Board Thread:Season 54 - Caño Cristales/@comment-24900484-20190818165605

Hello everyone! It is time for the speech from me about why you, the jury, should definitely give me your votes to win this game. Because I’m easy breezy beautiful. Let’s all go on a journey then shall we on the events of the past month and a half!

Before I begin, I just want to say thank you to the hosts for this game. Not many people get to return on the wiki, and I am very grateful to have been given this opportunity so thank you guys so much <3 Its been a blast and you’ve all worked so hard.

And now onto the reason people will read this! I’ll organise this round by round I think:

F20

So I will fully admit, I knew/knew of a lot of people on this cast. When I immediately read the cast reveal I was honestly kinda worried about how my standing with people would be. 3 People from Newfoundland (happy 1 year anniversary btw) made me worried due to us 3 being seen as a trio as we had all played together previously. However, I made sure when people asked was to be honest about the season and how the 3 of us hadn’t really worked together previously, thus making it seem like we had beef when there wasn’t from my perspective at least. I focused on talking to the Galeras people the most, as obviously they were my tribe and I have learnt from previous org experiences where that hadn’t worked out too well for me. I did however at least try to ensure that I had pm’d everyone on Sotara by the end of the second day due to it being OW and the blood vs water twist basically making it so tribal lines were never really going to be a major issue, something which I realised very early into the game. During this round I also made a key alliance in the game, the 1.5 braincells consisting of myself, Elizabeth and Jayme. I also ensured that I had agreements with Brian, Andre, Su and Yu about working together, but with nothing finalised into a bigger alliance at that point. That vote was nothing really big happening though, as we all game together to boot Aaron, on grounds of inactivity.

F19

Coming in after that round into the f19, I was immediately thinking about who our next boot was. I never really wanted to create waves however and was more than happy to take a backseat in the early premerge to ensure my threat level was low. At that moment of time, I was more concerned about ensuring I had the relationships on both tribes to ensure that in the events of a swap I would be ok. Focusing still on Galeras I was reaching out however to Sotara, especially Alex, Andreas, Loris and Torsa, who I viewed as the bigger players and who I assumed would be in control. Again, Galeras lost immunity so we came to a fairly quick decision to boot Caleb, again on activity grounds (the reasoning everyone makes early in a game).

F18

I initially expected to swap in this round but we didn’t so we soldiered on. 24 Madness I made sure I put my godamn all into as by this time my closest allies were starting to get worried about a wipeout of Galeras. Unfortunately, it didn’t work and now there are some really embarrassing videos of me,  for no pay off. Great LOL. Anyway, the original target was Layla however due to Yu being messy for no real reason that round, compared to Layla having been going around saying the same thing to everyone, something of which my social game allowed me to know, but wasn’t that big of an issue for myself and booted Yu, although it hurt me emotionally cause I had gotten close with Yu personally but I wasn’t going to be out there making waves for no reason when it was still so early.

Also during this round I approached the 1.5 braincells about making a SUPER alliance of our pairs as well, as we had all gotten to know and like the pairs. It came into fruition and was called the sugar cubs and consisted of Myself, Callum, Jayme, Torsa, Elizabeth and Andreas. By creating this alliance, it allowed for some degree of safety going into what was presumed a swap at any moment. It also helped Callum be lifted from near the bottom of Sotara, which he had told me about how he felt due to a lack of alliances. Doing this protected him as well. Brian also admitted to me this round that he had the Galeras idol, thus showing how my social game allowed for me to have people feel comfortable to tell me important information.

F17

So when we swapped, Sotara I knew would be very messy if we ended up at tribal, having the only tribe with pairs on. I also didn’t know where people stood with each other, although it was quickly agreed that Alex could be an easier target so to protect the cubs. During this round however, Brian told me that Alex had an idol so I was immediately working on my relationship with Alex to ensure he felt comfortable with me, and I like to think we got to that point. Looking at the other tribes I was worried for multiple people as well, with Elizabeth I seeing in a dodgy position, along with obviously Brian. This round I also made sure to connect more with people who I hadn’t spoken as much with, like Rob and Jerry to start more of a working relationship up. Sotara ended up winning immunity, thank god, and Jones got unan booted to the shock of none.

F16

Final 16 rolled around and again I spent most of the time working on my relationships with people. During this round I ended up telling Jayme, who at this point I considered my closest ally, about the two idols to ensure even more trust between us. This may not have worked out in my favour down the line, but at that moment in time it kept our bond close to ensure no plotting against myself or callum. Sotara won immunity again and I made sure I wasn’t involved too much with the vote, but Elizabeth felt close enough to me to tell me what was going on, with Rob and Su also dropping hints about the outcome. Again, showing how I managed to make people feel comfortable enough to share information with me. Layla left, which albeit was shocking but good for me as it kept people who I was actively working with safe like Elizabeth and Su.

F15

Ah yes, the kidnapping round. Once that was announced and fearing for two of my closest allies positions (Brian and Elizabeth) I knew who I was voting for to be kidnapped. Luckily for myself, most of Sotara also agreed. This round also showed some alliances that were inadvertently exposed, with Loris and Rob coming to ask Su to saved. This basically implied that Elizabeth was going to be the boot if Galeras went to tribal. It also was sketching other people out as well and after talking to Andre and Alex as well who didn’t like the dynamic that was going on, again showing how I had multiple peoples trust, it was pretty clear both were being saved, so I then tried my hardest to make sure we won immunity, by going everywhere I could think of to ensure to get every object we could. We won immunity and Elizabeth was saved, even though I had suggested to Brian to throw by deleting links (which he did do but didn’t work). If Brian had thrown and Romeral had lost, it would have either been his idol was wasted thus removing it from the equation of advantages floating about or someone who I wasn’t massively working with at the time would most likely leave. However the real tribal that went down I didn’t know what was going on as I didn’t enquire (I’ve learnt from previous orgs that can get you in hot water LOL) so was genuinely shocked about Loris leaving.

F14

F14 I immediately knew from immunity was going to be tricky for myself. No one on Sotara I knew was going to be amazing at Survivor Trivia so I kinda knew that we were fucked. Plus also everyone of Galeras and Romeral wanted us to go to tribal because we were still to lose a member. Which was confirmed by us being eliminated first n the first round and then losing the second one due to being targeted. Going into tribal I knew that Callum was always going to be a target as many people still in game had said how they hadn’t spoken much and their bond with him was weak. The initial plan was to blindside Alex and take his idol, but not being sure whether if it was to be played that night caused me to realise that voting Callum, my own partner out, may be the only way that I ensured I had both idols in my corner, along with not having to worry about two people instead of myself (I’m selfish wbk), There had also been rumours at this point of a singles alliance and I knew that I could win people’s trust like Rob, Kat and Su (who people had said were the leaders) to ensure my safety and never being in their minds as a target if for when we merged. So I voted out Callum to my emotional heartbreak. Immediately Su and Rob came into my dms to start targeting the pairs, proving my assumptions to be correct. This showed how I perceived the game to be somewhat correct, and I managed to ham up the situation enough to Su where he gave me his exile ticket he had found in the grid, showing how I manged to manipulate the situation to my favour where someone gave me an advantage. It became obsolete tho because we then MERGED!

F13 AND MERGE

We finally merged! I knew that coming in I was in a good position due to my alliances (by this point another one of myself, brian, Andre and Jayme had formed as well) along with the sugar cubs. So I felt pretty safe and people had made themselves into bigger targets than myself. My approach going into the merge was to always have 2 targets bigger than myself so they would always target each other, but also being a in a position of power where people would need me to get further. Andreas won immunity this round and it was generally pretty quiet as everyone was too afraid to say a name. Until like the last 3 hours when many names were thrown out. Rob had approached me to get Elizabeth out (which was never going to happen) to break a pair up and then due to this the voted shifted from Jake to Rob. I had approached Jerry this round to work closer together and along with Brian we seemed to be in between 2 “factions”, the singles and the pairs. This allowed me to get information from all sides so I knew what people were thinking, and when Rob brought up Jerry as a vote I sailed rob up the creek to Jerry, thus ensuring Rob left and gaining Jerry’s trust as well. By siding with the “pairs” it allowed for people who had threat status (such as Andreas and Alex) to be bigger targets than myself to continue further as they were always going to go after each other first.

F12

Final 12 meant catching lots of ducks, a challenge that I have personally flopped at before. So I redeemed myself, plus also Elizabeth won immunity, someone who I trusted a lot and seemed to had been a de facto vote receiver so I knew the target would shift. And it did. To me. Jake had been going around saying my name and indicting that he had the numbers. However two people on his side were Elizabeth and Andreas and I had built up such a close with them, especially Elizabeth that she told me it straight up wasn’t happening. The reveal token was played as well, something of which Alex in my pms wasn’t subtle about having been the one who played it. So again I knew all the information and had some degree of power. During the voting “period” I was watching what he did in case of an actual idol (no one knew where the romeral idol was) but when jake touted his fake one I went to brian and asked what it looked like and it wasn’t that so I knew it was fake. Just as precaution though I basically screamed at jayme and torsa to vote someone else (but they did that I’m not going to take credit for it). SO yeah someone who was targeting me left and I still had numbers and idols on my side and a fair degree of power.

F11

So I won immunity! Woo! Albeit in a tiebreaker but winning TS meant that I clearly was correct in my perception of the game with the ‘singles’ being in the minority and the ‘pairs’ being a majority. Having immunity also meant that I was able to do anything. This round I also confronted alex about having an idol, which he admitted too but also gave me hints about how I was being perceived (aka sneaky and loose lipped) which I actually payed attention too. With Andreas being targeted, and him admitting that he had the idol the plan to blindside alex, thought up by me but put into practice by jayme. However I was quite conflicted by doing this, as I knew it would be betraying multiple allies trust (namely Brian, Su and Andre) and would land me in hot water. I also knew from conversations with Jerry that he wanted to keep Andreas around, thus I knew I could scapegoat Jerry if needed to the others. So I went with the alex plan, although brian was baited into using his idol by andreas and alex left. Immediately I knew I was in hot water.

F10

F10 is not my greatest round tbh and I fully admit it. I messed up big time to basically all my allies. Brian immediately went to Jerry, but I had Jayme telling me that Su thought it was me (which obvs it was) that was the final alex vote. I managed to basically confuse everyone to the point where I had both Brian and Andre, who were both hurt most by the previous round believing it was Jerry who was the final vote. However Brian the confronted me on a call and I ended up confessing it was me, and then I approached Andre about how it was actually me. This in turn fucked me up with Jayme and Torsa as they had been saving my arse and I had thrown them under the bus hard to save my own skin and standing with Brian/Andre. So I essentially lied to everyone and I fully admit to that, I did goof. I then had a big argument with Jayme and Torsa, but managed to somewhat save my own standing with them also. I knew people apart from those 4 weren’t impressed with how I handled it and I knew I had to take a back seat and let Jayme and Torsa have their way by voting out Kat to show that I still had their back. During this as well I managed to find the merge idol 2 hours before Elizabeth found it and kept it quiet. I also used it as a bargaining chip to get back Andre and Brian’s trust, although then Andre went and told everyone but I guess that was karma LMAO. I also did listen to what kat told me about Andreas (about how he was a bit sketched out about me) and it made sense, so even if I wasn’t working directly with Kat I still took into account what she had to say, thus setting up the next round. I managed this round to save my own game from collapse, win back peoples trust, found an idol and got back into a power position after falling from it 7 hours earlier.

F9

Going into final 9, it seem liked that people wanted to take a big player out, with many people preferring Andreas as he had won two immunities and had proven himself to be good at challenges all season thus far. I knew taking out Andreas was beneficial for my game as it again got me into good books with Brian and Andre, who still weren’t happy with me after the shenanigans I had pulled the last two rounds. I also knew at this point that Andre was targeting me over the Alex vote although we had talked it over I knew there was still some resentment so taking out Andreas I knew would get him closer to me again. I had some reservations about this vote cause I knew it gave Torsa and Jayme two rounds of immunity and although I had my idol I still wasn’t confident. Plus I also had to lie to Elizabeth, someone who I was very close too. However Andreas left still, thus granting Torsa and Jayme 2 rounds of immunity and I had knowingly taken a risk in my game.

F8

F8 started with me apologising with Elizabeth, but I in the back of my head knew that she would stick with us as talking with Brian/Andre/Su/Jerry they had all said their bond with her wasn’t great, thus demonstrating how I had the bonds where people would tell me this. This immunity showed me a lot because of the 3-3 tied vote showed how people wanted me to not win immunity and that I was quite easily a target. However I again won immunity and thus was safe. The remnants of the sugar cubs agreed that in no way Elizabeth was leaving. I also knew that Jayme/torsa would want Brian out, but that didn’t sit well with me because Brian was always going to be a bigger target (which TS showed and brian himself admitted to me). I also had Brian saying he in no condition wanted to vote me out. Jerry became the target as no one really trusted him, and I convinced Jayme/Torsa it was the correct move as it got rid of the “other sides” potential to get one of the sugar cubs out. This shows how I manged to shift targets off people who I trusted backs, and get my own way without compromising my own position of being “in the middle”.

F7

This round was where I really started thinking about the end game. Brian this round won immunity, which was good for me as it meant that someone who was going to be targeted by Jayme/Torsa was still going to be around. Andre I knew was coming for me, so instead of just voting him I went to him to get someone who was slipping by round by round, Su. By convincing Andre that us going for each other would just fuck us both over long term, I managed to get him set on Su and along with Brian and Elizabeth, took Su out. It also cemented my trust with Elizabeth once again, as she had said how she didn’t trust Su and by doing what she wanted, it showed how I had her back. By taking out Su I knew I was taking a risk by going behind Jayme/Torsa’s back but I knew Su could quite easily have been used against me as it was perceived by a lot of people of how close those 3 seemed to be. By taking Su out, I cemented trust in people, took out someone who could have been to slit my throat and get myself squarely in a power position with Elizabeth.

F6

Final 6 was where I started to enact my plan for the end game. Even though Andre and I had smoothed things over, I still knew he had ammunition to warrant a good excuse to take me out so he became my target. Coupling this was the reasoning that it got me into Jayme/Torsa’s good books again, something of which I was able to do multiple times this season. Andre left, but I knew I had to get one of Brian/Jayme to go for each other the next round or I could not see myself making this position. I was always looking ahead and pre-mediating my moves. Andre ended up self voting (which broke my heart cause that could be the WORSE way to leave). Everyone else had seemed on board but a throwaway vote a Brian threw me for a loop but I quickly deduced it was Jayme or Torsa to send a warning (well that is what I presumed anyway). I knew what was going on and maintaining my power position I took out someone who was gunning for me and ensured that there were still bigger threats than myself in the game who would target each other.

F5

Coming into final 5 I knew I would have to make a hard decision. Initially, Jayme was going to be my target but him winning immunity meant that I had to change up my plans. I had Torsa and Jayme on one side saying that we were a final 3 and I wanted to believe it so bad, but talking to Elizabeth and realising she also had a final 3 with them made me realise that going down that route meant only one of us was going to make final tribal. Whereas, keeping brian was a massive risk as I knew he could do very well at final immunity and then wipe the floor at final tribal, it ensured that both Elizabeth and I would make it to this point. So I voted torsa, and even though I was completely honest with both her and Jayme I gained my only votes against all season as I had betrayed them, which was warranted. I made a move that got to me to this point no matter what and showed I wasn’t afraid to make moves when needed.

F4

Final 4 was essentially “Don’t let Brian win immunity”. I hate to say it but that is the truth. I knew that Brian winning meant that he would win the season. So I tried my hardest and I won final immunity (my surrealist impression of cano cristales robbed). I knew what I was doing basically as soon as I won immunity and with Elizabeth and Jayme also agreeing it was a done deal. I knew if I didn’t win immunity I could have been put in a firemaking position thus winning immunity I knew was the only option for myself to guarantee being here. And now we are here!

'''So what is the TL:DR of this speech? (and it is really long sorry but it shows how much I cared about this game I like to think) Well I was in a power position for the large majority of the game, wasn’t afraid to make moves that bettered my shot at making the end, was never a target to receive votes until f5, had people loyal to me all game, won 3 immunities and found an idol. I have been playing my heart out this entire game, I listened to people “in the minority” to see what they had to say, took people’s opinions in and also had a social game that people didn’t want me out, no matter how threatening I was. I was able to make people see where I was coming from and get them back onto my side and had direct control who left from Final 9. Was I manipulative? Yeah I was. Was I snake? Absolutely. But I had to be those to ensure that I could get to the end.'''

'''Thank you so much for reading this jury and I look forward to reading your questions! WOO!'''  