Board Thread:Survivor 22: San Marcos/@comment-30516037-20170209232355/@comment-26864283-20170210233349

Hey queen Claudia! I’m glad to hear that your vote is still up in the air. It’s great to hear how you thought we were good friends, because I considered us good friends as well. So, I hope these answers can help clear some things up for you!


 * 1) Honestly, I do not think I would have gone to final 3 with you. I knew that in the back of my mind that you were a strong player that the jury was pulling for. However, I was considering going to final four with you. It just dawned on me that if you won final immunity, I would never let myself live it down because I would of almost handed you the game. The reason I told you that I wanted to go final three with you was because you expressed that no one wanted to take you to finals, so I took that opportunity to offer it. I knew that if I was the one person to tell you they’d take you to final three, you’d stick with me and wouldn’t vote me out. Also, I never had any intentions of voting you out. I wanted to keep my word and promise that I made and I had to break it. It seriously killed me to turn my back on you after that. If anything, I was planning on voting in minority so I could say I still kept my word, but things got too messy and I couldn’t. This game is rough, and I like to say that I’m a ruthless player, but I made such strong connections with people this game that it made things harder for me when it came time to vote them out. I genuinely enjoyed talking to you because a lot of our conversations were non-game related. If I were to pick my final three based off of personal relationships, you definitely would be there. However, since I knew that you would of swept me, Sim, Nathaniel and even Chris in finals, I knew I could not go to final three with you.
 * 2) Honestly that was the truth. I know that you may not even believe this but I literally submitted my vote after that conversation because I was still so up in the air. I’m honestly sure I even submitted a viewing lounge confessional about this, because I literally was having a breakdown over it. That was by far the hardest vote in my org career because of how strong I bonded with you those last few rounds. I didn’t want to end up breaking my promise and ruining our friendship. I also had you and Nathaniel telling me I was handing the game to Chris which was also seriously stressing me out. My mind was not made up until the moment when I messaged you, because after that is when I sent in my vote. I went back and fourth a lot that round because I did not want to cost myself the game and a friendship.

More questions: 1. My most enjoyable moment was definitely winning final immunity. I feel like everyone underestimated me in this game, but especially during that specific challenge. Everyone was focused on either Nathaniel or Chris winning and I came out of the blue and won it. I was hoping for a moment like that to happen in hopes of people realizing that I’ve been here playing this whole time too.

2. My most difficult moment was definitely voting you out. I’m not just saying this because it’s your question, but what I said on my parchment, I meant it. That round was extremely stressful for me because my heart kept saying “Keep her” but my mind was saying “No don’t”. I never really like going back on promises or friendships like that, so that was definitely the most difficult vote in my org career. 3. I would say the “luck” portion of the game is actually important as well. I do think I got lucky with getting the light pearl, which in the long-term protected me from going home up until it expired. The votes were becoming too close for people’s comfort and the pearl took a huge target off my back. Had I not of gotten that pearl, who knows what would of happened.

4. Oh god, this will be hard but this is strictly based off of speeches and how I interpreted them. Not including responses, since I have no idea how certain people took to their answers. I’m not going to leave any blank either since I think that’s taking the easy way out. (I was waiting for everyone’s speeches to be posted to do this part lol) Chris - Based off his speech, I would say myself. Claudia - Not too sure since your speech seems very open, but I would hope it would be myself. Jenna - I would say myself since in her speech, she did not seem like she’d want to vote Sim or Nathaniel Austin - I would say either myself or Sim, depending on who’s answers he liked the most Renz - Yet another one who’s hard to tell. He did not seem to fond of anyone in the final three but I’m going to say Nathaniel Brandon - I think he will be voting for Sim because he’s speech talked about how great his gameplay was Elmo - Honestly, could be anyone, same as you his speech was very open but if I have to pick someone I’ll say Sim Malik - I’m going to say Nathaniel Rhi - I want to say myself because of our long-term friendship. 5. Of course I will! Make sure to PM me your Skype btw! That honestly sounds like a great idea. I just wanted to add a quick little thing to the bottom of this, I saw that you think me and Sim relied on Nathaniel’s idols, but I don’t necessarily think that’s true. Yes, Sim and I were on the right side of the idols, but neither of us ever had an idol played on us. So yea you could argue that we “relied” on Nathaniel’s idols, but it’s also possible that we could still be standing here without them. This game was constantly changing every single round, one minute you’re in majority the next you’re not. So I find it hard to say that we had to “rely” on Nathaniel’s idols, since neither of us had idols played on us. It’s hard to predict the outcome of this game, since this game is constantly changing. I don’t think this was something you really are considering in making your decision, but I have noticed that in many other’s speeches people have said the same thing but no one has really addressed me about it so I just wanted to clear that up. With all that being said, I really do hope you consider voting for me Claudia. It’s been a great season getting to know you and I know we’re still going to keep in touch after this :)