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#10060 Cassandra, Sarah and Yul. You three have come as far as you can on your own. The power now shifts from the three of you to the people you had a hand in voting out.

I will now turn over to Vytas. Vytas, you have until Saturday at 11:59pm c/12:59am e to address the final 3 and ask them for as much information as you need to cast your vote. They will then have until 9:00c/10:00e on Sunday to answer anything you have asked.

The floor is yours!
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#10114 using this scale, please let me know how involved you were in all the post-merge votes:

1 - clueless/blindsided
2 - knew about the vote, tried to stop it, failed
3 - followed the majority
4 - part of it, not the leading force
5 - spearheaded the vote

no explanations needed here



question #2

who do you think every juror will vote for and why.
answers like "i don't know" or "not me" are banned. pick a name.



question #3, for yul only

please tell me one thing you like and one that you don't about every juror, based on your interactions with us in the game.
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#10135 Name - Scale - Vote
Wiggles 4 Yul? She's up in the air. It was a shitty situation so I think Yul maybe looks the best, and they were together on OG Shentu
Katie 3 Yul or Me hopefully, she started the game with Yul but I felt like we got pretty close
Brenda 4 Cassandra, I think Brenda looks at facts first and we didn't have the best relationship
Vytas 1 Me? I think we were pretty close. I think you've seen yourself how much I've changed from before this experience.
Liliana 1 Me hopefully. I love that girl.
Mia 3 Me? I think a vote for me would be a vote for herself and I think she loves to stroke her ego.
Rudy 4 Yul, BFFs
Andrea 5 (she would also have a 5 for her own vote because of TC) Cassandra, that's the impression I got from her questions but I hope I can win her over
Ozzy 4 Cassandra, same as Brenda
Rory 0 Can I dream and say me? He was dead set on voting me out because he thought I'd win. I hope he wants to prove himself right. ;)
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#10138 Wigles - 4
Katie - 5
Brenda - 1
Vytas - 5
Liliana - 5
Mia - 5
Rudy - 5
Andrea - 2
Ozzy - 5
Rory - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Wigles - me (only ally on Tianguan 3.0 and eventually spearheaded the "coup against Blue" (in quotes because I did downplay my integration into that) that she was attempting in the first round of the merge)

Katie - Yul? (they have a relationship from Refuge and I don't think she talked to either of us three too much here)

Brenda - me (#1 strategic ally through her blindside; gifted me her idol, which I played successfuly; I warned her that voting out Lil would be a worse play for her than voting Mia (obviously didn't foresee that idol play but it was a warning nonetheless); I'm about to give a great answer to her question (but she probably knows what I'm thinking of))

Vytas - me (judging from the first question, you're looking at role in each vote, and I'm willing to bet a 5 is the best for you; plus we had great repartee and cracked each other up)

Liliana - Sarah (her #2 friendo; not to imply that she'll vote more "emotionally," she may be able to sympathize with Sarah's position more)

Mia - me (things didn't work out between us but it was entirely circumstantial and a result of not being online at the same time; we got along great before that; could vote Sarah but they had a falling out or some shit and were never as good allies as I and others were implying)

Rudy - Yul? (things are looking more promising for me after reading his jury question, but his partnership with Yul was one that lasted from the very beginning of the game, and if Yul was gonna show his game to anyone it would be him)

Ozzy - me (we had a solid partnership from the very first round, while advertising it in a way such that we could do serious damage; he and I never explicitly said we'd go to the end together, and I think he can appreciate my strategic decisions)

Rory - me (he told me at F4 I was the biggest threat to win with Ozzy gone; let's see if he still thinks so)
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#10161 Hey Vytas. I hope McGregor wins.

using this scale, please let me know how involved you were in all the post-merge votes:

1 - clueless/blindsided
2 - knew about the vote, tried to stop it, failed
3 - followed the majority
4 - part of it, not the leading force
5 - spearheaded the vote

no explanations needed here


Wigles - 3
Katie - 3
Brenda - 1
Vytas - 4
Liliana - 4
Mia - 5
Rudy - 5
Andrea - 5
Ozzy - 1
Rory - N/A

who do you think every juror will vote for and why.
answers like "i don't know" or "not me" are banned. pick a name.


Wigles - Me. Honestly hard to predict, but I'm hoping that the fact I was up front with her and made some attempts at a relationship, she'll vote for me. But I don't know her opinions on Sarah or Cass.
Katie - Me. I did my best to stick with Katie until it was too late. I was honest with her and we came in with a good relationship. Plus, a lot of what I did this time was based on things she did the last time we played.
Brenda - Cassandra. She gave the idol to Cass, who successfully used it. That probably earned Brenda's respect.
Vytas - Me. Maybe I'm reaching here but I think I earned your respect. Could be just hoping against hope, but I think that I came out of the shadows where I needed to. You were one of the jurors who were agreeing with Mia during her last tribal, so I hope my moves after that showed you I'm here to win.
Liliana - Sarah. They are good friends and Sarah was loyal to her.
Mia - Cassandra. Mia didn't respect my game on her way out and she seems like she'll stubbornly continue to not respect it.
Rudy - Me. I believe he will respect my game, even when it interfered in our relationship.
Andrea - Cassandra. Toss-up, though. I would like to think I have a chance at her vote. From what I've heard, she and Cass had a real good relationship and Cass did try to save her.
Ozzy - Me. Again, hard to say because he had a strong relationship with Cassandra too. But I stayed loyal to him, had a long-standing alliance and we made some big moves together.
Rory - Me. Rory went out of this game saving my life and I can honestly say that despite some of my cold-hearted moves, I would have done the same for him if I was in the position. We were doing rocks either way.

please tell me one thing you like and one that you don't about every juror, based on your interactions with us in the game.


I can't tell if this is sabotage or trying to help me. But fuck it, I'm not gonna half-ass it.

Wigles - I didn't like that she was really bad at communicating. She had the opposite problem of Catalie, who wrote too damn much. I wish I had got to talk to Wigles on the IM system, because it suited her social style better. What I liked about her was her fight in this game. Not just her fight to stay in the final 13, but her drive in general. I know you mentioned to me she was super laid back on Tianguan 3.0, but when she was Shentu 1.0, she was super into it. Almost to a fault, on some challenges, but her motivation was great. It's a big reason she stayed over Rory and Catalie.

Katie - I didn't like that Katie was playing a lot colder this time. At least it felt that way. She was always a bit of a game-bot (that's why we got along), but this time especially she was all business and no play. But I did like that she still had my back. We were close at the beginning of the game and I feel like we finished out still just as close as ever.

Brenda - I didn't like that she gave Cass that idol. Come on Brenda, I thought we were buddies? You meanie. icon_sad What I did like is that despite the fact she had probably had no strategic benefit for it at the time, she still wanted to re-kindle our relationship. We got closer that last day then we did probably the entire season of Refuge. You ruined that, Vytas. You jerk.

Vytas - I don't like your 'persona.' Like, the asshole you pretend to be on the public boards. It's dumb. For some people that loud person is exactly who they are, but for you it's not. I wish you didn't act like that, because it feels kind of attention whorey. What I do like is who you were to me in private. The sports stat guy, the Game of Thrones lover, the frankly-scary strategist. You felt real to me when we were talking one on one. That dude is awesome. More of him, please.

Liliana - What I don't like about Liliana in this game is that she (like me) is a poor liar. I knew everytime she was bullshitting me, and it made it that much more difficult to bullshit her. I liked Liliana in general, but since I have to specify something, I'll say that I just loved her underdog spirit. Even though I felt awful that she was constantly on the negative side of votes (which really wasn't her fault), she had this fight in her that made me want to stick with her.

Mia - Didn't like how she left. She was a poor sport. She was in the minority and she felt like despite that, she knew everything going on and had to insult most people on her way out the door. On that same topic, she also put a target on Andrea by telling everyone she'd get a voting bloc together for whoever votes her out (by the way, I'm the only one in the finals who voted Andrea, Mia, so I'll take that voting bloc, thanks icon_ha ). But on the flip side of that (and this is a little hypocritical, given what I just said), I really appreciate her honesty. Not just in that moment, because it did wake me up a bit to where I stood, but before that she was always blunt with me and I'm happy for that.

Rudy - I don't like that he referred to me as his 'knight.' He would pretend to me that he felt like we were equal partners but ever since that vote (Candice's), I always felt like he knew that people would think I was following him. It wasn't long after that vote that I secured Ozzy for me, over him. But what I do like (obviously) is that Rudy was fiercely loyal to me, even when I didn't deserve it. He was a good friend in general. He was my brother in this game.

Andrea - What I didn't like about Andrea is that I couldn't tell when she was being genuine and when she was being fake. Maybe she was always fake to me. Maybe I'm an asshole and she was always 100% with me. But I felt like everytime she was talking to me, I really had to figure out if she was talking to me because she wanted to, or if she was talking to me because she felt she needed to. But with all that said, I liked my talks with her probably more then anyone else (arguable with Rudy). We had some hilarious talks. Also we had some frankly deep talks as well. When Mia went rogue before she left and just blasted everyone (especially Andrea and I), we gave each other pep talks that I believe helped me get through the next round (which was Rudy's vote).

Ozzy - Honestly, I've sat here on this one for like five minutes trying to come up with something I don't like about Ozzy. Hm. Hm. I guess I don't like that I feel like he was super wishy washy. I mean, that's probably a positive for him that he gave himself options, but for me it was annoying that I had to constantly fight for his loyalty. What I did like was how animated he was. He's probably the funniest guy in the cast. His 'for revenge, basically' vote on Candice just super classic. You had to be there. It was awesome.

Rory - I didn't like his temper tantrums. It's funny because when we voted him out in Shentu (knowing it was a non-elimination round), we picked him because we thought he would understand it the most. But he was very bitter about it, and then the same happened when he was on the wrong side of the Candice vote (he was even mad at me, even though he voted for me!) But on the flip side, that emotion was JUST as strong in a positive light. He was super loyal. Super isn't even the word. He refused to vote for Penner. He went to rocks for me. I like that.
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#10164
Cassandra wrote:Vytas - 5


please explain, because 2 other jurors gave me the impression that they had a big part. were you THE person pushing it?
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#10166
Sarah wrote:Andrea 5


Cassandra wrote:Mia - 5
Rudy - 5


Yul wrote:Mia - 5
Rudy - 5
Andrea - 5


for all of you: can you give some details here? how was your role bigger than the other person claiming they spearheaded it?


Yul wrote:You were one of the jurors who were agreeing with Mia during her last tribal, so I hope my moves after that showed you I'm here to win.


i was, because i really wanted you to step up

Yul wrote:I can't tell if this is sabotage or trying to help me. But fuck it, I'm not gonna half-ass it.


i'm asking you specifically because the other 2 were outspoken, i knew their opinions on everyone. wanna know yours.
i can't sabotage or help you with that question, everything depends on your answers. personally, i liked them. thanks!

i hope mcgregor wins too
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#10170 Well, for one my vote is WHY Andrea went home. Their plan would have failed otherwise so I absolutely would deserve the five there. It was ultimately my decision there that sent her home.

My problem with Yul is I would absolutely NOT buy that he led a plan while Rudy or Ozzy were in the game. The three were so linked in my mind that I don't believe Yul had as big of a role in Mia's vote. He hardly did any campaigning to me on that vote, it was mostly from Rudy or Cassandra. And Rudy and Andrea... I know 100% he did absolutely none of the reaching out to me on either of those. Unless he was playing silent mastermind, letting other people do the hard work, I don't believe it was his choice.

I don't want to slam Yul, I just disagree with the claims he made there.
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#10171
Vytas wrote:
Cassandra wrote:Vytas - 5


please explain, because 2 other jurors gave me the impression that they had a big part. were you THE person pushing it?

I was THE person that first pitched it to Andrea. That was immediately after the Brenda boot. In that round, there was no time for anyone else to discuss it and no one who had the relationship with Andrea to be able to breach that subject. Everyone thought you and her were inseparable. They wouldn't have dared to pitch it to her. After she agreed, I told Ozzy that she was going to pitch it to him, and that he should steer the conversation in that direction. After that, she and Ozzy both talked to Rudy and Yul, and then I jumped in telling them I was on board.

Whether Andrea or Rudy/Ozzy (not sure who the other person claiming to spearhead it was) were considering voting you before, I can't say. But I definitely "spearheaded" that along with Andrea. All five of us played a big part, but I'd say Andrea and I played the biggest. I'd give us a 5 and Ozzy/Rudy/Yul a 4.
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#10172
Vytas wrote:
Sarah wrote:Andrea 5


Cassandra wrote:Mia - 5
Rudy - 5


Yul wrote:Mia - 5
Rudy - 5
Andrea - 5


for all of you: can you give some details here? how was your role bigger than the other person claiming they spearheaded it?


So for Mia, I would agree that Cassandra and I both spearheaded it, along with the rest of our alliance. I don't think that vote was one particular person, at that point we were acting as a unit (moving from you, to Lil, and finally to Mia).

For Rudy, I'm actually gonna back down and say I was probably a 4 on that one, with Andrea, Cass and Ozzy being the 5's. I did want Rudy out and I did go with it, but thinking back on it I didn't 'spear-head' it. I let it happen (and probably pretended I didn't want it to happen).

For Andrea, Sarah had little to do with it aside from changing her vote at the last minute because she didn't like something Andrea said. Sure, she might have been responsible but she didn't put the target on Andrea to begin with. We did. Ozzy and myself spear-headed Andrea's vote, with Rory right behind us.
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#10177 For the Mia vote: Rudy and Yul preferred Sarah leaving. I saw Mia as a greater challenge threat, and knew I could use Sarah down the line. I threw out the line about her having an idol (knowing that I was the one that really had the idol) so that they'd be more opening to vote Mia first, then Sarah. We needed Rory to split the votes (we actually didn't, but with the logic that she had an idol we did), but we weren't sure we could trust him after the Lil boot. I came up with a plan that this PM I sent to Ozzy (first person I pitched it to) can explain better than I can.
Cassandra wrote:Tell Rory it's a 3-3 split between Mia and Sarah, but have him vote Mia. In reality, you/me/Andrea/Yul/Rudy split 3 on Mia, 2 on Sarah. If Rory tries something, Mia plays the idol on Sarah and Mia goes home. If he doesn't try something, it's 4 Mia, 2 Sarah, 2 wherever the two of them go (which may even be for each other). If Mia plays her idol on herself just in case, worst case scenario it's a tie 2-2 between Sarah and whoever they vote for. Then Sarah goes on the revote. Next round we tell Rory that one of Yul/Rudy was supposed to vote for Sarah but switched to Mia last second. Sound good?


For the Rudy vote: I took a less active role in that because I didn't need to; the votes were already there. But I would say I spearheaded it, along with Ozzy, because we had discussed that a couple rounds earlier. Props to Andrea for going along with it even though it made her uncomfortable, and to Yul for telling Ozzy he had to separate himself from Rudy at some point. I also got Sarah in on it when no one was talking to her (she was threatening to blow shit up at tribal the round Mia went, and I had to convince her beforehand that she wasn't going and that we would make a move next round so that she would hold her tongue), and had rebuilt my personal relationship with Rory after the Lil boot by hinting at a Rudy boot in the next couple rounds. But I'd still say that Ozzy and I "rallied people together." There just wasn't much rallying to do.
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#10178 satisfied. i have no idea who i'm voting for now. you're killing it.

if you have anything to add or just wanna fight each other, please do it icon_ha


ps: yul, everyone knows i'm a nice guy.
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