Board Thread:Season 22 - Similan Islands/@comment-25303209-20150103092820

Well, this season has been, eh, fucked to say the least. ha. We were plagued by an array of inactives, and slightly passive aggressive drama at various points that never needed to be there in the first place. Where it really got interesting was after the tribe swap when Diego, Nick, and I were left to fend for ourselves; we were the Payang minority. Thank god there was enough drama, or I dont think all three of us would have made it to the merge at all. That is actually were I raised my eyebrow's a little bit at my old tribe, because it appears that they threw us under the bus long before the merge. They had the majority, but yet they would not throw the challenges to keep us from risking potential elimination. Your loyalty seemed to be already faulty before we even merged, and I was an idiot not to be more worried.

So, here are my overall thoughts on you three.

Tom: The issue that I think everyone had with you was the fact that you somehow asserted this "higher-art-thou" persona that really seem to rub people the wrong way. At points, it was rather spot on, but mostly I did not see it. It is possible that after the merge happened, our communication dropped lower than the economy in the 2008 great recession.

Looking at Katie, well, WE ALREADY KNOW! The hype that people have of her being a favorite this season has been extremely excessive. Dont get me wrong, great gal, super fun to talk to, but at the the end of the day she was basically a pawn in this game of chess. There was no gameplay involved, and could have been easily replaced by really any other competitor. Actually Tom, you had Miguel, who had Katie, which is almost worse than being a pawn. I would have saved my word count, and never mentioned this attempt heroism at all.

At the merge, it was never a play to get rid of Miguel for at least the three of us, so to make it sound like everyone was targeting him is inaccurate (also, this is were people get this ego persona that you project). Next, I did not break the alliance as much as I went with what I thought the majority of my alliance/tribe wanted (you created enemies apparently early on), it was to early to create waves, and in survivor it is all about timing. When I tried to explain the situation to you, it was less of understanding and more of the "godfather" type deal; again this is an example of were your mild egocentrism kicked in. You made it sound like you were the leader, and that your had this slight idea of presidential veto and control over us citizens, which was never the case. I was not expecting you to trust me after the vote, but I was expecting understanding. That is when you made not one juror an enemy but you created three. which is terrible gameplay; now we are the masters of your fate in the end, and it is almost poetic to say the least. You did overall play a better game than all the other people left at the final five. Look at anyone in the final five and I would say that it is pretty clear that you deserved to win the most, but your social game was highly lacking.

Miguel: Where were the those big moves? I sure as hell did not see any. It appears that you are taking credit for Tom's work. Have you never read the story "The Little Red Hen?" Honestly, you flipped on Nick, Diego, and your reasoning was not very sound (Nick and I had college finals, so of course we were not as active). Then your only move I saw was telling me that you were going to keep me till the final five, which I kept thinking "Diego would have a better shot, and he wants this more." I told Diego to vote for me, so there would not be a tie. I was not going to be the pawn of a pawn, because that would be more of an insult towards me. Diego I thought had the best chance of winning, and that is what loyalty is Miguel, not whatever you did.Your gameplay was similar to that of Lennie from "Of Mice and Men." Now you are standing here telling us that "I did good George. " For me, I am not buying it for a second. Your big move after Diego was gone, was similar to lighting off the most expensive firework on the fourth of July just to find out that it is a dub; that "big move" was really anticlimactic. Nobody would take Katie to the end, since she is extremely likable if anything (minus the zero gameplay).You are a nice guy, sweet, fun to talk to, we share Hispanic roots, but better luck on hero's versus villains two. .

Rick: No, just simply no. I am not going to waste my time writing something long and drawn out about how terrible your gameplay was during this season (which it was), I will not give you the satisfaction. The one thing that I regret is not being directly responsible for sending you home. You made it by a fluke, and the realistic idea that you would guarantee a win for someone else.

[http://youtu.be/VsMcdEswK8k Here are my inner-thoughts about how the final speeches went. ]

No hard feelings, but god-damn.

Love,

Hu-gusto.  