Board Thread:Season 21 - Salvation/@comment-7785749-20141204064305/@comment-5241311-20141204090319

Obviously my initial reaction was "HOLY SHIT WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER" since that was what we did most of the game. Due to the fact that I didn’t know most of you before as the cast was announced I checked out the others player profiles to try to find any common interests I had with the rest of you apart from loving Survivor and I noticed your inspiration in life was Kacy Catanzaro from American Ninja Warrior. Being huge fan myself I found our common link and after talking to you I knew you were someone I had to work with.

I honestly did think I would have a chance of beating George depending on what the challenge was but I did not expect the goliath of one we ended up getting from the hosts nor how long George would stay up to post pictures. If I had managed to beat him then Jino and me would have voted George, thou I don’t think we would have been able to get Zane to flip with us or to trick George into voting Zane so we probably would have ended up a tiebreaker.

I floated the possibility of keeping you around since it started to seem be that most of the jury was upset with you maybe more than they are with George. But I honestly couldn’t have you next to me at the end and say that I outplayed so I had to betray you. The moment of realization where I decided the Sulur 3 couldn’t make it to the end together was right before the merge where on top of how well you had been performing in tribal challenges I started seeing more and more into your head of how you played this game and it was just too much for me compete with and then adding in how you managed to take out Tyler, yikes.

My thoughts on whether you were fully with me or not actually flipped back-and-forth. Originally I thought the three of us were solid but during our winning streak thoughts started to creep into my head that maybe Jino and me were just a side alliance for you all fall back onto but then after the first vote I disregarded that idea. During the merge people did tell me a few times about the other alliances you had but I suspected you were planning on being loyal to the Sulur 3 since it seemed like the best thing for your game.

I’ve already said that the best move in the game was when you managed to almost single handedly take Tyler out of the game so I can’t claim I made the biggest move but what I can say is the fallout from that move really contributed to helping me be able to make my own personal big moves that would have went down completely different without the one you made.

'''◾You are the only person voting for a winner. Out of everyone in the game, who wins?:''' I mentioned the answer to this during Tyler’s questions and the answer was you.

◾At what specific point do you think I lost this game?: When you lost that immunity challenge after T.J vote and you no longer had an idol to play.

◾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?: I think I have the best shot I could possibly have all things considered. I think it will probably be a very close vote, some of the jury doesn’t really know me but they were also the same ones betrayed by George. I’ve put all my cards on the table now and it’s time to see if you all think I have the winning hand or if I was just bluffing to myself all the way through this game.

'''◾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.''' #1 Aligning myself with you and Jino since the alliance allowed to combine our skills and end up with the perfect combination of physical strength, strategy, and social skills. #2 Turning on T.J, since he was a real threat to me if we got to end of the game together with him being the last Askja standing and all but he set the table for his undoing by coming up with such an elaborate plan that allowed me to get a target on him. #3 Befriending George, while it seemed like he was friends with everyone and their Grandma’s in the game it was because of his friendship that I was able to get the numbers to turn on T.J and use him to beat you in the immunity challenge.

◾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: Zane is easily the one who shouldn’t be here, next I say Ted and Matthew since they were the lowest ranked members of the jury and I think ones placement is pretty good indicator of how you played, I believe James, Julia, and Zane were the ones who wasted their spots, and that Brian, Ometepe, Ivan, and James didn’t deserve to be cast since they were the first ones out.

◾Which contestant made the biggest improvement in their game, and which contestant took the largest step backwards: Jino defiantly made the biggest improvement going form a quitter that people were complaining of about making the cast to almost making it here to the final tribal council. James on the other hand took the biggest step backwards since he cheated.

◾Rate my physical, social, and strategic games, on a scale of 1-10. Physical: 10/10, Social: 6/10, Strategic: 9/10.

◾Who do you think, from Salvation, should return for a third season? Jino

◾Compare my own game, or myself as a player, to both a real-life and an ORG Survivor player: Real life I say Ozzy Lusth during Cook Islands and ORG Adam during HvV but alternate dimension versions of them who actually lose a challenge and get voted off.

◾What are your favorite songs at the moment? “The Gambler” by Kenny Rogers and “Gone, Gone, Gone” by Phillip Phillips since they were two of the songs I listened to when dueling George late into the night during the Trololol challenge.

'''◾What was your defining moment in the game? You can take "defining moment" to mean whatever you want to:''' When I wasn’t picked for a tribe the 2nd straight time, I took it upon myself to start playing harder and going out to make my own moves since doing what I was doing was getting me nowhere but to forgottenville.