Board Thread:Survivor 39: Poveglia/@comment-32661675-20190604181934/@comment-31200621-20190605222954

''Was there a time where you decided to go along with a plan instead of pushing your own agenda? Or possibly a time where your decision was swayed?''

The Abi vote is the only time I can really think of for sure where a plan was in place that I didn’t want at the start of the round. Full credit to Scott as we discussed pros and cons of each side and that round he thoroughly convinced me it was better to go after Abi. Other than that due to planning and natural game progression other rounds just happened to go the way I wanted them to for the most part (excusing final 5) so I never really had to be swayed onto another plan.

What was a move, or decision you solely decided to make without discussing it with other allies beforehand?

I’m gonna say that I never made a move without discussing it with allies because that would imply me blindsiding people left in the game and having people mad at me still in the position to take revenge. I could say that Devin was my ally and I blindsided Alex without him but I still worked with you, Natalia, Scott and Jackson to make it happen. To be honest I only think of it as a positive that I never had to as I was always well connected enough that I had plenty of people to either back me up or for me to support in plans. Going off completely on my own on a vote would have only angered people in the game and lost me support going forward. However that being said everything I’ve discussed that I did from final 4 and final 3 were completely my doing and I would count those as things done completely myself in the endgame.

Do you think your immunities were necessary in this game?

I definitely think so, I think it is important to add while it’s looked like I relied on competition wins I only won immunity twice in the whole game. Final 6, a round where I’m not sure if I would have been targeted without it considering Scott was second place and would have won immunity in my stead. Whether you and Natalia would have targeted me back instead that’s up in the air, although I think Natalia might have still went without it so I don’t think that one was necessary.

At final 3 however, my immunity was 100% necessary, I was told by both other members of the final 3 they planned to vote me out if I had lost and I knew not winning meant being cut right before the end of this game I’ve worked so so hard on. I knew nothing was stopping me from letting go until I absolutely had to because of how much this game meant for me and if I needed to I might have still been hanging on now if that’s what it took. Sometimes you need to win a challenge to get a round further, and I don’t think that’s a flaw unless you have to do it round after round after round, and I dont think that applies to me in this situation.

Rank the relevant(or irrelevant too if you want) alliances you had in this game and how exactly it impacted your game.

1) Jordan + Scott - No surprise here hopefully, Scott was my number one this game and was the person who I used to calm me down and run ideas off of to plan the game. He was the best partner I could ask for and I hope he knows how much he meant to me this game #competentgaysforever

2) Jordan + Fred - My pre-merge robbed queen. Really missed having you in this game and it was such a shame you weren'’t a big part of this game. It impacted my game because he was the first person I found I really got close to on a personal level and it made our game relationship even stronger for how little it lasts.

3) Jordan + Devin - Falling at number 3 on my list is my actual final 2 sitting with me. While Devin was my first alliance of the game, he was not the person I was closest with. I have a lot of love for the guy, but I feel our game relationship often involved me playing him a little more than I was actually loyal to him and that’s why he falls at 3 of 3 final 2’s made this game.

4) Padua 2.0 - Honestly I fell in love with this swap tribe, yall were great and we very practical about our conversations on the tribe. There was such a vibe that like we wanted to work together at the time but knowing it seemed so impossible so the fact that we made it work a bit is honestly awesome. This alliance was the reason I was able to be in the middle for most of the game and contributed to how I navigated the merge.  Rip Fred but the remaining 5 did some good shit this game.

5) OG Este - While we didn’t always work together at merge, got a lot of love for my starting tribe and the way we supported each other in the pre-merge. I know it may not seem like it but Abi/Alex/Devin I’m very grateful of y'all throwing challenges to help us out, even though it did turn out better for me than y’all in that regard.

6) John + Jordan - #secretpairbeware oh god this did not work. I really wanted us to be a secret pair but let’s face it we were not great at opening up to each other about game secrets and while we worked together while we can, we were never each others priorities and our secret partnership really counted for very little of how this game turned out.

7) Gay’s Alliance - This also on what could have been, Me Jino and Scott did not last long as a threesome, considering at the first chance we had me and Scott turned on Jino but it was still a fun alliance while it lasted as short as it was.

8) JDJ - Jordan Devin and Jino second last on the what could have been last. Yall targeted each other than made up, than me and devin voted for jino and took him out and JDJ was dead. This was the first like group alliance I had of the game though and its connections like these that could have changed the layout.

9) Toronto Alliance - Y’all what’s their to say we never even made it to a chat. Whew.

''Rank your relationships with the jury members within this game. How well did you know/work with them personally, and as an ally?''

1) Scott - There shouldn’t need to be a ton of explanation on this one I feel like I’ve been writing about it all ftc, but Scott was my guy this game.'''

2) Jackson - Jackson ended up being the ally I never expect, we ended up being able to talk very openly with each other as the game went on and were pretty blunt and honest with each other for the most part. A really level headed guy and good to talk to about future plans.

3) Natalia - Probably my favourite to just talk to about lives and such, I found it remarkable how similar we were in terms of city, what we did for school, our opinions about it. While our game relationship definitely had its ups and downs it was never a burden having to talk to you and was more a welcomed gift.

4) John - My secret pair that never was, John you were someone I connected with basically as soon as we met, while we never had the secret partnership we talked off we worked quite well together when we could, and just like my relationship with Jackson you were someone I could always talk pretty bluntly and openly with, and thats something I really valued.

5) Alex - Someone I absolutely loved talking with and seemed to know exactly the way the game she wanted to play would go. She was just way too big a threat and I wanted to strike before it was the death of me, but it was very hard saying goodbye to such a good friend and the relationship I had with you was something I will cherish.

6) Abi - Me and Abi started the game very close but at least in my mind drifted as merge started and weren’t able to go much further, but similar to Natalia for me she was always someone I would look forward to talking with and my social relationship with her is what i think of as most important looking back

7) Jino - Sadly me and Jino didn’t intertwine at much and do to swap separations, the rocks debacle and then targeting him at merge, so he has to fall last on the list, but theirs still lots of love for Jino and I think having him longer in the game would have really scared me, so I knew he needed to go earlier rather than later.

Rank the colors of the rainbow(this is just as important!)

Finally a question I’ve been waiting for.

1) Yellow - a great philosopher once said if it’s yellow let it mellow. While many scholars throughout the years have often believed this is about urine that has been proven false in recent decades through scholarly work. Recent Runes have found that the mellow of the yellow actually refers to the mellow of the Marsh of the Mellow (Spelling changed through translation of runes over times) relating of course to the golden yellow colouring a perfect marshmallow. This breakthrough not only proves the deliciousness of the food but also secures yellow at number 1

2) Red - Passion! Romance! Intensity! Murder? That’s right folks Murder, while unsure of in the past it can be linked that red is the colour of blood, where does blood come from? Killing! What does killing accomplish? Say it with me class…. VENGEANCE!  Which has how many E’s? 3! Red has how many E’s 1. 3-1 = 2 therefore Red is ranked number 2.

3) Purple - Recently through books and such it has been learned by me Jordan Pines that the Purple heart is a medal, and medals and shiny and cool which should put purple higher, but because it’s called a heart and hearts are red not purple, it be unfair of me to rank it above Red, so number 3 it sits.

4) Blue - Blue rhymes with Due like a library book which is made of paper and paper comes from trees that grow in the ground which is soil and soil is dirt which worms live in and worms are food to fish who swim in bodies of water like rivers streams and oceans which while not blue in colour are reflected blue from the sky, so obviously that puts it at number 4

5) Green - Someone said the real ranking of green was the friends we made along the way, but then I learned that that someone was actually just me in a mirror trying to justify putting it at 5, the mirror also says that if I answer its riddle’s three I can live in in the mirror and he can live here but I don’t trust the mirror.

6) Orange - This word has 6 letters, its at number 6. Any Questions?

Rank the jurors based on who you'd take to the end.

1) Scott - While I think I lose in this final 2, I really would have loved to see what a FTC between me and Scott would have looked like, would have been iconic.

2) Jackson - Considering how close it was to actually happening if I had chosen otherwise it seems fitting to put you this high.

3) John - I think it would have been interesting had the #secretpairbeware that never happened actually made final 2, what a funny story. Sadly my elevators went up and yours went down.

4) Abi - Got a lot of love for Abi and while I don’t see it necessarily happening that way us at final 2 would have been a very interesting end of the game.

5) Jino - My crazy guy it be pretty cool if the guys who both came into this game retired trying again made final 2, sadly was not to be.

6) Natalia - Lot’s of love for you girl but wouldn’t want to be caught dead next to you at FTC that’s how I lose in a 7-0 vote you social queen.

7) Alex - Sadly last on the list for the same reasons as Natalia, killer person but I wouldn’t have had a hope in hell of that happening and me having a shot to win, you were just too good.