Board Thread:Survivor 22: San Marcos/@comment-30202274-20170208161700/@comment-26864283-20170209150425

Hey Elmo! Thank you for being so kind in your speech. I'm glad you seem to of appreciated my game, so I'm hoping my answers get me your vote!

I would say that my best move in this game was voting out Jenna. I know that doesn't sound like some crazy power move, but i believe this is the exact move that solidified my place in the final 3 indefinitely. Getting Jenna out meant that I became the swing vote the next round between Chris/Claudia and Nathaniel/Shea. Getting Jenna out also meant Claudia/Chris needed a new person to bring to final 3 with, which would be me. I knew that Chris and Claudia assumed (which was also true), that they could beat me, which is how I knew they would want to work long term with me. I also knew that Sim did not have the social ties with Chris/Claudia. So that put me in a power position and was able to get myself to the end.

While I do believe we played similarly and I think Sim played very good too, a big difference between me and Sim is that I believe I had the more beneficial social ties for us in the game. There were multiple times in the game when Sim would ask me to go talk to Chris and Claudia because he either felt awkward or didn't want just because he told me he didn't want to seem fake to them, which got me closer to them. I took these opportunities in the game to build relationships with them which helped me a lot in the long run because of their dynamic games, because I felt like I was the one people would trust more in the game for the most part. Along with people like Austin and Rhi on the original tribe, I felt like I had the better relationship specifically with the bigger players and people with the most power in the game.

1. Well for one Sim was like my ride or die for the later part of the game and I love him. In my opinion, Sim played an all around solid game compared to Nathaniel. Nathaniel keeps proving through his speeches that he really was in the dark the most of the game. I don't know why he's trying to discredit my game, but I can assure you that his assessment of me in the question is false. Besides maybe the fact that we didn't talk as much.

2. I think that I should get your vote because you seem to respect the social aspect of this game which I believe I excelled at. I made sure I developed relationships with a lot of people because I knew that could carry me far. That's exactly what the social game of Survivor is all about. The social game is always ignored or brushed off, I believe that I succeeded at it which is pretty rare for someone to do.

3. Rhi - Michaela Rhi’s game and personality reminds me of Michaela a lot. She was a very aggressive player as well as super smart. The reason why she got idol’d out was because of how great of a player was. People came to the realization of this, and they wanted her out. Which is very similar to Michaela’s story, not to mention they both were eliminated the tribal right before merge.

Malik - Abi Malik played this game very emotional. He was always picking fights or starting drama with the people he disliked, similar to Abi. He also made his decisions based off of his emotions which is what did him dirty in the game.

Elmo - Yul It seemed as if you were the ring leader of all the Quetzals. All of Catarina seemed to have the same stigma when it came to you as well. The reason you were initially targeted was because we thought not only were you leading the Quetzals, but that you had the idol which you’d use to protect your alliance. Had you stayed in the game, past that round, there’s no doubt in my mind you’d be sitting here.

Brandon - Amber I hope Brandon doesn’t take this as an insult, because it’s not supposed to be! I was under the impression that Brandon was very loyal to myself, Rhi, Austin and Sim during the original tribe swap. However, during the merge, he went right back to Quetzal. Similar to Lex on all stars, I kind of beat myself up over it because we let him slip by. That shows though that Brandon was just as good of a player as Amber and used his strong strategic game to manipulate us all.

Renz - Brett LaBelle I know Brett wasn’t the most likeable player, by the fans, but I do believe Renz played somewhat similar to him. Renz was voted off because we were scared of his jury management. The way we all saw it was that if we kept him around for longer, he’d have a jury stacked of Quetzals that would of probably voted for him over us. Similar to Brett’s game, where he was voted out because he had a lot of friend’s on jury.

Austin - Jeremy Coming into this game, I would of never thought this. As the game progressed, Austin became more and more of a threat, very similar to Jeremy. Austin’s physical game was also just starting to pick up as he got cut, just like Jeremy’s was in San Juan. I feel like if Austin had stuck around too, he would of gone very deep and probably won the whole thing, just like Jeremy could of in San Juan.

Jenna - Sierra It’s no secret that I am not a fan of Sierra, but I do think that Jenna put herself in the “Sierra” position in a way. She set herself up so that way she would get brought to final tribal and probably would of had a good shot at winning solely because of her strategic social game. Jenna was extremely friendly and had strong relationships with a lot of people. At the end of the day, Sierra was voted out because of that.

Shea - Colton Shea was extremely emotional and threatened to quit the entire time. Must I say more in order to compare him to a two time quitter?

Claudia - Parvati I have been referring to Claudia as Parvati for a long duration of the game, even to her face. Claudia was very flirtatious with Austin and was able to wrap him in. She’s an extremely gorgeous person inside and out, which made people naturally love her, which is exactly how Parvati won and became one of the best players in my opinion. Claudia even found two idols, and Parvati is infamous for her double idol play. If she had stuck around past final 5, there’s no doubt in my mind she won the game.

Chris - Jon Chris made sure that he was always in the middle and in the swing vote position. Chris had soooo much power in this game and I realized it. Claudia was definitely his Jaclyn and partner in crime. However, Chris also had Ellis, which was like Jon’s idol. It scared everyone and made people very paranoid about wanting to make a move to get him out.