Board Thread:Survivor 40: Annihilation/@comment-25580549-20190801231919/@comment-5357455-20190802163627

Hi Nathan! I am glad that Grace was able to clarify the role that I played in this game. I did play very quietly, but every person that went home was for the betterment of my game. I also want to talk about those Touchy Subject answers a little bit. You were the only one that was writing my name down for threatening questions such as “Who will win if they make FTC?” That is why when it came down to the Final 7 and I had to eliminate a Wanani, it needed to be you because of my connections with Augusto and Grace and the perception that you might have been catching on to my game. Other than that, thank you for the kind words in your speech and acknowledgement of my accomplishments in this game. Now onto the question. I will be basing these off of this game alone because I do not want to improperly classify a type of game that someone had played previously.

Alex: Andrew Savage in Cambodia. Alex you are great and I am glad that we were able to reconcile differences in this game, and it is a shame you were eliminated so early into the merge. The reason I am comparing you to Savage is because the pre-merge stage, you showed to be dominant in challenges and eager to create a majority at the merge. You were successful in obtaining the majority, but unfortunately a double idol play was the downfall of you game, kind of similar to Wentworth idoling Savage out of Second Chances.

Drew: Hail Ford in Game Changers. I think that Drew was one of the smartest people in this game. When we began speaking on Wanani 2.0, it showed how calculated and strategic he was by speculating the best move for each player at any given time. Similar to Hali, I think that these two players were both very aware of what was going on and tried to shake things up to their benefit. However, other players viewed them as a stronger mental threat down the road and believed that there were other players in the game that were viewed as long-term assets.

Joan: Jeremy Collins in San Juan del Sur. I know this might seem like an odd pick, but they both came into the merge with a rivalry, Alex v Joan and Josh v Jeremy, and they were able to eliminate their perceived rival. After being the target at the Final 11 tribal and needing an idol to save himself, he was successful in convincing the Moya 3.0 tribe, mainly Aromal and Mihai, that he would have provided them with a shield. The reason I then make the comparison to Jeremy was despite being able to provide a “shield,” his allies of Linus, Mihai, and Aromal went from nearly going to rocks to save him to eliminating him the next round due to the threat that he posed long-term.

Aromal: Julia Sokolowki in Koh Rong. I think that Aromal played a very similar game to Julia by attempting to create relationships between different players and play the middle for most of the game. However, similar to Julia, I think that it was too obvious he was playing the middle, which ultimately led to Aromal’s elimination in a near unanimous vote with votes coming from his allies.

Nathan: Kara Kay in DvG. I think that Nathan and Kara both played an extremely strong social game to advance forward in this game. Nathan was never seen as a target until his elimination because of the strong connections he had with so many different people across the board. The only difference was that Nathan’s game was picked up a little bit quicker than Kara’s, so he needed to be eliminated because of the unpredictability with whom he would ultimately align with come the end of the game.

Zach: Jay Starrett in MvGenX. When I think of Zach, I think of a happy go lucky dude, who is also very aware and strategically connected. That is why I picked Jay. Both of these guys are someone that you want to just hang out with and grab a beer to chat with after this is all over. Zach also showed similar traits to Jay in the way that despite his allies being eliminated, his social connections with players in the majority like myself made him less of an immediate threat until his elimination right before the finale.

Augusto: Devon Pinto in HvHvH. A true strategic threat in this game. Augusto was able to form close bonds, be involved in multiple eliminations, and maintain a lower profile than other competitors like Grace. Similar to Devon, they were both playing an incredible game that was only cut short due to the circumstances in the game, where in this game- two people were immune at Final 5.

Mihai: Aurora McCreary in Edge of Extinction. I think that these two were very underrated in their games and were playing very strategically sound games. It is very difficult to be the receiving end of votes or being constantly alluded to as a possible vote. I think that one thing that helped both of these players was that despite being without a solid alliance, they were willing to be instrumental to the moves that allowed “bigger threats” to be eliminated and advance them further in their game. They also both proved to be very loyal, where Aurora was loyal to her Final 4 alliance to a fault, and Mihai’s loyalty to me by exposing Linus’ plan to blindside me was unfortunately his downfall in this game.

Grace: Kathy Vavrick-O’Brien in Marquesas. A robbed player where if it was a Final 3, I think both of them had a strong chance of winning the season. Similar to Kathy, Grace was able to eliminate those that posed a threat to her game, which is why Linus was compelled to be insanely loyal to her. She placed herself in a position where most people needed her in this game. Unfortunately, a loss at the Final 3 was the last straw for both of these players after being betrayed when the winner of the final immunity challenge thought they had a better chance against the other competitor.

Linus: Ozzy Lusth in in Cook Islands. Similar to Ozzy, Linus absolutely dominated the physical aspect in this game. No one can deny how much of a beast these two were in challenges. They were both also very loyal players to those that they said they were with, which was shown through Linus and Grace’s connection. When all of Linus’ other allies were eliminated in the early-mid portion of this game, he refused to turn on Grace until the very end.

Rob: Parvati Shallow in Micronesia. I know that I did not play as outward as a game as Parvati but I think that we played similar styles socially and strategically. I think that I played a very similar social game to her where I was able to create multiple alliances and allegiances throughout the course of the pre-merge and merge phase that assisted me in this game to rarely be a target. Similar to Parvati, I was able to eliminate the people that would pose bigger threats to me down the road in regard to being loyal to other people or might have wanted to eliminate me sooner rather than later. We both had no issue in betraying those that were created bonds with as long as it helped us advance further in the game.