[Sarah]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:26:01 am #10472

What vote was that? I was on board for the Wigles one and wasn't paranoid about it one bit. AFTER she left, you or Sarah never approached me about what next move could be made. So what did you approach me with? You randomly threw out Brenda's name... with no context. And Sarah never was never saying anything to me about who should go after Wigles and what we should do next. Cmon, Liliana, get real.

Okay, so your issue was that we just smoothed things over and pretended to not care that you had formed an alliance against us by extension?

After the Wigles vote there was no talk from either one of you about a plan on what we could do next. Cassandra manipulated the situation from early on. She had privately messaged me saying we could save Wigles and vote with Ozzy-Rory-Rudy-Yul, and I told her if she wants to do that "count me in." I was letting Liliana know this could happen. Before tribal, Cassandra told me it was a no go, and that we could do it next round. So yea, I had a backup option, and I got played by Cassandra. But had you and Liliana been more proactive and engaging with me at the time of the merge, I wouldn't have felt the need to go that route. Which brings me to a question for you Sarah. What WAS your strategy going into the merge? Cause if I was supposed to be aligned with you yet have no idea what it was, then that's kind of a problem right there.

My strategy was to not make waves at first, because the biggest players always (and did) go home because of that. Then I wanted to solidify myself. I tried that but I was getting shut out, or my allies were getting voted out. So I just focused on surviving and taking it one step at a time. I didn't have an easy road to get here by any means.

[Cassandra]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:27:07 am #10473

please rank the 13 merge avatars from hot to not

Brenda
Andrea
Ozzy
Vytas
Rudy
Sarah
Yul
Liliana
Rory
Katie
Mia
Cassandra
Wigles

[Yul]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:27:09 am #10474

please rank the 13 merge avatars from hot to not

1. Ozzy
2. Brenda.
3. Everyone else.

[Rudy]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:27:40 am #10475

Rory didn't fight to keep Yul, he fought against Sarah because he thought she had jury votes on lock.

No.

If he was fighting for jury votes he would have voted me out, knowing I was a potential vote for him.

Say what you want about me but don't question Rory's loyalty. He was a certified Becky Bro FOR LIFE.

He didn't talk to you for like the first four rounds of the merge, he publicly revealed all the information surrounding the Candice boot, and he tried to throw the last pre-merge challenge. Maybe he did force a tie to keep you (for reasons beyond me), but don't act like he was loyal to you all game.

I wish Rory was here to confirm this but Rory ignoring his Becky Boys was a RUSE. Rory and I actually started talking the round immediately after All that drama. We didn't want our connection to Rory to be revealed until later and we had a read over the landscape.

[Sarah]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:27:46 am #10476 1. Sarah
13. Everyone else (12-way-tie)
My avi is hot.

[Andrea]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:28:03 am #10477

please rank the 13 merge avatars from hot to not

Brenda
Andrea
Ozzy
Vytas
Rudy
Sarah
Yul
Liliana
Rory
Katie
Mia
Cassandra
Wigles

brenda and i 1 and 2 once again

[Jeff Probst]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:28:41 am #10478 Alright everyone, I hope that you had enough time to grill the final 3 and make a well informed decision.

Finalists, you now have until 11:00:00 to post your closing speeches.

Jury, you have until 8:00c/9:00e tomorrow to get your final votes in. At 9:00c/10:00e we will reveal the winner and get on with the reunion festivities.

Good night and good luck Please vote before the deadline.

[Yul]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:28:52 am #10479 Yea, just to be 100% clear since this was on the last page, but there was never a round where I didn't talk to Rory. We totally played up being mad at each other.

[Cassandra]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:30:50 am #10481

Andrea, as someone who as far as we know had a massive amount of control... is Cass's control being oversold here?

Cass...sounds like she's taking credit for doing a lot of stuff alone, but when she's pushed she admits to doing things in partnerships and trios and the like. The Vytas vote was not just her, it was me and her. The Rudy vote was not just her, it was her and Oz. And she'll admit these things...but I wish she didn't need to be pressed on them to admit them.

I'm trying to emphasize myself here to separate my game from Yul's or Sarah's. I'm sorry if that results in lack of credit given to you, Ozzy, or anyone else. Every single person in the game was a factor in every vote, and of course I appreciate everyone who was by my side (or whose side I was by)--whether that's you, Ozzy, or anyone else.

[Rudy]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:32:53 am #10482 Good luck to the F3. Really good job everyone. This has been fun. The king is entertained by you GLADIATORS!

Thank you to my fellow jurors for the spirited debates.

[Yul]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:36:44 am #10485 Thanks guys for a great season, weekend and night. This tribal council has been a lot of fun. A lot more then I thought it'd be.

I'm not sit here and repeat things and bore you with things I've already said. I'm just gonna keep it short and sweet.

You should vote for me to win this game because I believe I played this game with the least amount of error but also the maximum amount of heart. Sarah can argue the heart, Cass maybe can argue the errors but neither can do both. I made strong emotional friendships in this game that balanced the line between personal and strategy with ease. For being a game-bot, I think the fact that I had people fight (and literally die in this game) for me says a lot about the emotional level of my game. For the strategic level, I was never outside of a majority vote and I was never out of the loop on what was happening. I believe that I successfully outplayed all my competitors, including the two sitting next to me, and I did without the safety from getting votes.

No matter what happens, thank you all for my favorite ORG I've ever played. Thank you Poody and co-hosts for hosting this mind-fuck. Thank you also to Cassandra and Sarah. You're both awesome.

[Sarah]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:41:56 am #10489 This game has been the craziest ORG experience I've ever had. Much love to Poody for once again having me back and giving me the title of Legend. I can only imagine how this has been for you if it's been so stressful for me.

I want to give my love to Cass and Yul who are very deserving runner-ups to me. Cass, you played a very strong game and were an excellent friend to me. Yul, I'm sure you did something right to have everyone loving up on you the past three days.

AND NOW. FUCKING VOTE FOR ME. I am not going to play second fiddle when I know my game is every amount as deserving as both of them. Moreso. Look at how impressive my game is from a different perspective. I managed to build myself back up from nothing after a horrible time on Bai Qi. I ended up ALONE. Then, on Tianguan, things look better only to have it ripped away from me. Give me the win because I fucking WORKED my ass off. I didn't do NOTHING.

I am not a fucking sheep. Look at me now. Would a sheep be so STUPID to try and tell you that they are better? I AM BETTER. I didn't come here to get third or even second. I came to win. I struggled every second of this. I didn't have fun. I found myself on the bottom constantly. I could have given up but I didn't.

I am RESILIENT. I am a fighter. I am a WINNER. So vote for me because no one fought as hard as I have. I'm not too proud to beg. I WANT THIS more than anything. So PLEASE. Throw me that bone. I will fucking take it. I'm not a fucking cry baby loser. I get back up and I do something. I did something. I made it here.

I'm an emotional wreck but that's not a flaw.

My heart has been in this from the whole beginning. This is what I've worked for. Recognize that I am someone who TRIED, even if I failed at points, I got back up and I worked until I got to the end. Make me your winner, I don't care what you have to tell yourself to do it. Recognize that I have played my own version of a perfect game.

also love you Sophie. I can't wait to connect with you again tomorrow night. This all has been for you.

[Cassandra]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 4:50:32 am #10498 I think it’s become clear over the course of this tribal council that the vote is between me and Yul (nothing against Sarah, I think she’s played a great game as well, but that seems to be the consensus I’m gathering).

I’m not one to orgasm over “big moves” or anything, but I do think control of a game is something worthy of recognition. Andrea is right that I didn’t get here by my own volition—I had relationships with everyone, I collaborated with people on multiple plans, and I wouldn’t have gotten here without them. But of the three finalists, I undoubtedly had the most control of the course of the game. There were times all three of us were in danger, but I turned those moments into positives, and entered the merge having a positive relationship with every single person I’d met to that point (and obviously my relationships with two I hadn’t met, Rudy and Yul, turned out pretty solid too).

People have mentioned that I “relied on immunity wins.” I needed one immunity win pre-merge, and I needed one post-merge. Challenges are a real part of the game, and I shouldn’t be punished for using them to my advantage. The one time I wasn’t in control of the vote, the Brenda boot, was still as much to my advantage as it could have been. I went six rounds with no one knowing I had an idol. When I played it, I took out the last big threat to my game, and I’m not going to say that was a mistake. I positioned myself to win the last immunity, not because I was living in fear that I’d be voted out next, but willingly because I realized that I could beat the three left.

Yul and Sarah weren’t in the position to absolutely need immunity. That’s because, at the endgame, no one was considering them a threat to win. Katie said it best in her jury thread. That’s a game that gets you to the end okay, but it’s not a winning game. I think I’ve proven that mine is a winning game. There was flash, yes, but that was flash with substance, and the amount was calculated so that the jury would know I was making moves. There was substance without flash too, moves I was making and relationships I had that no one was aware of from a spectator’s point of view. I think I’ve outlined the majority of those as well, and I hope they’re recognized for the benefits to my game that they were, risk involved or not.

I could’ve taken Yul out with Sarah at F5. I didn’t, because he wasn’t a threat like Ozzy was. I could’ve taken Sarah out on multiple opportunities. I didn’t, because she wasn’t a threat to win either. Don’t second-guess yourself in thinking I played a better game just because it’s more immediately apparent. Yul and Sarah both played great games to get to the end, but not to win.

I also apologize if I was hostile at any point in that live tribal council. I was being prodded to “fight” for the title, and did it the best way I knew how. I enjoyed playing with every single one of you, and I want to thank everyone here—jury, finalists, hosts—for making this such a great experience.

[Jeff Probst]

- Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:42:35 am #10507 Thank you, Final 3 for a great Final Tribal Council.

And thank you to all my legends for another great season of Stranded. It's been a long and exhausting 32 days... sometimes emotional, sometimes exciting, but always quintessential Stranded. For now, celebrate in having made it this far. Tomorrow we find out who will win.

I'd like to give a special thank you to my co hosts for helping me along the way: Spencer, Nate, Val, Nick, Kimmi, Flicka, Mookie.

Most helpful this season, I'd like to give a special shout out to Joaq for helping me with all of the challenge results, stepping in to co host when I wasn't there and creating all of the brilliantly frustrating Idols this season (defer to him to take out your anger).

Finally, this season makes 10 years of Stranded. You all were the greatest cast of Legends I could assemble. And while there are many more Legends who could also be in that category, for my money... this was the best Cast I've ever had. So thank you all for devoting the time to be apart of this for me. It truly means a lot to me. Most of all getting to see so many of my friends again has been a blessing.

Love you all, and here's to another 10 years of insanity.

-Poody.