Board Thread:Season 36 - Tikal/@comment-24603302-20161016033159

Final 3! A big accomplishment indeed. I'd like to start by congratulating you all for getting here. This was a very difficult season, with almost every person playing being considered a threat in one way or another, so you three getting to the end is something you all should be proud of! Now that we're done with the formalities, let's get to the questioning. Marie, I'll start with you tonight. I'm not going to lie, you're at quite the disadvantage here. Due to tribe placements and my early merge exit, we had minimal time to socialize, and by extension, I know the least about your game. From what I can tell about your game based on your speech, it seemed to be highly social. You use the word "we" a lot, now, that isn't a bad thing- a strong social game is phenomenal and something that can definitely help get you to the end of the game, but is it enough to get you the title of sole survivor? A lot of the jury agrees you relied too heavily on others, and, at the end of the day, it is a "SOLE" survivor, not a group survivor. My question to you is, do you truly believe that you played a game deserving of the title of SOLE survivor. Use examples of moves you made on your own, and explain how you were always thinking about yourself above anyone else. Do not say "we".

Joanna, you're next. Now, when the game began, I could immediately tell you were someone I had to watch out for. Despite English not being your native language, you still had such a way with words that really drew me towards you, and really made you my immediate pick of someone to go all the way to FTC. I think you have a very strategic mind, and by extent, played a very strategic game- and you did it all in a language that is foreign to you, that's just phenomenal. However, just because English isn't your native language doesn't mean you're getting bonus points from me, you signed up for this game knowing you'd be speaking English, so I'm going to be holding you to the same standards as everyone else. Now then, as far as your game goes, I really did enjoy playing with you, and your jury speech really helped show me how strong of a game you played. The main thing stopping me from voting you was your relative inactivity in the beginning of merge, and even throughout the merge phase. I understand that you had IRL things, but again, I'm holding you to the same level as everyone else. The fact that you had a self vote against you, and abstained from several challenges- do you really think you deserve to win more than someone who participated in every challenge and voted every tribal they went to? Why should I forgive your actions of not participating in these events, and give you my vote to win, despite there being several others in the season who tried their hardest in every challenge, and are sitting on the jury?

Linus. Linus, Linus, Linus. Honestly, at the beginning of this game, I thought you were someone I would not get along with at all. I thought you were too talkative and overall just annoying. But as the game progressed, my view of you grew to be more positive, and I started liking you more. I think you would be a great winner for this specific season, and I think out of the final 3 you represent it best. This was a very big season, with a lot of loud personalities, big moves, shocking tribals, and spectacular gameplay. The UTR games of the other 2 I feel don't represent this functions well. This is the main reason I'm considering voting you tonight. As far as your gameplay goes, you were definitely smart and played a decent game, but I just feel that there's others on the jury who played better games than you. My question for you is, if you, Joanna or Marie we're not in the final 3, who would be there and why? In addition, please explain to me what moves you made to make sure those 3 specific people were not sitting there, and you are.

Thank you for your time. I am very tired. Why am I still awake. May the best survivor win. 