Board Thread:Survivor 41: Phi Pan Nam/@comment-5064044-20191011020817/@comment-38878628-20191012013107

Hey bb <3

We really did THAT! We fought hard together, but the tribe swap is a great example of how I played this game. I was able to adapt to our shitty situation and managed to be a crucial part of why we were able to escape those two vote pre-merge. I was able to convince Tyler and Jason that Fathan and Chris were bigger threats than either of us, even though I felt like that wasn't true since we both are strong players! You were my ride or die too! Loyalty is something that I've learned, to me, is one of the biggest factors of how I play this game. I respect it and honor it. Obviously when it came down to the F5 I had to start breaking those promises and deals, but you were my closest ally at this point and I felt like we could run the game together and make it here, which we basically did! The only reason we grew apart, was that our strategies didn't align, and that's perfectly fine! But yes, that's a reason why Tyler and I grew extremely close. Following that, I then had to adapt to you playing your own game, so I bonded with Tyler and Jason even more. I connected with Anthony again and eventually brought in Alex as my newest ally in the game at F8. I had numbers on my side protecting me. This is how I set myself up in the game and it was a huge factor as to why I'm in the finale. As the merge hit, I knew it'd be a close fight for numbers, but I was able to conenct and use my social game to build my protection. I didn't have anyone coming after me, until we HAD to vote someone off at F5. Going from F9-F5, those four votes I had shields covering me. I had you, Anthony, Jason, Tyler, Derek, and Alex. Evan and Chloe were the only two who I never worked with in the game. Yes, I chatted with them and opened up to them about the game, but their responses were minimal or didn't provide me any information, so I knew they weren't open to working with me. That's why I targetted them and they were next to go after the Derek blindside.

I stuck with people I knew were protecting me. That's safer than keeping Evan and Chloe around, yes. However, had I kept them and went after Tyler, Jason, Alex, and Anthony, I more than likely wouldn't be sitting here in the end. I knew you were getting too close with Evan and Chloe too, so I had to break that up. I honestly set myself up so I'd have everyone going after everyone else. Never me. Even though I knew Tyler was a huge threat in the game, I honestly believe that without my connections to both sides of players, he wouldn't have as much information as he did. Sure, he was informing me on some stuff, but I was capable of finding a majority of the information and informing him on it. I was able to play both sides of the game and gather any information needed. This assisted Tyler in him making his opinions and targets. I felt as though he was closer to Jason, but I felt I could talk to you, Anthony, Alex, Derek, and Jason about anything and get any information needed that way.

I know Anthony from our past season. I know how strong of a player he is and how smart the dude is! He's incredible and I respected that. It was in my best interest to pull out that fact, that he had JUST won a recent ORG agaisnt another extremely strong player. With that information, I was able to influence Tyler and Jason just a little bit more as to why Anthony could potentially win this game. It's nothing but respect for him and I know he was playing a smart and stealthy game this season. Gosh, he ALMOST made it to the F4 and was two steps away from winning the game. It was also the fact that it came down between me and him in the F5 vote. Of course I'm gonna ephasis anything I can about his game and past games if it means I'm able to secure myself a spot in the F4!

Finally, I see Tyler as a strong player. However, as I mentioned previously, Tyler's game was only enhanced because of my connections to you, Anthony, Derek, and Alex. Sure he talked a lot with others too, but I was able to gather the game information and relay that back to him to keep ourselves safe and set us up for our future in the game. While he may have talked more personally with everyone, I tried my best to get to know everyone too. It just came down to the fact that I was working 60 hours weeks at Big Brother the entire game and would seriously be sleeping the other hours of the day. Regardless, my name wasn't the target from anyone in the beginning of the merge. You constantly state that you alone were targetting Tyler, but so were others. And I protected him for the purpose of bettering my chance of sitting here. I was able to protect all of my closest allies until the F5. I did that. Without me, Tyler could have easily been out in the beginning of the merge.

I hope this helps clear up any confusion as to my decisions and gameplay. I've worked hard and protected the people who protected me. I appreciate you and your loyalty for most of the game. I seriously love you and can't explain how much you mean to me. I'll always talk to you and keep in touch bc I know our friendship will continue to grow after this game ends.