Hi Torsa babe <3 I think the reason why I got the votes for the Jake vote so quickly was that everyone had it in the back of their mind that Jake was a jury threat, but nobody put it into action until I approached them so once I got the ball rolling and mentioned his name, everyone was quick to get on board. Like I said in my speech, my strategy was always to let my allies get the blood on their hands so I knew if I turned on you too early I would be left alone in the game and would probably have been targeted the next round. It worked out better to send you to tiebreaker with Christine because I knew Christine was good at challenges and you kept telling me you weren't confident in the tiebreaker so I was pretty sure Christine would come out on top, and I'd have you as a jury vote, versus if I just sent you home 3-1 you might have been extra salty at me and not vote for me. Thanksssssssss

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.”

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

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.

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. 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 ☆ Asa ☆

Ahhh okay Asa, that makes sense! To be honest though, game wise I only kept you in the know because I had a inkling that you didn't really talk to anyone else other than like Aromal and maybe Toby and after Toby had left, I decided that giving you information would build trust between us because you were one of the few people by like the 3rd merge tribal I didn't establish a connection with lol! But thank you so much for the clarification and I'll definitely ask another question or two if I can come up with them. Love you!

And thanks Joey, that cleared it up even though I'm still surprised that some others viewed Jake as a jury threat lmao! 

Whew hey Torsa! Not gonna lie….this one stung a little bit. I have the utmost respect for both Joey and Asa but to say I’m the least deserving...I don’t necessarily agree, although I may be a little biased but I hope I can prove otherwise.

For your first question, the reason I was so quiet during pre-merge was honestly because I was extremely in over my head. I made the poor decision of playing three games at once and the Mikey and Rhys week was the most stressful as I was dealing with two final immunity challenges at the same time and I don’t mean to say this as an excuse, because it’s not. I chose to put myself in that situation and ultimately it definitely hindered my game as I was left mentally exhausted. I’m a pretty quiet person in general so this coupled with that was an absolute horrible combination and I will 100% own up to that cause I definitely took on more than I thought I could handle, so I definitely tried to make up for this during the merge but I was still extremely grateful to be given the chance to play despite being seen as this quiet kind of player.

When it comes to the Jared vote, I definitely feel like I had some input in it but I do kinda see it as a double effort between me and Toby as he had the connections I necessarily didn’t to spread that around. But ultimately that move was crucial for me as I was able to start a working relationship with Toby and would later on help me make connections with Jake and the some of the others.

You’re right about the part about keeping me in the loop, I honestly saw you as one of my closest allies as it was just so easy to discuss things with you. I always thought we had a kind of genuine connection which is why I was so willing to share the idol clue with you, even if you already got it from Joey. If that wasn’t the same case for you than I apologize but to me I’m always gonna be grateful because I did need you to survive and I obviously wouldn’t be here if you and Jared hadn’t have given me that chance. I wanted to stay loyal to you up until final 6 as I wanted to make a big move against you with my legacy advantage but fate (or in this case Tate…) had other plans. I knew you couldn’t get too close to the end and I had so many plans that honestly kinda flopped in the process with me wanting to go after Aromal during the Toby vote only for Tate to make him safe, trying to get you out at final 6 only for Tate AGAIN to make you safe and then trying to plant the seeds to get you out at final 5 only for me to finally take you out myself at final 4. It’s not like I wanted to coast, I had so many things I wanted to do but things just kept getting in my way but I stepped up at the most crucial moments for my gameplay and I hope that you can see that. I love you girl and I hope we can talk more after this whole thing. If you have anymore questions for me I’d love to answer them.

First off, I am so so sorry that it stung I was just being brutally honest (BLAME ZAK HE TOLD ME TO DRAG EVERYONE!!)

I just wanted to thank you for clearing that up because I was really confused and I'm so sorry again that I was so harsh, I don't hate you or anything!!!! We can definitely talk after this game!!!