~*Christina’s Response to Chrissy*~
Tell me why Simone and Kim DO NOT deserve my vote and why I SHOULD vote for you.
Don't go soft on me, I want to see some mudslinging.
Simone was someone who I thought played a great strategic game throughout merge. However, as the merge went on and her allies fell: Cole/Patrick. She crumbled. She did not adapt to the changes that she needed to in this game of Stranded. I think the biggest task was to adapt to what was happening around you—even if it didn’t go your way. She crumbled, and I heard many times from her “I have no chance to win this game.” She even, at final four, asked me to vote her out with Kim/Ryan. She didn’t want to have Kim go home—she wanted Kim to win, her friend. This was the ending of Simone’s merge game and my ability to ever vote her to win if I was on the jury. We all came here to play this game and do our very best for ourselves. I, like many, did not join this to make friends or give up at the last hurdle. Ryan went through similar emotions in this game but flipped the table at the end and really showed himself the WANT to be here and play. That is the difference here. You could also look at my game. Winning 3 immunity challenges, shaded a lot of people in this game from ever wanting to work with me long-term. I lost Ali, my main ally in the merge game. I didn’t stand back, put my hands up. I fought. I adapted. When I was put on a tribe with 0 allies (new matt, ali, and inactives). I didn’t give up. I fought each challenge and social bond I had.
Another thing, with Simone, was her use of this being at work thing. I get it, maybe you can’t be at every live challenge or tribal council. However, the timing of these things did not change during the game. During these ending times, I was shocked to see her not show up to the most important nights. In addition, she was not clear prior to the rounds starting. If she was clear to me at final 6, I want to work with you. I am voting for Matt or Roark, etc. I would have had less hesitation going into that tribal council. I would not have had my vote on Simone for the first 20 minutes of the tribal. Her inability to care about this does not deserve a win. We need the winner of Stranded to care about the game. Care about every aspect and give 110% at every moment. Simone winning is an underwhelming ending to a great game that we all just played.
Now, Kim. I see the great Kim game. I was a great friend to her early in the game. However, she just dropped people without much of a smart reason. Thinking back to the Ali boot for me, she dropped me and stated that she couldn’t work with me right now ‘maybe if you survive longer in the game, we can make something work out.’ but I was too much of a threat right now. She dropped me, didn’t even play it up or try to lie that our relationship was anything of legit. She played a game with an alliance of Simone/Cole/Patrick, who were together since day 01. She put herself in a spot to be lost in the shuffle if some of us did not step up and tie the vote to make a move in this game. As much as I think she played a good social/strategic game, she wasn’t smart with how she was going to get to the end. I feel like she was too much of a group and less of an individual.
Furthermore, Final 4: She would have left if Ryan/Myself were dicks’ enough to agree on eliminating her versus the challenge. If Ryan didn’t mess up on 1 post, he beat her in that final challenge. Ryan showed that will and want to be in the end game more then her. She, ultimately, per the rules of Stranded, would have been given 4th place.
Now, why do I do deserve your vote? I adapted to everything that was thrown at me. New tribes without my allies, being pegged an individual challenge whore and nobody wanting to work with me. I was an individual and playing my own game, nobody else’s throughout the merge. I didn’t hide behind anyone this entire journey. I stepped away from the group on Day 01, grabbed the public immunity idol and was the talk of everyone for rounds. I was a threat from Day 1 and am still here right now. I played my heart out, I gave 110% in every challenge, tribal council, and event this game has had. I really loved every aspect of this and I hope that passion was seen.
When I was unable to influence and be a key player on the low of instant messages, I turned my attention to public forums of the tribe and tribal councils. I would display alliances I was seeing, and who needed to step their game up to take them out. I helped influence people to make a move and tie the vote. Enough so, that people went to rocks and put their own necks on the line to change this game up.
On the surface, one could say I just won the challenges and had an idol. But I hope if you read my answers and dive deeper, you can see I had more influence then people are wanting to give me credit for. If Cole did not leave at the purple rock, this game would have been much different. If the purple rock never happened, this game would have been much different. If Christina was not at tribal council with her chaos, and everyone fearing me—
ask yourself would a move ever had been done? Would we just be sitting on jury with a final 3 of Cole/Patrick/Simone or Cole/Patrick/Ryan. So many variables that one could say. I made a mark on this game, a huge mark that led to the way this game turned out. I really hope between that aspect, and my passion, I would receive your vote tonight.
Thanks for this awesome question, girl. You were a firecracker.
Of everyone on the jury, who most deserves your spot in the final 3.
Ryan. With Cole/Patrick as close back ups to this question. I am choosing Ryan for the simple fact that per the rules of Stranded, Kim would have been given 4th place. Per the challenge results at the final 4 tie breaker—Ryan lost because he messed up 1 post, overall, he did have more posts then her. I feel like Ryan put his heart and soul into the end game.
Once Cole was gone from the purple rock, Ryan was hard to read—not wanting Patrick to go, etc was so odd to me. However, once Patrick was gone. Cole/Patrick, I saw this strong game that Ryan was playing. It was almost that they shielded him from view. I think he was very influential on many of the votes and social aspects of the game that were under the radar. I think his ability to hold trust with Matt/Roark but also with Simone/Patrick was intense and brilliant. When we sat in the Final 4, I knew my neck was on the line to leave if I didn’t win the challenge. As I was staring at the Wikipedia page for 40 minutes on that second locked box—I was thinking that I lost.
I must be missing something, why is it taking me so long? I thought of who I would vote for between the three. Kim and Ryan were the only two that I could see deserve it at that stage. I found a new respect for Ryan. I also think the Top 5 tribal council where he was able to stay in the game over Matt, even though he played a better game in my own opinion. Ryan had more influence over each move and was more of a threat to win, but Simone/Kim still wanted him to stay.
Thanks for these questions. Good luck on making your decision.
All of that was real and I don't understand how just because of game-related happenings that somehow all of that becomes obsolete. In addition to that, we talked game. I was the one who told you that everyone seemed to want Cole or Julie gone, but I thought that was a stupid idea and we should keep them as shields. You vehemently agreed and that's how we got on the topic of voting Jonas. I opened up to you about who I was close to even though it was a loaded question that could have screwed up my game. We debated and bantered about voting Jonas/what was the best for our games for a decent chunk of time that to me most definitely shows I talked game with you girl. I hope all of this sparks some memories that we did have together and prove that just because I was playing this game to win doesn't mean I was dropping people like Christina said I was and that all of my connections were most definitely not 'fake' connections. 
