Ibe's Ideals

[Ibrehem Rahman]

Congrats to the both of you for making it to the final 2 of this game. Although the rest of us couldn't get there, we are all in the clear, and won't be getting blasted.

This is what you get to look forward to when sitting in the final 2. Questions thrown at you, and you must answer them or risk losing the game.

I won't be super tough on you two though because I didn't really get to know either of you in the game. When I left this game I had stated I would give my vote to someone who actually played the game. I would give my vote to someone who made moves, and was not a follower. Someone who stuck their neck out but made it to the end anyway.

My questions to both of you.

1.)What were the moves that you made to get yourself here? Rank them from biggest to least, explaining each.

2.) Who from the jury made the biggest move? What was it and did it hurt them or help them?

[Elyse Mmmmemoto]

Hi Ibe! nice questions. <3

1.)What were the moves that you made to get yourself here? Rank them from biggest to least, explaining each.

umm oh wow. okay there are alot so this will be tricky. Alot of these moves have like a lot of different stuff that went into them so its hard to figure out what counts as a seprate move what doesnt, but heres the big ones I did.

1) Blindsiding Alex. that was def the biggest one of my moves in the game because itw as a move that absolutely would never of happend if I hadnt steppd up. at that point I was mad at everyone because they voted John off and lied to me that they were voting Candice so I wasnt sure what to do. But I had to do something so I went to Candice and seh and I talked stuff out and were able to put aside our madness at eachother and figure out a plan, so that was sticking my neck out cause she could of sold me out at anytime. we were considering who to vote, but then out of the blue Alex showed up and talked to Candice about voting Skupin off. because obv Alex hadnt talked to me about this, and he would of needed three votes, that def clued me in that Alex and Christa had an alliance, so I immeidately got to work making sure we could bust them up. I got Candice to vote him and got Skupin to vote him too, and if I hadnt of done that, or if I hadnt worked hard to get Candices trust, Skupin would of gone home and Alex and Christa would of won the game.

2) when the tribeswap happened and I was on Lifou i started to work making bonds with jenna and Mikayla, cause I knew that id have to work hard to get them to want to vote Ash. So that was def me sticking my neck out because there was def a chance that they would tell the boys that I was talking alliances with them, so at the same time I was smart enough to let Skupin and Alex know taht I was talking to the girls, incase the girls tried to turn it around and accuse me of playing both sides. That way if we lost I would be safe no matter what, and I could either get rid of one of them or get rid of Alex or skupin depend on what I wanted.

And sure enough we did lose again after Ash left, and jenna and Miki went after me, but because Id made sure to keep my bases covered their plan didnt work and Jenna went home instead. If I hadnt made that move they might not of flipped on Ash or else I would of gone home instead of Jenna so both ways that move def changed the game in big ways.

3) on day one I made an alliance with Jud. I knew he would prob be an active and strong player, and that he would prob be someone good to stick with at first. because of that move I got picked earyl for the tribe and was in a good position incase Mahtava lost, because I had his protection. But i also noticed that he picked Brandon first and was realyl close to him so I definately had my eye on him because I didnt want to be the third place person. and because of that I was first to know when people like Skupin started wanting to get rid of Judd nad I could change things up if I had to.

thats actually the same thing that happend with me and Skupin and Alex. on Lifou they came to me for a alliance and I knew that theyd been close before, so I never knew whether they actually wanted to keep me to end or if they just needed to be safe on Lifou so I was always caerful about that. Its not really a move but I think it does show taht i was always being careful to make sure I wasnt doign something dumb.

4) Christa asked me for an alilance at the merge, and her plan was for us to get rid of the Caluas and then go after Brandon and Skupin and Alex, so she and me and John would be final three. I still didnt know what i would do if it got to five cause Skupin and Alex had been super loyal to me, but they were also threats. that alliance helpd keep Christa on the side of mahtava and let us get control, cause if she would of flipped and theyd used the idol on us it would of def changed up the whole game and put us in alot of trouble, so that was another move that kept the game from falling apart.

- One more thing i will say was NOT a move by me was my friendship with john. I obv loved him alot and wanted to keep him in and go far with him. I know hes austistic and stuff, and we had alot of conversatiosn about it but I would NEVER use that as a move to get ahead. so I just wanted to say upfront that that was something I did not do because thats a line that I would never want to cross.

2.) Who from the jury made the biggest move? What was it and did it hurt them or help them?

Well there were lots of good moves by the jury, like candice helping to vote Alex off, and Miki playing her idol and stuff, or when Christa and Alex tried to get control by voting John, but I think prob Judd made the move that was biggest when he helpd Miki find the idol. That was a huge move that could of changed everything and if Judd would of made merge I think he and Miki could of done alot of damage together. But he got screwd by the tribeswap and Miki turned on him, so thats what stopped him from taking over. But yeah that was prob the biggest game change move cause it had alot to do with breaking Skupins alliances on Calua and wound up later with Brandon leaving and that made evrything more confusing.

I would say it both helped and hurt him because obv he got alot more control and knew where the idol was, but at the end it hurt him cause it didn't save him.

There you go Ibe! Hope thats what you were looking for but if you want me to say more stuff or explain thigns just let me know! <3

[Michael Skupin]

1.) What were the moves that you made to get yourself here? Rank them from biggest to least, explaining each.

From early on I made some moves that I thought would be for the best for myself and my allies. During the first challenge, “Race to Sausage Island”, Bob, Jenna, Miki, and myself made an alliance. What we didn’t realize was we would end up on different tribes. Since I was alone on my tribe, I was forced to make new allies. This was easy enough since my social skills are pretty solid. I quickly made friends with Alex and Elyse. We seemed to have similar personalities and didn’t like the BS conversations that most of us go through during the first few rounds of any game. Getting Osten out of the game was imperative to our tribe’s unity. He was insulting to most, completely unsocial, and wouldn’t put anything into the game to help out our tribe. So I led for him to leave and that was the biggest because I feel that put me into a position to effectively lead the tribe with Elyse and Alex.
My next biggest move would have to be voting out John. This game needed to be shook up and since he and I did not have any official alliance, I didn’t feel any obligations to keep him. Don’t get me wrong, I like John. We just didn’t have any official alliance. I went ahead with it even though I knew Elyse was completely against it. I did consider changing it but Alex and I decided it would be the best for the game.

My next biggest move was a tossup between voting Miki and voting Alex out. Since there was a debacle the previous round when Brandon told her *from what I’ve been told* that she would be the one being voted out, we knew we had to essentially blindside her. So we truly convinced Candice that she was the vote when in fact we had voted Miki. With the Alex vote I was hoping he was truly over the fact that I did blindside him in the other game we were in together. I guess I was wrong. When Candice told me that he had gone to her to vote me out, I was shaky on that. But when Elyse told me that Christa had told her the same thing, I knew at that point it was either him or me. I hated to vote him out again but I wasn’t going out that easily.

I do have to say though my biggest move was aligning myself with Elyse and Alex. It’s been said that I had friends in the game, while this is somewhat true *Colby and I are very good friends*, he and I realized that we really can’t play together. We have different styles of play and we don’t play well together. Guess I didn’t learn as much as I thought in Kindergarten LOL. But my alliance with Elyse and Alex was pivotal in the fact that we had other allies that would vote with us and we essentially controlled the majority of the game.




2.) Who from the jury made the biggest move? What was it and did it hurt them or help them?

I do agree with Elyse on this that there were quite a few big moves by the jury this season. But I have to give the MVP award to Candice. She knew she was on the outs from probably the Colby vote on but she used her amazing social skills and her willingness to do whatever it took to stay in the game. Especially by voting out John and Alex. It definitely helped her out a lot. She managed to make the final 3, instead of going out 6th like had been planned.

Thanks Ibe, and if you need anything else, ask away.

[Mikayla Wingle]

Just FYI Judd had no idea I had the idol no one knew cept Ashley and Candice

[Elyse Mmmmemoto]

Really? I got told that he helped you find it...

WELL then I guess the biggest move then would prob be the John vote, cause not only did it shake up everything that ppl were expecting to happen but it had a huuuuge difference on how the game went after that, 'cause it turned out to send Alex and christa home, and it probably wouldnt of gone like that if John hadnt got voted off. Alex says hes the one who started it, so Id say it probably could of helped him at first but ultimately it kind of hurt him cause of how things turned out.

[Michael Skupin]

I was told the same thing as Elyse, that Judd helped you find the Idol. Wow, guess we were misled on that one :-\

[John Carroll]

Awwwww thanks Elyse that was so sweet, I really trusted you with our talks

I felt more like you were my Big Sister, I could just say stuff to you and it I felt like I could trust you and I was right

[Judd Sergeant]

No, I helped her find it, she just never told me when she did! ;D
She never had a single clue, Mahtava got them all since Christa was winning at Redemption, just lukcily for Miki she and I built a somewhat good bond before and I trusted her and I thought if I could clue her in on some of the idol things she would trust me more as well as TELL me if she got it at some point...but obviously that didn't happen! =P

She could not have found it without me.

[Judd Sergeant]

Jan 18, 2012 23:35:36 GMT -5 Mikayla Wingle said:

Just FYI Judd had no idea I had the idol no one knew cept Ashley and Candice

Saying someone knew is different from someone helping.

I could still help her find it but not be told if she did. =P