Board Thread:Survivor 26: Chaos/@comment-32145519-20170826122633/@comment-31624573-20170827153744

Hey Alex, so I really liked you as an ally during this game, however it appears that I’ve rubbed you the wrong way severely with my speech because I’m sensing a bit of attitude/animosity. I’m sorry that it left a bad taste in your mouth, I felt like the stones I threw at Luca were necessary given there appeared to be a highly positive jury sentiment in Luca’s favour, which is abundantly true now. When you say “it just seems to me you know your game wasn't good at all and you're insecure about it” it’s not that at all, I stand behind my game, I just knew it was going to be an uphill battle and I was trying to improve my odds, I wasn’t trying to be a dick or anything but it evidently came across that way.



 Luca and I have cleared up that we’re going to duke this out and whoever wins, wins, and we’ll be all good afterwards. Jake actually said he agreed with what I said and  I apologised to Luca for being cavalier in my comments about his game, they were uncalled for, but I stand by my statements that I overall played a better game. This roasting was honestly surprising to read and quite a lot of your points I’d like to counter. In your initial paragraph you stated:



“From the early voting me out and not even giving me a chance to talk when we were supposedly allies”



What on Earth are you referring to? I think you have me mixed up with someone else, I wasn’t even on your tribe when you first left, and I purposely did you a solid in the Matthias vote out because I liked you and wanted to move forward with you strategically. I easily could have gone with the original plan to vote you out. When I actually did vote you out at the final 5, I explained my rationale to its full extent to you. I'm not sure what this is talking about :/



<span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">Also, in your final words you stated:

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">   “ <span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#4B4F56;letter-spacing:-.1pt; background:#F1F0F0">you’ve made it far with you’re impressive strategical game which should woo a lot of the jurors,”

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:#4B4F56; letter-spacing:-.1pt;background:#F1F0F0">And now you’re saying '''”the biggest strategic threat left in the F4/ hm. “ <span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:black;border: nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm;padding:0cm">I would put Emily and Luca above you for strategy so. Also thank you for not saying f5 <3” ''<span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">Which is confusing to me. I should’ve said final 5, because you were caught out on multiple occasions playing all sides at once and viewed as untrustworthy and a jury threat. Honestly, and this is now getting into my social game with you, I never really knew where I stood with you, while we said we were good and you would sent love hearts and I’d reciprocate, I found you were saying to that essentially everyone else and promising your loyalty to others, which may explain our tenuous relationship in your eyes.

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">In your speech you say 'make some moves (e.g. the Aras vote off) that I could claim as my own', how the fuck was that your move and your move alone, we basically suggested that to each other, calling that your move is utter bullshit and I don't know what possessed you to think you in anyway were the sole reason Aras was voted out at F6.

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">No one can claim sole responsibility for a vote most of the time, and this situation is not exception. But I was pretty heavy handed and vocal about pitching the plan getting it moving at the final 6, but of course everyone had been thinking about and talking about it before. Luca and I debated this point in the comments of his second speech, so I guess you might be able to reach a conclusion from there.

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"> As for the spice hoes alliance pic thing, kudos to you for faking that big argument, your acting had me fooled I guess.

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">'I had a substantial influence in the scuttling and picking off of that alliance,' please elaborate on that.

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">Referring to David’s speech, I was in the inner circle strategizing and planning the pivotal votes against that alliance in the early merge (except the unmerge where I wasn’t on the tribe. I was fully in the loop and putting my strategic contribution and discussion into every post merge vote.

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">'Alex didn’t manipulate me, I had been planting seeds for your departure for a little while', when have I ever said I made you vote David, oh wait I never did... It was our plan as a four to vote David out, so no I didn't attempt to manipulate me or actually manipulate me because you agreed to it almost immediately.”

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">You never did, and that’s not what I meant at all. I was referring to David’s final words in which he said “it sucks that it was Alex who ultimately manipulated you” or something along those lines, so I was challenging his perception of the vote. It was a mutual plan, I agree.

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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:#D9E9F3;vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;color:black;border:nonewindowtext1.0pt;mso-border-alt:nonewindowtext0cm; padding:0cm">With regard to that “I think you're literally the only person who viewed yourself as a threat, no one was scared of you” stuff, I addressed that head on in my second speech.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:333.0pt"> It was pretty obvious, based on his attempt at saying that ambiguous statement that he had landed on Emily. That was my social read on him. It wasn’t entirely cryptic or overt, it was… crovert.

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<p class="MsoNormal"> “also gj on firemaking but I wish Emily had made it through.”

<p class="MsoNormal">   I don’t know what to say to that… sorry? :/

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<p class="MsoNormal"> Anyway, you were a fun, integral part of this season Alex and you played a good game - I liked being aligned with you. So yeah, thanks for your speech, hope my reply was adequate, maybe we can talk more after the game.