Your Final Night

[Jaime Huffman]

Welcome to your final tribal council!

The 51st tribal council of this season!!



Please welcome your jury:


*Cirie walks in*


*Amanda walks in*


*Yul walks in*


*Rob walks in*


*Natalie walks in*


*Ethan walks in*


*Mookie walks in*


*Taj walks in*


*Aras walks in*


*Terry walks in*


And Ashley, the newest member of your jury, just voted out...


*Ashley walks in*

Congratulations Randy & Tom!

Final 2 out of 49 castaways! Impressive!

Here is what is going to happen:

In this thread each of you will post an opening statement. Once complete each jury member will create their own thread and may ask as many questions as they need to help them with their decision. Once complete, I will instruct you to make closing statements.

Good luck final 2!

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[Randy Bailey]

Hey guys,

After 3 months of what has been an epic journey/game it is finally coming to an end. The high quality game play, the size of the field, the length of the game and the terrific hosting has certainly made it an unforgettable experience. I think we all have gained valuable friendships that will last us much longer then the game itself. It would be difficult for anyone who did not play to fully understand how close you get to people after spending 3 months with them, albeit in an online game :-D

I will try to keep this short as it has been a long game and we don't need to further prolong it by a long speech by me. I have enjoyed playing with all of you and have spoken to you all quite a number of times. Even my supposed "enemies" who I think I get along with as well. You guys certainly made the merge/2 tribe phase of the game epic and it wouldn't have been the same without you. Your dominance as Sabaya was outstanding. To my Vinnere alliance (including Ash) I was so lucky to play with you all and your loyalty was outstanding. At the merge we were 6-7 down effectively and after Cirie left, 5-7 down so the fact we remained united makes me admire all of you so much.

I look forward to answering your questions. I currently have exams however I intend to answer them to the best of my ability. Thanks for a great game guys :-D

[Tom Westman]

Hello Jury. First of all, I would like to thank Randy for taking me to the final 2. He is one loyal ally and I will always remember that. Thanks to the host and everybody who made this game stressful, fun, entertaining and just downright crazy to say the least. It made more worth the while to get to the end.

This was by far the craziest game I have ever been in and believe me I've been in big crazy games before but this tops the list of crazies considering I made it all the way to the end. My initial strategy was to be loyal but during the tribe swap that changed when Paloma who I never even heard of suddenly brought upon all this drama and targeting people like Frosti and believing an Anti-Frosti Alliance existed. The Casaya tribe shunned me afterwards when I decided to align with Frosti and got rid of Paloma/Ethan. But alas, this was my downfall in the game as I was voted out right afterwards.

When the hosts gave us the opportunity to come back, I fought hard to get myself back into the game and my efforts were rewarded as it did get me back into the game immune and able to choose who my tribemates are. People thought I didn't know what I was doing or that I wasn't aware of what was going on. But I actually knew a lot of what was going on and have made connections throughout the whole game that made me felt secure of my position in the game.

When I got back my strategy was to find myself an alliance that would stay loyal to me and let me know what was going on. That first alliance consisted of Cirie, Ashley and Colby who helped me get rid of Frosti, one of my targets when I got back. During the final swap of the game, it became the turning point where it set up what was gonna happen during merge and where I found a solid alliance that consisted of Randy, Natalie, Rob C and Cirie. The merge came and we were at a disadvantage because we at least needed 1 more person to side with us and we thought we had Aras to flip but we were wrong because Cirie was voted out and that gave more of a disadvantage. That was when I made a deal that I think served me well right through the final 4 when I made Aras promise me that he won't ever write my name down. With just that one deal, I never got targeted except for the TB that I won eliminating Amanda.

Even though I wasn't as vocal as Randy was with his strategy. I was a crucial part to our alliance as I served to be the Counselor to the group and became the voice of reason that made our alliance stick with each other regardless of all the blindsides and unexpected events. I always had a say in what was going on and when Aras flips back again that drove us mad and angry, I stepped in to keep everybody calm and be composed making sure no one goes off on Aras because even if he did keep flipping I knew he was the key for our survival.

Probably what I would say my biggest moment was locking in Terry and Aras to vote off Taj at final 5 because at that point Randy wanted Terry or Aras gone but I wanted Taj gone that round so I took control and made sure Taj was leaving and not either of the two men.

I may have not been physically strong in terms of challenges but I usually come in second to Randy meaning that I have always given my all in the challenges during merge and that I was always determined to win something.

I am proud of how I played and having been an outcast just makes it more fulfilling to get to the end knowing that I outlasted the people that voted me out before. I outplayed, I outsmarted and I totally outwitted 47 other people in this game and I believe that it is worthy enough to be granted the win.

I look forward to answering the questions you jury have prepared for us and I will answer them as honestly and as best I could. Good luck to Randy and may the best man win

[Jaime Huffman]

Guys, moved your statements to their own threads so the jury could access them easier, sorry I wasn't clear about that. Good Luck