Chad wrote:
Also Tom... I'm sorry if I've been reminiscing with the girls here and ignoring you. But I was 100% with you to the end. It sucks. I think we were going to do it and I'm so pissed that BJ was able to randomly guess Costa Rican words to get me out of the game. So pissed. My final words were just about how HIIs have ruined the TV show of Survivor and in a game like this they kill it. I'm bummed. And I was trying to plead your case to the others, but they are SUPER bitter.
I almost missed this in all of the other posts, but this means a lot so thanks Chad
By the time Final 8 or so happened I was completely dedicated to our deal and I was pretty sure you were too (admittedly, I still wasn't 100% sold on Kim, but I think she would have stayed true had the idol not fucked things up.) I do feel like even though I didn't technically get idoled out, the idol still killed my game since once the game started getting crazy post merge there were two times that I felt I finally had a clear path to the Final 3, and both times the person I considered my closest ally at that point got idoled out, forcing a tie the next night
Also, I said that you leaving the way that you did was wrong and that I actually wished that Ami and Lisa had voted for you instead just so then we could blame it on not securing their votes instead of on a friggin twist. Personally, I maintain that idols are entertaining in a season that could otherwise have a Pagonging (like Micro, I'll call that a male Pagonging), but I do contest that they RUIN crazy seasons where the dynamics are constantly shifting like this one. Can you imagine if Pearl Islands or Amazon had had idols in them?
And thank you for the pleading, I actually began to think at Final 4 that my best shot would be to somehow get Lisa out since I figured Kim and Bobby Jon could split votes, whereas if one of them were at the end they would pretty much lock all Old Chorotega votes. But then it became obvious that Kim and Bobby Jon's Final 4 votes were locked for me,so I didn't really have a choice at that point.