[Jeff Probst]

This is Michelle's Final Tribal Council Thread.

All other Jurors should remain in their own threads. 

Michelle, you have until Saturday at 8c/9e AM to post your statements/questions to the Final 2. Remember not to take up too much of their time as they have 8 other jurors to get to. Please no listing or questions requiring novels for answers. You should post all of your statements/questions in your opening post in this thread.

[Michelle]

Holaaaa! Congrats on you both for playing a good enough game to get here... now lets see who played the BEST game to win the whole thing! 

Ladies First... 

Stephanie, 
At the start of the game I thought our conversations were pretty good! However, nearing the end we talked less and less. I felt that I was the one reaching out to you, more-so than the other way around. I understand that we weren't working together, but there is still an element of jury management that I look for in deciding a winner. So when it came to me, do you think your lack of communication hurt or helped your game? Had the roles been reversed, and I sat in final 2 having barely talked to you during your final days, would you respect me for being closed off? Why should I still give you my vote?

Voce, 
We had a working relationship throughout most of the season! Multiple times you would ask me "Michelle, if you're going to vote me out... just please tell me before hand." I always followed it up with "Of course, and I would respect if you did the same for me!" And you said that you would. Before my vote-out you got my hopes up by telling me you wanted to create a tie between me and Sydney to still give me a fighting chance. All I had asked of you was to be honest if you were going to vote for me. But you told me you wanted to create a tie. Not until tribal was almost over did you finally say that you were voting for me. I had no other way of saving myself at 4 against 3 other people who wanted me out, so why did you decide to not be honest with me during our last conversation? I also ask of you, had the roles been reversed and I decided not to tell you I was voting you out, would you respect that? Why should I still give my vote to you?

And for BOTH of you, 
Every player has a certain THREAT level, and a certain GOAT level. I want you both to tell me what you think yours is. I'm looking for a percent for each, and it must add up to 100%. 

Congratulations again! You were both lovely people to meet in game and I'm so excited to see one of us Aegean Losers come out on top!!!

[Voce]

That was a big mistake on my part.  Me you and Sydney had our final 3 agreement. Stephanie and I had our final 2.  I knew I had to lie to someone, but when Sydney came to me and said she wanted to vote you out, that in my eyes broke the final 3 agreement.  I did message you saying I would be willing to force a tie.  Between you and Sydney. I got the feeling you didn't wanna do that and you only wanted Stephanie.  I do honestly hate the fact that we didn't have more time to discuss before tribal.  I thought we'd have 20 minutes and then he only gave us 10.  I did go back and re-read everything at that tribal, and it doesn't look to good for me from your point of view.  I do apologize for hurt feelings, and I do understand if I don't get your vote.  I hope this gives you a good enough answer, but I do know it looks bad.

[Voce]

My goat level before winning immunity was probably around 80%. ( now probably 60)

Which means Stephanie is 40% goat.

[Michelle]

That was a big mistake on my part.  Me you and Sydney had our final 3 agreement. Stephanie and I had our final 2.  I knew I had to lie to someone, but when Sydney came to me and said she wanted to vote you out, that in my eyes broke the final 3 agreement.  I did message you saying I would be willing to force a tie.  Between you and Sydney. I got the feeling you didn't wanna do that and you only wanted Stephanie.  I do honestly hate the fact that we didn't have more time to discuss before tribal.  I thought we'd have 20 minutes and then he only gave us 10.  I did go back and re-read everything at that tribal, and it doesn't look to good for me from your point of view.  I do apologize for hurt feelings, and I do understand if I don't get your vote.  I hope this gives you a good enough answer, but I do know it looks bad.

Thankyou for your answer!! And good luck <3 

[Stephanie]

Hi Michelle!

At the start of the game, I thought our conversations were pretty good! However, nearing the end we talked less and less. I felt that I was the one reaching out to you, more so than the other way around. I understand that we weren't working together, but there is still an element of jury management that I look for in deciding a winner. So when it came to me, do you think your lack of communication hurt or helped your game? Had the roles been reversed, and I sat in final 2 having barely talked to you during your final days, would you respect me for being closed off? Why should I still give you my vote?

Okay Michelle, so when I first joined this game and saw your name, I was so excited to work with you. In the beginning, we got along very well. You were so fun to talk to. After the James vote, I heard from other people on the tribe that they were suspicious of Paul working with James. I had an inkling that you were close to Paul so that made me distant towards you. Also, whenever we talked game with each other, I noticed that every time I would propose a plan or bring up something, all you would do was smile and nod in agreement. You didn’t really add much of anything (no shade). And this wasn’t just happening with me. Mike and Hali also told me the same thing when they talked to you. All these things just piled up and it just made me so distant towards  you and just talk to you less and less.  Reading your question, yes, I do think that our lack of communication hurt my game. That just made you trust me less and that’s why you targeted me. If the roles had been reversed, I absolutely would not respect you for doing that to me. I really do apologize for doing that to you. Even though we weren’t working together, it’s not an excuse to just stop talking to you. This is not at all personal, however. It never was. I only did it because of what was happening in the game. 

Every player has a certain THREAT level, and a certain GOAT level. I want you both to tell me what you think yours is. I'm looking for a percent for each, and it must add up to 100%. 

Threat Level: 90%
GOAT Level: 10%

[Michelle]

Hi Michelle!

At the start of the game, I thought our conversations were pretty good! However, nearing the end we talked less and less. I felt that I was the one reaching out to you, more so than the other way around. I understand that we weren't working together, but there is still an element of jury management that I look for in deciding a winner. So when it came to me, do you think your lack of communication hurt or helped your game? Had the roles been reversed, and I sat in final 2 having barely talked to you during your final days, would you respect me for being closed off? Why should I still give you my vote?

Okay Michelle, so when I first joined this game and saw your name, I was so excited to work with you. In the beginning, we got along very well. You were so fun to talk to. After the James vote, I heard from other people on the tribe that they were suspicious of Paul working with James. I had an inkling that you were close to Paul so that made me distant towards you. Also, whenever we talked game with each other, I noticed that every time I would propose a plan or bring up something, all you would do was smile and nod in agreement. You didn’t really add much of anything (no shade). And this wasn’t just happening with me. Mike and Hali also told me the same thing when they talked to you. All these things just piled up and it just made me so distant towards  you and just talk to you less and less.  Reading your question, yes, I do think that our lack of communication hurt my game. That just made you trust me less and that’s why you targeted me. If the roles had been reversed, I absolutely would not respect you for doing that to me. I really do apologize for doing that to you. Even though we weren’t working together, it’s not an excuse to just stop talking to you. This is not at all personal, however. It never was. I only did it because of what was happening in the game. 

Every player has a certain THREAT level, and a certain GOAT level. I want you both to tell me what you think yours is. I'm looking for a percent for each, and it must add up to 100%. 

Threat Level: 90%
GOAT Level: 10%

Thanks so much for ur answer!! Good luck to u as well !