Board Thread:Season 53 - Galápagos/@comment-38369021-20190613171248/@comment-32233167-20190613201504

Hey Nora! I really respect you as a player, probably more than anyone here, so I hope you find my answers satisfactory.

"You said in your speech that your strategy was consisting on avoiding talking to people who would be on the jury soon"

Half correct! I didn't go into as much detail about this before, but I'll explain it more here. The main idea wasn't to not talk to people before they left, it was meant to be done with specific people in mind. In this case, it was going to be Shane and Laura originally, I wasn't looking to do that with you. As for why I wanted to discuss that, it was genuinely just a topic I was interested in, I wasn't looking to avoid talking about the game.

My social game around the One World/Merge part of the game is something that I addressed before but I'll discuss it here too. I was very busy in my personal life and with work, it led to a lot of the potential I had not being used because I needed to lay low while I was able to establish a decent spot for myself at the merge.

"You talking about your idol being a secret. Sorry but I do not think it was that secret."

I was under the impression that Michael said I didn't have it when he was mentioning the merge idol being gone. I guess he didn't! Lynn was the only person I told, and Danielle had no idea about it when I gave it to her.

"do you still feel like you was REALLY aware on what was going on?"

Yes, but it was more complicated than knowing game information, a lot of it had to do with that I was made painfully aware (largely by you, granted) that most of the others couldn't keep their mouths shut, so I began being much more selective about what I told people.

"Shane told me that you told him I was not close to Lynn and that we didn’t work together"

This was a lie, Shane was always worried about basically everything so I just said that to calm him down. I knew you and Lynn were still close despite my attempts to be Lynn's #1, I tried to avoid even mentioning you around her, it wasn't coincidental.

"Lynn in F8 pretending you heard “rumors” when you was just trying to know if I wanted to vote Lynn"

I can see why you think that, but that couldn't be further from my actual reason for saying it. I never once had any intention of voting for Lynn or trying to convince you to do so. My goal was just to see if it was actually true or if it was another premature hot goss by Lynn.

"I want you to be strong enough to admit your weakness tonight to get my vote bc you have a shot on getting it!"

I really do feel that I tried my best to show the side of me that was vulnerable, hell, it's how I played a lot of the game. I would never build myself up to a level that I feel is too far past my own ability, I talked a good bit and was very blunt in my speech about my vulnerabilities, and the weaknesses I have.

" Do you still think that provoking the fire making challenge was a good idea?"

I do. Thomas played an amazing game, one I would vote for almost every time over Shane's, because I know that Thomas is incredibly smart and played much better overall, whereas the main thing going for Shane was having an underdog storyline over a solid game after being spared at the merge because there were better people to go after.

Thanks Nora, if there's anything you'd like me to elaborate on, let me know!