Board Thread:Survivor 21: Kerala/@comment-27482030-20161208031941

Helloo! It’s Asa. Wow, second time I'm doing a "vote for me" and this time I'm NOT going to try and insult myself. I digress, I digress. I'm sure you have lots of questions for me coming up, and I do look forward to those, but before we get to that let’s first take a journey through my gameplay. My gameplay was fairly straightforward, I played a strict UTR game, through and through. I would have been willing to change this stratagem if necessity demanded it, but I felt there was no need to.

In my original tribe Periyar, I did my best to fit in with the people in my tribe and show myself as a valuable asset - I think I’ve achieved those definitely. I ended up getting into a decent position in the tribe and more often than not I had pretty high scores in challenges. The Eggplant Alliance was great and I believe I got along with everyone else as well. I believe this kept me generally safe throughout the beginning of the game, amongst other circumstances. I felt very close with the Periyar team, we bonded through the tiger-drawing challenge and this closeness definitely played a major role in the future of the game.

Drifting by the beginning part, swap eventually came. At first when I saw how the tribes were placed, I thought I was done for. The majority in Thekaddy 2.0 were made up of original Thekaddy tribe members. I immediately got along with Anna from playing a game with her before. However, I was not sure how close everyone else was compared to original Periyar. I thought I was in an even worse position when Michael had to leave the game due to family issues (who I genuinely hope has managed to resolve them). Had it not been for the sacrifice of Sim, the hero I did not deserve, I feel I probably would have left that tribal council. After that, I was sent to exile and Jacob told me that Periyar 2.0 would throw the challenge to keep me safe. I’m still deeply moved by this gesture.

And so, I made it to merge. Merge was, in a nutshell, quite a trip. The original Periyars made an alliance and for the most part the voting followed this. Everyone was interesting and I slipped by to the end. Even though I had the capability to win immunity, most occasions I found it was not necessary. If I had gone all out I would have been seen as a threat and a large target would have grown on my back, which was undesirable. So, I’d like to say, vote for me because essentially I’m someone who put their all into a game without necessarily having to go all out. While I certainly didn’t make huge moves, I outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted in my own way. I managed to form relationships with people that allowed me to get through votes without much worry.   We’ve come a long way to get here, and now here we are. From the original tribe divisions, to the swap, to the merge, this season has been quite interesting to play in - a huge thanks to all the hosts for dealing with crazy shenanigans and the players for creating said shenanigans and thanks to both of them for all the effort put into this season. Honestly, it’s been a blast to play and regardless of how anything turns out I’m grateful for such an opportunity to participate and be here. Thanks for listening.  </ac_metadata>