Board Thread:Season 46 - Kariba/@comment-3418419-20180417212836/@comment-34704154-20180417223231

Hey, god this really sucks to see you in this position! You know I’ve always loved and respected your game and was rooting for you at FTC, and I’m sorry it’s ended up like this :( I'll try and keep this brief! Here are the answers to your questions:

What was the absolute best aspect of the other finalist's game?

I think the best aspect of Jake’s game was his ability to get back up and running after he got knocked down. As he pointed out in his speeches, he found himself in a difficult swap to navigate but came through it! Then during the merge he won some key immunity challenges, and put himself back into a power position after being blindsided and in the minority, which is no mean feat!! I think this shows his ability to adapt to the game well, even when the game went against him.

Compare yourself and the other finalist to a real Survivor player.

If I was to compare Jake to a Survivor player, it would be Ryan Ulrich. This is because like Ryan, Jake had a very strong pre-merge, formed important bonds, and found idols. Even though Ryan's power diminished at the merge, he still was able to get to final tribal council after being put into the minority. However, although Ryan’s game looked flashy (survived a losing tribe, found an idol) his control did fade significantly in the merge and found himself on the outs a number of times. Therefore I think that parallels can certainly be drawn between the general arc of the two players’ games.

For me, I believe I’m Amanda Kimmel, mainly China. I think that like Amanda, I played a very controlled and carefully executed game. I was behind some key power moves (Drew, Becky, Matthias), either being the swing vote or the driving force, like Amanda was with James’s vote. I also was strong in immunity challenges and won when I had to, like Amanda at final 5 and final 4. Despite this, I really think that I’ve let myself down at final tribal like Amanda did. Amanda’s game was, in my opinion, better than Todd’s and she stood a really good chance of winning before final tribal apparently, but she did badly at her final tribal performance. I unfortunately think I’ve done the same and that, even though I think I played a better game, I may ultimately lose as a result of my poor final tribal performance and Jake’s good one. I hope that doesn’t turn out to be the case!

Compare me to a Survivor contestant.

This is an extract from Troyzan’s final tribal council performance:

"I’m just gonna keep it light you guys and I have a pretty good idea where you stand with me. So, I might have not been the best strategist, I might not have been the best game player, but I want to tell you how much I appreciate all of you for this adventure. You’re a part of my dream! I’ve watched from season 1 - you know when Richard Hatch was running around naked and people were eating rats and I was like: “whatever that is, I’ve gotta be a part of it!” I appreciate it from the bottom of my heart, really, it means a lot you guys and, I’m out."

Troyzan in Game Changers reminds me of you because you were a huge fan of the Survivor ORG and applied for ages and now here you are at final tribal council, which I’m so happy about, getting to cast a split vote, which was close to happening in Game Changers! I really think you were both misunderstood and too prepared to put yourself down. Troyzan deliberately played a more mellow game yet his game was overshadowed by that of his allies, like Brad. For you, Jake's game overshadowed yours because of immunity wins and such that made his game more visible between you, very similar to the situation with Brad and Troyzan. Despite this you still had your major moments; Troyzan was a key part of Cirie’ing out Cirie, like you were with your target advantage! Therefore I really feel that despite the outcome today, you are actually a really admired part of the Kariba cast and shouldn’t beat yourself up about your game, because you managed what 15 others couldn’t!!

Soooo there we go! I really hope you can vote for me because we’ve been in this game together since day 1 and have been such companions for each other - even though we’ve had our disagreements, you have truly seen my entire transformation from the dumb “xx” girl on day 1 to the self-sufficient and dominating way I got here today, evading even yourself targeting me! So I pray that you can find it within yourself to vote me <3

Much love!! XX