episode thirteen - "the final judgment"

[Sam]

so... can I make it all come together for the win?

it's gonna be really tough. tomas is a boring nice guy who didn't do anything. that's hard to fight.

i'm hoping to frame him as a Darrah type. ill also have to look up more survivors that might have that feeling attention to them.

dave had absolutely amazing questions. but also i was in a minority tribe come merge. how is anyone in that situation supposed to control the game?? lol. that doesn't happen in a 2 tribe game. also you may find interesting this: survivorchronicles5.yuku.com/topic/317/Design-Post-What-is-a-tribe#.UMrxPHfW5hU . in that game, there were professions or four groups of six across tribal lines. at the final 14, the two professions with the least number of players in them would jointly attend a double tribal council. the idea was to get inter-tribal alliances to form.


anyway, i'm still recovering from everything. so far initially nothing screams out to me like i made the wrong decision. dave even indicated that he loves joe.

i just need to keep pushing my talking points and hope for the best.

i definitely could have given up an immunity or two which might have made my position better.

also when Sagar left this is what i was worried about..... this kind of situation where any jury is very tough to win. =/

[Sam]

woo boy. a lot of tough questions. and with all the pictures + editing + thought process i make myself do, it takes forever to answer each one lol. especially the ones where they have me name every juror and something about them, those take forever. =( also i haven't seen the tv show in 7 years so im going to have to look up the first 10 seasons i did see and remember who was on them.


no major disasters yet. im glad i have an opportunity to use all my talking points. we shall see.

[Sam]

a little bit of a hiccup in jose's thread.


but I don't regret it. I mean this is A JURY. that means there is a prosecutor and a defender, who both present their own arguments AND ATTACK THEIR OPPONENT'S ARGUMENTS. that's how it works lol.


i guess i should have realized this whole game though mbochi have been kind of sensitive and touchy-feely. they've been about morals and being true, and honest, blah blah blah. where as kwele was a bit more practical. mbochi was way more ruthless though lol.


anyway, i am trying to be as kind and as complimentary as possible as i point out tomas's shortcomings. it probably comes off as me being an asshole though. no one wants to hear back-and-forth honest debate, they always get super thin skin and are offended by everything and just shut down. yawn. sorry y'all, but I don't let internet people's opinions of me affect my life any haha.

i mean, half of my argument depends on me saying I made active game moves whereas tomas didn't. so when tomas claims he did, i have to gently argue against that. i mean, pretty much my shining moment was at F5 where half of the jury has no clue what happened, so i have to explain and take credit for that or really what do i have??


anyway, i still have sagar and chris, and maaaaaaaybe a good shot at dave. maybe. i thought my essay to Renee was pretty good. =D its all true.

we shall see! <3

[Sam]

I wonder if I would have won against Joe. I hope I get to find out after the game.

[Sam]

Tomas gave some absolutely amazing speeches. It's very difficult to compete with a nice guy. Maybe I should have realized that. Especially with people playing their first game...

Whatever happens, I can say I learned a ton from this game. I gained valuable endgame experience that is hard to get.


And if I lose, I know now firmly..... Never bet against a bitter jury! lol.

[Sam]

cannot believe you started the voting period 13 hours before your already tight deadline when I have not written a closing statement yet. i've been working 4-5 hours on this yesterday and teh day before as hard as I could while still enjoying break. i might add that tomas has written up an excellent closing statement and i have not responded to dave fully yet and that's when you decided to start it.

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Jurors cannot vote until you have posted your closing statement.