Board Thread:Survivor 31: Byzantium/@comment-27051444-20180419094006/@comment-19601789-20180419221440

Yeah, I was the person who was targeting you and led the votes to go towards you at Final 8. That being said, I obviously wasn't alone in doing that as a number of people helped the votes stay that way. The reason I wanted you to go home was because I saw you as a threat who could flip back and forth between tribal lines with ease and have a good story to get to the end and secure a win. I was able to get information from Andre of your alliance with Luca and Nicole and Luca trying to keep you safe further showed that you had to go so that I could successfully get out Luca and Tyler later down the line. Not only that but Nicole was someone that I personally felt better with in terms of my connection with her whereas I knew that while we liked each other personally, I don't think that translated very well in the game. I approached Tyler near the beginning of the round and told him honestly that you were in an alliance with myself, Hannah, and Luca and that you wanted Nicole gone, which to me showed that you wanted to strip her potential to play the middle and use that power yourself. I wanted people to see how threatening your game was and hopefully want to take you out. You could have very likely stayed in the game though since Luca did fight for you, but as him and I butted heads over who should go, Hannah "randomized" who should go and during that time,  I messaged her reminding her that you leaving allowed for us to have some power and strip power away from Luca and Tyler, which I think did push her over the edge a bit and ultimately got your name written down by all 3 of the Beauties in that alliance. During this time, I let Nicole know you wanted her out to hopefully get her vote while Andre tried working on the Brains to get them to keep Nicole. I do think that promise I made to you at the end of Sam's vote was unneccessary and I apologize for the fact that I didn't tell you, but I'm pretty sure my "body language" was speaking for itself since I did try to not communicate with you as much since I personally felt guilty about lying to you and giving you false hope.

I think Nicole deserves to win because while she was seen as erratic by some, a number of people relied on her and did which to me shows that she had some strategic capital. She was able to use her relationships to Priscilla and Claire and the other Beauties to integrate herself well within the tribe, plus she had a good physical game.

Andre deserves to win because realistically, he did all he could to shake off the goat label people placed on him by being a physical powerhouse and an adept strategic player. He was able to see that his ticket to a potential win wasn't with the threats of the game and took them out, which I think deserves to be appreciated more than it is.

The reason I don't deserve to win this game is because a lot of the negatives towards my game were things I could've controlled but didn't. I lied when there was no need to and despite that, I continued to give out promises I couldn't keep. I also made many mistakes such as the screenshot scenario which was not classy or just in any scenario. My jury management was awful considering the things I said and did, plus overall I could've just done better in many areas in the game.

I just want to say thank you for not being harsh on all of us. This along with your exit and how you approached the game shows that you're a very stand up person, so thank you again.