Board Thread:Survivor Wiki Online Game Board/@comment-26888451-20150807031737

Lets do this!! First of all, I'd like to congratulate you guys on reaching Final Tribal Council. So now that I'm on the jury, my vote is pretty obvious on who casting it for, but that doesn't mean I can speak what's on my mind when I read both of your threads.

ALEX

Before I start, The main reason you won is because I got comfortable. The BIGGEST mistake that costs people the win, so I have no one to blame but myself and you impressively worked hard and won. So I give you credit for that. Also, I'm not mad that you voted me out. It would've turned you into the new Woo if you took me so no hard feelings. As if it wasn't for you changing the age limit, I never would have gotten to play this game so I thank you.

However, that doesn't mean I get to criticize your game. Now that I'm a jury member, it's my turn to speak my mind and talk as much trash as I like. So feel free to respond to any comments I make about your game.

First of all, I'd like to say that you thinking you played a more superb game compared to Augusto, cracks me up. It's pretty obvious to say that your social game was horrific. You rubbed so many people the wrong way, you upset more people than anyone left post-merge, but what confused me the most is that even after you were the most common answer for negative questions during Touchy Subjects, you didn't step up your social game, didn't fix your connections with people, and if you did, your outcome would most likely have fixed your unpopularity. Instead, you played the rest of your game independently and let your emotions take control and not only did it hurt your gameplay, it also hurt your allies' as well who you now need if you want to win.

The only thing most notable about you were your idols, but all you did was waste both of them and even if the vote between you and Luke became a tie, Luke would've been voted out regardless. The only effective play with your idol was Johnny's elimination but that was only because Sam easily succumbed to your lies. Since he so convinced that you would play it, we had no choice but to vote Johnny with him. Also, you may have snuck your way out of Ryan's elimination, but that was because Luke would ONLY vote with us if Ryan went home. We really didn't have a choice and it would've been me next. So even though your "move" was effective, it was not as impressive compared to moves Augusto made.

I do want to explain to you and the jury the whole idea of taking out Sam over you.

A. The move was pre-planned as Sam started to lose my trust after Ryan went home, but when Luke went home, he left me on the bottom twice and I did not want him around anymore.

B. Sam figured Chuy would do better in the challenge due to him having a driver's license. This worked in my favor as you would have to be DESPERATE as Chuy could have stirred some drama.

C. I planned on winning the challenge and taking you to the end as I came to an understanding of Augusto's gameplay and deemed him a bigger jury threat. The whole "fighting chance" thing was a complete bluff and my biggest mistake was not playing harder during that second Immunity Challenge, hence is why you guaranteed yourself a seat in the finals. Augusto even tried to convince me to vote you out knowing I would win the FIC, but went with the Sam vote because he was either too loyal, or it was strategy.

So my point is your social game had NOTHING to do with this move, I planned it as my best shot to win only it backfired. (And if you don't believe that I approached Augusto with the move and he tried to switch the vote, I have screenshots)

Overall, your performance was very lackluster and made you unlikeable, maybe even this seasons villain. You did pull the essentials most winners did and that was win challenges, collect idols, win the FIC, etc... However, the only way for you to earn my vote is to make the MOST compelling essay on why Augusto does not deserve to win, how it lacked the qualities needed to win compared to your game, and why your unlikeability triumphs over Augusto's likeability from a Survivor point of view. If your essay convinces me, you earn my vote. However, I'm not easily convinced so your gonna have to work your ass off to earn it.

That's all I have for you Alex.

AUGUSTO

Now here's where things get a little more positive.

Augusto, judging from your speech, some people might view you as the guy who takes credit for everything yet did nothing and was protected by his alliance, the guy who isn't as memorable, or the guy who lazily and undeservingly slipped his way into the final.

I do not believe in ANY of that.

Augusto, you played one of the BEST under-the-radar games I've ever seen, you built solid relationships, you won a few challenges, you made lies yet still kept your relationships on par, you orchestrated the biggest blindside this season. But what amazes me most, not only did you get Luke eliminated and played both sides, to me nobody seemed to care (myself included). While all the power players rammed heads and put targets on themselves, you were in the shadows strategizing on how to better your game. You voted with the majority more times than anyone else out here, and I view your gameplay as a combination of a Danni/Sandra/Natalie A. type of game. You played a good mix of a strong yet subtle social game, the "as long as it ain't me" strategy, and working with people on the bottom to make moves to better your game yet not becoming the immediate target.

However, your game wasn't perfect. Not only did you leak one, but TWO confessionals. And it proved that you can get careless and unaware of how you're handling your security and information. You performed VERY poorly in the last 3 challenges (I know you had family emergencies to attend but it's the thought that still matters), and your claiming to have made a move that in my perspective, you had no serious impact on. And I'm talking about the Markos vote. And for the record, I'm not sure exactly what you're talking about when you said you approached Markos about forming the Mapoyo 4, because Markos created the alliance and brought the people who responded to the application first. Thus, the Mapoyo 4 already being formed on Day 1 with Markos being the founder.

So heres whats actually happened from my perspective. After Blake got voted out, Markos immediately created a new chat with me, him, and Augusto and asks us if we want to replace Hayze with Sam in our alliance. This pissed me off, as Markos had the thought of betraying someone within our alliance for clearly a much bigger threat. Later on, I decided to form a sub-alliance with the "temporary recruits" being Ryan and Phoebe as backup incase Markos stirred up some trouble. Ryan was my priority and we hit it off like we were new best buds. It went really well to the point I decided to tell Ryan about the Mapoyo 4, and he even told me that Markos plotting to take me out for being the "comanderee" and losing us the challenge if we lost (this was the puzzle logo reward challenge). I knew I could trust Ryan and we made a partnership and vowed to take out Markos as he was most likely to ruin our game. After we lost the 4th Immunity Challenge, I easily got Hayze and Phoebe to vote Markos while Ryan worked Sam. And Augusto, you saying that you got me to turn on Markos is complete bullocks.You were going back and forth on why we should keep Markos and Ryan couldn't get you to vote with us. So it was ME who convinced YOU to vote Markos.

So even if you got Markos to plot against me, I already planned on taking him out after he proved to be capable of flip-flopping so you trying to take credit for something you had no serious effect on annoys me greatly.

So if you want to guarantee yourself my vote, all you need to do is do what I told Alex. Make an essay criticizing the qualities of his game compared to yours, why he doesn't deserve to win, and how your likeability triumphs over his unlikeability from a Survivor point of view. Only difference from your speech is that you're dedicating the essay based on Alex's game and not yours.

Other than that, I praise you for your gameplay, your moves, your unpredictability, your strong social game and I wish you the best of luck!

Thank you for your time (and for actually reading this long-ass speech). ^.^ 