Board Thread:Survivor: Japan (Season 6)/@comment-4975295-20150315145043/@comment-25615280-20150315204800

I would agree Joe, I am usually an arrogant person, but I was only allowed one word to describe my game :). I was determined from day 1 to get myself to the spot I’m in now, and I succeeded. That determination did come off at times as arrogance because I was determined to get my way in votes. I was determined to make the right choices to get to the end. I was determined to do my best in every challenge so I could stay immune. Also what I said to you regarding pissing people off was this, “If you’re not making enemies, then you aren’t standing up for something.” And I was sure as hell determined to stand up for myself. It seems you’re the only one with a real problem with that, just look at what happened to you and Richie.

Also you said I was on the outs, I actually didn’t feel that way. Sure I wasn’t in a “set-in-stone” alliance in the second half but I believe I had good working relationships with everyone. I also never betrayed Wes, I never betrayed Richie. I even almost succeeded in saving Richie’s bacon if it wasn’t for his own self vote. Only three people can make it to the end. No one can get here without betraying someone. About my timing, the times I made my moves got me here, that’s all I can say. I’m sorry they didn’t get you here.

Joe, I will admit, I lied to you in this game. The one that is inexcusable was the first one when I wanted both you and Evie to vote for Tyler. You say you were 100% loyal, yet you didn’t even vote that way. Evie lied right back to me saying she was on board and I relayed that information to you. So to me, I didn't lie about that part of it. The reason I did it is this, you and Evie were in the alliance chat with the Zarus which Wes, myself, and everyone else was left out of. Idols were in the air, I couldn’t risk telling you the true plan because of your involvement with the Zarus. Also when you came back from RI, I didn’t trust you completely. Here’s the guy that just a short while ago, made a public speech that I was the biggest threat and needed to be removed from the game. Then even as you went out, told everyone you were going to vote for me if I made it to the end. So when you came back from RI with the classic Val “I have two idols" play I didn’t believe it. First off I didn’t think it was even allowed for Tyler to pass off his idol while on RI. I thought for sure you were lying to me, so from what I thought, I was just answering lies with lies.

Why did I cheat? I answered this more in detail on Jack’s post but I’ll say some here too. When submitting, I didn’t think I was cheating, honest to god. I was just determined to do the best that I could. Now I know it was wrong and if I could go back I would. When I redid it with me actually typing, I got a time of 4:13 left on the clock which would still have given me enough points to win immunity. I regret what I did and it is a mistake I will not make on any future season, you have my word on that. Also about me deserving to be here, I sure as hell believe I deserve to be here. Everything  I did up to that point was legit and I earned my spot in the final 4. I was punished and I coped with it. I went to plan B and got myself into a tie breaker challenge. I won that so I honestly believe I deserve my spot here.

One last thing, I think voting for the person that pissed the least people off is just petty. Now Lucas got to this spot with his strategy and he has earned his spot just as much as Joan or I. His strategy in my mind does not make him deserving of a win however. The people that deserve to win are the ones that played. If some people got pissed off on the way there, I have faith in the jury that everyone here is above all that. We are all fans of the show here so I think we are all fans of good gameplay. Throwing a hissy fit and voting for the person that made you the least angry is cowardice.