Board Thread:Season 25 - Rome/@comment-25097517-20150407004555/@comment-25724930-20150407023651

When it comes to my speech, I really didn't know that was a bad thing to explain your game. This is only my second time here and the first time, I didn't have detail in my speech, so I don't really know the correct way to write it. In terms of my game being mostly luck, I don't agree with that. I do think that luck played a major role, I still think strategically I played a strong game, which is why I made my speech like that, in order to highlight the things I had done throughout the game. Like I said, I wasn't trying to be flashy or make game changing moves because I don't feel like you need that to win, I was just trying to do whatever I needed to do to keep myself from going home. I also never said you trusted me fully or at all, I just said we were aligned and I felt like a third wheel of sorts.

I believe I worked just as hard as everyone else here because I only had individual immunity twice. My name was constantly on the chopping block and I made relationships with people such as: Topaz, Ivan, Nuno, Brittany and Ricky and people premerge plus tried to have a strong challenge performance to keep my name off the chopping block. Like Ricky said, he could relax because a lot of the time he had immunity, I didn't, so I had to work different angles of gameplay. I do think I played a strong strategic game because I did more than just find idols, I placed myself in positions where people would need me or want to work with me and not get rid of me immediately, I did make subtle moves(making a finals deal with Brittany/Ricky and a separate one w/ Ivan, getting Topaz to somewhat trust me, etc.) to secure loyalty and get to the next round.

I think I should win over the other two because I think I played the strongest all around game. I was in this game 100% of the time, forming relationships, trying my best in challenges, even though I didn't win them all the time and making moves strictly to keep myself safe. I never claimed to be a strategic mastermind, I don't even know where that title came from. I just did what I felt was necessary to not get voted out.