Board Thread:Survivor 25: Resurrection/@comment-27305210-20170704155937

Ello boys!!! Aren here!!

Honestly, I'm just going to put this out there plain and simple - I don't want to give you guys too hard a time tonight, and I won't ask very stressful questions; in fact, most of what I have to say tonight is simply criticism on a few things that I've picked up on.

ADRIAN

I'm not going to be nasty or mean to you because you're a good dude and you really don't deserve to have someone be rude to you purely due to how you played an online game, but man... You didn't play to win, and honestly, I think that's the reason I don't really want to write your name down tonight. You were likeable, but your strategic game was lacking and I just can't help but feel like you weren't playing this game for any purpose but to just enjoy the journey - and I can complete understand that, but this is Resurrection. It's a returnee season and I just cannot respect the game of a finalist who did not play to win. It's one thing when you're a goat, but it's another thing when you're a goat who allows themselves to remain a goat. See, I was quite the goat, but the difference between you & I is that I tried literally everything possible to change that perception of myself. You openly admitted you wanted to take one of the biggest threats of the game, Nathan, to the end, and I never would have let the guy get to FTC because he would have slaughtered me. Despite being inactive quite often, you were likeable and therefore your social-game was decent, and you were even an alright UTR strategic player, but my issue lies within the fact that you seemingly dedicated no heart or passion towards winning this game - which Trent, as average as his game might be, did.

I think you're a really good person and this isn't personal at all but if you have anything to add then all I'd like to know is why should I vote for a player who didn't play this game with passion and desire for the title of Sole Survivor?

Best of luck to you, Adrian, and thanks for contributing towards a killer 36 days. <3

TRENT

I'm admittedly frustrated right now. I'm going to vote for you, and I hate to say this, but it's a vote that I don't want to make - I despise saying that, and I do NOT want to feel that way towards you; but I cannot help but feel like your game is mediocre. You were a good player, clearly; otherwise you wouldn't have made FTC, but I just feel like there were more deserving people that could be sitting there right now.

All I want you to explain to me is how you deeply felt when you applied for this game. I want to know what this meant to you and what it currently means to you. This is a serious thing to me. It is just a game, but it's a very important game, and in my opinion a game that deserves a winner who loves the game. Tell me about your passion for Survivor. Tell me about what drove you. I really, really do want to know. I want to be able to conclude this game on a sweet note and I want to be able to write your name down and write it damn proud of you and how you played this game. I don't want to vote for you and think, damn, I wish this was a vote for Nathan instead at the same time.

In a newbie season, I'd have no qualms with you as the Sole Survivor; but it's the fact that it's a season of as epic proportions as this. This is Survivor: Resurrection. I wanted a true phoenix to win this game ever since I hit the merge, and what I want to know is why are you a phoenix? What made you passionate, wanting, and ravenous for the title? What does this title mean to you?

Thank you so much, Trent, for contributing towards a kickass 36 days. <3

AAAND, THE CLIMAX...

Finally, I would just like to say a big THANK YOU to the players, the hosts, and those salty applicants that didn't quite make the cut - AKA the viewers. You all contributed to a journey that truly made me feel real feelings and made me realize a lot about myself. I came in as a 14 year-old Survivor superfan and I'm leaving as a 14 year-old Survivor superfan. Superficially, it seems like nothing has changed about me, but that isn't true. I learned things from this game. I made friends, and I learnt a lot about myself personally - and I can't be grateful enough for everything, really.

Of course, every story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning of this story was exciting, the middle was dramatic, and I'm hoping that we can have something a lil different for the end - I want the end to be evolutionary. I truly want to conclude this amazing season on a high note.

Thank you all <333

~ Aren 