Day 32 - Final Tribal Council

[Jeff Probst]

Welcome everyone,

I for one cannot wait to see how tonight plays out, but before that I'd like to start by thanking each and every one of you for a great season. I asked you to show up and to play hard and you all did that, so for that I am grateful.

Let's bring in our complete jury of 9: Kim J, Clarence, Kim P, Vecepia, Sarah, Patricia, Sean, Lex, and Gina.

Final 3, you have come as far as you can in this game, the power now shifts from the three of you to the nine jurors that you had a hand in voting out. You will now turn around and ask for them to vote for you to win.

Before we begin with the questioning, I'll give you each one final opportunity to address them and explain your case as to why they should vote for you to win.

Good luck!

[Lindsey]

I'm on my phone and cannot copy paste my opening statement from my confessional. Would it be too much to ask to ask a host to copy/paste my statement from there?

[Linda]

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, it has been quite a long journey we have had these past 32 days, yet here it is coming to an end. Back on day 1, I honestly did not see myself as being here on day 32, presenting my case to all of you. This does not mean I don’t think my game was good, but more the shock and awe I still feel at making it all the way to the end. And for that, I thank all of you for being a part of this journey with me. It would not have been the same without even one of you. All of you contributed to making this quite honestly the most enjoyable part of my summer, and I do hope to connect with you guys even after the end of this game.

Anyways, you aren’t here to listen to me talk about how awesome this game was and how surreal making it to the end is, so let us get down to the meat and potatoes of why I am here, and why I think I deserve your vote to win Stranded: Venezuela. Let me first start off by saying it is not due to my knowledge of Venezuelan history or my counting skills . Quite honestly, my challenge ability was a weakness for me in this game, and I am not going to hide from that. However, I do not think it actually cost me in this game, as I was able to still make it through, and the rest of my game prevented me from receiving votes due to it: indeed, even after single-handedly losing the counting challenge for Tamanaco, there were still no votes cast against me that night.

This has to mean I was doing something right socially and strategically, and that is where my journey was focused on. Day 1, I got off to a great start right away by identifying Lindsey as someone who I enjoyed talking to and was on the same page with, and we made a pact that same day. A pact I had meant to be loyal to to the end, though the journey there was..interesting to say the least. More on that later! Within the first weekend, an alliance of five had formed between us 2, Kim P, Frank, and Kim J. We ruled Tamanaco from the beginning, yet we were not so obvious about it as to have the target planted on our backs. Diane and Tom were our first two targets, and they went one after another in unanimous votes. Things were going well. Then, of course, the tribal swap happened.

I believe this where the game truly started in earnest for me. On nuTamanaco, we had lost Lindsey, Kim P, and Clarence, while gaining Sean, Vecepia, and General. That first weekend, the four original Tamanacos stayed strong, even when Sean revealed he had “two idols” at the Tribal Council. While these ended up being false, it was not something we could risk. General went home, but Sean played neither of those idols, putting us in a bind. It was at this point that I began to see what Frank truly was and realized that was not what I wanted to work with. I became adaptable, and my close friendship with Lex allowed me to become a pair with him. I also didn’t make a move haphazardly, like Frank was trying to do with his master plan, but actually went to Sean and Vecepia late in the day with a very tangible, simple plan, which was to vote off Frank and form a new alliance.

This is where the merge began. Reuniting with Lindsey was one of the most exciting moments in the game for me, and when we created an eight person alliance that lasted for..well one vote, I felt in control of the game. I was actually feeling very high on myself, thinking I had multiple paths to the end in my fingertips, and that I was truly among the best.

This arrogance was torn away from me at a betrayal at final 11. Lindsey had at one point come to me asking if we should vote off Sean then due to idols, but I suggested waiting. I wanted to play a patient game. Keeping Clarence and Sarah longer was not one of the aforementioned paths. However, Lindsey did attempt that plan without informing me, and only stopped when I found out. However, the lies told to me woke me up to the fact this game would not be simple and that we were truly in a game to win it at all costs. I realized I had to always be aware of what was going on, always ready to make a move. So I have to thank Lindsey for that, because that changed the rest of my game.

My adaptability came in handy that next vote, when our four came together with Pat and Gabe to vote off Kim P, one of the betrayers of the previous vote. I had a feeling this could not last long, and even when the split vote plan was announced, I wanted us to go with a plan B of the four main alliance members to vote Gina, with Pat/Gabe still thinking the votes were split Sarah/Lindsey. However, that plan did not go through, and Vecepia paid the price, going home.

This next weekend something had to change again, and I started talking to Patty and Gabe, making them think I was comfortable with the 2 of them, while also talking everyone else a bit, though most people were on holiday that weekend. That turned into the double vote off of Monday. Sunday I began talking to Gina in earnest, and we came together on a plan to take out Patricia and Sarah as the biggest threat and the force no one wanted to risk lasting longer than necessary. Here was someone I had not worked with all game, yet that still came together, and Monday went as planned.

I also realized that I could not go to the end with my longest running alliance of the game. Sean and Lex were the biggest threats to win the game at that point, and therefore I made plans with Lindsey and Gina to take Sean out at the next vote, with Gabriel being part of it as well. Lex ended up on board later as well, and while Lindsey’s late panic could have ruined things by trying to get Gina to play her idol on Sean, it all turned out as planned.

At this point, I was in a perfect position. There were two perceived pairs in the game, Lindsey/Gina, and Lex/Gabe, with me in the middle. Now look who is here in the final 3: me, with a member of each pair. That is because at Final 8 I knew who I wanted to go to the end with(the two sitting here with me) and drove the votes that way until I could make it so the 3 of us formed a majority, and then that alliance was formed. While the original plan went backwards(Gina was supposed to go before Lex), we still were in control the entire endgame, and I took out two players who would have won had they made it.

So in conclusion, I want to point out the major points of my game. I was a very adaptable player, able to vote off who I needed to and make new alliances when necessary to further my own game. At the same time, it was not to the point of panicking and trying to make crazy moves, but very calculated, as seen by the Frank vote out, and the leadup to the Final 3. I also believe I had a good social game, as I had good relationship with a lot of people in this game(which I hope translates into friendships outside the game..or competitive Brawl games with Gina and Lex at the very least ), to the point where I was only a true target once, at the first nuTamanco tribal council. People trusted me as an ally, and I was loyal, yet not stupid. I developed very well through the game, and even allied with people who had betrayed me to further my own odds. I feel I have played a good game, and hope that all of you can see this as well. I am very happy to answer any questions, clarify anything, and do whatever the jurors need me to do. Hit me with your best stuff :)

[Jeff Probst]

I'm on my phone and cannot copy paste my opening statement from my confessional. Would it be too much to ask to ask a host to copy/paste my statement from there?

DISCLAIMER: I apologize in advance for how long this turned out. I wanted to cut it down, but I figured the length could be a positive and hopefully answer some of your questions beforehand.

Hello members of the jury! Let me start off by saying that I'm extremely grateful to be standing in front of you guys tonight and having the ability to plead my case and explain myself. I want to thank the hosts for allowing me to play this game and to all of the rest of you for making it the amazing experience that it has been. I didn't expect to get nearly this invested or enjoy myself so much. You know, I'd be lying if I said that I saw myself sitting here on day 1, day 10 or even day 25. But looking back, I'm proud of myself. Despite what happens here tonight, I can at least say that I am proud of the way that I played this game. This game has seriously been a huge pleasure for me.

I know I have told more than my fair share of lies over the course of this game, but that stops tonight. I promise you that anything you ask me, I will give you a 100% honest answer. If I somehow end up winning this, I want it to be because you know about the game I really played here. Lying about things I did or didn't do to get myself the win would feel like a hollow victory. So no matter what happens, I promise you frankness.

I think above all else, my gameplay was a balancing act. I was strong-willed, but I also knew the times where I needed to fall back and take direction rather than give it. I was strategic and tried to make bold moves (and mostly succeeded), but never made moves that were unnecessary or stupid. I was friendly and enjoyed talking to people - and I'm hoping these friendships can continue after the game as well - but I didn't let my personal feelings about a person get in the way of me voting them out. And perhaps most important of all, I was extremely driven and determined to succeed, but never too much as to take away from my enjoyment of the game.

I started this game in a 5 person alliance that consisted of myself, Linda, Frank and Kim squared. Immediately, we were all extremely put off by Diane, as she was playing really hard really fast and sent nearly everyone on the tribe PMs that were identical. Right before the Tribal Council where Diane left, however, I told her closest ally Big Tom that it was her going and there was nothing else we could really do to stop it. Big Tom thanked me for the information... Then promptly used it to throw me under the bus as soon as Diane was gone. I was horrified, but at the end of the day I'm actually grateful this happened: very early on in the game, I was taught a lesson. I needed to be careful about who I was going to trust. During this time, Linda and I became extremely close and I also talked to Lex a lot as well about things not related to the game.

The swap happened and turned my game upside down. I was immediately thrown from a secure position in a 5-person majority alliance to a vulnerable member of the minority on a tribe full of strangers. Although looking back, given the mess that was NuTamanaco, getting swapped was a blessing in disguise. Immediately, I adapted to my new situation. I quickly struck up conversations with all four of the original Mariche members and quickly gauged that they were not going to turn on each other. So I did what any sensible person would do and threw my original tribe under the bus. I pretended like I was in the clueless minority on original Tamanaco. This might have been transparent, but at the end of the day I don't think it really mattered, as it was my social game that prevailed here. I chatted with all of the original Mariches constantly - particularly Gina and Patricia. And even though we didn't lose, I think if we had lost, I would have still been safe. The connections I forged on this new tribe helped to take me late in the game. IMO, the most sure-fire way to get people to like you, trust you and align with you in this game was to talk about things that had nothing to do with the game itself, and I did that moreso during the swap than any other time in the game.

And then we merged... And I actually found myself in a pretty decent position. I reconnected with my allies from old Tamanaco and also had allies from NuMariche to watch out for me. Already at the merge I was not content just sitting and waiting for things to happen. Linda and I reunited and she united her new Sean/Lex/Linda/Vecepia alliance with my new Patricia/Gabriel/Gina/Lindsey alliance to form an 8 person supergroup. Also, Kim J was pretty much the consensus boot from everyone (there was a movement to have the caciques be the first two boots) but something about it felt sort of... off to me. Kim J was an outsider, but I really did believe I could trust her. To save herself, she started the first of like 12581 attempts in the game to blindside Sean. I was all for it, seeing as I had met Sean for the first time that same day, but as soon as the word slipped to too many people and I knew it wasn't going to work, I jumped ship and did two things.
1. I ratted out the plan to Sean to try and curry favor with him. He was powerful and it's never a bad thing to try and get into the inner circle of the guy in charge.
2. I intentionally cast a stray vote for Sean at Tribal Council. I figured, who would suspect me of being the stray vote when I had ratted out the blindside plan to Sean himself and told most of my closest allies I was vehemently against it? By casting this stray vote, it cast suspicion on other people and indirectly raised my position on the social ladder. IIRC most people I talked to seemed to think it was Kim P. Sorry Kimmy!

And then... The crazy final 11 round. Or AKA "the round where Lindsey failed miserably at blindsiding Sean." But really, I don't like to consider this round a total wash for a few reasons. Despite how much I lied my ass off to Linda, the end result was the same thing I had been going for: get an idol flushed out of the game. Sean didn't go with it, but the idol still left the building. Also, Clarence left, whom I had been targeting anyway because he had made a final 2 deal with me on NuMariche and then we didn't really communicate much and I heard he had made other f2/f3 deals as well and he was hard to read. So all in all, I didn't get Sean out like I had wanted, but given the positive things that happened, I don't regret playing aggressively this round.

The next two votes were perhaps my roughest patch in the game. The Kim P vote was the only time I think I was truly blindsided by a vote. This was the round I started working closer with Sarah. I remember the day that round happened and I had picked up on how ridiculously quiet everyone was being so I kinda figured something was up. I was sad to see Kim P go because she was one of my closest allies at that point. However, this vote did bring Gina and myself closer, since we both felt as if we could only trust each other due to Patricia/Gabriel going behind our backs. And then the Vecepia vote... I think that was probably the second messiest round after the Clarence vote, as no one knew exactly what Pat and Gabe were going to do. You could say I lucked into surviving due to the vote split, however, I disagree for two reasons:
1. Sarah and I pretended to hate each other and however transparent it may have been, part of the vote splitting plan relied on us voting for each other. Sarah did vote for me, but I still voted for Vecepia and saved my ass partially due to this lie.
2. The only reason Pat and Gabe had flipped the round previous in the first place was because Kim P didn't talk to them. By this point in the game, I was communicating with both constantly and reaffirming my allegiance with them. I don't believe either would have voted me out the way they did Kim P.

The fallout from the Vecepia vote propelled me to the end game. I think this was the round where the game truly changed for me and I really became entrenched in a position of a power due to a combination of distrust due to other people's flip-flopping balanced by the fact that I was one of the very few people in the game to have not lied or flipped during the two previous rounds, earning me trust from people I never really saw myself working with in the first place (Sean) or ever again (Linda). From the final 8 onwards, every vote went the way that I wanted it to - each round having someone I considered a massive threat voted out. I'm not trying to say that I controlled the game or everyone in it, but I think I was crucial in forming the boot order of the second half of the merge. At top 8, Sean and I began to work together and everyone was kinda on the same page about wanting to blindside Patricia, as she was a huge threat, and wanting to get rid of Sarah, as she was a beast in challenges and unpredictable strategically. Sean and I were afraid of trusting each other. I was afraid of booting Pat first and giving him numbers while he was afraid of booting Sarah first for the same reason. After Sean convinced Lex to flip his vote back to Pat at final 8, I strongarmed Lex into voting Sarah by threatening a purple rock if the vote tied and also by making him trust me. I kept my word to Sean and Lex and voted Sarah and then Pat without screwing them (even if I hadn't been thinking about voting Pat before that round, I still would have due to the fact that she tried getting rid of me at her boot TC). Also, at the beginning of this round, Gina informed me about the idol she had been hiding from everyone since the merge.

Top 6... Was a bit of a mess. I think my only true regret in the game comes from this round. I had earned Sean's trust and I let him get inside my head about the idea of Gabe/Linda/Lex sticking together at f5 and booting myself and Gina. I had a bit of a meltdown at Tribal Council and let paranoia take control of me, but in the end I'm glad that Gina didn't play her idol in time because everything ended up turning out okay for me. At the final 5, Gabriel approached Linda and I with the idea of a final 3 deal between us as I think all three of us saw ourselves as having the best chances at FTC against one another. Originally we were supposed to vote Gina out first because she was better at challenges than Lex. However, I realized this was an awful idea for me personally - if Lex won final immunity, I'd probably be fucked. So I used this opportunity to make a move for my own security. Intentionally, I waited until right before Tribal Council. Then I messaged Gabriel laying out the case for why booting Lex first made sense from his point of view: he was the bigger jury threat and in a final challenge that was almost certain to be endurance, past challenge performance really wasn't a factor. Gabriel agreed with me and ended up voting Lex. I left Linda out in the cold. I knew she would still vote for Gina and in case Gina did win final immunity the next round, it would then be easier to get Gina to vote for Linda. After TC, Linda was fuming and I played it off like it had been a complete accident and lapse in judgement - but really, I was taking an extra step to make sure I wouldn't fall just short of final 3.

Final 4 was the easiest and hardest round of the game. By some random twist of fate I won immunity. I won't deny I got lucky with that one. It was easy because I did know I was going to vote for Gina and I knew it had to be done if I wanted to maximize my chances of receiving votes at FTC. But it was also the hardest vote of the game because I felt genuinely awful about casting that vote due to how close Gina and I had gotten in terms of being allies and also friends.

And now... I'm here! I'm not very confident about my chances tonight, but I hope you can all at least give me a chance to receive your vote. I'm open to absolutely any questions you have for me, and as stated before, I will answer with 100% honesty. Thank you all for this opportunity and good luck to Gabe and Linda!

[Lex]

Long message

Long message

[Gabriel]

Hopefully this is more manageable...

Hi, jury!

This is seriously so surreal. I think we've all played a game that we'll never forget, and even though you guys are there and I'm here, we can mutually say this experience has been great. We've all had ups and downs, every one of us, and I know that a lot of you might be upset at any decisions I've made, but I just want to clarify why I made those and then we can go from there. This might all seem like a big Scooby Doo reveal or something, but hopefully after explaining everything, you'll see why it needed to be.

I'd like to start off by saying that every single tribal council I went to, I voted in the majority. I think that's a testament to me knowing what was going on in the game at all times, despite me acting like I didn't. The result of tribal council was usually dependent on Patricia and I's vote. My focus was to stay in a really risky spot in the middle of two alliances, so that I could decide who I wanted gone and run with it. The whole time we were juggling two alliances, I tried to maintain trust with each of them, and I think I was pretty successful in that.

In the beginning of the game, my goal was to stay social. My application said it, I said it in my confessionals, everything. All I wanted to do was to be well liked by the tribe and remain a good competitor. I think I was okay at that. On day 1, I got alliance offers from a ton of people. John, Peter, Sean, Patricia, Gina, Sarah, Vecepia, General... Really, most of the tribe liked me, if not all, so I was successful in that. Nothing really major happened premerge. Getting to the merge wasn't too much of a challenge.

The real struggle began at the merge. Kim J's boot was something that wasn't worth freaking out about. She wasn't an advocate to keep me, she seemed to be like a big threat, and everyone seemed to want her out. It wasn't a big deal. The big deals came with boots like Clarence, Vecepia, and Kim P. Patricia and I flipped on each of the votes and gave excellent reasons after to maintain trust. We were in a spot where everyone wanted us in and we could decide what we wanted to do. That was, until Patricia's name got bigger and bigger and she became someone that needed to leave. I'd been using her as a shield while I maintained power, and at the final 7, I booted her.

I used her as a way to get me further, but still have power, and then I got rid of her when I knew that I could play by myself and still have power. It was incredibly hard to get rid of her, but something that I repeatedly told Lindsey and Linda was to play smart, not with your heart, and that's what I was doing then. I knew it was something that I could own up to doing and then prove to people that I could play by myself.

I tried to create this idea that I was weak while maintaining the power to make big decisions, execute them, and still be fine afterwards. It was my idea to have Linda and Lindsey in the final 3, I was the one that brought up Lindsey voting out Gina, I was the one that broke off my final 3 with Linda and Lex for greener grasses, and I got here by myself. I honestly think every move I made in this game was in my best interest, I just made it seem like it wasn't for a bit. Call it a Scooby-Doo reveal or whatever you want, but I couldn't exactly tell everyone that I was playing everyone by being in the middle of two alliances.

I hope that I didn't offend anyone by voting them out. Especially Patricia, Lex, and Sarah. Sarah, I hope I didn't offend you because what I did was in the best interest for my game. Same with Patricia, and Lex. Yes, Sarah, we didn't have the best relationship when it got to you leaving, but what I did was absolutely nothing personal. You were a very strong player, and if I wanted any shot at winning, I couldn't have you there. I couldn't have Sean, Patricia, Lex, or Gina there either. There were points in this game where my legs wobbled when I stood up because I was so into all of it, and I'd hate for people to be mad at me for something that I did to get me to where I am.

In a wrap up, yes, I was under the radar, but that was my goal. Some people play under the radar because they don't have the skill to play and be really visible, but I knew in this game, with big personalities, that they'd get targetted. See: Patricia. See: Sean. See: Sarah. See: Lex. They all were great players but they were too visible. I have confidence that I'm a great player as well, I just was smart enough to know that I couldn't be too out there. I needed to make sure I communicated regularly with people but didn't make waves. And that's exactly what I did. I went this entire game with 1 vote cast against me, and it was at the final 4. Linda and Lindsey both received multiple votes, if I'm not mistaken. I played well enough to maintain power, never be in anyone's sights to the point where I was a target at tribal council (until the final 4), and I picked the final 3. I was the one that messaged Lindsey and told her that I wanted to have her and Linda in the finals. I was the one that told her she needed to boot Gina off, and I got myself to the finals.

I'm looking forward to all of your questions, and hopefully I don't get drilled too much.

[Gabriel]

TL;DR.

Whether you guys want to reward someone that had a knack of panicking and then admitting what she did was wrong afterwards, or rewarding someone that seemed to be clueless in a lot of votes and voted in the minority multiple times, that's up to you. I am the only one in the final 3 that is capable of saying I voted for each of you to leave, and that's exactly why I should get the win. I played multiple sides, kept the target off of me, made people trust me, and only had one vote cast against me the entire game. Through the 89 votes I saw through the game, only one was cast towards me, and I really think that's a testament to the game I played. I proved to people that I could play on my own, I played smart by using Patricia as a shield, and I feel I'm completely deserving of the win.

[Mia Galeotalanza]

I'm not going to read any of this.

[Jeff Probst]

Thank you Final 3,

As the jury takes their time to read over your opening statements, why not have Kim J start us off with the questioning.

You can all continue to read them as the final 3 begins answering questions that way everything goes by in a timely manner.



Before Kim J asks her questions, I believe she has a small announcement to make in regards to something the final 3 has been blissfully unaware of.

I'll hand over to Mama Kim now!

[Linda]

I believe she has a small announcement to make in regards to something the final 3 has been blissfully unaware of.

[Lindsey]

Omg what

[Gabriel]

....Huh.

[Linda]

Mama Kim isn't here

[Linda]

calling "jury actually COULD see Fallen Comrades"

[Jeff Probst]

Explanation of Cacique:
Well essentially, as Cacique, I was given immunity. In return, I was given special secret tasks that would further distance myself from the rest of the cast. The first one was the worst: I had to NOT submit the challenge results until 45 minutes after the team had finished. As the game progressed, I had to choose who goes to which tribe and further alienate myself in this game. The twist forced me to "label" my tribe with sins, divide myself with some fellow tribe mates in the TC, etc. In the end, I'm not sure if Cacique helped or hurt, but I know i'm not sitting next to you 3 in the finals PX

[Kim P]

calling "jury actually COULD see Fallen Comrades"

[Jeff Probst]

So with that in mind, I'll now post the first question from our first Cacique on the jury:

I'm going to give you each a paragraph of my opinion of you, and I really want you guys to correct me if I'm wrong. Furthermore, I want you guys to answer the questions of the paragraph in depth.

Gabe, first of all, congratulations on making it to the end. I'm impressed by the game you played, because it seems as though you had a calm, civil, and consistent approach to this game: something a lot of people did not do. However, it is very unlikely you will be receiving my vote. Lindsey and Linda have an advantage because they both know me a LOT better then I know you. Our relationship is nonexistent. That doesn't really bug me - sometimes, we don't have the ability to talk or we don't have the advantage of being on the same tribe premerge. What does bug me is the fact that you never tried to get to know me. I sent you several mails the night I was leaving, and you sent me literally one response to them: you said that you will talk to me later about the game. Later never came, Gabe. You left me hanging, and eventually, I left the game. As the other jurors joined me, and especially recently, I have come to realize that I'm not the only person that feels this way about you. 5/9ths of this jury has admitted to you hardly talking to them. The rest of the jury is nearly convinced that you played a stellar game, which brings me to my question. Explain how the way you played your game is worthy of the win? Gabe, my vote isn't finalized, but you need to REALLY convince me that you played a GREAT game despite your socially unacceptable approach to a majority of this jury. Thank you, and congrats.

Linda, I'm really happy you're sitting here. Not because I like you as a person (which I do), but because I was a casualty in order for you to get here. I was insanely worried that after you voted me out, that you would leave after I did. You making the finals shows me that you played this game correctly enough to make finals, and you made all the right decisions necessary for you to be here. With that said, you will likely not get my vote tonight. I'm not dissapointed about being voted out (well, maybe a little). I'm mostly dissapointed by the lack of ambition you had for me. You literally told me that you were not willing to fight for me to stay in this game. Hate to say it Linda, but that really hurts. I was more than willing to continue our alliance at merge with Lex, just for me to find out that maybe I shouldn't have cared about you as much as I did, because clearly, you didn't feel the same way about me. You played a sporadic game (in my point of view) where you constantly doubted yourself as a competitor, and as an ally in our alliance. After discussing with the jury as well, it seems unlikely that you will even pull a single vote from this jury. My questions are: I need you to convince me and this jury why you played a better game then Gabe and Lindsey. My other question is more of a personal one. Why did you feel that not fighting for me to stay in this game wasn't worth it?

Lindsey, congrats on making it to the finals. Although, I'd be lying if I told you that I was confident that you would make it here. Still, I loved your social gameplay and your strategic gameplay is a vastly underrated one in my opinion. I feel like you deserve to win this game, so you don't have to do much to convince me. However, not a lot of people agree with me. Those are the people you need to convince. Although I'm confident that if you put the effort in, you can do it. I have two questions for you. My first one: could you explain your gameplay in this game postmerge? I'm unsure of how you played this game after I left, and I'd love to see how you evolved as a player. When I left, it seemed as though you had an alliance with Gina/Patty/Gabe. This vastly changed, and I wouldn't mind knowing how. Secondly, could you tell me what approach you were going for in this game? Were you as "manipulative" as some people are labeling you as, or were you a more social contestant in this game? Were you a hero, or a villain, in your eyes? Thanks Lindsey, nice job, good game.

I realize that a lot of my questions are similar, however, this is because I missed a MAJORITY of this game. I need the generalized "cliff-notes" summery of everyone's game in order for me to have a valid opinion in this game. Thanks again.

[Lex]

I'm not going to read any of this.

[Linda]

So that first challenge lasting so long was the Hosts fault?

[Mia Galeotalanza]

So that first challenge lasting so long was the Hosts fault?

Correction: Kim/Sarah's fault.