Board Thread:Survivor 20: Heroes Vs. Villains/@comment-24553600-20161024193449

Hey guys, it's been a crazy ride this season to say the least and now it's FINALLY almost over, I don't wanna drag this speech along so I'll try and keep things to the point and be concise. So firstly, thank you to the hosts (I'm sorry for being a bitch about posting but I'm crazy so thank you for putting up with me also) for casting me and offering such a dramatic and dynamic season. Also thank you to the cast for playing the game, you guys made this fun!

Before I start out with talking about the game I wanna address something that happened in the game that I didn't really get to shed light on my side of things. The whole cheating issue, I 100% take responsibility for sending a screenshot and realize that it was a violation against the rules. However the method of the how the screenshot was not for game purposes or with cheating in mind. I sent Szymon a screenshot of the villain chat, because he told me of Bryce's plan to pretend to flip so I was expressing my anger to Szymon about how he was failing with his job of convincing the villains he was with them. I asked permission and I am allowed to show the actual screenshots of what went do so:



I didn't send the screenshot with any intention of cheating, and was completely unaware they were sent after I had showed them to Szymon. I never said to send it to anyone and I never heard of them being sent until it came up. I cheated in a way of showing Szymon the screenshots which I am owning up to and apologizing for, but I didn't even think of it in a game sense since as far as I was concerned everything was set already. If you still feel strongly about the screenshot, then I understand and respect that. But, I never sent anyone a screenshot for game purposes and never felt the need to do so either.

The next thing I wanna address comes in part with my game and my strategy but it's in the form of an apology and coming clean. I was the biggest hypocrite this season, I knew this and I played into this. Many of the eliminations and targets put on people this season by me were completely hypocritical because I was doing the exact same thing. I had to lie and do things this season I wasn't proud of, but I had to do them in order to get here. I had to target people for cross tribe talking, when I was doing the same thing. Target people for wanting to make moves or wanting to flip from the villain tribe, when I had already done just those things. I didn't want people in the game playing a similar game to me and had to out people when it was beneficial for me or when it was a threat to me or my game.

My main strategy for this entire game has been pretty much one solid idea, keep as many options for me around as possible. I never let anyone decide a vote for me and was never scared to make any sort of move in this game no matter what it was. I knew my best chance at this game was having as many options as possible that required people to need me and my vote, and deciding what was the best for my game. It kept me from being the target for most of the game and it also allowed me to be flexible with the moves I was able to do. I always put myself in a position where I had power and control in the game because I knew who was standing in my way of achieving it. The first villain vote, I didn't go along with just getting out Jay first and letting the initial villain alliance that didn't include me continue to exist and grow stronger, right out the gate I pushed to make moves in this game and take out the ring leader Ci'ere. After that I had the option to flip to the people I felt more comfortable with (Alex, Tom and Alissa) but Bailey was still with them and did not want to work with me. So getting out the person preventing me from having the other side work with me was the reasoning there. Loren and Alex were both making plans with the heroes as well which I found out about, I was as well however I did not want to play with people doing the same thing I was intending to do either.

At the merge, I had the option to go with the heroes and flip on the villains, or stay villain strong and take out the heroes, however my intention was to do both. I wanted to form a villain and hero alliance at the merge, but my reputation with Chris was preventing that. People thought I was his sheep that was up his ass and did whatever he told me to, but when the time came for me to decide whether to play this game as a hero and stick with Chris or be a villain and better my game by getting him out, I did what was best for my game. I formed an alliance of Alissa, Emma, Szymon and myself at first, but it grew later to include Eddie and Dusk. Bas, Tom and Miguel were all people who were becoming threats to the game I was trying to play and catching on to the breached line alliance and close to exposing me for it.

I think I was able to excel in most aspects in the game from start to finish. Socially, I was always open to working with people and always was there for people to vote with and trust. I was voted in one round this game in a round where I made sure that I was safe regardless of any sort of idol play. People this season were targeted for being close with someone else in the game almost right away, however I was pegged all season long for 'being in a duo' with people, but as the season went on I noticed at first people were saying "Sora and Chris are a duo!", then "Sora and Szymon are a duo!", and then "Sora and Alissa are a duo!" and "Sora and Eddie are a duo!". I was involved in at least 4 duo-ships this season and always had people looking out for me. Most people were targeted and taken out for being close to just one person, I had multiple and am still standing here. In the past I could never ever consider backstabbing my close allies, but this time I had to just put my villain mask on and get the job done, because this season that is what it took. Strategically my timing on things was crucial in making sure the correct moves were happening at the correct time. I had two idols the entire time immediately finding the second one right after the merge vote and had it with me the whole time, never needing either of them. I had a lot of influence on almost every vote I was apart of and had to do the hard ones, even if it meant going back on deals made. Taking people out who I liked in this game hurt me A LOT, but at the end of the day I had to do what I had to do to get here, if I did it any other way I probably would have no shot at this game. Even physically, I was the Danielle DiLorenzo who stopped the Jennifer/Terry from pulling an immunity run to the end and was the only other person at the merge to win an immunity challenge, which is really impressive for me since I suck in challenges.

Overall in this game, I think I came in with one of the biggest targets out of everyone. I was one of two previous winners playing this season, but I still made it here. I outlasted all of the other villains and all of my close allies in this game. I had a large influence on a majority of people's oustings and was able to get myself in positions where I wasn't the target at tribal council for a large majority of the game. I was the first person in 703 history to play two idols at a tribal council, and also the first person in 703 history to make it to the end twice. I was a villain this season but I wasn't one personally with people, I was never rude or malicious to anyone this season, I wasn't cocky and I never treated anyone with less respect than with what I would want. I did something that was never done before on 703, and I played a game worth a win.

Thank you all and I'll be happy to answer any questions/statements you may have to help your decision tonight! 