Holly Is STILL Pissed

[Holly Hoffman]

Good evening, you two! Congratulations. I'd like to lie and say I'm super excited for the two of you....but, I'm really not. My alliance was Stephen and Parvati, and I wanted to see them get to the end after my untimely demise, but unfortunately, that didn't happen, you guys got there, and like it or not we're sitting over here and you there, so you guys both did a great job to get there!


Dave, you and I have our history, so before you take my questions personally..........they're not personal.

I think you did a good job of getting to this point in this game, not that you're incapable of it, because you have won before, so you are capable of getting here and it's a well-documented fact, however, in this case, I'm not so sure that you deserve to beat Phillip.

You said your strategy was to hide behind the alpha dogs and let them take each other out. While it is indeed a valid strategy to get to the end of the game, I'm not sure I'd reward someone who played that way.

Also, I'd like to post this disclaimer before you guys answer: I want proper grammar and spelling. Petty, I know, but you're trying to impress me, right? Reading jury answers that sound like a 6th grader on the internet is a surefire way to lose my vote.

My questions to you:
1. In Round 2, when Operation Pummel Paloma was in effect, you wanted to blindside Shannon, when I told you I wasn't going to break my word to Stephen, you started whining about how no one ever likes your ideas and never follows them......Why did the fact that I didn't want to blindside Shannon who I had no qualms get taken so personally by you?
2. What moves in this game did you yourself initiate....this means, you came up with it, not you went to Parvati and Stephen or Phillip with the idea and THEY made it happen?
3. I'd like to apologize to you for making the assumption in my confessional that you thought I was the spawn of Satan. But you have told me you consider me a villain...why?
4. What was your favorite moment of the game?

Phillip, oh Crazy Ass Phillip, we had an interesting time in this game, to say the least.

You are in line to get my vote right now, but that can change with a lackluster answer and a lackluster performance, in my eyes, at this tribal.

I know I was 4th voted out, so I apologize if I sound self-entitled, not my intention, I simply want to know what went down.

My questions for you are:
1. The round after I left, when Blake went to Devil's Island, I knew I was leaving, or at least had a feeling. Turns out I was right. I had a feeling you and Shambo were a pair and that Lisa was targeting me. You told me you would vote with Ashley and I for Lisa. If I was going to go home that night anyway, why did you lie about it?
2. If you were indeed going to vote Lisa, how did the vote change?
3. Did you know I had an alliance with Parvati and Stephen?
4. List your allies in terms of importance to you in this game.
5. What was the most shocking moment in this game for you?
6. What's Devil's Island like? I never went .
7. Did the tribe throw the Ball-Catching challenge to eliminate Matthew?
8. Do you think this game would be different if I would've survived to the swap and gotten back in with Stephen and Parvati?

[Phillip Sheppard]

Phillip, oh Crazy Ass Phillip, we had an interesting time in this game, to say the least.

You are in line to get my vote right now, but that can change with a lackluster answer and a lackluster performance, in my eyes, at this tribal.

I know I was 4th voted out, so I apologize if I sound self-entitled, not my intention, I simply want to know what went down.

My questions for you are:


1. The round after I left, when Blake went to Devil's Island, I knew I was leaving, or at least had a feeling. Turns out I was right. I had a feeling you and Shambo were a pair and that Lisa was targeting me. You told me you would vote with Ashley and I for Lisa. If I was going to go home that night anyway, why did you lie about it?

2. If you were indeed going to vote Lisa, how did the vote change?


1 and 2 both kind of go together so I'll answer them as one. Blake going to Devil's Island completely scrambled everyone's plans as you know. You were right in that I had an alliance with Shambo and Lisa, but at the time Lisa was inactive in both the challenges we had on Aqua and I was considering voting her off to keep our tribe as strong as possible. Shambo didn't want to vote Lisa and knew you and Ashley were totally an alliance, so I was kind of stuck in the middle between both sides but ultimately my alliance was more with Shambo and Lisa than you and Ashley .

We originally were going to vote off Ashley instead of you, but Lisa wanted to vote you instead because she said Ashley was in the Survivor Horror game with her and didn't want to upset her. We ended up changing the vote I think like an hour before the deadline. Sorry if you felt I lied about it, the vote was so crazy there all the way up to the very last minute I really couldn't promise anyone they were safe.



3. Did you know I had an alliance with Parvati and Stephen?

I knew you had an alliance with Stephen because he told me, I also knew you and Ashley were together. I didn't know about you and Parvati, that's news to me.

4. List your allies in terms of importance to you in this game.

1. SHAMBO- I don't think is coming as too big a surprise. Shambo was best ally in the game, we shared everything, including hidden immunity idols. We didn't share body fluids though if you were thinking that.


2. PARVATI- Parvati was an amazing ally in this game. We strategized on AIM and through PMs the whole game and concocted our little plans pretty much from round 1, and we actually made a Final 2 alliance when we both went to Devil's Island. Believe it or not, Shambo and I didn't have a F2 alliance, just F3.

3. STEPHEN- Stephen and I both worked together well and he had a really uncanny ability to get things done, like I said in the Cirie comparison, he was really dangerous.

4. LISA- Lisa and I had a sort of informal alliance and I would have liked to work with her deeper into the game if circumstances allowed it.

5. What was the most shocking moment in this game for you?

Shambo getting blindsided by the HII was without a doubt the biggest shock. When I saw Stephen played it, I thought it was me that gone.

6. What's Devil's Island like? I never went

Honestly it actually wasn't that interesting inside there ( no offense Damien and Sarah!). There is board there explaining that you may receive an Idol clue OR pick a skull and a skull icon that links you to the password protected HII board.

7. Did the tribe throw the Ball-Catching challenge to eliminate Matthew?

I know we epically failed that challenge, but to my knowledge we didn't throw it. I hate throwing challenges I think it's always a terrible idea. Shambo fucked it up by not posting the ball image when she threw it the ball like 150 goddamn times. I heard on Inferno Aras made the same mistake, but Parvati corrected him before it was too late. No one including me on Aqua caught that image mistake.

8. Do you think this game would be different if I would've survived to the swap and gotten back in with Stephen and Parvati?

Yeah, I actually think it would have been dramatically different. I think everything would remain the same until Ashley left in the Coconut challenges ( or maybe you have given her coconuts to stay? who knows). After that you may have reformed your alliance with Stephen and Parvati again, and since everyone knew me and Shambo were together, possibly taken us out and we would both be on the jury. It could have very well been a Parvati, Holly Stephen Final 3 .

[Dave Cruser]

Holly, first of all Idlike to say that I played the best game possible with the cards I was dealt. I'm sorry I wasn't around that much but I was smart enough to attach to someone that kept me in the loop and was playing everyone. For all I know she could have been playing me but she still told me what I needed to know.

1. In Round 2, when Operation Pummel Paloma was in effect, you wanted to blindside Shannon, when I told you I wasn't going to break my word to Stephen, you started whining about how no one ever likes your ideas and never follows them......Why did the fact that I didn't want to blindside Shannon who I had no qualms get taken so personally by you? Because at that time I really felt closer to Paloma then Shannon and well as you know I get paranoid easily and felt I would be totally out of the loop and possibly next to go.
2. What moves in this game did you yourself initiate....this means, you came up with it, not you went to Parvati and Stephen or Phillip with the idea and THEY made it happen? Well quite honestly and I admit this isn't gonna help my case but Parv and I discussed things together. I never made a clear move by myself til the end when I kinda sold Parv out and told Philip how close I was to Parv and how she dominated the game. That was to selfishly help me get to the final 2 spot.
3. I'd like to apologize to you for making the assumption in my confessional that you thought I was the spawn of Satan. But you have told me you consider me a villain...why? Because we never seem to get along in games and I always feel you hate me. Once again my paranoid nature.
4. What was your favorite moment of the game? Enjoying the conversations and hopefully friendships I made in the game.


Hope that answere your questions

[Holly Hoffman]

Thank you, boys.

Good answers, both of you. Good luck!

[Dave Cruser]

And PS, what makes me hiding behind the alpha players strategy any less cowardly and less deserving then someone takin me to the end over someone people considered a strong threat. So Philip is called smart for doing something like that. But i'm seen as a coward. He took the easy way out as well