Board Thread:Survivor 30: Legends/@comment-6293216-20180305231039/@comment-147.129.138.153-20180306014501

Hey Fitz! I’m just gonna get right into things and hopefully this format is ok but I plucked some of the key points I wanted to address and everything. The first thing I wanna bring up is actually something I found out of your speech to Eva...

You were an incredibly loyal player and was ready to go down the sinking ship with the rest of the Evasionaries and I respect that because unlike Christine, it’s not about you being out of the loop it’s about you picking a side and remaining loyal to that side.

Not gonna lie, I actually found this a little odd so I just wanna address, at least in my opinion, how being in the minority and being out of the loop are two totally separate things. You’re correct in the sense that come merge I only voted in majority 3 times, but that doesn’t mean I wasn’t aware of what was happening throughout the course of the merge as I was able to use my social abilities and connections to pretty much always be in the know. My relationship with Evan allowed me to become in the know about Perry’s vote off, something you and Asa weren’t aware of along with Chris N.’s vote as well. My relationship with Jessy revealed how Eddie was going to be the target. Most importantly, I used my social connections to get closer with Alissa which allowed us to become a powerful duo and the deciding factor in the Jessy vote as I found oout through her about Asa playing the rock on you and how you and Asa were voting which put me in a position where I could vote the way I did comfortably while still knowing the true outcome it was leading up to and although I had worked with Jessy, I knew she was never going to be completely loyal to me so moving forward I knew it was the best move for my game rather than just voting for Asa with Sam.

The only moment where in the merge where I was completely in the dark about was Evan’s so I think for you to say that I was out of the loop is completely unfair as you go on to say you respect Eva for picking a side but then criticize me for doing the exact same thing. It’s extremely hypocritical because I stuck with my sinking ship despite them leaving back to back every damn vote.

'''My issue with your game is that from my perspective, your merge game was...really weak. You were on the right side of only three votes -- the first, the middle, and last respectively -- and as impressive as it was you survived, you didn’t survive because of your strategic or social game you survived because you weren’t rly a threat to anyone until the final five.'''

For me, I feel as though just because people didn’t consider me a threat before final 5 doesn’t mean I shouldn’t have been looked at as a threat much earlier. At Final 10 I was literally HANDED immunity by a JURY MEMBER. That should’ve been a huge red flag to people as Chris could’ve easily given it to Sam and had anyone else had been given that I would’ve jumped on that immediately because who is gonna let anyone with a good perception with a jury member slide by? That’s something people really didn’t take into account which honestly I see as a big mistake of people overlooking. That also attests to my social game as well because I was able to make the connection that kept me safe that round, which would’ve been crucial had any idols or advantages came into play and not to drag this out but my social game was such a key part in my game in order to survive because, again, it kept me in the know of things even if I wasn’t on the right side of the vote.

Now, if you had purposefully aligned with the people who kept on leaving one after the other knowing they were leaving and you were trying to get yourself an extra jury vote on the way out then that would be impressive & villainous and I lowkey would stan, but that’s not what happened.

I’m not gonna say I purposely aligned with people who kept leaving just to get their jury vote because that was never the case. I aligned with those people because I knew I could trust them and work with them down the line. Who else was I gonna align with? Eva, the girl whose had some kinda of personal vendetta against me for the entire merge? Asa, who barely talked strategy let alone spoke in general without being approached? Or you, who kept pushing me aside every time I even tried to bring up strategy? I literally had to draw things out of you time and time again and I honestly don’t mean to sound rude but it was ridiculous. These are the reasons why I directly warned Alissa about working with you because I was able to pick up on these social ques and figured out the intentions and plans you were feeding her were never going to be genuine. So yeah, I aligned myself that way because those were the people I knew were willing to play the game with me and would help me progress in this game not because I was fishing for their jury votes. Every time I heard one of my allies were in danger or had any kind of inkling about it, I fought my ass off to protect them and no, maybe it didn’t work as well as I would’ve liked but I always tried because I knew I wanted that kind of loyalty to be seen and appreciated. I wanted my allies to know I’d have their back through thick and thin so that’s what I did.

I’m not here to play that kind of villainous role, others may come into this game wanting to backstab every single person they encounter, but that’s not me and that’s not how I play. I try to be as upfront as possible with people and that’s why I was always so straightforward with you, it may not be as blunt and crude as others might have been, but I always tried to make my intentions clear at the end of the day and if not being a shady bitch is gonna cost me your vote, I’m not gonna apologize for that. I’d much rather take pride in the fact I was able to be myself rather than being fake.

If you have any more questions I'll be glad to answer them but for now I hope that clears up a few things!