Board Thread:703’s Showdown 1/@comment-9755360-20180727212542

'''HELLO FINAL 2! Congratulations on making it to day 39! The nine remaining jury members all envy the position that the two of you are in today, and for that you should feel proud of yourselves! '''



The two of you are players that came into  this game looking to redeem yourselves from your first experience, so I have tremendous respect for yall and the amount of work that it took yo u guys to be sitting here. The two of you have strong physical games, providing worth to your tribes as well as to yourselves individually. The two of you also had strong strategic games, whether they were aggressive or passive is besides the point, because you both were strategic enough to find yourself in the position that you're in.

So that leads me to the third, and in my opinion the most important aspect of the game, which is the social game. Who I don't vote for tonight is going to be heavily based on your social game towards me individually, as well as towards the rest of the jury. I've spent quite a bit of time in Ponderosa and through many discussions with my fellow jury members, I've come to find out that each of you two had great social games with certain members of the jury, and completely trash social games with other members.



Brandon:

I don't really have much to ask you tonight, which is unfortunate. On one hand, I completely respect the aggressive manner of your gameplay and I understand strategically why you made certain decisions. On the other hand, of the two finalist you had by far the worst social game from my perspective. I would try and begin conversations with you and you would reply with a one word answer and shut it down. I understand that our line of communication is a two way street and that I could've tried harder, but I mainly want to know these questions from you.

Why didn't you try harder to garner a relationship with me, did you feel that I was disposable to you and that you didn't need a relationship with me to win? I saw no attempt from you to try and get to know me outside or inside of the game and from the perspective of a jury member, that is just sad.

No matter what happens I don't have any hard feelings towards you outside of the game and congrats on your accomplishments!

Benj:

Congrats on making it to the final two! Before I ask my questions, I just want to let you know that I completely respect your gameplay as well, so just know that the last thing I see you and yourself as are goats. You're social game of the two finalist was in the middle, you did attempt to get to know me and you did make me feel like I could trust you... for a minute lol. My vote is still up in the air between you and yourself, so be sure to explain as much of your game as possible to me in these questions!

I want you to let me know what you believe some of your weaknesses were in this game and how you were able to either remedy or overcome those challenges?

Your social game with me was just fine, but some of the other jury members believe that you're social game was trash and that you were a passive player, tell me and the rest of the jury why that isn't the case?

Also along with the last question, I want you to explain to the jury why you believe playing the way you did was a more optimal strategy than the way the other one finalist played this game?

Benj:

Some people on this jury refer to you as a goat, some say that you've done absolutely nothing, some say you're the most unlikely of the final 2 to win the game. '''I don't believe any of that. '''

You might be the most deserving player up here...



What I saw was a guy who got swapped fucked twice before, and that you knew that you had to do whatever it took to get to the end this time. I noticed that you worked a lot harder this time to make social bonds, you got in good with a lot of your tribemates preswap and that helped you find a position well sheilded behind them. Your fellow alliance members trusted you, and they kept you around because they saw value in your relationship with them. You're position was becoming even better the further and further this game went along, Your alliance gained more and more momentum at the merge, and your relationships with people were strong enough to the point where you never were seen as a target towards the end of the game! I don't believe that you fell into a great position, I believe that you worked for the best utr position in the game, and you earned it.

'''I plead to the jury that the game isn't always about who made the flashiest moves or who made the most aggressive plays to get to the end, but rather how well they were able to preserve their own lives in the game and how well they are able to maneuver through the dynamics of the game. I believe that Benj and Benj did a much better job of preserving their own lives in the game, building trust with the right people, and maneuvering through the dynamics, and so please consider both finalists as serious contenders before making your decision.'''

I think of the two finalists, your social game from my perspective was the best, because I felt that you were sincerely trying to get to know me during the game, and I can really appreciate that aspect of your gameplay.

I want you to answer a few questions for me as well.

I also want to know what you believe your weaknesses are in the game and how you were able to overcome or remedy those challenges?

Tell me an aspect of your game that you did better than both yourself and Brandon and explain why you did it better?

Also some jury members believe that you and yourself played too similar of a game to differenciate between the two, so explain how you're game was seperate from, and better than your own?

'''CONGRATS TO YOU BOTH ONCE AGAIN AND GOOD LUCK! ''' 