Board Thread:Survivor: Papua New Guinea (Season 16)/@comment-24400351-20160325034858/@comment-27549198-20160325040646

I gave it my all, and did not once give up in this game. I think that people will definitely mark me as a challenge threat, because I did fairly well in challenges previously. However, I don't think that this vote will come down to that at all. It may be a front, a reason, or an excuse more like for people to vote me out. I think this vote will be based on old tribal lines and ties. It's fairly obvious by this point that the Indingai Seven are strong, and will not falter, which is kind of interesting.

The thing that they don't know is that there is a 7th, 6th, and 5th place. There are going to be 3 people in the minority, but it seems as if they are completely oblivious to that fact. Why take me out? I mean, I did perform well in this challenge, but is that really a good reason?

I don't think so. Why take out the obvious target when you can make a brilliant move with the minority to take out a major player in this game? I think the downfall for a few of these players will be the unwillingness to take risk. Winners of this game do not win by playing it safe and following another person blindly. A winner takes risks, maneuvers the game, and takes out any and all threats to their title.

I will not lay down and die, not at all. My whole life I have had to fight, to get to the next step. Being a foster child isn't easy, not in the slightest. Worrying about where you are going to be placed next, that kind of stuff. None of you really know me too well, and I want to share something that opened my eyes to the cruelty and unfairness in this world. My baby brother was born with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare type of cancer usually being in bones. However, his was an extrememely rare case, where it developed in his brain. He was the third recorded child in history to get this type of cancer.

The doctors gave him 2 weeks, as the other two children that had it died within the first few days. However, he lived to be 2 years and 2 months, and he inspired a lot of people in his short time on this planet. Most of all, he inspired me to never give up, to push through the obstacles, break the customs and what people want from you. It was a tough journey, and he was declared cancer free a couple months  before his second birthday. It came back, harder then before, and he died at home with my grandmother.

I am not telling this story to garner sympathy votes, but to let you know something unique about myself. I will not give up, no matter the obstacle. Look at where you are sitting, do you absolutely feel comfortable in your position? Do you feel like you are playing a winner's game? Do you feel like you are in an alliance that is going to carry you to the end?

If you don't, I urge you to take action. Don't play someone else's game, but play your own.