Board Thread:Survivor 37: Egypt/@comment-4373775-20190129005603/@comment-31124935-20190129021625

Hey John!

What you would have done if you hadn't won immunity or had that idol

Honestly the answer is just the sheer amount of loyalty that my alliances had, I dont think I have ever had an alliance before that was as loyal as me, Tara, and Andre were to each other- and I also dont think Rob would have voted me out either, at least definitely not at Final 7

At Final 6, Tara was actually narrating the chain of events to me as they happened- so I knew I was getting targeted immediately after Rhi and Danielle put it into motion. We were fine with it, even encouraging, because we knew it didnt matter with the idol expiring that night. Had I not had the idol, I believe she could have easily swayed the women away from voting for me, which would have definitely worked since they were essentially at her mercy, she hinted at this in her speech if I interpreted it right so I definitely feel safe about that!

At Final 5, I still had the whole loyalty thing going for me, but I felt especially safe because of Danielle being a great shield. I reminded everyone often how good her case would be at the end, along with the fact that she likely had Sam, Zach, and Luke’s jury votes locked up, meaning she would only need one more. This meant that without immunity she would still be heading home intuitively

Then at the Final 4, again I just had to trust in the loyalty I cultivated. Andre, Tara and I would talk about the Final 3 soo often, ever since double digits portions of this game tbh… it got to the point where we were invested in it so deeply that if they did cut me it would be just so fucked up and god awful jury management (same for me to them), so I never really felt in danger. Despite this, I knew I was playing a good game, one that I probably would not want to sit next to if possible, so I figured I would rather be safe than sorry and go hard on immunity just in case!!

Could you highlight one move in your game you did without Andre that stands out the most?

I would say the biggest thing that I did without Andre was collide with you and Rhi to form the five person alliance of us, Rob, and Andre. It seemed like I really took the initiative there from our duo and Andre didnt have any role in the formation of it. He was more of just a number that was added on later when we agreed he was needed. This sticks out in my head cause that alliance controlled the F10 and F9 votes, and played a huge role as a the prequel to the F8 vote, so us coming together and making it happen was definitely something neat that shaped the game in a pretty major way!

Gifs

I had a lot of fun with this one but they need some explanations:

​​​​ This is me towards Luke, Sam, Danielle, and Zach... I LOVE them all as people, and they were so fun to talk to in this game, but I didnt come here to be a layer of their alliance, I wanted to be the core of my own- so we sadly didnt work together much despite the love I did have for them

​​​ I always told myself to play like a duck! While swimming, ducks look very calm from the surface, most people would guess they're just chilling. But whats not seen is that they're legs underwater are constantly kicking. To be a duck means to constantly be analyzing and crunching numbers while giving off a calm and cool demeanor!! Hopefully you see some duck in my game!

I love Game of Thrones lol- basically this game I wanted to be ruthless. In the past, I would get blinded by friendship or be too forgiving, but here I wanted to have a clear cut strategy to vote people out as soon as they crossed me

A big part of keeping alliances healthy is being flexible and going with the flow. Once I got to the final 7 with my F4 alliance, I felt that I was guaranteed FTC tbh, so I tried to be "breezy" about the boot order the best I could (though I definitely still voiced my preferences)

I discovered this vine last night and i LOVE it- basically this is me I guess around the merge? Just ready to fight tbh and get a little wild

Awwww I love this one- its my Final 3 alliance getting all sentimental at the end of the season. Harry Ron and Hermione go through SO much in the franchise and I feel like we really did here too! We always had each others backs though and have sort of a cute dynamic like these three

Let me know if you have any more questions!! I am SO glad we worked together here and that you got to see me not be insane in a game (hopefully)