Board Thread:Survivor 22: San Marcos/@comment-25438226-20170208233838/@comment-26864283-20170210033750

Hey Renz, I actually completely disagree with everything you said in regards to my pros and cons. First of all, to say I had no idea what was happening is absolutely insane, so I hope that my answers can shed some light on my game to you.

FTC Speech Analysis and Questions:

1. The only thing I have to say about this is that you misread that whole portion of my speech. I was not saying that it was a waste of time. My point is that for the past few rounds I have been talked down to and told that I basically couldn’t win. People were already telling me “If I go home, Chris/Claudia/Nathaniel is going to win!”. Leaving it basically up to me to pick who I was losing against.

2. You can not say that I had to rely on Nathaniel’s, or anyone’s idols. Not once throughout this game did I have an idol played on me. So, even if those idols were never played, I could very well be still standing here. I understand that it can be unlikely, but you can not say that you could of predicted what would of happened, without those idols playing. I played to survive by talking to everyone. So that would be the social aspect. I figured if I could not find idols or win challenges, the best thing to do was to talk to everyone. I would give people information so that way they would give me information in return. I would build up information and figure out what was going on throughout the game. I would use that information to keep myself safe. Building trust with people is what helped me survive.

3. I definitely think my social game was top notch compared to Nathaniel and Sim. I’ll start with Nathaniel. Throughout the game not one person fully trusted him, other than Shea. Even pre-merge on the original Catarina, people were always worried about Nathaniel because he came off sneaky. Having people distrust you, makes you have a poor social game. Throughout the merge people like Claudia, Chris, Austin, Jenna etc. even you, literally everyone would always tell me how they did not trust Nathaniel and wanted him out. Having people want you out, means your social game is failing. Now in regards to Sim. Sim definitely had a better social game than Nathaniel, but I feel like mine was still better. There was certain people throughout this game that Sim rarely spoke to. He never really wanted to build a relationship with Chris or Claudia, but instead relied on my relationship with them to help further himself. Whereas, I made sure to develop relationships with everyone.

4. Well, I feel like we both barely got to know each other honestly. Since talking is a two way street. I’m not blaming you for us not speaking as much, but rather that I did not get to know you as much as I should have either. I don’t think that I talked to you any less than I did others because I knew I could not trust you. There became a point, where I knew that you were against me and sharing information with you would only come back to bite me in the ass. So, instead I kinda just distanced myself from you, when I know I shouldn’t have. You honestly also came off as really intimidating to me. I don’t know if it was just how you are or what, but I felt like I was constantly being subliminally threatened. It came off like you were holding information over my head and if I would not tell you what you wanted to hear, you were going to vote for me. I don’t really want to speak to someone like that, I’m not sure if it was just me interpreting our conversations wrong or what though. I also think that timezones played a big factor

5. I tried getting rid of Nathaniel, multiple times. I offered to get rid of Nathaniel multiple times, but every single time I would people would switch things up and the target would constantly change. Final 6 is a perfect example, when only me, Shea and Nathaniel were eligible for elimination. Chris still did not want to get rid of Nathaniel at that point and even played Ellis on him. At final four my decision was that I would have a better shot with Nathaniel in the final three with me. Either way if I had voted out Nathaniel at final four, he would of voted Chris and he would of won. Now that Chris was the one that ended up on jury, I actually have a better shot at winning because I knew Nathaniel rubbed some people the wrong way.

6. I definitely do not agree with you, that I had no idea what was going on. Every single round, with the exception of when Rhi left, I knew who was going home. Even when Austin left, I was told he was leaving after I had submitted my vote. So clearly I had to of known what was happening because I knew who was going home. Nathaniel tries to say that at final 6 my reason for voting him was because I had no idea what was going on. The reason for that vote was because if Nathaniel had found another re-hidden idol and had him and Shea voted me, the vote would of tied. In the re-vote Nathaniel would of went home. I was always very careful and calculated with my votes because I knew exactly what was happening.

Out of Sim and Nathaniel, I think that Nathaniel had the least idea of what was going on. Based off reading his speech and answers throughout final tribal, it appears he knows the least about what really went on.

A. Physical
 * 1) A great physical game would be someone who wins a lot of individual challenges. If it’s still pre-merge someone who contributes in the challenges the most.
 * 2) 2. I believe I was a physical player because I at least participated in every single challenge. I do not in any means believe I played a “great physical game”, but I never had to sit out or abstain from a challenge. Even in ones I knew I could not win I always tried.
 * 3) 3. Depends at what stage of the game it is. If it’s early merge, winning a lot of challenges is definitely risky because the chances of you becoming a target because of it increases. If you’re later in the game, people do not really seem to target people based off challenge abilities, unless they are known for them. So, it would be more risky to lose challenges in the end-game.

B. Social C. Strategic 1. Pre-Swap: I would say, do your best in challenges. Normally the first few boots people just go for those who do bad in challenges Post-Swap: Get in good with the new tribe, find cracks and gather information Merge: Figure out the majority and get involved with it. If you can’t find cracks so you can split it up 2. Voting Jenna out and making myself the swing between Nathaniel/Shea and Chris/Claudia. 3. I would say the way Claudia played was the most respected. So, making a ton of big moves, while also having a really strong social game.
 * 1) Probably the one where you told me “Good luck with tribal” and I literally freaked out.
 * 2) I would say a 4
 * 3) Having less connections can leave you in the dark throughout the game, so I would say having less.

D. Kissassery 1. The way you talked to people. You came off as a leader, not a follower, which can get intimidating to people. 2. That pro, leads to your downfall, people don’t want to work with a leader. They want to become the leader, meaning it makes you become a target. Especially if you are intimidating.

3. I wanted to work with you because I knew that you had a lot of connections with the Quetzals. So I believed that getting in with you, would have helped me out. However, I didn’t want to work with you because I felt like I was disposable to you and you also intimidated me.

E. Game Awareness

1 A. Nathaniel, since it seems I would of had a better shot with Sim and me as final two. 1 B. I would probably pick Rhi since I would of loved to go very deep with her. 2. My biggest ally was definitely Sim. We worked closely together the entire game. We knew that our best chances of getting to the end were sticking with each other. We made almost every decision together and we also became very close friends.

3. My biggest rival was probably Malik. Getting Malik out helped me move forward because he was one of the very few people that was trying to target me. So, with him gone, I had no target on my back. 4. Nick, you made no over the top moves this season and it really killed you. In Socotra you were a real vocal player and tried fighting with a lot of people to get what you want but in this season you were boring. Now you’re sitting next to the beast Nathaniel in final tribal because you didn’t vote him out last round. 5. Well Nathaniel definitely “Survived” because he was supposed  to go a bunch of times and yet he is still standing. Sim deserves to win more than me because he didn’t really make an enemies, and I tried not to, but I think I still made one or two.

F. Bonus Activities 1. 1. Claudia 2. Chris 3. Nick 4. Sim 5. Austin 6. Nathaniel 7. Elmo 8. Rhi 9. Brandon 10. Renz 11. Jenna 12. Ryan 13. Malik 14. Hannah 15. Brian 16. Andrew 17. Matt 18. Shea 19. Jalen 20. Cameron 21. Grant

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2. Brains: Renz, Chris, Andrew, Grant, Elmo, Ryan, Cameron Brawn: Nathaniel, Jenna, Jalen, Brian, Matt, Rhi, Brandon Beauty: Claudia, Nick, Sim, Shea, Hannah, Austin, Malik

3. Heroes: Austin, Nick, Rhi, Elmo, Ryan, Brandon, Sim Villains: Nathaniel, Claudia, Chris, Malik, Renz, Shea, Brian Neutrals: Jenna, Hannah, Andrew, Grant, Cameron, Jalen, Matt

4. 1. Claudia 2. Elmo 3. Renz 4. Brandon 5. Chris 6. Nick 7. Nathaniel 8. Austin 9. Sim 10. Jenna 11. Rhi 12. Malik 13. Shea