Board Thread:Survivor 24: Caracol/@comment-7317707-20170607002011/@comment-30582641-20170607184906

3.) You talked about how building alliances on friendships is stupid, but I've found that those alliances usually prove to hold together the strongest (me/Christine, Hunter/Anna). What's your thought process here? 

 

'''I think alliances built on friendships is a great idea, and it’s something I did too. What I meant to highlight was not that Hunter took alliances to mean friendship, but how he took betrayals to mean non-friendship. Basically, he took personal offense to impersonal actions, and it clouded his thinking. You and Luis are examples of this. '''

 

'''“Literally you would go to whoever is about to be voted out and talk to them like you played this brillant mastermind game (you didn't) and that whichever of Anna/Luis/Hunter made jury would back up this point (they haven't) it's super transparent and left a rotten taste in my mouth. Extremely bad way to give me a last impression bitch.” '''

 

'''This is not a defense; it’s an explanation. Maybe you were saying it because you were trying to leverage me; maybe you believed it; I don’t know; but you reminded me a few times that I was perceived as Hunter’s sheep. I wasn’t trying to tell you any more than what I thought was true, and it was that I never sheeped Hunter. I wasn’t trying to take credit for masterminding every single little thing, and if I sounded like I was in my opening speech then I want to acknowledge right now that very few people can claim any one move as entirely their own; I know often more subtle players benefitted from my moves as much or more than I did. Obviously I came off the wrong way because what you heard from me is a lot stronger than what I meant and I hope this makes my intentions a bit clearer. '''

 

1.) On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being very little, 10 being massive), how big of a role did Anna play in getting BOTH of you into the final 3. Please give the reasoning but keep it brief. 

 

'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">I’m glad you asked this, because Anna’s role in mine in Hunter’s games was one of the topics I remorsefully cut from my opening statement to focus on comparing myself to Hunter, and her role can’t be overstated. I’ll award her an 8, because every person in an alliance of 3 is critical, and without her to pick up on tidbits from Luis at F8 and F6, we could have been dead in the water. The only reason she’s not a 10 is that she often deferred decision making to mine and Hunter’s bickering, which is how I think she liked it, since often when I won out over Hunter, Anna got her way too, just with less dirt on her hands. I’ve never heard it straight from her mouth, but I always suspected her attitude towards the Outcasts was more similar to mine than Hunter’s: She was loyal because it was practical, not iconic. At the F8 she never told us explicitly that Thiru was going, just that we’d waste our idols if we played them, and if my hunch that she didn’t want to give Hunter or me a chance to save Thiru was correct, then it was a shrewd move. '''

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">2.) I've insulted both of you, so please show you can swallow your pride and compliment me. :) 

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Within the game, when you wanted to turn on the charm, you absolutely could. I was gobsmacked by Zach’s blindside and a big part of that was your acting. '''

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Outside the game, you’re very self-sufficient. You’re intimidated by nothing and real good at shutting shit down. You have a solid sense of humor and a hell of a lot of patience when you play the long con. '''

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">3.) To see which one of you had the better social game with me, name 5 things about myself. They cannot be in one of my facebook posts or in my cast bio, it has to be something you learned about me in our conversations. How much effort did you put into building a relationship with me? This will be the test. You can use major life events, likes and dislikes, general facts etc. 

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;">You’re a 19y/o freshman Psych major at the University of Texas, and you’ll either become a clinical psychologist specializing in addiction, or go to medical school and and study to become a psychiatrist. You decided that was the path you would take back in February. You appreciate the freedom of being a college student. Your favorite seasons of Survivor are Kaoh Rong and Worlds Apart, but you like Cagayan and Panama too. You rooted for Brad, Michaela, Sierra, Sandra, and Varner in Game Changers. Your favorite movie genre is horror and your favorite movie is either Gone Girl or Scream. You also really like Black Swan and Invitation. Your favorite Black Mirror episode is Nosedive. You were worried this season would turn sour like Morocco. You found Hunter too pestery during the challenges premerge. The only video games you play are Fallout and Until Dawn. You’re back home for the summer, and looking for a parttime job. You’re vacationing to Saint Martin with your family, the second time you’ve left the country after taking a cruise to Jamaica. You’re planning a road trip with friends for July. You’ve had your photo taken with Kaitlyn Jenner before. You considered us frienemies before our second spat at F6. '''