Board Thread:Season 52 - Tasmania/@comment-30575847-20190415122305

Hey everyone! First off, I just wanna say a huge thank you to the hosts for putting this amazing season together. Love you guys and thank you for convincing me to play. You said I wouldn’t regret it and you were right, this season has been a blast and I’m so glad I waited this long to play main to be in Tasmania! To the cast; pre-mergers, the jury, and my fellow finalists, I have loved getting to meet each of you and you all contributed to making this season amazing and giving me one hell of a fight! I suck at structuring speeches so first ill do a more narrative approach and then a summary of the different aspects of my game. I’m incredibly grateful to be in the position to plead my case to you so let’s get into it!

I came into this game knowing I wanted to make instant connections because those Day 1 bonds are crucial in shaping others perspective of you. As soon as I saw this season was one world I was like oh hell no… literally one of my least fav twists ever but I knew I had to utilise it if I were to make it far in this game. Despite being at work for cast reveal and being in a different time zone I managed to click well with Seamus, Ashlee, Bryce, Ronald, Junessy, and Tasha. We managed to win all the pre swap challenges, but even if we did lose Elaine and Lachlan would have gone and beyond that I still feel like I would have been in no danger if we lost a 3rd time. I put effort into challenges to not be seen as a weak link, like me and Seamus basically doing the entire Shark Tank challenge ourselves, as well as being well connected socially and active.

For the swap I was lucky enough to get in a tribe with Huon majority as well as having lots of challenge beasts. Seamus and Ashlee were the 2 people I was closest to on Huon so the fact I ended up with them was crazy, as well as Hedger who was one of the Ossa’s I had talked to the most before now, and Brian who I started getting along with as well. Even if we lost a challenge, I feel I wouldn’t have been a target of any of these 4. You may say I had an easy ride to merge with never having gone to tribal, but one of the main parts of the game is not being voted off and by putting a lot of effort in challenges it secured my safety until merge. I was always participating my best efforts, and only sat out once I believe. Despite being immune, I didn’t just sit there doing nothing, I used one world to its full potential and kept up social connections with members of the other 2 tribes, as well as solidifying them within my own. If this season wasn’t one world, it would probably be a negative never going to tribal as voting together forms tighter bonds and proves loyalty, but I still feel I managed to form tight bonds without that. For example I made it well known to Seamus, Ashlee, and Bryce that I was hardcore still looking for the Huon idol to save Tasha from her swapfuck. It showed 2 things that I was dedicated to my allies and that I was willing to use idols on other people, so I hope that made them think I was a valuable ally to have later on in the game.

The swap eliminations on other tribes were a bit of a disaster for me, with Junessy and Tasha, 2 of the people I felt I had a strong bond with, were voted off. I went into the merge having to rely more on the other bonds I built in one world. I just wanna address something you may assume of me… that I sometimes voted out of revenge for Tasha or Junessy because of my parchments… this is NOT the case lol, I would have voted those people anyway for actual strategic reasons but just added those messages as an extra thing for fun and to show them some love. Pre merge I wasn’t really in any big alliances, because I didn’t want to come across as playing too aggressive when we were never even going to tribal, rather I worked on cultivating trust with individuals that may grow into something more at the merge.

At the start of merge, I was part of 3 alliances. The first was Hey Ya with Seamus and Ashlee who I wanted to be a strong trio with. The second was Generation 1 with me, Seamus, Hedger, and Brian, a solid group who had bonded on swapped Ossa. The 3rd was Huon Hehe with me, Seamus, Bryce, and Ronald, the most active people from original Huon who reunited at merge. For the first merge vote, I knew Ashlee would be a target because she was so inactive pre merge but keeping her in the game was my priority, as I knew she hadn’t talked to many other people pre merge but I had a strong connection with her, so I knew she would be useful to me in the future (which turned out to be true).

F10 was obviously a huge blow to my game, losing my closest ally Seamus was devastating, but I think my recovery from this shows how I was able to adapt to the newfound minority position. Immediately after results I messaged all the people who had voted him and quickly established that I was in no way angry, that I respected it, and that I still would be open to working with them. Being upset would in no way help me to move forward so I knew I had to be open and forgiving. I never sat back and accepted my position but worked to try and improve it. I went to Hayden and promised I wouldn’t vote him again which I didn’t and that I would be open to working with him, had like a 30 voice message convo with Ashlee to show I still trusted her and had her interests in mind. It was not the time to blow up, I immediately started planning for how I could recover. I had to be an active player not passive and when Ashlee said she would be down to vote Ronald I ran with that and went around trying to get it going with Brian, Hedger, Abi, and Hayden. Although it failed it did prove to Abi and Hayden I was willing to work with them, which we did next time, and highlights that despite being in the minority my social openness allowed me to survive over Brian, since Hedger was immune.

Even the next round I was able to hide behind Hedger as he was a more visible challenge threat while people overlooked me. After Zack left I found out from Ashlee it was part of Abi’s master plan for Abi, Ashlee, and Hayden to keep flipping back and forth between the sides. I knew keeping my relationship with Ashlee would be useful and it paid off as I was able to adapt my game moving forward with this new info. Hedger was next on Abi’s list and although I did at first try to convince them he should stay, I knew the plan was already in motion so instead I went to Bryce and Ronald and tried to secure loyalty for the next round if I lost immunity since I was potentially Abi’s next target, while still voting Bryce so we looked against each other. Hedger I’m sorry for not telling you but my reasoning is because if it somehow got out that you knew then Ashlee would know I didn’t keep her secret and wouldn’t trust me moving forward and I had to secure my own safety for the future. Hope you understand! ☹

It was hard having to vote Bryce after just making up with him, initially Ashlee wanted Abi off at 6th but once I won immunity, I convinced her to swap the order because I knew once Bryce was gone, I could most likely win every single challenge left. Abi and Bryce were both threats in different ways, but I had to get the order right so that it benefitted me. Immediately after I made up with Ronald and didn’t shut the door on him like he didn’t for me, and we voted Abi next as she would have won this game. I was a bit silly the next round with the revote but ultimately settled on that Ronald played an amazing game and would have been hard to beat at the end. I knew Ashlee also played a great game which is why I initially voted her but her pre merge inactivity and abstaining/striking in multiple merge chals I hoped would give me an edge in that aspect.

Why do I deserve to win this game from how I Outwitted? I was socially well connected, dedicated to truly getting to know people and making an effort. I feel I am an easy person to get along with, which allowed me to keep in communication with people even when being on opposite sides. I was open and willing to work with people while recovering from a minority position. I know this fact is less impressive due to that I was only vulnerable at 3 tribals, but still no one ever voted against me throughout the season. Even if I wasn’t immune at final 10/7 I most likely wasn’t getting votes then either (correct me if I’m wrong lol).

Why do I deserve to win this game from how I Outlasted? I was always thinking about my next move and how I could get to the end with the best chance of winning. I executed my late game plan from F6 onwards, and although I wasn’t always in power or making “big moves,” it wasn’t necessary to win. My game wasn’t perfect, I made mistakes, but that fact that I could recover from blindsides shows I was adaptable. My journey was ridden with many challenges, especially losing Seamus and Brian so early, but the way I recovered I believe shows I am a worthy winner, I fought every day to stay alive, and never gave up. I was here to win from Day 1. I voted with people who had gone against me in the past/who I had gone against to make mutually beneficial moves. I was able to minimise my threat level compared to my allies and downplay my game until a point where I knew I could win every challenge left.

Why do I deserve to win this game from how I Outplayed? I was immune the entire pre merge and managed to win 5 individual immunity challenges, including all 4 sections of FIC. I really hope this doesn’t overshadow the other aspects of my game, but rather highlight how much I cared about this survivor season, I never half assed anything, I was dedicated and feel I worked for this win. I didn’t use the immunities to sit back and relax, but used me being immune to strengthen bonds with people and shape the later votes in the order I felt was best for my game. In past orgs I have been a challenge flop and to think I was the challenge beast this season is hilarious and surprising but I’m proud of myself for overcoming one of my traditional org weaknesses.



I may not have made the most moves or been successful in everything I did, but I was completely dedicated to this game. I was always socially active from the very start, thinking strategically, and physically dominated. I lasted 31 hours in endurance waking up every hour the night before a 9 hour shift at work, and still as a sleep deprived zombie managed to sneak off every hour to post. Starting off the early merge in a minority is difficult, but I fought hard and managed to overcome that. I was an underdog that managed made it work through keeping lines of communication open, late game strategy, and winning crucial challenges when I needed to. No one ever wrote my name down. I know recently Survivor has become about big moves, but I think it’s truly about surviving and that’s exactly what I did. I hope you all know that I did things from a game perspective to get me here with the best chance of winning, it’s nothing personal and I hope to talk to you guys after this, it’s been an amazing season!



This speech is long af IM SORRY, if u read it all then go u. I hope I have convinced you guys that I deserve to win, it really means a lot to me and I am more than happy to answer your questions!! I can’t wait to be dragged but pls don’t be too mean ily 