Board Thread:Season 12 - All-Stars/@comment-3966394-20140216170807/@comment-4062486-20140217032116

Hey Jhet!

I think I deserve your vote over Ben and Lloyd because I have played a better game than them.

In the beginning, both Ben and Lloyd were sort of in hiding. Nobody viewed them as threats - and many people didn't even actually know who they were. Lloyd was the most invisible out of the three and didn't actually show up til the game had already been going on for a few days. And even when he did he missed out on an immunity challenge and sent us to Tribal again.

Lloyd already in the beginning was a player you see go early on in seasons. Someone who doesn't help the tribe get ahead and win challenges. He was the weakest link of Zuma, although we ended up saving him then.

Lloyd in my opinion hasn't played much of a game. He hasn't made a move on his own, and did what someone else wanted til the end. I guess that's a way to survive, but that's really not how you play Survivor.

Ben however was more active, but in my eyes he didn't really have a clear strategy. He hopped from one alliance to the other and was often considered as a vote basically. We often heard stuff such as "Oh Taylor's gonna get Ben to vote this and that". At your vote off Ben was also majorly deceived since he thought we were all going to vote for Uli.

Ben to me was like a character that comes more into the story mid-way. No one really noticed him before the merge, and therefore it was very easy for him to get ahead in the game. He just slid right through under all those threats without no one really noticing.

I myself however already had to fight for my position in the game pre-merge. Together with Adam, I pulled off one of the most major moves which was eliminating Ash. I had to also suffer a lot more emotional damage than both Ben and Lloyd, but I am still here today. Out of them three I have had to fight the most difficult battle. For Ben and Lloyd the final three was mostly a slide, because there were people who wanted them in the end. As for me, although I was never eliminated, I still knew that getting to the end wasn't going to be easy for me.

Throughout this whole game I worked with a lot of people and formed quite a lot of bonds. I formed alliances on my own which isn't something Ben and Lloyd really did. They let other people do it for them mostly.

Both of them could have been eliminated at one point or another, but were still kept in the game because they weren't viewed as threats. Since I was one of the people who was, one who quite a few people didn't want to take to the end I'd say that me getting here shows I am a good player because it required more work on my part.

Yes, I made mistakes in the game, but it's not like theirs was flawless either. I improved the way I played in my original season much more than they did. Ben and Lloyd were both still underdogs like they were in their seasons, I however was a much more leading player this time. I strategized and socialized with them and also outplayed them in challenges. On the three stages of Survivor I feel I have done the best job out of the three. I didn't do that last time. I did outplay and outlast a number of people, but I didn't really outwit anyone.

As for those single words you asked us to use:

Me - FIGHTER. As I said before, I didn't play a perfect game. But what I did was fight til the end. I took a lot of blows in this game and the fact that I am still standing here shows that I am both strong as a player and as a person. Not all people would have the stomach to fight til the end.

Ben - GLIDER. Ben easily glided through the game, getting through the Tribal Councils easily. The fact that he received no votes really shows that he wasn't viewed as a threat really, and it was easy for him to pass through when real threats were eliminated in the game.

Lloyd - SHEEP. Out of us three, Lloyd was the one who played the worst game and only did what someone else wanted. He remained like that til the end - and only voted Andrei out of the game because Ben did the same. I think that move already shows his sheepishness.

Thanks for listening!