Gina's Opening Statement

[Gina Crews]

I of course want to first thank the hosties for a fun game. ^.^

Premgere, I was 1/4 of why the original green did so well (the other 3 being Natalie, Rafe & Pete; the others were just not trying nearly as much). Swaps, I kept strong enough to help the tribe, but slid back a bit to avoid targets. Merge, I slid back all the way. I purposely threw most of the challenges so as to appear weak. Why? Simple. Look at the order the votes went at merge. Corinne. Rafe. Brenda. All strong, social beasts in this game. BAM. BAM. BAM. Gone. I knew the game would only continue that way, especially with all these crystals flying around. The only way I'd be able to survive is if there was ALWAYS someone that was a bigger threat than me still around. In fact, the within hours of Rafe going home I made this post in my confessional:

Apr 28, 2013 5:03:08 GMT -5 Gina Crews said:

My plans right now are to just sit, watch, look weak and bide my time for as long as I can in hopes of finding a window to either make a big move or just completely take over. If I never get that window...then meh. It's the risk I take. Right now these people want to take out the threats. That's why Rob is still around. He's not a threat to anyone right now at this stage. That's why Corinne and Rafe are gone. Both were big threats. I expect the next vote off will be seen as a threat too. If these people are smart...it'd be Natalie, as I feel she's the BIGGEST threat cause she's fierce clever.

And I did try SEVERAL times to find those windows. Some times I did. Some times I didn't. Was working well with Pete & Rafe at the start and gladly helped take Corinne out for being a threat. The round Rafe left, I knew an idol was being played on Brenda and could have saved Rafe happily. But for some reason my allies didn't trust me enough to tell me they changed their votes off Kat & onto Brenda. So I went to Brenda and struck a long term deal. I knew I could trust her and she knew she could trust me. Would've worked out, but she was idol'd. *sigh* At this point, I went to Rob to struck up some long term deals. He literally said no. So I laughed and moved on. I went to Boo, who was wanting to flip. I said let's do it and would have too...until Boo started to get a little too chaotic and loud for my comfort. I was playing a lay-it-low kind of game and sorry Boo, but you a lot of you. So I backed out and pushed to take Boo out over Natalie...but not before cementing a F4 with them. Then talking with Morgan, I managed to help convince her to flip AND plan Rob's demise 2 rounds before it happened and even coming to a F3 deal of Me/Her/Pete. Granted, we didn't even discuss this with Pete at that point, but we both felt we could sway him to go for both. So with that in place, I TRIED to throw Natalie immunity...but failed. Sorry babe, I tried! I didn't want Natalie to go just then cause 1) I genuinely loved having her in the game and 2) as long as she was in the game, there'd be a bigger target. But there was nothing else I could do and she went home. F5 comes and Morgan/Pete/Myself stick to the plan we set forth previously and take out Rob. Next was SUPPOSED to be Steph, but she won immunity. Morgan said at TC she would've gone against me either way. That wouldn't have surprised me and the least and would've been a good move. However, Steph did win. I spoke with Steph about the vote and both of us had the idea of maybe taking this chance to take out Pete. Steph went to Morgan...and she flat out refused. I talked to Morgan and she told me no. That she was 100% confident Pete would side with her over me. He did not. Sorry Morgan hun! I did try! You just didn't believe me! F3 comes along and I did try to win immunity, but I was sick with food poisoning and missed out on a lot of time to attempt. When I finally did get to begin I was doing great...but ended up missing a minute in my UP posts I guess. Which negated ALL of my work. *sigh* Pete won, so I played up that I'd be weak and how we've been together since Day 1...and let Steph talk herself into a pit. Whether it played a factor in why I'm here over her, I don't know. But that's how I handled it.

Point of all of that? I was always aware, always social when & where I needed, I tried to make connections with each of you (except Kat; whom I just could never catch on AIM), I rarely lied to anyone, rarely deceived anyone, and I opened soo many doors for all of you and a lot of times you guys just closed them on me. Corinne at pre-merge. Rafe with not trusting me. Boo with being too open with his words. Rob for saying no to an alliance. Morgan to refusing to vote Pete. I felt like HvV's Sandra at some points. xD No, I didn't play a physically strong game. I wasn't trying to. I was avoiding that, cause it was too dangerous. Instead, I was trying to play a SMART game. Sure I had fails...but it worked. I'm HERE. I hope you guys can see what I did, respect how I did it and feel I deserve your vote. If I don't get yours then I'll respect your decision...but expect me to stick my tongue out at you. xD

Mwah to All

[Gina Crews]

Please excuse the few grammatical/spelling errors. >.<

[Pete Yurkowski]

Premgere, I was 1/4 of why the original green did so well (the other 3 being Natalie, Rafe & Pete; the others were just not trying nearly as much).

Let it be known that you were deemed as going first from the original green tribe. I never told you that, but Adam was gunning for you, I did not have an alliance with you yet, Laura made it clear that me or you had to go, and Rafe was going to keep me over you.

Swaps, I kept strong enough to help the tribe, but slid back a bit to avoid targets.

Sliding back is not very hard when you have two strangers to vote out because Nyonni was obviously in hot waters.

Merge, I slid back all the way. I purposely threw most of the challenges so as to appear weak. Why? Simple. Look at the order the votes went at merge. Corinne. Rafe. Brenda. All strong, social beasts in this game. BAM. BAM. BAM. Gone. I knew the game would only continue that way, especially with all these crystals flying around. The only way I'd be able to survive is if there was ALWAYS someone that was a bigger threat than me still around.

Wow, you are so smart. Hey! ORGS are around for nearly ten years, all games go that way. Congratulations for finding out that threats go first.

And I did try SEVERAL times to find those windows. Some times I did. Some times I didn't. Was working well with Pete & Rafe at the start and gladly helped take Corinne out for being a threat.

All you did was agree to vote Corinne and your vote was not needed. She didn't go because she was a threat, she went home because of this: You, Natalie, and Rafe, each three of you had said or done bad things towards Corinne such as, say bad things about her, throw her under the bus, call her shady, say she had to go eventually. But at the time, you were not thinking of voting her out. You were still all blindly focused on voting Rob out because that's what everybody were telling ya'll.

And when I made my alliance with Rob, we came to the conclusion that Brenda was the Queen Bee of the tribe, and that she had half the cast brainwashed and there was no way we could get her out with votes. We formed an idol together, but I said why go after her now? It would be so stupid, there is a way smarter move to do. We need to gun for Corinne. We do NOT say a WORD about Brenda YET. We just stay silent about the real reasoning behind the Corinne vote.

And that's when I told Rob that people are NOT going stand out for Corinne if her name comes up, people said at least once they didn't trust her throughout the game. At the Kulbon tribe, after she had went after me, Rafe showed me his conversation where Brenda was "hiding from Corinne" - she literally told him that. So if she was hiding from Corinne then in my mind she doesn't care THAT BAD about her.

So I told Rob let's just pronunce Corinne's name, and I bet you, people will get on board very fast. And within a few hours, it spread like a virus and the whole tribe ended up knowing, and almost no one stood up for her.

The reason we wanted her out was to drain Brenda down one numbers without letting people know what they're actually doing by voting Corinne out. That would just make Brenda go home easier, and let Brenda's friends have one less person they could work with once Brenda is out.

The round Rafe left, I knew an idol was being played on Brenda and could have saved Rafe happily. But for some reason my allies didn't trust me enough to tell me they changed their votes off Kat & onto Brenda. So I went to Brenda and struck a long term deal. I knew I could trust her and she knew she could trust me.

Trusting Brenda, this is the most hilarious thing I've ever heard. She made deals with almost everybody and changed her deals every round, wake up.

I went to Boo, who was wanting to flip. I said let's do it and would have too...until Boo started to get a little too chaotic and loud for my comfort. I was playing a lay-it-low kind of game and sorry Boo, but you a lot of you. So I backed out and pushed to take Boo out over Natalie...but not before cementing a F4 with them.

You NEVER pushed for Boo. I came with his name you said "I am 100% down with this." Then once Kat was gone, we were still willing to vote for Boo, and we didn't have you push for it and even if you were that meant nothing and it all depended on what we decided. Boo went home because he proved he couldn't be trusted and he was constantly throwing me under the bus, you did not pull anything impressing here.

Then talking with Morgan, I managed to help convince her to flip AND plan Rob's demise 2 rounds before it happened and even coming to a F3 deal of Me/Her/Pete. Granted, we didn't even discuss this with Pete at that point

What did that change that you spoke two rounds before it happened? And first of all, was it even two rounds before... Or is this an exaggeration. Even if you spoke it before, you still needed my vote to do it and I had the final say whether it works or not.

Pete won, so I played up that I'd be weak and how we've been together since Day 1...and let Steph talk herself into a pit. Whether it played a factor in why I'm here over her, I don't know. But that's how I handled it.

You did not play a factor at all.

Point of all of that? I was always aware, always social when & where I needed, I tried to make connections with each of you (except Kat; whom I just could never catch on AIM), I rarely lied to anyone, rarely deceived anyone, and I opened soo many doors for all of you and a lot of times you guys just closed them on me. Corinne at pre-merge. Rafe with not trusting me. Boo with being too open with his words. Rob for saying no to an alliance. Morgan to refusing to vote Pete. I felt like HvV's Sandra at some points. xD No, I didn't play a physically strong game. I wasn't trying to. I was avoiding that, cause it was too dangerous. Instead, I was trying to play a SMART game. Sure I had fails...but it worked. I'm HERE. I hope you guys can see what I did, respect how I did it and feel I deserve your vote. If I don't get yours then I'll respect your decision...but expect me to stick my tongue out at you. xD

You were avoiding physical game because it was dangerous? How coward is that? I never threw a single challenge and here I am all in one piece. Look at the National television: Kim Spradlin, Tom Westman, JT Thomas, Fabio, Rob Mariano, Sophie Clarke, and more... They ALL gave it their all in challenges, and that did not turn against them, why? Because people trusted them. Throwing challenges is not necessary and in fact, this is completely stupid because you never know when your time is up.

Basically what you're saying is this: I played weak, I made it seem like I suck, I just sat in a corner and wait for doors to come to me, sometimes they just didn't come. lol? I totally should be rewarded a million dollars for my super cunning moves.

[Boo Bernis]

If that's true about my vote Pete, then you just lost my vote because I'm a super emotional player and vote for who screwed me the least. =(

[Gina Crews]

Let it be known that you were deemed as going first from the original green tribe. I never told you that, but Adam was gunning for you, I did not have an alliance with you yet, Laura made it clear that me or you had to go, and Rafe was going to keep me over you.

Let it be known I ASKED to be voted out first in original green as I was not into the game and felt I'd only hold the tribe back. I didn't want to cost those I cared for this game because of my lack of interest. Natalie can back me up on this. It wasn't but 2 rounds in I began to get heavily invested and began playing the game. I fully acknowledge I was a first boot so if you're goal is to make me look pathetic, then you're sorely mistaken. All you're doing is providing an under dog story, which I'll gladly take. You didn't have to tell me about Adam. I already knew about him. He wasn't exactly subtle. xD You seem to have this idea in your head that you're the only player in this game capable of knowing things or being a strategist.

Sliding back is not very hard when you have two strangers to vote out because Nyonni was obviously in hot waters.

You seem to forget how one of those strangers called me out in public and put a huge target on my back. Not to mention those strangers were only in the tribe for like 1 round, was it? Matt got the boot & Boo mutinied. So harder than you think.

Wow, you are so smart. Hey! ORGS are around for nearly ten years, all games go that way. Congratulations for finding out that threats go first.

Is this some attempt at sarcasm? You failed sweety. Plus all you did was justify my strategy. Thanks!

All you did was agree to vote Corinne and your vote was not needed. She didn't go because she was a threat, she went home because of this: You, Natalie, and Rafe, each three of you had said or done bad things towards Corinne such as, say bad things about her, throw her under the bus, call her shady, say she had to go eventually. But at the time, you were not thinking of voting her out. You were still all blindly focused on voting Rob out because that's what everybody were telling ya'll.

I already said I only agreed to voting Corinne to Rafe in his Qs. You really should start paying attention to what is said. -.- I never once said or did anything bad against Corinne. May have called her shady for her trying to get meh crystal, but that would be about it. In fact, I offered her an all-girls alliance at one point and would've LOVED working with her. Oh yes. So horrible... o.O I never focused on Rob until merge btw. Not sure where you even got that idea about me. You presume to know too much, my dear.

And when I made my alliance with Rob, we came to the conclusion that Brenda was the Queen Bee of the tribe, and that she had half the cast brainwashed and there was no way we could get her out with votes. We formed an idol together, but I said why go after her now? It would be so stupid, there is a way smarter move to do. We need to gun for Corinne. We do NOT say a WORD about Brenda YET. We just stay silent about the real reasoning behind the Corinne vote.

Your point? Seriously, why are you going on a rant about this in here? It has nothing to do with my Opening Statement.

And that's when I told Rob that people are NOT going stand out for Corinne if her name comes up, people said at least once they didn't trust her throughout the game. At the Kulbon tribe, after she had went after me, Rafe showed me his conversation where Brenda was "hiding from Corinne" - she literally told him that. So if she was hiding from Corinne then in my mind she doesn't care THAT BAD about her.

Still more pointless words...

So I told Rob let's just pronunce Corinne's name, and I bet you, people will get on board very fast. And within a few hours, it spread like a virus and the whole tribe ended up knowing, and almost no one stood up for her.
The reason we wanted her out was to drain Brenda down one numbers without letting people know what they're actually doing by voting Corinne out. That would just make Brenda go home easier, and let Brenda's friends have one less person they could work with once Brenda is out.

And more...

Trusting Brenda, this is the most hilarious thing I've ever heard. She made deals with almost everybody and changed her deals every round, wake up.

The only thing hilarious is you assuming to know who is and isn't trustworthy. I did and still do trust Brenda. It's you who needs to wake up.

You NEVER pushed for Boo. I came with his name you said "I am 100% down with this." Then once Kat was gone, we were still willing to vote for Boo, and we didn't have you push for it and even if you were that meant nothing and it all depended on what we decided. Boo went home because he proved he couldn't be trusted and he was constantly throwing me under the bus, you did not pull anything impressing here.

I did and you already proved this for me. Keep lying though. It's cute.

What did that change that you spoke two rounds before it happened? And first of all, was it even two rounds before... Or is this an exaggeration. Even if you spoke it before, you still needed my vote to do it and I had the final say whether it works or not.

It's no exaggeration. It was part of the agreement we made to work together if she flipped. She flip, we work together and we plotted each round. I can provide the chat if you like?

You did not play a factor at all.

Don't much care. Like I said, it's just me saying how I handled it. Your reaction says a lot about you though.

You were avoiding physical game because it was dangerous? How coward is that? I never threw a single challenge and here I am all in one piece. Look at the National television: Kim Spradlin, Tom Westman, JT Thomas, Fabio, Rob Mariano, Sophie Clarke, and more... They ALL gave it their all in challenges, and that did not turn against them, why? Because people trusted them. Throwing challenges is not necessary and in fact, this is completely stupid because you never know when your time is up.

It was very necessary for MY game. I didn't have the luxury of hiding behind a an alias to protect me like a certain someone here. My reputation proceeds me, as you've already proven. This combined with the way the game was going and your OWN ADMISSION that if I were more of a threat you would've targeted me...yes, it was very necessary for me to play MY game the way I saw fit. There are just as many physically weak winners who dominated the game as there are challenge beasts. There is no 1 way to win this game. People still trusted me. Trust isn't dependent on challenge performance and when someone did rely on me for challenge performance (such as with Rafe), then I gave it my all. The only person's game I put on the line with me throwing things was my own.

Basically what you're saying is this: I played weak, I made it seem like I suck, I just sat in a corner and wait for doors to come to me, sometimes they just didn't come. lol? I totally should be rewarded a million dollars for my super cunning moves.

No, what I'm saying is I played smart, made myself a lesser threat & I sought out opportunities. Yes, I did bide my time and wait for opportunities to arise. That's called playing the game. Adapting and taking advantage when you get a chance. Which I did several times. Unlike you though, I don't claim to be in control of every player. So things didn't always work out the way I wanted. I can't MAKE people vote a certain way. I can't MAKE people realize what their best move is if they're not willing to see it. Anyone who thinks they CAN do that...is full of themselves. You're only capable of doing what others allow you to do.

Survivor is a chess game, not a boxing match.

[Gina Crews]

May 20, 2013 2:42:12 GMT -5 Boo Bernis said:

If that's true about my vote Pete, then you just lost my vote because I'm a super emotional player and vote for who screwed me the least. =(

I know I played my part in your exit, but I just want you to know if I hurt you in ANY way emotionally...then I sincerely apologize. Whether you vote me or not, I just want you to know I had no intentions of doing so.

[Brenda Lowe]

Trusting Brenda, this is the most hilarious thing I've ever heard. She made deals with almost everybody and changed her deals every round, wake up.

To be honest Pete. Gina is one of maybe 4 people in orgs that I'd never and I repeat NEVER screw over if we made a deal. That's why I waited till when I did to approach her cause I knew if I made a deal with her I'd be screwing someone over and it wouldn't be her. We have years of friendship to attest to the fact that it wasn't dumb of her to trust me. If anything I was the only person she could 100% trust

[Pete Yurkowski]

I'm sorry but I did not know you actually had a friendship with her outside of this game. And actually I just found out who you were outside this game like yesterday around midnight. We actually both know each other too. You are Emma. So yea, maybe Gina could of trusted you, but again, she benefited from a friendship outside the game, which I did not have the advantage by keeping my alias on.

[Gina Crews]

See. More awakened than you think.

[Brenda Lowe]

Now I am curious as to who you are Pete

[Gina Crews]

May 20, 2013 13:40:43 GMT -5 Pete Yurkowski said:

I'm sorry but I did not know you actually had a friendship with her outside of this game. And actually I just found out who you were outside this game like yesterday around midnight. We actually both know each other too. You are Emma. So yea, maybe Gina could of trusted you, but again, she benefited from a friendship outside the game, which I did not have the advantage by keeping my alias on.

No, instead you had the advantages of USING those people cause you already knew their ends and outs. You've already admitted to this when you said you've known me for years. You had the upper hand on people because you knew them, but they didn't know you. I was on equal ground, exposed. They know who I am and how I work.

[Pete Yurkowski]

Maybe this will ring you a bell?

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[Brenda Lowe]

That explains so much -_- lol