tournament Survivor: ATRL Edition - Fans vs. Favorites (Season 13) | FINAL TRIBAL COUNCIL

[fais_2311]

11 hours ago, Element said:

For all 3 finalists:

1. Who would you have voted out in 3rd place, if this season was a Final 2?
2. If you could vote a juror off of the jury who would you vote and why?

@Taeyeon

 

1. Definitely wish. I will block delirious first so he will not have a chance to convince me to vote him out. 
 

2. After that iconic speech, I guess bowdown. But before that, maybe luckitty mostly because I don’t know what to expect from him cause we didn’t talk that much. Or maybe Stevie, because I feel like it might be harder to get his vote. Well before I mention everyone’s name, I will stop now. 
 

Thank you Tae 

[Stevie]

My question to the three finalists is how their gameplay resonates for them in the bedroom? How does that translate to their layers of being? How does your gameplay parallel to your intimate life?

 

 

[Delirious]

9 minutes ago, Stevie said:

My question to the three finalists is how their gameplay resonates for them in the bedroom? How does that translate to their layers of being? How does your gameplay parallel to your intimate life?

 

 

I'm crazy. That's all you need to know. 🤭 

[Delirious]

59 minutes ago, fais_2311 said:

@Taeyeon

 

1. Definitely wish. I will block delirious first so he will not have a chance to convince me to vote him out. 
 

2. After that iconic speech, I guess bowdown. But before that, maybe luckitty mostly because I don’t know what to expect from him cause we didn’t talk that much. Or maybe Stevie, because I feel like it might be harder to get his vote. Well before I mention everyone’s name, I will stop now. 
 

Thank you Tae 

Awww omg sis you're too sweet 😭😍

[wish]

17 hours ago, Element said:

@brycehooha asks...

 

wish: can you rank ur loyalty to everyone.

Well I’m not gonna sit here and tell you that I was the most loyal person in the world. It’s obvious that I played a cutthroat & strategic game, and when push came to shove I was willing to vote out anyone if I felt they could turn around and beat me in the future. I did what I had to do, especially towards the end of the game as I felt extremely in danger after my consecutive wins.

 

So ultimately, by the end of the game I was only loyal to myself. I was always genuine in my social interactions and worked with people who had similar ideas and game reads. BUT at the end of the day I was playing for myself, adjusting my game (and allies) along the way, and aiming to take down the biggest threats as soon as I could.

 

If you want a loose ranking of who I was most loyal to throughout the game:

 

1. wish 

 

2. fais - I worked with him after the first tribe swap & remained very loyal, sharing my votes with him and working in the “Hello” alliance with him, Kittenish, Bryce, and Bowdown for a big chunk of the post-merge. Once I gave him my second immunity necklace & swayed him to make the pivotal move to flip on our alliance, I felt we were at each other's mercy, so I did my best to keep him safe. I told him that I wanted to keep him until the end & I was true to my word 

 

3. Delirious - I’ve been good with Delirious since the beginning of the game when I defended him against Aurora’s overcooked attempt to "blindside" him from the Fans tribe. Once the tribe merged, Kittenish and I worked together with him & we kept him very close because he was feeding us a ton of information from Khorana and the other side (surprise)  I was able to keep him by my side during the tough tribals & from there we just kept each other safe until the end

 

4. Bryce - We worked very closely pre-merge and I had a blast putting our brains together for a majority of the game. I would have loved to keep working with you until the end, but you eventually became such a strong contender to win the season, with a great social game, strong challenge capabilities, and an idol tucked away. You never missed a beat & that was scurry!! It all eventually boiled up to my riskiest & most personally difficult move which was pushing for you to flush your idol, and eventually voting you out.  Betraying you almost broke me... but ultimately I think it's a big reason I'm sitting here in the F3 today

 

5. Kittenish - I also loved working close with Kittenish, and I felt that we had a lot of strategic compatibility. We worked with Delirious, came together to make sense of the extra intel he was feeding us, and made moves accordingly, finding ourselves in control of the vote multiple times. Similar to Bryce, I would have loved to keep him but he was also becoming a major social threat & as time passed I became unsure of how much he prioritized our alliance

 

6. Stevie - Stevie is someone I did not initially expect to see myself working with, but after the merge we randomly messaged each other and got along really well. We immediately formed an alliance that remained strong & solid all the way until his elimination. I feel that our alliance was pivotal to my game because we each came from different sides of the tribe, connected the dots together and made BIG moves that brought us to the end. I was very loyal & kept him safe, but the only reason why I'm ranking him lower on my list is because the whole time I used him as a shield. I will elaborate on this soon!

 

7. Bowdown - Although we didn't work very CLOSELY during the game, we worked alongside each other for a long time so I do feel that I was loyal to him in a sense of keeping him safe through the Matthaei tribe & the beginning of post-merge. Ultimately we fell through because I felt he was close with his fellow final two pairs & once we eliminated Bryce/Kittenish I was worried that he would be eager to come for me

 

I would say that these were my main allies of the game, and most importantly the people I showed loyalty to.

 

[wish]

1 hour ago, Stevie said:

My question to the three finalists is how their gameplay resonates for them in the bedroom? How does that translate to their layers of being? How does your gameplay parallel to your intimate life?

 

 

Eager to flip sides & change positions

 

[wish]

13 hours ago, Element said:

 

@touya kinomoto asks...
 

first of all, congratulations on making the final tribal council.

for wish:

we didn't have sort of interaction even in the beginning of the game. how could you convince me that i should vote for you?

 

thank you sis

 

I wish we had a chance to work together & from the beginning I had my eye on you as a potential ally since my partner Auburn had mentioned working with you pre-merge. I completely understand if you don’t feel compelled to vote for me, since we never really got the chance to play together, but I also hope you can respect my run in this game and recognize the moves I made to put myself here as a strong contender to win.

 

If it gives you any more clarity, I will admit to being one of the main people behind your elimination. During the tribe swap rounds, Khorana DEVOURED the other two tribes and I took that opportunity to emphasize you guys as the first targets. Delirious and Stevie informed me that Khorana was attempting to throw the final pre-merge round and take the majority of the vote. That plan seemed to fail as Khorana members WON their challenges and ended up in the minority at tribal.  We soon found out you had a vote doubler & that was just the cherry on top.

 

I (along with Kittenish) spread the word as much as I could, framing the vote as "everyone vs Khorana" to some people and "Fans vs Favorites" to other people, ultimately putting a massive target on you which resulted in a unanimous vote against you 

 

Even though I was a part of your elimination, I hope you can view this move with respect for the game I played. I saw you as a capable competitor with the potential to do a lot of damage in the game, and successfully pushed you out as soon as I could. I believe I was a strong player who made successful strategic moves, and that's why you should vote for me!!

 

[wish]

14 hours ago, Element said:

@Guero asks...

 

For all 3 finalists:

What was, in your opinion, your biggest game move?

I believe that my biggest move in this game was flipping on two of my biggest allies, Bryce and Kittenish, in order to place myself as a contender to win the season.

 

For the first two thirds of the game, I felt that me, Bryce and Kittenish had a really good grasp of the tribe's social dynamics. I was working with them both separately and together in the Hello alliance, and the three of us combined had great communication with nearly everybody in the game.

 

Our alliances were solid at the time, but as time passed, I began to grow antsy at the thought of making it to the end with both of these 2 strong competitors. Bryce had a stronger challenge advantage than me, and Kittenish had a stronger social advantage than me. I began to worry that if I continued to work for their interests, then they would easily team up with our shared allies & vote me out later on.

 

After winning the double immunity, I knew I was officially ON the radar and wanted to make a move. I gave Fais the second necklace to secure his loyalty/vote, spoke with Stevie (who was already very eager to make the move), and opened communication with Gemini (for the very first time ) with the plan to blindside Kittenish. Things didn’t quite pan out the way I expected, as Gemini didn't use his doubler and then ended up being eliminated.

 

This is where things got REALLY tricky for me, as I had to dodge the target as much as I could, despite the evidence becoming increasingly clear that I was attempting to flip on my alliance. From there, I worked on overdrive and won 2 more challenges back to back, which enabled me to make the pivotal moves that I had planned. This move was incredibly risky for my game and could’ve easily ended up in my elimination as a ~backstabbing villain~, but by keeping social and loyal with my other allies, and by using Stevie as a shield, I was able to dodge the bullet and end up in the Final 3 with two people I have more of a chance winning against.

 

[wish]

sorry i'm writing books over here  will try to give shorter answers now

[wish]

15 hours ago, Element said:

 

@Kylie Verzosa asks...

 

For all 3 finalists:
1. I had great memories with all of you. Within the context of our interactions, why should you get my vote over the other two?

2. Predict each of the jury members' + Aurora's vote. Include an explanation for each guess. I wanna see who is delusional or not.

 

1. ily  i had so much fun doing the Nicki halftime show challenge with you (which we were ROBBED of a win for btw, we devoured that challenge!!).

 

and if it means anything, I hope you do know how much I was trying to keep you safe in the round that you went home. I wasn't confident in the plans that were in place but I still voted Bryce prematurely to save you, which could have hurt my game. It would've been so cool to save you and work closer with you but that's just how the cookie crumbled. You told me you want me to make it to the end and I did!!!  so I hope I have your support today

 

2. good question hmmm

 

Touya - Fais, perhaps he won't want to vote for me because we didn't have any communication during his run but I could be wrong!

Guero - me, I think he is the type of person to appreciate my cutthroat game 

Aurora - Delirious, just because of their history as tribemates in both Fans & Khorana, and because they made up well after Aurora attempted to blindside him

Luckitty - me? I'm not sure where their thoughts lie, but I can only hope they read my answers and recognize that I deserve to win

Kylie - me, I think you were rooting for me & Stevie after your elimination and since I'm the last one left you will come THRU with that vote 

TruGemini - me, I think he will appreciate my game & my attempts to keep him alive at the very end of his run

Bryce - me, I believe he is not bitter about my gameplay & will vote me bc of the strong enduring game I played, as well as our close collaboration

Kittenish - me, I don't think he is bitter about my gameplay either & understands the cutthroat decisions I made to bring myself to the end

Taeyeon - Fais, because my communication with Tae was sadly very spotty throughout the game and I think he was closer to Fais

Bowdown - me, based on his iconic speech earlier 

Stevie - me, because we talked before his elimination & he told me he wanted me to win

 

 

this is of course just my guess, and anyone I predicted to vote against me can feel FREE to prove me wrong kii

 

[wish]

15 hours ago, Element said:

@Taeyeon asks...

 

For all 3 finalists:

1. Who would you have voted out in 3rd place, if this season was a Final 2?
2. If you could vote a juror off of the jury who would you vote and why?

1. this is a good ass question bc honestly I do not know But I want to say that I would have voted out Delirious because he would have convinced us that he really doesn't want or deserve to be in the final 2. I also would have felt better keeping Fais to show the jury that I AM being capable of being loyal nnn, since I told him I wanted to work with him until the end

 

2. Hmm, I'm gonna say Luckitty just because we had no communication throughout the game and they're the person whose vote i'm least sure about.  sorry sis no hard feelings

[bowdown]

@fais_2311 @wish @Delirious you're all iconic, my speech was of course a joke and referencing the iconic SUE HAWK 

[rl231]

@touya kinomoto @Guero @Luckitty @Kylie Verzosa @TruGemini

@brycehooha @kittenish @Taeyeon @bowdown @Stevie

 

Hello Jury! Please see the answers from @fais_2311 @Delirious @wish - they put a lot of effort into these, so read them, digest, and feel free to ask any additional questions you may have. Thanks!

 

DELIRIOUS

Spoiler

On 4/11/2023 at 3:07 AM, Delirious said:

• Did you have a strategy coming in here or no? Actually not at all since I was a fan so I had no idea what this game entailed. I guess I just wanted to win every challenge as much as possible
• What were your initial thoughts coming into this game? Just to have fun to be honest.
• How did you think you'd place at the start of the season? Did you expect to make it to the Final Tribal Council? I thought I'd be out very soon because of the Aurora/starchild/touya debacle so im very surprised ive made it this far. I've alaways been a target from the very beginning but everybody seems to have forgotten that I existed? lol
• How did your label of "fan" or "favorite" impact the way you played the game? Well at the start the fans got real close to eachother but it all fell apart when we realised that some fans made even stronger alliances with faves.
• Who did you expect to see in the Final Tribal Council in your honest opinion? Why? These people except me. Wish and fais always kept out of trouble and were like never in any drama. Stevie just kept winning everything.
• Did you have any special memories from this season or learn anything about yourself? That I can be ruthless and make hard decisions when needed. Anything to protect your 'friends'.
• Based on your actions alone, why should you win this game? Why shouldn't your opponents win this game? I don't think I should win tbh and my opponents aren't my 'opponents'. They're my friends and we've made it this far and I think we're all very proud of eachother.
• Which other contestants deserved to be in the finale with you? Maybe Kylie, Taeyeon, bryce, kittenish, bowdown, gemini, stevie and Aurora.
• Take us through your alliances this season. At the start I wasn't really allianced with anyone but then the starchild drama made me close to A LOT of people. Like kylie, bryce, kittenish, wish, fais, like literally everyone. Even Aurora. Later as my allies got picked off one by one, I formed strong bonds with everyone I listed above. Later on Taeyeon, gemini, stevie and bowdown were by my side.
• Did you betray any allies you had during the season? If so, who & why? Yes. It was the start when Touya (he wasn't really my ally tho since we never really talked b4 this) told me that someone on the favs had a double vote and they wanted to vote out wish. Little did they know that wish and I were like hardcore allianced so...but touya told me to vote for touya himself so I did what he asked...And then obviously voting out poor bryce, gemini, stevie, kittenish, Taeyeon and bowdown who were all so cute because wish, fais and i were already allianced and some of them were threats.
• Do you have any regrets in the competition that you feel could hurt you in the vote? Yes. Voting out poor Taeyeon when he wasn't expecting it all. At first me + fais + Tae was in an alliance made by Tae but little did he know that I was already in an alliance with wish but I just didn't want to say anything or else it would've made us targets so I had no choice but to play along. I mean I can't just say no...Love you Tae sis forgive me Also voting out bryce, kittenish and bowdown because I thought they were just all working together and were going to vote me/wish/fais out in the end. Sorry guys.
• Which part of your gameplay do you think was the strongest: social, strategic, or strength (i.e. challenge scores)? It's a mix of everything. At the start it's strength + social but more strength since people will vote out your bad score. In the middle, it's strength + strategy (you need to vote out people who are always immune and who you suspect of having advantages). At the end, it's 100% social. You must form strong alliances with a group of 3.
• Do you think you were more of a threat or an underdog this season? Threat and underdog. In the beginning people saw me a threat for no reason just because I said everyone should contribute to the challenges equally...? um ok? I think everyone including myself thought I was gonna be out soon enough because of how much drama was involved in me so making this far, I'd think I'm also an underdog.
• Do you have any final words before we leave this vote up to the Jury? Pick wisely and stream "HIGHER THAN HEAVEN" the new album by Ellie Goulding!

 

 

 

FAIS_2311

Spoiler

16 hours ago, fais_2311 said:

 

Did you have a strategy coming in here or no?

- Yes, I did. I feel like my biggest regret from last season was the lack of communication with the opposing alliance, so I decided to be more sociable and talked to everyone this season including people who I planned to vote out that round or in the future rounds. I chose not to play the game I played last season which was too comfortable with my alliance. So yeah. I told myself, I need to be more cautious and lied as much as I want in order to further myself in the game

 

What were your initial thoughts coming into this game?

- It felt weird. I knew nothing about these people and how they played in their original season. And honestly I prefer it like that cause I’m a very paranoid person. So I was more focused on the social aspect of the game. 

 

How did you think you'd place at the start of the season? Did you expect to make it to the Final Tribal Council?

- I’m pretty sure I said 5th in my confessional at the beginning of the season. I guess I kinda exceeeded my expectation. No I never expected to be in the final council until merge starts. 

 

How did your label of "fan" or "favorite" impact the way you played the game?

- Honestly nothing. The reputation as a favorite has zero impact to me. My only concern was not to repeat the same mistake that I made from my original season all over again. 

 

Who did you expect to see in the Final Tribal Council in your honest opinion? Why?

- Starting from merge, I definitely feel like me/bryce/kittenish can be in the final 3 together. I spent most of my time here talked to them and we even talked about things outside of the game. And I just love our chat so much. Definitely my favorites people to talk to in this game. I also thought maybe it could be me with one of the pairs (me/bryce/bowdown or me/kittenish/taeyeon) but then I feel like I was being too confident with my own thoughts. What if the pairs are together and I was not included in their future plan. And can I even win against them especially bryce & kittenish. But yeah the final 3 I expected was a combination of me/bryce/kittenish/bowdown/taeyeon

 

Did you have any special memories from this season or learn anything about yourself?

- Yeah. I’m surprised I can separate my emotions from the game. Like I voted out people who I really really like in the game especially bryce, kittenish & bowdown. As much as I love them, I feel like there’s other option for me that I think will help my game more. 

 

Based on your actions alone, why should you win this game? Why shouldn't your opponents win this game?

- I played a very UTR game. I knew I will struggle in the challenges but I overcame that with my social games. Except of that round when wish chose to give his second immunity to me (I had to ask wish to give me that because wish considered to give that to bryce or taeyeon), I don’t have anything to secure my safety for each round. I have to control my threat level and not to stand out and be open to any possibility that will help me to survive each round. 

 

- Wish is such an amazing player but some of his moves were unnecessary and got us in trouble. Like the round when Kylie was voted out. He unnecessarily voted for bryce even though I told him I’m not going to flip yet and we need to wait first cause I feel like if we vote for bryce at that time, it will give power and control to Stevie/kylie/trugemini. So I was confused why wish chose to vote with them. Even with trugemini’s doubler, the votes still were not enough without me so that was such a sloppy move and I feel like without the immunity in the next round, wish was in jeopardy cause gemini already told bryce that he was the sixth votes for kylie and bryce suspected (probably already figure out that it was wish) that someone in our main alliance tried to backstab him. I tried my best not to rat out wish to bryce (considering I was super close to bryce more than wish) cause at that time I knew that I have better shot to go far if I work with wish and not the 2 pairs. 

-Also that round when trugemini was voted out, I was sleeping already (blame the timezone…) and gemini was asking that maybe we should save our double vote (in our group chat named ‘villains’) and wish replied “well we don’t necessarily need the double vote this round if we have all 4 votes and Stevie uses his idol”. I thought our (me and wish) original plan was to flush bryce’s idol, stevie’s idol and doubler. That was such a clown move (and yes the host changed our chat group name to villainous clowns). We lost a soldier but somehow we managed to overcome all these unnecessary obstacles, thanks to delirious who’s willing to join our clowns’ cult. 

 

-Delirious is lovely. I love our conversations, after bryce and kittenish were no longer in the game, delirious is my go-to person but yeah I have to admit that the quitting thing was unnecessary. Also in final 6, I feel like our final 3 alliance (with taeyeon) had the best shot to take control of the game and vote out wish but delirious refused to vote out wish because wish is sweet to him. It’s sad that being a sole survivor was not delirious’ priority cause I feel like both of us will have better shot to win if we are in the final 3 with taeyeon instead of wish. 

 

Which other contestants deserved to be in the finale with you?

-Deserved to be in the final 3 but not with me cause he will win,is definitely Stevie. Truly the underdog of this season and I think he played the game really well. We were close at the beginning of the game. The whole table that he made for us to figure out everyone’s secret partner, I love that but yeah… we drifted apart after the swap and I already feel like I have better option for my game. Even after we reunited and worked together in the villains chat, he’s no longer a player that I want to be at the end of the game cause if I’m not in the final 3 and Stevie is in the final 3, hundred percent, he’ll get my vote. 

 

Take us through your alliances this season.

-Pre-merge. Our tribals were too easy. The target was obvious for both tribals so I’m not in any majority alliance but I was close to touya, stevie, guero, speezy and taeyeon. Definitely my top 5 at that time. 

-Post-swap. The original plan was to have an alliance between speezy-me-allday and allday said that he and wish worked together. So we supposed to be in the majority over bryce/bowdown. But then I found from wish that wasn’t the case and because of the challenge performance, bryce/bowdown/wish preferred allday to go first. I was thinking maybe speezy and I can still approach allday to vote one of bryce/bowdown/wish and caused 3-3 tied but it’s hard to communicate with allday even though he’s my secret partner and I feel like he will vote one of us (speezy or me) so we choose to vote with bryce/bowdown/wish and we were hoping that maybe we can win the immunity next. But we did not. It’s tough cause at the time, I consider speezy as my final 2. We bonded but I had to join the trio and voted out speezy cause I feel like that will help me later in this game. 

-Before Merge. I had two options. Before the swap, touya was my number one and we reunited again at Top 14. I thought his plan (throw challenge) was great. At the same time, I have my Matthaei alliance (bryce, bowdown and wish) to consider to as well. But I feel like touya trusted wrong people. His plan was exposed and people also found out about his doubler. At that time I knew, I need to go with Matthaei. 

-My main alliance was definitely the final 5 alliance with bryce, wish, bowdown and kittenish in that group chat called hello. 

-Then the Villains with Stevie, wish and trugemini. The goal were to separate bryce and kittenish

-Then SDFW alliance between me, wish, Stevie & Delirious. The goal were to vote out bryce and kittenish

-Then my real final 3 alliance between me, Taeyeon and Delirious. The goal were to vote out wish and Stevie but yeah Delirious was not with us.. well more not with taeyeon actually cause delirious want to be in the final 3 with me and wish. 

 

Did you betray any allies you had during the season? If so, who & why?

-Gurll… 

-My secret partner, Allday. We were supposed to be with each other but I feel like I have better option so I had to use the hammer that I kept under my pillow. 

-Speezy. Yeah instead of voting for wish with him, I chose to vote out someone I consider my final 2 at that time cause I feel like voting with the other 3 will help me more later. 

-Touya. My final two at the beginning. I tried to help him and mentioned how people found out from delirious about his plan and doubler. We had a group chat between us and guero and tried to figure out on what to do. Honestly, I don’t see a way out. Even with the doubler, the vote will be 4-4 and my connection with Matthaei will be ruined

-Guero. We were close at the beginning and wanted to work together. He was also in my group chat with touya but the ship was sinking and we both jump the ship and left touya behind then I saw a bunch of sharks coming for him and I chose to leave him too without a warning. 

-Aurora. Aurora tried to save me from that double tribal council and I pretended that I did not know anything but actually I knew my alliance were going to blindside him. I tried to lay low and make sure people did not know that I already have this solid alliance in the game. I feel like he trusted me and wanted to work with me but I already had an idea on what to do and I was pretty confident with my alliance at that time. 

-Hello alliance (bryce, kittenish & bowdown) because I feel like it will be harder for me to be in the final 3 and win this game if I chose to continue to work with them

-Wish. I had an evil plan to blindiside him at final 6 when he lost immunity. But yeah delirious refused to do that and I told taeyeon and we agreed to vote out wish. But he was worried cause he felt bowdown will vote for him and will refused to vote wish out with us. So I reached to bowdown. And let him know that he can still convince taeyeon to vote out wish. But bowdown did not reply to me. Maybe I should just go straight to the point and tell him that you, me, taeyeon and stevie, let’s vote out wish but I was being careful due to the drama in the previous round when both stevie & bowdown accused each other for suggesting my name and I don’t want to be thrown under the bus again. We had another chance to vote out wish at final 5 but I was blindsided and left out from taeyeon’s vote and still sleepy and both wish & delirious came to me and let me know that bowdown/stevie approached them to vote me out. If they approach and ask me to vote out wish, I will. Stevie did not know and probably think me and wish were super solid and maybe I should just approach him but due to limited time and me being cautious after being blindsided from the taeyeon’s vote, I chose a safe way out. 

-Stevie. Stevie was never in my plan to go til the end. Yes we worked together but from my point of view, it was more about us came together as a counter alliance to go against the pairs. 

 

Do you have any regrets in the competition that you feel could hurt you in the vote? 

-Yeah. Final 6. Instead of being so cautious and careful, I should just request to Element to make another group chat between me, Taeyeon, Stevie and bowdown. But the low level of trust, miscommunication, timezone and my bed clouded my judgement that the vote was not there and me and taeyeon should just vote for bowdown. 

 

Which part of your gameplay do you think was the strongest: social, strategic, or strength (i.e. challenge scores)?

-Social>Strategic>Strength in that order

 

Do you think you were more of a threat or an underdog this season?

-Definitely an underdog. I feel like I positioned myself very well. My name came up several times. When luckitty mentioned my name at that tribal tribal where two people with the most votes will be voted out, that was tricky. I could be an easy second victim of the tribal council but I had people like not just from my final 5 alliance (bryce, wish and kittenish) but also delirious and Aurora warned me about luckitty’s plan so I always knew I was safe at that time due to my connection in this game. I lay low, try to be on everyone’s good side. And always think which move will benefit me the most.

 

Do you have any final words before we leave this vote up to the Jury?

-Thank you for everything. I know I’m not a perfect player. I have my own flaws. But I did my best for me and my game. I was under the radar the whole time and when majority voted for me as the Hero of the season, I was like what… cause yeah there’s nothing heroic about my gameplay. I stayed under the radar, I floated to wherever and whenever I felt like will benefit me the most. As long as it’s not me, I will be fine and I will always adapt my game for my own benefit. I had to vote out my secret partner, final 2 allies and people that I really love to talk to but at the end, I’m still here. Never ever thought that I will play again after last season. So thank you for the invite. Good luck to wish and delirious. 

 

 

 

WISH

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2 hours ago, wish said:

1. Did you have a strategy coming in here or no?
   When I first arrived to the tribe, my only strategy was to be very social and form trustworthy connections with the other players. I recognize the importance of a strong social game, as most times social dynamics will hold more importance than challenge wins.
    
2. What were your initial thoughts coming into this game?
   My initial thoughts upon entering the game were that I needed to lay low and play for the team, socialize, and make connections that could put me in a favorable position. I was extremely aware of the disparity between the Favorites and the Fans, as many of the Favorites had decent experience playing this game, while my tribe did not. I knew that if I wanted to survive, I would have to target some of the Favorites as soon as I could.
    
3. How did you think you'd place at the start of the season? Did you expect to make it to the Final Tribal Council?
   When I first joined the game, I predicted that I would leave around the same place that I did in Big Brother a few months ago (Top 6). I knew that I had the potential to make it to FTC, but I wasn’t sure if I would appear as a threat or not, so I put in the work to remain away from the radar for as LONG as I possibly could nn
    
4. How did your label of "fan" or "favorite" impact the way you played the game?
   As a Fan, I knew that I would be at a disadvantage with a group of players who had no experience with the game. I made it a priority to target the Favorites as soon as the tribe merged, stay close to my allies in the Fans tribe, and brainstorm ways to keep the biggest threats away from the final 3.
    
5. Who did you expect to see in the Final Tribal Council in your honest opinion? Why?
   I expected and still fully believe that Kittenish would be in the final tribal council without my intervention, as he was playing an amazing social game and had alliances that I believed were strong enough to push him to the end. 
    
6. Did you have any special memories from this season or learn anything about yourself?

   This game overall has been an insane, stressful, and ultimately fun experience that I will never forget! If I had to think of specific situations, they would be:

    

   1. Fighting with the judges in the beginning of the game when I flopped the first challenges  YES I was pressed like a panini, YES I still think I deserved more for that Fiona Apple entry dskjdskjs
   
   2. The very last vote before the merge, when we targeted Touya. When I tell you that Kittenish and I ATE the execution of that tribal…  everything fell into place. that was the very first time I realized just how much potential I had to make it far
   
   3. When I won both immunity necklaces in the survey challenge, that was beyond stressful for me as I knew how pivotal it could be for my game. That was the first time I gave Bryce a hint that I was going to turn on him, since he asked for the necklace, but I knew I couldn’t give it to him.  a VERY VERY tough round for me personally, and it ended up shaping the rest of my game
   
   4. The halftime show challenge, I really put my ALL into that challenge, and our creative juices were flowing! Such a fun round, and I was so happy with how our final product turned out
    

7. Based on your actions alone, why should you win this game? Why shouldn't your opponents win this game?
   I believe that I should win Season 13 of Survivor because I’ve had a very well-rounded run and acted as a strong strategic force the whole way through. I stayed close to the right people and formed solid alliances in which I remained close UNTIL the very last moment where I felt they needed to go.  
   
   Along the way, I found myself well informed, under the radar, and often heavily involved in swaying the majority towards specific targets. I was involved in the eliminations during most of the tribal councils I was a part of.
   
   I kept a delicate balance in the first half of the game, juggling between being a valuable strategic player within my alliances, while also not appearing as too big of a threat to anyone. Once things began to heat up, I shifted into playing a much riskier and more exciting game, in which I flipped on my main alliance and successfully blindsided two major threats Bryce & Kittenish (love y’all ) This was a pivotal move that brought me closer to the win. I want to emphasize how much of a massive risk this was for my game, and from there on, I had to make adjustments every. single. round. to ensure that I was not the target
   
   With my strategic capabilities & impressive 3-time challenge win streak, I was easily one of the biggest threats remaining in the game, yet I STILL managed to survive to the Final 3 despite losing immunity and being vulnerable for two consecutive votes.
   
   With all of this in mind, I feel that I am the most deserving to win this season. My strategic, social, and challenge-based successes, my risky and exciting gameplay, my contributions towards taking out some of the game's most threatening players, and my ability to survive everything that was thrown my way are CLEAR evidence of my success in this game. I'm also proud of the way I worked closely with my biggest competitors and then cleaned up house before they could get me. I hope you can all recognize my accomplishments & give me your vote!! 
    
8. Which other contestants deserved to be in the finale with you?
   Based entirely on merit? I think that Stevie, Bryce, and Kittenish were huge contenders for the win. I also think Fais played a great game as a floater but ultimately his gameplay wasn't as strong, decisive, or gagworthy as mine was 
   
   But this is just my perspective and I could be overlooking someone else!
    
9. Take us through your alliances this season.
   In elimination order, I had alliances (close or not close) with Allday, Auburn, Speezy, Guero, Aurora, Kylie, Gemini, Bryce, Kittenish, Taeyeon, Bowdown, and Stevie. And my fellow F3 girlies Fais & Delirious, of course
   
   I explained my loyalties & my closest allies this season in this post
   
   BUT I'm going to re-post it just in case:
   
   
    
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   Fais - I worked with him after the first tribe swap & remained very loyal, sharing my votes with him and working in the “Hello” alliance with him, Kittenish, Bryce, and Bowdown for a big chunk of the post-merge. Once I gave him my second immunity necklace & swayed him to make the pivotal move to flip on our alliance, I felt we were at each other's mercy, so I did my best to keep him safe. I told him that I wanted to keep him until the end & I was true to my word 

    

   Delirious - I’ve been good with Delirious since the beginning of the game when I defended him against Aurora’s overcooked attempt to "blindside" him from the Fans tribe. Once the tribe merged, Kittenish and I worked together with him & we kept him very close because he was feeding us a ton of information from Khorana and the other side (surprise)  I was able to keep him by my side during the tough tribals & from there we just kept each other safe until the end

    

   Bryce - We worked very closely pre-merge and I had a blast putting our brains together for a majority of the game. I would have loved to keep working with him until the end, but he eventually became such a strong contender to win the season, with a great social game, strong challenge capabilities, and an idol tucked away. He never missed a beat & that was scurry!! It all eventually boiled up to my riskiest & most personally difficult move which was pushing for him to flush your idol, and eventually voting him out.  Betraying him almost broke me... but ultimately I think it's a big reason I'm sitting here in the F3 today

    

   Kittenish - I also loved working close with Kittenish, and I felt that we had a lot of strategic compatibility. We worked with Delirious, came together to make sense of the extra intel he was feeding us, and made moves accordingly, finding ourselves in control of the vote multiple times. Similar to Bryce, I would have loved to keep him but he was also becoming a major social threat & as time passed I became unsure of how much he prioritized our alliance

    

   Stevie - Stevie is someone I did not initially expect to see myself working with, but after the merge we randomly messaged each other and got along really well. We immediately formed an alliance that remained strong & solid all the way until his elimination. I feel that our alliance was pivotal to my game because we each came from different sides of the tribe, connected the dots together and made BIG moves that brought us to the end. I was very loyal & kept him safe, but the only reason why I'm ranking him lower on my list is because the whole time I used him as a shield.

    

   Bowdown - Although we didn't work very CLOSELY during the game, we worked alongside each other for a long time so I do feel that I was loyal to him in a sense of keeping him safe through the Matthaei tribe & the beginning of post-merge. Ultimately we fell through because I felt he was close with his fellow final two pairs & once we eliminated Bryce/Kittenish I was worried that he would be eager to come for me

   As far as group alliances, I was a part of:
   - the Hello alliance with Bowdown/Bryce/Fais/Kittenish, which I was loyal to until the flip
   - the Fans alliance which kinda fell through after Aurora/Luckitty eliminations
   - and lastly I was a part of the "Villains / Clowns / Villainous Clowns " alliance with Fais, Stevie, and Gemini, which was the group that I flipped with (along with Deli who was not in the alliance channel)
   
   ALSO, elaborating on my alliance with Stevie -- I believe another strong move I made was keeping Stevie very close, while also regarding him as a threat to the rest of my allies. While I was genuinely allied with Stevie & remained very honest with him, I recognized his position as a major threat and consistently used it to my advantage, painting him as the main culprit behind certain peoples’ eliminations. While it’s very true that he was plotting and making moves, I was right there with him & I was definitely more involved with him than I showed to others 
   
   By keeping Stevie safe, I was able to maneuver the last few rounds of the game without being seen as THE #1 target in the tribe. In short, I used Stevie as a huge shield. And by remaining very close to him, I ultimately led him to keep me in the game when I was vulnerable at Final 5/6. Oop! 
    
10. Did you betray any allies you had during the season? If so, who & why?
    Yes, I betrayed my original allies Bryce & Kittenish as I've explained all over my jury answers & interview so far fdkjgjd
    
    BUT I'm going to re-post it just in case:

     

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    I believe that my biggest move in this game was flipping on two of my biggest allies, Bryce and Kittenish, in order to place myself as a contender to win the season.

     

    For the first two thirds of the game, I felt that me, Bryce and Kittenish had a really good grasp of the tribe's social dynamics. I was working with them both separately and together in the Hello alliance, and the three of us combined had great communication with nearly everybody in the game.

     

    Our alliances were solid at the time, but as time passed, I began to grow antsy at the thought of making it to the end with both of these 2 strong competitors. Bryce had a stronger challenge advantage than me, and Kittenish had a stronger social advantage than me. I began to worry that if I continued to work for their interests, then they would easily team up with our shared allies & vote me out later on.

     

    After winning the double immunity, I knew I was officially ON the radar and wanted to make a move. I gave Fais the second necklace to secure his loyalty/vote, spoke with Stevie (who was already very eager to make the move), and opened communication with Gemini (for the very first time ) with the plan to blindside Kittenish. Things didn’t quite pan out the way I expected, as Gemini didn't use his doubler and then ended up being eliminated.

     

    This is where things got REALLY tricky for me, as I had to dodge the target as much as I could, despite the evidence becoming increasingly clear that I was attempting to flip on my alliance. From there, I worked on overdrive and won 2 more challenges back to back, which enabled me to make the pivotal moves that I had planned. This move was incredibly risky for my game and could’ve easily ended up in my elimination as a ~backstabbing villain~, but by keeping social and loyal with my other allies, and by using Stevie as a shield, I was able to dodge the bullet and end up in the Final 3 with two people I have more of a chance winning against.

11. Do you have any regrets in the competition that you feel could hurt you in the vote?
    My biggest regret in this game probably has to do with my lack of communication with Touya and Luckitty. An important part of my survival was attempting to remain social/friendly with everyone and staying in each person's good graces. To know that I wasn't able to make an impression on Luckitty or Touya does make me a bit nervous, as I’m not sure how they perceive me, or how much they feel I deserve the win. However, I hope that I've done a good job shedding light on my gameplay and explaining why I deserve to win the season overall <3
     
12. Which part of your gameplay do you think was the strongest: social, strategic, or strength (i.e. challenge scores)?
    I think I displayed strengths in all 3 categories, but I'll say both social & strategic as I think I was REALLY good at reading the room, getting info from people, and then making moves accordingly.
    
    My social game should also NOT be underestimated because even after all of the chaos I was a part of, and even after THREE consecutive challenge wins, I somehow found myself safe & protected when I was vulnerable in the Final 5 / Final 6. like what??!? 
     
13. Do you think you were more of a threat or an underdog this season?
    I would say I was an underdog for a good chunk of this game, all the way up until I won the two necklaces. Once I flipped on my alliance, people recognized me as a threat, but I remained smart and social enough to avoid the target.
     
14. Do you have any final words before we leave this vote up to the Jury?
    I feel I've done everything I can to explain to you why i deserve this win! If there's any other questions I've left unanswered please don't hesitate to ask me in the thread & I will answer with full honesty.
    
    I truly apologize to anyone who feels I betrayed them or withheld information from them along the way. I did what I could do to win this game impressively & I have absolutely NO hard feelings towards anyone, and I hope y'all feel the same! This was a crazy bonding experience for us all and I'd love to kiki outside of the game context, whether it's around the forum or on Discord etc etc!!
    
    Love y'all sm and THANK YOU for reading my essays kldsfjjsf  VOTE WISHHH

 

 

[Delirious]

1 hour ago, bowdown said:

@fais_2311 @wish @Delirious you're all iconic, my speech was of course a joke and referencing the iconic SUE HAWK 

Oh sis we know! It was so fun with you king! 

[wish]

GOOD LUCK BABES @Delirious @fais_2311  <3

[Delirious]

Just now, wish said:

GOOD LUCK BABES @Delirious @fais_2311  <3

Thank you sis you too!! 

[bowdown]

the iconic HELLO alliance

[Kylie Verzosa]

Condragulations toughttt 3!!! Whoever doesn't win the title will still be a wonderful runner-up 

[shelven]

Good luck wishlirious2311!!!

[shelven]

I guess nobody else is gonna help huh

[rl231]

 

Spoiler

@touya kinomoto @Guero @Luckitty @Kylie Verzosa @TruGemini

@brycehooha @kittenish @Taeyeon @bowdown @Stevie

@fais_2311 @Delirious @wish

 

Welcome to the finale and reunion of the 13th season of Survivor: ATRL Edition (Fans vs. Favorites)!!

 

This season was super interesting, chaotic, and then some! We even had someone who retconned themselves out of the game! Thank you all for being a part of it!!

 

We loved listening along and reading along to your confessionals all season and seeing how everything played out. 

 

Again, we really want to thank our main judges @boys @clue @Gateau @luckystrike @Not Like The Movies @Rotunda @Staryu @supaspaz for dedicating their time to really provide thoughtful critiques and rankings for everyone, truly shaping the game. And of course thank you to our wonderful viewers too for a) not spilling anything and b) really engaging with what was going on during the season. We love your insights!!

 

Now, it's time for the moment that we've all been waiting for. The last 2 months have been building to this: the coronation of ATRL's thirteenth Sole Survivor. The power has shifted over to the members of our jury. All members of the jury have voted! Thank you!!

 

Tonight, you want to see your name on these parchments.

 

For the final time this season, Element will read the votes....

Edited April 14, 2023 by rl231

[Seffers]

oooh the drama

[Element]

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[wish]

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