Lydia's Question

[Lydia Morales]

Hi guys, regardless on how you got here, you have to be congratulated on doing things that we couldn't so, well done.

My questions are based on a theme of 'perception' and how you guys are seen by the jury.

Wendy, I'll start with you.
Now, whilst you clearly played the most ruthless game out of everyone, it seems your strategical game has been hyped up just a bit. You certainly played very well, better then me, but, you don't seem to be this massive strategist you seem to portray yourself as. You merged up 6-4 with one and a half inactives. You had two idols in your direct control. You were aligned with a twosome of Liz and Aras that was pretty much unbreakable.

Don't get me wrong, its just, I would like to see how you played strategically some more.

Question: Name for me one or two times in this game where you made a strong strategical move (subtle or obvious) that some of us jury members are maybe not aware of.


Gabriel,
Now, I won't lie. In my confessional I stated there is no way in hell you would make the final two if you sided with Wendy. I stated that the round before I left. I was wrong. Very wrong. However.....let's not forget, you got here by some MAJOR luck.
Penny quitting, Cindy going inactive, Rudy announcing he had an idol, Aras and Liz sharing an IP address. I'm sorry, but, to dodge the bullet 4 times is just plain insanity.

So, your perceived game is very weak. However, you obviously aligned yourself with the right people at the right time. You said the things you needed to, you did and voted how you needed to....you played quite well....WHEN you played. It's just....you didn't play, that much,

Question: What did you say and do to worm yourself into that four way alliance of Liz/Aras/Wendy/You? The more detail you give the better your chances.


To both of you, good luck, with five jurors these questions will be critical. You cannot afford to ditch one or two peoples favor by negatively answering their question, so answer these well, and many of your past digressions may be ignored.

[Gabriel Cade]

What did you say and do to worm yourself into that four way alliance of Liz/Aras/Wendy/You? The more detail you give the better your chances.

Honestly I didn't do that much. Wendy messaged me once the merge happened, and I told her everything you told me, about your alliance, how I would've been gone, and if by some chance me, you and Ethan made it to the final three, that I wouldn't have a chance in hell of making it to the final two. So I decided to side with the other side, and Wendy and I aligned because Liz/Aras were close (heh, closer than we expected as it turned out), so it was pretty easy getting into that alliance. Plus I won the challenge where I found out who had what Idols, and I knew Wendy had some Idols, and I promised her I'd keep it a secret since we were aligned.

[Wendy Jo DeSmidt-Kohlkoff]

When it was announced in the Prize challenge that one person who find out who had the Idol's, I knew it had to potential to blow my cover and even possibly make people realize how tight I was with Liz. So I convinced her to give me her Idol, in case someone who wasn't us 3 won that prize. This foresight was important because it could make or break us. We got lucky that Gabe won that power, but had it been just about anyone else my strategy would have completely changed. I played the whole game like this, preparing for just about every different scenario.

I think another major move was my conversation with you Lydia. The whole time I was trying to lead you to targeting Cirie, trying to tell you to go in that direction. I also learned a lot about how you play. Had we never had that conversation, you probably would not have been voted out that round. I realized just how big a threat you were, and pushed for you because originally Liz didn't want to vote you out then.

Besides that, I have pretty much laid my game out on the table.

[Lydia Morales]

Thank you both.....Good Luck