Chase's Corner

[Chase Rice]

First off, I'd just like to say that I'm really happy about this Final 2. Obviously I was playing to win and wanted to kick some ass, but if it couldn't be me up there I'm glad it's the pair of you. Y'all were both amazing to play with and I hope my vote doesn't piss either of you off. I almost want to vote for both of you because you're such superstars lmao. So yeah whichever way I vote, please don't take offense because I think you both are awesomesauce.

So anywho, let's get to the question portion of the evening. You should know that my vote is still very up in the air, so as RuPaul would say: DON'T FUCK IT UP

Tracy, you told me you voted with your gut when you voted me out because you and Eddie had been together since the beginning. BUT WHY DID YOUR GUT SAY TO VOTE ME OUT?!?!? At the time did you realize how beloved Eddie was with the jury? Was it like a you didn't know type deal or was it more of a Tina/Colby esque loyalty vote?
Also, you seemed to struggle with the challenges a ton this season. Was that genuinely because you had trouble due to your time zone or did you play it up as a form of strategy?

Eddie, Tracy told me about the Hidden Immunity Idol in her possession, yet you didn't. Why is that? Did you not really trust me? Were you just fucking with me the whole game? I CAN'T EVEN TELL IF OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS REAL ;_; I OFFERED TO BE YOUR BOTTOM AND YOU STILL DIDN'T EVEN TRUST ME
Also, during John's boot we made a pact to go to the final two if either of us won final immunity. Truthfully, would you have honored that pact or would you have taken Tracy over me?

Thanks for listening y'all and thanks for a great season <3 I look forward to your answers to my (mildly overdramatic) questions

[Eddie Fox]

Eddie, Tracy told me about the Hidden Immunity Idol in her possession, yet you didn't. Why is that? Did you not really trust me? Were you just fucking with me the whole game? I CAN'T EVEN TELL IF OUR FRIENDSHIP WAS REAL ;_; I OFFERED TO BE YOUR BOTTOM AND YOU STILL DIDN'T EVEN TRUST ME
Also, during John's boot we made a pact to go to the final two if either of us won final immunity. Truthfully, would you have honored that pact or would you have taken Tracy over me?

Well I was planning on not revealing to anyone that I was holding the HII. I felt that keeping it on the DL and maybe causing a little paranoia about who did have it would benefit me more-so. The ONLY reason I told Tracy was so that she would be more comfortable voting Jefra over Christa, because she was partially worried that Christa was more likely to have the idol and play it at 5. An aside, if I won final 5 immunity I was 100% going to play my idol on you.

So no, our relationship (yes I'm making official) was in no way fake on my part. At least for me, our bond was instant and I loved you from then on out. I thought you could be playing me at one or two points, but I put those thoughts aside as paranoia. Also, you can't have EXCLUSIVE bottom rights. I ain't been checking #thatbulge all game for nothin'.

Okay for as much as I love you though, I can't say that I definitely would have taken you to the final 2. When we first made a f2 deal (I think between the Darrah and Erinn boots?), I intended to stick with it because I felt very uncomfortable about my position in the game and you were a person I felt I would actually be close with if we were spending 24 hours a day on an island. Over the next few rounds though, I realized the extent of your and Tracy's relationship and thought you may have the same deal with her. So I started to consider the bigger picture of jury votes and such. It would have been the hardest thing for me to write you name down because of our bond, but I realllllly wanted to win too and knew it was less likely/a long shot against you. I think my desire to win, combined with thinking you had the same f2 deal with Tracy, would have resulted in me voting you out though. Sorry dude, #stillloveyoudoe.

[Tracy Hughes Wolfe]

Tracy, you told me you voted with your gut when you voted me out because you and Eddie had been together since the beginning. BUT WHY DID YOUR GUT SAY TO VOTE ME OUT?!?!? At the time did you realize how beloved Eddie was with the jury? Was it like a you didn't know type deal or was it more of a Tina/Colby esque loyalty vote?

Also, you seemed to struggle with the challenges a ton this season. Was that genuinely because you had trouble due to your time zone or did you play it up as a form of strategy?

Is the relationship facebook official? I feel like the awkward bystander in your and Eddie's relationship but I highly support it! You deserve some topping too, my friend!

Okay, Chase I will cut the crap right here. The gut thing was bullshit, a lame excuse. I can't believe I couldn't say something else to you at that time. The truth here is that my brain sort of froze when I won that challenge. I was in awe of what to do, who to vote for. I was actually thinking that my score wasn't enough, and that someone else would decide for us who went to the finals. That was cowardy, just wrong, I apologize for it.

That's also partly an answer to your second question. I think that it was a combination of both factors, sometimes it was just pure bad luck, like with the final live tribe challenge. My body was ready to win that challenge, and then Whitney posted it like 40 minutes to late and I decided to go to bed. I was heartbroken that we lost that one, and felt like it was my faulth, that was the hardest thing on that one.
At other times, I knew I was safe so why would I risk getting a target on my back for winning challenges if I was safe already. At the final challenge, I did want to prove that I was serious about this game, that I not just didn't care for this game.

So why did I end up voting you out? I think I couldn't really put everything aside and put the pros and cons of both of you on a list. As Eddie stated above, he had Final Two deals with both you & me. I didn't know he had a Final Two deal with you, so that's kind of sneaky of him. I don't like making multiple final two deals, just so that you can lose the challenge and still make it to the finals. We did NOT have these final two as far as I know. We only had the final three deal. Breaking the deal with Eddie was just wrong in my opinion. I had been with him since the first day and I felt that he deserved to plead his case here. I truly believed he would have taken me too, so I wanted to return the favour. If I did break that deal with him, I would have probably also lost his jury vote. I can't say the same thing for you if you'd ask me.

It might end up being a wrong choice, but at least one of the New Mukwa people won. Thank you again for this amazing game, Chase!

[Chase Rice]

<3 You two rock this vote is gonna be soooo hardddd