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Winner Reveal

Finalists, jury, it’s been a long 39 days. You have all been tested by the elements and a lot of people got medically evacuated due to the harsh conditions here in Peru. Before we reveal the winner, the hosts just want to say how proud we are of all of you.

All right, enough suspense, let’s get down to it. I’ll read the votes. Remember that these are votes to win. It takes 3 to win.

First Vote: Victor. Your answers seemed honest and you tried to get the final 2+1 to work in your favor. That’s good enough for my vote.

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Second Vote: Aren. as your other finalists pointed out you made it here with almost no allies and that's pretty impressive <3

One vote each for Aren and Victor!

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THE WINNER OF TUMBLR SURVIVOR: PERU

Fourth Vote: Aren.

Fifth Vote:  Aren.

Congratulations Aren! You have bested 17 other people in this game! Thank you everyone for playing this season! Be on the lookout because Josh, Catherine and Connor aren't done hosting games yet ;)

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Ryan’s Answers

Sid’s Answer

 Victor & I helped each other get here since we had an extremely loyal final 2 alliance since day 1. We were arguably the strongest/most solid alliance in the game. The absolute tea is that Aren would not be in contention for votes to win for multiple reasons. Once Sam was out of the picture @ final 5, Aren had no other allies and was set to be the next boot had Elena not been evacuated. Even if he were to make final 3 with a final 2 still being the plan, I’m confident that Victor or I would have beaten him in the immunity and voted him out. Yes, the medical evacuations were factors of the game we all had to deal with, but the fact remains that Aren was ultimately ‘carried’ here by Victor and I, and really he didn’t make it here by his own doing. 

Austin’s Answer

Your voting out wasn’t my doing and I have no problem admitting that. Was I aware that you were going to be blindsided? Yes. Did I vote for you to leave? No. You gave me no reason to want you out as you had been a seemingly good ally to me since we were on Lima together (although I did get tea from Victor during 1 of our Exile reunions that you were paranoid of me; and also it was very blatant that you were tight with Aren, which was no benefit to me). But… you also never gave me a solid reason to alert you of this blindside. Which you will see if you reread our chat logs -- our most recent conversations were regarding square-cut pizza & vaping lmfao. The potential for us being beneficial allies to each other was there, but unfortunately that potential wasn’t enough for me to sacrifice my game for yours. Hope you can respect that, though your mind was already made up anyway huh.

Also, I don’t believe attributing the med evacs to discredit any of our games is fair. It was an aspect of the game we all had to deal with, & Victor and I would have had success even if nobody was evacuated. If anything, one should consider the med evacs “carrying” Aren to this final 3. He would not even be in consideration for votes to win had this been a final 2 like we all anticipated & if Elena hadn’t gone MIA @ final 4. Yet on the other hand, his lucking out with that could be your justification for voting him to win since we all apparently got carried here bc of the med evacs huh~~~ anyway, that’s on you.

Sam’s Answer:

Da’vonne_queen.gif. Gorl all T, you not being aware of what I did was part of my strategy lmao. I wasn’t sure how to go about my opening statement honslee & in hindsight I should have explained all my moves like my other finalists did but oh well fjklasdjf. My position on the tribe was secure since we merged, & I admit I didn’t need to be forceful with campaigning and whatnot -- because I had people including me in on voting plans from all sides of the tribe (the Austin vote, the Grace vote, the vote where you used your idol & I still ended up being privy to the outcome). And it’s not like this great positioning just fell into my lap… it was being carefully brewed since the get-go by my social game on Lima, and my social game with you on Ica. Grace/Nic/Austin & obviously Victor all had my back even while I was on Ica, sending me to Exile consistently & allowing me to obtain that idol.

I didn’t need to fiercely strategize through the merge up until final 6, where it was time to get my hands dirty. I don’t think my good position on the tribe & lack of needing to scramble should be looked down upon as simply getting lucky, because that position was gained through a calculated social game and I hope the jury can recognize that.

But anyway……. Since Aren snatched my bae number 8………………….. I’mma choose 3 :-)

Grace’s Answer:

Hey queen! Touchy Subjects okay work

I think Aren for the simple fact that he has two solid allies on the jury & that some of you might vote him to win viewing him as the ~lone wolf~ versus Victor & I, who clearly made it here together. Aren. All tea, he made it here because of the medical evacuations & not by being in control of the game. Nic. He controlled every one of the votes up until his vote-out, & he had the best chance of making it here had it not been for Sam’s idol. Victor <3 Austin. He seemed to think he was running things ever since we were on Lima. & his blindside shows that was not the case. Victor. We forged through this game together, & it felt like we were one single player at many points in the game lol. If I don’t win, I pray it’s him.

Nic’s Answer

Lol I hope you enjoy <3 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrU8Bfm_GyeGkZY6NC6jby3aDK_DI4kn6

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Victor’s Answers

SAM’S ANSWER

I only told you I had a meninist title to try to make you think that I wanted to work with you. There were few girls so I thought that maybe there could be an all girl alliance and I wanted to try to be trusted with that group if it existed. This is the first game where my closest ally wasn't a girl and I’ve left myself get voted off for girls before, including in a main season, so me being a meninist? Not realistic. I had to vote Grace off because that’s what everyone else was doing and the LIma alliance was too big so someone from there had to go eventually. I had to vote you off because you were a challenge threat. I think I deserve to win because I had good relationships with everyone I needed to get me to this point. I was close to Nic, who was very social and strategic so through him, I was able to get a strong alliance at merge. Although the alliance was big, I was not blindsided or worried about being blindsided because the only people who thought about making a move were me and Nic and I had Nic’s trust. I also had Ryan who saved me with his golden idol. Also, I won the most immunities. Even though I was in a majority alliance, I knew there was always the chance of an idol being played or a blindside. I’m pretty sure you and Aren would’ve idoled me out at final six if I hadn’t won immunity. I worked really hard for that immunity because I knew I needed it to safely make it to final four since Ryan had the golden idol. I think the best thing I did in the game was making sure no one would think Ryan and I were so close. Whenever anyone would ask about him, I tried to make it look like I didn’t trust him. When I was asked why Ryan picked me to go to exile so many times, I lied and said it was strategic since we had a rocky relationship because of bora bora and he wanted to make sure I could trust him. I told people that I thought he was working with other people because he spent time on Ica and I brought up the fact that he got rid of me in a big brother org. The fact that we were a secret duo really helped because throughout the game, most duos were split like Austin and Aren, Grace and Elena (I’m not sure if they were together but that’s what most people assumed), and you and Aren. I’m honestly just proud that I made it this far even though I had a challenge threat target from the beginning and that I finally was able to pull a Danielle/Jason ( a secret alliance) and make it all the way to the end. By the way, I didn’t really talk to you much because I wanted you gone as soon as possible. I didn’t want to be fake and act like your friend because I knew I would eventually have to betray you as soon as anyone brought your name up because you were a challenge threat. I wanted to do it at the second merge tribal but Sid seemed to be the consensus around the tribe. I pick 6 for the number thing.

AUSTIN’S ANSWER

I dont think I was messy since I stayed completely loyal to Ryan but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

NIC’S ANSWER

asdlfkasdjf. I only ratted out everyone to Ryan because we were super close. I really liked you and I wanted to go very far with you. You were very loyal to me and we thought the same way about strategic moves. Thanks for being such a great ally. Also, I’m a c*pricorn.

GRACE’S ANSWER

1. Probably Aren because he is considered the underdog and he has all of his friends in the jury. 2. This may sound harsh but I don’t think Aren deserves to be here. I’m pretty sure the hosts were planning to make it a final two for ftc since the immunity challenge did not say “final immunity”, but Elena was medevac so they ended up making it a final three. Ryan and I were planning on voting off Aren at final four and if we couldn’t do that, we would’ve done it at final three. Aren would’ve had a shot at winning final three immunity but realistically, either Ryan or I would have won that final immunity since Aren never won individual immunity. So basically, he’s just here because of Elena’s inactivity. 3. Ryan. Even though he was exiled a lot, he was able to keep up with everyone and made sure he was in a reliable alliance. He also had no votes cast against him. 4. Ryan. He never lied to me and always gave me any information he received.   5. Nic. He was the most strategic and social out of all of us. Whenever he talked to me about the vote, he would always tell me he would talk to everyone to get the votes. That’s probably why Aren and Sam decided to blindside him with Sam’s idol.   6. Ryan. He was my number one ally and the most loyal person I’ve ever played with.

SID’S ANSWER

I brought Ryan with me because we had a final two deal and we were loyal to each other the entire game. I don’t think, though, that we necessarily were able to bring the people we wanted because of Elena’s medevac. I did not want Aren here. In fact, I wanted him gone after Ryan and I compared notes and realized that Aren was trying to pit us against each other with lies. I also knew that Aren had close friends on the jury like Sam and Austin so he could potentially beat us at ftc.

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Aren's Answers

SAM RESPONSE Thanks a lot, Sam! Well, I really said all to say about my game in my Jury speech, but I appreciate the question. I'd say one of the few things I missed out in my Jury speech is that throughout this whole game I was also in a few other Survivor ORGs and it was really difficult sometimes to dedicate optimal effort into all of them at once. However, I think I've done a pretty darn good job maintaining my activity and life in this game despite having to face the difficulty of also trying to be active in other ORGs, which is impressive, in my opinion. I respect the hosts of this game and all the effort they're putting forth to complete this season and I think I proved that. :) Additionally, I made it all the way here despite not winning a single individual-immunity and being on the bottom for a majority of the merge votes which I really do believe proves my determination and ability to thrive and survive in this game. As for choosing a number, I think I'll go with... 8. My lucky number!!! Again, thank you Sam! Can't wait to speak to you when this is said and done! :D NIC RESPONSE Hey, Nic!! Thanks for the task! This will be interesting, lol. Austin - The Night Watch. The name makes this one rather self-explanatory. Really, as soon as I thought of what to assign to Austin, this just clicked. Austin & I would stay up late night together strategising, chatting and planning out our next move in the game together, hence why I assigned this painting to him. :) Sid - Wanderer Above The Sea Of Fog. Admittedly, Sid & I didn't exchange any messages with each other - all I really know about him is that he was very under-the-radar and was targeted accordingly. The reason that I decided to assign Sid this beautiful painting is because as far as I know, nobody really spoke to Sid and noone really knew why he was so difficult to contact - sorta like he had 'wandered' away from the game, haha. This is quite a stretch however, as I really don't know too much about the guy personally. :) Grace - The Death Of Marat. Like Austin's did, this painting came to mind instantly when I thought of Grace. Grace was solely taken out as a threat. Like Jean-Paul Marat, Grace was a leader but was eventually assassinated (or, well - blindsided) by another, who was also eventually executed themselves (Nic). Grace played a very strong game and was a contender to win and you certainly recognised that, hence why you set up the plan to blindside her. Nic - The Card Players. Nic, you played this game and you played it hard. Your strongest strength was your strategy, just like a card player. In the merge, you were almost always leading the charge to get rid of whom generally ended up as the boot and you were 100% going to win had I not tipped Sam off to idol. You had an iron-grasp on this game and I truly respect you. However, as a fellow card player, I had to play my Joker card and take you out, as much as it did hurt to do. Sam - The Flower Carrier. Sam is a very sweet human-being. She was a ray of sunshine from the beginning and we hit it off immediately. :) the reason she got this painting is that even when things were looking extremely dark for us, she was still positive and didn't lose any faith in us as a duo. :) Thanks, Nic! Can't wait to see you in the reunion! AUSTIN RESPONSE Thanks a ton, Austin. (heart) can't wait to see you at the reunion!!! (heart) SID RESPONSE Hey, Sid! Nice to finally meet you, bud. Considering that the f4 boot was a medevac, it's hard to predict whom would've actually went had Elena been on her first strike rather than her second. I would've voted Elena and had Elena also self-voted, I'd imagine that we'd have a tie-breaker challenge between Elena & I and I would've won, obviously, considering Elena was completely inactive from Nic's boot onwards lmao However, had Elena been more active, I truly do believe that her & I would vote against the Victor/Ryan duo and cause a tie-breaker. Personally, I fancy my odds against Ryan in a tie-breaker so I think that I could've won and I estimate that it'd be a final 3 consisting of me, Elena & Victor, but I suppose we'll never know for sure lmao For the sake of answering your question, I'll say that I was brought as far as I was because I did a good job at making people underrestimate me and I did well at convincing people that I was a dumb goat that really did nothing when I actually caused the Nic blindside, was aware of my position at all times and made strong connections with a lot of the other players and I managed to fit in well despite having nobody from my original tribe merge. Thanks for the question, Sid!! :D GRACE RESPONSE 1. Aren. I hear that it's best to have confidence :) 2. All of us deserve to be here, so I won't answer this tbh. I understand the point of the question, I just don't feel comfortable slandering my fellow finalists in this way. :) 3. Nic. Nic was idol'd out and he definitely would've made it this far (and probably would've won) had that not happened. 4. Sam/Austin. I love both Austin & Sam a ton, and I trust them both equally. :) 5. Oh snap... Perhaps Austin? It wasn't his fault at all, but before his blindside he was planning ahead a lot and was always coming up with new plans. Had he made it past that vote, he had a bright future ahead of him in Peru lol 6. This is going to sounds extremely greedy, but it's just the truth. I want to win this game. When you ask me who I'd rather see win out of Ryan & Victor, it's almost like a trick question because I don't want either of them to win! I want to win this. Sure, I'll be happy for either of them if they do end up winning but I truly think I deserve the title of Sole Survivor and if I don't get it, I suppose I only have myself to blame. Victor winning would have the exact same emotional impact on me as Ryan winning and vice versa. Somewhat joy for the one that won, but also a lingering disappointment in myself. I personally see it as me losing rather than them winning. I want to win this game and I'm here for myself to win this game. I still wish Ryan & Victor the best of luck, however - we've been stuck in this darn Peruvian nightmate for 42 days now, darn it! I need to get a shower and some hamburgers already! Thank you for the question, Grace. I hope my answers satisfied you!

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Sam’s Jury Speech

Victor, congrats on clearing your meninist title and saving all of the females in this game... Oh... Wait... Aren, you are underrated and deserve a lot more credit, after you were tricked into playing your idol and your closest ally went home I thought for sure you'd be next to go but you weren't and  now you're here so congrats Ryan, I still don't really know what you did, nice idol play and all though So with that being said, tell me about your game, convince me to vote for you. In case none of you really do that, also pick a number 1-10. And if I'm not satisfied with that either I'll just vote for the person who actually talked to me (and frankly I'll probably end up doing that so you know you are). With that information put as much effort as you want into this, maybe you can actually sway me to vote for you but maybe not. Congrats and good luck

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Austin’s Jury Speech

Congrats f3! To be honest I was really enjoying this game, but it's hard for me to really value all three of your respective games due to the constant med evacs which, in my opinion, carried you guys here. I don't have any notable things to say about your games in Peru simply because:

Victor you seemed messy.

Ryan you lied to me (or you ignored obvious signs in the game that were being shown to you in order to make a move). You can choose on that one.

Aren you were loyal to me and a true friend. Ily but I feel like when we were a trio with Nic we had to carry you through your inactivity and you relied on others to play your game. (No I don't mean that in some master manipulator kind of way. I feel like you essentially got carried short of taking Nic out and wasting an idol within reason). I blame Nic for not committing to the idea of taking over the game and actually making a move when we can. Playing cautious was something that hindered the group as I wanted to pull the plug on the Lima side of things. Unfortunately, med evacs ruined the course of this game.

I don't have any questions. My mind is made up on who I'm voting for simply because I owe it to the one person who was loyal to me in this game regardless of any fake bullshit that was thrown around. Ily all and this was a fun cast. See you at the after party <3

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Nic’s Jury Speech

Hey Ryan! Instead of a question, I have a task. Your task is to make a playlist of music that would be good for me. If it's a good playlist I'll give you my vote queen

Hello VicRAT! My question for you: What's your zodiac sign?

 Hey Aren!!!! I want you to compare each jury member to a paintaing, and explain why they are that painting

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Grace’s Jury Speech

You guys basically answered what would have been my jury questions in your opening statements. So I decided to make up for our lack of Touchy Subjects in game and I’m giving you a short one here. Just answer each question with the name of a jury member or fellow finalist. Don’t worry about consensus answers, this is just for you. If you want you can do a BRIEF description to defend your answer, but its not needed.

1. Who is most likely to win? (finalists only) 2. Who does not deserve to be here? (finalists only) 3. What jury member would most deserving to be in the final three? 4. Who did you trust with your life? 5. Who mistakenly thought they were running the game? 6. Who would you most like to see win other than yourself?

Be honest and keep it short and sweet. That’s all I have for you guys. Congratulations on making it to the final three.

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Sid’s Jury Speech

Huh. Congratulations on making Final Tribal. My question is a simple one. I would like you to explain why you brought the people sitting next to you to Final Tribal. If you were brought, explain why. IF you brought someone, explain why. I want to know how you made the choice, and if you made the right one

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Victor’s Opening Speech

Hi everyone! First of all, I want to thank Connor, Catherine, and Josh for casting me. This game was an interesting experience. I’m usually very paranoid, but with this game I was pretty relaxed. I felt like I could trust several people since the beginning of the game. On day one, Ryan and I made a final two deal after going through b*ra b*ra together adalskdj. I think that’s what got me so far. Knowing that I could have someone that I could completely trust and would always fill me in on everything made the game so much easier. We were able to share information and figure out everyone’s relationships and where we stood in the game. When I heard my name was being thrown out for the first tribal I was sort of worried but not really. I had a pretty strong bond with Nic so I knew that I could at least get the vote tied with his vote and Ryan’s. I ended up staying and then the medevacs helped me get to the merge. At merge, I was still pretty relaxed since everyone from Lima was on there and we had an alliance. I would’ve wanted to stay loyal to them for the first few tribals but then having Nic and Ryan as close allies got me information that made me realize that there were big threats that had to go as soon as possible. Nic found out that Aren had an idol so we wanted to get rid of that. He also mentioned that Austin was close to him so we were planning not to tell him about the plan. I knew Austin was a smart player and I didn’t want him to potentially flip on us and get an alliance against us because we got rid of one of his allies so I suggested voting him out instead. Honestly, we probably would have done that anyway since there was the chance that Aren played his idol, which he did. For most of the merge, I felt like I was closer to Nic in terms of my strategy than Ryan. Nic and I sort of thought the same way and wanted to make the same moves so I had him with me to strategize. Nic getting voted off made me worried. Once he left, I think I started playing harder. My plan was to get to the final three with Ryan and Nic where I could throw immunity and both of them would take me so I would have to betray any of them. I was still not too worried though because I knew about Ryan’s golden idol. When I won the final six immunity, I felt like I would be able to safely get to the final four. Elena getting medevaced just made everything easier and now I finally accomplished my goal from day one to get to the end with Ryan. So, overall, I think I aligned myself with the right people and I played a pretty strong physical game winning three individual immunities and a good strategic game since I helped initiate most of the blindsides at the merge. I’m proud of the game I played and I look forward to answering all your questions. Thank you and good luck to Aren and Ryan!

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Aren’s Opening Speech

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who (actively) took part in this game and the hosts for doing a brilliant job hosting such an inactive-filled season. I myself am currently hosting a game that had 4 evacuations in a row so I understand how irritating and difficult it is to see your hard work get wrecked by players with no motivation to play the game, compete in challenges or vote at tribal-council.

Now, onwards to my Jury speech!

Coming into this game, I had recently lost an ORG that was very important to me and that I've been applying for for almost a year after being called things like an idiot, a creep, gullible and most impactfully a bad player of the game of Survivor. Survivor, as a game, means a ton to me. It is my life. I'm 13, I'm homeschooled and I live in Britain - really all I have to do is watch Survivor, talk to my online friends about Survivor and play ORGs. Trust me - as a homeschooler, I don't get outside that much.

I saw this game as a good way to redeem myself after Stranded (the game that I previously mentioned). I wanted to prove that I can play Survivor and I wanted to prove that I can play Survivor well. I wanted to defeat my best placement of 6th and I wanted to have as much fun as I possibly could whilst doing it.

So, how did I accomplish this you ask? I will now explain.

I started the game on the Tacna tribe, consisting of me, Felix, DeeDee, Susie, Olivia & Brooke. Immediately I began socialising with everyone, just to form early bonds - I specifically formed strong bonds with DeeDee & Susie. However, this isn't to say that I didn't talk with the other three, as I also conversed with them often as well. One of the most important things ORGs have taught me throughout the year I've been doing them is that you cannot overplay and just ask every single person you speak to for an alliance, as quickly people will notice how hard you're playing and want the guy pulling the strings out the door asap. Therefor, I decided to instead lay low strategically and wait for people to come to me first. With me being one of the active members of the tribe and talking to pretty much everybody, I was convinced that if there was a majority alliance I'd be one of the first people recruited into it - and I wasn't wrong. DeeDee came up to me and asked me to work with her (https://i.gyazo.com/5b6eddafddb76b0c80d6e589aca2e87e.png), and as she was one of my closest friends on the tribe at the time, I immediately agreed.

Soon after, Brooke approached me for a majority alliance. She suggested the idea of having DeeDee (https://i.gyazo.com/ec98b2be5bb7c5ab2abd3ff9ae65617e.png). However, I didn't want to be in an alliance without Susie in it, as Susie was my #1/2. Therefor, I sneakily brought up the idea of having a fourth member of the alliance to 'fall back on', just to create a majority. I then suggested Susie which Brooke agreed with. I told Brooke to recruit DeeDee whilst I could recruit Susie, as I wanted to talk to Susie one-on-one about working together rather than having Brooke do so instead. After that, the alliance was set! I was basically in a perfect position. One of them I was very close friends with (Susie), one of them I got on well with from the get go and were both each other's closest allies (DeeDee) and I plotted the alliance with the other (Brooke).

By the way, just in case you don't believe me, here's proof that the alliance existed: https://i.gyazo.com/953ce5f41d27f78574b693832cf7aad7.png

So, at this point, I was basically in a golden position, also keeping up a strong relationship with Felix just as a backup plan in case anything went horribly wrong. Olivia was the most inactive on the tribe by far at this point, so she was the most likely boot had we lost.

However, despite things seeming like they couldn't get any better than they already were, another golden opportunity arose - I found the clue to the Hidden Immunity Idol. Basically, the rules were simple - I'll be given the idol, but I must complete one task. I could not submit for the following immunity-challenge. So, basically, I had to do my tribe dirty and potentially fuck them over by not submitting, but in turn I'll receive the Hidden Immunity Idol. Being the sneaky bugger I am, I came up with a grand lie to fool my tribe with.

https://i.gyazo.com/77fbe1eb736a441cf2ef2dce74f21902.png ... And it worked perfectly. I received compassion and comfort from everyone, and I really don't think I was going to be voted-out even if we had lost. Just to make the lie even more believable, I tried my best not to speak to anyone the following day. (NOTE - I almost didn't receive the idol because the hosts forgot to tell me that if you sit-out you won't receive it. However, due to the situation being their fault entirely, they still gave me the idol.)

After this round, the game took a complete turn - DeeDee, Olivia and Brooke (2/3 of which were close allies of mine) - were all evacuated, thus forcing Tacna to be dissolved. From the offset of the swap I was in a very bad position. I had nobody from OG Tacna with me to use as a shield, none of my friends and I had to basically reintroduce myself to everyone and start the game from square 1 all over again.

Immediately, I began creating bonds with my tribe in a hasty attempt to make sure I don't completely flop and become one of the next few boots. Nic was one of the first people I spoke to, and I knew that I had to not seem too desperate, but just speak to him enough to the point where he'd feel comfortable working with me. We spoke for a very long time and bonded extremely well, which is a success in my eyes.

Another guy that I spoke very closely with is Austin. We got on really well, and like I did with Nic, we had a very long conversation. Eventually, Austin & I agreed to work together and I was thrilled. Like I was, he was also close to Nic so we both wanted Nic as a third member of our alliance. Austin, as much as I love him, was trying very hard to run things and I knew that as long as I follow  his lead until the merge, I'd be safe. I trusted him a lot. To signify my trust to him, I showed him my idol. This is when Austin & I truly became a very strong duo in this game.

Immediately after the swap, our tribe lost immunity. I had at least one conversation with everyone just to get a feel of where things were going, and due to her inactivity and failure to compete in the challenge, Ash seemed like the clear target. I asked Austin for an official call of the vote, and he told me Ash. I decided to lay low, vote with the group and do what they wanted, just to get me through the next round and ultimately Ash was voted-out unanimously whilst voting for Elena. It felt incredible to have made it through the first swap tribal-council with absolutely no votes against me despite my seemingly hopeless position.

NuLima managed to pull-back, winning the next immunity. HOWEVER, in turn, I lost the only other two Tacna in the game - Susie & Felix. Susie was voted-out and Felix was evacuated. Coming into the merge, this literally left me with nobody to work with from my original tribe. All I really had was Nic, Austin & my idol. This is when I learnt that I needed to form some new bonds and make some new allies to proceed onwards in the game and to make it where I am right now.

One of the first people I started speaking to when we merged (and in the future, one of my closest allies and friends I made from this game) was Sam. She gave me a very likeable and trustworthy vibe and I really felt like I knew what I was getting with her - that's why I naturally gravitated towards Sam. We eventually agreed to work together and became a very strong and powerful duo, like Austin & I were during the swap and in the first round of the merge.

At tribal-council, I was getting completely mixed vibes. Some people were saying that my name was brought up, others reassured me that it would just be Sid, and others didn't tell me anything. This all lead to me pulling out my idol at tribal-council. I felt like I was receiving votes that night, and I did - however, ultimately, my closest ally Austin was blindsided. This upset and shocked me.

At this point I knew I was completely fucked if I didn't seriously step up my game. Sam & I were the only ones that voted Sid with Austin. One of the most disappointing things at that tribal was that Nic voted for Austin, even though I thought our three person alliance was very tight. At this point, I had lost all three of the things I previously knew I could rely on - I had lost my idol, Austin & my trust for Nic. However, Nic told me that he was still up for working with me, so I persuaded him that I wasn't against him at all and that he was the only person I really had, which was somewhat true, other than my alliance with Sam. What WASN'T true is that I didn't trust him like I lied that I did. I love Nic outside of this game, but he was clearly a very strong player. He proved that he was willing to vote out a close ally of his if it got himself further in the game and I knew that if I let Nic go too far he would win the game.

Therefor, I decided that my best gameplan was just clinging to Nic's leg for awhile and playing sheep & herder with him for a few rounds, convincing him that I still trusted him and was willing to go to the final 2 with him, which was a complete lie. Fortunately for me, this worked out as Sid was voted-out rather easily in the next vote and in the vote after that, Grace was blindsided. Had I not tricked Nic that I was still on his side, this never would've worked and I would've been 8th or 7th.

So Grace was blindsided at 7, leaving a final 6 of me, Sam, Elena, Nic, Ryan & Victor. Sam & I stuck together and I really wanted to form a three person alliance consisting of Sam, Elena & myself however Elena was too inactive to pull it off properly. So, I asked Nic about the vote and he immediately told me to vote Sam. He basically told me to vote out the only person that I trusted in the game at that point and my closest ally. I knew this was the golden opportunity to take Nic, my biggest threat and the biggest contender to win, out of the game.

I ran to Sam and told her that Nic was trying to get her out. I told her to play her idol on herself so that we could blindside Nic together, and it worked. Nic did play some sort of power on himself that allowed him to steal Sam's vote, but it didn't end up mattering as Nic still went home 2-0, with one person mysteriously voting with Sam & I.

This felt extremely bittersweet. I felt bad for taking Nic out as he's a very nice guy and still a good friend of mine but I knew it had to be done if I wanted any shot at winning the game.

At this point in the game, I began to get frustrated. Elena was completely inactive and she never responded to any of my texts after the Grace blindside. I wanted to form a final 3 alliance consisting of myself, Sam & Elena so that we could vote Victor/Ryan off together and go the final 3. However, this seemed completely impossible due to Elena's inactivity. This made me realize that I had to really change things up and get some new ideas. Sam went to me and told me that Ryan was actually the random vote that voted Nic with us last time, which began to make me think. Sam suggested the plan of me, her & Ryan possibly voting together once again and blindsiding Victor, who was a big physical-threat.

She told me that if she heard my name she'd let me know and try her best to sway them from voting for me, which made me feel a lot more comfortable - at this point, I trusted Sam a LOT.

So, unfortunately, Ryan pulled out this very overpowered reset idol which basically crushed all of our plans. Sam & I were the only two eligible to go as Elena & Victor both received votes, thus making them safe. I was extremely upset to find out that I'd be heading into the final 4 with absolutely no allies, but knew that I had to make things work. I persuaded Ryan & Victor to vote for Sam instead of me as much as that hurt, and Sam was voted-out of the game.

This left me with absolutely nothing. No allies, no idols, no nothing. I needed a miracle to hang in. I had really reached the tip of my game. I knew that my best bet was voting against Elena and praying that Elena would self-vote, causing a 2-2 tie between her & I. This doesn't mean that I didn't talk to Victor & Ryan though, as I did try my best to persuade them that I wasn't going to defeat them in the end and that I would be a goat for either and that I was playing for runner-up. However, to this day I'm still unsure if they actually bought it or not as Elena was evacuated after the challenge.

This brings me to where I am today. I have accomplished so much and have overcome so many odds this whole game. From being the last Tacna, to being on the bottom multiple times to having to vote against and campaign against my own friends. This has been an insane journey and I've loved every second of it.

One of the most important things I did all-game was underplay myself. I made people feel like I was a weak and submissive player that they could bend to do what they wanted, which really wasn't true and it seems that everyone fell for it - if they hadn't fallen for it, then I wouldn't be sitting here right now in day 40 and fighting tooth n' nail to become the Sole Survivor of Peru. I pulled off the blindside on Nic, I was willing to throw my allies under-the-bus if it helped my game and I was very good at making strong connections with a lot of people. That is why I think I deserve to earn the title of Sole Survivor.

I'm just about to reach my anniversary of playing ORGs in this following August, and it'd be incredible to have my first win in time for that. I'm going to be going to college next year (yes, I know that college begins early in Britain lol) and I plan to slow down with ORGs around then. All I want is one Survivor win before I retire. These games have basically become what my life revolves around and I want at least one Survivor win before I part ways with this chapter of my life.

I'm going to conclude this 2.6K word-long speech by giving a quick thank you, and I can't wait to get to all of your Jury questions. :) Sincerely, Aren.

[survivorperu]

Final Tribal Council - Ryan’s Opening Speech

Hooooola mis compañeros caídos

alright so opening statement................ what to say what to sayhnvsjadsf i don't even know. I'll make this short & sweet and y'all can let me have it in m'questions if you wish :-)

I played a simple, lowkey game. Victor & I made a solid final 2 deal day 1 and we did what we had to do to get here uk? We kept it 100% with each other with consistent flow of information that allowed us to keep tabs on everything that went down. We secured numbers for ourselves on Limalicious with Austin/Grace/Nic, which gave us solid protection all the way through merge. What was beneficial for me was getting separated from Lima for a bit, allowing me to build a working game relationship with Sam & a cordial one with Sid lol. Once we merged, I found myself in a little bubble floating right in the center of everything that happened.

My social game was the biggest factor that got me to this FTC. People liked me enough that they trusted me with multiple trips to Exile, which allowed me to snag a pretty little pendant. Ultimately I never really needed to use it personally, but still lol. I wasn't a forceful strategizer out in the open, but I kept it hidden behind closed doors in my talks with Victor. I never once felt I was in any danger of leaving; the only person who seemed wary of me at all was Nic, which I was keen to because I had Victor giving me all the tea about his suspicions of me. Even though I was unsure of whether Sam had an idol or not, I capitalized on my relationship with Sam by alerting her of the vote in case she did have an idol, and threw my vote to Nic in the off-chance Sam's votes were nullified. And I lucked out huh :)

But yeah!!!!! My loyalty to Victor (and his to me <3) along with my good relations with the rest of the tribe were key to making it here, and if you'd like to reward me with a vote to win I would be honored :'). It was a fun game even with half the cast getting evacuated ncajsdklfj I appreciate any questions y'all got for me, feel free to tear me apart xo

[survivorperu]

Final Tribal Council - Schedule

Congratulations final 3! You have done what 15 others could not do. At this point, the game shifts to the jury.

Here is the schedule for how the Final Tribal Council will work. It is very important to stay as up to date as you can.

THURSDAY, JULY 21st

Opening statements due (10PM EST)

FRIDAY, JULY 22ND

Jury questions due (10PM EST) 

SATURDAY, JULY 23RD

ALL answers due. (10PM EST)

SUNDAY, JULY 24TH

JURY VOTES DUE (9PM EST)

Winner reveal and reunion! (10PM EST)

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With a score of 8.917 billion cookies, VICTOR wins Immunity!

Congratulations Victor! You have earned your spot in the Final 3....

and so did Aren and Ryan.

Elena has been medically evacuated from the game due to inactivity. She will not be a part of the jury. We are sorry to see her go and to have to pull yet another player, but it only seems fair to us and all of you. This game has been difficult in many ways.

Everyone else, head back to camp and wait for further instructions.

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You guys are near to the finish!

Welcome to your next challenge. For today you guys will be playing

COOKIE CLICKER

Before you submit for this challenge, we will need a screenshot that shows your current amount of cookies as 0, showing that you have not started clicking yet. If your current amount of cookies is not 0, we need you to reset your game or wipe your safe. If you fail to present this screenshot of 0 cookies (with the time and date on it) before you submit your official score, your score will be counted as ZERO.

When you have submitted your 0 cookies screenshot, you may submit your actual score. However, it has to be from the same computer that your other screenshot was from, or we won’t count it.

The person with the highest amount of cookies (current, not in the bank) wins Immunity and is safe from Tribal Council.

You will have 24 hours to do this challenge.

YOUR SCREENSHOTS ARE DUE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 20TH 2016 AT 10:00PM EST

[survivorperu]

Welcome to your fifth tribal council. Tonight, someone will be voted off and will become the fifth member of our jury. We will now welcome the members of our jury: Austin, Sid, Grace and Nic voted out at the last tribal council.

There were no questions asked for this tribal.

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"well.....this has been burnin a hole in my pocket for a while now and i suppose i shouldn't let it go to waste ;)" 

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However, this idol has a different power.

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This is a GOLDEN IDOL. This is a special idol that granted safety to the people that receives votes. Votes cast against them will not count.

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First Vote: Elena DOES NOT COUNT

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Second Vote: Victor - I don’t know DOES NOT COUNT

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Third Vote: Victor. DOES NOT COUNT

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Fourth Vote: Elena (self vote) DOES NOT COUNT

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Fifth Vote: Victor DOES NOT COUNT.

We have no votes count for anyone. Here’s how it’s gonna work. We are going to revote. You are only allowed to vote for Aren or Sam. Please send in your revotes ASAP

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Individual Immunity Results #6

Before we reveal results, we will show how had which playlist!

#1 - Sid

#2 - Connor

#3 - Grace

#4 - Cat

#5 - Nic

#6 - Josh

And now, with a score of 12 points...

We have a tie.

Per the rules of this game, whoever submitted their list first would be given the win. Which means, congratulations Ryan! You have guaranteed yourself a spot in the final 4. 

HERE is a link to the scoring spreadsheet. Elena and Aren both abstained from the challenge and will not be receiving strikes.

As for the rest of you, tribal council tomorrow night, where one of you will become the fifth member of our jury. 

YOUR VOTES ARE DUE TO THE BLOG OR YOUR HOST CHAT BY 10PM EST.