Board Thread:Survivor 22: San Marcos/@comment-24207263-20170208162752/@comment-27845097-20170209005326

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545} Hey Austin, I hope you can make sure the entire jury reads this because I'm going to make a few differences between Nick and I's game right there that I didn't get to address in my speech.

Firstly, strategy. I feel like my strategic game is demonstrated through my awareness. I constantly planned one step ahead, which is why I was reluctant to fully trust Chris/Claudia because I knew they always had alterior motives, and were only looking to make 1 round deals. I feel as if I was charging most of the ideas that propelled us further. Although Nick had grown very annoyed with Nathaniel, I knew that taking that trio to final 6 would be a mistake and insisted on taking out Jenna. I felt the same with Renz, and although voting out Nathaniel would’ve been easily, I knew the timing was dangerous until we had a more secure position in the game without him.

This ties into my second point, my social relationships. I genuinely connected with a lot of people throughout the game, and this translated into the game because I shaped my game around what others wanted, rather than trying to push my own agenda which would’ve ruined my whole UTR strategy. I was adaptable to my surroundings, and in a season like this, where everyone had plans, I was sure to make it seem like I was down with whatever, while slipping my own agenda through.

Nick was also a social player, but I believe his 1-1 alliances had already existed through you Austin, or Nathaniel, so I felt like my relations with Jenna for example, were a bit more crucial for the both of us. I wouldn’t say I was some sort of dictator that controlled every single decision in the game, however I will take responsibility for having a better intuition of timing, and making moves that set me up to go further than I would have if I didn’t indirectly prevent some other moves that Nathaniel or Chris/Claudia or even Quetzal was pushing for. This was the only time I can say I wasn't adaptable, but this risk paid off because it would eventually lead to a more flexible position moving forward, where the ball was in our court instead of Tacana's. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #454545; min-height: 14.0px}