Board Thread:Survivor: Wales (Season 1)/@comment-25379641-20141020042902/@comment-25231782-20141020104836

Hi CJ!

I respect you too much to lie to you, so I'm going to be frank in my answer to your question. Although the game is quite mutable and anything can happen, chances are that I wouldn't have voted for you to win over Jeffy, Diego, or Aaron. Those three were some of the biggest threats in the game, which is why I had to dirty my hands and get them out as soon as possible. I mean, I blindsided Aaron specifically because he beats anybody in the Final 2. His leadership role on Ddraig couldn't be ignored. Honestly, I feel that in order for Aaron, Diego, or Jeffy to reach the finale, they would've had to blindside me, because eliminating those three were a priority of me. And I personally would have a lot of respect for the guy who had the balls to take me out. And obliging that respect, I would vote for that strategic threat: Aaron, Diego, or Jeffy.

If you were the one who arranged my blindside, then, yes, I'd vote for you, but in the more likely case that Aaron, Diego, or Jeffy took me out of the game, I'd vote for them to win. They had to wear enormous targets on their back to navigate the endgame, and I have respect for that sort of physical and strategic gameplay. Obviously, the social game is important, something in which you excel, and if your Jury Management/FTC performance reflected this socialability, I'd vote for you to win. But most likely, I wouldn've have given you the title of Sole Survivor.

I'm sorry that's how I feel. That doesn't denigrate any parts of our friendship, however, or how I feel about you as a person outside of the game. You're hardworking and have a life outside of Survivor, and in those non-game elements, you excel! If it's a competition for "who is the best Accountant", you'd get my vote, 100%. But my admiration for strategy leads me to award the person who is likely to have orchestrated my blindside, and that's one of those three most likely.