Mike's Memoirs of a Lone Sausage

[Mike Chiesl]

Hello Final 3 *waves*

Congrats to all 3 of you for making it to the end, you all did a great job in your own way so I am happy to be able to vote for one of you to win this game


NOW
I know you all want to win title of Sole Survivor, and I know that is kind of important and stuff blah blah blah




BUT

There is another prize that is even MORE important than that, which the hosts forgot to tell you about and that is¡K.
















Your own Sausage Garb!!!!!


I know I know...I'm COMPLETELY jealous.

So if you wanted to win before, I'm sure you REALLY want to win now






I thought you played a great game physically, socially, and mentally and I knew you were a threat from the beginning. I am glad I got to play with you, and get to know you, and work together briefly. I am happy to see you in the finals, and if you win it is definitely well deserved. I have a few questions for you.

1) After the first tribe swap and we ended up on the same tribe as the only Salchicha, did you actually want to work with me, or did you kind of feel like we had to because we were the only Salchicha, or both? Also if you did want to work with me and I hadn¡¦t joined the Power Rangers after the next swap would we have continued to work closely together in the merge or were you planning on sticking with the original group?

2) Towards the end of the game we didn¡¦t talk as much and we didn¡¦t talk for a few rounds, but the round I left you had IMed while I was offline. I wasn¡¦t sure if there was a reason to that. Was it just to talk because we hadn¡¦t for a while, was it because you wanted to tell me you were voting me, or were you maybe thinking of making a move, but then decide not to?





Hey Sydney! I thought you played an amazing game from beginning to end, and I was really impressed with you and I¡¦m glad I had you as my saving grace from the other side I definitely saw how calculated you were in your moves, and how you thought about things, and even when you would talk to me you would reveal some things to help me but not enough so that I would be able to help myself which I thought was smart. Also like you had mentioned in Chase¡¦s answer, you were the only person in Salchicha at the beginning of merge and after the Aras vote to kind of keep me involved. It was either you being nice, or being smart, or both, but either way I thought that was good. It also showed me that you were thinking ahead in case things went south with your plans and you had a backup plan. If you win it will also be well deserved. I only have one question for you.

1) Did you ever see me as someone you could you use in future alliances or moves in the game, or where you kind of already all set in that department and just kind of thought that if you needed me I would be there, if not then there was no more need for me?




I thought you played really well in the beginning of the game, and I could see that you were really working it and trying to get things going and being the center around a lot things that went down. However, I did feel though towards the end of the game you kind of weren¡¦t a main factor in anything and just floated to the end since merge. I know a lot of people have said you probably won¡¦t win, but I think you did great for a lot of the game and that is something to take away from it. I am glad that we also worked together briefly and I did enjoy playing with you when we were together. I have some questions for you as well.

1) Right before the tribe swap we started talking and I really enjoyed our convo and was looking forward to working with you, and then was happy to see that we ended up on the same tribe, then we agreed to work together. Did you genuinely want to work with me long term, or was it just that you needed people on your side to survive?

2) Once we switched again, I didn¡¦t really see you online anymore and I know I did flip, but I didn¡¦t have the chance to chat with you before I did, and I did mention to the rangers about keeping you, as I still saw us as aligned but, again I hadn¡¦t really seen you online to chat. Once I flipped did you see any chance for us to work together, or were you ever intended on trying to work together again?

3) I had also heard from some people that you had been throwing me under the bus, even before I flipped, but wasn¡¦t sure if that was true. If it was, what was your reasoning for that?

4) Like I said above, I felt like once the merge started you kind of completely went into the shadows and were quiet. Was that part of strategy, was it just being busy with personal life, or did I just not see that you were actually doing more?

Now some general questions for the three of you:

1) Rank the Jury from who you think is the weakest player to the strongest played and give reasons

2) I know Chase kind of asked this, but do any of you think I could have done anything more to last longer in the game, aside from winning immunity?

3) Sydney also touched on this, but if I didn¡¦t join the power rangers, would there have been a different outcome for me. I know people say know, but towards the end people did target Matt, and then there was some drama with Sandra, so I wasn¡¦t sure if those instances would have changed my standing.

4) Tell me all the times you were blindsided or surprised in this game, and tell me why you think you weren¡¦t in the loop?

5) For the majority rules challenge, I don¡¦t think I fit or deserved a lot of the answers I got, so was there like a general consensous amoungst you all about whose name would be for what, or is that what people actually thought?

6) Why did you pick the character you are playing as, and how was your game similar to your characters?

7) What is your favorite kind of sausage?

Ok sorry for all the questions, but at least I wasn't mean!

I don't take anything personally, and will vote for who I think played the best, so I asked these questions as I was just curious and I won't be upset with anything, I just want the truth.

Again, it was great playing/working with all of you at some point, and good luck

[Chase Rice]

Thank you for bringing up questions 4 and 5 of the green section. I thought of asking those myself so I'm glad someone did!

[Ted Rogers]

Awesome Hat!

[Mike Chiesl]

I also want to make just a general comment, because I know a lot has been said throughout the game about me backstabbing Salchicha...

But when was Stephanie L. and Misty ever a part of that deal because I don't remember that being the case. I could have taken out Sandra but I chose not for that reason. No one even bothered to ask me why I voted Steph L. out and you all just disregarded me from that point on with giving me a chance, or trying to figure out what was actually going on.


I'm not upset or anything but just wanted to bring it up

[Chelsea Meissner]

No problem, Mike. Just answering questions in the order people asked.

I'll address that when I answer these!

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PINK HURTS MY EYES WHEN IT'S ON GREEN!!!

And does anyone else feel creeped out by Mike's picture? He's like staring into my soul. =X

[Tom Westman]

1) Right before the tribe swap we started talking and I really enjoyed our convo and was looking forward to working with you, and then was happy to see that we ended up on the same tribe, then we agreed to work together. Did you genuinely want to work with me long term, or was it just that you needed people on your side to survive?

I actually wanted to work with you, because I did like you and Sydney also said I could trust you. So whatever I told you pre-Power Rangers you was genuine. When you took out Steph L that actually sent red flags to me because Steph L was my close ally. So I started distancing myself to you.

2) Once we switched again, I didn¡¦t really see you online anymore and I know I did flip, but I didn¡¦t have the chance to chat with you before I did, and I did mention to the rangers about keeping you, as I still saw us as aligned but, again I hadn¡¦t really seen you online to chat. Once I flipped did you see any chance for us to work together, or were you ever intended on trying to work together again?

I wanted to believe when you flip that you were still with me. But the fact that you also voted Misty out who was also my close ally sent more red flag signals to me thinking you were coming after me next. Even after I told you we were going after Chase. So you already lied to me and I don't think I could trust you at that point.

3) I had also heard from some people that you had been throwing me under the bus, even before I flipped, but wasn¡¦t sure if that was true. If it was, what was your reasoning for that?

lol, rumors, i love rumors, it makes or breaks you. I don't think I ever talked about you pre-Power Rangers you. But yes when you started to flip. I had no reason not to tell on you because then that just makes me more valuable than you.

4) Like I said above, I felt like once the merge started you kind of completely went into the shadows and were quiet. Was that part of strategy, was it just being busy with personal life, or did I just not see that you were actually doing more?

Yes, that was part of my strategy at merge, everyone was so busy taking each other out. I just sat back and relaxed and let them do the damage. But I guess people think I'm the bad guy for not sticking my neck out when I wasn't the one commandeering the votes. Say it what you will. I only did what I needed to do so people won't come after me. No one really did want to take me out anymore since I decided to just sit at the background.

[Mike Chiesl]

Thanks Tom!

Just to comment on your responses, when we did talk on NuBayonaca you had said you were on the outs on your old tribe, so I didn't think you were aligned with Steph and Misty. I figured you would vote that way since Sandra was, but once we got put on NuSalchicha, I didn't get a chance to talk to, and I didn't talk to Steph or Misty either, so it was hard to join a side where I hadn't talked to anyone about the vote. Unfortunately I didn't get a chacne to talk to you until after that vote. I did my best to keep you and Sandra in as well over Steph and Misty to keep you in the game, but I know people didn't see it that way. I did join the power rangers, but I also was still trying to protect both of you.

Oh well, I just wanted to clarify on my end

Also don't forget about the general questions at the bottom!

Thanks, and good luck

[Tom Westman]

Ahh yes I only told that lie because I wanted to make sure my lies were all coherent lol. Since you were still talking to Semhar and liked her. And I kinda told them the same thing.

[Sydney Wheeler]

May 9, 2012 21:14:09 GMT -5 Mike Chiesl said:

Hey Sydney! I thought you played an amazing game from beginning to end, and I was really impressed with you and I¡¦m glad I had you as my saving grace from the other side I definitely saw how calculated you were in your moves, and how you thought about things, and even when you would talk to me you would reveal some things to help me but not enough so that I would be able to help myself which I thought was smart. Also like you had mentioned in Chase¡¦s answer, you were the only person in Salchicha at the beginning of merge and after the Aras vote to kind of keep me involved. It was either you being nice, or being smart, or both, but either way I thought that was good. It also showed me that you were thinking ahead in case things went south with your plans and you had a backup plan. If you win it will also be well deserved. I only have one question for you.

1) Did you ever see me as someone you could you use in future alliances or moves in the game, or where you kind of already all set in that department and just kind of thought that if you needed me I would be there, if not then there was no more need for me?

Thanks for those compliments and seeing my strengths, Mike! And love the gif, I'm stealing it.

Your question:

I knew the longer I kept you in, the more options I had with players "not" in my alliance. I just gave myself better odds than my group had because they didn't form the same connection that I had with you with someone in the other group. But I knew you were smart too, in the way that you could see that I had power. you were in a position where you would of gone with ANY plan. Someone who is in a desperate spot is willing to make any move, and if someone came to you, you could have gone with them. As for keeping you farther than 7th? Well, I knew for sure that I wanted Sandra and Matt gone in the next three boots from 7-5. I entertained both ideas of voting those guys before you but I ultimately thought it best I didn't. The MAIN reason I felt good with you leaving before Sandra was when you told me you liked "Me, Matt, and Chelsea best." If I wanted to take out Matt soon, which I did, you could have gone to him with my plan. I knew you guys also talked somewhat. But the fact you said you liked him definitely sealed you leaving before Sandra. It also looked better on me personally, as I didn't go against "my group" until I had to. In addition, you had just tried to make a move without me in the Final 9 Tribal Council. I knew what was going on with you guys targeting Tom, and you were putting on an act with me during our conversation that round. So I felt, "well this is perfect reason to vote out Mike soon as he can't be that upset since he was trying to be in a group with something I'm not part of."

Now some general questions for the three of you:

1) Rank the Jury from who you think is the weakest player to the strongest played and give reasons

WEAKEST

SEKOU - He had no relationships or alliances with anyone. A really bad social game and was clearly playing to troll or joke around. There was no chance he was winning this game, but made it a lot farther than anyone expected I'm sure.

ANDREW - He was hard to talk game with as he did not easily commit to anything. He rarely contacted people and his wild-card status ensured he would never make the Final Tribal Council. In order to be a stronger player, he needs to get in an alliance.

MICK - He played this game as a side-kick and would have never won over the Jury. That is why he probably wanted out of the game at the end of it. He just didn't want to get berated because he was so busy whilst the game was going on that his chances of winning evaporated with each passing day. He isn't lower because he actually was involved in the dominant alliance.

SANDRA - She has the criteria of a good player, but she handled herself poorly when it came to the Jury. A good player does not have people hating on them and voting for them at Tribal Councils "just because" of spite. That's why in this game she is definitely lower on the weak to strong games. She was probably a top sausage during the Aras round..but I think the Tribal Swap got to her and she became more of a character than player.

CHASE - I'm sure he is a good player and would have won over a Jury. But I think he would of had a hard time making it there anyways. I admittedly do not know much about his game as I'm not the one asking about it in the Final Tribal Council. I'm sure if I learned more about it I'd find it to be stronger. But based on the fact he was just the biggest threat of his alliance, became a captain right off the bat, talked to people he shouldn't have with important information, he could have toned it down.

STEPHANIE - Steph was a victim of being on Bayonaca, where she lost a great deal of her allies. It's not really her fault her tribe was wiped out a lot, but she spent the rest of the game hanging onto the bottom of alliances. HAD Stephanie made Final Tribal Council with a wrench thrown into the plans, she had a case to win as she ad good Jury management. So for that reason I rank her here for having better Jury management than the people below her.

MIKE - He was very under estimated as well in this game. He was pegged as the bottom of whatever group he joined. I think he knew what was up, made the right call in every vote he made, and noticed who was in charge and stuck by them. I place Mike here because a vast majority of Salchicha didn't see Mike in the light that I got to know him, and just considered him the Power Ranger's pawn. so if he made it to the end of the game, I don't see a lot of my side voting for him despite making the right calls.

SHAWNA - I don't know much about Shawna's game. I only really based my assumptions on what I've seen...but I sort of felt she could of been similar to me. Obviously I'd put her higher for that if I could verify that, as I feel strongly about my own game, but it's just assumptions as I didn't get to know her inside the game. One thing for though was that my alliance thought of her as a huge threat. She excelled well in the challenges and was fighting tooth and nail to stay alive. I'm pretty sure she'd have a hard time losing if she made the end...she'd of stood a good chance.

JAY - Jay knew what was up and knew what to do in order for himself to win the game. He went about it the wrong way, sure, but he has the smarts. I think he was very underestimated by the opposing alliance. Had they tried to get in with him better maybe this game could have turned out differently. He is a strategist, so I think he'd be willing to mix things up.

SEMHAR - She had a good understanding of who did and didn't have a shot to win this game and wore it on her sleeves. She is a good conversationalist and would likely perform well in a Final Tribal Council scenario. Aside from acting the wrong way in the round she left, I felt like she played a solid game up to that point. Pegged as a bottom of the original Chorizo by our tribe, her social game clearly was a factor in why she stayed alive. I rank her this high because I feel in front of a Jury, she'd do better than anyone else. I remember how difficult it was to get people to WANT to vote her that round whe we discussed it. Even I didn't want to do that on a personal level, so you have to credit her for that. She was trying to make the right moves, as she saw myself/Chelsea in the end game.

MATT - He was clearly the most in the "know", aside from Mick, in this game. He was in the dominant alliance, dubbed "Careers" all game long. As I've stated time and time again, he got away with betraying people and having them root for him. He is very good at smoothing things over and I think he was most people's hopeful win of our side. All I knew was he was a threat to my game...and if he didn't get taken out, he'd probably stand a high chance at being Sausage's winner.

STRONGEST

2) I know Chase kind of asked this, but do any of you think I could have done anything more to last longer in the game, aside from winning immunity?

I think if you brought up a Jury card deal, maybe promised a vote...maybe promised to sway votes...you could have got people thinking. You were the last member of the Power Rangers alliance and it was assumed they valued your opinion and respected you for siding with them. I think you could have tried that and maybe get yourself 1 more round if you really laid it in think. I may be pushing it here, but it was better than just accepting leaving. Also, I don't know if you assumed my plans were me-Chelsea-Matt, but stating you liked both of them to me wasn't doing you any favors.

3) Sydney also touched on this, but if I didn¡¦t join the power rangers, would there have been a different outcome for me. I know people say know, but towards the end people did target Matt, and then there was some drama with Sandra, so I wasn¡¦t sure if those instances would have changed my standing.

It's hard to tell. Part of the reason why me and you grew to somewhat work well was BECAUSE of your isolation, and the reason you joined the Power Rangers. If it had got you farther, I don't see it being more than the final six. On top of that, your Jury game would be worse off as the move you did got you respect. I mean, I doubt you would have wanted to be a sheep...and if you didn't join them you were just going to be waiting for slaughter. The Aras vote showed you that.

4) Tell me all the times you were blindsided or surprised in this game, and tell me why you think you weren¡¦t in the loop?

I think I shocked more people than they did me. I shocked them by playing and having the idols. I also surprised Chelsea with my decision to boot Matt. The only time I can think about me being shocked...which isn't really that shocking...is I was thinking the votes would fall on Tom over Misty. So when I asked Chelsea to send her idol over (and yes I made sure it was her idol and not the one Mick got and passed to me, so I would have control of the last remaining idol at that point) I was expecting the votes to nullify Tom and send Chase home. I knew it was possible Misty was getting votes, but it's the only time I can think where I was out of the loop on a vote. And I wasn't even on that tribe. Every vote I was part of, I was in the loop. The first vote, the Aras vote, was formed without me but I still got the details and voted with the majority. I was left out of the plan formation by Sandra/Matt because they knew I liked Aras and didn't know if I'd vote him.

5) For the majority rules challenge, I don¡¦t think I fit or deserved a lot of the answers I got, so was there like a general consensous amoungst you all about whose name would be for what, or is that what people actually thought?

We didn't speak about the challenge, but in this type of challenge, it's obvious that the people out of the loop won't excel and the people in the loop do well. Because people out of the loop don't know how the majority feels. I won the challenge and Chelsea got second, and we were the top players I felt. You and Andrew did the worst, and you were the last two outsiders left. The reason why you got a lot of those labels were because our alliance wasn't going to insult our alliance. When putting answers down, of course I'm going to want to say Andrew personally as he was the person I had the poorest relationship with, or guess you based on the other players opinions. It was a 50/50 guess for Andrew and Mike for most of the negative answers because it was the easy thing to do. So I wouldn't feel bad about that.

6) Why did you pick the character you are playing as, and how was your game similar to your characters?

I adore Sydney. She's pretty, sweet and funny. (Funny wasn't seen on the show, she was hilarious in her exit-game interviews) I like to play as Pre-Jury players from the show and perform better as them. Make a name for them if they weren't well known. Sydney doesn't have a reputation from the show, so when people see her in a game there really isn't some expected personality. (Like people may have for a Russell, Rob, or Courtney type player) My game wasn't similar to Sydney's. The only thing that was similar was that people tried to flirt with me in the beginning. Sydney was flirtatious on the show, so I guess that is similar even though that had nothing to do with my strategy. Selecting a pretty girls tends to make people want to talk to you, lol. That's a bonus for the game!

7) What is your favorite kind of sausage?

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Are hot dogs sausages? If so I pick that! Without getting to risque anyway.

Ok sorry for all the questions, but at least I wasn't mean!

I don't take anything personally, and will vote for who I think played the best, so I asked these questions as I was just curious and I won't be upset with anything, I just want the truth.

Again, it was great playing/working with all of you at some point, and good luck

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Thanks Mike, and yes thank you for not being mean hahah

Thanks for your time!

[Mike Chiesl]

Thanks Sydney!

[Chelsea Meissner]

I thought you played a great game physically, socially, and mentally and I knew you were a threat from the beginning. I am glad I got to play with you, and get to know you, and work together briefly. I am happy to see you in the finals, and if you win it is definitely well deserved. I have a few questions for you.

1) After the first tribe swap and we ended up on the same tribe as the only Salchicha, did you actually want to work with me, or did you kind of feel like we had to because we were the only Salchicha, or both? Also if you did want to work with me and I hadn’t joined the Power Rangers after the next swap would we have continued to work closely together in the merge or were you planning on sticking with the original group?

Thank you so much, Mike! When we were on original Salchicha you and I didn’t speak as much as I would have liked. Salchicha feels like so long ago, but we were such a strong tribe and almost never went to Tribal Council, so the talking was limited in general because those in black buffs were always safe! However, all that changed when we got a taste of a twist that sent us to other tribes. You and I ended up being the only two people to switch NuBayonaca, so we had the bond from original Salchicha working for us. When we got to the new tribe, of ‘course I actually wanted to work with you. You were the only person I felt that I knew. You and Tom became the two people that I then worked closest with. I wouldn’t count Bobby Jon as an ally over there as we fought more than anyone else. I guess my answer to your first question is a mix of both? I wanted to work with you but a lot of it did have to deal with us both being original Salchicha; I thought being on the same tribe meant that we would try to stick together.

I know that prior to our switch, you seemed to have a close relationship with Sydney. I felt that had we continued our relationship, and you hadn’t joined the Power Ranges, we could have become a lot closer. I would have seen you as a valuable member in the game to not only Sydney, but then to me. In a way it could have been like me poaching you? xD I was serious about working with you on NuBayonaca and I did think that it would transition further into the game, but you seemed to have gotten better offer during the next switch-up. Now, while I would have wanted to work with you, my loyalty still would have been to the core group I had going for me in the game. I feel like that any way you looked at it, everyone in that core group would have stuck to that core group .. that group being Matt, Sydney, and myself since us three were original Salchicha members. But just because I would have still kept my loyalty to my original alliance, that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t have worked closely with you had I been given the opportunity and you never flipped. Stephanie was never in the original alliance, yet I filled her in on so much and treated her as though she was an actual part of the alliance.

2) Towards the end of the game we didn’t talk as much and we didn’t talk for a few rounds, but the round I left you had IMed while I was offline. I wasn’t sure if there was a reason to that. Was it just to talk because we hadn’t for a while, was it because you wanted to tell me you were voting me, or were you maybe thinking of making a move, but then decide not to?

I do remember actually messaging you. I was trying to see if you were invisible or not. I was doing this to talk to you because we hadn’t. This wasn’t about panhandling for votes or anything of that nature, but because we hadn’t spoken for a good two rounds at that point. In a way, I wish I could say that I was messaging you because I wanted to make a move, but that wasn’t the case. It was more or less me reaching out to you to talk, to see if you were even online. But also because I also interested in figuring out how you were going to vote that round; I wanted to know who you were going to throw your vote on. Most of it stems from curiosity. But yeah, I did want to talk to you because we hadn’t, and when we did get into talking about the vote, I did plan on telling you that I was voting you out. When we eventually did speak, I told you that it was more than likely you going home and there wasn’t really anything else to be done about the vote. There was no point in lying to you at that point before you left the game.

3) Rank the Jury from who you think is the weakest player to the strongest played and give reasons

W E A K E S T

Sekou ~ This goes without saying. Sekou is the lowest on this list because he had no social game, wasn’t much help in challenges and came and go as he pleased. He was dragged all the way to the Jury because there were always bigger fish to fry. If this were a luck scale, he would be near the top, but since this is based on strength and weakness, he’s definitely at the bottom in terms of all around game.

Mick ~ Had it not been for Sydney carrying him throughout this game, he would have almost been playing a Sekou-similar game. However, I did debate whether or not bumping him up a spot because he managed to acquire an idol, but that really just came down to the luck of the auction. Regardless, he was quick to give it up to Sydney.

Sandra ~ I have Sandra closer to the weakest option because her social game wasn’t great and she was poor at challenges. Her social game was overruled by her snappy mouth and un-filtered comments. Her challenge ability was almost non-existent because she missed a handful of them for whatever reason. These contributed to her weakness.

Savage ~ I think that Savage was really underestimated in this game. Sure, everyone knew that he wasn’t the most social player in this game, but when it came to competing in the tribal stage or competing for his own personal safety, he did fairly well. He and I both managed to win Immunity and the double TC round, which was a crucial time.

Mike ~ I’m putting you almost in the middle here, Mike, for one reason. You managed to put yourself in a position where Salchicha needed you at the start during the swap, a position where I needed you, yet you made the move to flip to the Power Rangers at the next swap, showing that you did what you felt you had to without restrictions.

Semhar ~ Semhar had the strong bonds in the Power Rangers to keep her alive in the game the first half of the time, but when the numbers started to dwindle she had to rely on competitions. I feel that Semhar possessed both grace and tolerance when it came to dealing with Sandra, which is why I’m also ranking her closer to the stronger half.

Jay ~ Jay was a strong strategist in this game. While his anxiousness to make big moves is what ultimately cost him his game, his drive to want to make these big moves is what puts him close to the stronger category. He proved to be helpful in competitions, was social with a great deal of people, and he had it not been for pre-existing relationships .. his plans could have ultimately worked in this game flawlessly.

Stephanie ~ Stephanie had the ability to push the limit if she needed to. If she really wanted something, she went for it. Her long endurance run really showed that if she set her mind to something, then she would ultimately get it. I believe that while Stephanie lost her core allies before the merge and the Jury, she made due of her resources and managed to come to me for help, and I was there and ready to help her with open arms as much as I could. She was smart and knew what she had to do to stick around.

Tom ~ Besides being dragged to his spot by Sydney, Tom didn’t really even need to win the Immunity Challenge he won, but won them anyways, and three consecutively. That can be looked at as impressive. However, he did what Sydney wanted in the game and didn’t see to have a mind of his own. Had he not shown his physical prowess in the late merge, he would be closer to the bottom because that’s all that’s shown “strength”.

Chase ~ Chase had alot of power pre-merge and I don’t think that should go unnoticed by any means. He was perceived as the leader of the Power Rangers and all of them seemed to be loyal to him and were aligned to him for the long haul; he had the respect of his alliance. He competed well in challenges during the tribal stages, and would have more than likely done well had he stuck around longer during the merge phase.

Shawna ~ I think Shawna was strong in this game. I think that she had the competition ability to go deep into this thing and really put a stop in my alliance’s tracks. She did end up escaping being voted out twice, and that was impressive in my opinion. She was portrayed to be a big force in this game and a strong component to the Power Rangers. Had Shawna made it farther and further implemented herself in the game, she could have done some serious damage when it came to battling against us.

Matt ~ Matt is the strongest person on the Jury when it came to the social aspect and physical aspect of the game. He really was the full package all around. He was the best of both worlds, and he really found a way to use both while he was in the game. While he lied to gather information from people, he did it with a smile on his face. He came across as the nicest guy and manipulated you into giving you what he wanted: your mindset, your strategy, your moves. He was a great player in this game.

S T R O N G E S T

3) I know Chase kind of asked this, but do any of you think I could have done anything more to last longer in the game, aside from winning immunity?

Honestly, it’s kind of a toss up. I mean, Immunity, obviously. But with Immunity aside, I guess there really wasn’t a way? I know, I’ve said this so many times in my answers, but this whole thing was based off pre-existing relationships. And since you didn’t really have that with any of the players in the core majority of the game, that left you closer to the chopping block as opposed to the rest. There could have been a point in time where you could have voiced a want to pledge your vote to just one person and promised to do whatever they wanted, but even then, who really knows if that person would have taken you seriously. It’s really just a tough call to make, given how heavily the game was impacted by pre-game shenanigans. If it hadn’t been because of that, you could have most definitely found ways to stay, such a s vowing your allegiance to a certain someone, promising to take out an enemy to help that person, etc. But you were in the Final 7 with people that were all aligned and had been since the very start of the merge. It really was a hopeless situation and you did the best you could.

4) Sydney also touched on this, but if I didn’t join the Power Rangers, would there have been a different outcome for me. I know people say know, but towards the end people did target Matt, and then there was some drama with Sandra, so I wasn’t sure if those instances would have changed my standing.

I don’t think so. I honestly think you would have ended up in the same spot. If you had stuck with Salchicha, you would have gone around 7th because of, again, the pre-existing relationships factor. Being on the Power Rangers was the same thing – you were in the outside majority which still meant you would go. However, when it came down to you, Chase, Semhar, and Shawna .. Chase, Semhar, and Shawna were people that had already been established opposition for some time in the game and were bigger threats both competitively and socially. They were just bigger fish to fry. Not only that, but you did keep an open line of communication with Salchicha members, which kind of extended your life in the game a bit. You managed to put yourself in a position where you were still the opponent, but could also possibly be picked up as a vote. An example would be of when Jay considered possibly using you as a vote to take me out, or Sandra possibly considered using you as a vote for whatever reason in whatever round.

5) Tell me all the times you were blindsided or surprised in this game, and tell me why you think you weren’t in the loop?

There was only one time, and I think we all know what time that was. I was left out of the loop on purpose when Sydney decided to get her minions to take Matt out of the game. She tied the vote so she could allow herself time to address why she did it. Personally, this upset me more. It just dragged out the process and allowed me to ask the question, “So are you going to tie it again or vote him out?” when I knew the answer to the question anyways. What upset me more than anything was that I had actually asked her, “is this going to be one of those times everyone votes Matt, but you don’t?” and she said no. So she lied to my face. I guess that’s the name of the game, but it still hurt. She had told me and Matt countless times it was us three in the end and Mick would quit at 4. Instead, Sydney saw Matt as the threat to win and took him out and replaced him with Tom in the end, someone who she was closer to and knew she could for sure win against, whereas I still would have wanted to goto the end with both Matt and Sydney, even if I knew it would be a harder fight. It’s more respectable that way. Instead we have Tom here saying he doesn’t want to fully answer questions.

6) For the majority rules challenge, I don’t think I fit or deserved a lot of the answers I got, so was there like a general consensus amongst you all about whose name would be for what, or is that what people actually thought?

Nothing was discussed prior to the challenge nor during it. This challenge was implemented to see who really had an idea of what was going on in the game and who didn’t. That goes without saying. Of ‘course the people in the majority are going to answer somewhat close to eachother because they all have the same mindset and had the same mindset while in the game. Everyone in the Capitol were on the same wavelength in terms of who to put for what question, whereas both you and Savage weren’t included in that alliance so you were left to guessing how you thought people would answer. I do think that the majority of the bad options were given to you and Savage only because you were both on the outside as well. As you can see by those results, the majority of the good ones were given to people in the majority, and also myself, Sydney, and Matt. I think that the majority of the questions were straight-forward while one or two became opinion-based, such as who do you think deserves to still be in the game? My answer was Shawna, but people felt otherwise.

7) Why did you pick the character you are playing as, and how was your game similar to your characters?

I picked Chelsea mainly because she was a new character in One World and one of my pre-game favorites as the season began to start. Little did I know that alot of her personality mirrors mine, and vice versa. I feel that Chelsea is loyal, she’s good at competitions, she’s a threat to win, and she can get feisty. I was all of that in this game, I feel. Sometimes when I watch the show, it’s like her reactions are exactly how I would react. I think it was a really good choice on my part to ultimately go with Chelsea in this game and portray her as opposed to the other options I had listed during my interview. Then again, when I do pick a player, it’s always my goal to best portray them the best I can, without losing the focus of my actual self. I always want to channel key factors of my character into my gameplay, but I don’t ultimately alter my personality to match them entirely. I just got lucky that Chelsea’s personality kind of ended up matching mine in this game. This will probably be the only series I ever play her in, so in a way it’s like exclusive and fun that I’m able to be her in such a prestigious game.

8) What is your favorite kind of sausage?

I also want to make just a general comment, because I know a lot has been said throughout the game about me backstabbing Salchicha... But when was Stephanie L. and Misty ever a part of that deal because I don't remember that being the case. I could have taken out Sandra but I chose not for that reason. No one even bothered to ask me why I voted Steph L. out and you all just disregarded me from that point on with giving me a chance, or trying to figure out what was actually going on.

Stephenie was in on the deal because she sided with Salchicha over the Power Rangers on her own accord, so it was as though she was helping the “cause” in a way? I don’t personally know Stephenie nor ever really spoke to her, but if someone helps your side out, that usually goes without saying that they’re an indirect ally in a way. Misty was connected to Salchicha because she was a pre-existing relationship of Sydney’s and was therefore on our side. However, I don’t think you knew about that because at that point in the game, all the previous relationships weren’t public knowledge yet. I do apologize for disregarding you if that’s how you felt over it. But in a way, it’s like if you make that jump and make that move, you kind of get grouped with those people after the fact. As a Salchicha member, you would think that being against the Power Rangers, you would be against them too. However, this just goes to show that you were your own person, Mike. You held to your own and weren’t restricted in any sense. You did what you felt was right, what you felt was good for you, and that can’t but help but be acknowledged.

[Tom Westman]

1) Rank the Jury from who you think is the weakest player to the strongest played and give reasons
This is based on what I saw throughout the game but this doesn't necessarily mean I personally view you as such.

1. Sekou - It's clear Sekou is the weakest on the jury. He just lucky he was on a winning tribe and there was much more pressing matters to deal with.
2. Andrew - I put Andrew here because socially he's weak, he even admits he's shy around people and to think I thought of myself as shy. He also was usually in the losing tribe and that just factored in more in how weak he was viewed.
3. Chase - Chase has always been vulnerable all throughout the game, his only signs of strength was winning the captain's challenge but beyond that everything fell apart.
4. Stephanie - Despite the fact that Stephanie was on a winning tribe it was because she was with a group of people who were really strong. I don't personally think she is weak though but I am sure she is downplaying it a little bit low just so no one would figure out she was a threat.
5. I put you somewhere here Mike because you were neither weak nor strong. You just seemed to be somewhere in the middle.
6. Semhar - Personally I know Semhar can bring it if she wanted to bring it but she didn't here but she was strong socially so that compensates for her weakness in challenges.
7. Shawna - I know Shawna is really strong but amongst a group of people who are already competitive and strong she looks weak among them.
8. Mick - Mick I feel because of his busy schedule he looked weak but still gave an effort to participate in the challenges.
9. Jay - Jay also seemed busy but he competed in most of the challenges and he showed that he can compete.
10. Sandra - Sandra may look weak but she proved that wrong when she won tiebreakers which are far more important really if you are going for numbers in this game in a split tribe.
11. Matt - Because he always seemed to be in the winning group plus winning the captain's challenge I would say he is the strongest in terms of challenges and socially as he has come so far within this game.

2) I know Chase kind of asked this, but do any of you think I could have done anything more to last longer in the game, aside from winning immunity?

I think when the merge hit people just started to be comforted at the fact that the lines were drawn. I am not sure if you really had a chance to break the alliance up but positioning yourself with the Power Rangers kinda made people not want to trust you and that just meant they didn't wanna work with you.

3) Sydney also touched on this, but if I didn¡¦t join the power rangers, would there have been a different outcome for me. I know people say know, but towards the end people did target Matt, and then there was some drama with Sandra, so I wasn¡¦t sure if those instances would have changed my standing.

I think it's just that people within the Salchicha and me had already agreed on a core 5 and that no one in that group felt like shaking it up in the fear of being retaliated to. But also since you were an outsider in the old Salchicha in the beginning then that just made you become further a liability to the alliance. I think maybe if you had ties with someone within the core 5 that you would had a chance but since we all know that the alliance that was formed was based on pre-existing relationships that since no one really kinda knew you no one was willing to spare you and take you further.

4) Tell me all the times you were blindsided or surprised in this game, and tell me why you think you weren¡¦t in the loop?

I think there was never a time that I felt I was blindsided, even if people were supposedly blindsiding this person or what not I always knew what was going on. I knew when Matty was leaving. I knew at the very least or wasn't surprised that you would flip because we didn't get to talk and I knew something was up just because of that. I knew that the vote during Misty left that it was either me or her. So those shocking moments and blindsides I feel like I always knew what was going on or at least I knew something like that was gonna happen.

5) For the majority rules challenge, I don¡¦t think I fit or deserved a lot of the answers I got, so was there like a general consensous amoungst you all about whose name would be for what, or is that what people actually thought?

Well I didn't join in on that challenge so I couldn't really answer this for you. I wouldn't think you deserve every negative though as it looks like now that people would rather give me those negative comments lol.

6) Why did you pick the character you are playing as, and how was your game similar to your characters?

I chose Tom because I loved Tom and he was someone I look up to in a survivor player. Did I make him proud? Perhaps challenge wise I did, perhaps loyalty wise I did. But I don't think the way I played this game and how it resulted was nowhere near what Tom would have done.

7) What is your favorite kind of sausage?

I wish I knew We don't have those kinds of sausages that you get in your place. We have hot dogs though so I guess that's the closest I can relate to. But I do have tasted Hungarian Sausage. I especially love the ones with cheese in them

Thanks for the questions Mike!

[Mike Chiesl]

Thanks everyone!

Good Luck and great games!