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Castaway Interview: Russel Hantz

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token lunatic		#181	[-]
Posts: 28426 (12/22/09 07:59 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Ads no mass Remove this ad Being sweet, unassuming, "humble", non egocentric, smiley, etc. Unlike Sandra, she didn't totally suck at challenges, and she did give her all in every single thing she attempted(like Neleh.)
BortBort		#182	[-]
Posts: 1798 (12/22/09 08:04 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I know, she did very little else in that time (or we didn't see her do anything else so must assume she did nothing worth using). I don't even know how influential she was in that move, I was just saying that editing made it out as her move just like they made the Marisa, Betsy, Ashley, Liz and John boots out as entirely Russell's move. I guess she made nice with Galu and maintained her alliance with Russell? Played dumb so that Russ would take her to the end? Stroked Russell's ego so that he would choke at the FTC? I know it doesn't seem like much but it was all it took to win. I kind of feel that Russell overplayed it and made the jury more bitter than they may have otherwise been if he had adopted a more measured approach (ala Todd)...
token lunatic		#183	[-]
Posts: 28429 (12/22/09 08:04 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I wish Jeff had mentioned Monica wanting to take out Natalie. She knew they were an alliance. She should have shut the fuck up and made Laura suggest it.
token lunatic		#184	[-]
Posts: 28431 (12/22/09 08:07 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Praying, uh duh.
rickety row		#185	[-]
Posts: 10 (12/22/09 08:07 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	If Russell had been voted out of the game at anytime during the game Natalie was toast since Russell was her only strategy. If Natalie had been voted out at any time before Russell it wouldn't have mattered to Russell at all, he had other alliances to help him get to final tribal council. He even made an alliance with Brett to get there!!! What was Natalie doing in the meantime?
Miles Edgeworth		#186	[-]
Posts: 3028 (12/22/09 08:12 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	dont get me wrong russel deserved what he got for taking someone with 4 obvious votes to the final tc. However that jury was still retarded and Natalie lucked into a win while providing very little substance
pjadedd		#187	[-]
Posts: 10593 (12/22/09 08:12 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I think there was nothing formal, but Natalie's relationship with the Galu women may have helped her. Had Jaison gone after the merge and Russell followed, I wouldn't have been surprised to see the girls try to get Natalie to at least help take out John and Erik. Russell's funny in that he is willing to take all of the credit, but none of the blame. When you play a big risk/reward game, you have to be willing to accept both sides. At times, you have to play to not lose as much as you have to play to win.
token lunatic		#188	[-]
Posts: 28434 (12/22/09 08:19 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Russell should have realized that Nat would have the girl votes. He should have at least courted Erik, Dave and reconciled with Jaison. It's his own fault for trying to coast on his own in game strategy "I'm HARDCORE!" without working it all the way to the final vote. The two people he backstabbed the hardest, Shambo and John, gave him the TJ/Lil vote.
pjadedd		#189	[-]
Posts: 10595 (12/22/09 08:24 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Lividmanda was sitting somewhere thinking, "damn, even I would've had a shot against this asshole in front of a jury." That's when you know you're game is fucked.
GrenadeJumper85		#190	[-]
Posts: 15001 (12/22/09 08:24 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Ads no mass Remove this ad rickety row wrote: If Russell had been voted out of the game at anytime during the game Natalie was toast since Russell was her only strategy. If Natalie had been voted out at any time before Russell it wouldn't have mattered to Russell at all, he had other alliances to help him get to final tribal council. He even made an alliance with Brett to get there!!! What was Natalie doing in the meantime? That's the dumbest thing ever. If Natalie/Mick/Jaison had been voted out at all before Russell, he would have been done. They were the alliance the kept his ass afloat post merge. No Alliance = No game. What other alliances did he have with people other than those three? None. Cut any of those three out and Russell has absolutely no game. Whereas if you removed Russell, as some people already said, Natalie would have no problem integrating into the fold with the Galu women.
A Dying Clown		#191	[-]
Posts: 11695 (12/22/09 08:34 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	If Natalie had been voted out at any time before Russell it wouldn't have mattered to Russell at all, he had other alliances to help him get to final tribal council. Making and betraying lots of unnecessary alliances is why he deserved to lose
Miles Edgeworth		#192	[-]
Posts: 3030 (12/22/09 08:35 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Were you even watching that show? Nat was high on their bootlist. Her ass would have been gone faster than you can say o my werd. Whereas russel was at least active in trying to remain safe be it idols or use of turncoats
Axie.rsfd		#193	[-]
Posts: 36 (12/22/09 08:46 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I love how he said "Survivor is not supposed to be about the social game". He really doesn't know nothing about this game. He must think Survivor = Big Brother on the woods. Which I would consider it to be if Russell won. I want Eliza or other alumni to show him this board. I want to see his delusions of grandeur as personally as I can. <3
token lunatic		#194	[-]
Posts: 28447 (12/22/09 08:49 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	GrenadeJumper85 wrote: rickety row wrote: If Russell had been voted out of the game at anytime during the game Natalie was toast since Russell was her only strategy. If Natalie had been voted out at any time before Russell it wouldn't have mattered to Russell at all, he had other alliances to help him get to final tribal council. He even made an alliance with Brett to get there!!! What was Natalie doing in the meantime? That's the dumbest thing ever. If Natalie/Mick/Jaison had been voted out at all before Russell, he would have been done. They were the alliance the kept his ass afloat post merge. No Alliance = No game. What other alliances did he have with people other than those three? None. Cut any of those three out and Russell has absolutely no game. Whereas if you removed Russell, as some people already said, Natalie would have no problem integrating into the fold with the Galu women. Both Nat and Mick knew that getting rid of Russell would hand over a win to Galu. They needed him. They needed the bad man.
micronesia		#195	[-]
Posts: 483 (12/22/09 09:08 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	BortBort wrote: If you are going to let the editing tell you that Russell controlled the game from start to finish and was the best player ever then you have to be willing to opne wide and swallow when the editing tells you that Nat engineered the Erik boot. Cos the editing did tell us that Nat engineered Erik's boot, whether or not it is actually true is another story. I`m not saying Russel controlled it like he said, but the fact that nobody from the actual contestants came forward so far and said it wasnt anything like that makes me think that it`s at least not completely fabricated. Furthermore, it seems as if that was her (THE WINNERS!!!) only move (if it was...) and if it had been anything beyond the mockery version of my last post, we might`ve seen a bit more of it I think. But most likely they had nothing to show.
SneakerShoe		#196	[-]
Posts: 39 (12/22/09 01:28 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts	In the Dalton Ross interview, when Russell is saying how Jaison is screwed up for life he name drops Coach. That is hilarious.
rbk32		#197	[-]
Posts: 627 (12/22/09 02:23 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	You looked pretty hurt by the outcome. How are you feeling? Well, I'm feeling pretty bad right now; but you know what? I won the fan favorite. That's pretty amazing. RussellGotScrewed.com is already up. Check it out. The tide changed three or four or five weeks into the game, and you started winning people over. I went from being even more hated than Johnny Fairplay to maybe even more loved than Rupert. How do you do that in one season? How is that possible? I don't know. Jeff would tell me. He said, "You can be cocky and charming at the same time." I don't know if that's it. I think it's my southern charm, I guess you could say. Way back on the first day you made comments about Hurricane Katrina, and how you were a fireman. Marisa was infuriated. Do you still get flack for that? You know what? I go to the LSU games all the time in Baton Rogue, where the people were effected, and I have a friend in New Orleans, who that did happen to, who lost everybody. They love it. At first I regretted the story about Hurricane Katrina when I saw it. But when I talked to people who were in Katrina, they were thanking me for bringing it back, because people forget about things. The story that I told happened to my best friend's brother, and I asked him permission to tell the story. At the point people found out you made two million dollars last year, they must have realized you weren't a fireman who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. Did they confront you about making that up? Nobody said anything. That's how easy it was to manipulate these people. All of them. They really sucked. If they were all weak then why did you lose? I was with a bunch of weak-minded people, and it proves that fact, because you see how I controlled them. I told them to get here - get over here. And then when they found out that I was mad at them they started shaking. They got nervous. That's sort of a double-edged sword, because then when that weak person gets on the jury they'll never vote for you, because they were weak minded already. Did you believe you'd win? I had a strong feeling I wasn't going to win. When did you have a strong feeling? When I was walking off the jury. You know what? That's why I'm good at the game. I can read how you talk to me and I can read how you talk to somebody else. When I saw how they were talking to Natalie and how they were talking to me I thought, "You gotta be kidding me." It was hurting me in the stomach. That's why I created a website - RussellGotScrewed.com. Because I knew there was no way. What's your advice to a future player? Jump on the strong guy. Play the social game because you'll win every time. You'll win every time playing the social game. But you know what? If you get there [that way] you got lucky. I'm not lucky. I played the game. If you play the social game you've got to make sure that your luck is running good because that's the only thing that's going to get you to the top.
rbk32		#198	[-]
Posts: 628 (12/22/09 04:09 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	TVGuide.com: What are your emotions after losing to Natalie but also winning fan favorite? Russell Hantz: I'm glad I won fan favorite. At least I know that the fans wanted me to win this game. *TVGuide.com: All season, people have been speculating that you may be one of the best players ever on Survivor. But was it surprising to win fan favorite?* Russell: No, it wasn't surprising. I knew that the fans loved me. If I wouldn't have won that, I would have been really upset. I wanted people to love my game. They don't have to love me as a person in the game but they have to love the way I played the game. If you respect the game, you have to love the way I played. TVGuide.com: Did you have any inclination after the jury vote that you weren't going to win? Russell: That's what I'm good at; I'm good at reading people. I knew I didn't win the game. I had a strong feeling I didn't win but it still took me when I heard it. Because I tried so hard; I already have a website called russellgotscrewed.com. TVGuide.com: Was there anyone in particular the surprised you when it came time for the jury to speak and ask questions? Russell: Yeah, Erik. Is that his name? Was there an Erik out there? [Laughs] Really, was there a Brett out there? We didn't hear about him until day 39. Erik surprised me because he said he was nothing like me ... One thing they didn't give Erik credit for was he found an idol without a clue. Erik's exactly like me. He's a snake just like me. He would have been a strong player in the game. Survivor: Samoa winner unveiled TVGuide.com: You're a married father of four. How did you distinguish between who you are on the show and who you are in real life to your kids? Russell: Well, that's why you didn't see my kids in the audience. When you watch the TV, I can explain it to them. When they see me live in person, they're won't understand that. I can't explain to them why I was so mean right there because they see me. The TV is easy. "Daddy is acting. Daddy is just playing the game. It's not real." I try to go that route with them. TVGuide.com: Why or how did you decide to offer Natalie the $10,000 just to buy the title of sole survivor from her? Russell: I just - right out of the blue - thought, I am going to offer her big money. But that just shows you how dumb she really is. Why don't you take $10,000 for a title on top of the million? It could have paid a little bit of her taxes. That's Natalie. TVGuide.com: Looking back over the entire season, which alliance do you think helped you the most? Russell: One thing about Natalie is I trusted her with my life. Natalie was a trustworthy girl. I knew she would do what I told her to do. I knew she would vote the way I told her to vote. She was by far my strongest ally. It's fitting that she won the game. If anybody was going to win it besides me, it has to be her because of the trust factor. Survivor's Monica: Russell's "burned a lot of bridges" TVGuide.com: Do you have any regrets or anyone you're still upset with? Russell: I don't have any regrets with anybody, not even Jaison. I know it's just a game. I just let it go. [Jaison]'s problem in life is going to be that he can't let things go. Somebody burns your socks and you can't get over that and you're a Stanford grad? You're that weak in your mind? I can't help him, he needs help. Maybe I should help him. Maybe that's what I should do with $100,000; establish some kind of charity to help Jaison. Help the babies ... That's why I have this [points to a necklace he's wearing with a large gray, pacifier-shaped charm], to remind me of all the babies I played with. I wear a pacifier around my neck. TVGuide.com: Are you frustrated with Jaison because he brought up the question of who needed the money the most during the final tribal council? Russell: Yes. Jaison's daddy is like a hundred millionaire. They're very, very wealthy. It frustrates me that Jaison brought up the money issue. Ok, let's just go ahead and give the money to the poorest person and not even play the game ... He's a weak person. *TVGuide.com: So will we see you on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains?* Russell: I don't even know if I am going to do it again.
pjadedd		#199	[-]
Posts: 10601 (12/22/09 04:11 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts	I love that Natalie's an idiot because she wouldn't massage his ego even more and give him a title he didn't earn for a little extra money.
sammyhain2364		#200	[-]
Posts: 2672 (12/22/09 04:16 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts	Ads no mass Remove this ad The story that I told happened to my best friend's brother, and I asked him permission to tell the story. Fuck you for trying to capitalize because of some pain somebody else suffered. No. Seriously, FUCK YOU

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Castaway Interview: Russel Hantz