Board Thread:703’s Showdown 1/@comment-31683906-20180728174522

Hey ladies! ya boy Sam here <3

congrats to the both of you for making it here! i couldn't be happier for you two since in my opinion you both deserve to be here in different ways! it's also refreshing to see yall two sitting here since i've had a very rocky and entertaining game relationship with the both of you all game, and i wouldn't have had it any other way! you know i love and respect you both dearly and am so glad to have experienced this amazing game with you two, and truly wish yall the best of luck! And i just want yall to know that right now, my vote is 100% up in the air. i have no idea who im voting for since i want to vote for the both of you. just know that whatever happens this season, we're gonna have a great and well deserving winner <3. Alrighty boys, here we gooooo

Benj: Hey benj! i'm so glad to have made it 38 days with you bud, i absolutely adore you and was so excited to see that we FINALLY were able to play in an org together!! and even though we had a very back and forth game relationship from being allies, to enemies, to allies again, to you voting me off, i still had a blast talking with you and couldn't be happier to see how much you improved from carthage to having a legitimate shot at winning this game!

I truly appreciate and respect your speech, for how honest you were about your game. you explained your strengths but also anazlyed and noticed your weaknesses and flaws, which a LOT of finalists have trouble doing. most people will just go into detail about how their game was superior and take credit for everytthing possible to try and prove their game was flashier. but you played a very quiet, but effective game. like i said you knew your flaws, but worked your hardest to overcome them and get yourself into a power position after your rough start at the merge. you truly played a very exciting and effective underdog game, going from voting in the minority 6 times in a row, to advancing yourself into a swing vote position multiple times in the late game, to not even being targeted at f4 with no immunity, to absolutely demolishing brandon and i in the final immunity challenge when you knew if you didn't win, you would've placed 3rd. you truly worked your ass off to get to where you are now and displayed how much this game meant to you, and how much you deserve to be where you are. i love you buddy and am so proud of you <3

Brandon: oh boy, did we have a hell of a ride my dude. not gonna lie, at the start of the game i never would've thought in a million years that you would've been such a competitor in this game. i figured you were just a simple laid back guy who was just gonna go with the flow until you were inevitably not needed anymore, to being a true contender, to my biggest enemy. you played such a hard and upfront game this season, which i respect since thats how i like to play my games as we have discussed before, whether the jury appreciates it or not. obviously so far you have more work to do to try and confer this jury to your side, esp since your speech wasn't near as good/honest as your opponents. you did claim moves that weren't yours and im sure you know that. this jury respects and appreciates honestly more than anything, and i do truly believe you deserve to be here as much as benj does, and also deserve to win. you just gotta swallow your ego man and know that you played a far from perfect game. no one ever plays a "perfect" game, but it takes a LOT to admit your flaws. you did have a tremendous physical game, esp when you knew you needed it the most, which proves how much this game meant to you. but im sure we can all agree that the social aspect of this game is the strongest and most notable aspect that the jury analyzes. and im sure you know this by now, but you my friend definitely didn't have the strongest social game by any means. you would ignore people trying to message you before votes when we all knew you were clearly online pretending to not have read what we said. and to some jury members, you were downright a dick to them before they were voted off, which is NEVER a good thing to do if you are gonna need their vote in the future. like i said man, you gotta swallow your ego and recognize your flaws if you want some peoples votes. idk yet what im gonna do, but it'll definitely help me out before i cast my vote. just know no matter what happens though for me, i absolutely enjoyed playing or being against you in this game, and truly believe you deserve your spot here in the finals.

Now for some questions, this'll be for the both of you.

1. name some of yalls flaws in your games, and how you would go about changing that if you could

2. explain why your opponent does and does not deserve to be sitting here beside you

3. i dont wanna take full credit for "saving" you guys (brandon at f8, benj at f7) but i did play a huge part alongside matt. if i didnt vote with you guys and you ended up going home, how do you see this game having turned out?

4. excluding me, put yourselves on the jury and put 2 other jury members in the finalist spot, who would you put there and why

5. do you think a jury can ever pick the wrong person to win?

again i love you both dearly and truly wish yall the best of luck. i would love it if either of you won which says how great of an ending we are gonna have. i look forward to hearing yalls answers! <3 