Board Thread:Survivor: Skye Islands (Season 12)/@comment-4975295-20151015224017/@comment-25270574-20151016025757

Joe, I definitely agree that our one-on-one conversations were not very smooth, and they didn't really extend much farther than game talk. Nonetheless, I definitely felt you were an important ally and I hope that after this game ends, we'll have a chance to build a friendship.

1) I disagree that I was the alliance's yes man. I can see how you may get that idea as I appeared to just "go with the flow," but the main reason for this is that this alliance seemed to always target the same person that I was already going after. When I joined up with you guys, I was already going after Perry. When news got back to me after Perry won immunity that everyone wanted to vote for Zane, I had already told Perry that I was going to target either Zane or Sarah that round. After Zane left, we took out Perry, and my next target was Nuno. When Alex saved Nuno when it was common knowledge in the alliance that I was going after Nuno, naturally I would be willing to make a move after Alex because of it. The alliance wanted to do it because he went behind their backs. Basically what I'm trying to say is that there was never a reason to go against the target you came up with because you just were always targeting people that either a) I had little connection to, b) went after me already and was definitely not on my side, or c) I already saw as a threat to win the game. I could've said "no let's vote Sarah out over Zane" and I think I did ask Evan one round why everyone chose Zane over Sarah, but at that stage in the game, neither of them were on my side so it didn't matter.

2) I definitely think I was used as a vote early on in the merge stage, yes, I knew that was my way into the alliance. That doesn't mean I couldn't work my way up. After all, I was already aligned with Domonique and Szymon before we merged. Being used as a vote was my ticket into the alliance, but I feel I was able to turn myself from a number to someone that people in the alliance were starting to rely on, especially as it began falling apart. By the final 7, I feel I was no longer just an additional vote.

3) I don't remember saying that I was playing a loyal game. If I did, it was a mistake. I know my game was very disloyal. I came into this season knowing that this time I was going to play a disloyal game. The reason for this is because loyalty has been my downfall in almost all of the other Survivor games I have played. This ties back into what I said in my opening speech about making sure I didn't confuse allies with friends. I was definitely the closest friends with Evan out of the final 4, and he and I were amazing allies. That doesn't mean I didn't form an alliance with Nuno, that doesn't mean I didn't form an alliance with Sarah. No matter where my vote fell at the last tribal council, I was going to break one of these alliances. I voted for Evan because it was the logical move to make if I wanted a shot at winning this game, and I promise it was not a decision i made lightly or easily. I did not play a loyal game. If I did, I would be here with Domonique and Evan and effectively sealing myself into 3rd place.

Onto the task:

The Greats are Domonique, Evan, and Perry. They were the biggest competitors and the biggest threats to everyone's games at different points. These are the faces I think people wanted to see the most in the final 3.

The Goods are Alex, Szymon and Wes. Wes and Alex tried to set up and make moves that landed them the potential to be big competitors, but they failed and as a result, they were taken out. Szymon made it far, played it cool, and stood a good chance to get to the end.

The Bads are Zane, Sam, and Will. I placed will here because I don't know much about his game. We had no real interaction, and it wouldn't be fair for me to place him somewhere above any of the others whose games I did get to see. Zane is here because I think he was unable to work a strong social game. He also thought his allies blindsided him. I think he could have moved up higher in this list if he had worked harder at making the social bonds with people at merge. Sam is down here because he was given many chances to make moves and switch things up, but instead he felt the better move would be to stick with new torrin despite them almost sending him home. I think if he took the opportunity to pull some strings and change things up, he would be higher up on this list for me.

It was nice to hear from you and hopefully we get a chance to chat a little more after the game ends! Thanks for being a good ally!