Board Thread:Survivor 27: Bora Bora/@comment-26867786-20171012021742/@comment-29261560-20171012235518

Hey Jared. Alright, so I just wanna make this out to be a little more clear because I honestly do think turning on you was the correct decision for me. My logic behind it was that I saw you as an extreme power player,  you were smart enough to take out big threats when you saw necessary and were able to come up with the numbers to do so. Once merge hit I saw you, Joey and Torsa as a core trio which honestly scared me cause that was a lot of power and I knew that it would be a lot harder to get you out had I just waited around because you were extremely persuasive when it came to votes, I wouldn’t be here if you weren’t. This will also address the other issue as whenever we talked about the vote, it sounded as if the decision was already made which always kinda made me feel like a pawn. During the Rhys vote you literally came to me saying “It’s Rhys” and I mean sure you would follow it up with “how do you feel about that” a couple minutes later but the way you approached me just was a big red flag for me and made me feel as though I had no say in the matter, and when I tried I was just left out of the vote completely which wasn’t necessarily your fault, it was primarily an issue I had with Joey as I had expressed my distaste for Tate leaving moreso with him, but regardless you still made it out to be that he was the target despite me asking if it was still the plan. So being left out like that was a huge warning sign for me because I wanted to work with people who I felt would at least be comfortable discussing the vote and coming to a decision together rather than it being told to me like….here’s the plan, this is what’s happening, if you have an issue I’ll listen but won’t do anything about it. That’s just how I saw the situation and I’m sorry if that wasn’t the case but I knew I had to branch myself out to other working scenarios as well and I saw voting you out as the best possible option. So to clarify this entire thing, I wanted to feel like I had more freedom and choice with my game rather than feeling as though I was in debt to someone who seemed like they wanted me to just kind of be their pawn coupled with the fact that the later you’d be in the game, the more threatening the thought of you and that trio became and I knew I needed to get closer to Joey and Torsa so getting you out was my best option as having one of their closest allies go would cause the need for them to branch out, which I took advantage of as I began to try and form a closer bond with the two after your elimination.

For the next part I’m gonna start out by outright saying that floating was a part of my strategy in this game, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing in my eyes because for me there’s a difference between floating and coasting. With coasting you just kind of accept your fate and that’s something I didn’t want to do. I voiced my opinion in wanting to get you out and tried planting the seeds to target Torsa. I could’ve easily stuck by your side as you kinda called the shots. But I didn’t. I saw floating as a legitimate part of my strategy cause it allowed me to work with both sides in a way which I saw as beneficial for my game because I didn’t wanna be seen as a pawn for just one side. I wanted to have options, so I did my best to create them. With that being said I was able to create solid connections with Tate and Torsa who would keep me in the loop of things when I needed it. So I definitely had my rocks in this game, but using the floater strategy also allowed to keep my options open.

For your second part, Jared honestly you never failed to impress me. You were a player who was always willing to make big moves even when the easy way out was right in front of you which is super commendable. You’re obviously an amazing power player and realistically had you stuck around I really think you would’ve slayed this entire game.

I know you said you have a problem voting for someone who didn’t try, and I may not have had the strongest pre-merge game but I’m trying my very best to make up for that because I do believe my game got better on with time and if you need any more clarification I’ll be happy to provide it to you because I’m not gonna lay down and die. I knew I made mistakes and I knew I had to make up for that so I did try my best and in the end I hope you can take that into account.