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[DD]

Hey guys! I would like to say congrats to each of you for making the end. It's a pretty amazing feat regardless of how you went about it, and all three of you played the game very respectfully. I don't have a lot to say, really. I have basically made up my mind on who I'm voting for. It's not because I'm bitter, it just is what I've decided I am going to do.

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Anywayyyyyyy



Miki, you're not going to win. I congratulate you on a game well played, and for certainly outwitting me at the time you voted me out. You had my full trust and obviously made a move that would get you to the end. I don't necessarily feel going to the end with two power players was your best bet, but it doesn't really matter to me. I felt your apology was sincere at the time you voted me out, which is why I was not mad at you until now.

Your opening statement is chock full of shit. You entirely over-dramatized "caving to my every wish and desire", considering the only time you did something I wanted was when you voted for Wanda. The only other time we ever voted together was for Ibe, which you made me do! I don't see how I made you miserable. Was it because I was really selfish? Because I agreed before the Ropes challenge started that Vee could win it. I also gladly told Kim she could be the first of our alliance to enter Andouille. Was it because I was a demanding bitch? Because I voted out Ibe instead of tying the vote like I really wanted to do. I feel that I made a lot of compromises in the Ropes alliance, and only ever voted selfishly one time, wherein I voted for Alexis.

Let's not forget like 5 rounds later when you begged me to vote out Kourtney, saying we had to do it because she's a "Shadow minion". You know I hated making that move, yet you chose to say in your opening that I like blindsiding my friends.

You saying that goes to show you don't know anything about me. From what I can see, your entire jury performance so far has consisted of taking grammatically-inept, misleading, and unwarranted shits on me.

But on an non-personal level, good job on third place though! You did really play a good game to make the end. I respect a good UTR player with a strategic mind and you were just that.

I don't care if you respond or not.



Syd, my dear! I feel I owe you some kind of explanation. The end of our fabulous alliance was abrupt and really my fault, so here it is:

I only ever told people I wouldn't go to the end with you if that's what I thought they wanted to hear. The murmurs you heard were likely true, but I am not sure if I would have actually voted you out. I mean, I would have if the time called; however, there were many scenarios in which I would have gone with you to the end. I just also wanted to go there with Kim, Shawna, and to a lesser extent, Miki.

The time that I really lost a lot of faith in you was when you told Sean he was going to be the vote the round that Wanda left. I saw that as really selfish and it just rubbed me the wrong way. Couple that with Judd's insane desire to protect Sean, and you two were quite the duo! I was scared of Judd's/Sean's idol, so I went with the move to vote him out. I really really really begged to not vote out Kourtney, but Miki and Vee persuaded me it was time to break the game up, and that's what pitted me against you. I have my (incorrect) logic on feeling like I'd be covered after that vote, but it's pretty moot.

So in short, I wanted to go to the end with you, but I also was okay with you not being there.

Overall, I think you played a fantastic game, and you know I think you're an awesome person. You'll likely be getting my vote to win. The only thing I struggle with is that I feel Vee played a slightly better strategic game than you. I think you beat her in the social aspect, and I'd give the physical portion a tie after that amazing final challenge.

So if you could, please, tell me a few times you felt you made really strategic moves in the game. I'm not looking for anything in particular, just answer it the way you want! Good luck <3



Oh Vee! I wasn't surprised at all that you voted me out. I actually heddesked when Kim told me that she trusted you when she reentered the game. You were 100% correct in saying that I was going to take you out the first opportunity I got. Kudos there, really.

If a few things had not happened, I would be really 50/50 on you and Syd with my vote. Unfortunately for you, there were some really dodgy things I felt you did, and I want to bring them out and see how you respond.

1. Telling Alexis you were voting me out. I feel like communicating with a juror in that respect is shitty, especially when you know it's going to make them happy. I know you can't control Alexis, but her going into a skype call, parading the fact that I was going to be voted out to people whom I consider to be my friends, was also very hurtful.

2. I kind of get why you told Alexis, if she was indeed bothering you. However, you snapchatted Wanda that there was a present for her in jury right after I was voted out. Really?! That's so fucking mean. I don't know what the hell I did to you, but you're going to vote me out of a game that you know I was really invested in, then gloat about it to a jury member and objectify me as a present? That hurt in and of itself, and even more so juxtaposed to you saying that you wouldn't vote out Sydney because she's your friend. What does that make us?

So yeah, say whatever you want to that. (Please respond as to why you were communicating with jurors about your in-game moves, and why you felt like objectifying me in that way.)

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Other than all of that, I'll just be reading your responses to the other jurors to get a concrete decision on my vote.

Best of luck to each of you!

[Sydney Wheeler]

Aug 14, 2013 16:20:38 GMT -5 DD said:

Syd, my dear! I feel I owe you some kind of explanation. The end of our fabulous alliance was abrupt and really my fault, so here it is:

I only ever told people I wouldn't go to the end with you if that's what I thought they wanted to hear. The murmurs you heard were likely true, but I am not sure if I would have actually voted you out. I mean, I would have if the time called; however, there were many scenarios in which I would have gone with you to the end. I just also wanted to go there with Kim, Shawna, and to a lesser extent, Miki.

The time that I really lost a lot of faith in you was when you told Sean he was going to be the vote the round that Wanda left. I saw that as really selfish and it just rubbed me the wrong way. Couple that with Judd's insane desire to protect Sean, and you two were quite the duo! I was scared of Judd's/Sean's idol, so I went with the move to vote him out. I really really really begged to not vote out Kourtney, but Miki and Vee persuaded me it was time to break the game up, and that's what pitted me against you. I have my (incorrect) logic on feeling like I'd be covered after that vote, but it's pretty moot.

So in short, I wanted to go to the end with you, but I also was okay with you not being there.

Overall, I think you played a fantastic game, and you know I think you're an awesome person. You'll likely be getting my vote to win. The only thing I struggle with is that I feel Vee played a slightly better strategic game than you. I think you beat her in the social aspect, and I'd give the physical portion a tie after that amazing final challenge.

So if you could, please, tell me a few times you felt you made really strategic moves in the game. I'm not looking for anything in particular, just answer it the way you want! Good luck <3

Thanks Danielle! And Happy official Birthday!

I would have to disagree in being tied for the physical portion - because I definitely exceeded my expectations for challenges with the amount I ended up winning.

I already touched based on my strategy in my opening, about aligning my agendas to the agendas I felt other people had. That was my strategy for the social part of the game, which I feel holds the most weight of all three. As far as strategic moves go - I feel as though making a bold move for the sake of making a move is not always smart. Sometimes you have to handle things subtle monet style. Strategy is a very broad subject. I found my strategy to rely more on my social game. However there are some few instances that come to mind where I made a move for strategic purposes, for planning ahead about my stance in the game:

Telling Sean about the blindside plan at Final 14. Sure, this decision upset you/Shawna and some other people - but at that point I already knew some of you guys were thinking about me not going to the end of the game. So I don't think it's fair to call me selfish when I was not plotting behind your back. I was now making moves to protect me if you ever tried to strike. In doing so, I helped instill a ton of trust between Sean and I, conveying I had his back in the game. Because I was privy to the fact you/Kim had discussed me leaving earlier than expected, this could have helped shield me if the time ever came. Having closer relationships to players like Sean, Candice, Judd, and Kourtney (And arguably eventually Alex) than you all could have helped protect me from being turned on by Kim as well as yourself - as much as I didn't want to believe it.

Forming a finals deal and recruiting Chase as an ally. To suddenly work alongside someone who I felt had it out for me for a good portion of the game was wild. I think this was a smart decision for me, because it helped keep me safe from an early blindside in the later stages of the merge. Having Chase around not only kept another target in the game (Everyone was concerned about his friends on the Jury) but it was something nobody would have expected. There were several times I swooped up allies after drastic game changes. Scooping up Miki as an ally after Brandon was blindsided - Swinging Candice to my side at the Final 20 swap - revealing my idol to Sean/Candice to ensure trust after the double TC - and of course aligning to Chase when he was the last man standing of his voting block in the merge.

The entirety of the final 7 round - a round where I may not be here if it didn't happen. Going to Sean and revealing my knowledge of his Final 3 with Miki/Vee and the Final 4 I had with them and Candice, so that he would trust and vote alongside me. Then flipping Alex against Candice by using the information Vee had given me regarding her. I was able to ensure myself an easier spot at the end by eliminating Candice from my "final 4." It left players like Alex and Chase in the game for Miki/Vee to go after, because there was no trust between them.

In terms of strategy and winning Survivor, two goals come to mind. The first goal is to make sure you can get to the end of the game. The next goal is to make sure you are against people you can beat, because if you piss off too many people and in such take the wrong person, it's game over. I felt like people looked at me as the biggest threat to win, which is why people did not want to sit next to me. But because of my social game (bonds and friendships formed) I found people willing to sit next to me. When comparing myself and Vee, you have two people that everyone called big threats to win. I think I was viewed as the bigger threat of the two to win because players like Candice/Sean both felt like they would not win against me, but stood a shot with Vee. So when you have two standout threats for the title --- One of them pissed off and lied to a lot of the Jury members when they left, round after round. The other seemingly has nobody greatly upset with them? I think it speaks volumes when you compare Jury management - which is a key part of the game. Because in the end, and what it boils down to is, we're both sitting here vying for the title - I was able to make it here with a far more cleaner game - all the while being labeled a huge, if not the biggest, threat. So I can only argue that my strategy to actually WIN the game, wins out.

Thanks DD


I'm well rounded, I feel like.

[Saint Miki Wingle]

I want to say I'm sorry I have no filter when I speak. I don't think before I speak quite often and I just want it to be known I was not trying to make you look or feel like a terrible person. You were a very aggressive in your face player. I respected you inside the game and adore you outside of it.

[Snakecepia "Judas" Towery]

Aug 14, 2013 16:20:38 GMT -5 DD said:

Oh Vee! I wasn't surprised at all that you voted me out. I actually heddesked when Kim told me that she trusted you when she reentered the game. You were 100% correct in saying that I was going to take you out the first opportunity I got. Kudos there, really.

If a few things had not happened, I would be really 50/50 on you and Syd with my vote. Unfortunately for you, there were some really dodgy things I felt you did, and I want to bring them out and see how you respond.

1. Telling Alexis you were voting me out. I feel like communicating with a juror in that respect is shitty, especially when you know it's going to make them happy. I know you can't control Alexis, but her going into a skype call, parading the fact that I was going to be voted out to people whom I consider to be my friends, was also very hurtful.

2. I kind of get why you told Alexis, if she was indeed bothering you. However, you snapchatted Wanda that there was a present for her in jury right after I was voted out. Really?! That's so fucking mean. I don't know what the hell I did to you, but you're going to vote me out of a game that you know I was really invested in, then gloat about it to a jury member and objectify me as a present? That hurt in and of itself, and even more so juxtaposed to you saying that you wouldn't vote out Sydney because she's your friend. What does that make us?

So yeah, say whatever you want to that. (Please respond as to why you were communicating with jurors about your in-game moves, and why you felt like objectifying me in that way.)

~~~

Other than all of that, I'll just be reading your responses to the other jurors to get a concrete decision on my vote.

Best of luck to each of you!

Hey DD, thanks for your questions!

As far as the Alexis thing goes, I had no idea she was going to go into a Skype call and start gloating at the idea of you leaving. If I would have known that I just wouldn’t have told her anything. What I told Alexis was that there was going to be a surprise at who came to Jury, and that in her head translated to you going home. When I told you before the deadline that was what she wanted to hear, that was a lie to make you guys feel complacent in the off chance you had a prize. I never once said to her you were going home, although in hindsight, I can see how she translated that to you leaving.

To address Wanda, I didn’t mean that in a mean way at all. Wanda suggested you to go when Kim left the first time, and the only thing I was conveying to her was that she would be happy you were in Jury, since I knew she wanted you out. It was never meant to be a shot at you, so much as it was something I knew Wanda would enjoy as a friend. The snapchat was created in probably 15 seconds tops, with a tad bit of excitement due to having just executed a big move. To use the word present was probably the wrong route to take, but I felt to Wanda it would be a present, and as her friend it was something I felt would make her happy. That’s the reasoning behind addressing you as a present, however I apologize for the word choice. It wasn’t necessarily how I felt about you.

To clarify the obvious, I wasn’t smoozing either of them for a jury vote. I always felt as long as Wanda and Alexis were on the Jury, they were going to vote for me to win. When it comes to them, I’m aware communicating with a juror isn’t exactly smiled upon, however those are two people I’m very close with outside of the game. I can understand how the Wanda thing is viewed as out of line, and even the communication with Alexis as well, but in all the conversations with them it was in more of a friend to friend context as opposed to a juror to player context, or at least that’s how I felt about it. I didn’t name names in either situation. If this is viewed as way out of line I can accept responsibility, and I apologize for it.

In closing, I sincerely apologize if this was taken as vicious or malicious. That was in no way my intention, and I didn’t even mean it in a gloating way either. You didn’t do anything to me, and I really didn’t mean it with any malice at all. If I would have known it was going to make you feel bad, I would have never even considered doing it. As far as our friendship goes, I do consider you a friend, I’m just a lot closer with Miki/Alexis/Sydney/Wanda etc. It doesn’t make you not my friend (or any of the other jurors as well), it just means, there are others I’m closer to. I hope this clears everything up, but if you have any follow-ups feel free to shoot them at me. Thanks and happy belated birthday!

[DD]

Thank you V! Apology accepted <3