Board Thread:Season 21 - Salvation/@comment-7785749-20141204064305

What's gucci brahs? You know me a bit. Loved me. Feared me. Respected me. So you should know that I'm not going to be "salty" or "bitter" or "a little bitch" when writing this speech - but you should also know that just because I am giving you all an equal chance, it doesn't imply that I'll give you an easy way out. Forewarning - you guys are going to have to dig deep to win this. Let's begin.

'''To everyone right now: When the cast was first revealed, what were your initial first impressions in terms of "HOLY SHIT HE NEEDS TO GO" and "HOLY SHIT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER"? What were your initial perceptions of me?'''

Let's get down to the individual portion of this game.

Zane, I'll start with you. I was prepared to totally write you off as a candidate for earning my vote but then I remembered Jenna Morasca. She asked to be voted out, still reached the Final Tribal Council, and still won, so for me, you're only in the running as a recipient of the Jenna Morasca Scholarship. You overcame wanting to quit - good for you man! I'm proud of you for that. But let's look at some swell facts:
 * You ignored my messages at the start of the game, so I knew it was clear from the start that you weren't into this. You made no attempt to get to know me in a primarily social game and the only conversations we had were towards the end of the run. When we did talk, we got along and you were chill, but you still spent a majority of this game like a chicken without a head.
 * You mentioned in your speech that you didn't really know anyone outside the game and so you didn't attempt to get too attached, as you wanted to play a more dishonorable game. I was in the same boat as you my friend. The only one here I'd talked with outside of the game was Szymon, but I still tried to talk to as many people as I could and just build up relationships, getting to know these people on personal levels even outside of working together. I intended to play a dishonest game too, but that doesn't excuse not attempting to get to know the people you're playing with.
 * I appreciate that you underwent a nice conversion in this game, but Do you think we should give you the title because you ultimately decided not to quit and then got carried to the Final Tribal Council? The way I saw it was that you were Tyler's puppet until he left, and then you were George's puppet. You made it to Final Tribal Council, so you did something better than me. But let's be honest brah, the only selling point you made in your jury speech was the Lisa Whelchel edit. Tell me straight up, right now, why you deserve to win. You played a weaker social game than your opponents, you played a weaker strategic game than your opponents, and you played a weaker physical game than your opponents, and having a great emotional journey after being invisible during this game is great but it will not win you this game. Sell me right now.
 * Is your perception as a goat fair or not?
 * Just as a P.S. - I want to highlight how much I appreciated the way I went out. I lost that point because you sent in the same video as me in that challenge, which I found highly ironic because you came from wanting to be sent home, me keeping you around for a few extra votes, and you ultimately crafting my coffin. #Irony.

Now let's move on to George. George!!! Brah!!! When I was voted out, I looked at you as the front-runner. Perhaps because I wasn't as hostile as other jurors or perhaps I'm just more of a lax person, the mood at Ponderosa hasn't been really positive to you, contrary to my perceptions. In the time since my vote out, I was considering Steve more and more, and then I read the speeches. Your speech, I found, was very underwhelming. I think you didn't do a good job of describing your game to us. Here's what I want from you right now: Identify your biggest move, identify your two greatest strengths in this game, and identify your three greatest weaknesses in this game. George, you've still got a shot at this in my book, but I want you to really impress me with your answers. You were the flashiest player, and I think that may have caused me to lean more towards you than Steve, a more subtle player. Just because I love you as a person and we were allies in this game since Day 1, that does not mean that I am going to give you preference in this game. Your biggest claim to fame is your social game, but when there's such a sour taint towards you from the jurors, How can you say that you're proud of the game that you played? George, I love you. Show me a lot of fight. Show me that you want this, and maybe you'll walk away the winner. You're a good guy, George, and my biggest competition for so long. I hadn't had full trust in you since the early days of the dissolved tribes, and there were so many opportunities I considered orchestrating your fall. That never happened because I thought you were more useful to me alive than dead, and you got me out in the end. Good game, George, but now earn it.

Steve! I've got a lot to talk to you about my friend, and a lot of praises to give you. First: Amazing strategy. You did one hell of a job and I underestimated you way too much in this game. I'm sorry about that. Second: Dude!! Brah!! Amazing speech. You really swayed me a lot with what you had to say. I have a lot of respect for the way you played the game and for ultimately staying loyal to Jino. I've got some questions for you, mi amor:
 * Before I was voted out, I warned you that you could not beat George in the Final Immunity Challenge without me - and that turned out to be correct. George is now your biggest competition to the title. In retrospect, do you recommend not heeding my advice, or was I too big of a risk to let get to the end? Did you guys actually think you could beat George, and would he have been voted out had he lost Individual Immunity?
 * I'd like to believe that Jino would have voted with you if you wanted to save me, so kind of in tangent with the first question: Was there any chance you would've spared me? How long were you willing to have gone to the end with myself, Jino, and yourself?
 * Did you know that you and Jino were the only people in the game to have my full allegiance, or did you suspect that I was working against you?
 * I appreciated learning a bit more about your game. I hadn't truly realized how good you were at doing what you were doing until I was at Ponderosa - kudos to you. Lying about the Idol clues was also a really good move that I kind of suspected at the time, but chose to have faith in you. Would you say that you even had a biggest move in this game, though, or was yours merely just a game of survival?

Honestly, best of luck to you all. You're all good brahs. I've been critical towards some of you but I trust that after thirty-nine days in this game, you can handle someone calling you out on some stuff. Zane, you must've known it would be tough for you. George, I'm being tough on you because I think you played a very solid game and I want you to fully own it. Steve, I'm giving you all the credit I never did while I was still in the game.

Because I'm a narcissist and because I'm curious, have some general questions: Boys - good games, all of you. I'm asking a lot of you because I am not making this decision lightly. I am taking my job as a juror very seriously, and I want you to take me as a juror seriously.
 * You are the only person voting for a winner. Out of everyone in the game, who wins?
 * At what specific point do you think I lost this game?
 * Based on what the other jurors have been saying, how accurately do you think you perceived your games and your chances at being the Sole Survivor?
 * What were the three biggest moves made in this game? They can be strategic, social, or physical, as long as you feel that they had a significant impact in the game.
 * Name one finalist who you don't think should be at the Final Three, name two jurors who you don't think should be on the jury, name three people you think wasted their spot in Salvation, and name four people that you don't think deserved to be cast in Salvation.
 * Which contestant made the biggest improvement in their game, and which contestant took the largest step backwards?
 * Rate my physical, social, and strategic games, on a scale of 1-10.
 * Who do you think, from Salvation, should return for a third season?
 * Compare my own game, or myself as a player, to both a real-life and an ORG Survivor player.
 * What are your favorite songs at the moment?
 * What was your defining moment in the game? You can take "defining moment" to mean whatever you want to.

Am I a dick for asking this much of you? Probably, yeah. But guys - you all voted me out when I was two days away from winning this game (in my head), so humor me.

I jest, I jest. No hard feelings. Well fought. Love ya. Champs.

P.S. - Suck my ass.

- Xoxo, Gossip Girl 