Board Thread:Season 11 - Polynesia/@comment-8210816-20140110043100/@comment-24112421-20140110051850

I think I had a good shot at winning had I made it to the finals. I think I played a very strong game to get as far as I did, especially with the target I had on my back since the flop where I was voted as #1 on the Rapa tribe.
 * Do you think you could’ve won if you made it to Final Tribal Council?

I feel like this question is begging to make me sound like a bitter juror but what the hell. First I want to say that if anyone gets to the end they do deserve it.
 * What were your honest opinions on the Final Three?

I think everyone can agree that Val being around so rarely made her seem unworthy, so I won't really talk about that too much.

I think Adam got a lot more credit for a strategic game then he deserved. I don't really see any strategy moves that he made that progressed his game for the better and that was a big reason that I voted for Ted (which I assume by now everyone knows). Had he went into final tribal saying that he played a game that was based around his challenge abilities he would have gotten my vote, but because he claimed that him being in the finals was because of strategy I believe he didn't play that well.

Ted played a game that was based around options and I think he did that, which is why he got my vote. I don't think his game overall was that great but the game he played got him to the end and it was because of the game he planned.

Yeah I found the idol almost immediately after Dan gave my tribe his clue. The best part about having it without anyone knowing was when the rest of my tribe said how impossible the clue was and someone would have to be a genius to find it. It was also fun to pretend I believed people when they told me they had one (like alex) even though I knew the information they were giving me wasn't real because it didn't match my idol.
 * You were the first person to have an idol, you kept it secret for a while, but then you told everyone on the cast that you had it, why is that?

I decided to tell everyone I had it when my original tribe lost the numbers. I did it for two reasons. The first was to cause a little bit of chaos. The more chaos in the game that doesn't do any harm to me can only help me. The second reason was to make sure it would be a shield for me. There is two ways an idol can help someones game if used correctly- you use it to get someone out/save someone that you want or you use it to scare people into not voting for you. I knew I had a huge target on my back after the tribe assessment and the only way to not get shot in that target was to scare some people into not wanting to take the chance of getting out while trying to get me out.