Board Thread:Survivor 42: Mexico/@comment-27.97.215.173-20200111172235/@comment-36835108-20200111231455

hi najim legend. before i get into my question i want to touch on something cole said. preface this with saying that im not attacking him i just want to clarify something from my perspective!!! he said " Like my alliance with Michelle, I think, was a huge reason why i survived that vote at the Final 4 against Angel" is imo not fully accurate. michelle told me on numerous occasions she wanted to vote out cole and go to the end with angel, and so i don't think their alliance saved him in that regard. as well, i encouraged her (or pushed for at least) to vote angel at f4 instead of cole as i thought strategically speaking, angel was the bigger threat, so i dont really agree with how much impact cole's alliance with michelle had in him surviving. he can retaliate if he likes but yeah.

as for my question, i feel like i reached ftc because of my ability to latch onto strong social players who would keep me safe. i touched on this in other answers, but my connections with monty and landen held up and allowed me to obtain information that i used to my advantage. if someone was after me, they (or someone else) would tell me, and id try my best to ensure my safety. while my social game may not have been all that great with everyone, i had the important connections necessary to make it to the endgame where i could dominate the competitions.

strategically is imo intertwined with social. the connections i made had strategic value as i was able to identify who was important for securing my safety and i acted upon that. i never made bold moves but that was simply because people who make big moves become threats and get booted soon after, so i managed my threat level and made subtle moves, such as having a hand in the monty and angel votes. i feel like while my strategic game may not have been all that dominant, it was still evident in pushing me to endgame/ftc and that it was silent but important for my survival in the game. thank you for your questions