Board Thread:Survivor 39: Poveglia/@comment-32661675-20190604181934/@comment-38856411-20190605044822

'''I can always count on you to give me an honest answer, and I appreciate you being frank with us. I know I have an uphill battle, but I’m putting time in to all of my answers and trying to go in to as much detail as possible. As for our relationship, I discussed with you already how I felt like an awkward turtle because I didn’t want to spin your some bullshit story about how I wanted to work with you only to vote you out, and that caused a little bit of a disconnect between us. I think we got to a good place with each other though, and we were always frank with each other, even if it wasn’t what the other wanted to hear. '''

(I just started playing through Persona 5 so I actually get that reference) (no spoilers plz)

'1. Would you consider your game more passive, or aggressive? Rate this on a scale of 1-10, 1 being passive, and 10 being aggressive. Tell me what exactly makes your game one, or the other, or in the middle. '

'''I was never going to be the most aggressive player. I know that it’s not the style of gameplay that’s going to excel with my personality. So if I had to assign a number to it, it would probably be 5. I personally don’t equate aggression with good gameplay and passivity with bad gameplay, and I think that the people who were most aggressive in their gameplay style became massive targets. '''

'''The second rule of Ferengi Rules of Acquisition is “Never spend more money for an acquisition than you have to.” In my game, I never wanted to put in more effort than I needed to get what I wanted. I know that in the game of survivor, you do not want to be perceived as a leader. Leaders get their heads chopped whenever they start leading the pack too much. I wanted to conserve my social capital to spend at the times when I needed it to really get what I wanted. If someone was leading the charge for a vote that I wanted to happen anyway, I would let them take the heat for it while I talked to everyone else and built my trust with them. If it was something that I didn’t want to happen, I would either convince them to do something else or go to other people and rat out the plan. '''

'2. How exactly did you impact the game yourself? What move, whether it was subtle or not, influenced a vote, or changed people's minds?'

'''Playing the middle between Jino and Abi/Alex during the swap let me relay information back and forth between them (mostly from Jino to Alex/Abi), specifically about Jino’s legacy vote and the news about how the merge as likely to be at F9. This is how we were able to form our plan about what we were going to do at the merge and who was likely to have what advantage. '''

'''I’ve mentioned this a few times, but distracting the Padua people with a plan to vote out Scott was one of my best moves. Jordan wanted to vote Natalia out, but he was floundering in actually coming up with a believable lie about what he was doing that vote when he was talking with Natalia. It was MY fake plan that he jumped on to to cover up for his inability to lie to Natalia. If that plan wasn’t in place there’s a good chance that Jordan’s sketchy behaviour tips off Natalia and he would have been in a world of trouble for that vote. '''

'''My relationship with Jackson was one of the most important ones in the late part of my game and the one that allowed me to make the moves that I considered the ones that got me to the end. The biggest thing that I did that helped me was convincing Jackson that the only way that either of us could win was against each other. It took the power to decide who went home away from the big threats in the end, who were busy pointing their guns at each other while essentially being at our mercy in those final votes. And though we didn’t agree on who to vote out at final 4, we knew that either one of them leaving would be best for our games. '''

'3. What did you do better, or different within this game from Jordan? What exactly makes his game more flawed, or your game more deserving?'

'''This question is basically what Scott asked, so I’m gonna refer you over to that answer for my thoughts on why my game was more impressive than Jordan’s. '''

1. Rank the relevant(or irrelevant too if you want) alliances you had in this game and how exactly it impacted your game.


 * 1) Devin+Jordan: Jordan and I fed information back and forth to each other from every other member of the game. We were together from the first hour of the game, and it was because of each other that we were able to stay so informed about what was going on. 
 * 2) Abi, Devin,  Alex (also known as ADA): This one is fairly obvious because it they don’t stand by me I go home in the pre-merge point blank and the period. These two were also huge sources of emotional support for me in the game and outside. When I was having a panic attack at work I knew I could talk to them about it, and we were really there for each other in a way that no one else in the game was. 
 * 3) Devin+Jackson: This alliance took my by surprise by how it worked. We were brought together by a common goal of getting out all the big threats before the end. Someone who I could always count on to keep a level head and balance some of my more neurotic impulses, Jackson provided me with a much needed ally to push through the end of the game. 
 * 4) Devin, Jino, Jordan (also known as JDJ): My first alliance and the reason I was able to feel comfortable and in control on the pre-swap tribe. Obviously I was stoked when I saw Jino on my swap tribe with me, but this alliance falls down on the list because of obvious reasons. 
 * 5) Devin+Jino: Our personal relationship was rocky and tense, but I was sincere when I said that I forgave Jino and was willing to work with him in to the merge. I don’t think a lot of people who have felt comfortable putting aside such a huge transgression, but I knew that I had to turn my negatives in to positives, and a secret alliance with Jino was something I knew no one would expect. This bond was strengthened when I was one of the only people NOT to campaign for Jino to leave over Fred in the anarchy tribal (pushing him further away from Jordan and Abi and closer to me). 
 * 6) Devin+Natalia: This is a relationship that I was serious about developing when we met during anarchy. I knew that we were on different sides but Natalia was one of the only ones who even made an attempt to form some sort of bond during that time. If things had broken down differently I could have seen her as my late game partner instead of Jackson. 

'2. Rank your relationships with the jury members within this game. How well did you know/work with them personally, and as an ally?'


 * 1) Abi: I absolutely loved our back and forth pun offs, and I haven’t found someone who can keep up with me as well as you do in a while. I loved hearing about your kids and your husband’s crazy ex, and I loved that you felt comfortable being vulnerable. You made me feel safe and trusted in this game and i valued that so much. 
 * 2) Alex: I was so jealous of your jet-setting and fabulous travel stories. You seemed like such a capital A Adult, and I loved our discussions about language and European-North American cultural differences. I’m still not exactly sure how to make the ß in your last name, but I’m sure with a little more practice I’ll get it … maybe. 
 * 3) Natalia: We spent a decent amount of time talking about dating and relationships, and you always were great to stroke my ego about me and my gfs relationship. I know I’m not the person that you talked to the most about sports (because I’m not a sportsy person … like at all), but I hope you’re stoked about the Raptors almost winning the … sports tournament. Idk what it’s called. 
 * 4) Jino: We didn’t have as much time together as the rest of the jury, but the time we did have was so much fun. Talking about the Philippines political structure and how you felt it could be improved was an interesting lesson in international politics that I really couldn’t have gotten from anyone else. And I hope that you’ve managed to settle yourself down after all those crazy exams you were having because you sounded stressssed out during that time. 
 * 5) Jackson: Strategically we worked pretty well together, but with you being so busy with school and exams I feel like a lot of the personal stuff got pushed aside because we had to squeeze as much strategy into the times we were able to talk. But I always felt at ease talking to you and I know that you’re the kind of person I’d like to just hang out with. 
 * 6) John: We talked about survivor and other reality tv shows, but I don’t feel like we scratched that much beneath the surface. This is my fault for being an awkward turtle and not knowing how to maintain a personal relationship with someone who I wanted to vote out, and that’s on me. I do think that you’re an easy dude to talk to and I feel like if we wanted to we could have gone a lot deeper. 
 * 7) Scott: I don’t know how the perception that I didn’t like you got started. We got our wires crossed and we both thought that the other didn’t like each other, and I think our personal relationship suffered because of it. Part of me wants to think that it was Jordan subtly prodding us so that we would never get too close with each other, in an effort to isolate us, but I have no proof of that. I think you’re a unique dude though, and you’re the person from this game that I will remember the most, without a doubt.

3. Rank the colors of the rainbow(this is just as important!)


 * 1) Blue: Aside from it’s unnecessary gendering opposite pink, it’s the most versatile of all colours. Looks good light, dark, and everywhere in between.
 * 2) Green: I love nature and anything that grows. I could spend hours just wandering around in the woods. 
 * 3) Yellow: I need that vitamin D in my life to feel like a human bean. 
 * 4) Orange: A fruit and a colour, what’s not to love?
 * 5) Red: Overrated in most regards, and the colour of violence and blood. Next. 
 * 6) Indigo/Violet: These two fall to the bottom automatically for essentially being the same colour and trying to steal twice the real estate on the colour. You don’t see Auburn or Turquoise or Chartreuse trying to sneak their way onto the colour wheel so why do indigo and violet get special treatment?

4. Rank the jurors based on who you'd take to the end.


 * 1) Abi
 * 2) Alex
 * 3) Jackson
 * 4) Jino
 * 5) Natalia
 * 6) Jordan
 * 7) Scott
 * 8) John