Board Thread:Season 32 - New Zealand/@comment-26233531-20160421050409

Greetings, Final Three!

I will start by imploring you to read and answer Kostas and Charlie's speeches if you haven't yet. I was tempted to just copy/paste 30% of what Kostas said and 70% of what Charlie said, since (believe it or not) I have cut down on my time spent ("spamming") in ORGs as of several days ago. But I am still here to complete my job as a juror. So I'll write a paragraph for each of you.

Chelsea: Prior to the finalists' "Vote for Me" speeches, I was definitely leaning towards voting you to win, and I think I still am. You voted out Kostas (the first person I wanted to win) as well as Brittany and Matt (who were probably 2nd and 3rd). Those were the right decisions. I didn't much like how you voted me out when pretending like we were still going to speak again later before the vote, but I'm not bitter, and you made it to the end just fine without my help. My question is simply this: Why did you not answer most of your questions at tribal council?

Faith: You played the most honest game, and I think that's what you were going for. Oddly enough, I was told it wasn't actually you who cast the "just in case Alex has an idol" vote the episode I was eliminated, and I don't really see the point in that lie. My question to you, however, is the same as my question to Chelsea: Why did you not answer most of your questions at tribal council?

Victoria: Okay, that was a joke I made awhile back in Ponderosa, and it I wasn't so lazy right now I'd have put Chelsea and Faith's manga in this post and then put a picture of Victoria from BB16 next to my speech to you. I hope you get the joke, Daniella, even if you don't agree with it. In truth, you played a better game than I realized. I went from 0.00001% chance to vote for you (basically you'd have to threaten me with a gun for me to vote for you) to a solid 2% chance to vote for you after Kostas came to jury and spoke well of you enough times. I agree with Charlie that it sounds weird to respect your 9/12 tribal answers... it should really be 12/12, but 9/12 is just so much better than Chelsea and Faith's rates that it has to be pointed out. My problem with your game is a different sort of inactivity. What is holding me back from voting for you to win is how little you spoke to many players in the game and (more importantly) how you got at least 2 strikes (I didn't go back and count) in this game. My question is: How can I vote for someone who cares about the game so little that they get strikes?'

You can see the theme with all three questions is "inactivity". Very fitting for someone who "spammed" the chat as much as I did in the past. But you didn't need to try as hard in the challenges or give as comprehensive answers to the tribal questions as me; you just had to try a little in challenges and write a short answer at tribal. Just a bare minimum expected amount of effort.

Make no mistake with my words -- I do believe you three deserve to be here. You beat the rest of us fair and square. I am just finding it hard to vote for a winner when I usually like to vote based on dedication to the game.

Best wishes to everyone - hosts, finalists, jury members, earlier boots, and viewers. I know I'm a little rough around the edges when it comes to conversation, but I really want to be on better terms with everyone.

For now I have some real life stuff on my plate, but I hope a few months from now I can return to the ORG communities and host something in a similar style to Survivor ORG sometime thereafter. Hosting is what I really love doing more than playing, but I do love playing too, and I'm glad I was able to do so here. I appreciate those in this community who have been welcoming of me. I will be back. 