Board Thread:Season 32 - New Zealand/@comment-1928659-20160421002928

What a season it has been.

What an amazing experience. One and a half motnh ago 20 people signed up for an adventure that none of us could even think of how it would turn out to be. It has been such an incredible journey, that I can actually call it the adventure of a lifetime. I consider the hosts and many of the contestands actual friends and I honestly have no bitterness for anyone, even if they stuck with me or not. We signed up for an amazing backstabbing journey and it is impossible to reach the end unless you play the best game. Yes, you may hear some bitter comments. But it doesn' t matter. You ladies did what none of us dudes could do. You made it to the Final Tribal Council. So who' s to say you do not deserve it? The person you voted out??? Pleaaase.

I am going to express in the following paragraph my perception of this game and its players.

We all were in a season in which everyone was trying to get control. I know 3 people who didnt try to do it, and all 3 of them are currently sitting on the Final Tribal Council asking for jury votes. It should have been apparent to everyone post-merge. This game was a power struggle among everyone. Even self-proclaimed goats, were nothing but goats. They were undercover survivors on a mission to cause chaos. Unsuccesfully one might argue, but definetely not a goat.

This game however, was set by 4 people. This game had 2 clear kings and 2 clear queens, who set the tone from day 1, made this season this amazing unpredictable awesomeness that it was and are responsible for all 3 of you sitting there. Through their games I am going to be able to explain everything that has happened and judge which of you played the best game.

King No. 1 is noone else but Alex. Alex is the king of the kings. Never have I seen a player work his ass of so much! He was never votable (except the irrelevant 3rd tribal) until Final 7. WHO DOES THAT? He made this game sooo competitive and set the bar ultra high. A bar that noone else will ever be able to surpass. We were all struggling behind him and we found his one weak moment in a month long game and cut his game short of the win. Alex may not have been the best socially. But if he was one thing, that was loyal. And some of us were stupid enough to be blinded by his strength and not see his true value. Alex may not have influenced who was voting who, but up until he was voted out, he was playing his own game, everyone else playing a different game the winner of which would face Alex. King status achieved easily.

Our first Queen is my girl Brittany. With the women falling one by one, there was only one girl that actually played the game as it should be played. Brittany managed to infiltrate the boys group, make close bonds with everyone and she got her girlfriends through the boys' paranoia. She is sooo likable and she had played such a clear game, that letting her go to the FTC would be suicide for everyone. This is the point where I myself was blindsided. Brittany was not only a good player, she was also a player who would never go against her word. Some of us were lucky enough to have her word, and were unable to recognize it, destroying our games in the process. Without Queen Brit, the highest placing girl would be 7th.

In Greece we have an expression "Ευλογάω τα γένια μου". It means I am blessing my facial hair. Meaning that I am arrogant enough to give me King status. Yes, I really did play the game to the fullest. I made a bunch of mistakes after F7. I know them now. I tried gettting to know everyone and I think I made it. I honestly think everyone that I played with is now my friend. I have been escaping being on the botton all the pre-merge game by giving it my all in every challenge and I was waiting for the right moment to strike. That was at the Brian vote, where I positioned myself in the center of 2 alliances. I consider myself the Goat Herder himself. Yes, I did try to rule the game. I actually did it very succesfully up until F5. But this game needed you to be calm and go with the flow. When you are creating the waves, sometimes you are too busy waving that you dont see what is coming from behind. When you are riding, you get speed, and you are unable to stop after you start. I had a number of goats, with every respect of the word. Yes, I had people' s votes, and it was proven on numerous occasions when I pretty much decided all the post-merge results (even the ones after me being voted out and the FTC itself). Daniella was my goat. My closest friend, the person that I will most likely keep in touch and some day meet from up close, the biggest shield one could have, was kinda my goat. I played it to my fullest, found 2 idols after extreme search that pretty much made me unvotable up to the point that I was voted out and decided our fates. I even (unwillingly of course) decided my eventual destruction. I can only be grateful for being able to play with you all, whether I played you or you played me and I  appreciate each and everyone one of you. This game deserves a queen to own it...

And the Final Ultimate Queen. The best Goat to have ever played the game. The person to have owned the goat game, by being EVERYONE' S GOAT. The one person who was the ultimate follower and the actual decided herself, '''DANIELLA. '''It takes guts to pull that off. You always knew what was going on, you always stayed on the right side of history. You were always around, always safe, always participating, never attracting attention. This is what I call a master game.

Dani I love how you owned you goat game. I would like you to tell us your most important decision. The point that you think was the make it or break it of the game for you. One moment.

Faith you girl are so cute. I reaaaally like you and adore you. And I admire the game you player. I just believe that you were dragged to the end, just because you were draggable. I wanted to see you fight!!! Instead, I got 5 lines of FTC please. I appreciate you trying to save me, but I am voting for the best player here. So I am giving you a second chance to make a FTC plea. Please, give us a 5 paragraph text about how you played the game and why you should win. One paragraph should include something to make me vote for you and not Dani, who has my vote currently.

Chelsea Just a tat short of queen status. Chelsea, I reaaaally like you and I hope we keep in touch. The truth is, you fliated heavily. And even worse, you are not owning this. You think you were this power player who controlled stuff. You weren' t. We all knew what your game would be and from a point onward we all wanted where you are sitting now. Sitting next to the eventual winner. So I need you to convince me, why Daniella doesn' t deserve my vote. Make me change my mind. Give me the most important decision you made that set your game up for the win.

My vote is currently on Daniella. It is so easily changeable however. Convince me please.

Once again, I had the time of my life. I love you all!!! Looking forward to sending hearts to each other and being friends. I will always remember this game and the amazing time I had.

-Konstantinos (Not Konstantios Szymon) 