Board Thread:Survivor 43: San Andrés/@comment-26034146-20200523214823/@comment-28431903-20200524095328

Hi Chieko!

I felt like I don't know your game well,

I hope that I've been able to make my game more clear through the answers that I have given, and discussions that the jurors may have been having during Final Tribal. If there is anything specific you'd like to know more about feel free to let me know!

and we haven't connected that much socially since NuFlorencia after I was left out of everything.

I apologize for this. As I briefly spoke about in response to Abi, this was one of the main regrets that I had during the game. Not just on a game level, also I felt bad on a personal level! Hopefully this is something we can look past moving forward, I am glad to have a chance to recognize my mistakes.

Like Andrew, your game impressed me and was somehow similar, though you still have some explaining to do. From what I heard from a few jurors, you tried to burn these relationships down the moment since merge began

I do want to clarify this a bit. I don't think the moment the merge begain I decided I wanted to burn the relationships I had built. I spend a lot of time analyzing the situation before I decide how I want to act, and hurting people or betraying people is a negative consequence of the game that I played. It was never a goal or intention of mine.

​and I felt I got affected by this since part of me wants to vote for you to win, and the other side doesn't. I get it that lying is part of the game, but they felt bittersweet about this. ​

I appreciate that you have recognition for my game, and I hope that with my response to you I can make you feel good about voting for me to win. Lying is part of the game, you are right. But lying when you do not have to is when I feel you are making bad decisions. While we did not end up working together through the rest of the merge, I hope that you can respect that I was 100% honest with you the vote that you left! I had no reason to lie, and would have felt personally bad if I did. I understand if you were upset about me voting for you, but I hope you know that it was all game for the reasons we talked about before you left. You deserved to know the truth.

'''If this was a Final Two and you were picked as the last juror, who would you vote for and why? Be honest, this might be a hard question for the other two but think wisely.'''

I can say the answer that will sound the best and say Andrew. But I think it is a bit more complicated for me. As much as I got to see first hand the positive and negative of Andrew and Jim, I think I can make a case to vote for either of them. For me it would come down to who could own the game that they DID play the best, instead of trying to amplify the game they played to make it sound stronger. I would lean towards Andrew, but it would be about 65% Andrew 35% Jim.

If you weren't sitting in the Final Tribal Council along with the other two finalists next to you as of this day, pick three jurors you want to see in your respective spots and explain why you decided to choose them.

Matthew - I think if Matthew was to have made FTC, he would have a great chance at convincing the jury to vote for him. He is very likable, and knows the game quite well.

Izzy - I think this one is pretty obvious! No need for much reasoning.

Zee - I could feel the entire time how badly Zee wanted to be in the end. The passion he had alongside the excellent social game gave him the drive to sustain the good and the bad. Not only would I have been happy to see Zee at the end and win, but I think a F3 with these 3 would be really epic!

What are the pros and cons of each finalist?

Final Tribal is all about this, so I'll put 2 pros and 2 cons for each of us to keep it fair:

Mackie

Pro:

1. Had a lot of control throughout the game, being able to keep anyone from being able to go against me

2. Not willing to sit back and play under the radar, I was a big influence in making sure my alliance was in control and stayed safe.

Con:

1. Had to go against people that felt betrayed by me, and use deception to continue being successful the way I was playing

2. New player to 703 Survivor, so I knew almost nothing about the format, challenges that might happen, previous seasons, etc. This put me at a disadvantage in some instances to people who had played before or been around to see more than I had.

Jim

Pro:

1. Very good social game. One of the best!

2. On the right side of the vote almost every vote all season. Had a heavy hand in many of the moves made.

Con:

1. His game was less visible, and often did not have the same amount of heavy lifting to do, which has made it harder for the jury to identify with his game.

2. Harder time relating to certain people mainly with age differences. Caused certain things to be harder for him in the game.

Andrew

Pro:

1. Won the most Individual Immunities with 4.

2. Involved in a strong alliance that had a lot of control, helping him survive when he had votes coming for him.

Con:

1. Lost the ability to control his fate early in the game when he swapped. Had to rely on Jim and myself to not turn on him otherwise he didn't have any options.

2. Had to play for himself, and was not able to protect his allies, even voting out his own #1 ally after I told him to.

'''What moves do you think it benefited for you game to get a spot at FTC? No claiming other's moves as your own.'''

I won't go over the entire season, I will pick 3 moves I feel like made a big impact for me to get to Final Tribal

1.  Building a strong enough loyalty with my allies (Mainly Jim based on what happened at F4) so that I had an insurance policy for Final 4. I could earn my spot there on my own merit to close off my game with a strong performance.

2. Taking out Aaron when most people wanted to take out Andrew. I explained this one pretty well in a few other responses.

3. Orchestrating the Rob blindside when I was down 6-2 against you guys after the swap on NuFlorencia. I could have wasted my idol or gone home before merge, but I was able to make the best of a bad situation and gain a significant amount of power because of it.

'''List the pros and cons of each juror's games. This doesn't need to be necessarily long, so free feel to make it short as possible.'''

Alex - Pro: A bit older than the average age and brought experience to the table in the game

Con: New to ORGs, and did not have experience playing.

Jack - Pro: Able to make connections feel authentic. Talking to Jack never felt forced.

Con: Possibly putting most of his eggs in one basket, Jack did not make many errors. Maybe talking game more with favorites might have shifted attention away from him.

Jay - Pro: One of the people who was able to cross tribal lines to form connections well, he could have used those connections to last for a while.

Con: Letting AAA feel like he wasn't with them the round he left, pushing Izzy to be able to justify voting for him.

Matthew - Pro: Great at picking up the right reads (Jim being close to Abi, trying to turn it around on me the round he left, etc.) it seemed like Matt had (or has lol) a great intuition

Con: Sometimes a bit reactionary, where it might be best to take a second to re-evaluate.

Chieko - Pro: Hard not to like. Easy to talk to, and great at forming connections. When we were voting you out, you had already made great connections with Zee, Jacob, and many others.

Con: Tries to downplay challenge ability, drawing more attention to it when you do well. This is something me and Izzy talked about sometimes haha

Aaron - Pro:  Knows his game, and how to play it to the fullest extent. I think the main pro was his strategic game.

Con: Had a hard time shedding the perception that was starting to be created that people wanted to go far with him.

Jacob - Pro: Fun to talk to, and someone that you quickly come to care about once you form a relationship with. And he will tell you when he feels a certain way, so you are never left wondering.

Con: Sometimes did not talk to some people as much, leaving some people to feel allientated.

Zee - Pro: Impossible not to root for. Even when you are against Zee, you don't want to be! Someone that I think will always have a chance if they make it far based on who they are.

Con: A mixture of a few I have already said, timing being slightly off, and not branching out enough to certain people game wise to shift the flow of the game.

Izzy - Pro:  Abi put it best, Izzy has a friend in all of us. Top tier social game. Underrated all-around game.

Con: Being so invested often leads to emotions being involved in certain decisions or situations. Sometimes this clouded better judgement.

Abi - Pro: Ability to play a very strong game without drawing much attention. And similar to Izzy, someone that you just absolutely love. It's hard to make me feel guilt when fighting for my life in a F4 tiebreaker, but she is so likeable that you don't want to go against her.

Con: Not as proactive as some others, leaving options more limited as numbers started to dwindle.

EXTRA QUESTIONS

'''Why Chieko, one of the Queens of this season, was robbed? What would you have done differently if she wasn't in a rough spot during the rest of the swap instead of being left out?'''

I can answer this quickly! You were robbed this season because of how strong of a threat you were creating yourself to be! If you weren't left out, I think we would have actually worked together for a lot of the game. If Me, You, Izzy, Jim and Rob voted Andrew out like Rob planned, maybe that would have been the 5 instead of AAA and Jim/Me. But I think you Rob and Izzy might have turned against me for being a big threat soon after, especially since Andrew would have been voted out already ! But it's fun to think about what could have happened.

At the end of the day though, you were robbed and voted out. But this is for a reason; while you were one of the queens of this season, I wanted to be the king. And I hope that you, and the other jurors feel like I deserve the crown!

'''Last but not least, impress me with a drawing of myself. If you are unable, free feel to skip this question.'''

I tried to take inspiration from your merge Manga. I am very bad at art but I hope this isn't the worst drawing you have ever seen!!! Thank you for all of the questions, and I hope I was able to briefly answer everything for you!