Board Thread:Season 32 - New Zealand/@comment-27051031-20160420162303

Hi everyone! I would like to start by first thanking the hosts for being such a wonderful group of people. I am still pretty new to this community and especially new to Survivor so thank you for being so patient and incredible.

Next I would like to address the players that didn’t have the chance to be on the jury. A lot of you were people that I trusted very much and people that I also really loved talking to not only about the game, but about our real lives and the interesting and exciting things we were doing. I am so glad I got to meet you all and I hope that we can all stay in contact once this game is over.

Finally I turn to the jury. Some, who think I am a goat, and others who are probably upset with me for turning on them. All of you are correct in how you feel. I was a goat, to a lot of you actually. But to use Josh’s terms, I turned on my masters. That is the reason I am still here. That is the reason why you should vote for me to win.

I’m not going to stand here and go through every single tribal and tell you every move I made because let’s face it, that’s boring to listen to. But I will explain my strategy a

nd why I believe that I am in the final three. I was a very under the radar player all game, while still being in the cross hairs of many of you. There were many times where my allies had told me that my name had come up for tribal but they were going to do whatever they could to change that. Luckily for me, it did change, almost every time. Which is exactly how my strategy works.

My strategy has two parts. I am a social player, and a strategic thinker. But I am absolutely horrible at challenges. Which is why part one of my strategy is to always make the most extreme and intense connections as possible with players who can win challenges. I do this so that they can shield me and will always be fighting for me to stay because they trust me and also, on a personal level, enjoy me being around. I dug my claws into people like Pav, Kostas, and even Berk towards the end. I had extremely real conversations with them that I hold dear to my heart. And they may have their own reasons for keeping me around, but they did! They always did whatever they could to help me stay in this game. However, this is Survivor, and I knew that eventually I would have to turn on those that kept me safe the whole game. Which is where part two comes in, changing from a goat to a wolf. I knew there was no way I could win against someone like Kostas, or Berk who have been such amazing players this whole entire game. I knew that I would be seen as their goat, because in all honesty, that’s part one of this strategy. So I made the decision to turn on them, a

nd to vote them out when I believed it was the best time.

But before I turned on Kostas and on Berk I made a move that was the ultimate betrayal. Ciere, Charlie, and Josh – you were all right. Brittany, Faith and I had planned to go all the way to the end together since day 1. When we were reunited at the merge we were all thrilled to still be here and we had a huge impact on who went home every week. I think what we did was pretty amazing. We easily could have been picked off one by one, but instead we created a strong alliance that kept us safe every week. But there was a problem. There was one girl out of the three of us that was the greatest player in the alliance, she was the strongest in all aspects, and would have instantly won if she made it to the FTC. And that person was Brittany. There came to a point in the game where I had the numbers to vote her out, and I did. This was the hardest decision I had to make all game, and I will always feel horrible for tearing our alliance apart, but I know in my heart, that it was the right game move for me.

I will end by thanking you all for this amazing experience. Coming into this game I was really worried because Survivor isn’t really my thing. I thought I was going to be the first boot to be honest! But as the game went on and I got to know each one of you more and



more I became completely attached to you all, and to this game. Thank you for all being unique, interesting, and absolutely wonderful people.

If you have any other questions for me please don’t hesitate to ask. I hope that I can win your vote!

Love you all <3

- Chelsea 