Andrew...

1. I never shared a fake clue with you. Never ever! You meant to me something that was too good to be real. I lied to you several times and you still werent mad, and you still shared info with me. You know, I thought it would hard to make people trust me, but it seems my problem this game was for me to trust people. I just couldnt understand how someone would still want to work with me after so many lies on my part, so this is why you were too good to be true. Our bond was both personal and strategic. You had your alliance premerge, so people never suspected us working together, but in the same time we clicked really well on a personal level. Which one was it more?! I think strategic because I didnt saved you when you needed me regardless of my feelings.

2. No, I would have voted for Chrissa only because I wanted to have options and if chrissa would have stayed instead of jamie, then you would have had two people with you and I knew I could convince josh to take jamie out next, so from a strategic perspective, chrissa should have gone if you would have played a viable idol. Chrissa gone at final 7, Jamie at final 6 so I can position myself between you and marc vs jr and josh and be sure everyone needed my vote and also make sure jr and josh dont go for a ferrar final 3, you at final 5, Jr or Marc at 4. Of course, immunity runs could have ruined this plan, but this is how I saw my game at that point and having the idol would have helped me.

I'm all about honesty this TC, so I will tell you how my plan would have worked at that tribal when you left: I talked with jr and josh about telling you that you are the target so you use your idol and we would have been voting for chrissa. When you came to me and told me your idol couldnt be used I just had my doubts because you told me right at the merge that your idol can be used at this phase, so to me it seemed you were trying to flush my idol and still keep yours. I know I was paranoid and I know you never gave me any reasons to not trust you, but I guess I couldn't take the chance and I'm sorry for not saving you because I owned you at least that one, but you were such a threat. I never voted for you and I'm glad that, at least, I have this part of the promise kept.

3. - Shiloh: Cons: Relied too much on John and didn't extend her perspectives after he was voted out. If I were Shiloh, I would have tried to reconnect with ferrar because they needed numbers and not limit my options. Pros: In a game full of challenge, strategic beasts, she was a ray of sunshine, positive and nice.

- Ivan: Cons: Made too many connections while forgeting that people talk and that sometimes they talk about what they talk with other people. His social game was in the end his downfall because it was just too much and with too many people. Pros: Extremely selfless, genuine and smart. Hiking will always be a pro for me.

- Uli: Cons: Not being able to hide his feelings when he lost a bit of control and going against his former ally. Patience is a virtue that uli should have mastered better, at least during merge. Pros: I got to know a bit about his life and he is ambitious, smart, open-minded, humble because he wont admit he's succesful when he already did so many things with his life. 

- Ci'ere: Cons: A little bit of drama in my life is ok, but too much becames repetable and ci'ere couldnt adapt to a new strategy in this game when he thought he was in danger. He used the same drama strategy with marc and then with me, but he should have had something stronger. Pros: Where do I start? Loveable, funny, he gave life to this tribe, sneaky as hell and I love sneaky.

- Andrew: Cons: Your weakness was trusting me too much and ignoring the signs that I was a selfish bitch who wanted so bad to make it here. Pros: I like to think I got to know a bit of the person Andrew and he's that guy I'd like to have as a real friend. You are honest, loyal, selfless, dedicated and intelligent. 

Chrissa: Cons: Same as shiloh, she relied too much on certain people and didnt try to extend her game with other people. I think she lost interest in the game along the way and she should try until it's over, because until then it's not over. Pros: Neutral, random and likeable in a way where she didnt made herself visible, but people would have voted for her and were rooting for her.

Marc: Cons: Unpredictable and short-tempered. Pros: Passionate and loyal. He's like fire, when you try to stop him from burning, you'll get burnt and that makes him a good player because you'll need to think twice before trying to vote him out.

1) Well I expected to see you sitting here tonight and would you look at that! I wrote your name three times and you managed to cling on every single time and I salute you for that. But is this what you intended? You received votes starting from John's boot every single time you weren't immune and to me, making yourself such an obvious target for being a challenge beast isn't exactly a great strategy. So why would this style of action be awarded over JR and Mihai's much more smarter, social, and strategic gameplay?

Receiving votes every time I wasn't immune dosent necessarily mean that I don't have a great strategy. Mike Holloway for an example, he was a huge target and was always a name possible to be voted off when he wasnt immune but still ended up winning at FTC! And no that obviously wasn't my intention and I wasn’t making myself a target by being the challenge beast that everyone thought I was because I never was a challenge beast from the start. People put that target on me. It can’t be helped if people thought I’m a challenge beast the moment I stepped up on the Flood Runner immunity challenge. Luck played an important role on my challenge wins and as I’ve told a couple of people time and time again that I am no challenge beast and the stigma of that just never came off of me so I had to become the challenge beast that everyone thinks I am and adapted my gameplay into that and after people kept referring to me as a challenge threat I had to do a complete 180 on my strategy.

I’m not a one dimensional-player where I only have to rely on challenges to get far. That wasn’t my game and I think people miss out on my social and strategic gameplay as well which I highlighted on my opening speech. I would still play the same game that I played have I not been labeled a challenge threat.

I don’t think JR and Mihai played a much more smarter, social and strategic gameplay than me. Granted that Mihai depended on his social game, his biggest flaw was having too many “#1’s” only for him to backstab him when he no longer needs them. I didn’t make as much enemies as Mihai did. I wasn’t “forgotten” as much as JR was. I had no fixed #1s in this game but multiple people still wanted to have an alliance with me, and wanted to bring me to FTC. 

2) Which tribal would say was a moment when you managed to turn votes on someone else through your own social interactions?

This would sound cliché but my answer would be your vote out. I know how most of the people would vote that round and comparing notes with JR, I just know that Mihai is playing “both sides” and I was thinking to myself “why would Mihai never ever vote off Andrew it’s so odd”. But then, Mihai came up with this split votes plan this was the chance to take Andrew out without needing the help of Mihai. 

There were so many confusing variables on that tribal council due to auction items, alleged idols and splitting of vote. JR was tossing out the idea to vote out Mihai that round but I had to convince him to vote out Andrew and Jamie wanted Mihai gone, like very badly at around Final 8 so instead we then put our 3 votes on Andrew. We still don’t know if your idol was real, or not so I took the risk and pin 3 votes on you. Play an idol on yourself then Chrissa would still go and Andrew would still be vulnerable at the next vote.

3) Without a doubt the two most robbed players this season were Toby and John. Had they not been swapfucked and made the merge instead of you and Jamie, create your own bootlist of the Aurora tribe and give a small sentance summarizing each voteoff.

There’s so many variables in this hypothetical bootlist but this is actually fun speculating so:

11. Uli - Uli has been somewhat became the “leader” of Ferrar and without me and Jamie being there Ferrar will be overnumbered way more than we were in this game and he would be the first to go leaving Ferrar scrambling.

10. JR - JR could be interpreted as Uli’s right hand man seeing as he was on the same post-swap tribe with Uli.

9. Ivan - I think he would get the same placement had me and Jamie not make it to merge.

8. Mihai/Marc - I’m not sure about this considering your and Mihai’s relationship and Mihai’s challenge prowess. He would not place this low had he find an idol like in the real thing. If Mihai does end up playing his idol this round someone like John, Ci’ere or Toby would probably going in this placement. This could also possibly the boot episode for Marc considering he’s Ivan’s ally.

7-6. Marc/Chrissa - Easy vote if Marc stayed the previous episode. He would be in the minority without Ivan and Chrissa would be an easy vote to vote out. To have a Ci’ere/Shiloh/John/Toby/Andrew Final 5.

5. Mihai/Ci’ere - Should Mihai stay at Final 8 with an idol at hand Ci’ere would be going in this round. If Mihai stays at the Final 8 TC without an idol he could be booted this episode.

4. Shiloh - Shiloh is a sweetheart and I think they wouldn’t let Shiloh anywhere near FTC because of how likeable they are.

In that scenario the F3 would have been John, Toby and Andrew. No matter which scenario happens I think John and Andrew would make it to FTC. Mihai could be one of the finalists considering his relationship to Andrew. It would’ve been a real interesting Final 3 is that happens. John and Andrew would have been a constant while Mihai and Toby’s spot on FTC would be a variable.

1.      Before tribal, I have approached Chrissa and I told her that she might go home that night. Because of that, I asked her if she is willing to work with me had she survived. Having a deal with Chrissa was crucial since you, Marc, and Mihai would have been together then. I don’t think I would be the target at final 6 since I still have Josh beside me. Since I might have extra few days, I would use this to solidify my deal with you about us working together. I would try to convince you that Mihai is more of a threat and needs to go. If Josh wins immunity at Final 6, I would try to turn the votes against you or Mihai and work with Josh and Chrissa to the end. If I couldn’t do that, I would try to convince people to go to rocks for me. Since Josh have immunity, Chrissa would only have a 1/3 chance of going home and your group would have had a better of odds of losing to the rocks.

2.       Every single tribal council, I go in like I was about to go home. I think this is a defense mechanism for me to maybe soften the blow if I ever get blindsided. That said, I felt serious danger of getting voted out at Final 5. Josh won immunity at that vote and I was worried that Mihai, Marc, and Chrissa have formed an original Krill alliance against me and Josh and I would have been out then.

3. a.      I think Ci’ere, Ivan, and Uli ahould be in the cover.

Ci’ere - I think it’s a no-brainer why he deserves to be in it. He was certainly the most entertaining player this season and his never give up attitude deserves a special mention.

Ivan – Had Ivan survived his voteout, he would have played a massive role in the merge. His ability to convince people to follow him speaks a lot about his social game which is why he deserves a spot.

Uli – Uli’s style of play warrants a spot in the DVD cover. His aggressive gameplay and ability to not fear making big moves on his own would make a very entertaining season. This is why he deserves to be in the cover.

3. b.      The top seven players are as follows (ordered in their placement):

1-3 (in alphabetical order): Josh, JR, and Mihai.

Just because we made it to final tribal council doesn’t mean we were the best players this season. However, I believe each of us were one of the top players this season because we have managed to control several votes to our own advantage.

4: Andrew

You are one of the top players since you have managed to allow people to trust you and have avoided target for a long time. Had your plan worked, I believe that you would have made it all the way to end and if I was voted out, you would receive my vote. Your social game allowed you to integrate into different alliances and you have managed to not anger anyone despite making moves against people.

5: Ci’ere

Ci’ere’s loud and aggressive game is an amazing decoy against his actual sneaky and highly strategic game. His never give up attitude helped him make several moves for his advantage (such as Ivan’s blindside) and he is not afraid to call out people when he believes they are doing something against him.

6: Ivan

Ivan’s great social and strategic game hides his equally great physical game. Despite being such a physical player, he was only targeted because of his threat socially and strategically. I believe that Ivan has managed to have people trust him so well that they were willing to sacrifice their game just for him.

7: John

Despite getting voted out pre-merge, John’s unbelievable social game deserves a special mention. He could make people comfortable whenever they talk to him. I have said this time and again but I still believe that had he made the merge, he would have dominated and controlled it.