Board Thread:Season 45 - Molise/@comment-30451911-20180222083014/@comment-24830549-20180223145723

Hey Nat!

First off, just to get this out of the way, I want to respond to some of the things Declan said. Yeah, Declan may have “decided” that I would be the last member of the minority alliance in the game, but like I’ve said that was by design. That’s why I stuck with Elias and Jordan as long as I did, because I knew when I came down to it, people would vote those two out before they voted me out. I’ve mentioned that in several of my speeches I believe. I wanted Declan to think I was the best member of the minority alliance to take to the end, and it worked.

As for the confessional, I just want to make it clear that I never said it was THE deciding factor in why you went home. I said it was A factor, which it was, because Declan came to me and said he was being a sheep, Trey had to change his image and start being more open with people, and Jason voted with us. It wasn’t the only factor, or even a major factor. But it’s undeniable that that was a risk I took, and a risk that paid off.

As for the strategic prowess thing, once again that was entirely by design! I didn’t want to be perceived as a strategic mastermind, especially after the merge when it became clear that people like Jason were just gonna flip back and forth and vote off the biggest threats. So I didn’t want to come off as a threat, and I didn’t forcibly take initiative on votes. I strategized with people and I tried to get them to do what I want, but I didn’t try to appear like I was in the drivers seat.

Onto your questions:

For the first one, admittedly I think I lied to you a bit too much but I do think it was somewhat of a necessity, especially in your case. I’m not one to tell someone when I’m targeting them and maybe that’s a flaw in my gameplay but I never want to risk an idol play. You were the target for both post merge votes you were immune so I didn’t want to tell you the truth, and apparently for good reason, as you had idols at both those tribals. If I had told you that you were getting votes, you might’ve played it, and I didn’t want that.

So I didn’t lie like that to everyone, but I did lie to the people I was targeting. For example, you saw in Jordan’s speech that he was upset that I didn’t tell him I was voting for him. That’s just another example of that. When I target someone I try to keep it on the DL because I don’t want to run the risk of an idol play. Other than that I try not to lie too much (If someone asks if their name has come up and it has, i would tell them if it didn’t have much consequence to my plans, etc.) so I wouldn’t consider myself a serial liar, but more of a liar of necessity.

I do think lying in some cases is necessary to win the ORG. Izzy is an example of someone who was way too honest. She told anyone any time they were being targeted, she was basically a sieve of information, and overall she just couldn’t be trusted with stuff. This cast was a very honest and open cast especially in the early post merge and I think that’s why that part of the game was so crazy.

If we really wanna talk about lying, I’m not the player who basically lived a lie all the way until final seven. I was honest and open about my skills, even if I did lie to people when they were targeted.

It was a pleasure playing with you too! You were a great player who probably would’ve had a shot at winning if the cast wasn’t so scared of social players lmao. Thanks for the honesty in your questions!