Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20160922075848/@comment-2142533-20161215221656

I like the finale, as it probably had a very unpredictable F6 (never expected Jay to be that easy vote and thought something weird would've happened there), F5 (Adam's idol find was a surprised, BUT more surprised [and irritated] about Hannah siding with David) and F4 (who here thought would flip against David? I did not!).

I think it was clear that Adam was more liked than the others, and really IMO, played the best game and to me perceived a game that didn't looked like a follower one. Maybe being a bit too vocal about his play hindered him and made him a target early on in pre-switch and early merge, but somehow it painted him this image that he is a believable proactive player.

He tried to work with Michaela and I guess Hannah to flip to him & Zeke side again (with maybe Will), and he tried to find an idol, and used it to deflect votes and probably made Zeke the next target. The switch came and he became the center of Jessica-Ken and Taylor-Figgy, and made a big move to cut the power duo and create his own alliance.

Merge came and he was in a great position. He is tight with Zeke and Hannah but somehow wanted to work with Taylor. Sure, it is not the best to reveal your biggest secrets in the game to the castaway you "betrayed", much more if it is his girlfriend, but I get his idea to get close with someone that you could use as a number.

He blundered badly on the early parts, like saying that Jay is in the bottom (I think Zeke and Hannah were trying to put Jay into this state of false security of still voting with the Millennial), not handling the Taylor boot TC quite well, the misplay of David's idol on Ken, and telling Hannah about his idol.

However, he did well I felt by being upfront about the Reward Steal to his tribe, show that his loyalty by siding with his Takali and Nerd alliances against Chris, and of course the F10 where he really stuck his guns for his alliance until F7, a time where you typically have to prepare for your F3. Of course how we can't forget the most visible Adam episode yet, where he won Individual Immunity, gave the Reward Steal away, and the idol play that shut-up Will's power tripping (even if it was "wasted") -- I say for all the negative edits he got, that single episode probably balanced it out and is a unique case of a winner's EPISODE that threw some edgicers off-guard.

However, from F7 beyond, he really was the voice of "logic" for Bret, and it may have leaked towards Chris & Sunday. He worked with Bret for him to vote out Jay (who really was this big threat), and later teamed-up to FINALLY extinguish David. Problem is, Bret & Adam didn't expect how (perceived) crazy Hannah was in not voting out David, and was probably the point where Adam got the edge over Hannah. Next vote came, and the perception that he's the new head of the David coup made him the perceived mover of Ken flipping against David, and really put him into the top spot in the game, and he just needed to clinch it.

I do think Hannah did well in the FTC, but I agree was too defensive to try and remove the perception as David's puppet. She should've shown how much her growth affected her demeanor, and maybe just calmly explain her moves and not rush to the point. Ken meanwhile made the jury confused due to his betrayal on David, and it may have cost him David & Jessica's votes. You don't vocally talk about loyalty and conveniently go against it, although Ken maybe should've tried to build up an image as the numbers go that he is playing for his family when talking about loyalty. Ironic that I think David was the one who would eventually betray Ken after that loyalty talk between the two when plotting against Chris, but it was actually Ken who pulled the trigger!

Hannah was just not aware of her position in the game, and Ken really just turned-off a lot of jury members. But Adam, the guy who was at the bottom of the Millennials, but somehow fought to try and get back up, found new life in Takali, forged bonds in the 9-person super alliance against Triforce (who targeted Adam for moving against Will), and stuck with his Takali core and used David as a shield, and had Hannah as her Millennial ally. He found idols and advantages, won immunity, was ready to do the big move at the right time -- Final 7 -- but was also considering his alliance connections and let them do it (and making them foolish by being the mastermind of a questionable plan), as his plan was then finally executed at Final 4 (and while Hannah did the talking, Adam was the one who was shown to instigate the plan to make Hannah talk to Ken, and at the same time give him time to practice a potential firemaking TB, meaning he will be prepared either way).