Board Thread:Season 36 - Tikal/@comment-24603302-20161015220127/@comment-28511285-20161017075721

Linus: I think the only reason you're in the finals is based on immunity runs and after what you did to me why should I vote you?

And the only reason Marie and Joanna are here is because in my opinion you and Christine are far better players than they are since I had a major influence on the way the votes of the final 3 rounds played out. (Refer to my speech about the physical game being part of my strategy since I knew to play to my strengths in my response to John to see me really rant haha)

As for why I believe you should vote me. There are 2 reasons.

First and formost, I believe you should vote for me because just like you, I'm a fighter. Sure maybe it put a target on my head, but I was never one to sit back and let the game play itself around me. I wanted to be the one winning immunity, I wanted to be the one with a visible game so at the end I would have concrete evidence I could show as  to why I should win. Michael wanted me out since week f8 at least, and you know what, I wasn't immune  at final 8 and I wasn't the round after either, but I stayed because I knew Michael couldn't touch me if I was in with his allies and could get the vote on someone else! I was one who gave it 100% in every aspect of this game and I know thats exactly what you did. You were at a disadvantage I know do you a hand issue. You said it hindered your ability to do puzzles and it was physically painful when you tried. I can only assume even if that doesn't affect you on flash games as much as in puzzles, it still would hinder you to an extent. Despite this however, you still pushed through and did the puzzle in final immunity "just in case someone else doesn't submit at all". You still played Maya ball in that final immunity and came in second! You were clearly at the bottom at times in the game, but you used every aspect of your game to try and change that. I see that all in you, and I respect the hell out of that effort, and I believe when you look at your choices here objectively, even if you are mad, you are going to want to vote for a fighter like yourself. Not someone who couldn't be bothered to vote or submit,  not someone who gave up as soon as the numbers were against her until I practically told her "I'm voting with you because you are less of a threat to my game than Christine is". I think you can look at what I have done, being in the minority going into the merge, always having a target, but playing my ass off and getting to the end with lots of immunities that  I fought hard for, and lots of votes I was able to convince people to change off of me, and you will see that's how you played too, even if our honesty levels were maybe slightly different. I'll tell you what though, if I lost that final immunity, and you did vote me off, I would be your strongest supporter on the entire jury because I saw you had this fight in you and that's the person I would want to win!

Now, onto the second reason. This reason isn't as good, but it's because you along with John were my best friends in the game. I know you may be mad at the times I lied, and I'm not afraid to admit that within games I will lie about strategy or whatever, however I don't lie about friendships. I don't act mean to anyone because I think a little kindness goes a long way, but I obviously don't see myself as everybodies friend. Lets be real, friendships and  who you like always factor into who you should and will vote for at the end, and if  you don't vote me you know I'll continue to act like that annoying little brother who wont stop messaging you when you are busy playing Smite, but I do still believe that our friendship we had in game is a reason to vote for me because it was no trick or gimmick. This is especially true when you compare our relationship with your relationship to the other finalists. You and Marie were always at each others throats, and one reason I was always slightly weary of Joanna was she on multiple occasions called you and Christine bitches behind your backs to me, a statement that made me more than a little uncomfortable.

At the end  of the day though, vote how you feel is right, I hope I have made a convincing enough case for you to vote for me. However, whether you vote for me or not, I still want to be your friend, and I can't wait for the game to end so you can finally yell at me for betraying you since we wont  have to worry  about it breaking a rule about jury/finalist communication. Best of luck in Archetypes, I know you're gonna slay it!