Post by phoebe on Jun 26, 2020 8:46:52 GMT -5
What a crazy and wild ride this game has been! Coming from the absolute flaming shit of a tribe known as OG Rarotonga, where everyone decided to turn their play level to MAXIMUM straight away, to the dominant challenge performing tribe of Rarotonga 2.0 and finally to the always changing shifting dynamics of Aganoa, this game has had it all and I’m glad to have played a part of it!
Now I’m here to talk to you, the jury, about my game and why I think I deserve the win over both Jamal and Jefra who are sitting here with me. First and foremost I truly believe that I was never in any real danger of being voted out in this game, with each and every single round I went to tribal council I knew who was going home besides just one, where my fellow hot dog enthusiast Sarah got voted out. Of course I couldn’t completely portray exactly how I felt, especially feeling that confident, because then that could easily get turned onto me. So I had to play up feeling “uneasy” and “worried” about certain votes that were occurring, and what did I get each and every time after this, I got sweet sweet reassurances that I was not going anywhere and that people were on my side.
This all stems and evolves from what I consider to be a pretty top notch social game on my part. I was talking to absolutely everyone when it came to merge and developed good working relationships with everyone besides Zach and Alicia. Zach purely down to the fact that I left the merge tribal council, a bit more on that later, and Alicia for, well, being Alicia and stating in our tribe chat on discord not wanting to talk to me. I did not have a “ride or die” or a “number one ally” in this game, because at the bottom line I was willing to cut anyone to get further in this game and no matter who it was that left each tribal council, I’d still have great working relationships with everyone still left in the game. There would never have been a point where if someone had gotten voted out, that my game would come crumbling down and fold in half, it was that strong that I had options absolutely everywhere I went.
A crucial part of my game that helped set me up moving forward was the merge round. We had merged, I was getting to know the people I wasn’t acquainted with as of yet and then that god darn auction happened. For those who don’t know, I bought a “lose your vote at the next tribal council” for $3!! Can you believe that?! Along with that I bought a feast which contained the advantage of me being able to leave tribal council and not participate, so obviously the fact that I had lost my vote as well, to me it just made so so much sense to use the advantage and peace out. So why was this so crucial to my game? Because I was the only one with no blood on my hands after what was a crazy merge vote. It doesn’t matter what the ifs and buts would’ve been HAD I been at that tribal council and which way I’d have voted. The bottom line is that I wasn’t there, I had no blood on my hands, and everyone was coming to me with their stories of what unfolded. The main takeaways from what had unfolded was that Andrea/Alicia/Aubry were now on the outs, Locky had let slip to Zach the original plan, which created distrust hanging above his head, Silas telling me that I can’t trust Jamal because he most likely found the OG Rarotonga idol, and Jamal telling me I can’t trust Silas since he was throwing him under the bus.
So not only are my two fellow tribe mates from my OG tribe talking shit about each other to me, Locky created a bit of distrust by firstly leaking the chat he had with Jamal/myself, which I learnt from Jamal but now from leaking the first plan at the merge tribal. Thinking that the massive group of NuRarotonga plus Silas could explode at anything second, I reach out to Andrea, one because I enjoyed talking to her, two because she was now on the wrong side of the numbers and three because I believe I could create something with her to get not only me but her as a loyal number to me further in the game. I believe I was one of the first, if not the first to reach out to her and tell her it is not all doom and gloom despite what has happened. From here on in we agree to have each other’s backs and always compare notes to see if what people are telling us match up.
Another crucial part of my game was the round where Aubry went home. At one stage I had Andrea/Aubry telling me that Sarah approached them to vote me out, I had Sarah telling me that Andrea/Aubry approached her to vote me out, and then I even had heard Hayden wanting me out that round. I’m usually a big believer of “loose lips sink ships” in these games, but oh boy did I have the loosest lips ever this round. I went to Aubry/Andrea telling them both that Sarah is telling me that they want me out, I go to Sarah and say Aubry/Andrea are telling me you want me out and I go to Hayden and tell him that I’ve also heard he wants me out. Even if none of these talks ever even happened, perception is reality and me going to each and every one of them, telling them I knew of whatever plans they were intending, or telling them they can’t trust each other because they had all come to me to spill the beans resulted in a few things. It created distrust between those players and firmly put them back on my side and EVEN if they were actually thinking of making a move against me, the fact that it was out in the open from multiple sides meant it would be very hard to pull it off. From then on until now it was just a matter of voting out who I thought was threatening to my game, voting off Andrea who would’ve had a great story and game to pitch to the jury, and then finally voting out Hayden who not only went on a great immunity run towards the end, but played what I believe to have been a very very solid game.
Did I play the flashiest game this game, no I didn’t. Did I have to constantly make BIG MOVEZ to get to the end, pleading my case to you the jury, no I didn’t. When I look back, I never had to do any of that because of how well I set myself up with each and every single one of you in this game. You all had not only your best interest at heart but also mine, which shows to me just how great of a game I was playing, a game better than both Jamal and Jefra. I enjoyed playing with each and every single one of you and look forward to answering any and all of your questions.
