Board Thread:Season 28 - Generations/@comment-17738489-20151009134259

Hey guys :)

First of all, I want to apologize for making this so early without even waiting for your speeches, but I won't have time to do it later because I'm flying to Israel for a week tomorrow. I know it's annoying when probably most of my arguments are going to be addressed in your speeches, so I don't expect you to comment on anything I'm going to say. I don't have questions, I only have statements. As a determinist, I'm very skeptical regarding your chances of changing my mind at this point. And let's not forget we are still playing this game, and you are still going to lie if you think that answer will get you my vote, so I don't see the point of asking questions in the first place. I think I'll save my questions for you for the reunion, if I'll still have any.

The final tribal council is my favorite aspect of Survivor because it's giving the people who were voted out a chance to speak up and explain the finalists how badly they suck. And the finalists have to listen and take all the shit thrown at them because at the end of the day, the jury has to vote for one of them to win. I especially like these long, staged, heavily overdramatic speeches that rip people apart and bring them to tears, and this is what I had in mind for you tonight. Unfortunately, I don't have that much to work with. You guys didn't do anything wrong. The people who should be roasted for their terrible mistakes in this game, which go against any kind of logic or basic math, are all sitting on the jury. Some of them didn't even make the jury. I could write an insanely long speech describing in detail how every person on the jury played a role in their own elimination in one way or another. But this tribal is about you three, so no one is being roasted tonight. You'll have to wait for my nasty confessionals.

Yap, I'll start with you. We had maybe one or two conversations in this game, and honestly I'm not holding that against you. We were on different tribes, different alliances, I feel like I spent most of this game trying to get rid of you because I just knew you'll end up in the final three, so the fact we haven't talked much is not a huge factor in my decision. In fact, after watching your Rites of Passage I kind of regret that we never skyped, you seem like a really cool person. However, you will not win this season. I will be surprised if you get any jury votes at all. Your strategical game was fine, but you lacked the social aspect completely. I totally understand that you prioritized your life over the game. If I were sitting in your place right now and had to spend my vacation handling this jury, I would quit in protest. But here is the thing – if you don't have time to play this game to its fullest, it's better not to play it at all considering how many people would die to be casted for this season. This is something I always had in mind while I was playing, I was chosen to play for a reason and I would do whatever it takes so that if I end up in the final three, I'd win. You didn't do that, and that's why you won't win. Before I move on, I have to address something that was bothering me ever since I joined the jury, and that was people calling you a goat. You have been a goat as in jury goat, since you're not likely to get any jury votes, but you were definitely not a goat while playing the game. With the exception of Mihai and Charley, everyone on the jury had a chance to vote you out at one or more points in this game. None of them took it. You know why? Because each and every one of them wanted to sit next to you tonight and get those jury votes that you're not going to get. You were good as long as you were their goat, but now that you're somebody else's goat, suddenly that's not cool. It's a double standard that I can't stand, so that is a good argument for you if you have to face such insults.

Sam, I was going to address you in Hebrew just to troll you a little, but I decided that after such a solid effort in the final immunity challenge you deserve some rest. If I were basing my vote on who I like the most personally, I would definitely vote for you. But that wouldn't even be a fair game because it's impossible not to like you. You're adorable. I was your biggest fan back in the day and then you told me you're Jewish, it doesn't get any better than that. Unfortunately, this is not the case tonight. You're going to have a hard time getting my vote, because of the person sitting next to you. After you won the challenge I was so worried that I'll be forced to just vote for you and not even make a speech at all, but your decision to take Ricky to the final three shows me more than anything that his game was just better. Don't get me wrong, I give you full credit for everything you've done in this season. I do think you could've done more socially, but my only argument against your game is that it was not as good as Ricky's. Not even close. Out of the three finalists, you are the one I expected to see here the least. You received votes at 5 different tribals, more than any other player, but you survived. Had you not win the final challenge, you would've probably been targeted yet again. I think it takes some talent to have an idol that everyone knew you have, and still not play it through all of those tribals you were targeted at. I know how it feels because I was doing the exact same thing, until it got me. But Ricky did that too. When Jessy stole your idol - that was the point I realized Ricky is the one running the game, rather than you. That's why he ended up being the only one of us to successfully hold on to his idol, not to mention receiving the least votes against him. Ricky could have gone to end with me and Mihai, with Amelia and Molly or Yap and Kevin, anyone basically. The only person who wanted to go to the end with you was... Ricky. He had your fate in his hands the whole time. I feel like if I would vote you over Ricky tonight, I wouldn't be doing justice to this season. In the final tribal, it's never about you – it's about the people you're up against. With Ricky being the main factor behind your progress in the game (ironically, even at the one time he voted for you), rewarding you for his game is just not right in my book. However, I'm not counting you out just yet. There is in a fact something you handled better than Ricky, and that's the jury.

Ricky, what's good? I'm so glad I got to play this season just so I can witness the perfection that is your social game. I thought I played too many ORGs, but you are playing for over a decade and you definitely mastered it to a whole new level. Strategically, I don't see much difference between you, Sam and Yap, but the social aspect is what makes your game so much better. You had so many different options in this game, you worked with basically everyone, at every stage you did what you had to do and you did it amazingly well. After Amelia went home, I thought that you might have made a small mistake there, when you voted them out over Mihai. Then shit got real when Jessy stole Sam's idol and Kevin was about to flip, but you got out of it unharmed. The amount of time and energy you spent chatting and skyping with all of us is not to be taken for granted. I feel like you invested in this game the most out of everyone and that's alone a reason to vote for you to win. And then there's your alliance with Sam. Man, that was hardcore. I would never in a million years see that one coming. The reason why I didn't want to vote Sam out was because you (and Molly and Amelia) wanted her out so badly, and then you two are working together the whole time. I was so concerned with Yap and Kevin that I probably wouldn't have seen it even if I was told about it. Personally, we might not have been the closest in this game but I definitely enjoyed most of our conversations. You were fun to play the game with and I feel like this is the main reason why you did so well. And you have cats, cats is love. Everybody felt they were your friends, even when they wanted you out. You are very direct and impulsive at times, but at the same time you were always the voice of logic. Logic that most people who played this season didn't follow. While I learned a lot from you, there is one important advise I think you should consider adopting – be humble in this game. Be humble while playing your game, and be humble when you go to the jury and ask them to respect it. I think there were too many times when it would've been better for you not to speak up and explain yourself. Every word you say is ten times more destructive than a bad voting decision, which is why it's so important to pick your words wisely. The only thing that stands between your great gameplay and the title you rightfully deserve is a group of people, who are naturally biased and bitter. Your actions during the game could make them more or less likely to be biased towards you. I've been on Ponderosa for quite some time now and I'm afraid you might lose many jury votes because of things you said which had little to do with the game. I even heard you got into actual fights with Molly and Mihai. I hope it's not too late, because you should win this season.

I'll do my best to follow up and read your speeches and the rest of your answers during the weekend. I don't like it when jurors pretend to be undecided when they're not, so I'm being fair with you guys. My vote is Ricky's to lose. Good luck! 