Board Thread:Season 53 - Galápagos/@comment-28545345-20190613063348

Sorry I am LONG WINDED when I type. Oops.

First off I would like to thank the wonderful hosts for helping to make this season so fun and exciting! Secondly, I would like to congratulate you three for making it to the Final Tribal Council! That in itself is an amazing feat and you should be proud no matter the result.

Though, I know all three of you want to win and my vote is still very much up in the air.

I would like to continue by stating that although I had said some harsh words in the midst of the game, I do believe you all played a smart game and very strongly deserve your spots in the final 3. But, we do have to award a winner, and similarly to how I played my own game, I am not going to be holding back.

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DANIELLE, I want to begin by saying that your speech? Was atrocious. It was all rambling and the more I read, the more I felt content that my accusation that you did nothing all game was correct. Firstly, even though you may not be “good” at challenges, I was confused when you began to ABSTAIN from many of the challenges especially when you continuously claimed that people were targeting you. You didn’t even try in the FINAL immunity challenge where, even if your strategy was to lay low, wouldn’t have affected the result nor the target on your back.

To me, that shows a lack of effort and why should I award my vote to a lazy finalist?

You also stated in your Opening Speech that Me and Michael had fired at you first, yet if I recall, Michael was the actual original vote of your alliance. Only when we had heard that you guys were planning on splitting between me and Michael, as well as trying to flush my Light Pearl, did we come up with the plan to blindside Dwayne. That false claim has been discussed within the Ponderosa chat, and I hope you realize that your understanding of the game is EXTREMELY LACKING, just as I had said before I was booted. :)

Your speech also centers heavily around Thomas and Dwayne, which makes it seem like perhaps THOMAS was the brains behind the operation of you three, while you just followed. I am not impressed but I definitely can be.

I want to see your true game, because I know you did more than just be “loyal” to Thomas and Dwayne. Right? Or are you just the follower I thought you were?

So,

What is one move, besides forming an alliance with Thomas/Dwayne, that is integral to your game? Also, Rank the Jurors on Strongest Game to Weakest. I also want to question, '''that during my elimination, why did you guys make it so blatantly obvious I was the boot? Why not try to flush Lynn’s idol if everyone had known about it then?'''

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JAKE, Immunity KING. I think you played a pretty strong game, but with every person, there are flaws and I want to question them.

I truly appreciated your blunt honesty sometimes. However, it also did not always sit well for me. On multiple occasions you made me, “apologize” to you for random things and lies, yet you had lied to me and Michael and others multiple times? I understand its Survivor and people lie, but why make me apologize for playing the game?

It’s a little personal of a question but I cannot even come close to writing your name down after you had told me to apologize for lying to you about the Light Pearl, especially after Nora had publicly blown my game up. That’s the moment I stopped trusting you.

Truly, you tried to make me feel bad about something so minuscule, I am almost positive you forgot about it yourself.

But, this isn’t completely about me. I think overall, you played a great game. You were able to sit in the middle and vote with whichever side you felt was the best option for you.

Nonetheless, I think you OVERESTIMATE how close you had gotten with people. Your head might be a little too far up Horsef's ass to realize, as Lynn has stated to a couple people, that you guys may not have been as close as you had though.

My second question is, what makes you stand apart from the other finalists? And I also want you to rank the Jurors on how close you felt with them as allies during the game.

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SHANE, my second ride or die! Don’t think that just because we were close allies that you have my vote! We are looking for the Sole Survivor and I do want to try and award the player whos done the best game.

But being a close ally of yours has given me a great insight to your game. You truly have encompassed the theme of evolution, as I have first hand seen the development of your play style.

Honestly, if you look back at my confessionals you could see that I wanted you out in the beginning. Damn, things have changed.

However, I do feel you have been a bit lucky in how you’ve gotten to the end.

I think you have almost always been one tribal council away from getting voted out. A second NuPinta tribe loss and you would’ve been voted out. If during, OneWorld, we had an merge-style vote, you would’ve been gone. Damien on the original Pinta had been wanting to take you out too, which meant that you were not, almost never, in a real secure spot.

But you’re still here, and I truly strongly respect that.

But did you just get lucky?

I want to see where you believe the biggest flaw of your game was. Then rank the Jurors on how strong you felt their game was. -

Good luck guys! And truly, big congratulations! 