Board Thread:Season 28 - Generations/@comment-25567389-20151009034843

okay friends, let’s try to keep this short and sweet, just like me.

(just kidding - i’m 6 feet tall and the toughest person you will ever meet, fight me)

sam. first of all, i want to say that i’m pleasantly surprised by how happy i am that you’re here tonight. okay, that sounds kinda rude, i just mean that i did get frustrated with you a lot throughout the game and during my first while at ponderosa i was still kind of holding onto some of that frustration, but i’ve gotten over myself and i really am impressed and happy that you’ve made it this far. you should definitely be proud of yourself, and [takes deep breath] know that the dragonz are too.

so, in your opening statement you talked about how you played a decisive and proactive game and that you formed connections based on likeability. i believe this to an extent and i see what you mean, but i’m also kind of confused, because as far as my experience playing with you, i didn’t see those things very often. through the game, the main perception i had of you was that you were sort of a paranoid mess and you were frequently unsure or anxious (in the action/behavior sense) and also, often, passive. almost every time i asked you what you wanted to do or what you thought of something, your reply was “i don’t know” or “i’m nervous”. of course, there was a lot of your game that i didn’t see and obviously i don’t know anything about your relationships with other people. but i'm not sure what to think - was the paranoia and insecurity real, or was it just a facade? how did that play a role in your strategy?

ricky. okay, so not gonna lie, right after i got voted out i was pretty salty with you, for obvious reasons. then i was kinda impressed. after all, i had seen how well and how unabashedly you’re able to lie, especially on calls, and yet i let the same thing happen to me that i’d seen you do to several other people. then i went back to being annoyed for a while, because i remembered that one time when you were like “i’m not about lying, if i’m gonna stab someone i would rather be straight up about it and stab them in the front”. mmmmmm sure.

anyways, i’m over getting blindsided, and you’ve answered most of my questions in your opening statement. so i just wanna say congratulations on making it here, and on arguably playing the most dominant game out of the three people sitting here. however, it doesn’t end there, and that’s not the only thing that matters tonight.

the thing is, i’ve been very impressed with your strategy, and i believe you absolutely have been working very hard to put yourself in this spot since day one. you've played smart and made sure that things happened how you wanted to happen, and that's not easy to do. but this game isn’t just about numbers and blindsides, it’s also about how you treat your fellow competitors and how you conduct yourself and the attitude with which you approach the game. to me, attitude is a VERY important factor and one that i’m definitely taking into account tonight, and i want to be clear that i’ve not been thrilled with that facet of your game. even when we were working together, i wasn’t a fan of your cockiness and your constant + problematic commentary. i tried to make myself see it as funny and endearing so that i could exist in that alliance without mentally imploding, but the reality is that it made me very uncomfortable, almost every single day. being rude and arrogant and constantly calling your alliance members bitches isn’t really a thing that i appreciate, and it’s something i wish i didn’t tolerate while we were playing together. and let’s be clear, i’m not the only one who has this perception of you. surprisingly, a lot of other people don’t appreciate being treated that way either. just something to keep in mind while making your responses tonight.

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p.s. the only country i support is iceland so yikes @ that  