Board Thread:Survivor 30: Legends/@comment-27482030-20180305011606

Hello everyone, It’s Asa! I’m quite eager and nervous being here before all of you. I don’t want to make this too long and drawn out, so if you need any clarification or explanation, please don’t hesitate to ask.

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From the very get go of this game, I felt like I should have had a large target on my back. This was a returnee season that featured players that came back because of their great performances in previous seasons. Thus, past actions played an important role in all of us being here. I made Final Tribal Council twice, and even won a game, so I was worried I would stick out. However, I managed to get to the end once again.

Physically, I managed to get through the entire pre-merge attending only one tribal council through my challenge prowess as well as my tribemates’ challenge skill. In Bora Bora, I relied on immunity wins to get to the end. Now this season, I only won one individual immunity. While it was a luck based one, it was critical for me because I had heard my name as a target at that point in time. Winning immunity not only removed the target from me, it helped me shift myself into a favorable position. I abstained a lot on challenges because I was busy with moving to New Zealand, but also because I found that I did not necessarily need to win immunity. Only needing to be immune once during merge exemplifies the fact I was able to make it to final tribal council for the third straight time based entirely on my own strategic and social merits.

Strategically, there isn’t much to say during pre-merge. Once merge came, I found myself feeling like I was in a bad position as my most trusted ally at the time, Perry, was voted off without me even knowing until the very end. I had even been considered a target afterwards. However, after I won immunity, I became allied with both the people who were considered on the outs as well as the majority, which put me in a favorable position. I can safely say I’ve voted correctly and in the majority almost every time, save for Perry and Eddie’s vote-offs.

A key move in my game was at the final 7 where I played the rock idol on Fitz. Playing an idol on yourself is easy, it guarantees you another 3 days in the game, but playing an idol for someone else is a much bolder and a much bigger move which I believe I deserve credit for. Of course, it was my allies that were able to let me know that the vote was going to be towards Fitz, but had I not established relationships with people, I would have surely messed it up.

A final key point in my game that needs to be addressed is my relationship with Fitz and why I voted them out instead of bringing my loyal ally to the final 3 with me. They and I played similar games, working alongside each other closely. I was worried that if it were Fitz, Christine, and I at the final tribal, the votes that hopefully come my way would be split between me and Fitz, giving Christine the advantage.

Overall, I deserve to win because I put a lot of effort into this game, I juggled moving to a new country halfway around the world with playing in an extremely intense season and I did it with the strategic and social skills required to maintain my record of never being voted off.

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Regardless of what happens at the very end of this game, I’m immensely proud of what I did, and I’m happy to be here for the third time. This season was taxing emotionally, more so than any other season I’ve been in. A huge thank you to the hosts for making such an intense game with an intense cast to boot! 