Post by rudy on Nov 16, 2015 4:47:55 GMT
Hello jury! Thank you Natasha, my son Roger, that queer Sal and all the PWs that helped to make this season possible. it started a little rough with Tricia/Briana quitting and Steve's cheating allegations. Overall though you guys handled it all very professionally and we had a very contested and fun game.
For the sake of not annoying you all, I'm gonna keep things mostly out of character for my opening.
The Beginning
The Hmong tribe as I heard it was a lot more contested than Akha. I committed to entering the game playing Rudy as in character as I could, purely for my own deranged enjoyment. Some other members of the team loved it (Like Tyson, Jaclyn and Kelly) others hated it (Jeremiah, Nick, Cirie) and others were neutral on it. But in addition to my over the top character, I was also the Mole, so the target on me right from the very start was, Pun intended...HMONGUS.
Cirie and Corinne were inactive and made for easy votes, where the game really began for me was the round Tracy "left". Kelly told me about Nick targeting me and the things he was saying behind my back. The problem was when push came to shove, she wanted to target Tyson for being the mole, and ridiculed me for targeting Nick:
Rudy Bosech 10:47 pm
there's a groupchat?
Kelly Czarnecki 10:47 pm
Yup
Kelly Czarnecki 10:48 pm
In the chat is- Me/Aras/Tyson/Nick/Jeremiah
BUT
Jeremiah and I are on the edge with it
Kelly Czarnecki 12:39 pm
Well I'm not voting Nick
I'm voting Tyson
Kelly Czarnecki 12:39 pm
You can play off of your personal vendetta and emotions all you want, but I'm not
This was the beginning of the end of my alliance with Kelly. Tyson was someone I felt close to on Ole Hmong, and Kelly's insistence on "forcing" me to vote him off was unnerving. But truth was deep down, Kelly wanted badly to be rid of the Mole, and since I was the Mole that wasn't good for me at all! Even after Tracy urged the hosts to remove Tyson and "Told" me rather than asked me to vote for Tyson to go in addition to Tracy when they polled us.
If Kelly found out I was really the mole, I would be blindsided very quickly, and after this round I felt completely isolated from Hmong.
The Swap
The swap was interesting in that the power structure of Hmong was unchanged. Myself, Tyson and Jaclyn were on the bottom, and the 4 with the power stayed in power on the other team. I strategically made a point here of burying Hmong to my new Akha team mates, and formed alliances with Monica and Ashley. I unfortunately didn't have the power to save Jaclyn, whom was the only woman on the island willing to give Rudolph any attention.
The Merge
The merge was where my came started to come into it's own. Prior to this point I had little power in the game, but here things changed. I hit it off well with Joaquin and Caleb, the last 2 Akhas I haven't spoken to, as a matter of fact I liked them more than the Akha girls. Joaq and I made a "Mole" alliance of sorts, and Caleb and I bonded over our dislike of Nick, which grew into a genuine friendship. Hmong made little effort to bring me back into the fold, but it is unlikely I would have gone back. I informed Tyson about how he was gonna be blindsided when Tracy was about to leave, and the rest became history.
Jeremiah was not my intended target, but with Nick and Czarnecki immune, my options were quite limited. At around 8:30, Czarnecki messages me:
5 minutes after this glorious chat, Czarnecki quits the game. Not gonna lie, I thoroughly enjoyed being responsible for it.
and 
These next 2 votes were pivotal for me, for a few crucial reasons.
They were Akha members, and as badly as I wanted Nick out, getting Akha to kill one another was better for my game than getting Nick out at this point in time. I knew there would be plenty of time for that, and I wasn't ruling out an Hmong resurgence.
I can't take all the credit for Wigglesworth going, but I can safely say I began a snowball effect, which lead from a small snowball to a full blown avalanche. The round Czarnecki quit, Wiggles sent me a PM and I received some disturbing messages:
I made a point of sharing this information with my alliance, which got the ball rolling on Wiggles boot. Wigglesworth later had a confrontation with Caleb and the vote after Czarnecki left sided with the Hmong dudes to target me, which validated my decision.
Ashley's leaving was more subtle, me and her had a chat below:
This gave me some useful information about the Akha tribe which I used in Joaquin's boot, but Ashley also gave me a reason to eliminate her in her desire to get rid of Caleb, one of my closest allies at the time. I showed the screenshot to the rest of Akha and the stage was set...Nick would live one more round.
I had an alliance with Ashley but I was closer to Caleb and Tyson and had side deals with Monica and Joaquin, so I felt this was my best move. It also caused the Akha members to kill another one of their own before pointing their guns at Hmong, and it earned me extra trust among my alliances. I knew that Ashley wanted threats out, and down the line, I would eventually become one of those threats.
I set the stage for Nick's boot with Caleb and Joaq (who already distrusted him from the swaped Hmong) right at the merge, and were it not for Bejeweled and Flappy Bird...but nonetheless, two somewhat Under the Radar Akha leaving wasn't a bad thing for my game. Monica pushed for Jeremiah, but Caleb shot her down, and we decided to make it easy and go right for Nick. I did later find out that day that Joaquin was gunning for me this vote (which I put on my parchement for him later) but there was no time to shift the target. Once Nick left, Aras and Jeremiah were free agents I...or anyone could use to get someone out. I knew I had to get them before anyone else did.
Joaquin's departure was going to be Caleb. There was a belief that that Caleb and Joaquin were together, but I knew from Caleb warning me about Joaquin's betrayal in the previous vote, this was not the case. Jeremiah approached me to get rid of Caleb this round, and I turned the target onto Joaquin in the chat Below:
Jeremiah Wood 11:11 pm
ok?
Rudy Bosech 11:11 pm
Last time with the whole Tyson/Rudy target thing, the majority of it I know was orchestrated by Joaquin, and there is something else
Jeremiah Wood 11:12 pm
Ok?
Jeremiah Wood 11:12 pm
Wow
Rudy Bosech 11:12 pm
Joaquin Ami and Monica wanna target Caleb...and Caleb knows this
Caleb and Joaquin are NOT tight like you think
Jeremiah Wood 11:12 pm
Humm
Rudy Bosech 11:12 pm
those 3 are together, Caleb isnt with them
Jeremiah Wood 11:13 pm
Wowowow
Rudy Bosech 11:13 pm
I would much prefer Joaquin go here for that reason, not Caleb
Jeremiah Wood 11:13 pm
haha ok.
Rudy Bosech 11:13 pm
and Monica after that
if she isnt immune
Jeremiah Wood 11:13 pm
I would do that. Which means we swap out Caleb and Ami in our "plan"?
Rudy Bosech 11:13 pm
Ami wouldnt vote Joaquin
yea
unless you and Caleb arent on good terms anymore?
Jeremiah Wood 11:13 pm
Ok
Jeremiah Wood 11:13 pm
I think we still are lol
I think 
Up until that point, Caleb would have left, which would have been terrible for my game. I outted the alliance between Monica-Ami and Joaquin, and Caleb was suddenly on the outs of Akha. My other best ally Tyson was nearly flipped by Monica into voting Caleb, until we had this conversation:
From this point, Joaquin was done.
and 
Admittedly, I lost my power during these rounds, great moves by Aras on Caleb and later Jeremiah for Tyson. But although these votes did not go my way, doesn't mean I stood by idle watching my closest allies get blindsided.
Nov 2, 2015 10:41:27 GMT rudy said:
Final 7
I'm not sure where it stemmed from, but Akha has been all over Caleb of late, and completely alienated him from the group. I don't really understand where all the hatred came from. It was never a question for me where I stood, Caleb had my back, and Joaquin made plans to get rid of me, so fuck Joaquin. Joaq A mole!
The problem is where my position will lie now, cause Jerome and Aaron have become 2 pivotal votes in a game of divided Akha members. Should they decide to join Margaret and Alyssa next time at Final 7, myself Caleb or Tyson will invariably be out the door. But it won't be in that case because I have chosen to reveal I have the idol, and now it'd likely be Caleb who is blindsided in that scenario.
Caleb told me tonight that Joaquin blabbed how Margaret had an idol, and was trying to save himself in one last ditch effort by saying she played it on him. Nice try Joaquin. But the information could prove to be problematic, since if Margaret or Ami win immunity, the other has an idol, then someone else will have to go. The Final 7 is all one gigantic mess of a round coming up....
I had expected Caleb would be blindsided (it'd be a brilliant move, since myself Caleb and Tyson were pretty tight) and prevented myself from being targeted by making it known I had the Mole Idol.
When Tyson left, I threatened Jeremiah with a 5th place finish unless he voted Aras, which I held to. Some of this I posted in the TC thread. Though my last ditch effort failed, I chose to vote off Jeremiah for a very specific reason, which was evident at the Final 4 Vote. Jeremiah will convince you that it was entirely emotional cause he screwed me. And I'm not gonna lie, paying Jeremiah back was without a doubt a major determining factor in eliminating him 5th. But I needed Aras to make it to the Final 4.
When Tyson left, I threatened Jeremiah with a 5th place finish unless he voted Aras, which I held to. Some of this I posted in the TC thread. Though my last ditch effort failed, I chose to vote off Jeremiah for a very specific reason, which was evident at the Final 4 Vote. Jeremiah will convince you that it was entirely emotional cause he screwed me. And I'm not gonna lie, paying Jeremiah back was without a doubt a major determining factor in eliminating him 5th. But I needed Aras to make it to the Final 4.
Aras's boot exemplified one of my main strategies in the game...to be so grating to players on the way out that I'd be perceived as a Jury Goat. Every parchement I made was for this purpose, and I needed Monica and Ami to fall for it. But Aras in the Final 4 gave me a much better chance of survival than Jeremiah, since Aras was perceived as a much bigger threat than Jeremiah, particularly in the area of Endurance, which we all speculated the Final Challenge would be. Ami summed it up best with her TC response:
Nov 13, 2015 13:30:47 GMT Ami said:
Ami- Don't beat around the bush, damnit. Who has to go to give your punkass a chance at ftc?Don't call me a punkass, punkass. I'll beat around the bush if I damn well please.
My chances at winning aren't AMAZING going to the Finals with any of these hooligans, let's be honest here RODNEY, so the correct answer to your questions is "everyone". For tonight's Tribal, though, there are many things to be taken into consideration. Aras has friends on the jury, and Rudy has enemies on the jury but has played a strong game, so there's merit to either of them going.
BUT TO ACTUALLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION...probably Aras.
Exactly what I was hoping for when I taunted and voted Jeremiah out in 5th. If Jeremiah was here and Aras gone 5th, I doubt I would be here right now giving an opening speech.
She was an incredible force in this game and an unbeatable challenge beast. I busted my ass for over 7 hours to ensure I'd win the final challenge to make it here, purely out of fear that she would kick my old ass and bring Ami to the end.
And that is basically my game, and I have a lot You guys can ask me about, but my opening is way long enough as it is. I hope this explained things for you and I look forward to your questions!