Board Thread:Season 33 - Sichuan/@comment-27506297-20160601200207/@comment-27973816-20160602035218

1. I think one thing in this game that didn't go in my favor and didn't work out was honestly you and I at the end of this game, possibly in direct the final immunity challenge. Yes there were things along the way (like Mai going over Aromal) that didn't go in my favor, but it worked out for me in the end because obviously, I am in the final 2 now. However, when Emile won the final immunity our plans from the start went out the window. Knowing now from some of the jury responses, you did not seem to please the jurors so I think, not in a cocky way just in a realistic way, I would've beat you in the Final 2, and Emile would've as well. I was loyal to you from the start and wanted to continue that, but that was ruined by Emile and thats one thing that didn't go the way I wanted.

2. I believe that I didn't develop a relationship with whoever was leaving due to both reasons, avoiding to be fake and other reasons as well. Since I installed false-confidence in Mai, I didn't want anyone to feel that way again after that, so if I knew someone was going I wasn't going to talk to them as if they're safe. Also, I didn't want to develop a relationship that wouldn't help me out later in this game. I know theres a phrase like beating a dead horse or something, and I feel like if I interpret that phrase correctly then I can relate to it, sin like not progressing a relationship with someone who was going to be gone anyways if that makes sense. I wasn't going to fake it with others, and I know developing relationships with future jurors would've worked out in the jury vote, but I was more focused on playing the game and ACTUALLY making it to the Final 2.

3. My strategy absolutely changed multiple times throughout this game. In the beginning, I tried as hard as I could to play passively, let alliances and relationships happen as they did, and simply try to put a target on my back, though I think I kinda spoke up in the beginning and put myself in a leadership position so that changed as well, but I still tried to play pretty passive at least. Once merge started, I think I played more aggressively and vocally, which is where I think I made a lot of the big moves I've mentioned before (ex: Priscilla, Yasmin). Then towards the end of the this game, I tried to keep close with my relationships and not be as aggressive as I was, try to undermine my game so people would take me further, and try to decrease my target. That's just the front of it all, if I went into MAJOR major detail I think I'd write a lot that would just be repetitive and stuff, but I definitely think I had to change my strategy multiple times because everything in this game kept changing over and over, and I knew I had to adapt in order to go further!

4. I think a lot of these I'm going to mention are both to be repeats, and I believe thats because often times our biggest strength is are biggest weakness at the same time, just to clarify before I get into this!

Mai: Strength - Lovable, I remember when Mai and I first started talking it just felt natural and I liked her a lot! She's easy to get to know and funny and idek just like a warm personality. Weakness - Maybe too trusting? Obviously I contributed into this, but when I told Mai she was safe (which I did genuinely mean at first) she believed me and I feel like she felt safe after that. But obviously mentioned many times before, things changed and I think because of what I told her, she felt way more blindsided and betrayed than if she was more cautious about what I said to her? Idek this one was super hard for me to decide on I saved Mai's weakness for last to answer lmao

Priscilla: Strength - Quirky. Priscilla is simply just her own person and I think the fact that Priscilla owns who she is and that she's different, it's super hard to dislike a personality like her. Weakness - Easily read (kinda), with a ambiverted (introvert + extravert) personality, it was ALMOST easy to see what Priscilla was doing, despite her moments where she kept private. She was playing a very social game, had lots of potential, and like for example when she flashed an idol and a blossom, it was clear that she was doing this to scare people off and make sure nobody voted for her, and obviously that didn't work out for her in the end.

Yasmin: Strength - Motherly figure! Yasmin definitely played a motherly role which easily charmed people and I think that bought her some allies in this game. Weakness - Too nice? Yasmin would've won this game and made it very far if people didn't pick up on this trait, and I think Yasmin was starting to use strategy with her kindness, and that's when it gets dangerous!

Jake: Strength - Very social and easy to get along with. Simple as that! Weakness - Image of being a super social player, it easily gets a target on your back and was one of the reasons why I never wanted to put myself in a FTC with Jake, because he'd easily win the game and sway the jury!

Aromal: Strength - Hard to read, making him very unpredictable and scary to know where his head is at, which is often a good thing for him, just scary for others lmao. Weakness - Introverted, so with that Aromal didn't play the best social game and often didn't really talk to me, and from what I heard Aromal didn't really reach out to anyone either.

Vanne: Strength - Direct person. I liked how Vanne always got straight to the point, no bullshit, no fluff, just very straightforward and for me that was a perfect ally because I could easily see her stance in our discussions! Weakness - Perhaps not social, I liked Vanne and valued her as an ally, I think for a long time in this game we were amazing allies, however we only talked game and never really got to know each other personally! I know a lot of people said that as well, and I just think Vanne didn't really wanna talk about herself and just wanted to talk game, which isn't a bad thing but I just wish we knew more about each other.

Erin: Strength - Strategic game, Erin made a lot of moves and knew when to do certain things in this game, making her a very smart player. Weakness - Strategic game, Erin played a really strong game, made amazing moves, and I think thats why people were willing to vote her out, because she clearly would've won in the end!

TSN: Strength - Kind-hearted, I think that TSN was hands down one of the nicest people in this season and was easy to like. Weakness - Heart of his sleeve type of person, I think TSN is very emotional which is a positive thing, but I think in a game like Survivor it can easily be taken advantage of by lying to TSN, which a lot of people did, myself included towards the end of this season. It's a good trait outside in real life, but in Survivor it's hard.

Alexa: Strength - Fighter! I believe you always fought in this game and that got you far because you were always willing to push yourself more and more and more. Weakness - Fighter. You got very confrontational and aggressive, and I think that turned people off and got people very angry towards you. There are definitely polar opinions of you!