Elisabeth's Questions

[Brady Finta]

Post your questions here

[Elisabeth Filarski ♥]

I'll keep it simple.

Just tell me how you think you played the game, and why do you deserve to win.

[Big Tom]

Hi Elizabeth,
It might the first time we're talkin' pretty lady.

I honestly think I played the game as close to what I would do in a real Survivor situation. You have to do decent at the challenges, you have to be pretty social with everyone, and at times you might have to lie or stretch the truth to get to the ultimate goal. So if you look at my game I think I did these things... 1.) I did well at the challenges, if I didn't win I was right in there, and at least tried everytime (except for Thanksgiving). 2.) I was nice to everyone in this game, you can't deny that. Even if I knew they were plotting against me, I never really called them out on it or started any trouble. I was polite and chatty with almost everyone in the game, that helped a lot. I did call people out during the Jamie Tribal Council, mostly because I knew people were against me the entire time, and it felt so good that Jamie self-voted AND I still had the Idol. 3.) I don't think I really lied to anyone. I let a few people (Dani, Becky, even Dolly and Dave) believe that I was still loyal to them, long after I had figured out they were lying to me, but I think that's an important part of the game. Storming off and confronting people only makes you a bigger target. And Big Tom is big enough.

I deserve to win, because I think I played a straightforward game. You can see everything I did. I made sure I kept my close allies close, I always talked to people at every vote. As you can see by my voting record, I knew who was going everytime, which means I played a big part in campaigning for that person or helping to see it succeed. It was Tom W's idea to use the Hidden Immunity Idol to help me, but he and I sat down and brainstormed how we would pass it around the 3 of us in order to get all 3 of us to the finals, and not just him and I. Tom and I did a lot of the brainwork in this game and it got us both to where we thought it would. I guess my one leg up on Tom W is that you always knew where you stood with me. I never promised Dave, Dolly, Ken, Becky anyone really anything. It looked like Tom was with Dave/Dolly all the way up until the Cao Boi vote when the idol was played. Good strategy on his part, but if you are looking for the difference between Toms, that would be it.

Hope that helped E!

[☺Cao Boi Bui☺]

Hello there Elisabeth! It's good to see you again.

I would have to say that I think I played a good game. It wasn't the greatest, you'd have to be Richard Hatch to pull that one off, the way everyone hated him and he won anyway... but that's a different story.

I played a UTR game, I know it. But, that's my favorite method of play. Sure, you don't win all the challenges. Sure, you don't look like the smartest person in the game. But who wants to be either of those? That just makes you a threat. Why make yourself a target when you can sit back and just watch? That's why I love the UTR method.

I think I deserve to win because I never lied to anyone. I kept my word to everyone, and I was always as nice as can be. I never made any bad comments about anyone, and always congratulated them when they won. Sure, I voted with my allies, but I also voted with my heart. I never truly made any decisions I didn't want to, I voted based on who I got to know the most in this game. And I hope to get to know you all even better next season.

[Tom Westman]

elisabeth said:

I'll keep it simple.

Just tell me how you think you played the game, and why do you deserve to win.

Hey Elisabeth I am very glad I get to see you again.

Thanks for the nice question to.

How did I play this game. I came into this game wanting to play it as close as possible to an actual survivor game. If you look at what I did in this game then it would be clear that I accomplished this Goal. I never once told a single player that I was not going to backstab them and I continuously made moves in this game to keep myself in the power position. I never once was in a position where I felt as if somthing could go wrong. I had plans, and backups that those plans, and backups to those plans. I was all was thinking of how to get farther in the game and allways looking at least a minimum two weeks down the line. I played this game very nicely though. I wasn't a jerk and I formed true relations with everyone that I had in this game. I was a very sociable player. I made sure that I talked to everyone one in this game. I made sure that not a single person I was on a tribe with did not not talk to me. I think you are aware of this yourself. I talked to you right when the merge started. I don't think that either Cao Boi or Big Tom truly accomplished that in this game. Why do I deserve to win. Well lets first start with the challenges. I only went to TWO tribal councils before the merge happened and I won all but two Individual Immunities. I came into every challenge wanting to win. I put more time and effort into all of the challenges than anyone else in the game. Cao Boi himself stated that the tried the challenges and so did Big Tom. But did they pour there Soul into the challenges? I don't think so. I on the other hand did. One of the challenges I lost was on a Technicality and the other was purely a luck based challenge. To me those show that I poured my heart and soul and won a super majority of the challenges. I also found the HII. I found the HII after the very first clue. I used the HII as a device to use strategically. I ALSO NEVER RECEIVED A SINGLE VOTE IN THIS ENTIRE GAME! I think that says a lot with how I played this game. I was nice to everyone, I was a friend to everyone, but I also knew where to direct the vote and where to vote every week. I never once received a vote despite being known as the immunity threat throughout the game. Cao Boi and Big Tom cannot say that at all.I also knew when to break alliances. I knew how to create a false impression that I was still with my alliance even though I had directly caused them to be voted out. (The use of the HII). NO WHERE does it say that an alliance cannot be broken in the rules of survivor. I played this game to death and I knew when alliances had to broken for myself. So I believe that my strategy of breaking alliances I was in was very game worthy as well. I truly feel that I OUTPLAYED everyone in the game with Challenges, that I was able to OUTWIT everyone with my strategy and HII use , and OUTLAST by not receiving and single vote in the game while maintaining good relations with everyone. I truly feel as if I caputred and embodied the true essence of a Soul Survivor. I feel like I should win this game purely on the way I was able to play this game.

Thanks you Liz

[Elisabeth Filarski ♥]

Thanks for the answers, everyone

[Tom Westman]

I hope that the wait was ok Liz and I'm sorry for the wait

[Big Tom]

Hmmm maybe I should have waited to make my closing statements so I could comment on what was said here.

I think to assume that I did not pour my heart into the game or the challenges is a gross misjudgment and a tad arrogant. Just because you won a majority of them doesn't mean that everyone else half-assed it. Also to credit your two losses to dumb luck and a technicality is pretty arrogant...then that's what I will chalk up my losses to, dumb luck and technicalities.

And maybe I didn't talk to everyone in the game, but its also because I didn't want to have to lie to everyone in the game and make false promises and false hopes. I think if I had approached Elizabeth at the merge and said "lets be best friends" it would have come off as fake and trying to fish for info or playing all sides.

That's all, just wanted a chance to rebut since this is taking forever and the host told me I had to post my final words.