Board Thread:Season 24 - Cape Verde/@comment-25582244-20150404165047/@comment-26030880-20150404191037

'''did that alliance mean anything to you? '''Yes, that alliance did mean something to me. I basically planned to use it as a cover at the merge to vote out Pedro, get Alto down in numbers and then take my Corvos to the end since I had built a lot of trust with them. I didn't want to betray Lindsay for the sake of an alliance that I didn't have any part in making, and probably would have been the first person voted out of because I was seen as a challenge threat.

if we had a genuine relationship, would have that earned me a spot instead of Josh. Brayden, one of the things that I regret most about this game is that we didn't get to know each other sooner, since I think you're a great person, and it was sad that we went for as long as we did without talking to each other. However, I don't think it would have helped at final 3 if we had a good relationship. That would have just made it even harder for me to vote you out, since you were too big of a jury threat for me to want to sit in the end with. Also, since I made a final 2 deal with Josh on day one, the only reason I would have betrayed that is if I thought I had no chance against him in the end.

'''who were your alliances in the pre-merge, your overall participation in those alliances, and what helped you the most to make to the merge. '''Alright this answer is going to be a bit long. On day one before we got picked to get onto our tribes, I was in an alliance consisting of Evan, Josh, Konrad, Pedro and myself. I was also in an alliance with Josh, Nathan and Reed. This brought Josh and I really close since we were in both alliances together, so we decided we would cover each other's backs. Both of these alliances got me a bunch of info on the endeavors of the other tribes (ex. Reed told me that someone on Zaranha had found their idol). The alliance with Evan sort of self-destructed since he started targeting me on Corvo in order to build trust with Lindsay and Tyler, and in effect got himself voted out by Josh and I. Then Konrad was DQed, so all that was left of it was Josh, Pedro and I, which didn't do much other than Pedro occasionally telling us what was happening on Alto. The alliance with Reed and Nathan didn't do that much either since Zaranha was decimated pretty early. Those were the only "official" alliances I was in in the beginning, but I was strategizing with Scott and Emma on Alto as well as of course everyone on my own tribe. Within Corvo, I was pretty close with everybody. After Evan was voted out, I made an effort to get closer with Lindsay and Tyler, since they were the only people left out of that vote. Right after the swap, we made a three person alliance. Also around that time, I was included in the six person alliance that we were in together. As for my contribution to these alliances? Well, I used them to get more information than I was giving to them. I am a very loyal person outside this game, so after getting into an alliance with someone it's very hard for me to consider turning my back on them. I gave all of these alliances my loyalty until it was no longer in my best interest to do so.

1) Who deserves your spot in the F2? I'd say most if not all of the jurors have done things in the game to deserve it. I'm going to say Emma, since I think she had a really good social and strategic game.

2) What was the turning point in your game? It was probably when Lindsay told me she had found the Corvo idol right before the tribe swap, because it was at that point that I realized that I didn't want to stick with the six-person alliance. Lindsay showing me the idol confirmed to me that I had her full trust. Also, another more minor turning point for me was when Evan was voted out, because he tried to blow up my game and Josh's game as he left, and at that point I knew people were throwing our names around as possible targets. I had to work really hard to keep people's trust in me intact.

3) What was your biggest accomplishment in this game? My biggest accomplishment was probably getting Josh to keep Lindsay in the game and vote out Emma instead.

4) Why should I give you my vote? You should give me your vote because I feel that I've played a better social, strategic and physical game than Josh, for reasons that I've explained here and in my opening statement.

5) When is your birthday? March 20th :)