Stephy Says

[Stephenie LaGrossa]

Helloooooo Final 2! Nice to see you guys again. It's been a few rounds, so of course, I'm gonna have some questions for you both... But first, I'm gonna give some comments to the two of you. I feel like it's customary, you know? So, sit tight for a just a second...

First off... Kelly, I don't really know what to say to you, since I'm pretty sure you know how I feel already. I think it would be hypocritical for me to tear into you for being pointlessly wishy-washy if I didn't outright say myself, that your odds of actually getting my vote tonight are very slim. This is not to say you have NO chance, really... But you do have your work cut out for you, depending on my and the others' questions. None the less, you played a good social game, since you talked to all, or at least the majority of the players in the game post-merge, which few others here can say... But at the same time, that's kind of limited by how frustratingly indecisive you acted while playing dumb, and the 'innocence' you tried to play off with it... When, well, you're really just as 'bad'/involved at the end of the day as your allies, if not worse for having pretended to have been something else. I mean, you acted like you were constantly on the outside, wanted to make nice-nice with the Villains... Which CAN be good strategy... If you hadn't kept it up to points where it bordered on ridiculous and insulting. I mean, when you're trying to pretend an hour before a vote is due that you have no idea what's going on, after I've called you out on your TRUE loyalties already AND admitted myself that my vote's essentially locked, since I knew I had no chance of staying otherwise... Are you really expecting me to believe that your allies that are on throughout the night and half of whom talked to me themselves, don't tell you ANYTHING in regards to your plans? I mean, you avoided a past vote, but it was one that made no difference, and likely wouldn't have, even if you had gotten it. As for the rest of your game... Well, strategically, I'm gonna save this for questions, but challenge wise, you don't seem to stand out much-- one immunity win, yeah, but you're sitting next to someone with three times as many wins. Even if they're considered narrow victories, or easy in some cases, I mean... I hear how these were tough races against the people who were eliminated, but they never really involve you in how close it was.

Aaaand Elisabeth. I'm going to give you some credit here-- with you getting off work at 10, I really didn't expect you to make it to the end, much less win three of the last four challenges, when the Heroes actually wanted immunity over each other. I also give you credit that, when you voted me out, while you lied to me about it like Kelly did, well... For starters, I didn't have to hunt you down like a dog to find out what/why things went down, since you just came to me and told me yourself. It may also be less annoying to me since you actually gave me a concrete answer, as opposed to leaving me hanging for hours on end. Or maybe that I haven't talked to you enough in this game to have felt like I SHOULD get an honest answer from you... Though, speaking of which, this brings up a major point you lose out a bit on. Socially... Well, from what I've heard and experienced, people could expect more conversation from a tree stump. I know you being busy caused a lot of this, but I mean, people have mentioned trying to reach out to you, via IM or PM, with no success... Heck, I myself went on thinking you were ignoring me, because I tried talking to you, but got no reply-- despite having just spoken to you moments before to tell you I couldn't be your partner for a challenge. I chock that up to bad luck and timing in one, but it apparently happened a lot... And even your own old teammates have mentioned that you were pretty tough to get in contact with, pre-merge. Socially, I think Kelly has you whipped, even if I think her social game had some glaring flaws. It just depends on if the other areas in the game that you did better in were enough to make up for that.

Now... Long speeches over, time for questions. First, a couple individual ones!

~Kelly~

1. In the Final Tribal Council, you made a comment I'd like to ask you about.

well, i feel like i have made a lot of moves in this game, there were several times where the villains wanted me to make a move and get her or john out, and i just couldn't do it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds like you're trying to say that you NOT making moves with the Villains was a move in and of itself? If you ARE saying this, I'd like you to explain how deciding not to do anything and just staying loyal counts as a move, expecially when Elisabeth and John did the exact same thing-- if you AREN'T saying this, I'd like for you to tell me what moves you DID make in this game, of your own volition; as in, not moves you made with/because of your allies, but things you yourself put into action.

2. What was the point in having played dumb until I MADE you tell me the vote plan in the last hour, the round I left? I asked only for you to be upfront, and told you outright I wouldn't vote against anyone but Joe, since I'd heard enough to know it was either him or me going, that I was a sitting duck otherwise... But you weren't upfront about it, anyway. You said it was to avoid past votes, but I mean, Even if I DID change my vote, past votes on John made no difference since ANYONE but me beat him in a tie... And past votes on you yourself were almost just as moot a point, since I'm pretty sure only Elisabeth stood to even TIE a tie with you, and she was on your side, too.


~Elisabeth~

1. In the Final Tribal Council, you made a comment I'd like to ask you about, too.

(2:02:49 AM) Yami Setsu: I admit, Steph scares me the most right now
(2:03:00 AM) Yami Setsu: she's going to try to rip us apart :-\
(2:03:05 AM) Survivordumble: I know
(2:03:18 AM) Survivordumble: Analyzing everything in like a pointless point

I want to know why you said this-- granted we didn't talk much, but we'd gotten along when we DID talk, and I had nothing against you, let alone game play-wise. I can understand why KELLY would be worried about me, but not really you. ... Perhaps I'm over analyzing this as is(Yay, self-fulfilling prophecy!), but what do you think you had to worry about from me, that you'd agree on me essentially harping on you all over pointless points?

2. Can you explain your pre-merge strategy to me? I've heard some of how your tribe worked pre-merge, but I wasn't there-- and again, even some people on your own tribe didn't get to talk too much to you. So, I'd like to hear YOUR perspective on it, as well as find out what you specifically contributed to get you this far. Like, your strategy, and how it set you apart.

3. Speaking of your pre-merge plans... I noticed you went all out in the trash-talking. I know most people did it, but I was turned off, a lot, seeing your antics including 'killing' all the remaining Villains as Gogo, and taking OUR buff and crossing our faces off as Villains left. Do you think you crossed any lines by taking the representation of our tribe and defacing it, along with 'keep biting the dust' and such things, or was it all in good fun?

Ooookay then, a couple questions for you both!

1. I'm wondering-- from what I understand, the ideal plan to you two was for the Heroes to just wipe out all the Villains, one after the other, until the Heroes could duke it out on their own. ... Which you pretty much DID do, albeit punctuated by Kel's elimination, and the near-blindside of Chicken when you doubted his loyalty. So, I wanna know... If it's fine for you guys to form a voting block that takes away all the Villains' chances of winning regardless of merit, what would make it wrong for the Villains, who let me remind you, make up more than half the jury, to form a voting block to make sure the LEAST deserving Hero wins in the end? Don't get me wrong, I find that kind of thought process to be silly and vindictive, and don't seriously consider that an option outside the realm of jokes... But aside from pride in myself as a player, what should keep this from happening?

2. I want you to take all the jury members AND the final 2 and tell me two things: whether they were more Villainous or Heroic this time around, and what single characteristic most made them that way. Like, 'So-and-so was more Heroic because of their kindness ', or something.

And lastly... Hm. Well, thinking outside the box a little bit for this last part, let's do something creative!

1. Write me a poem, or a song, or draw a picture-- do something creative that is representative of your time in this game.

Sorry to be somewhat... Tough, on you two, but I'm honestly trying to make it difficult. I want you both to know that outside this game, I have no hard feelings towards either of you... But I'm not gonna hold back, as is. xD Either way, good luck to the both of you, with these and the questions to come.

[Kelly Wiglesworth]

Hi Stephenie! Just as I expected, you definitely gave a lot of thought into your jury questions. I didn't expect any less from you. I realize my chance of getting your vote is slim, but I'm going to try to answer all your questions anyway.



First of all, you say that I was just as "Bad or worse" as my allies. I'm not going to claim that I was innocent, I know I lied in this game, doesn't mean I enjoyed it, but it means it was part of the game and I did what I had to do. Yes, I played dumb on a lot of the votes, and it probably was overkill sometimes... but... the thing is... and no offense... you guys assumed I was on the bottom all the time. You never considered that maybe I did have a place in this game.



Yes, I avoided answering you on the vote when you left. I told you the reason for that. I was worried that there was a possibility Chicken would flip at the final 6 and cause a tie. We knew that if John wasn't safe, then he'd be done either way, but honestly, it was just a case of the more votes stacked on Joe the better. I can't really believe that if you KNEW for certain you were going, that you'd vote how WE wanted.



As for challenge wise, yes, I'm definitely not the challenge threat. I competed in them all, but didn't really come close in a lot of them as you said. I really can't fight you on that, if anyone wants to base their votes on just challenge performance, I really do not have an argument.



Ok, on to the whole "making moves on your own" thing.... Ok, this is going to sound bad I know, but I HATE that question. It might sound bad, but I really don't think I did make moves on my own, But here's the thing. In a game like Survivor, you can't make moves on your own. (Unless you're Russell Hantz and idols fall into your lap) In order to be safe in Survivor, you need an alliance. According to Wikipedia, an alliance is an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. Isn't that what's needed in Survivor? I had one, and I stayed loyal to it. Yes, I kept other options open, but in the end, I didn't feel like it was a good idea to back out of my original plan.



Now as for your boot. I really did feel bad, I really do like you as a person, but I think you over react in these games at times Part of the reason I didn't tell you was due to the backlash I would get, but the bigger reason was simply that we needed as many votes on Joe as he could get. I know you're saying you'd vote Joe either way. But that doesn't make sense to me. If you know you're going either way, why would anyone vote with them and make them happy anyway? You have to see my point there.



Next point, the "least deserving player plan". If that's what you guys want to do, I can't stop you. But... I think that's insulting. Both for the game in general and "the winner". If you think I'm the worst player, fine. If you think Elisabeth's the worst player, that's fine too. Personally I'd rather take 2nd place than get 1st for being a bad player. But.... just saying, even thinking statements like that makes you sound so bitter. :/



Last big paragraph before the fun part... who's more Villianous, who's more Heroic.

Elisabeth- More Heroic this time due to working harder. She wasn't at a disadvantage this time and so had the numbers at the merge.

Kelly- I'll be honest and say more Villianous. Last time, I laid down my torch to let others continue this game. I wasn't going to do this this time. I lied and I did what I did to get this far.

John- More Heroic. I'm going to say he played similar to the last time he played, except this time, he made it to the final 3, and wasn't backstabbed.

Chicken- More Villainous. Although I like him, he did pull the whole Parv/Kel vote thing which I say was a good move looking back on it, but did make him look like a flipflopper.

Joe- Weirdly enough, I'm going to say More Heroic only because i don't really know where to place him. From what I understand, Joe lied a lot in his first time, and this time, he just kind of made a lot of mistakes, talked when he really shouldn't have, etc.

Lex- Again I don't really know anything about his past gameplay to be honest. I didn't really get to talk to him as much as the others.

Stephenie- More Heroic. This season's Stephenie, actually seemed like a more calm Stephenie, which is odd coming from me but anyway... last time you played, you dominated the challenges, you lied to everyone, you were the ultimate villain. This time you seemed to try to go more UTR challenge wise.

Kel- More Villainous. Last time you played, you never broke any promises. This time, you were more eager to backstab some Heroes and were more willing to throw people under the bus to further yourself in the game.

Mary- More heroic, you didn't really get a chance to backstab in the jury :X

Sorry I didn't really put it in one word, i hope that answers your question though.



And ta-da, here's my picture. This represents how I really felt during a lot of this game. The Villains spent so much of their time trying to work me during this game, it felt just as ridiculous to me as my "playing dumb" felt to you.
The happy/sad faces represent how quickly moods can change in this game. You can be happy with the way it is one minute, sad the next, and back to happy. I think everyone had some good and bad moments during this game.

Anyway, I hope I at least answered all your questions, if you have any more I'll answer those too...
BTW: I still really like you, and no matter what happens that wouldn't change anything. So don't be offended by any of this

[Stephenie LaGrossa]

Just a few things I still want some clarification on, Kelly.

First, in the round I left, I still don't really see the logic in your feigned confusion-- the way you're explaining it saves YOU from a chance of being bumped in a tie(At first), which is all well and good... But Elisabeth still matched Joe for past votes enough to have forced ANOTHER tie, had John won. Barring this, had anyone else won, John would still be wide open and totally screwed over in the final 6 with his vote total. Considering that John didn't win the challenge, I kinda go back to wondering what the point in having pretended about your vote was... Let me say here, to make it clear, you weren't pulling a 'mission impossible' moment, or some kind of slick trick in getting me not to vote you-- it was pretty obvious a little while before the votes were due, that you had been lying about it to me, and by extension, that I was going home. Again, I didn't think your allies were so hard to get into contact with that they would give ME answers, but ignore YOU for hours when you're both online, and wouldn't send you anything until the last hour the next day. I did figure something was up based on your behavior, with enough time to change it, but I knew what I was going to do and stuck with it, and expected you to be upfront about the vote, since my vote really didn't have any bearing unless Joe was going home. If your ideal really was keeping you/John/Elisabeth safe in a tie, why exactly did you keep Joe, someone you couldn't actually guarantee would leave at all, if there was a tie; over me, someone you could beat, even in a tie, with 5/6 odds so long as anyone BUT me won the challenge?

Second, to ask the question again, since you didn't really answer it-- am I correct in understanding that you consider not having made moves with the Villains to be a move in and of itself? I could assumed no, since you described how you don't believe anyone can make moves on their own, but still, I'd like to see you actually explain the thought behind the quoted sentence. ... Also, I'd just like to say I disagree with your statement, and say it IS possible to make moves on your own, and to maintain an alliance at the same time. Making moves on your own may suggest that the goal is something that changes the game mainly for your benefit, or that it is mainly your idea... But that doesn't mean you do all the work yourself. Even in alliances on the real Survivor, not EVERYONE comes up with the plans at the exact same time. The person who DOES come up with those plans? This person made a move by changing the course of the game, if only from having changed the course of an undirected alliance into one pointed at votin out targets A, B, and C. They may have a group of people moving with them towards this goal, but the plan-maker can still claim credit for having made this move at the end of the day. I guess this shows my hand on how I feel regarding not-moving as a move, but frankly, I don't think of 'loyalty' as a move so much as a character trait. Likewise, I can't think of any cases in which having done nothing to change the course the game was already on, can be called a move.

And third, about the 'voting the least deserving player' question... Yeah, I already know it's a bitter, vindictive thought process. I said that in the question myself, as particular reasons why I myself don't approve of it. But, being insulting or bitter-- would you not consider it something to be bitter about, that a group of people plans to shut you out and give you no chance of making it farther in the game, no matter how much you may fight or work for it, or even how many other options they could have that way, simply because you started on different tribes? Is it not insulting to hear you say things like how little you trust in Chicken, and want him out in the long run... But to know dang well that all the Villains are leaving before Chicken anyway, because we're even LESS important in your grand design?

Sorry again for lengthy questionings, but I do try to be thorough. xD

[Elisabitch "Gogo" Filarski]

Mar 28, 2011 15:02:15 GMT -5 Stephenie LaGrossa said:

Aaaand Elisabeth. I'm going to give you some credit here-- with you getting off work at 10, I really didn't expect you to make it to the end, much less win three of the last four challenges, when the Heroes actually wanted immunity over each other. I also give you credit that, when you voted me out, while you lied to me about it like Kelly did, well... For starters, I didn't have to hunt you down like a dog to find out what/why things went down, since you just came to me and told me yourself. It may also be less annoying to me since you actually gave me a concrete answer, as opposed to leaving me hanging for hours on end. Or maybe that I haven't talked to you enough in this game to have felt like I SHOULD get an honest answer from you... Though, speaking of which, this brings up a major point you lose out a bit on. Socially... Well, from what I've heard and experienced, people could expect more conversation from a tree stump. I know you being busy caused a lot of this, but I mean, people have mentioned trying to reach out to you, via IM or PM, with no success... Heck, I myself went on thinking you were ignoring me, because I tried talking to you, but got no reply-- despite having just spoken to you moments before to tell you I couldn't be your partner for a challenge. I chock that up to bad luck and timing in one, but it apparently happened a lot... And even your own old teammates have mentioned that you were pretty tough to get in contact with, pre-merge. Socially, I think Kelly has you whipped, even if I think her social game had some glaring flaws. It just depends on if the other areas in the game that you did better in were enough to make up for that.

I do agree with your point, Kelly was way more social than me, and I honestly have nobody to blame but myself. Part of that was because of my work schedule (which is from 3 pm - usually 1 am in the morning), yes, but the other part was because I stuck to my old method of talking with allies and not many other people. I mean, that was my downfall in SurVs1. It's a bad habit of mine and I try to work on it, but usually I wind up falling flat on my face. The main reason with that night when I asked if I could be your partner and I didn't respond back...it was more of not paying attention really. I didn't see AIM flash and when I realized you did reply back, I didn't because I was afraid that I would do more damage after not responding for half an hour (or so...my memory is a tad fuzzy). Anyways, looking back, I should have at least said something apologetic so that you might not think that I was just trying to screw you over winning immunity that round.

Mar 28, 2011 15:02:15 GMT -5 Stephenie LaGrossa said:

Now... Long speeches over, time for questions. First, a couple individual ones!

~Elisabeth~

1. In the Final Tribal Council, you made a comment I'd like to ask you about, too.

(2:02:49 AM) Yami Setsu: I admit, Steph scares me the most right now
(2:03:00 AM) Yami Setsu: she's going to try to rip us apart :-\
(2:03:05 AM) Survivordumble: I know
(2:03:18 AM) Survivordumble: Analyzing everything in like a pointless point

I want to know why you said this-- granted we didn't talk much, but we'd gotten along when we DID talk, and I had nothing against you, let alone game play-wise. I can understand why KELLY would be worried about me, but not really you. ... Perhaps I'm over analyzing this as is(Yay, self-fulfilling prophecy!), but what do you think you had to worry about from me, that you'd agree on me essentially harping on you all over pointless points?

Well, I feel that in your point of view, analyzing every detail works well in finding patterns, cracks, and other useful information. For people like me, it comes across as someone who nitpicks (not that you actually do nitpick). It just kinda turns me off, and in this scenario, I have to wonder what your going to say and how to counter it so that I don't feel like I just took 4 SATs in a row.

Mar 28, 2011 15:02:15 GMT -5 Stephenie LaGrossa said:

2. Can you explain your pre-merge strategy to me? I've heard some of how your tribe worked pre-merge, but I wasn't there-- and again, even some people on your own tribe didn't get to talk too much to you. So, I'd like to hear YOUR perspective on it, as well as find out what you specifically contributed to get you this far. Like, your strategy, and how it set you apart.

I knew coming into this game that I needed to work something out to where I could try to make it further than I had in the past. It seemed easy at first, just keeping tribal harmony...that is until a few of us (John, me, Chicken, Kel, and Gary) noticed that Parv, Natalie, Darrah, and Jenn were forming a clique of sorts. At that point we tried figuring out how to take them out without having to resort to throwing challenges. When we did lose a challenge, Kel came to John and myself and told us that both our names had come up as to whom that clique was going to target. We also noticed that the Karma points started flying off the radar, so we had to enact a plan to take those four out in a row...if at all possible. The main problems were with Kelly and Ibe. Because I didn't feel where they were leaning to, I went to Kelly, Ibe, and Gary to try to form an alliance with them, Chicken and John to take the clique out. I even made sure that if it got to just us 6, then us 4 could take out Chicken and John. This luckily worked and we were able to get Darrah out...which unleashed a hell fire from Parv, Jenn, and Natalie. From then, it became tough because of idol plays and other nonsense, but we were able (with Kel's help) to get them out one by one. From there, I personally worried what would happen if we lost. I explained my concerns with John and he agreed with me on that. Ibe was weak in challenges and if we lost he needed to go. Unfortunately, we did lose and we told Kelly (even though she couldn't cast a vote for him personally), and gave him the boot (much to his displeasure). Then, I talked with John on what to do next...keep Kelly and hope she didn't flop onto the villains, or keep Gary and hope he won the next challenge or two (or how many ever it was to merge). I felt like I couldn't take Kelly out after making a good promise...which at that point is when I started solidifying a finale deal with her (if not, then soon after that). After we voted out Gary and won the next challenge, and we merged.

Mar 28, 2011 15:02:15 GMT -5 Stephenie LaGrossa said:

3. Speaking of your pre-merge plans... I noticed you went all out in the trash-talking. I know most people did it, but I was turned off, a lot, seeing your antics including 'killing' all the remaining Villains as Gogo, and taking OUR buff and crossing our faces off as Villains left. Do you think you crossed any lines by taking the representation of our tribe and defacing it, along with 'keep biting the dust' and such things, or was it all in good fun?

Well, part of that was a bit of backlashing at you villains...because it seemed like it was just one thing after another and it got annoying...but after a bit (not sure at what point exactly), I just stopped trying to take it quite literal and just have fun...like when I changed my name to "Gogo"...that was more out of fun than anything. With the buff...it was a bit arrogant on my part in hindsight...but I actually was just having fun with it. From your statement, I'm inferring that it offended you, I do apologize for it, and for anyone else who thought I crossed the line. It was mainly just out of fun.

Mar 28, 2011 15:02:15 GMT -5 Stephenie LaGrossa said:

Ooookay then, a couple questions for you both!

1. I'm wondering-- from what I understand, the ideal plan to you two was for the Heroes to just wipe out all the Villains, one after the other, until the Heroes could duke it out on their own. ... Which you pretty much DID do, albeit punctuated by Kel's elimination, and the near-blindside of Chicken when you doubted his loyalty. So, I wanna know... If it's fine for you guys to form a voting block that takes away all the Villains' chances of winning regardless of merit, what would make it wrong for the Villains, who let me remind you, make up more than half the jury, to form a voting block to make sure the LEAST deserving Hero wins in the end? Don't get me wrong, I find that kind of thought process to be silly and vindictive, and don't seriously consider that an option outside the realm of jokes... But aside from pride in myself as a player, what should keep this from happening?

Well, even though we, as the Heroes, knew that when merge hit, the remaining villains would be on the jury. I personally tried not to piss people off...or send people off with bad vibes...even if it turned out differently. I mean, I don't think it really crossed my mind too much...I was looking towards the end game...horrible, I know, on my part as Jeff Probst has said (loosely paraphrased), "At this point of the game, you have to not only think about who you're voting out...but who you're putting on that jury who gets to decide if you get the million dollars or not." I could see you guys voting as a block for the least deserving...because you guys didn't fit into our plans, especially if it came to the point with most of the jury being villains and a villain getting to the finale. Most likely, they'd win. It was more of a...well, they can't be in the finale or they'll take my chances of winning out...I think I can handle them being jurors. I mean, I can't force you or any of the other jurors to vote for the best between me and Kelly. I'd almost say it's bitter to vote for the least deserving...but I know I've been a bitter juror before, so to actually call you bitter would be to be pot calling the kettle black.


In short, it's your vote...vote how you want...I can try to persuade you to vote for the best player of the game...but ultimately, you (and the other jurors) make the call...

Mar 28, 2011 15:02:15 GMT -5 Stephenie LaGrossa said:

2. I want you to take all the jury members AND the final 2 and tell me two things: whether they were more Villainous or Heroic this time around, and what single characteristic most made them that way. Like, 'So-and-so was more Heroic because of their kindness ', or something.

Chicken ~ I believe he played a bit more villainous this time around...he lied, got into people's faces when needed to...and thought about himself more.
Elisabeth ~ I felt like I did play more Villainous this time around...I did lie and make deals that I felt like I had to break, and had to play a bit dirtier this time around.
Joe ~ I felt like he was more Heroic this time around...just a bit on the naive side (ie...loose lips sink ships)
John ~ I felt he played Heroic this time (just like in SurVs 5)...he didn't really have to lie too much and worked hard at getting as far as he did.
Kel ~ I felt he played a mixed game...it was partially Heroic towards the beginning, especially with the whole Parv/Natalie/Jenn/Darrah clique...but as the game progressed, it became more villainous because he tried playing out of the loop and looking for bigger and better.
Kelly ~ I felt she was more Heroic because even knowing that her main ally was leaving, she still refused to vote him and even made sure to stand up to the pressure that the Villains (and Parv earlier in the game) were putting on her to switch over.
Lex ~ I felt he did play more heroic this time around. He tried his best to overcome the situation of coming into merge outnumbered...just to be taken out.
Mary ~ I feel that you were Villainous, but like Steph, it was pulled back. I'm not 100% sure what all happened pre-merge, but in the one round you were in merge, it seemed a bit like a quiet intensity...it didn't get the chance to blossom.
Stephenie ~ I felt that you were Villainous this time around...but not nearly the degree that you were in SurVs 3. I feel it was pulled back, but it was a quiet intensity.

Mar 28, 2011 15:02:15 GMT -5 Stephenie LaGrossa said:

And lastly... Hm. Well, thinking outside the box a little bit for this last part, let's do something creative!

Write me a poem, or a song, or draw a picture-- do something creative that is representative of your time in this game.

I figured this best represents how I felt on the island...

Every round seemed exhausting.

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[Kelly Wiglesworth]

Time for Stephenie's answers, part deux

Why I personally wanted to keep Joe over you:
Honestly, I didn't see him as much of a threat. :X You are a challenge queen, maybe I'm mistaken, but I wasn't sure to believe some of this whole thing with you losing the challenges. I mean, just think if that maze challenge had been sooner, I know you were the only one who had ever beat it (Before Elisabeth came along) so I know you rock the challenges. Playing wise, yes, you would have deserved to get farther in the game. But.... that's not always the way the game works out.

Ok back to the whole "making moves" thing... I see what you mean now. Maybe I misunderstood the question. If this is what you mean, then yes, NOT siding with the Villains was the best move I could make. After all, we had a solid final 3 plan. We were planning out our TCs in advance (except for the Kel vote) and that's why I couldn't risk anything for siding with the Villains. You all were giving me all these final 3 deals. I can not believe that a couple of expert players such as yourself and Mary would have just given me a win. You guys fight way too hard to do something like that! Even if by some small chance I would have gotten to the end, I'd basically be in WORSE shape than I am now. I could have flipped at the merge, or hey I could have even been a flipper and gone back and forth each round.

And for your last part.... yes I understand what you're saying. If the roles were reserved and the Villains took out all the Heroes, it would defintiely suck for us and I'd be a little upset. But... this has happened since Season 1 in Survivor. Pagong got well.... Pagonged Due to Tagi having the sense to stick together.

[Stephenie LaGrossa]

Okay, thank you both for your time and answers, and good luck.

[Kelly Wiglesworth]

Thank you Steph

[Elisabitch "Gogo" Filarski]

Thanks Steph!