Board Thread:Survivor 41: Phi Pan Nam/@comment-28545345-20191012020306/@comment-38878628-20191012041130

Hey king!

'''If you could make a DVD cover with six players, who would be on the front and why? Include both of you guys so there would be four more spots for people:'''

-Shane

-Tyler

-Kyle

-Jason

-Anthony

-Alex

I'd honestly put the F6 on the DVD cover. Simply because the game wasn't settling down at all and all 6 of us were fighting hard to stay in the game. I thought it could have been anyone's game had they made it to the Finale, so the 4 of you on the cover with us is what it'd imagine. Kyle was a huge force in this game and played hard. Jason had amazing stategy and I think that deserves a spot. You were stealthy and a silent killer in the game, who not everyone saw as a target, but I knew. Alex, someone I underestimated and played a solid social game, making new connections and adapting to his situation.

Now to the questions/conerns...

When everyone was telling me Tyler was a huge threat to win the game, I truley didn't believe it. I knew you and Kyle were huge targets, so when I had a gut feeling you'd be coming after me at the F5, I struck too. As for Kyle, I felt he already had votes secured for his name, so I didn't want to take that risk. Yes, I know Tyler played a good game, but I still think I played a step above him. Bringing Tyler to the finale cleared up the risk of votes being locked on for someone and I truley felt we'd have a good chance of being split for votes. Obviously people saw Tyler as a big threat, but I think no one coming after me shows how my social game built a shield around me and kept people targetting others. Tyler has 2 immunity wins, as do I. However, I beat him in the final challenge, which was extremely intense compared to any other challenge. One step above his game.

As for when it comes to our alliance, Tyler and I were equal and neither of us controlled one another. We ALWAYS threw ideas out to one another, mostly my strategies I had been brainstorming. We'd discuss everything. I brought him to the end because of his loyalty and trust with me. I respected that and that's why I brought him to the end with me. Neither Tyler nor Kyle came up to me after the final immunity challenge to convince me to bring them to the F2. I made this decision on my own, not a single drop of influence from either of them.

I obviously pushed my agenda on Tyler in our conversations. Convincing him to vote out his best friend & ally since Day 1, Jason, at the F4 was a massive move for my game. Kyle had just won immunity and would have been the vote off had he not won. The three of us were devistated, but I knew it'd be between Jason or myself, so I took the charge and worked my social game hard. It wasn't easy, but I managed to do so.

Flashback to the tribe swap. My first time going to TC with this new group of players, the vote was set on me because of Fathan. He wanted Kyle to be their ally and work with them, but I wasn't going to go out without a fight. I was able to flip the entire vote from easily being me, to being Fathan, one of their OG tribemates. This move allowed me to gain momentum through my social game, build my connections with Jason and Tyler, and work my way to the F2 with their help.

Another move was convincing Jason to target you in the tiebreaker vote. This was best for my game, clearly, but I knew I could easily be the vote off here. But my connections with Jason in the game allowed me to keep the focus on you and paint you as the biggest target in the game.

And finally the Evan and Chloe votes. I knew you, Kyle, and Alex had some stronger connections to these two players, but I knew they weren't good for my longterm game. They needed to be the next two to be eliminated and I got that to happen. Evan gave me information, that I was lied to about, but I took that to his alliance member Alex and got him to flip on Evan and Chloe too. I was capable of breaking a solid 3 person alliance, possibly more than that, and getting Alex on our side. I used other people's words to my advantage and played on that to take out Evan and Chloe by gaining Alex as another number for me in the game. Alex wasn't my closest ally in the game, but I knew I didn't want him to go, if Evan was telling me the truth. I saw the opportunity, played it to my advantage and made the moves I needed to in order to set myself up for success.

I hope these moves and points allow you to understand what exactly I've done. If you have any other questions or concerns, please let me know! I'm open about it all! I love you dude and I seriously respect you and your game so much.