The Queen B's Statements/Questions

[Taj Johnson-George]

Hey how could I not? LMAO

This part is to Randy. Next part will be for Tom.

Randy's Comments:


I would like to congradulate you for making it to the Final 2. Thinking that 49 people starting this game to make it to the F2, that's very impressive. Actually anyone who made the merge deserves a pat on their backs. Especially for all the up's and down's of this game. Many sleepless nights, the emergence of the Summits and the AAA. *Guess that's why I kept trying to type ASS instead of AAA lol* Anywho onto my questions.


Randy's Questions:


1. In your movie review, you stated that "We also meet Yul Kwon, the leader of the villainous alliance........", I find it ironic actually that you say Yul and the rest of our alliance were the Villians, yet Yul, Ethan, and myself were from the "Heroes" tribe and you were originally on the "Villains" tribe. Please explain how you see us as the Villains.


2. The word minion is defined by Mirriam-Webster's as such : a servile dependent, follower, or underling*. Yet you called me in your Movie Review "He also aligns with Taj Johnson-George, who can be opinionated and proud ...". I find it very confusing to call me a minion of Yul *although you didn't say it directly, it was never a secret that Yul and I were aligned* yet to turn around and call me opinionated and proud. I don't think someone as opinionated and proud would allow themselves *let alone me* to be a follower or servant of anyone. Please clarify this for me.


3. You stated in your Final Confessional that you knew you would never get far with us. I'm assuming you meant Yul and myself, at what point did you think that I ever had any intentions of straying from you?


4. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I told you James was my F2 after he was voted out the first time. Did I expect him to come back in? Hell no, not in a game that started with 49 member cast. Okay I was wrong :-\ That happens from time to time lol. Don't you think that I told you that in order to prove to you that I had trust in you and also to show you that I had nothing to hide?


5. You stated in your Final Confessional that you managed to convince Aras and Terry to flip. And that the TB wouldn't serve them well. This is kinda a 2 part question. One how hard was it to flip Aras and Terry against me, or on the other hand, how hard was it to keep them at bay about getting me out earlier than when I went? Second part, the "them" that you refer to, who are the them that you're referring to? Then please explain why it wouldn't serve "them" well.


6. Please describe the differences between yours and Tom's challenge ways, your social strategies, and your strategies for the game. And explain why you deserve to be up there more so than any of the jury.


*Reference: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minion?show=0&t=1284626236

[Randy Bailey]

Hey Taj Thanks for the questions, I hope I can answer them as to how you want.

1. In your movie review, you stated that "We also meet Yul Kwon, the leader of the villainous alliance........", I find it ironic actually that you say Yul and the rest of our alliance were the Villians, yet Yul, Ethan, and myself were from the "Heroes" tribe and you were originally on the "Villains" tribe. Please explain how you see us as the Villains.

Quite simply, I viewed myself and my alliance as the Heroic alliance and after talking to several people in your alliance, they agreed that they were the villains of the game while we were the Heroes. It had nothing to do with the original tribes. Since the review was from my perspective I deemed us the Hero’s of the game. We came back from a deficit etc. If it was from an entire game perspective I still think we were the Hero’s however this was my perspective. You guys were naturally villains due to the fact you were against my alliance (The Heroes) and obviously at times things got heated since the 2 tribes phase and we felt that it was quite “villainous” of you but this is something that is VERY much in perspective as you would of viewed our actions as villainous I suppose.

2. The word minion is defined by Mirriam-Webster's as such : a servile dependent, follower, or underling*. Yet you called me in your Movie Review "He also aligns with Taj Johnson-George, who can be opinionated and proud ...". I find it very confusing to call me a minion of Yul *although you didn't say it directly, it was never a secret that Yul and I were aligned* yet to turn around and call me opinionated and proud. I don't think someone as opinionated and proud would allow themselves *let alone me* to be a follower or servant of anyone. Please clarify this for me.

Oh ok, I used Minion because of Sandra’s use of it describing people who were aligned with Yul as “minions” and I thought it sounded quite good for the movie review as it is a good descriptive word. It’s got that evilish, mean, villainous edge to it in my opinion and thats why Yul – who was the villain – had to have allies that were villainous aswell. The entire Movie review was effectively fictitious with metaphors behind it so it was nothing personal. And for the record, I do not think you are a follower in fact I think your entire alliance proved anyone who doubted this wrong at various points in the game.

3. You stated in your Final Confessional that you knew you would never get far with us. I'm assuming you meant Yul and myself, at what point did you think that I ever had any intentions of straying from you?

I believe, it may of been earlier, but the first point when I thought you were straying from me was after our late night conversation about voting Paloma out and 2 rounds later it still hadn’t happened. ALSO and perhaps most importantly, was when I found out you tried to trick Rob C to stay on your tribe so you could vote him out over Paloma. After these two occasions, I very much doubted that you were going to turn on Yul so I decided that I needed to make a move against Yul/you rather than just say Yul. Also I was limited as to make a move against Yul as no one from his alliance was on my tribe.

4. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but I told you James was my F2 after he was voted out the first time. Did I expect him to come back in? Hell no, not in a game that started with 49 member cast. Okay I was wrong That happens from time to time lol. Don't you think that I told you that in order to prove to you that I had trust in you and also to show you that I had nothing to hide?

In the weekend I will check for sure whether when you told me but I do believe it was before. Also it seemed you had told several people as I remember discussing it with Aras and I think Ethan about it. To me it made no real difference as I knew I wasn’t going to be third after you and James anyway. I do think you told me this to show the trust you had with me, and I think this is further reinforced as I think you told me when he was still in the game. Yes I agree with the fact it was you showing me that you trusted me but it could also been seen as a move to try gain my trust in order to say manipulate me. Not that you were, but it is not very common for people to tell others of their F2 partner. However this is all irrelevant if you told me when he was out.

5. You stated in your Final Confessional that you managed to convince Aras and Terry to flip. And that the TB wouldn't serve them well. This is kinda a 2 part question. One how hard was it to flip Aras and Terry against me, or on the other hand, how hard was it to keep them at bay about getting me out earlier than when I went? Second part, the "them" that you refer to, who are the them that you're referring to? Then please explain why it wouldn't serve "them" well.

It was more Tom then my who got Terry and Aras. I only spoke to Terry briefly reassuring him of his future beyond the round if he voted with us and making sure he had voted for you. Furthermore, you know yourself that I didn’t want to take you out. And I still think that it was a move Tom wanted to do because of emotion and I don’t think it was the best. Yes it worked out, but it could have been game suicide as I told him. Had they not flipped, we would be in a tied vote with you and pretty much screwed if it was something that suited you. Of course in hindsight it worked out all good but it was a tad too risky after we were in a good position to move forward. In terms of how hard, it wasn’t too easy, not too hard. I think they both realised that we would turn it against them if we thought they weren’t flipping and this was indeed correct. But I will give it to them, they were not willing to flip against you before then but I think at this point they realised they could get screwed if they didn’t. “Them” was Aras and Terry. As I mentioned before, we would of turned it on them if we believed they weren’t flipping and I don’t think it would of served “them” well at all as we would of voted them off earlier then they wanted. Ironically it probably would of suited you a lot better.

6. Please describe the differences between yours and Tom's challenge ways, your social strategies, and your strategies for the game. And explain why you deserve to be up there more so than any of the jury.

I think me and Tom were quite different in the game. Challenge wise well I did well in them compared to Tom. Pre-merge I think I did a lot more than Tom on Vinnere but this is mainly due to hours not suiting him with work. Social Strategies we are completely different. I think I have spoken to most of the people in the entire game and every single member of the jury while I don’t believe Tom has. However Tom’s social game is the “nice guy” one and it is certainly why I like him and aligned with him. Strategically I think Tom is a very loyal ally while I am loyal myself but I am more in a leadership role controlling the vote for our alliance. I would like to think I played the best game in BT and the three parts of Survivor are “Outwit, Outplay, Outlast.” I believe I outwitted the jury ultimately in the end otherwise I would not be in the FTC which is the Outlast part. Outplay really depends on your definition of it however I think I played very strongly physically, socially and strategically.

Hope that has answered everything for you, if you have counter questions or further questions I would be happy to answer them. Thanks

[Taj Johnson-George]

Tom:

Comments to you first:



First off, I'll say congradulations to you in making the Final 2.



Tom's Questions:


1. In your Movie Review you state "And then there are those characters you love to hate like Paloma and Taj". Why am I loved to be hated?


2. Remembering back to the beginning of the game, I seem to recall a chat we as the Casaya 7 had, that we promised one another to keep one another safe. Yet the first chance you got, you turned your back on that promise and took out Ethan. But you soon followed. Do you think that was a bad move by you or a move that helped further you in the game *obvs including the Outcast Twist that brought you back* Did it ever cross your mind that someone from the Casaya 7 would betray the promise that we made? *Keep in mind, we were the Hero tribe after all*



3. I can partially understand flipping Terry and Aras to vote me out. Outside of that, why not face me in the tie-breaker? Why not give me a chance to prove myself?


4. Do you view *as been stated by Randy before* the Sabaya alliance as "Villains" and the Vinnere alliance the "Heroes"? Why or why not?

[Tom Westman]

Hey Taj thanks, you were a great competitor and truly a fighter till the end.

1. In your Movie Review you state "And then there are those characters you love to hate like Paloma and Taj". Why am I loved to be hated?
In my point of view I viewed you two as the villains of the game. Paloma with her chat posts and stuff. I mean she might have meant well trying to act like a "hero" and expose people but it came to a point where no one believed it. So people were so not liking what she was doing. And as for you, you were bossy, you were bratty and you were downright acting like the Queen B you are. To you, you might think you were just fighting your right to stay here and all but to the others you were viewed as such because you always wanted things to happen your way and when it didn't you go into a frenzy and complain about it. You don't see any of us openly complaining for our own frustrations and you were very upfront about it. With all the cussing and stuff. No hero I believe would be such a good example if bad things come out from their mouth.


2. Remembering back to the beginning of the game, I seem to recall a chat we as the Casaya 7 had, that we promised one another to keep one another safe. Yet the first chance you got, you turned your back on that promise and took out Ethan. But you soon followed. Do you think that was a bad move by you or a move that helped further you in the game *obvs including the Outcast Twist that brought you back* Did it ever cross your mind that someone from the Casaya 7 would betray the promise that we made? *Keep in mind, we were the Hero tribe after all*
Well to explain my side, when we split up Ethan grabbed Paloma and isolated theirselves from the rest of the group. It was not my decision to make to get rid of him. It was what I felt the group as a whole wanted to happen. Yeah I may consider it as a bad move but I didn't want to be the one giving so much power to one person pre-merge and eventually determine my fate in the game. The moves I made are based solely on what I think was best for me. It may not have worked the first time I was here but going back in, my moves were much better and served me well till the end and that's why you see me standing here in the final 2 and you are there in the jury.


3. I can partially understand flipping Terry and Aras to vote me out. Outside of that, why not face me in the tie-breaker? Why not give me a chance to prove myself?
Sure we could have fought it out, but why should I risk my chances in the game? You gave me an opportunity to get Aras and Terry to turn on you so you have no one to blame for your demise but yourself. I believe it was still considered a battle between you and I because you could have easily flipped Ashley and Randy to side with you and turn them on me, I just was able to strike first and take you out before you could even do anything to outplay me.


4. Do you view *as been stated by Randy before* the Sabaya alliance as "Villains" and the Vinnere alliance the "Heroes"? Why or why not?
Yes I do view the Sabaya alliance as the "Villains" and the Vinnere + Ashley as the "Heroes". Your side got cocky and too confident that you all were going to the finals together. You guys keep beating us up in the challenges and spitting on our faces when were already down by losing a challenge. Even slapped us in the face when you got Cirie out and were like HA you guys are so gonna go home one by one and we're gonna dominate the merge. We were the underdogs that kept silent, and kept going till the very end. Always trying to see if there was a glimmer of hope that we can survive the next round or so. You guys were all too high up on your horse and refuse to see if any of us were willing to cut a deal until you had no one left but yourself.

Thanks for the questions!