Board Thread:Season 23 - Greece/@comment-1775521-20150117005152/@comment-25567389-20150117012830

Hey Jace! <3

Okay, so as far as voting you out - you said that you understand, but I just wanted to clarify: that vote was in no way personal and it was based on the fact that you were such a huge threat. It's true that it wasn't going to work out, that wasn't a lie, but you're right in saying that I knew more about it and was in fact a part of making it happen. It sucked to blindside you because I did really like working with you, but it just didn't align with the game I had set up for myself at that point. If I had gone against my alliance at that point to try and keep you around, I'm confident that I would have been pretty much doomed. I actually did want to go far with you and that was my original plan, but at that point it wasn't in my best interest because we had only been together a while and I didn't know if you were really with me 100% - as mentioned, you were a great player and I had seen how well you manipulated Will and his allies into thinking you were with them, and at that point I wasn't confident that you wouldn't have done the same thing to me. Conversely, I knew Jessica, MJ, and Hanne had my back 100% at that point and also that they definitely wouldn't have my back if I turned against them that early.

If you hadn't been the first target at merge, then yes, I absolutely would have stuck with you and possibly altered my priorities in the game so as to work with you as far as possible. However, there simply wasn't enough time and I couldn't afford to go against what I already had going with my other alliance, and frankly I was scared that you would do to me what you had done to Will.

This was the choice I was faced with: do I go with three power players and make sure they have a reason to keep me around, or do I go with someone I've only known for a few days and who's proved to be a very adept liar? I understand now that you did intend to be loyal to me and that really means a lot to me, but unfortunately, I wasn't able to return that loyalty due to how little I knew about how you were planning to play. At that time, I felt that the best option for me was staying with the devils I knew and securing my position so that I could go the distance. So yeah, at New Attica I did plan to continue working with you and I wanted to do more with you at merge but then I realized that that wasn't best for my game. I hope you can understand this, and I really appreciate that you recognize that the way I played this season is not indicative of who I am as a person. :)