Board Thread:Survivor: Japan (Season 6)/@comment-25615280-20150315033455





Hello jury, first and foremost I want to thank you, and the hosts as well, for one of the most exciting seasons I have been a part of. Especially during the merge phase, every tribal had lots of stuff surrounding it. It has been a ride to get here and I look forward to answering all of your questions to the best of my ability.

Now I want to talk about the final immunity challenge. What I did was questionable and just barely over the line. I understood why I had to be penalized. From my point of view, I don’t think it should tarnish anything at all. What I did was create a simple macro for the typing portion of the challenge. Basically what that means is that I programmed one of my keys, lets say the “1” key, to when pressed, type out japanchinataiwan… other answers in the quiz. I in no way tampered with the final screenshot or used a third party program to help me. I created the macro myself so in my mind, I was just using a tool to complete the challenge the best possible way I can. It’s like building a pulley system to help lift heavy objects instead of just lifting with my bare hands. I still put work into getting the final result with no outside help. This is just a brief explanation but I will be happy to describe what happened in further detail if one of you chooses to ask.

Here’s the question we are all here for though, why do I deserve to win. First off, I’ve been a target for most people ever since the second merged tribal. On multiple occasions people made public speeches that I was the biggest threat and campaigned to vote me off. I was the only one that happened for so I’ve been the only one to struggle with that this entire game. The times I didn’t have immunity, I was sure people were bringing up my name so I had to constantly deflect. In the first half I made sure I had good allies. I’d say Wes and Richie had my back 100% during those times so I knew I could count on them. Three people is in no way a majority so I still had work to do through those connections to see what other options people would be interested in. Everything from idol scares to vote for some people, or voting out Evie to prove to others that a Shika takeover was not in the works. Unless there was a possible idol involved, I was 100% honest with everyone I talked with and I believe that made them trust me and made them want to work with me. I’d say the the first half of the merge was definitely the portion that showed off my strategic game. Every move my alliance and I made was one that made sure it gave us the best possible road going forward.

The second half of the merge shows off my physical game. The turning point is when Wes was voted off. After that, I knew I had no strong allies left so all I could do is win. Also if there is any doubt, I did nothing shady on a single challenge besides the typing in the FIC. I hope most of you know that I tell things straight up so I am being fully honest with that statement. With Wes gone though, I knew I was the next big target. I focused less maintaining alliances and just worked my ass off. I have also won the most individual immunities in the game so I think that speaks for itself in regards to my physical game.

Lastly I want to go over my social game, arguably my weakest point of my game. A lot of people believe that a good social game means everyone thinks you’re just the greatest person in the game. I think a good social game means you have respect for everyone one of your castmates and they in turn respect you. I think I did accomplish that level of respect. I never once talked down to any of you (at least I don’t think I did and if you feel that way, I sincerely apologize) even though I did not agree or follow along with plans at times. If I had a differing opinion though, I tried to explain with as much respect as possible as to why. Like I said before, if it didn’t have a strong impact on my game going forward, I didn’t lie. Yes I did lie at times in order to work around idols but that is just part of the game. I think there is also another aspect to my social game. That is getting people to agree to work with me, mainly by playing to their desires. Case in point is what just happened. With losing immunity, I thought I was for sure going home until I came up with an idea. I’m sure we all know that Joan loves to cause chaos and make sure nothing goes according to plans. (and I’m sure he will do so this FTC and I’m looking forward to it ;)) So who better to approach with the idea that creating a tie will sure cause some mayhem. I was confident in my abilities to perform in a tie break challenge so I presented my idea, and here I stand today. There were plenty of points in the game where I feel I did similar things which I can go into detail of if asked.

I believe I should be sole survivor because I wholeheartedly believe that I played the best strategic, physical, and social game of all three candidates before you. I look forward to your questions and may you obtain all the information you need to make your choices. Thank you.  