Opening Statements

[Tom Westman]

Please write your opening statements here.

[Ryan Aiken]

Well I would like to start out by saying Thank you to everyone for making this one of the most challenging and enjoyable games I have ever played. The point of survivor is to "Outwit, Outplay and Outlast." I think I managed to do all of those things.

Outwit I always made sure things were going my way. I tried to ensure that I had numbers and then attempted to get votes to go my way. I made moves that no one saw coming to further myself in the game and to make sure I would be sitting in the end. Most people trusted me to a certain extent and I played off of that to make sure I was on top of the game.

Outplay I did pretty well in the challenges. I won 4 individual immunitys making sure I would survive week to week. I knew the way the votes were going there was no way to feel completly sure without it. There were a lot of ties with votes and the only thing that kept me safe was my ability to win challenges.

Outlast Finally I managed to outlast the competiton. Making the final 2 speaks for itself. I took out some of the biggest threats in the game knowing that doing so would raise my chances to be sitting here. If I hadnt made the moves to take out threats like Jonathan most likely he would be sitting here instead of me.

Thank you all once again and I will try and anwser all questions honestly and to my fullest ability.

[Tina Scheer]

WOW! What an incredible game and journey! I came into this game without any strategy at all. I decided I would take it easy and see what kind of competition I had going against me. I immediately starting forming friendships on the original Tanso tribe, Jonathan, Ryan, and Jonny, to name a few.

Once castaways starting swapping back and forth, I knew I had to step up my social game. An alliance with Vecepia made itself available for the time being.

It was not until the merge when I really started any power moves. I had a relationship with every player after the merge with the exception of Amber, Jenna, JT, and Sandra. I knew pretty quickly that the original Ginto was going to try to take out the original Tanso... and I could not let that happen! I got the original Tanso together to help take out Amber and Jenna. At the same time, I maintained my short-term relationships with some of the Ginto members and convinced them that Amber and Jenna needed to go to. All was set in place until Jonny suddenly disappeard. With items everywhere and not knowing what was going to happen, I reluctantly went and voted Jonny out of the game.

When Richard was eliminated, it was by pure luck. Had it been the other way around, I really do not think myself or any other Tanso member would be here in the finals. That was a crucial part of the game and luck was on my side!

Vecepia was the biggest threat in my opinion to the Tansos. I had no choice but to backstab her. I never had intended on sticking to the cross-tribal alliance, because I knew come merge I had to keep the Tansos together to make it to the end. JT was an easy vote, and then came the most shocking part of the game for me...

It was all set for myself, Ryan, Jonathan, and Carolina to make it to the final four. With all intenstions of me sticking with Jonathan to the end, Ryan and Carolina voted out Jonathan. I made my point clear in that had Sandra made it any further, she would win this game. I felt like I needed immunity more than ever! I made my case clear and after having not won immunity, Ryan and Carolina voted out Sandra, leaving the final three.

The final challenge was crucial for me to staty in this game. I honestly have no idea what Carolina or Ryan would have done, but I needed that immunity for myself and no one else. The decision to vote out Carolina I feel was important. I did not want to come into this final tribal council with a for sure win. I wanted to take someone with me that deserves it if I happened to lose. And Ryan is that person.

As you can see, I played a major social game! I stuck with the original Tanso until the end and used some of the Ginto members to get where I needed to be. Physically, I placed quite well in most of the challenges and won 3 individual immunities, the final one being the most crucial.

I hope you can see the way I played this game as a respectable one. I had a blast playing with all of you and please, vote for who you feel deserves the title the most. Ryan, best of luck to you... I have a feeling it is going to be a tough night!!

Thank you.