself if I blow this! |
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| Brobst | Aug 20 2011, 11:11 PM Post #7 |
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Well, let me know for sure. If you want it posted with all the colors showing up, I can do that. If you copy and paste it as it, all the color codes wouldn't be there. |
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| Dave | Aug 20 2011, 11:19 PM Post #8 |
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Hey, I'm actually going to try and cut out 3 paragraphs or so from my speech, so can you hold off on everything? I won't be home from softball until around 12 pm EST to start editing, but I I'll start as soon as I get home. It's just way too long and might actually cost me votes. (although I think I narrated my season pretty well lol) I will also try to cut out most of the colors, so there won't be as much to deal with. I'm definitely leaving in the red and maybe a color for the names, but that's probably it. Is that cool? |
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| Brobst | Aug 21 2011, 02:04 AM Post #9 |
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Change anything you want. And if you're leaving in colors, I'll go ahead and post it for ya when Final TC starts. As long as I can clearly tell that the last thing you end up having posted here is your Final Draft, that's what I'll post. |
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| Dave | Aug 21 2011, 05:22 AM Post #10 |
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Perfect. Thanks. If I label my final draft "Final Draft" at the top, is it gonna say that at the top when you post it? Cuz that would look silly
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| Brobst | Aug 21 2011, 06:11 AM Post #11 |
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he he I have magical superpowers and would definitely not include "Final Draft" when I post it.
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| Dave | Aug 21 2011, 10:12 AM Post #12 |
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Rougher Draft Hi everyone, I just want to start by saying how cool it is to finally be able to talk to you all again. This has been an amazing journey for all of us and I really feel fortunate and proud to be here. I have no illusions that I could have gotten to this point without having a certain amount of luck and some breaks going my way. I also couldn’t have gotten here by myself (although recently I 've pretty much done exactly that lol) That said, I absolutely believe that I’ve earned my spot here in the Final 2 and I am thrilled to be able to sit here and plead my case as to why I should win this game. It has been quite a road for me personally and I could never have predicted how I would get to this point. In the teaser video that Brobst sent us so long ago, he mentioned that “Power players may fall. Underdogs may rise.” I did both. I’ve never played an online Survivor game before, or any online game for that matter. So when this game began the only things I trusted were my own instincts, awareness, and knowledge of the game of Survivor. In the beginning, I just wanted to be friendly with everyone and let them know that I was someone who could be trusted. I found some people in Katorga that I could really communicate with, notably forming a Final 3 alliance with Hunter/Ace back on June 29. I knew that this was going to be a game FULL of hardcore strategists, so my plan was to be in control as much as I could and be prepared to adapt at any time. It was all about “Creating Safety”. (Little did I know that eventually “Creating Safety” would become synonymous with “Winning Immunity.”) As the game progressed, I suspected that I might have to turn on someone like Hunter or Ace if it was the smartest strategic move for me. But, there was no way I would do that unless I set it up where I couldn’t be blamed for it. As the twists and turns in this game continued to baffle us all (combine, swap, double-boots, merge…ugh), I tried to stay one step ahead if I could. Going into the merge, I had a lot of allies. I had talked to Hunter about forming a Final 3 alliance with Frank AND one with Coach. I thought it was perfect because I felt like Hunter was tighter with Frank than I was, and I KNEW that Coach was tighter with me. After that Hunter and I formed a Final 4 alliance with Crystal and Deena because we just weren’t sure what to expect when we re-united with Jamie and Ace. I felt very confident about my position in the game at this point, which should have been a dead giveaway that I was screwed. After the merge, there were signs I had lost some control, like when Coach and Jamie went home. I argued with the group about the Coach vote, but at that point I just couldn't go against the majority and the double-boot sealed his fate. And the Jamie vote was a last minute decision that I disagreed with, but I did know at least that he was potentially going to screw me at some point. At this point though, my outlook on the game changed. As Coach might say I was more interested in “working for good than for gold.” I decided I wouldn't screw over Hunter/Frank and even the Final 5 was locked in my mind. I wanted to go to the end with the two guys and just trust that I could win the Jury vote. I But, then everything blew up in my face. During the “Retention” challenge, my buddies turned on me and tried to blindside me. Luckily for me, I won immunity, but I was in disbelief because I really didn’t understand the move. Basically, I just didn't think it was necessary for Hunter to get to the end, just like I had convinced myself that some of the blindsides earlier were unnecessary. But after this event, everything was fair game for me. When I was studying for the Trivia challenge I learned a good bit about this place we've been living, like how The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest known volcanic events of the last 500 million years. This event likely caused the “Great Dying” that killed 90% of the species in the area. So, in our game of Survivor: Siberia, I now had a mission. I would never give up on myself, but no matter what I wanted to make sure that Hunter and Ace weren’t the Final 2 in this game. I just didn't like how they treated me after they tried to blindside me. So, I tried to turn the mountain into a volcano. Some people received countless forwarded messages from me as I tried to turn the tide by revealing everything I could and just trying to stir things up. Like I said before, there was a point where I would have considered turning on Hunter too, but only if I couldn't be blamed for it. Well, I was still here and I had no problem throwing the blame around, cuz I was still playing the game. I needed there to be some doubt in people’s minds about each other in order for me to have any chance if I lost a challenge. As for the challenges themselves, I think my performance does in a way speak for itself. But since I’m campaigning to win this game, I’m not going to gloss over it. I won 6 out of 9 Individual Immunity Challenges. Also, I was the key reason why my tribe won two challenges- one being the Siberia Trivia challenge which ended up being a pivotal win for the Katorga tribe. With the individual challenges, I won 5 in a row where I was 100% going home if I hadn’t. Some things really stood out to me that made me really believe I might be destined to win this game: 1) Despite the attempts to prevent me from winning the “Retention” challenge, I guessed right twice at the end managed to save myself. It could be luck, but I think it was also fate. 2) During the “Going Once” auction, I told myself going into the challenge that I would bid ALL my money on the FIRST item and just pray that it was immunity. And it was. Luck? Or fate? Possibly both? 3) Finally, before the Final IC “The Necklace” even started, I analyzed Tree Mail and predicted EXACTLY what the challenge would be. I practiced cutting, pasting, and moving around photos during the day in case I had to assemble “pieces” into one big picture. I had gone through every challenge from Season 5: LOST and found a challenge where players had to find hidden “Guillotine” photos in the threads. I remembered the Immunity Necklace photo from the Auction challenge. I saved it as my desktop background on my computer, and studied it so I’d be ready. Was it all luck? Or was it fate? I’m a big believer in both. There are just a couple more things that I’d like to clear up. I played a lot with some of you and not so much with others. Quite frankly, I just didn’t feel the need to really deceive a couple of you too much because it didn’t seem necessary at the time. I wanted to get to know you though and I hope you realize that, especially considering a couple of you received messages from me wanting to just chat “non-strategically.” But, then there was Hunter. Hunter and I made MANY decisions together in this game, to the point that some of you probably didn’t know who was behind them all. Well, the truth is we both came up with a lot of good ideas and that’s why we made it so far together. I have tremendous respect for the way that he and Ace played this game and I'm glad that we were able to bury the hatchet in many ways. Now, I’m here in the Final 2, and I truly think I deserve to be here. I’ve played my ass off in this game for the last 2 months and worn my heart on my sleeve the entire time. I never rode coattails and always gave my opinion. That won’t stop today. I’m looking forward very much to hearing everything you have to say to me or ask me because I have nothing to hide. I've played this game strategically, emotionally, "physically" (on my keyboard), and logically. Combine that with some well-timed luck, good fortune, and I believe fate and I truly think that I should stand alone at the end as the sole Survivor. |
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| Dave | Aug 21 2011, 10:45 AM Post #13 |
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FINAL DRAFT Hi everyone, I just want to start by saying how cool it is to finally be able to talk to you all again. Some of you I got to know better than others of course, but I know that it has been an amazing journey for each of us. There have been several tremendous strategists in this game and I really feel fortunate and proud to be here today. I have no illusions that I could have gotten to this point without having a certain amount of luck and some breaks going my way. I also couldn’t have gotten here by myself (although recently I 've pretty much done exactly that lol) That said, I absolutely believe that I’ve earned my spot here in the Final 2 and I am thrilled to be able to sit here and plead my case as to why I should win this game. It has been quite a road for me personally and I could never have predicted how I would get to this point. In the teaser video that Brobst sent us so long ago, he mentioned that “Power players may fall. Underdogs may rise.” I did both. I’ve never played an online Survivor game before, or any online game for that matter. So when this game began the only things I trusted were my own instincts, awareness, and knowledge of the game of Survivor. In the beginning, I just wanted to be friendly with everyone and let them know that I was someone who could be trusted. I found some people in Katorga that I could really communicate with, notably forming a Final 3 alliance with Hunter/Ace back on June 29. I knew that this was going to be a game FULL of hardcore strategists, so my plan was to be in control as much as I could and be prepared to adapt at any time. It was all about “Creating Safety”. (Little did I know that eventually “Creating Safety” would become synonymous with “Winning Immunity.”) As the game progressed, I suspected that I might have to turn on someone like Hunter or Ace if it was the smartest strategic move for me. But, there was no way I would do that unless I set it up where I couldn’t be blamed for it. As the twists and turns in this game continued to baffle us all (combine, swap, double-boots, merge…ugh), I tried to stay one step ahead if I could. Going into the merge, I had a lot of allies. I had talked to Hunter about forming a Final 3 alliance with Frank AND one with Coach. I thought it was perfect because I felt like Hunter was tighter with Frank than I was, and I KNEW that Coach was tighter with me. After that Hunter and I formed a Final 4 alliance with Crystal and Deena because we just weren’t sure what to expect when we re-united with Jamie and Ace. I felt very confident about my position in the game at this point, which should have been a dead giveaway that I was screwed. After the merge, there were signs I had lost some control, like when Coach and Jamie went home. I argued with the group about the Coach vote, but at that point I just couldn't go against the majority and the double-boot sealed his fate. And the Jamie vote was a last minute decision that I disagreed with, but I did know at least that he was potentially going to screw me at some point. At this point though, my outlook on the game changed. As Coach might say I was more interested in “working for good than for gold.” I decided I wouldn't screw over Hunter/Frank and even the Final 5 was locked in my mind. I wanted to go to the end with the two guys and just trust that I could win the Jury vote. Then everything blew up in my face. During the “Retention” challenge, my buddies turned on me and tried to blindside me. Luckily for me, I won immunity, but I was in disbelief because I really didn’t understand the move. Basically, I just didn't think it was necessary in order for Hunter to get to the end, just like I had convinced myself that some of the blindsides earlier were unnecessary. But after this event, everything was fair game for me. When I was studying for the Trivia challenge I learned a good bit about this place we've been living, like how The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest known volcanic events of the last 500 million years. This event likely caused the “Great Dying” that killed 90% of the species in the area. So, in our game of Survivor: Siberia, I now had a mission. So, I tried to turn the mountain into a volcano. I would never give up on myself, but no matter what I wanted to make sure that Hunter and Ace weren’t the Final 2 in this game. I just didn't like how they treated me after they tried to blindside me. Some people received countless forwarded messages from me as I tried to turn the tide by revealing everything I could and just trying to stir things up. Like I said before, there was a point where I would have considered turning on Hunter too, but only if I couldn't be blamed for it. Well, I was still here and I had no problem throwing the blame around, cuz I was still playing the game. I needed there to be some doubt in people’s minds about each other in order for me to have any chance if I lost a challenge. As for the challenges themselves, I think my performance does in a way speak for itself. But since I’m campaigning to win this game, I’m not going to gloss over it. I won 6 out of 9 Individual Immunity Challenges. Also, I was the key reason why my tribe won two challenges- one being the Siberia Trivia challenge which ended up being a pivotal win for the Katorga tribe. With the individual challenges, I won 5 in a row where I was 100% going home if I hadn’t. Some things really stood out to me that made me really believe I might be destined to win this game: 1) Despite the attempts to prevent me from winning the “Retention” challenge, I guessed right twice at the end managed to save myself. It could be luck, but I think it was also fate. 2) During the “Going Once” auction, I told myself going into the challenge that I would bid ALL my money on the FIRST item and just pray that it was immunity. And it was. Luck? Or fate? Possibly both? 3) Finally, before the Final IC “The Necklace” even started, I analyzed Tree Mail and predicted what the challenge would be. I practiced cutting, pasting, and moving around photos during the day in case I had to assemble “pieces” into one big picture. I had gone through every challenge from Season 5: LOST and found a challenge where players had to find hidden “Guillotine” photos in the threads. I remembered the Immunity Necklace photo from the Auction challenge. I saved it as my desktop background on my computer, and studied it so I’d be ready. Was it all luck? Or was it fate? I’m a big believer in both. Now, I’m here in the Final 2, and I truly think I deserve to be here. I’ve played my ass off in this game for the last 2 months and worn my heart on my sleeve the entire time. I never rode coattails and always gave my opinion. That won’t stop today. I’m looking forward very much to hearing everything you have to say to me or ask me because I have nothing to hide. I've played this game strategically, emotionally, "physically" (on my keyboard), and logically. Combine that with some well-timed luck, good fortune, and I believe fate and I truly think that I should stand alone at the end as the sole Survivor |
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| Brobst | Aug 21 2011, 01:32 PM Post #14 |
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Got the Final Draft. I'll post that last entry there with all the red and blue when Final TC opens up. |
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| Dave | Aug 21 2011, 02:02 PM Post #15 |
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Great. Thanks Brobst
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: The Siberian Traps were formed by one of the largest known volcanic events of the last 500 million years. This event likely caused the “Great Dying” that killed 90% of the species in the area. So, in this game of Survivor: Siberia, I now had a mission. I would never give up on myself, but no matter what I wanted to make sure that Hunter and Ace weren’t the Final 2 in this game. So, I turned the mountain into a volcano. Just ask Jill, who received countless forwarded messages from me as I tried to turn the tide. I literally re-read every PM ever sent to me by Hunter and Ace and exposed every little secret I could find in order to prove that I wasn’t this big villain that they had likely made me out to be. Jill, Crystal, and Frank know that I made it my crusade to get them to work with each other after I was voted out, if only to ensure that one of those other guys didn’t win the game. Crystal knew what was up for sure, but there was nothing she could do, cuz no one else would work with her because they felt too comfortable in their spot. The new alliance of Jill, Frank, Hunter, and Ace was unbreakable. So, I had to keep winning. And I did. I tried to stir up as much as I could every chance I got because I just knew that I had to lose a challenge eventually. So, I needed there to be some doubt in people’s minds about each other in order for me to have any chance. But, I never lost. I don’t think I can even do justice to the level of focus and motivation I had in this game after I was nearly blindsided. I made the conscious decision that I was willing to do anything to win at that point and I never looked back. 

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