Stranded in Indonesia

You were a feisty player here, and at one point I thought you had a great shot to win. That was a really close vote, sorry it didn't work out for you.

Please let us know what you thought about Stranded, if you would play again, who you hated / loved and what you would do differently.

Thanks!

As much as I bitched and whined and cussed out everyone here, I really did enjoy my experience. It was really fun testing my abilities in the game, and I wasn't too shabby once I actually got the hang of it. I had a really shit start at the beginning and really had no proper alliances all game, so I'm surprised I even made the jury at all. I should've been gone a long time ago and I don't really think I ever had a snowball's chance in hell of winning. But I made the best of a bad situation and never gave up. It almost worked too! So, I think I really did grow as a player and learned a lot from this experience. I would've liked to win, or at least make the final 3 but... eh, jury's a good goal too. I honestly can't complain. I mean, hey, if you're gonna go out, might as well be in a 5-4 blindside. It was actually pretty epic and a huge roller coaster of emotions for me. Only thing better would've been an idol play.

I don't know how many of these people I'd actually want to associate myself with outside of the game, but most of them were really fun to talk to in-game. At times, it was definitely weird talking to people that were basically half my age. But yeah, I think it was overall pretty fun to get to know people.

I respect Val as a player and a person completely. Like I said in my vote, I have nothing bad to say about her at all. I think she's done extremely well in this game and has the social game down pat. She's the real mastermind behind Yali and knows how to make everyone feel comfortable when they're all paranoid and freaking the fuck out (Dale). I would love to see her win because she'd deserve it for wading through this whole mess of a tribe.

I've said all I can say about Jaclyn. I think she's shown her true colors and she's just a really nasty person whenever she bothers to grace us with her appearance.

Drew is one of the other people I'd love to see win this game. For all his scheming and plotting, he seems like a really genuine guy that just has a bit of a paranoia problem.

So is another one of my favorite people because she never takes shit from anyone, even if it puts a target on her back <333

Honestly, one of my biggest regrets in the game was that I didn't keep in touch with everyone as regularly as I would've liked. I think if I had kept in touch with Nadiya and Joaquin one-on-one more frequently, I might've had a shot at making it past this vote. There are a few awesome people that left pre-merge that I would've liked to get to know better too, like Keith, Max and Sierra... and maybe I'll throw in Rocker as well.

That was definitely the big shock of the game in the game for me. Everything just happened so quickly and everyone got to know each other so well while I was still stuck at the first "Hello". I didn't realize how fast-paced this game would end up being. Part of it as well, was that I was always unsure of what I should tell people or how much I should really tell people (because... you know, faceless internet people). And so I think I definitely ended up coming off as more wooden and flippant to other people than I would've liked. All of the other online competitions I've done never focused so heavily on the social aspect of the game.

Other than that, I really don't have any regrets about how I played. I think I played as well as I could've with the cards I was dealt with. I certainly don't regret pissing Dale off at all, even if that really was the deciding vote between me going or Val going. He's a paranoid, whiny hypocrite and I'm glad I don't have to stick around and baby him any longer. That's Val's full-time job now. All I can say is: good fucking luck, Val. You'll need it with Dale. That's all I have to say about him. I certainly don't regret talking shit about him. I speak my mind and if you can't take it, too bad for you.

It was a fun experience, but I'm not sure if my blood pressure levels could take another whole season of this. I'd definitely consider it if I were asked back, though. The thrill of the competition is always enticing to me.

Also, as much as I sassed you guys, I truly do appreciate everything all the mods and Jeff have done to make this game run smoothly. Thank you guys so much <3 Can't wait to see how this season turns out.

for the record, you were my favorite confessional person. Enjoy the jury!

I'm gonna make all those paranoid bitches still in the game so jealous when I come to tribal all happy for once

Don't know where to put it so I'm just putting my speech here for review. I might tweak it between now and final tribal, but this is pretty much it:

I have no questions for you three tonight, just some observations I made from the jury about each of your games.

I'll start off with you, "Mama Val". You used your "Mama" status with great success in this game. You completely fooled everyone with the "Oh I'm just the harmless old fogey that's here to make snide comments" act and allowed people to underestimate how strategic and ruthless you really were time and time again. Even at the Dan vote-off, while everyone was panicking, it was incredible how you managed to stay cool under pressure and didn't panic when you were the other target. It's like I told you when I voted for you: I honestly have nothing bad to say about you. You played an amazing game and your alliance was foolish to let you get this far. And honestly, I would be saying that even if you were next to Nadiya. She may have been the one coordinating the big plays and leading the votes, but you were the glue that held Yali together.

You made sure every single person in your alliance, and even those in the minority, felt comfortable and felt like they were safe. You even reached out to me and made me feel secure in an alliance that clearly didn't want me from the beginning. You were one of the few people to really reach out to everyone and make sure everyone was cool with whatever plan you guys came up with and you made sure everyone in your alliance felt comfortable. While the rest of your alliance panicked and scrambled and generally ran around like chickens with their heads cut off, you were the only one who seemed to keep it together and didn't give into paranoia the entire time. In my opinion, without you and your amazing social game, nobody in your alliance would have made it as far as they did. Congratulations Val, on a game well-played. You truly deserve to be in the final 3.



Moving on... Jaclyn. This entire game, I was only able to observe your game from an outside perspective. I was never once on a tribe with you and when we finally merged, I'm not even sure you were aware that I was in the same alliance as you for a bit. So I really only have my preconceptions to fall back on. From what I observed, you were a follower and a coattail rider the entire game, point blank. Drew would always tell me "Oh we need Jaclyn's approval to do anything", but I'm not so sure I really believe that. You were never on and seemed to barely have any sort of input in the strategy of the game. It seemed as though you pretty much did whatever your alliance wanted and they just used you as an excuse to change the vote to one of their own preferred targets. You were absolutely worthless in most, if not all, challenges. And, in the pre-merge, you didn't seem to even attempt to, at the very least, rally your team and be a glorified cheerleader. One would think, as the leader of Yali, you would do more to prove that title and actually lead your tribe. But that's neither here nor there.

Despite all of that, I persevered and looked to your social game to find something, anything, to root for. But that was the worst part of your entire game. The only time you and I even had a conversation was literally about two minutes before I was booted. The final nail in the coffin for me was how you treated the minority votes, more specifically So. You really showed your true colors the night Kelly went home and you pretty much lost my vote right then and there. Per your own words you " [saw] right through [her] transparent, high school bullshit." But from where I'm sitting, you're the only one still being a catty, stuck-up, high school bitch. The moment someone even dared to cross you, instead of holding an intelligent conversation or even turning it back around on So and maybe even making her look foolish by calmly explaining your side of the story, you just devolved into a very ugly, monstrous being. You immediately started in on her with personal attacks, using obscene language and racial slurs to get your point across. Where I come from, that's about as immature as you can get. I hope one day you mature and learn to use your "grown-up words".



Last and most certainly least, Dale. Throughout this entire game, you were the equivalent of an angsty teenager. "Wah, I'm the goat. Wah, I have no allies. Wah, I'm the only trustworthy person in this game. WAH, SOMEONE PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO ME." I'm starting to think the only reason your girlfriend chose a school miles away from you is because she got sick and tired of your toxic personality and constant need for validation. You were just a broken record player that just leeched off a sympathetic individual until they were drained of all their emotions. Once you were done sapping all of their pity like a soul-sucking demon, you proceeded to berate, insult and viciously lie to them, and then moved onto the next host to shower you with words of encouragement and give you the attention you so desperately crave. My last two days in this game, I actually dreaded logging into the site because I knew I would have yet another PM from you just continuing to berate me and attempting to psychologically brutalize me.

Your game has been all about being the faithful, little goat who stayed loyal to his Yali alliance from start to finish. And I'm sure there's some "master plan" behind all that bluster but frankly, I don't feel like hearing it. You're just a pathetic little person who hid in his fantasy world all game and pretended you were the most noble person in this game when you're really just worthless. There's honestly no other word to describe your game other than worthless. Having said all that... At the end of the day, I truly do pity you, Dale, if that's how you act in your real life and I really have nothing else to say to you if that truly is the case.

Jaclyn and Val, I pity the both of you for having to spend every single part of your experience with this attention-mongering cretin. Kudos to the both of you. You certainly have more patience than I do. Dale, if this is the real you and not just some elaborate attempt to troll everyone, I hope your girlfriend finds happiness with someone who is much less needy.


To the hosts: Too much? Does it need to be wrangled in? I figure since I'm on the jury, I might as well take it seriously and properly evaluate their level of suckitude.