Peter's thread - come on in let's party

[Peter Dinklage]

Well congratz guys. Let me just say that despite what my chronic liking of Anna’s posts might lead you to believe, I’m still going to be listening to what each of you say. You all obviously deserve to be in the F3 or else you wouldn’t be here.



Enough of that, time for questions




To all three of you:



1 . Talk shit about your two opponents. Tell me why you deserve to win this game and they don’t.



2 . Explain in a full paragraph why is Amanda Kimmel a Survivor Goddess and why is she the best Survivor ever?




Individual questions:



Nicki- I’m basically under the impression right now that you rode Ang’s coattails, and then got lucky at the rocks. Tell me why I’m wrong. What moves did you make on your own to further your own game?



Anna- Nicki said that someone who needs immunity to win doesn’t deserve it. Respond to that. Also, is Nicki telling the truth (i.e., did you need immunity to win)?



Neil- I kinda wanna know about your jury management. Namely, what you hoped to gain for sending me a message on AIM about me liking all of Anna’s posts before she won that final immunity. To me, it felt like you were bragging about making it to the F3 over Anna and the rest of her alliance, and it was kind of classless. I wasn’t going to mention it, but you called out jurors for contacting you on AIM, while you were did the exact same thing to me for no reason, and I don’t think that’s a cool thing to do.



Also, I’m going to ask you the same question I asked Nicki essentially. What moves did you make to further your own game?

[AnnaSophia Robb]

1 . Talk shit about your two opponents. Tell me why you deserve to win this game and they don’t.

Oh, I hate questions like this!! ^.^ But I'll do it anyway. I'll start with Neil...

Who? I'm sorry, but there is a difference between playing an under the radar game and doing absolutely nothing. I would argue that I played an under the radar game. However, I still had power over my fate and was making moves behind the scenes. It seemed like each round, Neil was just being TOLD how to vote. In this game, it was crucial to stay under the radar. This was noticeable as soon as the merge hit because power player after power player was taken out back to back to back. But that doesn't mean you should just sit back and let someone tell you how to vote. I think it's okay for the first part of the game while you are building relationships, but the merge is a crucial time to step up and make some moves and make your way to the end. The fact of the matter is, Neil is here because no one ever worried about him. He didn't do anything special in this game and people saw him as an easy goat to take to the final 3.

And now Nicki...


As you can see, she relied heavily on past relationships during this game. Isn't this Survivor? Isn't this about strangers coming together for a social experiment? I didn't know anyone coming into this. I had no previous relationships, and i was starting from scratch. To me, that's the real way to play Survivor. And even though it is kind of hard to avoid previous relationships in ORGs, she still didn't seem to step up and make any of her own moves in this game. Let's be real here. Angelina was the ringleader. Enough said. The other girls didn't really have any power or say. Sure, Angelina got voted out, but it isn't like Nicki had to do anything special to get to the end without here here. Angelina already paved that path for her. I had to pave my own path because those girls weren't taking me to the end. All three of us played an under the radar game, but I actually made moves ON MY OWN. I initiated the vote that saved Jeremy, and I idoled out Angelina. That was me 100% making those power plays. I don't believe Nicki or Neil can say that they made any huge moves on their own.



2 . Explain in a full paragraph why is Amanda Kimmel a Survivor Goddess and why is she the best Survivor ever?

Okay, well I said that I would answer these questions honestly, and I'm going to answer this honestly even if you are some crazed Amanda fan and this ruins my chances at getting your vote. Amanda Kimmel is extremely overrated. She sucked at Final Tribal Council, and I don't think she was anything special strategically either. I was sick of her doe eyes and pageant tears at Tribal Council, and I really don't want to see her return for any future seasons. Sorry, but I'm team Parvati.



Individual questions:




Anna- Nicki said that someone who needs immunity to win doesn’t deserve it. Respond to that. Also, is Nicki telling the truth (i.e., did you need immunity to win)?

Immunity is part of this game, and it is something everyone needs to account for while playing. It isn't like I went on an immunity run for most of the merge and just didn't talk to anyone or do anything. The rocks put me in a bad position. I'd argue that in the final 5, I didn't need immunity. I mostly just needed Jeremy to not win immunity. He was a bigger target than me, and I think he would've been voted out over me as long as he wasn't wearing the necklace. Yeah, winning the final immunity challenge was crucial for me. Jurors were liking my posts and I was seen as huge threat coming into this final tribal council. There's no way those other three would've taken me to the end. So, the "inactive girl" won a challenge that involved paying attention to the game. Imagine that, huh? So, yeah, I needed that final immunity challenge. I can't deny that. But that's part of the game!! How many people on the show have you seen fall short at the final immunity challenge and get voted out when they would have won the game? I don't think it is wrong that I won two immunity challenges in a row. It isn't like I wasn't playing the game and was ONLY relying on immunity. I was stuck in a bad spot and I did what I had to do. I still made it to the final 5 without the immunity necklace around my neck. That's still an accomplishment, and I worked to get to that point.

[Neil Patrick Harris]

Hey Peter - thanks for the tough ones right out of the gate it seems we will be sitting on YOUR Game of Thrones. Huh huh, see what I did there?

I look forward to answering your questions...
1 . Talk shit about your two opponents. Tell me why you deserve to win this game and they don’t.
<shittalk>Nicki got a little lippy folks when she wasn't getting her way and then let them know that. If Nicki wanted you out she would get up in dat face and tell you. I also was a little disappointed in Nicki here are the end of the game and she said she was 100% voting for Rihanna to leave and not going to cause a tie. Obviously she lied. As much as you might have hated my game - I never straight up lied to an ally. I just don't think you have to be shady to be made-y. </shady>I deserve to win over Nicki because I have been nicer to folks, I never really had to hide behind anyone, i made my own deals with people whenever I wanted - and best part none of you ever really hated me from what I could tell.


2 . Explain in a full paragraph why is Amanda Kimmel a Survivor Goddess and why is she the best Survivor ever?
Amanda is certainly Survivor royalty in my book. First off she knows how to successully play Survivor. True she has never won, but she has spent more time on a Survivor island than anyone outside of Probst. You don't get that far every time by being a terrible player. She used her assets and her smart gameplay to get her that far every time. She fell prey to a bitter jury twice that robbed her (at least once) of the title. She was able to adapt her style of play every time to fit the situation - she wasn't just the flirty girl every time (ahem Parvati). Plus this:


Neil- I kinda wanna know about your jury management. Namely, what you hoped to gain for sending me a message on AIM about me liking all of Anna’s posts before she won that final immunity. To me, it felt like you were bragging about making it to the F3 over Anna and the rest of her alliance, and it was kind of classless. I wasn’t going to mention it, but you called out jurors for contacting you on AIM, while you were did the exact same thing to me for no reason, and I don’t think that’s a cool thing to do.

Awesome question. First off, I was in not in anyway bragging about a F3 thing and I am sorry if it came off that way. The message I sent you was before a F3 was even determined, in fact, I think it was still F5 and all I meant it to be was a smartass comment. I thought you would appreciate the nod as you have been a pretty fun smart aleck most of the season. As far as calling out Zac - what I said to you was an off-handed comment about liking Anna's posts not anything crucial about the game. I think there's a bit of a difference in me making a comment about liking posts and a juror essentially telling me I am not going to win and what every juror thinks about me and asking me how I would vote if I made jury, and telling me why Anna deserves it, etc. I just think there is a fine line and it was crossed. And if that makes my jury management poor I guess I'll just have to take that lump - but I honestly see the two things as pretty different.



Also, I’m going to ask you the same question I asked Nicki essentially. What moves did you make to further your own game?

Honestly I am not going to sit here and invent things and take credit for things that I did not do, because you all are smarter than that and I don't want to lay claim to other people's games. What I honestly did that I felt got me here was play more laid back than my normal game strategy. I left myself open to people and people came to me to work out plans. I never scrambled, I didn't make 1,000 alliances, I didn't stab anyone in the back and in all but the Colin vote I knew exactly what was happening. I know that doesn't sound very sexy and I am sure my co-finalists are going to stake claims to these game-changing moves they made, which is fine. But I think there is something to be said about being a chameleon and letting the game come to you rather than running around and dealing the whole time. Another thing I actively did was throw challenges off of myself almost the whole game. Threats get voted out. Threats don't win. I purposely tried this game to throw suspicion off me as a threat. Now you might not believe that - and I can't make you. But I played this game as alias, my more well known screen name is sort of known in the ORG community as a real threat player - which is why I played alias. I think you can see in this final challenge, if I want to win, I can. So like I said, you might not love that strategy but it was a viable strategy and it is one that got me here.

Thanks for the great questions!

[Peter Dinklage]

Great answers from both of you.

And Neil sorry for bitching out at you, you responded great to my little AIM accusation.

JUST WAITING ON NICKI #Nickiisstalling #impatient

[Nicki Minaj]

~*Nicki Minaj’s Response To Peter's Comments/Questions*~



1 . Talk shit about your two opponents. Tell me why you deserve to win this game and they don’t.
I think Neil didn't have to do much to get here. He didn't care about the game until he was approached and needed. That was after Lea quit. When Lea quit the game, it was one less number for Angelina, myself, and Rihanna to likely have down the road. Then Angelina was blindsided which added to that/Glori quitting at that same point. This led to him being what RIhanna/Myself needed to end up tying, whereas before that we were first trying to get him to vote with us for certain and as a solid number once Lea was out. I don't think that is a winner, someone that was needed down the line but didn't stand on their own two feet as anything important before that.
Anna was so nice to talk with at the start of this game, and I really liked her in our original Venus tribe. I thought the girls' alliance that we had would ideally be strong and something we could really work with in the future. After the swap, I never saw her on AIM again. I contacted her on PM a few times but nothing major. My major communication during this game was AIM so it was odd to have her not on that at all. When we hit the merge, I thought she was going to be with us on the votes but she suddenly swapped on us and it was the most random thing ever!

It shocked me when Angelina went home, but I understood it as how big of a threat Angelina would have been for her in terms of the end game. She relied on Zac and Jeremy who already kind of were deemed as needing to go. Jeremy was going to be the ultimate underdog in the end, and I think could have won this hands down even easier then Angelina. Zac had to do some kind of a move against Angelina, but ultimately the logic in Anna swapping doesn't make sense to me. I think if she stayed with us and made a move against Angelina with Glori/RIhanna or Neil/Glori, or even approached Zac after Jeremy was gone with Glori or Neil..it would have been more productive and prevented herself from going into a minority and needing to win the challenges at the end to advance herself.

I played this game hard from moment go. I made that tight group of four with the girls early on, and tried to stay friendly with everyone. When we hit the merge, I was targeted right away. Not sure if that was due to Zac himself but I knew I couldn't trust him after that point. I also knew I had to rely on the girls I formed bonds with: Rihanna/Angelina and after Colin left..work on Glori as a friend who may still want to work with me, and she did have the same goal to take out you/Jeremy/Donald and it worked out very very well. I played from the start, not the middle. I played strong and social. I cared so much about this game. I think I deserve to win over these other two.

2 . Explain in a full paragraph why is Amanda Kimmel a Survivor Goddess and why is she the best Survivor ever?

Amanda Kimmel is a survivor goddess because she was amazing in the challenges and the social game. The way she played with Todd in China, and Courtney was flawless. They owned that merge and the entire season. In addition to being new players, they came from across the country but bonded so tightly and made sure every move they did was to benefit each other and advance themselves. When she came back for Fans VS Favs she again did amazing. She had a strong bond with parvati which was amazing to watch, and showed her strength in the social game and in the challenges. I think if you can be so strong in both parts of survivor; physical and mental you are an amazing player and one of the best to ever play the game.




Nicki- I’m basically under the impression right now that you rode Ang’s coattails, and then got lucky at the rocks. Tell me why I’m wrong. What moves did you make on your own to further your own game?

I think I went over this in a bunch of the other threads. In addition, I think when we merged Angelina and myself went through a lot of the same things on the previous tribes and had the same goals entering the merge. When we got hit by people trying to target me, I had no room to distrust her or Rihanna. I knew they had my back, and I had theres'. When Colin left, I tried to work socially to gain Glori's trust again, and talk with Zac who wanted me out hardcore. They both ended up trusting me enough to work with us and vote out Yourself and Donald. When Lea quit, Angelina got blindsided by Zac/Anna and Anna/Jeremy used their idols, and then Glori quit the game took a huge turn! We needed Neil, who was just an extra vote the round before..and it became a huge game changer for all of us.
I really think I had to play with my own relationships, and I think that showed by me still getting here even after Angelina left the game. I had Rihanna tight with me as well, I was able to avoid getting voted on at the Final 4 to make sure I was sitting here tonight. I didn't have to go into that tie breaker challenge. I didn't need to win any challenges to advance myself through the end game. We all had to rely on the rocks at the final 6. Every one of us wanted it to go our way because it was split 3/3 after the two quits and blindside of Angelina.
I still made it here. I didn't need Angelina to get here, and for these reasons I think it showed I didn't just ride her coattails.



XOXOXOXO Nicki Minaj