Board Thread:Survivor 41: Phi Pan Nam/@comment-39927342-20191012215458/@comment-38878628-20191012231051

Hey cutie!

So in the game I found myself to have set myself up with a majority of people keeping my name out of their mouth and fighting for me to stay. I had a handful of people who I know weren't coming after me starting at the merge, that being you, Tyler, Kyle, Anthony, and Derek. I had half of the merge members sheilding me. I knew I'd be in good shape, which made my gameplay pretty strightforward. I had you 5, so I knew going forward I had 4 other players to target, that being Maynor, Evan, Chloe, and Alex. However, the game shifted when Derek was blindsided, so my game got a little more complicated and I had to manuver through that using my social and strategy skills to ensure I'd be safe moving forward while also protecting my key alliance members. So when everything worked out for me and things fell in place, I managed to go unscratched and votes aligned fairly easy when it came to Evan, Chloe, and Alex. I didn't have to do much other than spread information I was hearing from Evan and Kyle in order to convince Anthony and Alex to flip back to our side to take Evan and Chloe out. Then the plan to vote out Alex came up and I knew it'd be best for MY game to vote him out. It was risky, but I had to do that to keep you, Anthony, and Kyle away from saying my name and targetting me for going against what you all wanted. Another move that I found to be straightforward and raw was my relationship with Alex. I honestly wanted to protect him and watch out for his game. I was informed by Evan that he was in danger and that group's vote, so I informed him of this. It was real, genuine, and honest. I then proved my loyalty to him even more after the Chloe vote when Alex thought it was supposed to be a 5-2 vote, but was lied to by Anthony. I used that as a way to paint Anthony as a bigger target too and kept more of the focus off of me. I proved my vote was Chloe and kept my relationship with Alex real at all times. On his vote out, I even told him that his name was coming up and that Anthony, you, and Kyle were focusing him for the vote. I kept him in the loop at all times up until he was voted out. Yes, I played a role in his elimination, but that was best for my game at this stage in the game. I couldn't protect him any further, but the entire time we did work together, I watched out for him.

As for holding back in the game, I never wanted to come off too strong to scare anyone. At the merge, I didn't need to push extremely hard or fight like crazy to save myself any round until the F5 hit. I had set myself up for success and had allies surrounding me. There was no need to stick my neck out and risk painting a target on my back. I wasn't trying extremely hard in challenges. I played down my likeliness to win competitions, which made it easier for people to focus on others. Had I tried hard every challenge and put myself in a position of saftey frequently, I believe my name would have come up more often and potentially been the vote off. When it came to my social and startegical gameplay, I went all out. My first time playing in an ORG ever, I played WAYYYYY too hard. You can even ask Anthony about that...yikes! I've learned from my mistakes and learned how to tone it down and have better control throughout the game. That was just a few months ago and now I'm here. I get my game may not have been as flashy as others or exciting, but it was the game I set up for myself and I think that proves I managed to play a solid and well-rounded game.

Give me a 10-word sentence on why you deserve to win:

Loyalty to an unjust cause is a perversion of honor.

When it comes to your name being the focus of discussion, I believe Tyler is referring to when you blew up about the challenges being too long or complicated with a busy schedule. I do believe everyone was talking about that and the fact that you were fighting with the hosts. I personally believe everyone has the right to their own opinion, so I wasn't thinking much of the whole situation. Our personal lives get so entangled with these games and quite frankly it can be frutrating at times, so I felt your anger and frustration. It made sense to me since we talked frequently about how you had the school's Homecoming to manage and plan for. It was a difficult time for you in the game so I can understand why you'd have a lot of people discussing your vocalization towards the hosts.

As for the eliminations, I believe you were the key person to lead the Alex vote and had an entire plan for next round set for us. That was a HUGE vote, especially at the F6 that you played a massive role in. As well, we voted together for Maynor, Evan, and Chloe. The biggest play you had in any elimination was the F5 vote. The tiebreaker simply proved you were protecting me over Anthony and that saved my life in the game. My love and respect for you as a player grew so much after this tiebreaker and I that for a fact, was your biggest momentous moment in regards to voting.

As for you being a threat in the game, I think the fact is that I was worried either Kyle or Tyler would have taken you over me to the F2. So I had to make sure they saw that from both sides and that the two players I worked closest to all season would keep me safe and take me had I lost the final immunity challenge. Tyler AND Kyle even brought it up to me that they were both scared you'd be taken to the end over themselves, so they wanted to take you out. And I it didn't take much more work to convince Tyler to vote you out at F4 too, but I used they're fear of having their F2 spot taken by you as a way to convince them to take you out. I believe your vocalization and abstaining was a large reason both players felt like they could beat you in the end. I truthfully have learned to never underestimate anyone sitting in the finale because anyone can win in this game, I've seen it happen.

P.S. As for never watching a single season of Survivor before...BOY I'M GOING TO BEAT YOU UP!!! It's sooooo fucking good and you'd be hooked instantly! Start with "''Survivor: San Juan del Sur." ''I feel like this is a solid season for you to beghin with and love! It's the first season I ever watched and that got me hooked forever! You also played an amazing game and I seriously love you to death! I seriously hope we can explore our friendship more and you'll have to keep me updated on school and when you start watching Survivor! Please <3