Due to groups still being down, I have opted to host the final tribal council here. We'll now bring in our members of the jury... Chandler, Henry, Darius, RyJam, Acosta and Gregory, voted out at the last tribal council. Cory, Jett and Daniel are the final three, and tonight will be up for any questions or statements the jury may have.
In advance, I asked the final three to send in their opening speeches so that the jury may find them easily... they are as follows
• Cory: "Hey everyone! I'm sorry to have voted you out Greg, it was a game move, I really did want to bring you to final 3, but you were obviously the one to win. I deserve to win, because I've played a smart game. I laid low at first, but then started making decisions and big moves as it went on. People may not think I had much to do with a lot of what went on, but I was the one that made our main alliance, which was Greg, Jett, Trae, and I. Jett mainly did what I asked of him, and Daniel wasn't active for several challenges. I was here the most, and while I didn't win the most immunity's I did have a major role in who was going. Me and Jett wanted Trae out since final 8, but I thought that was a bad ideas, because then we might not have the numbers, and then during final 7 he was the target, but I noticed a lot of the things he said during the tribal questioning and figured he'd use an idol and changed the vote to RyJaml. The same thing happened again with the next Tribal, and I had the vote changed last minute to Daniel, with hope that Acosta would go. I'm the only remaining member of Tasman, which at merge it seemed like none of us would make it. I made a few big moves, such as voting out Henry, planning to go for Trae, even though he got himself out, and finally taking out Greg. I love you all and vote for who you think played the best game"
• Daniel: "So this is my first 'proper' try at a survivor 'group game'. Coming into this I pretty much immediatley formed an alliance with 2 others on the Le Maire tribe. We did pretty well until the merge, it definitely got me through the pre-merge stage, it definitely one of my best long-term decisions in the game.
I think I deserve to win because throughout the whole game I've been somewhat on the bottom, however I've managed to get through. I've one two immunity challenges, the most important ones (to my game atleast) meaning I could finally break up the lethal Tasman tribe. I'm very happy with how my game has gone as I played subtly but still made strong & strategic game moves. I also think I played the game very respectfully to myself and others. Good luck Cory & Jett. Short & Sweet, Q's."
• Jett: "I played this game in two different ways, and they both combined to make, Jett. I was the underdog, and I honestly thought I was going home first, but then, I got down to the nitty gritty and did what was best for MY game to survive. I was working behind the scenes, causing MANY blindsides without any suspision of me being behind it. I played a strategic game with a very well put mind, and I got to final tribal without arousing any suspision I was this true games mastermind. I think that is what the sole survivor does, does the best risk, and gets the biggest reward. I allign with as many people as possible, because, you have to seize every moment in this game. And to say i was just the 'willing to do whatever guy' is completely false. I analyzed the game, so set up the best way for me to win. Using advanced social skills I was able to make moves that benefited me. I was acting like the pawn, but in all actuality, I was the king. I used my personality, and strategic gameplay, to get people to trust me, then, cut them loose at the right time, cause I got rid of MY personal threats, and now, im sitting here."
The jury may now ask any questions or make any statements they may have, and should use these to help determine which of three they want to vote to WIN the game. Good luck to you all.
Okay, congratulations to you guys. You three have successfully coasted your way to the final tribal, and I can only applaud you for that. You have done what no one else could, and as angry and bitter as I am, I will hold my judgments of your individual games.
From the moment I was voted out, I swore that I would not vote for a Le Maire to win, but tonight I think I will leave things up for chance. In the true spirit of Survivor, I have only one thing left for the three of you.
Pick a number between 1 and 10. The closest person will receive my vote to win.
Rank all the people apart of the Final Tribal Council (including the host if you want). After you do, I'll ask you a question. If you don't answer this, you lose my vote. (Keep in mind you can rank it any way you want)
Considering I'm probably the most all-star here... I'll revert to my original style of getting things done, so before I start, I want all of you to know you can suck my ass whenever you'd like as I think I deserve at least that after the shit you put me through.
Tasha (Cory) - There is a pro and con to giving you my vote tonight. The reason I might have to vote for you is the fact that Jett is a complete fucking loser and I don't recall Daniel making big moves of his own. The reason I have for voting against you is that I warned you if you went to the finals with Jett, you would not get my vote. You honestly made zero fucking moves this entire game until you voted out my queen Wentworth (Greg) and I personally find you the least deserving out of anyone. My real question to you is, what big moves did you make up until the time I was voted out and do you consider my elimination a big move?
Wish you were Jeremy (Daniel) - It's obvious that you've taken time to get to know everyone as I am just now learning your name. *rolls eyes* I came into this game wanting to make friends, but everyone wanted to strategize right off the bat. I can respect you for the fact you tried to socialize despite your shit social gameplay. I also can say that I respect you for making it so far with this group of losers and you're probably getting my vote. Because I want this to be equal opportunity, I'll ask some questions. Since my strategy early on was to plant ideas into your head and make you feel like the leader, what moves do YOU feel were strictly your ideas and no one else's up until the point I was eliminated. If I read the chat logs and you're wrong, Jett gets my vote.
Spencer (Jett) - Kudos to you for making it this far. I'm not going to be bitter, as you worked to get to the final three. I think your an ass for flipping, but frankly, you wouldn't have been in the final three with me if you didn't hit an immunity streak. As I said, you flipping was smart in some ways, but for the most part, you're an idiot for it. Going into the merge 7-3 was a huge advantage. Hell, I would've been fine with Chandler going first (who I didn't vote for btw) if I had at least known what was happening and we could've stuck with our alliance from then on out. Unfortunately, what started as a big move on your part turned into floating your way along into the final three for acting like three of the most hated creatures in the game of survivor: a rat, a sheep, and a goat. What I'd like to know from you is what encouraged you to leave the huge majority for the three people with no power (the perfect amount for the end) and risk losing your spot so soon. I'd also like to know why you tried so hard to make moves early on then completely died out strategically if the merge came.
I congratulate you all for making it so far, and you are all on equal ground as of now in terms of voting. I applaud you for what you've done, as little as it may have been as it got you to were you are. I wish you all luck as the robbed gods of the jury now have your fate in their hands. Thank you.
I disagree with coasting to the finals Henry. I was active the entire time, it was my idea to take out you, RyJam, Greg (sadly), and would've been Trae if he hadn't been disqualified.
My 2 main ideas were voting henry out, and voting gregory out, on my own accord. I didn't tell you about Henry though ryanhawk71
I made this decision on Henry, simply because I felt like making a big move for the sake of it. Yes for the sake of it, that's just a part of my personality I guess I'm sorry lol.
And I voted Gregory out completely on my own decision, I did not talk to anyone else on the last vote.
Poke_Master_Link - I was working with Jett on day one, so don't tell me he didn't flip. If you want to defend him, I can just vote for him instead of you. Now, answer my question. What moves did you make BEFORE I WENT. I know that voting for me was not your idea and I didn't go home because of Trae's idol because I've been told the whole story already.
texty - Greg was not before I went home. Read my questions carefully. As far as Henry goes, I'd like to know how you convinced everyone to vote for him and why you thought it would be a good idea to go from 6-3 to 5-3 with a potential flipper...
1 Gregory - This sounds like sucking up asf as you asked the question, I would answer the same had it been anyone else. You played well.
2 Me
3 RyJam
4 Cory
5 Darius - For the pre-merge
6 Henry
7 Acosta
8 Jett
9 Chandler
ryanhawk71 I didn't convince anyone it was a tie and I didn't want to risk taking rocks, I saw our alliance crumbling so I decided to take the gamble in voting Henry out, breaking the tie. Henry had not talked to me previously so that was a big factor in my decision. I figured I could probably win some challenges when it got to the Tasman tribe turning to me, which I did, and which did happen.
I just realized I forgot to ask for reasoning for each. If you don't give one, I understand. :P
texty - I felt like you tried the least to talk to people out of anyone else (Yes, I do know I am a hypocrite saying this), and I'm not including the inactives because you were pretty active and yet I never felt like you tried talking to people. Survivor is a game where you can't just go through it without approaching people, expecting them to either go to you or vote the same way as you. You need to make the relationships to avoid being targeted and have jurors who want you vote you. Can you give me an example where you tried to make relationships to get you farther in the game?
DryIceBros My relationship with Darius & Ryanhawk got me through the whole pre-merge.
I talked to you, slightly, I tried talking to both Acosta & Jett but they ignored me. Generally I prefer to do things solo, in life, and it worked for me at the f6-f3 for me in this game. :)
I played this game in two different ways, and they both combined to make, Jett. I was the underdog, and I honestly thought I was going home first, but then, I got down to the nitty gritty and did what was best for MY game to survive. I was working behind the scenes, causing MANY blindsides without any suspision of me being behind it. I played a strategic game with a very well put mind, and I got to final tribal without arousing any suspision I was this true games mastermind. I think that is what the sole survivor does, does the best risk, and gets the biggest reward.
And to say i was just the 'willing to do whatever guy' is completely false. I analyzed the game, so set up the best way for me to win. Using advanced social skills I was able to make moves that benefited me. I was acting like the pawn, but in all actuality, I was the king. I used my personality, and strategic gameplay, to get people to trust me, then, cut them loose at the right time, cause I got rid of MY personal threats, and now, im sitting here.
heaux: My number is 7, and in the true spirit of survivor, I applaud you.
ryanhawk71: I knew I was putting my game at risk by flipping, but not flipping and not taking the risk, wouldnt of brought me here. I had to take the risk and make strategic plays every round to keep my momentum in this game moving, and not just settling for 4th or 5th, and the fact that Cory is literally still supporting me at final council shows the risk was worth taking. Grats.
DryIceBros: I played this game to prove my worth, and in the end, I did that. Nobody knew I was actually playing an AMAZING game, and I was doing an AMAZING job, at covering that up. My threats were imminent, and they included you, so I have to put myself at that number one spot, cause if I dont, then whats the point of being here #1: Jett, #2-9: The jury and my other finalists. Congrats
An to prove to you DryIceBros, that I kept a good job at covering my masterful game up, I went the entire game without getting a single vote cast against me, even at the last tribal. Thats how well I played the game.
Also, to all of the jurors. It was neither of the other finalists plans to take me to the end, and yet, I played a great enough game to get me here, at final tribal, to plead my case to yall
SurvivorFan001 - First, when I asked you to rank the players, I wanted you to be more specific than you did. Second, I never realized you had such a big ego. I always saw you as Cory's sheep, doing whatever was told. I'm pretty sure you only voted RyJam because Trae said to do so (I don't think getting rid of RyJam was his move though). In fact, the only thing that I can think of that you deserve credit for is flipping on your tribe, but that earned you a lot of enemies. If you give a good answer to this, I'll consider voting you. Give me one move you made that someone else doesn't deserve credit for as well.
DryIceBros, I defintly see and respect your view, and i think the one move I made that nobody else took credit for, was Acostas elimination, which may come as a surprise to you, but this is my reasoning. I was given the option to come on board and eliminate you and Cory then, but I knew, in order to get here, I had to put my game at risk, and go to the rock draw, I was the swing vote, and swung it the direction toward you and Cory, and I believe that was the right direction, to get me here. Good Luck
DryIceBros We had to take you out, I mean, even Daniel ranked you at the top of his list, you were the threat to win. We knew it had to be done. No hard feelings
heaux my number is 4 DryIceBros
1-Greg, because you were a competition beast, and you were an ally throughout almost the entire game.
2-Me
3-Jett- You were also an ally, and you're really cool despite what RyJam says haha
4- RyJam- You were nice enough, and I talked to you some, and you played a decent game
5- Daniel- We barely talked, but you seemed nice. Congrats on finals
6- Chandler- You were nice to me. I don't know, we didn't really talk in this game
7- Trae- I wanted you out, because you had wanted me and Greg out from f8, but I didn't trust you ever. I wanted to get you out right after Jon was eliminated, but had to wait.
8- Henry- I only talked to you once
9- Darius- You went inactive, but I think I talked to you a couple times
10- Acosta- I never talked to you ever.
@Ryjam- I was the one who wanted to get rid of Henry. That was before you were voted out, and I didn't see you as much of a threat, so I don't really think taking you out was a big move. I only voted you out, because Trae had an idol. Don't believe me if you don't want but it's the truth haha
I disagree with coasting to the finals Henry. I was active the entire time, it was my idea to take out you, RyJam, Greg (sadly), and would've been Trae if he hadn't been disqualified. -Cory
Should we consider voting RyJam? If he plays an idol, Trae goes, and if he doesn't, hopefully he'll vote Trae and we can vote him in the tiebreaker. - Myself (I'm on my iPad so I can't prove it right now)
This is all I'm going to say for now.
Poke_Master_Link My point is that it sounded like you were taking credit for getting RyJam out when I'm pretty sure you wanted Trae out before I said something.
DryIceBros I did want Trae out, that's true. I also took credit, because I do have credit. It wasn't my decision alone, but it was still my decision. We were going to vote Trae, but I knew that you were his target, so we changed it to RyJam, because I thought Trae had the idol.
DryIceBrosPoke_Master_Link I also felt that Trae had the idol, so as an alliance made the right call and got him to waste BOTH of his idols, getting us to f4.
SurvivorFan001 Reading it again, I think he only played those idols just to guarantee him safety since it was the last time to play them at the final 6.
Gl to you both, Asking my questions,
Cory- What was your biggest move in this game, and why?
Daniel- You said you didn't trust me, Why do you think I should give you my vote by saying that?
Jett- So surprised by your gameplay, I thought you floated all the way, but I was wrong, But prove me wrong that you didn't floated
Gl all three of you:)
Acosta1539 Thanks so much gl to you too. As a frequently winning tribe, Le Maire seemed on the downlow of strategy. There was a somewhat established pecking order. So pre merge, I was in a crunch, so I thought, what if I could get an idol to be played. So I planted a seed of paranoia in Chandlers head and got him to watse his idol, while also getting big threat JJ out. I knew I had a lot of targets on my back at Le Maire, so, I did something nobody would think of by getting alligned with the Tasman members. Although I always kept the act of 'im just happy to be here' on, so I wasnt a target, and It proved successful when I made it to final tribal with 0 votes against me. Once the merge ran around I was able to flip the tribe to get out a personal major threat of mine, Chandler, and was able then to successfully manuever my way between Le Maire and Tasman, and ensure my saftey, landing a spot in the final 3. Thanks, and gl!
Acosta1539 I didn't trust you because you didn't talk to me singularly when I messaged you. I would be thankful if you gave me my vote because of my gameplay, plus, we were on the same side at the end.
I'm going to say something really quick. SurvivorFan001 may have planted a seed of doubt into Chandler's head, however I was the one who originally intended on doing so. Before we give credit to someone for making that move, we will see in the voting history that it was truly me who had begun to cause Chandler to doubt his tribe based off of the votes he received at our tribal councils before he wasted the idol.
I don't exactly know what Jett did to cause Chandler to become paranoid, so I can't say much about whatever he said to him.
HOWEVER. It was ALSO MY PLAN to get Chandler out. I was the person who came to EVERYONE that I knew would flip (INCLUDING JETT) to vote out Chandler. Jett had told me he wanted to vote out Chandler, but then decided not to when Chandler found out about his own plan. I WAS THE ONE WHO GOT OUT CHANDLER, NOT JETT.
If we are going to credit Jett for getting him out, then I will remind everyone what I did, too. At least give us equal credit, but it was my plan all along.
Acosta1539 My biggest move was flipping the votes. I formed the main alliance that pretty much made it to the end: Me, Trae, Greg, Jett. Even though it didn't last the whole time (Trae was left out when he flipped) we were all pretty close to the end.
Yes, heaux, I do agree we did this as a pair and you and I made arguably the biggest move of the game, I had no intention of excluding you man, sorry. On that note, good luck to my other finalists, and gl to the jury!
Good luck to Jett, Daniel and Cory... before me I have six votes, and you want to see your name on the parchment. For the last time (perhaps ever...) I'll read the votes...
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Cory!
Congratulations Cory you are the official winner of Survivor Tonga. Commiserations Jett, you are the runner-up. Daniel, you have finished in third place.
Right well I guess that's it... we cant really wrap up this season very well due to the state of groups, so I guess this is goodbye. Feel free to ask me any questions that you want answering on the season though (either here or in mail)
