Board Thread:Survivor 27: Bora Bora/@comment-24078873-20171011023841/@comment-27482030-20171011232412

Hellooo, thank you for being honest in your speech!  First off I just wanna say: POP AWF ROAST ME !!! OMG IM SNATCHED ADFGH I LOVE YOU  Now to answer your questions:   I can totally see why you think my social game wasn’t that great, so don’t feel bad about saying it!   So I think I was somehow able to answer your question of why Tate and I didn’t talk in Tate’s Jury Speech. Of course, it’s still not excusable, but that was my rationale.  As for the Christine situation, we talked a total amount of 6 times throughout the game, and she and I initiated 3 times respectively, so it wasn’t a matter of either of us purposefully ignoring each other. To put it bluntly, we probably did not feel the need to talk to each other, since it was likely we were both getting information from other people. To be fair though, even though we didn’t talk for long periods of time, I enjoyed our talks, and the most recent one had been very long drawn out, thoughtful, and insightful, rather than just a simple “okay, I'll vote Torsa.”



<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Also yeah you definitely did fill me in with a lot of details, and I’m very thankful for that! Even when you filled me in, I still voted in the minority when I knew an ally of mine was going because I wanted my allies that left for the jury to know that I played a loyal and respectable game for them, which I had considered a risk of mine because it had blatantly put me on the outs. I thought another risk of mine was giving the idol to Aromal, because I had speculated if I would need it or not in the future. It’s possible if I saved it and used it on someone else, I would have been more likely to be targeted and not have an idol. Also I had meant that it was discreet due to the fact that I actually gave it to him rather than played it on him i.e. discreet affiliation with his playing of the idol. Though, it is true we ended up looking obviously like we worked together, you’re right! I think that was it, they felt like big moves to me at least, considering my last game I did little to nothing, as well as my comfort zone being basically doing nothing aaaa

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">While I do agree that I had a strong physical game, I do not believe it was the only thing that got me to the end. I was not immune 6 out of 8 times during merge. It’s true there were big threats that were able to overshadow me during certain tribal councils during merge, like Jared, Toby, and Ally, keeping me safe for 3 of the 6 times I was not immune, but that wasn’t the case for all the tribals I participated in. Even though I voted in the minority multiple times knowingly, no one had targeted me, though I see there were two plain opportunities for people to do so. During the time that Aromal was voted out, I could have easily been a better candidate because I also belonged in the minority with him. Keeping Aromal meant keeping a fairly easy target, considering Tate would have possibly continued to vote Aromal. Comparing my physical game to Aromal’s as well, I had already made it evident multiple times that I was more capable of winning challenges. However, many people viewed Aromal as a mess. So, I want to believe that putting these factors into consideration, I was not the vote because I came off as more likeable and people wanted to work with me. The second time I could have been the vote was when Jake was voted off, who was also in what one could consider the minority with me. Him leaving let me know that I had no more chances to really ‘hide’ somewhere else which led me to winning the last two challenges.

<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">I want to make note that while social game does rely on actually talking to people, hence “social,” social game also entails making oneself likeable enough to either be kept in the know, be brought into alliances, or generally be not voted out. Social game can definitely appear lackluster if someone fails to talk as much, but I think that I was able to achieve other aspects of social game. You kept me in the know. I was brought into an alliance with Toby, Aromal, Jake, and somewhat Christine though she wasn't in the group chat, and that alliance I stayed there even though all the members in the chat were subsequently voted out. Some opportunities to vote me out were presented as well. <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">This is all speculation, it’s possible that there were other reasons people kept me over everyone else, maybe even a hard reach from me, but I think these should be taken into account. I hope this gave you some insight and clarification and if you do have more questions please please feel free to ask me! Thank you again for being honest, I enjoyed reading your speech and criticisms. Call me ;3 <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:400;white-space:pre-wrap;">☆ Asa ☆