Blake Cont'd
CHRIS:
Thank you Chris. It would have been nice to be able to meet you, but hopefully we'll get the chance in later games. I never intentionally "played" anyone in the game, because I don't like to do that, but I guess by way of what happened, I did end up lying to Daniel. At the time of the vote on L'Ours, he and Brett were both telling me that the other one was lying and wanted to vote me off, and that I couldn't trust him... I was pretty sure that I was going to vote
along with my early alliance and keep Brett, but I told Dan otherwise until I figured out what exactly was going on and who, if anyone, was lying. It turns out neither one was, so I did stay with my alliance and kept Brett... but I knew Dan felt like I led him on just for the hell of it, and I felt bad for that. He was a nice guy and I've given him my apologies since that time. Hope that answers your question.
ELI:
Well Eli, I'm sorry that the game didn't end the way you wanted, but regardless, it was nice playing it with you. Those are some unique items there, but I'm pretty sure I have my escape plan ready. The flipper would be good to help me try and swim off the island, because let's face it, if there are no camera crews around offering me a million dollars for making it a month, I'm out of there as freaking fast as possible. I'm not the rugged type.
By swimming with the flipper and keeping the stereo and shrunken head on
my back (to keep them dry), I could hopefully make it to a boat conveniently passing by wherever the heck I am. Since I assume that everyone thinks shrunken heads are cool, I'd offer the owner of the boat Shrunky as a form of currency for letting me on board. (If that doesn't work, I'm not above sexual favors, buuut I think I'd much rather give them THE head.) After I'm aboard, getting rescued is simple. I blare the Dixie Chicks as loudly as I can, to trick President Bush into thinking the Chicks are on their yacht somewhere in the ocean. When he has his helicopter fly overhead to bomb the crap out of them (since everyone who follows American politics/and or music knows how well those two get along, lol) I make it clear that I'm not three skinny blonde women and in reality just a tired guy who just wants to get my butt back to the States.
JOE:
Hey Joe, You don't need to apologize to us for not voting, things happen. I feel like we should apologize to you for going back on the deal... I know for
my part I wouldn't have done it if I had known for sure that you, Steff and I were going to go for the same person. It was a rushed week, and when we didn't hear from you, we just assumed that you hadn't voted, and didn't want to alienate everyone else. But either way, I'm sorry it didn't work out.
Had it been you, me and Steff in the end, I'll be honest and tell you that I more than likely would have taken Steff with me. Since you were on the original L'Ours tribe and so deep in the minority, I think it would have been very impressive for you to have made it to the final two, and I think for that reason, you probably would have gotten the votes and won the game. In that case it would have made you too big of a threat to take... but it wouldn't have been a personal thing at all, just a game. See you around!
SHANE:
Thanks Shane. Glad to see you decided to stick with the jury after all.
And glad we got over the whole argument thing. The first strategy move I made was to join the alliance of 5 with you, me, Steff, Brett and Dana. I wasn't sure how far we were going to stick together, but I did like you guys and we worked hard in the challenges, so I went with that because it put us in the comfortable minority. However, I also kept up communication and talking with Eli, Dan and Martin, because I wanted to make sure that I had all my bases covered (in case we either had a backstabber or there was a switch.) Well wouldn't you know it, we did switch, and I ended up with Brett, Dan
and Jen on L'Ours. Even though I did my best at the challenge, we went
to TC, but it wasn't a hard vote because Jen was never around. However,
when we lost again, I was in a tough spot, as I explained in Chris'question. Even though I had a couple people from the alliance tell me they weren't sure of Brett, I stuck to our deal and voted Dan off because Brett and I did talk more, and I had more faith in his loyalty. Then we got switched again, and it was me, Steff, Joe, Phil and Shane F. At that point, there was the challenge I couldn't win (popularity) and I figured I'd be the next to go. Steff and I talked to Joe, and he agreed to vote with us for Phil (he never really gave us a reason, but I'd never had the opportunity to speak to either, and since my butt was on the line, I didn't protest. When we merged, I was stuck with the dilemma of staying true to the first alliance with you, Brett and Dana, or the new one I'd formed with Steff and Joe. When Joe's vote off came around, Steff and I both contacted him to see who he wanted to vote for, and when we heard
nothing back, we ultimately didn't want to cross the majority and did vote for him. It was a hard decision to make, and definitely not a personal one, but it seemed the best to keep us in a good spot. After that was the turning point in the game for me. Brett let me know that Steff was next on the chopping block, and I knew that I could either vote for her and secure a spot in the final 4 or 3, or take out Dana in a tiebreaker and work my way there... knowing it would make me a target. Ultimately, I went with friendship, and I took Dana out... it
was a risky decision and one that I didn't know would pay off, but I went with my gut. We all know what happened in the final five, Steff won immunity, and I
figured that my loyalty to her would be my downfall... but Eli and Brett
didn't make it on in time to vote, and I made it through. That was also the week where I was very cranky and got in a couple of arguments (lol) but I did work those out and mended fences with everyone I had pissed off. Brett won immunity in the final four, and I saw it as an opportunity to take out my personal biggest threat... and luck was on my side and Steff made it through the tiebreaker. After that, the decisions were out of my hands. But, throughout the game I used my friendships and relationships to form alliances, influence
votes, and ultimately, take the biggest risk of my game by saving Steff and clawing my way up to the final two with the odds against me. That was really long, haha, but I wanted to give you a detailed answer. Hope that works.
PHIL:
Phil, I voted you out of the game for the simple reason that I hadn't heard anything from you in emails or IMs since we joined the same tribe. Communication is a two way street, and although I didn't go out of my way to try and track you down to chat, you didn't make the effort with me, either. Honestly, I think it came down to the fact that we just ended up on different sides with little hope of working together. You knew you were voting for me, and after talking with Steff and Joe, I knew that my vote was going to you, and I think that probably daunted both of us. The first time that we were on AIM at the same time was the day after you'd been voted out, and I didn't contact you because I felt like it would be seen as pandering for your jury vote, and I don't do that. I would like to get to know you, because that's why I play these games... to meet people... but it looks like our first chance for that
will be after this is all said and done. Thanks for the question and good luck in your decision.
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