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[survivoropenocean]

Series Recap

Niue

Tribes: Iloa, Miti, Newniue

Host: Monty

Finale: Dan (5-2 over Samantha B.)

PotS: Samantha B.

Coming back to solo host one more time before the first All Stars season, Monty created the second season of the series to feature all new faces, and the smallest cast to date, only 16 players. The premerge consisted of a mix of tribals, with both large blindsides and alliance flipping, but also unanimous votes. At the merge, the game took a two round lull as the remaining players set themselves up to reach the end. At the Final Eight, a four person majority alliance took power and reached all reached the end, save Amanda who was idoled out. After winning Final Immunity, Samantha had to pick between her remaining allies, and ultimately choose friendship. At the Final Tribal Council, long-time threat Dan took the crown in a 5-2 vote.

[survivorniue]

Ep. 12: “The Odd Man Out” - Nicky (Finale)

NICKY

Being the odd man out?  Iconic.  Looks like I really need immunity now.  Time to get good at puzzles!

NICKY

Well, I've come to the end of my journey, and it's unfortunate that my time here is done, but I put in as much work as I possibly could've and I can truly say that I'm proud of myself.  I never expected to still be here, getting 4th.  I'm so proud of myself, and I'm even more proud of this final 3.  They're all beautiful people.  Voting for Pat will be a little rough if he makes it, but right now, nothing's out of the question.

NICKY

Also, shoutout to no one knowing who the fuck I was when I started and making it this far anyway.  Whew.

VAN

My Ponderosa interview because I need to rant somewhere about this season one last time. Actually, not really. I'm not going to rant too much. So when I got voted out I was nice on the way out, and when I got to the jury, the bitterness set in. But now it's starting to go away a bit. I had a whole bitter draft for the current F3 ready to go for the final tribal, but I doubt I'm going to use it all anymore. Ok, I might throw a bit of harmless shade at Patrick but that's it. I had the picture already poorly made on MS Paint so it'd be a waste to not use it. But yes, being on a jury for the first time in a long time has been a different experience and I learned from this experience that more emotional and petty than I thought I was, and I need to work on toning that down. ORG's teaching me life lessons man. After chatting with the jury a little bit tonight I basically figured out that I'm the one who ruined Pacific Islands: Niue, and it all started when I flipped to vote out Kait. I don't regret it, but it's probably the number one reason why my game became messy. So, I guess what I wanted to say is that I'm sorry to everyone who was on old Miti, especially Kait and Forrest. I ruined things and I was a mess, and the two of you deserved better. Kevin mentioned I had a redemption arc but I really don't think so. I was just a screaming mess all the way to F5. I learned quite a bit from Pacific Islands though, and I'm still glad I played! I was kinda doubtful during the game, but looking back, I did have fun. So much fun that even though I said I wasn't going to play another ORG, I still ended up applying for the next season. Which means that I'm still a mess, but it's a process. With that, I can't wait to see how this game ends! <3 (and if I get cast for All-Stars then I promise to do my best not to ruin a season again)

NICKY IS VOTED OUT

SAMANTHA

I know dan is going to win. He's up to 2,000. I'm only at 900. I want to win so bad :( I would take dan anyways, but I don't want to give him the opportunity to take pat over me. And I know pat won't take me :/

SAMANTHA

OH MY GOD! I DID THAT! I'm soooo happy omg. I'm going to FTC! And I'm guaranteed second place, that is so crazy. 

DAN

Sam winning final immunity? Legend. Her being weird with me since winning? Tragic. I do think she’ll take me to the final 2, but I do think that she’s seeing that I’m a big threat. I’ve been trying to convince everyone I’m not here to win and just to play with new friends, but honestly I want to fucking win.

SAMANTHA

I hate when people are bitter. Like knowing that you're gonna bitch about me not taking you and just vote based off of that, that makes me happy I didn't take you. And I would be happy losing to dan, rather than losing a friend by taking someone who doesn't value my friendship in the first place. 

[survivorpacificislandallstars]

IMMUNITY #13

Welcome to your next immunity challenge.

There will be three parts, each completed by ONE person, meaning three people will be sitting out.

The first part of this challenge is pure logic.

The second part is a combination of logic and speed.

The third part is pure speed.

Each part will be head to head with the other tribe. The winner will score a point, the tribe with 2 or 3 points will win immunity.

COMPETITORS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DISCUSS THEIR CHALLENGE, ONLY IF THEY HAVE OR HAVE NOT COMPLETED IT. You may claim a challenge without asking your tribe, but claim at your own risk, you cannot unclaim a challenge.

In addition, the tribe must unanimously agree on one of the three competitors to go to Exile Island. If they are unable to do so, the forfeit the immunity challenge, and nobody will go to Exile Island.

IN ADDITION! This is an instant tribal round. The person on Exile Island will be immune at tribal council.

These challenges must be completed by DECEMBER 30, 8PM EST/5PM PST. Tribal council will be at 11pm est/8pm pst, three hours later.

If you have a questions, please message your All Star chat asap.

[bigbrotherruinedmylife]

Answer for Forrest

The jay vote, I definitely planted the seed to get him targeted. I was very busy that day, I remember trying to text in class to get my information spread, but knowing that it happened because I wanted it was very rewarding for me. Also, coming up with the idea to blindside Ned (which might have cost me the game anyways rip) was a way that I was being very behind the scenes socially.

[dan-games]

Answer for Forrest

Hey Forrest! I too am very upset that we did not talk that much. You were definitely someone I wanted to talk to since we’ve never played a game together before, but alas. 

Honestly working with Sam had more positives than negatives. We communicated very well about votes, about personal life things, and about general game things. We were always on the same page, which I feel like put me at a leg up because I knew we would always have two votes going towards someone. Being able to trust someone 100% in this game is so rare and I feel like I could do that with Sam. I think that even through the difficult times of not being on a tribe with Sam, I was still able to stay social and think strategically so don’t think that I merely needed Sam to do those things. I think that one of the biggest negatives to working with Sam was never being able to write her name down. I think that I would have never been able to write down her name throughout the game. Even if the majority was voting for Sam, I wouldn’t have been able to do it. This was always a constant worry for me and in those moments I knew I was playing this game for more than just myself. It was always, okay make sure Dan is safe, okay now make sure Sam is safe. I know this game should be selfish sometimes, but I could never do that to Sam haha. 

Had you won immunity the week you went, I would have foreseen most likely Van or Nicky being the vote. I think at that point, it would have been mainly Van because they had just flipped on original Miti and they had not talked to me that much. I honestly don’t really know a better answer to this question so I am really sorry. You’re literally the only name I heard that week, so that’s what happened. 

[iswearthisisahumorblog]

Sam: We didn't talk very much but when we did you seemed pretty nice. That being said since I don't really know you or Dan that well my vote is up in the air so it really depends on the answer to your questions! Can you give me a good example of when you manipulated the vote to go how you wanted behind the scenes? you mentioned how you liked to play subtly in your speech but most of the jury thinks Dan made all the moves. Prove them wrong if you can. Dan: Sorry I never talked to you! It was a busy week for me which is why I was inactive so it was totally my fault. I have two questions for you. You and Sam were super close apparently, so I want to know some specifics. How did working so closely with Sam help your game, and in what ways did it hurt it? Both: Hypothetical- If I had won immunity at the merge vote, who would you have targeted instead and why?

[triangleleaves]

Ned’s Jury Speech

Hey! Congratulations to making it to the Final 2. I was hoping someone from Miti would make it to the end to making voting on my part easier, but unfortunately, I have to choose between the two people I wanted to win least. I’m pretty sure one of you sealed your fate on November 12th, but I’m willing to listen to your responses because my vote is not set in stone.

SAM

“Loyalty has been a huge part of my game-”

“-and I don’t want to become something I’m not in order to win it.”

Too late. I wrote a very long jury speech the night you voted me out, but I’ll save all these people the trouble and send it directly to you once this game ends. My question for you is: how can you say you played a game based on social connections and loyalty and expect to get votes when all the people who trusted you are sitting in the jury because of your backstabbing schemes?

DAN

I thought I was with you, too, but I guess it didn’t hurt as much coming from you because I was never as close to you as I thought I was with Sam. I’m just really questioning the logic behind voting me out when you did- I was not a threat. I was loyal to Iloa. I saved you from being first boot. Why would you blindside me when I would have thrown away my own game to save our “alliance?” That doesn’t sound like gameplay, it just sounds like stupidity.

I look forward to your answers, because I haven’t decided whom I’m voting for. Good luck!

[moonlightmansion]

Kevin's Jury Speech

Hi guys! I just wanna tell y'all good luck and despite certain messy confrontations (shoutout to Dan) I don't have any bitter feelings for either of you two. In my opinion this is a strong final 2 and both of you are deserving of the win, so good luck (mostly to Samantha but still)! Dan, I think we kinda ended on a bad note because we kinda had a messy kinda ugly confrontation, but despite that I do respect you as a player. You were a huge threat in my eyes and others' eyes, yet you're still here. Samantha, you are an angel sent from Heaven. Every day I thank God and every other deity for your existence because you are amazing incredible and beautiful and I'm so thankful to have met you. First, I have a few boring strategic questions for the two of you that no one really cares about. 1. Both of you: Hypothetically, if I didn't go after Dan, who would have gone home at final 7? 2. Samantha: Why did you bring up Dan as a threat to me if you weren't intending on voting him out that round, or ever? 3. Dan: If you had won final immunity, would you have taken Samantha to the end? Why or why not? I think I'm already set on who to vote for, but I've got more one question for you two, and it's the most important one: What do you like about me? Be as detailed as you want. In fact, I encourage you to include as much as possible, because the more the merrier. The goal is to stroke my ego and improve my self-esteem and overall make me the center of attention. If I sense that it's half-assed that might change my vote so, um, don't that. How well you did in the game strategically is a factor in my vote, but the overruling factor is your likeability, your social game, and how well I bonded with you and how well you bonded me in the game, so this answer should reflect that. Good luck to both of you

[millicentbright]

Van’s Jury Speech

Hi guys! Before I get this show on the road, I wanna thank Monty for putting up with all of us and being a great host. It’s been a fun game for the most part, and it’s been a pleasure to meet everyone in this game. (And shout-outs to Ricky and Billy who’ve been our observers and were both highly amusing in the tribe chats)

Now, I've gone back and forth between bitter and non-bitter the past few days. So this is the happy medium I found so bear with me y'all because this is still probably messy (remember I love you both as people but mannnnn)

I guess I'll start with Sam.

To answer your question from your ROP to me, I found the idol at F6, on the day you tried to vote me out the first time, by using the clue I got from everyone but Nicky wanting to annihilate me in that F6 immunity challenge, at the Stream. :)

As for talking about your game...ummmm. Remember, I love you as a person Sam, but game you? Uhhhh. You claimed to play a game based on loyalty.. But how can you say you played a game of loyalty when you still had to back-stab some of your allies (one of them once being me)? There’s consequences to having your hand in all the cookie jars and having all these connections with people. There’s consequences to bringing your right hand man to F2, who has played a more upfront game than you have. Will you be able to get over all of those factors and still win? We’ll see.

Dan, you said in your ROP to me that we had an interesting relationship in this game, where we didn’t really connect beyond a friendly “hello” and “what’s happening for this vote”, and yeah, that's true. I knew how much of a threat you were in the game, and I didn't really want to try and build a stronger connection with you because I knew that I had to try and vote you out down the road. So, I'm sorry for that. That was a mistake on my part. Despite everything, I think you're a pretty decent guy, and I hope if we ever play in a ORG together again, we can work on having a better game relationship and even a real friendship. With that said, I always thought you were a shady dude for the entire time we spent in the game together. Despite that, you controlled this game. Despite openly being called a threat on SEVERAL occasions, including in the always revealing Touchy Subjects, you still made it to F2. So honestly, congrats for that. I honestly thought you were toast at F3, but you still made it here.

You talked about in your video and extra footnote about your social game, and while at first glance I thought “dude really”, I feel you made a fair point about that. You communicated with me about the game even though we weren’t exactly playing for the same team, and you were usually one of the first people I’d approach before a vote because I knew you’d at least get back to me with at least a tidbit of info. I really appreciated that. The difference between you and Sam’s social game to me was that at least with you, I never expected us to really be on the same side. Sam, I had different expectations for because of swapped Iloa shenanigans. You had a different kind of social game, but I think yours was better. It literally brought you to F2, and I think that deserves some massive credit. 

I don't really have any questions, just statements for our wonderful F2. I got enough information from just the opening statements, and I’ve already decided on who I’ll be voting for. So I guess this speech ended up being a bit of a rant anyway, lmao. Regardless of the outcome of this final tribal, I think both of you are worthy winners and it's been a pleasure playing with both of you!  

[espressonicky-blog]

[survivorniue]

Ep. 11: “Safe No Matter What” - Samantha

VAN

NICKY

I WON IMMUNITY?  FUCK YAASS.  I'm so fucking happy.  Ughhh... *heart eyes* Final 4, here I come!

VAN

So, my attempt at the immunity challenge was absolutely pathetic but I honestly would not have gotten pretty much of ANY of those songs. I tried listening to it once and I just wasn't getting it all plus yesterday/today was kind of a busy day RIP. But thankfully Nicky pulled it through, and shared the idol clue with me! I had zero luck finding the Treemail idol which either means that I'm just stupid or someone else has found it. Or both. Both is also very likely. I wonder if the Stream idol was replanted too????? Nicky and I are planning on voting for Dan which is a-ok with me! Dan's a nice guy but he can possibly win challenges, and it's who Nicky's more partial towards, so there's no reason to just go against that at all. And Nicky shared the reward clue with Patrick to help solidify him which would be awesome too, because I'm basically screwed otherwise lmao. So, my plan for now is to continue to trust Nicky and tell them where I looked for the treemail idol and show them where I found the stream idol. I don't really got much else of a choice if we want to find the idol. Having an idol on our side would be great. And if this all backfires on me then I deserve to go home tbh. I'm gonna do my best to survive in these next few hours, but if I don't, then honestly this is such a great F4. I can make a fair case for each person left in this game to win. Sure, Sam backstabbed me and Ned but she's still likable and played a good game. Dan is honestly hilarious to watch as a player and he does seem to be Sam's puppet but he's also mega likable and he's given me some information here and there. Nicky and Patrick are both cinnamon rolls and they got that UTR game that I wish I could have. Anyway I wanna type more but my dog is currently nudging my hand off my laptop so I guess I gotta take care of him right now. If anything massive happens in the next 5 hours i'll be back ok doggie time

SAMANTHA

Okay so I'm kind of nervous because a lot of these people aren't talking to me, but I also don't care because I have an idol so I'm safe no matter what. I really don't know how I del about the vote tonight. A part of never loves dan and wants to go final 2 with him, but another part of me feels like he will win and I've gotten 2nd place enough times now to not want to go through that again hahaha. I don't want to flip on dan, I will never want to. But if somehow van has an idol, and dan leaves tonight, it might be better for my game. However I also feel screwed because I have little to no relationship with nicky, pat and van. 

[survivorpacificislandallstars]

TRIBAL COUNCIL 19 REVOTE

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I'm voting Dan

18th person voted out and the 2nd member of our jury

Dan - I'm sorry, I wanted to keep you, but sometimes great blindsided get foiled

dan - I’m sorry

Dan, the tribe has spoken, it’s time for you to go.

[bigbrotherruinedmylife]

Answer for Ned

Honestly, I feel very guilty for what happened with your vote. I don't want to rehash it when the game is over. I don't want you to send me a long message telling me how wrong I was. I know it was mean, and I'm sorry. I do however think that I played a game worthy of a win. My social connections were what allowed me to play the middle and stay in the game for so long. While dan was being targeted for being such a threat, I wasn't being targeted, and I had people talking to me and telling me information. A big part of the reason dan is here is because of me. I protected him a lot of the game and I brought him here to FTC. I'm not saying I carried him, because he definitely played an impressive game as well. And honestly, I wasn't the only one who backstabbed people, and the reason they're in the jury is not 100% my fault. It's a game of survivor. I have to survive, and working with every single person does not allow you to do that. My game was based off social connections, and my final 3 tribal vote was based off of loyalty to dan. He was my rock, my ride or die, since the beginning of the game. So I was loyal to him. I'm not claiming loyalty to every person. There is no way to be loyal to everyone. I expect to get votes because I think my game was great and if bitterness gets in the way of that, that's going to suck.

[dan-games]

Answer for Ned

Hey Ned! So you have every right to be bitter, but I’m gonna need you to chill with the Sam hate. Thanks. Moving on, I also am going to need you to remember that this was a G A M E. I’m not trying to patronize you, but honestly I don’t love being called stupid indirectly by you. So I just want to clear that up RIGHT THERE. 

Onto your question, I came for you because there were moments in your game that made me question your loyalty to the main group of me, you, Sam, and Pat. You were neurotically worrying about the fact that people put you things for touchy subjects and that Pat didn’t take you on reward even though I literally gave you the clue for the idol that we got. Additionally, you were very concerned that Pat might flip on us when I knew damn well he wasn’t going to until much later on. You were drawing a lot of attention to yourself and honestly thats the point where I think Sam and I both thought, this alliance is becoming a toxic environment. It would have taken one whispering of you worrying that Pat would flip to actually make him do it and sink our ship. 

Additionally, please do not take credit for saving me from being first boot. I have screenshots from Jay saying you would definitely vote me out if need be and that the votes would be there if that’s what needed to happen. These messages you conveniently did not include in your receipts. From this moment on I knew I needed to keep you close and get to know you (I was pleasantly surprised to find that I genuinely liked you). I loved working with you, but honestly the shady-ness of week one compounded with your severe paranoia led to the decision that you needed to go. 

[triangleleaves]

[moonlightmansion]