Board Thread:Season 12 - All-Stars/@comment-13493331-20140216180732/@comment-4062486-20140217133228

I would just like to clarify that although I didn't know all what Ben was doing, it's not like I wasn't at all aware of what you were doing. I kept hearing about you from my allies, and I saw how you just jumped from one alliance to another, aligning yourself one time with Uli and then with us and then again with someone else.

Same goes for you. We never were in the same tribe til the merge, so you don't know anything really about my pre-merge game. And yes, to me you weren't noticeable back then just like Sharky said. As you yourself admitted, you aren't really a player who leads alliances. With Adam I myself was on top of several alliances in this game, and was in general a more leading player this time.

I get why people would refer to me as Dawn. I did play with powerful players, but that doesn't mean I didn't make any moves myself. Ask yourself: if I really was such a goat in your eyes, why would you want to take me out then? You admitted in one of your answers that it was in your mind. If I really wasn't a dangerous player at all, why would you want to do it?

As for Taylor, I knew well what was going on in that Tribal Council. Taylor had told me earlier that he was thinking of voting Lloyd, but since I knew you were a more dangerous player, I suggested taking you out.

And just so you know, he asked for that screenshot himself. You are trying to make it seem as if you were a person who was the most honorable out of us three, but you yourself betrayed several allies too, just like I did. It's what the game is about.

My situation in the end was harder than yours. Everyone at final five besides you was my ally and I was the one who was going to make the decision between them. For you it was much more easier: you hadn't developed such deep friendships, you possibly didn't even talk to people as much as I did. As Andrei and Taylor have both said publicly, I developed quite close friendships with them both. Possible that it was the same for you, cannot really fully comment on it since I wasn't present in your conversations. Maybe having a more personal connection in this game made me like Dawn since she had that too, but the thing is: the closer you are to your allies, the more you know how much you can trust them.

Perhaps I had too many connections, but those people ultimately are the reason why I am standing here today. Don't you say to me that I don't respect the jury members - I do. I think they are all wonderful people actually, all people who have in one way or another played a part in me going further in this game.

I wouldn't guilt them into making a decision. Lloyd actually wanted me to say to them that they shouldn't vote for me. But I am not going to do that. The jury members all know what happened in the game and I trust that they will make the best decision. It is only up to me to try to convince them. I am not as unprofessional as to go and force them to do something. Andrei for example said that he isn't going to vote for me and I accept his decision. It is his right to give his vote to whoever he chooses to, and I will not manipulate him into making a different decision because I respect him a lot and I get that he has issues with how I played this game.

Sharky and the rest of the jury members - I hope you don't think that I am in any way trying to guilt you into making a decision. It isn't my place to do that. I am thankful that you are all taking your time to listen to what I have to say. The only thing I expect is for you to make the decision you want to make - and I will not in any way try to control it.