Board Thread:Season 54 - Caño Cristales/@comment-33868704-20190818232908/@comment-38834507-20190819035249

Hey Su!!

Thanks for your questions and analysis! Before I get into your questions I'd like to touch on some of the things you said. I completely understand your perception of me "riding coattails" but I think i'd disagree with it a little bit. In my eyes, it was more so me using my relationships and connections to get me the things i wanted in the game without being viewed as a threat OR as if i was controlling other people. I think it could be definitely said that i was playing this too softly but that's because i really wanted to continue downplaying my game play and LOOK like i was riding coattails so people would think i wouldn't be a threat as we got closer to the final 3. Even as I started pushing more visibly for moves that i wanted (sending you home and flipping on Jayme/ Torsa, keeping Brian at final 4 so i could guarantee my safety etc. ) i kept trying to play up the act that i was just a "naive little girl who didnt make a single move in this game and could never be seen as a legitimate threat". I guess now the issue is trying to prove i actually did stuff after playing up being "useless" for so long lmaoooo. I think your perspection and analysis is totally valid but i do think there was a little bit more to it from my point of view.

Now on to your questions! "Why did you go far with bigger threats when you had the opportunity to go farther with people you were more likely to beat, like myself, Jerry, or Andre?"

I have two reasons for going further in this game with "bigger" threats. The first one is loyalty. Matt, Jayme, and I had our alliance for nearly the entire duration of this game and I wanted to stay loyal to it. I'm a loyal gal and even though they were both bigger players I was committed to them and there was no way I would send either of them home (and the idea of being the final 3 after all this time really set my little romantic heart a-flutter). Same goes for Torsa, we were in an alliance for a long time and I wasnt going to vote her out (until i had to rip) because of my loyalty to our alliance and also because i knew it would upset Jayme who i was even MORE loyal to.

Next up is Brian which leads me to my next reason, strategy. I was loyal to Brian in a sense not because of an alliance but because i genuinely like him and didnt want to vote him out. But keeping a player like Brian was more about strategy to me. I've been way too trusting in people one too many times and when it came down to the final 5, I realized that there wasnt much stopping Matt, Jayme, and Torsa from coming together to vote me out and secure their spot in the final 3 together. By keeping Brian who was a bigger threat around, i basically guaranteed my spot in the final 3. the general consensus was that Brian had a good shot of winning so there was no way in hell either Jayme or Matt would flip on me to go to F3 with Brian.

Another part of my strategy was about standing out from the people I would be competing with at F3. One of the main reasons I wanted you and Andre gone is that we all played super similar games. I wanted to be the only super UTR social player pleading my case so my speech would stand out more to the Jury. I envisioned that going up against you two would mean the Jury reading 3 very similar speeches and i knew that the game I played would stand out from the games of the people i played with near the end.

Now for your other questions: 1) I think my biggest flaw was that i played a little too soft and UTR at times. It's made pleading my case a bit harder because i have less "physical" proof of my moves now that I'm at final 3

2) I was gonna say that i disliked you coming for me but now that that whole misunderstanding's been cleared up, i really don't have much to say. I litterally thought you were coming for me this whole time so in the past i thought some of your kindness to me was fake but i guess I'm just a fool hahah. i'm not trying to cop out but like, i really have nothing about you that i dislike. You were just a really funny, kind, and cool person and i'm glad i got to meet you!!!

3) I'd say Brian! He played a sick game with a solid strategy and I really think he could have won this whole thing.

i hope that wasn't too much to read! Thanks so much for taking the time to write your speech and give some good questions. Love you lots, Lizzy G 💖