Board Thread:Survivor 43: San Andrés/@comment-26034146-20200523214823/@comment-26156957-20200524215824

- Having the most individual challenge wins (include Mackie if him winning firemaking counts) is quite impressive. At which point in the game you felt it was more crucial to your game and why?

I believe I mentioned this in another response, but the only immunity win that I felt was absolutely necessary was at the Final 6. At that point, if I won that immunity, then I had a guaranteed path for FTC if each tribal went according to plan. This meant ensuring both Abi and I survive, all other idols have been flushed, and I could idol one of them at the Final 5 knowing the threesome were all completely vulnerable. To a lesser extent, my final immunity win basically ensured that I couldn’t lose to Jim in the tiebreaker and gave me more wins than Mackie.

I don’t think a large portion of my game relied on winning immunities like people believe. Even though I would’ve gotten targeted, I had the connections and a majority to ensure I could survive the tribals where I wasn’t immune. Plus, me winning challenges allowed me to play up to my status as a major threat which kept me in people’s best interests as a meat shield, especially towards Mackie. If anything, those early wins were just extra insurance for me to advance another round and allowed me to breathe easier.

- Aaron, one of your allies, took part in our gameplay. If he didn't gun for you at F8, would you still have worked with him despite being perceived as a goat?

I still don’t know if Aaron gunning for me at the Final 8 was true or not (if yes then thank goodness I kept my idol secret) but I think it would’ve had a slight strain on our connection. Of course, I would still try to rekindle that knowing it would be foolish for him to flip to nuSoacha, putting himself on the bottom. The round Aaron left, he told me he wanted to blindside Mackie in the near future. If he kept the offer open, then I would take him up on it and see if nuSoacha was also willing to do the same. Also, there was still speculation that Aaron had the Soacha idol so I would continue using that to help pin a larger target on Aaron over me if necessary. But I believe it still would’ve been in my best interest to keep Aaron around for as long as possible.

Finally, after thinking about it, I decided that it would feel like a cop out if I used my sister’s artwork to win over your vote. I shouldn’t receive that credit, especially since Jim doesn’t have anyone to draw for him either. So I’m gonna accept that I can’t finish your drawing task if I can’t do it legitimately. I could still ask her to draw you, but once this season is finished.