Board Thread:Season 28 - Generations/@comment-17738489-20151009134259/@comment-31.154.9.62-20151012131354

I've already casted my vote, but since all of you still felt like commenting on my speech (and I actually liked your comments), I will comment back to wrap this thing up.

Yap - Don't feel bad about this tribal, man. Like I said to Sam, In the final tribal it's never about you but rather about the people you're up against. You're up against two players who had more time to play this game than you had, and had a better social game than you. You were fully aware of these 2 facts yet you still decided to go to the end with them. Most of the backlash you get from the jury now is a result of that decision. I don't know if you were following Korea, but until the final 5 I wasn't viewed by the jury as someone who could win that season. My decision to take out Alejandro is what enabled me to change my image and win even though most of the jury were not aware of my game until that point. I had to put myself in a huge risk, I was so close to go home at the final 4, but I made it and I won with all but one jury votes. You had similar opportunities in this season which you didn't take advantage of, you chose the easy way to the end instead. I could've gone to the end with Alejandro, but then I wouldn't get any jury votes and most likely wouldn't have been casted for Generations in order to tell you that. Take this experience and learn from it so you can slay next time.

Sam - I went and read all of your answers, and they were all very well written. I'm not surprised because as I told you in our skype call, I became aware of your writing skills as early as the Madagascar FTC, where you teared your competition apart with little effort. Since I didn't get to see much of your game, I could relate a lot to what Mihai wrote about you in his speech. I would in fact feel more comfortable voting for someone who opened up more to me personally, especially since I had more in common with you than most people. I didn't see the point of hiding your last name and how you look like, considering everybody else revealed it. Many times during the game I found it hard to believe almost every word you said, either because I knew it was a lie as part of your strategy or because it simply didn't make sense to me. I would go deeper with examples but this is totally irrelevant to my decision, because I want to vote for the best game and you wouldn't gain much from working with me further than we did, so I can't really criticize you for that. I do find it awkward it was easier for you to compare the jury to benches than to animals, but that's just me. With that being said, I'd love to keep in touch with you after this is all over and I hope the jury is going to judge you based on your game and not your personality or the fact you are a past winner or any other factor that has nothing to do with how you played. בהצלחה!

Ricky - I think you've finished this FTC in a much better position than you started it, so good job on that. Unfortunately a lot of the jury members are confusing social game (which you excelled at) and jury management (which you still have to improve), and I believe that's why you get some contradicting comments on that aspect of your game. I feel like your decision to make videos after all wasn't very good, based on what I gathered in my time on Ponderosa. I personally liked most of your answers and how you handled people who felt mistreated by you, but you could've gone a bit deeper into the principles of your game. I know that having a good awareness of what was going on combined with a clear narrative of your thought process during every vote is a big part of why I won my season, so I'd love to see you elaborate more on that. People like to hear arguments that make sense, and they are going to call bullshit when they don't, so it's very important to keep in mind the unique point of view of every juror when explaining your decisions to them. You did that perfectly with me during the game, and as the game progressed I realized the impact you had on everything that was going on. Since almost the entire jury have admitted more than once that you were responsible for their downfall, or you were the one pushing them to make irrational decisions, I expect them to appreciate your game and reward you accordingly. Good luck!