Board Thread:Survivor 41: Phi Pan Nam/@comment-28545345-20191012020306/@comment-43601271-20191012130636

Let’s see, for a DVD cover I think besides us I would choose:

Jason, Kyle, Evan, and Anthony

Jason because I know he got called out a lot in this game by other players, and in an actual season of the show he would probably be the focus of a lot of discussion. He also made it very deep in the game and had his own hand in a lot of the eliminations of the season.

Kyle because he truly had a wild game. He flipped the script on what I thought was a solid alliance after one round, but managed to stay close and connected with Shane, who he had convinced to never try and vote him out even though he was actively working against Shane for most of the merge. He won a key immunity at Final 4, was part of probably every discussion of importance during the merge, and I feel was a major threat to win this game.

Anthony because similar to Kyle, you had a wild voting history for most of the merge. You were able to flip between two feuding alliances four times and avoid most of the heat, at least from my perspective. Very strong in every challenge, and very solid when it came to strategy and furthering yourself throughout the entire game. Also a very large threat to win the game in my opinion, I think everybody respected the hell outta you.

Evan because I think his elimination was a big turning point in the merge. Evan, to me, was showing himself to be a very strong strategist in the game and had clear allies. From the outside looking in he was the head of an alliance that ultimately fell, but still very prominent in a season of the show. I don’t think anyone can deny the impact his vote out had on the game moving forward.

For your question!

Everything I did in the game was to further myself, I guess I never did anything crazy or flashy, or maybe even surprising to anybody. I figured my game was fairly black and white to most people, but my name didn’t even seem to come up until very late game. I had a lot of information coming to me from almost everyone in the game, so that the only vote that I really didn’t think I knew what was going on 100% was the tie vote. I guess my point being that I felt comfortable most rounds with the information I was being supplied, that I only got because of my social bonds, and I trusted the people I was working with. Up until the end there wasn’t much need for me to do anything crazy, or explosive, or game breaking, because I knew most rounds that once the votes were read, I was still gonna be here. I had a problem in previous games where everything I did seemed to only paint a larger target on my back, so I really tried to downplay myself a little more in this one. While it didn’t seem to totally work, as my name still came up and it came up hard near the end, I still managed to get to the very end. That being said, with a focus on merge stuff, there are a few votes I like to think I led the charge on or impacted more heavily than people probably realize. Even failed opportunities. The Maynor vote for instance, as far as I know I was the first to throw out the name. Shane and I were discussing the vote and he wanted Chloe out, and I wanted Maynor. At the time I still thought Chloe would be in my corner 100%, so I pushed for Maynor and he was who we landed on. Shane and I dispersed to talk to everyone and rally the votes in. I believe I reached out to you and Jason while Shane talked to Derek and Kyle. I also remember playing dumb to the idea when Derek brought it up to me, as if it was the first time I had heard it but was very excited to go along with it, because I didn’t want everything coming back up on me. With the Derek vote, when I found out you and Kyle were flipping, I rallied hard to try and get you guys to swing back. You probably remember me spamming your inbox to try and get the vote changed, while my efforts still ended in failure, I was trying my hardest to take charge with that vote and save an ally. With the Evan vote out, I know I talked to Alex for a while to convince him to flip with me. I’m sure Shane did as well but it was not a solo effort. There is a lot surrounding that vote from what I heard from Shane, what Shane heard from Kyle, and I think at this point things were lost in translation, but the point of the matter was I was able to swing Alex over to my side, by doing so, he became public enemy number 1 to Chloe and Kyle, and my name suddenly wasn’t as important. This let me slide through those next rounds really easily, where I didn’t have to do anything crazy to get by. And maybe that’s also where people thought I wasn’t doing much, because, after Evan left, the hard work was already done. I hope that answered the question for you! Thanks so much Anthony and if we don’t get a closing speech it was really awesome to get to know you during this game! I hope we can talk about the hottest of scary movies after this game still!