Board Thread:Survivor: Africa (Season 2)/@comment-10045057-20141121043414

Hi Jury. This game has been a long road of twists and turns but I am glad it is finally over. Coming into this game I knew I would have to rely on my social game if I wanted to make it far. I tried to stay on good terms with everybody on my tribe which quickly lead to me finding myself in a majority alliance before day three. This alliance, along with my tribes challenge dominance kept me safe until the first tribe switch. After the tribe switch I tried to form bonds with most of the new members of the tribe in order to keep me out of danger for as long as possible. After the second tribe switch I felt worried. None of my previous allies were on my new tribe and I knew I would have to start from square one again. I tried to get the original Toliara members together in an alliance which would keep me safe until the merge. Luckily this alliance was never tested as we won every challenge until the merge.

When the merge hit I was shocked and excited. I really hadn't expected to make it through the whole pre merge portion of the game only having to visit tribal council once, but that is what happened. After the merge I solidified a final three alliance with Natalie and Pete. The first merged tribal council was bittersweet for me. On one hand it was bad to see Sam voted out as he was one of my allies, however on the other hand it was good, as he was a huge threat and by getting him out then it meant I wouldn't have to vote him out later.

After Sam was gone my next priority was voting out the original Atsimo members. First Kevin was voted off for being the biggest physical threat, and then Purry was voted off for being the biggest social threat. At the final nine I wasn't ready to see Jo go. It was smarter for my game if I kept her around and used her to vote out James, who was a big threat at that point. I convinced my alliance to vote out James next and everything was set. The plan failed however when Boo flipped and despite everything, Jo was sent home.

When only the original Toliara tribe members were left I felt worried. After failing to vote Jo out at the last tribal council I was expecting to have some votes cast against me the next time we visited tribal council. I targeted Boo, as he had flipped on us last time and I convinced Pete to give me his hidden immunity idol because I genuinely though I would be going home without it. As it turns out Boo was eliminated instead.

For the next few tribal councils I had to do what was right for me and only me, which is why at the final four, I had to vote Alvin out. Although we hadn't been allied for long it was still hard to vote Alvin out. That is why I want to take this time to publicly apologise to Alvin. Alvin, I know I hurt you when I voted you out and I know you're not going to forgive me for it but I am sorry. I had to do what was best for my game and at that point, it was voting you out. To the jury, you have probably heard a lot from Alvin about what happened in the last few days, but I ask you not to cast your vote based on what you have heard until you hear both sides of the story.

My road to the end has been a bumpy one, but I made it through. After the merge I never had the luxury of immunity, something I had enjoyed for most of the pre merge portion of the game, so I had to rely on my social and strategic skills a lot more. Everything I did in the game was done in order to get me to the end without backstabbing too many people. Jury I look forward to your questions and I will answer them as honestly as I can. Thank you. 