Jeff Probst" wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:11:54 pm
Leslie
~4th~ Place
Played by Erika L - 24 FemalePoody wrote:"Ug, you were so awesome in this. There were times that you really dropped the ball and could have flipped the game with JR in the merge, but I don't even care because you were so likable. You/Jaime/JR were my absolute favorites and I'm so glad you all came together. I really enjoyed your story throughout and I'm glad you had a good experience."Loveita wrote:"You are an absolute angel. Even when I was mad at you (see Shan math lesson), I couldn't REALLY be mad at you. Maybe there was some disappointment in how much it just seemed like you fizzled out post merge, but you went from doing the damn thing every day and kicking ass with Jaime, to losing your #1 bestie and facing what looked like insurmountable odds to make it to the end. Yes, there are some things you could have done differently but WOW did you play this game hard and I hate how much other players from Ancha judged you for your merge game without ever understanding what it took to get there. You would have won this game if you had made it to the end (against anyone not named Jean-Robert, I think), and you would have 100% deserved to. I can't wait to welcome Hannah to the Stranded fam! "Nofo wrote:"So pure. So good at this game. Any other season and you could have won, I think."Danni wrote:"You are so likable it hurts. From the minute you and Jamie teamed up to take down the boys alliance on Kallpa until your unfortunate demise at the final 4, you were the emotional core of the season. You had some strategic blunders, but the nice thing about being so open and vulnerable in confessional is that every choice you made tracked with the way you were feeling at the time. Wearing your heart on your sleeve like that can be a superpower in these games because it makes people WANT to be close to you. On your next time out, you just need to learn how to separate the head and the heart when it comes to your strategic decisions. If you can find a way to do it (which I have never been able to.....) you will be unstoppable!"Dean wrote:"Before we get into anything, these Ancha fools better put some RESPECT on your name! You were my favourite Kallpa player pre-merge; actually you were the best of the whole cast to me at that point. Being able to manipulate JR to give you the chat password to the boy's alliance? Fucking brilliant. I was obsessed with you (even with your weirdly formatted confessionals). Then the worst happened, and Jaime was merge boot. It's like a totally different Leslie appeared. Sad to see since a lot of lurkers ended up slowly turning on you due to choices you made during merge. I was longing for pre-merge Leslie to come back, but she never did. F9 turned a LOT against you. Like, girl, you didn't want to vote out Abraham cuz you were afraid JR would get the credit, so... what, did you think voting out Sara would give you all the credit for her vote? Warped thinking. Anyway still love ya, you're the sweetest soul here, never change. Any Ancha who called you a goat made me barf so I hope you play again and show them what you can accomplish!"Susie wrote:"I was one of your biggest supporters throughout the entire game, and I'm thrilled that you had the opportunity to participate. I particularly enjoyed the synergy between you and Jaime at the beginning, but her departure seemed to hinder your strategic momentum. Witnessing your growth and transformation throughout the entire game was truly delightful. I genuinely hope to see you play again and witness your strategic prowess expand even further."Tyler wrote:"impressing right away by researching past Stranded seasons, you had the full roller coaster ride of going from being an underdog on Kallpa, to making a power move with the Aaron boot, to being down in numbers at the merge, to being the last Kallpa standing and making the final 4! Although you may have chosen to try to separate your game from JR’s game at exactly the wrong time in the game, it is obviously easy to say that from the perspective of seeing everything. Which reminds me, you might really love lurking! You are a kind, amazing person and I can’t wait to see you and Jaime return to dominate the inevitable season of Stranded Duos."James Lin wrote:"You seem like an all aroud amazing human being. You and Jaime were doing BUSINESS over on Kallpa but losing Jaime at merge really seemed to cut the wind in your sails. You should be proud of being the last Kallpa standing! "
Poody wrote:"You were a fairly good social player, a little blaisé. I think if you had a bit more oomph the season would have been more fun, and we would have regarded you more highly here. Still, you played a super solid game that you should be proud of. Kudos."
Loveita wrote:"I'm not sure if this will be surprising, but I think you are the most experienced ORG veteran player on this cast. And that experience showed, just in your ability to navigate the game and understand the dynamics and perceptions. It also served as a big hindrance for you, apparently, since previous ORG experiences changed your approach here and blinded you in key ways. As the first person to guess this whole thing was a F2, you really should have gone back to basics with the rest of us and clean slated your approach here. It really did seem like sometimes you were staring the truth of the season right in the face, stating it back, and then ignoring it completely on the hope things would just continue to work out. Obviously you played a really good game, but I wish you'd have taken more advantage of the opportunities players like Leslie, Shan, and Jean-Robert were throwing into your lap all season."
Nofo wrote:"Well... Thanks for handing Abe a hundred bucks, I guess?"
Danni wrote:"look. I think your approach to this game gets you the win most seasons. You've got the strategic game down, and you were a great confessionalist. But it's tough to root for a player who is playing the behind the scenes, social butterfly game when there are players like Abe and JR who are delivering feeds gold for the lurkers. I think if you brought more of the fire and passion we saw in your final confessionals and tribal councils to the rest of your game, you would have been a star."
Dean wrote:"It's a bit shocking since you're a very experienced ORG vet, so I'll say this once. If you do care about perception of you from the audience, never do a fake-out on purpose "for show", especially when it comes to votes. That's how you get lurkers against you. You might come across a few topics about you on the forum where the alumni talk. Don't take a lot of those to heart, especially the first one (you can check the dates on when they're made). Having said that, early days you were a lurker fave, you were everyone's best friend and socially I think you were in the best position. It was compromised when #gaygate happened but you recovered. Then merge happened... the amount of times you blue-balled the lurkers was too much, and eventually we grew bored of it and your antics. I did LOVE though that you were the very first (and I think only one independently) to figure out that this was a full-on back to basics season, you were smart!"
Susie wrote:"Your game was solid and one of the strongest socially, but it did feel a little like you were dialing it in at points. More active scrambling and strategy would have been more fun to watch, and I'd love to see you acting on your instincts more in future games."
Tyler wrote:"Before the game started you were hands down my favorite player of the bunch. The queen of my theoretical vision board, your pre-game interview just oozed charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent, and I kinda just assumed everyone else would fall madly in love with you too. And I think that kinda happened? It seemed to me like most of the cast did, in fact, adore you, and even though you couldn't have been any closer to doing so, that is ultimately why you were not allowed to face the jury. Regardless, your ORG experience shows and you played a fantastic game. I really enjoyed getting to know you through your video and color-coded confessionals. Currently manifesting an Evvie return in which the proverbial balls are not 50 shades of blue <3"
James Lin wrote:"In a cast where people were playing blatantly obvious and upfront games like Abe and JR, your under the radar, hard reliance on the social aspect style of game was a breath of fresh air. I think just like DeShawn, people caught on that that was probably too good of a strategy in the end game and that's probably why you ended up in 3rd. That's nothing to be upset about though, great game!"
Dean Kowalski" wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:15:25 pm Final Nine is my trigger word
And your post in Ponderosa when you got there admitting you let the JR/you relationship tie you were worried about interfere with your thought process sometimes was refreshing, since I wasn't sure you got it for a while, but you did. Jeff Probst" wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:11:54 pm
Leslie
~4th~ Place
Played by Erika L - 24 FemalePoody wrote:"Ug, you were so awesome in this. There were times that you really dropped the ball and could have flipped the game with JR in the merge, but I don't even care because you were so likable. You/Jaime/JR were my absolute favorites and I'm so glad you all came together. I really enjoyed your story throughout and I'm glad you had a good experience."Loveita wrote:"You are an absolute angel. Even when I was mad at you (see Shan math lesson), I couldn't REALLY be mad at you. Maybe there was some disappointment in how much it just seemed like you fizzled out post merge, but you went from doing the damn thing every day and kicking ass with Jaime, to losing your #1 bestie and facing what looked like insurmountable odds to make it to the end. Yes, there are some things you could have done differently but WOW did you play this game hard and I hate how much other players from Ancha judged you for your merge game without ever understanding what it took to get there. You would have won this game if you had made it to the end (against anyone not named Jean-Robert, I think), and you would have 100% deserved to. I can't wait to welcome Hannah to the Stranded fam! "Nofo wrote:"So pure. So good at this game. Any other season and you could have won, I think."Danni wrote:"You are so likable it hurts. From the minute you and Jamie teamed up to take down the boys alliance on Kallpa until your unfortunate demise at the final 4, you were the emotional core of the season. You had some strategic blunders, but the nice thing about being so open and vulnerable in confessional is that every choice you made tracked with the way you were feeling at the time. Wearing your heart on your sleeve like that can be a superpower in these games because it makes people WANT to be close to you. On your next time out, you just need to learn how to separate the head and the heart when it comes to your strategic decisions. If you can find a way to do it (which I have never been able to.....) you will be unstoppable!"Dean wrote:"Before we get into anything, these Ancha fools better put some RESPECT on your name! You were my favourite Kallpa player pre-merge; actually you were the best of the whole cast to me at that point. Being able to manipulate JR to give you the chat password to the boy's alliance? Fucking brilliant. I was obsessed with you (even with your weirdly formatted confessionals). Then the worst happened, and Jaime was merge boot. It's like a totally different Leslie appeared. Sad to see since a lot of lurkers ended up slowly turning on you due to choices you made during merge. I was longing for pre-merge Leslie to come back, but she never did. F9 turned a LOT against you. Like, girl, you didn't want to vote out Abraham cuz you were afraid JR would get the credit, so... what, did you think voting out Sara would give you all the credit for her vote? Warped thinking. Anyway still love ya, you're the sweetest soul here, never change. Any Ancha who called you a goat made me barf so I hope you play again and show them what you can accomplish!"Susie wrote:"I was one of your biggest supporters throughout the entire game, and I'm thrilled that you had the opportunity to participate. I particularly enjoyed the synergy between you and Jaime at the beginning, but her departure seemed to hinder your strategic momentum. Witnessing your growth and transformation throughout the entire game was truly delightful. I genuinely hope to see you play again and witness your strategic prowess expand even further."Tyler wrote:"impressing right away by researching past Stranded seasons, you had the full roller coaster ride of going from being an underdog on Kallpa, to making a power move with the Aaron boot, to being down in numbers at the merge, to being the last Kallpa standing and making the final 4! Although you may have chosen to try to separate your game from JR’s game at exactly the wrong time in the game, it is obviously easy to say that from the perspective of seeing everything. Which reminds me, you might really love lurking! You are a kind, amazing person and I can’t wait to see you and Jaime return to dominate the inevitable season of Stranded Duos."James Lin wrote:"You seem like an all aroud amazing human being. You and Jaime were doing BUSINESS over on Kallpa but losing Jaime at merge really seemed to cut the wind in your sails. You should be proud of being the last Kallpa standing! "
Dean Kowalski" wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:15:25 pm Final Nine is my trigger word
Leslie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:17:40 pmJeff Probst" wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:11:54 pm
Leslie
~4th~ Place
Played by Erika L - 24 FemalePoody wrote:"Ug, you were so awesome in this. There were times that you really dropped the ball and could have flipped the game with JR in the merge, but I don't even care because you were so likable. You/Jaime/JR were my absolute favorites and I'm so glad you all came together. I really enjoyed your story throughout and I'm glad you had a good experience."Loveita wrote:"You are an absolute angel. Even when I was mad at you (see Shan math lesson), I couldn't REALLY be mad at you. Maybe there was some disappointment in how much it just seemed like you fizzled out post merge, but you went from doing the damn thing every day and kicking ass with Jaime, to losing your #1 bestie and facing what looked like insurmountable odds to make it to the end. Yes, there are some things you could have done differently but WOW did you play this game hard and I hate how much other players from Ancha judged you for your merge game without ever understanding what it took to get there. You would have won this game if you had made it to the end (against anyone not named Jean-Robert, I think), and you would have 100% deserved to. I can't wait to welcome Hannah to the Stranded fam! "Nofo wrote:"So pure. So good at this game. Any other season and you could have won, I think."Danni wrote:"You are so likable it hurts. From the minute you and Jamie teamed up to take down the boys alliance on Kallpa until your unfortunate demise at the final 4, you were the emotional core of the season. You had some strategic blunders, but the nice thing about being so open and vulnerable in confessional is that every choice you made tracked with the way you were feeling at the time. Wearing your heart on your sleeve like that can be a superpower in these games because it makes people WANT to be close to you. On your next time out, you just need to learn how to separate the head and the heart when it comes to your strategic decisions. If you can find a way to do it (which I have never been able to.....) you will be unstoppable!"Dean wrote:"Before we get into anything, these Ancha fools better put some RESPECT on your name! You were my favourite Kallpa player pre-merge; actually you were the best of the whole cast to me at that point. Being able to manipulate JR to give you the chat password to the boy's alliance? Fucking brilliant. I was obsessed with you (even with your weirdly formatted confessionals). Then the worst happened, and Jaime was merge boot. It's like a totally different Leslie appeared. Sad to see since a lot of lurkers ended up slowly turning on you due to choices you made during merge. I was longing for pre-merge Leslie to come back, but she never did. F9 turned a LOT against you. Like, girl, you didn't want to vote out Abraham cuz you were afraid JR would get the credit, so... what, did you think voting out Sara would give you all the credit for her vote? Warped thinking. Anyway still love ya, you're the sweetest soul here, never change. Any Ancha who called you a goat made me barf so I hope you play again and show them what you can accomplish!"Susie wrote:"I was one of your biggest supporters throughout the entire game, and I'm thrilled that you had the opportunity to participate. I particularly enjoyed the synergy between you and Jaime at the beginning, but her departure seemed to hinder your strategic momentum. Witnessing your growth and transformation throughout the entire game was truly delightful. I genuinely hope to see you play again and witness your strategic prowess expand even further."Tyler wrote:"impressing right away by researching past Stranded seasons, you had the full roller coaster ride of going from being an underdog on Kallpa, to making a power move with the Aaron boot, to being down in numbers at the merge, to being the last Kallpa standing and making the final 4! Although you may have chosen to try to separate your game from JR’s game at exactly the wrong time in the game, it is obviously easy to say that from the perspective of seeing everything. Which reminds me, you might really love lurking! You are a kind, amazing person and I can’t wait to see you and Jaime return to dominate the inevitable season of Stranded Duos."James Lin wrote:"You seem like an all aroud amazing human being. You and Jaime were doing BUSINESS over on Kallpa but losing Jaime at merge really seemed to cut the wind in your sails. You should be proud of being the last Kallpa standing! "
I REALLY picked the worst time to decide I didn't want people to think JR was in charge of my vote. Man did that get me riled up.
Poody wrote:"I initially thought you were a dud, but your gameplay grew on me. It was sometimes bordering on cruel, but I can't hate hte player. You gave Abe a real run for his money here, and I think you did play a good social game. I think next time you should consider playing a bit more aggressively to get the W, but you have the makings of a fantastic player."
Loveita wrote:"Okay so I'm writing this before votes are in, with no idea if you win or lose, but the first thing I want to say is that you put out a really solid FTC. Not perfect, but solid. You probably need a perfect one to win? You aren't a goat or a 0 vote finalist, but I'm not going to sit here and pretend you played well or that I enjoyed watching you from the merge on (no complaints premerge - loved you. Ke$ha tattoo stan here all the way). I love the personal and genuine bonds you made in your first ORG experience even if we as viewers hated what it did to the season. When you go back and read some of the blogs, including mine <3, you might need this playing in the background: https://youtu.be/Cs6cREgLVyA "
Nofo wrote:"You were my winner pick. Have a great summer."
Danni wrote:"Look dude. You're a nice enough guy, and your first ORG is always the toughest because the relationships feel so raw and real and important. But watching you throw away your great positioning to be an extra vote for Abe and Evvie was tough to watch. Then, as you're finally playing for yourself and telling the truth about Abe's paranoia and his terrible social game during final tribal, you let him attack you in DMs and talk you out of poking holes in his game!!! If you decide to dip your toes into ORGs, it would serve you well to expand your horizons beyond loyalty and integrity, and start looking to play a more self interested game. God knows both of your allies did that to you this season. IF YOU WIN, it will be because Abe tanked his game in front of the jury, and you were just there."
Dean wrote:""Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached out his hand, and took the knife to slaughter his son."""
Susie wrote:"As a newbie (if that's true, lol) you kept up with the ORG vets admirably. Some of your game moves were hard to watch, but they did get you to where you are and may have gotten you the win, so I can't beat on you too much. You've got incredible potential in ORGs, hope to see you play again! "
Tyler wrote:"Hey Scooby Doo! You had me at gay boy in cannabis. Then you double had me at double Libra. I dig your personality, and I am a fan of the stoner three. Honestly, this is the kind of alliance I would try to form myself and I commend you all for getting to the F3 and yourself to the final 2. You played a really great game for your very first time and I think, had you had just a scosh more experience, you could have possibly turned this one into a W. You were that close and should still be proud AF. I definitely didn’t do as well as you did my first game…"
James Lin wrote:"Your game was very "new to ORG's" in its style. Nothing wrong with that, I see lots of parallels with how I played when I was in my first org (and I say that as someone with still very little experience). You seem like a great guy and you swung real hard in FTC... I just wish you would have hit a few more home runs before that point."
Heather wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:21:37 pm Leslie, I was rooting for you so hard in jury after being a hater in game. Jaime def helped me see how great a game you were playing. You were the last player who had the full support of the jury and that says something. Nothing but love
