Board Thread:Survivor: Wales (Season 1)/@comment-25044207-20141017011007/@comment-25231782-20141017053618

Diego, we were close. Really close. Honestly, though, that is why I had to vote you out. You were thinking way too similarly to me. When you approached me after we booted James about how Aaron is potential threat, I was stunned: you were literally the only person who even approached me about the fact that Aaron was the main contender. Nobody else had been thinking that way. Explaining that we should take out Aaron over Sarah if nuDdraig lost again, you reflected my way of thinking, and to me, that's a sign of the biggest threat in the game. I needed to be the thinker and the strategist, and you were too similar to me to stay in the game.

When you carried nuDdraig through 2048, I had a suspicion that you were good in challenges. But as Brittany and Evan told me about Survivor: Bolivia, I felt a shiver down my spine. In Bolivia, you apparently dominated in the immunity challenges. Combined with your strategic mindset that mirrored my own, your potential skills in immunities made you too much to ignore. Although we were good friends (and still are), the choice between keeping Jeffy over you was hard but had to be made. Had I taken out Jeffy first and then followed with Aaron, you had this great pull on Brittany and had a greater potential than Jeffy to go on an immunity run. I knew that I could always get rid of Jeffy later because if Brittany voted for him once before, she would easily do it again. I couldn't count on her to vote you out as much. And taking you out early would make Brit more reliant on me. That's why I voted you out.

If Evan wasn't evacuated, I would've pushed for CJ to be booted first, because that would serve the same purpose of your original boot (making Brittany more reliant on me) and then would've booted you straight after that. The reason why I would've pushed for CJ first is that blindsiding you is a huge and potentially dangeorus move, and I didn't want to fracture the Hydra Alliance until I absolutely had to fracture it. Booting CJ moves the Hollaback Girls into the F8 without detection, since it's a "safe" vote. Also, getting rid of CJ early would force people to be reliant on me. Why didn't I boot CJ until the last moment? Because when Evan got evacuated, the metaphorical shit hit the fan: Jeffy started to panic, and you started to become more eager about getting rid of him, forcing a Jeffy vs Diego vote, and CJ suddenly became the last thing on everybody's minds. That necessitated moving forward the plans to fracture the Hydra Alliance, starting with you and then Aaron with the help of Jeffy's vote.

Also, I did lie about a lot, but I didn't lie about that clue. Anybody on the Jury, including Sarah and Tine, will confirm that I didn't get a second clue until Sarah won that reward. There is some bogus rule about how you don't get the second clue until you've already obtained a clue through winning a challenge. Because that bird challenge was the first reward that I won, Ryan sent me the first clue - coincidentally the first one that you shared with me. >____________>

Although I was tempted to say that Run The World (Girls) by Beyonce represents my game and the way that the Hollaback Girls Alliance ruthlessly eliminated all our threats, I'm going to go for a more indie option and say that Legendary by The Summer Set epitomises my gameplay. Why I picked Legendary is because it represents the yearning that I felt to reach for the stars and continue with this lonely but long road that I picked to reach my destination: Sole Survivor of Wales. Honestly, I worked hard to ensure that my strategy and control of the game was airtight, but I'll be the first person to admit that I'm not the best player. And my yearning is what pushed me through to the end, overcoming the odds. And The Summer Set is an underrated band - think a cross between fun and Imagine Dragons. I hope you enjoy the song~

Run The World (Girls): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmMU_iwe6U

Legendary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHVC7ZPw-Ic