Board Thread:Season 6 - Nepal/@comment-5021832-20130724084948/@comment-4896231-20130725003058

As you have requested, I’ll start off with my peer review. I believe that you’re discussion on myself is not 100% off base, but not completely correct either. I’ll start off with the fact that you said I played an unnecessarily bloody game. Let’s look at the final five, there are 5 of us, which leaves ten possible combinations if my math is correct. Each person had a 40% chance of making the final two. That however, did not give them a 40% chance of winning. Statistically, yes it would have, but in the game of survivor, no it did not.

Let’s look at my possible combinations to start off with, in order of the people departing:

Dallas vs. Charley:

By the final five, both of our reputations had been nearing their finalized state of how the jury, and viewers, saw us. Charley was the hero’s hero. I was fading in to obscurity. Everyone loved Charley, and was indifferent about me. Charley was also seen as the leader, the one who was making all the decisions, and all the big moves. I was seen as the sheep, the follower, and the one who simply road coat tails to the end. As much as I hate to admit it, that’s what I did. It may seem like sucking up at this point, but that’s because I never wanted to do that coming in to this game. It’s just what ended up happening. Anyways, I digress. People had been giving me hints about me needing to do something if I wanted a chance to win in the end. Prior to the final five, I had thought about taking out Charley because of the fact that she was seen as the leader. I was suspicious that I would not be able to beat her in the final two. When told that I had to make a big move to even have a chance in the final two, I thought this was my chance. I rallied with Charlie, and we took her out. If I had made the final two, with Charley, in my mind she would have easily gotten Ash’s, Trace’s, Jhet’s, and your vote. That’s four guaranteed, she would only have to convince one more jury member. That’s not very good odds for me in my mind.



Dallas vs. Jhet:

Jhet was the sole surviving Chitwan in the game. So if we look at the obvious fact of there being 5 chitwans on the jury, enough to give him the win. I’d also lose votes because of the fact that I would have had to betray fellow Khaptads for this outcome to happen. I’m sure I would lose at least two votes from the Khaptad jury members from that alone. Now let’s say that tribal lines didn’t matter at the FTC. I would most likely still lose. Jhet played a far better social game then I did, and had many more friends on the jury. Jhet would have destroyed me in every possible way at the final tribal council. His charisma would have worked wonders for him in his answers, and couple that with his friends, it probably would have been a unanimous vote.



Dallas vs. Des:

You were well liked by all. You worked the coat tail riding strategy much better than I did, and played a better game than I did. Your charisma is arguably not matched by anyone from this season, and you had friends on the jury despite voting them out. You played a loyal game, and juries always respect that. As we can see from your jury speech, you are a well-spoken person as well. Combine all of these together in one person, and we get you, a virtually unstoppable person should they reach final tribal council. I didn’t realize this until later, around the final four. Which is why I suddenly realized you were a jury threat, and while I’ll admit I was angry just because of spite originally, it did turn in to the fact that you were probably the biggest jury threat out of everyone left.



Dallas vs. Charlie:

This is the eventual combination that happened. I believe this is also the combination that gives me the best chance at winning. We both played similar games, and we both had to betray allies. However, I do think that Charlie played an unnecessary bloody game, while I did it because I had to if I wanted a chance at winning. Of course you may see it differently, but that’s how I see it.



The second thing I want to address is the fact that you said I left you out of the loop about voting out Charley until after I sent in my vote. This is simply not true at all, I had been talking about doing it the previous round, and once Ash left, I told you. The next chance I had, I wanted to vote out Charley, you wanted Jhet out, and I wanted Charley out. I understood you being loyal, so I told you that I was voting Charley and sent my vote in. I had talked to you about this before, and did not simply leave you out of the loop.



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">The third thing I want to address is your sentence here:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">“<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:black">So either you were lying to me beforehand and never wanted to see me at the end, or you’re lying to me now and the only reason you want me gone is unadulterated spite ”

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:black">You give me two distinct options, black or white. However, you left out all the shades of grey that go in between. Of course I was mad that you voted me at the final four vote, and of course you were mad that I voted out Charley in the final five vote. It’s the game of survivor, and sometimes you can’t stay loyal. I will fully acknowledge that what I did in public on facebook was despicable of me, and was in no way necessary. However, between the final five and four vote, the way people were reacting with the way I treated you told me something. Everyone loved you, you were the second favourite to win after Jhet in the final four. There was no way I could beat you, so that’s when it turned from unadulterated spite to you’re a jury threat. But saying I never wanted you in the final two is not true either. You were the third person I talked to in the game, and we talked a lot throughout the game. You became one of my closest allies, and to say I never wanted to see you in the end actually hurts me a bit, as I feel like it tells me you think I was faking all those emotions. On a personal level, I would love to see you and Charley in the final two. Hell, I would have loved to stay loyal to you both all game. But this is the game of survivor, and not everything is perfect for everyone. I realized I had to end my final three/two deal with you both if I wanted any chance at winning.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:black">The final thing I would like to address is me being called the apologist. You claim it was pathetic, and that I shouldn’t have been doing it. It was something I honestly couldn’t have changed, I was honest with you when you were leaving, and apologized for it. I apologized that I couldn’t stick with our deal. I apologized to Jhet when he was leaving in the final four, and I tried to be as honest as I could with everyone else. I felt like if it wouldn’t harm my game, there was no point in lying, at that point it would just be rude and personal. Apologizing is just something I do in real life. I’ve had my boss tell me that when I’m on the phone, I need to say pardon me, instead of sorry, can you repeat that? He tells me that I take everything that goes wrong as my own fault even if it’s not. I do it in the game of survivor, which is why I felt like I needed to apologize to people, but coming in to this FTC, I realized it had to be done to either get me here, or give me a shot at winning. I don’t think it’s pathetic at all, I think it’s just my own personality.

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<span style="color:black;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;line-height:115%;">Now that the peer review is complete, allow me to continue on to your questions:

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">'''<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I want to know about this Final Two deal that we had. Was it a sham from the start? Or if you did want to honour it, then why? Why do you think you would have won against me? '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:black">I can 100% tell you it was not a sham from that start. As I stated above, you gave me two very distinct options, black or white. And I explained why it was in between. The original reason I wanted to honour it was because I always prefer to be loyal then the backstabbing villain. However, if I had to switch in between them, or stick with one side the whole way, then so be it. Half way in between the final five and four round, it became a sham in my mind. It was a two sided blade, I realized I couldn’t win, and you voted against me. I would love to say it was all my fault it ended, but your vote against me was also a pushing prompt to end it. I know you had to do it because you felt like you needed to, to get to the end; but I can’t let you preach about how I was the only one that betrayed you when you voted for me twice, once while I was still planning on keeping the deal.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">'<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">If you were to get another chance to play   Survivor '', what would you change in your approach? '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Honestly, with you nickname that you gave me, Dallas the Coward, I kind of view my trip through this game like the yellow brick road. I made it to the end, and found out that bravery was in me all along. Throughout this game, as everyone has pointed out, I hid behind many people to make sure I would be shielded from all aftermath. While it worked to get me to the end, it hasn’t really been helping my case as to why I should win. I kind of see my adventure like the Lion from the Wizard of Oz. I finally reach Emerald City, and find out I had bravery in me all along. All it took was a lot of brow beating from the jury, to realize I could have been much braver throughout the game. If I had a second chance, I would take my new bravery, and play a much more aggressive game, and not be afraid of getting blood on my hands. I’d probably apologize about twice as much though.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">'''<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">I assume that you won’t agree that you played a coward’s game. Then what single word best describes your gameplay, and why? '''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:black">Safe. I didn’t make any unneeded moves throughout this game. I did what I had to do, and that’s it. I needed to get one round further every time to make it to the end, but I looked towards the end to see what would get the least blood on my hands. It was the safe way to play this game, and it involved me taking a lot less of the risks that some others have. It leads to disrespect about my game, but it got me to the end, so I honestly view it as a success.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">'''<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">4. Who   will  I vote for, and why?'''

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"; color:black">You’ll vote for me. You even said at the beginning of your speech, that you would vote for whoever performed better at the final tribal council. I believe my answers have consistently been better then Charlie, and that I have put in more effort than he has during this final tribal council. We have both received the same amount of abuse, yet he tried to give up, even if it was only for a couple of seconds. I have stood my ground, and not backed down, and I think you’ll respect that.

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