Board Thread:Season 11 - Polynesia/@comment-8210816-20140110043100/@comment-7785749-20140110044847

Seeing as how I didn't win, there is definitely a lot that I regret during my gameplay, but I don't regret the way I played the game. There's always coulda, shoulda, wouldas, and I know things I could've done to possibly preserve my position in the game, but holding on to those regrets really won't do me any good. If there was one thing I could change about my strategy or gameplay, it would definitely be that I'd approach cross-tribal relations more earnestly and try harder to make connections with the other side. When it comes down to it, I feel that not having strong enough bonds with Tuamotu was a contributing factor to my elimination. My most fond memory from this season is the group chat with the Full Blooded Rapas, because honestly there was a lot of fun in just talking with the others and bonding with them. Since it is a word that I myself had to look up, I feel reasonably confident that Trace came up with this question and not Ash. My most reviled memory from this season? Easily SockGate. It delayed the game, it got incredibly annoying when everyone felt like they needed to voice their opinions and make a statement on the matter, and it was definitely a turning point in Kacey's mental stability in the game that made me wish she actually was a sock so we wouldn't have to deal with how irritating she was being. Unfortunately like Ozzy, I think I will be remembered for my arrogance in confessionals that ultimately proved to be horribly mislead as I held no control over the game at all. However, I do think that I was ultimately more likable than Ozzy, becoming someone more like Malcolm with my confessionals and perhaps maybe a Penner-esque narrator of my own mislead thoughts of what was really going on in the game. I didn't have a grand opportunity to showcase my strategic capabilities, so by the cast I think I'll be remembered for my social game, and by the general viewing public I think I'll be remembered for my confessionals. I'd be lying if I said I thought anyone but myself was going to win this game. I just naturally assume everyone else to be idiots, and it makes no sense that an idiot would beat me to the prize. I knew that I definitely could win, but it seems that I forgot the important step of getting to the end. If I was placed on the opposite tribe, since I think of myself as a big challenge contributor to Rapa Nui, the win:lose challenge ratio might be more heavily skewed in the favor of Tuamotu. I might have been able to find myself in a good alliance on Tuamotu, and perhaps it would've been easier to find cross-tribal allies being on Tuamotu and approaching Rapa Nui. My position might've been better, I believe.
 * Is there anything you regret during your gameplay?
 * If you could change one thing about your strategy/gameplay on Polynesia, what would it be?
 * What was your most fond memory from this season?
 * What was your most reviled memory from the season?
 * What do you think you will be remembered for?
 * Who did you think was going to win from Day 1?
 * What do you think would have happened if you were placed on the opposite tribe instead of your original? (Pretend that you were the only one switched to the tribe, for example, if you were an original Rapa Nui, you were on Tuamotu instead)

Of course I expected my tribe to turn on me like that! At the time, I didn't think that they had - for some misguided reason I assumed that I was in a good position to continue on in the game - but at all angles I definitely expected them to turn on me at one time or another, simply because I would've turned on them in a heartbeat. I would've given Adam a hell of a run in the immunity challenges, that much I know for sure. I don't really know all that much about the merge game, but fighting strategically with my back against the wall is one of my strong suits in a game like this. The numbers would've been more in our favor with a 5-5 merge (the four merging from Rapa Nui with Phil) and the game definitely would've been much more interesting. My chances of making it to the end, knowing now that nobody wanted me there, would still he very slim, but I would never go down without a fight and you could count on one hell of an interesting merge.
 * Did you expect your tribe to turn on you like that?
 * If Rapa Nui had won the challenge, and you made the merge, what do you think would’ve happened?

Thanks for your time, and for a great season!