Board Thread:Season 33 - Sichuan/@comment-27506297-20160601200207/@comment-27037064-20160602155417

I'm pretty sure you did the exact opposite of ever trying to get Jessy out. And I appreciate when someone criticizes my game. However, I get a bit peeved when it's basically being trashed it with incorrect ideas.

Now, when you say you won't bring personal relationships into your decision, I believe you. But I don't think you realize that your mind is heavily biased, a product of Jessy constantly reminding you that I was her mindless puppet. Or maybe you convinced yourself of that idea. I dunno.

I'd love to have your vote, but a few things need to happen in order for you to even consider voting for me. First, you'd need to reread the speeches and questions/answers and hopefully that opens your eyes a bit to my game. Then, I need to show you that I was not obeying Jessy's orders or whatever. After that, you'd need to appreciate that I was someone in the minority just trying to get by. Finally, you'd need to understand that the strategy of survivor is much more than making moves. It's about creating yourself an image that makes people want to keep you in. Making a move to eliminate someone is only a consequence of one's strategy. It is not what builds the strategic game.

I didn't have the pressure to build the necessary relationships to stay and succeed in this game, you say? Have you ever considered the fact that I may have built relationships on Chengdu, except they ended up being wiped out by majorities and I had to restart from scratch if I wanted any shot at staying in this game? Do you think intentionally saving my items for later, while vulnerable, was just a stroke of luck? Did you know I was the one who approached Jessy? (Which I'm pretty sure is the definition of proactive). Can you explain how a mindless puppy got himself and TSN in the final 4? Just saying, ideally I wanted TSN with me in the finals, that's why I tried to have you guys vote each other out at 4.

Now I'll answer your questions.

1. Using the idol on TSN at final 5. Which, I'm pretty sure, none of you wanted. I cement his loyalty, which is really important with so few people left in the game. Yes, it's underwhelming in your eyes, but you're looking for aggressivity in my game, and aggressive gameplay wasn't the best path for me. I mean, just look at the jury. Most of them were tackling the game head on, ready to make moves, and VISIBLY forming relationships. But yet, that didn't work out? Why is that? Think about why the tribe got rid of them.

2. Read my paragraphs above, as well as the jury Q & A. Just because you didn't see my social game doesn't mean it didn't exist.

3. I think I should be rewarded for the odds that I was faced up against, and still being here. And for employing a strategy that was different from everyone else's, yet still worked. For some reason, you think physical threats have it easy. Sure we are immune a lot. But what happens when we're not? You think we aren't close to the top of the hit list? I want to use final 7 because I think it's the best "showcase" of my social game. I can't really use anything else because "well you were immune lol" or "too early in the game lol". When you look back, it was so clear I should have gone home on that tribal. So I believe that staying in the game at that tribal was a direct result of the "influence" I was working on in the past week or two, by making everyone not want to get rid of me. (Yes I know you guys were unreasonably afraid of Aromal as well. I say unreasonably because it's been proven time and time again that no one listens to him).

And again, if you think I didn't play socially before final 5, you really need to get your head out of the sand. I have zero shot at your vote if you don't do that...

4. Mai - S: Resourceful - W: Not building a non-threatening image for herself

Priscilla - S: Everyone likes her - W: Shy

Yasmin - S: Inquisitive - W: Dictator-like approach? I feel like I need to explain this one because I could have been lied to. But a few people told me about how she'd basically get plans going without consulting her alliance first, and tell her alliance what she wanted to see happen with little concern over their arguments. And that was a key reason to why she got out.

Jake - S: Planning - W: Too trusting

Aromal - S: Crafty - W: Neglecting the trust factor

Vanne - S: Game theory - W: Hard to talk with

Erin - S: Assessment of the situation - W: Too threatening

TSN - S: Perseverance - W: Emotional gameplay

Alexa - S: Custom-designed personal relationships - W: Delusional