Warriors Come Out And Play!

[Erin Collins]

Congrats to the three of you, you accomplished what we all signed up to do and that is make the end game. Im not gonna make this very hard but I do want you to take the time and give me some good answers. Right now Robb and Roger you are the front runners for my vote because I think you played the better all around games. Ken you have some work to do because apparently we had a relationship and I didnt know it we talked maybe twice. And I probably had that much of a relationship with the first person voted out of the game. But again you have made it to where we strived to be so kudos...........

For all three: I want you to give me your game winning or game defining moment and why you think that move should win you this game?

Was there any point that you thought you would not win this game and what did you do to change those circumstances?

Pick a movie and relate that to your gameplay. (ie: Your struggles or was it a cakewalk)

Roger: Why didnt you ever make the game changing move and grasp more control and more so why didnt you tell me you were voting for me when you said you would let me know either way or at the very least tell me you werent going to vote with matthew, janet, and I? (dont use the fact that you thought I had the idol as a crutch because you guys still wouldve maintained control and you knew we werent voting for you)

Robb: 100% not voting for me?? Why the bold faced lie you guys were in control? Roger is part of the reason you are sitting here I rolled the dice and did not play the idol because of him, so should I vote for him over you? If not, showcase how you outplayed him.

Ken: You come off cocky why do you think that is? And for the first time all game it seems like your trying, where was this the rest of the game or was your strategy to be seen and not really heard, or did we really not have any relationship whatsoever? Do you think its too little too late?

Good Luck to the 3 of you

[Ken Stafford]

Ken you have some work to do because apparently we had a relationship and I didnt know it we talked maybe twice. And I probably had that much of a relationship with the first person voted out of the game. But again you have made it to where we strived to be so kudos...........

Well, I thank you for the compliments. I am aware that we only talked a couple of times, but I did value our conversations and thought we had established a relationship [small, albeit a relationship] from the time we had to talk together in this game. Sorry if you didn't feel that way, and I hope my answers to your questions and those of others are enough to earn your vote an change your mind about me.

For all three: I want you to give me your game winning or game defining moment and why you think that move should win you this game?

I mean quite honestly I feel like it was getting rid of John when I did. As wrong, messed up, or whatever it might be, it was necessary. Getting rid of him opened up the doors for me to win this game. With him still in it and if he was sitting there with me in finals at the end, the door was closed, locked, bolted, with the key tossed into the pits of Hell, which were buried with ten tons of dirt. xD That's how easily he would have took the win against any of us.

Was there any point that you thought you would not win this game and what did you do to change those circumstances?

There was no point where I thought "I will not win this game". No, I can't say there was. I knew that with John in it I couldn't win it, but it didn't let me give up hope or make me think I wouldn't win it. I knew what I had to do TO win it, and so I kept that in mind. I was in a good position with most of the people here and I just didn't let that stray from my mind. Instead, I focused on maintaining my position, getting to the end, and then answering all of your questions to the fullest to earn votes and a victory. While I knew there were situations that would stop me from winning, not once did I think I couldn't still win.

Pick a movie and relate that to your gameplay.

Wow, I have to say that this is honestly one of the questions i've found most difficult in a game, period. It's tough to find one movie that relates to the way I played this game in particular.

I'm going to have to say i'd compare my game to the recent movie, Inception.

Why?

Well, for a few reasons.

I had people guessing. Just when people thought they had figured me out, I did something that would change their minds on me.

I don't want to spoil the movie for people, but just like dreams and delving into them, I had multiple layers. There were multiple layers to the dreams people encountered just as there are multiple layers to my strategy. I wasn't one set strategy, cut and dry. There was more to me than that, and there was a lot to Inception.

A lot of people liked the movie Inception, but there were a few who were naysayers. I'd say the same, I had some people that did like me, but now I see that I left a bad taste in the mouths of some. However, like a second viewing of the movie, I hope I can change that.

Lastly, the ending kept people guessing, and still left them with a question mark. I see now that some aspects of me were the same in this game, Heidi summed it up perfectly.

Inception was also a box office hit! Oh wait, I wasn't a box office hit yet?

Ken: You come off cocky why do you think that is? And for the first time all game it seems like your trying, where was this the rest of the game or was your strategy to be seen and not really heard, or did we really not have any relationship whatsoever? Do you think its too little too late?

Yeah, I saw that from the "Majority Rules" challenge as well, and I have to say it's something I have to work on. I like to joke around a lot, and I am sarcastic sometimes. Sometimes it's taken the wrong way, other people love that about me. I will say I think i'm too confident at times and do need to tone it down, and do need to avoid getting to that "cocky" level.

I mean, I know we personally did not have a very strong relationship. I don't, however, think this is the first time I am trying all game. I'm putting my all into the answers i'm giving you today just as I put my all into this game from beginning to end. Not once did I not give this thing my all! I try from Day 1 to hypothetical Day 39. And I make sure to make moves along the way. Were they seen? Probably not. But that's how I like to play. I like to be the one no one thinks is making the moves, but behind the scenes is pulling quite a few strings and then some. It helps you be a threat when you get to explain yourself in the Final Tribal Council without having to appear as a threat throughout the course of the game.

Lastly, it might just be too little too late, especially for your vote, from what i'm reading in your questions. However, I hope that after I answer your questions and you read what I did say to the questions of others as well, you will see that I truly did play this game and will give me your vote to win it.

Thank you, Erin!

[Roger Sexton]

Hey Erin!

For all three: I want you to give me your game winning or game defining moment and why you think that move should win you this game?

I'd like to think my game winning moment was the move I didn't make. After this game, you can go read my confessionals, and the round you are talking about when you were voted out has to be the big move that i didn't make. For about the middle 2/3rds of that round, I actually was going to vote with you. But near the end I was thinking had I made the finals with any of you 3, there was no chance I'd win. Either you or Janet would've gotten the female votes. And the guys such as John, Robb, Ken, and Brian would've been more pissed at me than Matthew after I screwed them, considering I saw their reaction after Matt screwed them earlier. I felt I would be shooting myself in the foot. By staying with the guys, I put myself in the position where whichever side I voted with I'd go to the final 3, and this was the case as I put my faith with Ken and Robb and we delivered.

Was there any point that you thought you would not win this game and what did you do to change those circumstances?

Definitely the last Tambaqui vote when Alex left, I was worried for my life dearly. I campaigned for myself, and I put up a damn good fight. It was good enough to keep me around. After that, my ability to make the finals in my opinion was never in doubt.

Pick a movie and relate that to your gameplay.

I hope this doesn't sound corny but I'd pick the Rocky series with Sly Stalone to represent me in the game. It was pretty much an uphill battle for me, but I never gave up, I took out the stronger opponents, and I was an underdog all the way til the end.

Why didnt you ever make the game changing move and grasp more control and more so why didnt you tell me you were voting for me when you said you would let me know either way or at the very least tell me you werent going to vote with matthew, janet, and I? (dont use the fact that you thought I had the idol as a crutch because you guys still wouldve maintained control and you knew we werent voting for you)

Well I kinda naswered this in my first response, but as to why I didn't tell you (btw I did vote Janet that round not you), is that in my experiences in ORGs, telling someone they are being voted out is never good- ask heidi to remember from Vs3 lol. Plus if I tell someone they are bein voted out, I always feel bad like I'm a doctor sayin your grandma died or something. Just not in my character.

Thanks Erin, sorry bout your steelers losin last night, but at least Roethlisberge got me some mad fantasy points!

[Heidi Strobel]

Oh the memories of Season 3 Roger... Willard still <3 you

[Roger Sexton]

[Robb Zbacnik]

For all three: I want you to give me your game winning or game defining moment and why you think that move should win you this game?

Switching the vote from Roger to Alex back before the merge at the very last minute. Roger proved to be a loyal ally the rest of the game to myself and Ken and it helped to get us where we are now. I cant take full credit for it though, Ken actually came up with the idea but obviously I had to be on board for it to happen. Im not sure this move should win me the game but it definitely set things in motion for the three of us to get here...Winning my first individual immunity would have to be what put me over the top if I had to pick one moment. If no one stopped the John train then he would have won easily.

Was there any point that you thought you would not win this game and what did you do to change those circumstances?

The minute I signed up I thought I stood no chance since I only knew one other person playing and they werent even on my tribe. To change that I just tried to get to know people and be friendly with everyone as best I could. Turned out I ended up knowing Brian from a previous game so that helped a lot.

Robb: 100% not voting for me?? Why the bold faced lie you guys were in control? Roger is part of the reason you are sitting here I rolled the dice and did not play the idol because of him, so should I vote for him over you? If not, showcase how you outplayed him.

I truly meant it when I said it. i wanted to vote Matthew out that round but it turned out I couldnt get everyone else to do so and I had to go along with them or else I would have gone that round. You guys wrote my name down so it took the sting off a little bit. As for outplaying Roger, Im not sure I did. He needed me and I needed him. Niether of us would be sitting here without the other.

[John Raymond]

Ken seems to be claiming and getting all the credit for Roger staying over Alex. I was going to ignore the first time I saw it from Roger, but I just have to speak up and put a stamper on this. It was not Ken's idea to save Roger. He may have been the one to grab you and Brian into going along with it, but the idea came from me. The round Daniel left the game I went to Roger and made a deal. He throws his vote to someone other than myself then I'd push for his safety in the following TC. In that same round before Daniel was voted out I went to Ken and told him it would be smartest to take Alex or Matthew out after Daniel since both proved they had loyalty issues. Ken then said there was no way we'd be able to swap the votes to Matthew. The next TC Ken then went to you guys and got you to vote Alex.

[Ken Stafford]

Well, I also knew Roger was getting votes that round and I went and talked to Roger and felt more comfortable with him and that's why I chose to flip the vote to Alex or attempted to. To be honest, I really don't remember you telling me that, and that's not what influenced me keeping Roger over Alex.

[John Raymond]

You're not really helping your case in trying to win the game here Ken.

[Ken Stafford]

Ok, well if that's the case then whatever. But i'm being 100% honest when I say that you had no influence on me in that vote anyway, I did it when I talked to Roger, decided I wanted to keep him, and that's where that stemmed from. Everyone else I talked to prior to that suggested voting him that round.