Board Thread:Survivor 20: Heroes Vs. Villains/@comment-11566954-20161024110745

Hello everyone! First of all, I want to say it has been an honor playing this game with you. It has been an amazing journey and I could not imagine a better group of people to play against. You really made this experience great! Now onto the speech.



I would like for me to start with the obvious. I know you guys do not respect my game at all. I realize that my game may not have been as visible as Dusk or Sora’s games. But I would like for you to keep an open mind when observing my game.



My whole goal coming to this game was to base it off of trust and putting other people’s interests in front of mine. I found myself getting eliminated from other ORGs because when I had a plan, I wanted it to happen. So this time, I wanted to try things a little bit differently. I wanted to make some true, genuine relationships. I created bonds and made people trust me. I was a key part in creating an alliance before the merge to help solidify my place in the tribe. When the alliance made decisions, I tried to put in my input, but when another plan was put into place, I did what I thought what was best for them. Not me.



For example, the first vote of the season, I personally saw other threats that would be perfect for the boot. However, when the tribe decided collectively to vote out Trace. So, I put my needs aside in order to ensure my space in the tribe. I wanted everyone to know that I was there for them. I wanted them in the game to help me advance.



This continued throughout the pre-merge. I would plant seeds into my tribe mates instead of pushing for something that needed to happen then and there. There was one point in the game where I felt like Eva needed to go. But, I knew the tribe wanted other targets out of the game. So, I decided to go with the alliance. Once Eva began targeting me, my alliance then came up with the plan to get her out. This played into my strategy perfectly. My alliance took out the person that was targeting me. Was the Eva vote my “mastermind plan”. HECK NO!! (I realize it may have appeared this way in my ROP, but that was just bad wording on my part.) This is how my game came into full swing.



<span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I made my alliance members need me. They needed my vote in order to stay in the game. I knew that I needed them to advance. So, I wanted to ensure that they know they needed me more than I needed them. This continued as I went straight into the merge. Heading into the 6-6 split between Heroes and Villains, I tried my hardest to make a move and help my tribe out. But when the plan failed, my alliance was willing to use the idol on me in order to take control in the game. This is where my game turned.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">During the merge, I realize that my activity was slightly off. I realize that I should have been around a little bit more. I realize this. But when I was here, I try my hardest to ensure that my spot in the game was secured. I wanted to make sure that I knew what was going on. However, I realized that I did not exactly have everything under control. I will be the first to admit that there were a few votes that I screwed up on. However, these votes turned out to be beneficial to my game. It helped others see that I was not a threat. That I could be swayed to be with them because I had no one. I had a ride or die that got voted out and I had something that no one had. Someone who always had their back. This is yet another reason why I am here. Most people had duos in the game. Dusk had Emma, Sarah had Eva. Not only did my game consist of doing background information, but showing the fact that I was no threat whatsoever.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">My game began to change primarily due to the fact that people began to use me as a number, not an ally. I found myself vote after vote not knowing what was going on. Partly my fault, but no one wanted to talk to me about certain votes. This led me to try to make my own moves, which failed on two different occasions. Although I seemed to be on the outside, I put myself there. I made myself not seem to be a target. Why am I here? I’m not a threat to win. You maybe asking yourself this question. What has Bryce done to deserve this win?

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:'TimesNewRoman';color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I deserve this win because I flew under the radar by showing everyone how little of a threat I was. I planted seeds in everyone and led them to believe that every vote off was their decision. I was the one that hid the target that was on my back. My game was low key, yes. But the fact that I am here and almost every single one of you never expected me to make it here. That is what makes me proud of my game. Nothing else. I realize that I have the smallest odds to win this game. But I’m going to fight like I never fought before.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">Thank you again for an amazing season! I am looking forward to answering your questions. Good luck to my fellow finalists. May the best man win!! <ac_metadata title="Bryce&#039;s Jury Speech"> </ac_metadata>