Board Thread:Survivor Wiki Online Game Board/@comment-19601789-20150807001612

Dear jurors,

I come into final tribal knowing that all of you underestimate me and I plan on changing that. That is what Final Tribal is after all, right?

I'd like to start off by saying everything I did had a purpose. The way I spoke was probably extremely irritating with all the hearts and emojis, but I acted like that so everyone would take me less seriously and diminish any sort of target on my back. Behind that mask was a strong strategic player plotting in the shadows.

Most of you believe Alex had a better strategic game, but I wouldn't be all too sure about that.

On Day 1, he turned on his majority alliance the first chance he got by saying he wanted Brandon out instead of Noah. As a result, he was kicked out. He then berated that alliance since they had the power and hurt his social game.

Sure, Alex had two idols, but he flaunted them and created a target on himself throughout the merge. He even wasted his special idol! Although, that's kinda my fault since I told him he was a target that vote.

Alex wanted to pagong all of Mapoyo, which was a decent move considering we're all good players but he underestimated our tribe. If he thought that those four players would let him do that, he was out of his mind.

Alex went swinging right at Luke and failed to get a group together to take him out, which really hurt his social game and his ally, Johnny, was voted out as a result.

Alex then looked to me and trusted me... for about two votes and believed what he heard and made it obvious he didn't like me. After the Luke vote, Alex thought Sam voted with him instead of me. Alex is an emotional player and let that control his game. He didn't focus on taking out targets, but taking out the people he didn't like which is terrible jury management.

Half of Alex's speech is apologizing for being mean to all of you guys. I don't have to apologize for being a jerk since I knew better than to behaved that way in front of potential jurors.

Alex's way of playing the game might have been more flashy than mine considering he had two idols, but I still played the game. When you look at it, Alex really only had one big move; bluffing his idol when Johnny left the game. My game was very under the radar, but it's impact is quite obvious.

During the pre-swap portion of the game, I went with the flow and let the louder players fight it out. I struck when I needed to. I really only went into a leadership position during the first challenge, which really improved my social game. People trusted me and believed I was good at challenges! I was even allowed into a majority alliance (The Mapoyo 4).

The Mapoyo Four was a great group of people and was very effective in getting Blake out, but I was scared about Sam. You see, the Mapoyo 4 consisted of Hayze, Andrew, Markos, and myself. We rallied up Ryan and Phoebe to have a majority, leaving Sam and Blake on the outside. Sam and I were really close, so I decided to make another alliance with Sam and Ryan. Knowing that Sam was next to get voted out, I did everything in my power to break up the Mapoyo 4.

My first move in this game was getting Andrew and Markos against each other. I had talked to Markos about making him a member of the Mapoyo 4 and told him to make a chat with myself and Andrew. I let Markos propose the idea while I messaged Andrew by saying Markos wasn't trustworthy and was wish-washy. I did the same with Markos and the two then started to butt heads, eventually resulting in Markos' elimination.

Everything was fine and dandy at Old Mapoyo until we were told that the tribes were swapping. Being put on New Arawak was extremely difficult since I had to learn new social dynamics. I told Chuy, Alex, and Genki I was at the bottom of my tribe and was forced to vote out my biggest allies, which created trust between us. That tribal Phoebe was voted out and I was devestated. I was at the bottom and there was no way I could reach the top. If Genki hadn't been evacuated, it would've most likely have been me.

Immediately following the merge, I was reunited with all my friends and even had new friends in Alex and Chuy. The tribes were 5-5 and all of the old Arawak were convinced I would flip, taking a target off of my back. Later that night, Hayze was blindsided.

Hayze's blindside was extremely tough for me because I was once again at the bottom, so I did anything in my power to make sure I was at the top. I aligned with Luke and Brandon to take out Ryan, who I was extremely close with. The thought process behind that vote was to get Luke on my side and know the way he plays so I could use it against him. If Ryan got any whiff of me targetting him, he would make sure I was out, so I pushed to pull Brandon and Luke in even if they weren't on my side the last vote.

Andrew then started to mistrust me after that vote, but after a long conversation I got him on my side. I also did that with the Johnny vote by convincing Alex he had my vote. I also turned Alex against Luke by saying he spilled about him having more than one idol and whatnot, which was the best thing to make the next move.

My biggest move in the game was the Luke blindside. Luke a few days back said he had a final five consisting of himself, Brandon, Sam, Andrew, and Hayze. After Hayze was taken out, I was his replacement. There was no way I would be Luke's ally after he said that, plus he was the reason Hayze was out. Knowing that Alex and Chuy were on the outside and I had immunity, I got them together and said the plan was Luke. To execute the plan, I had to get into the 3 votes for Alex in order to flip. I also told Alex to play his idol even though he didn't really have to at the time, thus flushing one out of the game.

Luke was an amazing player and huge threat to my game since he was essentially immune after final 7 with his advantage and idol. Heck, he would've won the final immunity if he were still in the game, so I did what I had to do and orchestrated his blindside. It's a move I do not regret whatsoever.

I got a ton of questions from Andrew after that tribal. I told him that Sam and I had talked about the vote beforehand and that I "accidentally" voted for Luke. Thankfully, Andrew believed me. By saying all this, I had lessened Andrew's trust in Sam.

After joining Alex and Chuy, I had their trust.... or so I thought. Chuy wanted me out of the game at that point and I knew that, so I made sure he was taken out of this game. In all honestly, he was my biggest threat in the game since he had a great social game AND he was targetting me.

By being the driving force behind many eliminations, I set myself up for final two no matter what. Although the final few challenges were tough for me since I had a family emergency, I took the calculated risk and used my inactivity as an advantage by saying the jury wouldn't vote for someone inactive, but it was really all intentional to make the endgame.

Despite going to the most tribal councils this season, I never had a vote cast against me and never had an idol to secure my safety. Although I won 1 individual immunity challenge, I came in second 3 times. I've lied, but was still trusted.

There's a laundry list of cons to Alex's game and very few pros. I never made a wrong move in this game and did countless things correctly. Do not mistake the big talk Alex does for actual good gameplay. I've given actual evidence as proof that I am better while Alex can only say "I think I played better than Augusto".

Don't reward someone who screwed up at every opportunity in the game, reward the person that you never thought would manage to outplay you, but did it at every possible opportunity.

Thank you everyone for playing this amazing game, it was tons of fun! I'm really glad that we only had 16 players since that was all the season needed to be awesome. Throw whatever you have to throw at me, I'm ready. And really, thank you for helping me in this game. It means everything, really.

May the best man win!  