Board Thread:703’s Showdown 1/@comment-24900484-20180728102110/@comment-27281906-20180728194156

https://youtu.be/Rherh_RRvIs YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!

Hey there Matt!

I'd like to address a few points from your speech before answering the questions.

I recognize and fully own up to the mistakes I made in the game. I'm not egotistical enough to sit here and say that my game was flawless. My social game towards you specifically was not good and I'm willing to own up and apologize for not trying harder.

Also I don't claim to take full credit for any move besides the one at final four. My speech explained my involvement in each of those moves and was not meant to claim sole credit for them!

To the question:

What were the specific points you made to Sam to convince him to vote with you at Final 4? Also, Why did you choose to target myself instead of Benj?

I'll answer the second part first. I chose to target you over Benj because through discussions I was having with Sam in f6 and f5, he would've been much more receptive to targeting you over Benj. We had a deal that if Jenna went at final five, that he would be willing to come after you at f4. I also believed you were just as big of a jury threat as Benj was, and that if it came down to you winning f3 immunity, I don't think you would've taken me and Benj ultimately did.

As for the specific points I used to to get him to keep me:

- I told him that you were the biggest jury threat at the final four. I made points such as you being a major underdog for being the last Chaos member and coming from the bottom of Miranta. I also cited that you barely rubbed any jurors the wrong way and up against someone like Sam who has, it would be harder for him to win. I told him that the jury was going to reward social underdogs rather than someone who relied on immunities to get to the end.

- I also majorly downplayed my chances of getting votes at the end. I did this by telling Sam about major rivalries I had with players like Justin and Nathaniel (which I purposely overexaggerated) as well as making up fake comments and arguments I had with jury members to sell that I wouldn't get their vote.

- i went through each final two scenario with Sam and laid out the votes. I would keep explaining to Sam that I only had three votes maximum whereas vs you he would lose at least 4 or 5 votes from bitterness against him.

I was messaging Sam constantly during those 24hrs as well. There was a point in the middle of the deadline where he said he was gonna vote for you for sure, and then immediately went back to "i need to think about it." After that he told me he decided to vote me off because it was his best choice. Instead of letting that happen, I continued to argue my points and made sure I was always the last person he spoke to. After the 2nd round of convincing I was finally able to get him to vote for you instead.

Thank you for the question matt and hope this helps!