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Post by Tom B on Jul 22, 2012 22:42:54 GMT -5
Congrats to both of you. While I do think there were more deserving people, they aren't in those chairs. So when they come at you with that just say fuck you, canigetyourvotekthx All in all, you both played a loyal game when it comes to me. I would say it was dumb of you not to try and save me when Brandon flipped. But you made it to the end, and judging by this jury if I was there with you, I would have won. So good on you guys  So my question is simple: Starting with the jury stage, tell me your biggest strategic move to get you to the final 2. |
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Post by Monica Padilla on Jul 23, 2012 0:11:42 GMT -5
Before I answer your question I just want to note that I was not aware as Tom was that you were going home that night. So Tom did have the opportunity to warn you and try to save you. I didn't know it was happening so I didn't have that same opportunity.
Starting with the jury stage, tell me your biggest strategic move to get you to the final 2.
Response: My biggest strategic move to get me to the Final 2 can't be defined by one move. It would be silly for me to ever say that voting one person out or saying one thing was what got me here. What got me here was a continued building of individual relationships with Brandon, Tom W, Matty, and yourself. If I didn't have each of you guys trusting me more then you trusted each other that would have been the end of my game. You guys had an alliance from pretty much the start and I broke through it. You guys turned your backs on each other and that played to my benefit. So my biggest strategic move was having each of you on my side and sharing information with me. Letting me know what you thought about each other and what you planned on doing about it. If I wasn't a good strategic player I would have shown you guys exactly who I trusted the most and who I trusted the least. None of you even really asked me if I ever trusted you or who I trusted the most. Some people assumed you and I were together, other people thought it was Matty and myself, and I'm sure now that Tom and I are the Final 2 people are thinking that now. So having that mystery about where I really stood played to my benefit and made people not worry about me coming after them, so that's why they never targeted me.
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Post by Tom Westman on Jul 23, 2012 8:41:23 GMT -5
Just to clarify what Monica said, I was aware of you leaving after the FACT that votes were read. So I had no idea prior that Brandon was coming after you. So it's not like I could have warned you what was going to happen because I had no idea it was happening. He only sent me a PM which I wasn't able to read until the time that votes were already being read. So Monica don't make it seem like I just stood there and watch Tom B get voted out because that was not how it happened  Starting with the jury stage, tell me your biggest strategic move to get you to the final 2.I think my biggest strategic move was getting Brandon in my corner. Brandon was severely underestimated in this game. Despite people having doubts with him, Monica included. I always assured Brandon that he was still good and that no one was coming after him. The alliance that sparked between us 3, you, me and Brandon was something that shaped the way to final 2 for me. I've also had several mini alliances that I kept in to myself just in case things went south. In some ways it benefited me to be aligned with you, Kelly, JFP, Brandon and Monica. If it weren't for the Tom B, Monica, Brandon alliance and how we worked together for the survival of our alliance we would have had a different final 2 up here. I'm always big in keeping a strong solid alliance and so I was usually vocal about how our people needed to stick together and I always made it a point to get to talk to each of you individually to make sure that the votes were going as planned. In the case of Brandon tho, I think he tried to set himself up to make me trust him and creating that perfect final 3 where either of us would take him to the end. But I threw him a left field when I decided that I should take him out when I realized what was going on. Thanks for the question Tom B and good luck with your decision |
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Post by Monica Padilla on Jul 23, 2012 10:46:50 GMT -5
IOh my mistake then I thought Brandon said you knew about the vote for Tom B before it happened.
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Post by Tom Westman on Jul 23, 2012 11:00:40 GMT -5
Nope he PMed me and i never got to read it until I got back online which was after votes were read.
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Post by Tom B on Jul 23, 2012 23:16:50 GMT -5
Thanks for clearing that up Tom.
Good luck guys!
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Post by Brandon on Jul 24, 2012 13:07:46 GMT -5
Westman are you sure you didn't read my first PM? b/c 20 minutes after that you got on AIM and said Hi
then you went away probably until after the votes were read
Re: re:
« Message sent Today at 9:32pm »
Are you still worried about the Matty/Tom B relationship? It needs to be addressed.
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Post by Tom Westman on Jul 25, 2012 0:24:42 GMT -5
No, I didn't really get to read it until I saw Tom B was voted out. I didn't look into my PM's until then because I didn't expect to get a PM, I was hoping you would leave me a message on AIM if something came up not a PM. That's when I saw your PM and then read it and then understood why Tom B went home.
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