Board Thread:Survivor 31: Byzantium/@comment-33222212-20180419005923/@comment-19601789-20180419053941

Thank god that was your intention because I used it in that way as well by using it as a case against me when talking to both Nicole and Andre during that final 4. The final four vote was a tricky one because in all honesty, I didn't have any voting power so I had to go about the vote in another way. As we all know, Nicole voted for me as soon as immunity results were posted as a deal was proposed between herself, Pris, and Andre the round before. Knowing that I already had a vote cast against me, I fought ten times harder to try to stay and reach FTC.

When talking to Priscilla, I figured that one of us would leave but I did try to pitch to her that we take Nicole out to ensure both of our safety. It could be said that this was another case of me lying when I didn't have to, but I did want to try to see if I bait Pris and have a shot at staying had the revote not been an option. She was trying to do the same to me and ultimately none of us were hooked by that fake plan.

With Nicole, while I was angry about how quickly she voted, I did still try to sell to her why Priscilla leaving was best for her personal game as Priscilla would overshadow her in any FTC scenario as Nicole would be seen as a beta to Priscilla's alpha. While I didn't know a revote was certain (plus Nicole asked and the hosts seem to have said there wouldn't have been one), I did approach Nicole and asked her to promise me that she would vote for Priscilla in a revote. Seeing as Nicole honoured the promise Andre made to her despite her not trusting him, I want to get her to honour a deal to me to keep me in. I don't believe this was the driving factor of her decision at all, but I do think the evidence I used coupled with me trying to flip Andre really helped me stay in the game.

Not sure if Andre would admit to this or not, but he was incredibly indecisive on whether or not he should vote for myself or Priscilla. He went back and forth between the two of us until around an hour or so before tribal results. Coming into that tribal, he told me it was 60-40 with his vote going in my direction. What I did for the next 24 hours was give him all the scenarios in which Priscilla would fair better with anyone on the jury, even dissecting her name and telling him that realistically there were no flaws. I even analyzed my game and told him that he had opportunities to exploit my flaws. Despite that, he was still convinced I was a major threat and could steal votes coming his way. My response to that was the fact that Priscilla's game would not only be seen as cleaner but more respectable than his. She also could've taken away votes her could've potentially gained such as Claire whereas I didn't have the best shot at that or some votes. I went through more of these scenarios and he constantly flipped back and forth and ultimately, he voted for Priscilla. By him doing that and there being a revote option, I was able to talk to Nicole and Andre/Nicole had a nice chat as well which led to Pris leaving 2-0.

I do think I had control in my survival as I wouldn't have survived in the first place without fighting till the last second, but obviously Andre and Nicole had a say in the matter as their votes were the ones that mattered the most at the end of that tribal.

The reason I saw you as a social threat was because I saw you as someone whose game would've been appreciated more than mine because of the way you approached the game from a social standpoint. While I do think that from a strategy standpoint, you would've been seen as not that much of a threat, the fact that you didn't lie as much as I did painted you as the angel and me as the devil in our alliance. It wasn't more so that my perception of the jury was inaccurate, but the jury's perception of me being worse compared to yours.

Eh, The Big Bang isn't the WORST show ever but it's honestly not my sense of humor.

I would cast you because you did have an interesting, engaging personality but also because I think you are someone who can take notes on what you did wrong and improve on them, so seeing you play again would mean an improvement from you overall which is always nice to see.

I like turtles (they are my 3rd favorite animal behind dolphins and lions so there ya go).