Board Thread:Season 21 - Salvation/@comment-24200894-20141204075036/@comment-10697197-20141204091211

Matthew,

 I feel I sort of stick with a similar strategy in many of my ORGs, but it’s a strategy that I believe is naturally fluid, so even though I’m using the same strategy, that means something different every season based on the cast. But to call it strategy is a bit weird, because being open to friendships within the game and letting them grow isn’t necessarily a strategy per se, it’s kind of what I want to do in the first place. But anyways, back on the fluid nature of the “strategy”: If someone’s feeling down and out, they put me in the mood to be more down & out, because I empathize with that. Instead of having a strategy of, I’ll be low key as you said, it sort of naturally adjusts itself to match the person, just through one’s innate sense of empathy. I feel that it’s worked very well in the ORGs I’ve participated in, and I come from the attitude of, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, plain and simple. And over the course of Salvation, it’s worked pretty well over the course of this game, it’s gotten me out of lots and lots of situations that I should have NEVER survived, because many people in the game felt a need to save me, that they could trust me here. I feel that just because I’ve used a strategy before doesn’t mean it’s less valid, I use it for a reason.

And yes, I usually talk to the people I’ve developed strong bonds with after the show, and that includes a lot of people I don’t really talk to now because it’s sort of weird for a lot of people to talk with people in the jury, I want to approach them when they know it’s not faked. Basically, if you and I created a strong bond within the game, you best believe we’re continuing that. If not, then maybe not. For example: I’ve enjoyed Julia’s company on Hekla, but we never really got a chance to talk all that much so unless something happens outside of the game to cause us to talk, there isn’t much to continue. Unfortunately, Matthew, we didn’t create as strong of a bond as with some other contestants within our seasons, so there wasn’t much to continue between us. If you want to, please let me know, otherwise you probably won’t be hearing much from me to be honest. But for the others whom I have gotten to know quite well, if we became friends in the show and you want to continue to be friends, than I’d LOVE that more than anything :DDD

As far as my defining moment, I think my defining moment that had a BIG impact in the game was probably on Day 2 of the game, back on the original Hekla. Things were pretty quiet back on the Súlur camp but at Hekla, I was told by pretty much everyone inside and outside of the tribe that I was going home next, because the Old Schoolers had me outnumbered 3-1, and there was basically no hope for me. But unlike PNG, I refused to accept my fate. I was not just going to go along with whatever because it was awkward starting conversations here. NO WAY. I devoted all my lovin’ to Liam because my gut told me he was the right guy to work with, I spent sometimes in excess of 4 hours per day on him, and in a period of only 1.5 in-game days, the ENTIRE game had shifted for me. It didn’t matter that you put me on a tribe that was 3-1 solidly against me, I will never back down. I will never give up, I will continue trying, I will give it all I have to flip the entire game. It’s 3-1 against me now? It’ll be 3-1 in favor of me tomorrow. I can't just go with the flow like Steve and Zane have to some extent, because the flow simply doesn't want us sometimes by the luck of the draw, just because we get sent to the wrong tribe or something. I've proven that regardless of the challenges in my way, I can overcome it and come out in a better position than ever. To me, that's exactly what Salvation is about: a group of 25 people who decided to push forward despite their mistakes.