Board Thread:Season 18 - Heroes vs. Villains/@comment-4379763-20140818234254

Hello Jury. Before I start on my speech I want to thank you all for this amazing adventurous season. This has been one of the funnest experiences ever, and each and every single one of you had a hand in making it what it is. I've grown a connection to every one of you, and you guys have been like my family for these long 42 days.

Now with a summary of my game:

When it began, I instantly made an alliance with Wesley. He was arguably my best friend in this season before the game. I followed by bonding with the girls and we formed an alliance of me, Jessy, Sam and Natalie. I made other alignments with Bailey, Noah, Sole and Andrei too. My first concern was there being an Anarchy alliance between Noah, Richie + Nokomis and Jerby on the Villains. So I told everyone about this and it seemed they all agreed. I then thought it best to campaign to get Richie out first, who I feared was incredibly unreliable. With this, I managed to find a mutual agreement with the others and Richie was first out.

I then decided to lay low and become the swing vote. That meant letting Sam take all the heat for the plans. Thus we went through with her plans to send out Bailey and Wesley. This was the hard part for me. I didn't want to betray either of them and I wanted to get out Topher who I didn't know would be as trustworthy. However, I felt that I could trust the girls more than the people Bailey and Wesley wanted to align with. I also wanted to go into the merge with Sam so she would be targeted over me. I intended to go as far as possible with her, but probably not the end because she easily would have won. So my first final three pick was Jessy and Natalie. I decided to spread around that Sam guilt tripped me into voting with her, so no one would target me for flipping. In reality, that was not the case.

Next we voted out Noah, which was a mutual agreement on everyone's part (except Andrei's). This would prevent him from merging with Jerby and his ally Miguel, who I believed was targeting me at the time. Upon merging, it seemed like an easy first few Tribals by just pagonging the most threatening Villains. Andrei and I suggested Jerby first, and everyone then agreed and that was set. Next it became evident Alejandro was playing rough, so that was another easy vote. So now it was where things got harder, with that twist that screwed over Jessy. Followed by Eddie idoling out Sam. With Natalie and I as the last from our alliance, I kept her close.

Next was Eddie, leaving Miguel and Adam on their own. My fear now was the Heroes trying to blindside me due to Sole and Andrei's closeness. I felt Sole was giving information to the other tribe and ratted out my alliance, so I talked to Topher and Natalie about blindsiding him. Shortly afterwards, Adam came to me saying he didn't like Sole. I figured I could then pull off a blindside on Sole with the Villains' votes too. Just that happened.

When Adam won Immunity, it became evident to vote Miguel. I also succeeded in locating the Hidden Immunity Idol. However, Topher told me he would rather vote Andrei than Miguel. I wasn't gonna risk it, so I took a gamble and played the idol on Andrei, sending Miguel out.

However, Adam found the next idol. So Andrei and I voted Topher, because I figured I would need Andrei to beat Adam in the Final Immunity. But due to unforseen real life stuff, Andrei was unable to compete in the Final Immunity. So when Adam won, Natalie asked me to vote her out because she didn't want to take someone else's spot in the final three. As a friend and ally, I decided to do this favor for her. Even though it made Adam vote for me. It brought us down to this final three of me, Andrei and Adam.

Now my summary is concluded, here's my plea to the Jury: I know you all probably want to vote Adam. He's a good player, I'll admit. Underdog, social, strategic. I'm in the final three with two great players. So why do I think I deserve to win more?

I think I made a personal connection with each and every single person this season. There is not one person this whole game who I didn't talk to. I made connections and friendships, which I believe is a ginormously important part of the game. I also think I played very strategically, and intelligently. I didn't play too hard, but I kept my allies close and made good friends. However, I was not afraid to vote anyone out. I believe that is exactly what it takes to be both a great player and winner. It can be proven by the fact that it took me up until the penultimate Tribal before receiving a vote.

No one ever said you had to play hard to play the best game, I believe that I played the best game by not playing harder than ever. So I ask the Jury tonight to bring on any questions they have, that I may change your minds if you have no intention on voting for me. Thank you all for this season, and I hope to remain in contact with every one of you. 