Board Thread:Season 37 - Archetypes/@comment-24603302-20161211235421/@comment-26867786-20161213013112

Hello Chris!

I'm not going to act like I was this super big mastermind and had every plan thought out and such but I did try my best to to make myself not seem like a threat. The reason I didn't talk to people is that I wanted to try to make it clear where I stood in the game and I wanted people to look at me and think that I wasn't a threat strategically and I could easily be taken out at any time since I wasn't this social threat so why waste a vote on me. I apologize to everyone who thought I was closed off from conversations and such, that was never my intention I'm honestly just boring unless I really know somebody so maybe that's why it looked like that. I think that not talking to people could be respected in a way because I was being honest and trying not to actively lie all the time if I didn't have to, to just backstab people in the end along with using that to my advantage to further my game with getting to the end as stated above. Part of me not talking to people to is that I just didn't know what to say and how to socialize with some people and that's definitely something I should have done better but that's part of the reason why I didn't actively message people but I tried my best to respond and have a conversation when someone messaged me from my perspective.

It was partly strategy for me. There definitely was some personal parts involved because I wouldn't just fight someone for no reason but for each fight I can tell you my meaning behind it. The first one with Ash and kinda Hunter was because there was a lot of tension between us I feel like and I wanted to get it out. The strategy part was that I didn't feel that secure in the "alliance" at the time that got Charley out. I figured by blowing up in the tribe chat then people would want to keep me because they'd be like "Oh, Jared would always work with me over them I'd rather keep him over _____" if they were to flip and such. I was able to keep my mouth shut when it wasn't a good game move at all. For example, when Hunter was talking about the jury votes and being honest I kept quiet because it could've ruined the game if I made it super obvious I had voted him and I waited until he said my name after the vote to respond. With the Alexa fights she started both of them(not saying that in a negative way/victim way just a honest way) so I fought back but it also helped me in the sense that it'd make people want to take me to the end with them because that was another jury vote I wasn't getting.

I apologize for seeming closed off to you, I definitely didn't mean to because I 100% planned on staying loyal to you and working with you up until close to your vote-off so I'm sorry for that. The reason I didn't "try harder" to look like "my own player" was because I felt like that'd be unnecessary. I don't really see how the pure social aspect with no game involved correlates to the sheep thing so I'm not talking about that but I felt like working completely 1 on 1 with anyone after around Sora leaving besides Brett and Claire would have been a complete lie. With Ash, Hunter, and Alexa I didn't want any of them in the end because I felt like they'd easily beat me and I wasn't sure about trusting them so it would've just been completely lying to their faces. With you I felt like you were already so close to Jamie so I didn't see anything completely 1 on 1 not involving the alliance would've been safe to do because you could've easily used it against me to Jamie later on. With Brett I felt like I really worked with him 1 on 1 like he told me he wanted Jamie out, he voted Jamie out, etc but I still worked with him and strategized with him because I knew if he got to about F6/5 he'd be a key player and he'd stay loyal to me even if Jamie went around that time. With Claire I started working with her once the re-vote for your tribal came and I told her whatever she had with Jamie was fine and I was still willing to work with her because at the time I wanted her in the end over Jamie. But overall I was not Jamie's sheep at all. She was my biggest ally but I would've voted her off in a heartbeat if it was to save me and there was times where I did what was best for me like when you went, at the time it clearly looked like keeping Brett over you was a bad move for Jamie and I still pushed for her to do it. If there's any examples(besides the social part because I'll admit my fault in should have working better on that but it seriously had nothing to do with Jamie it was just easy for me to talk to her on a personal level more than others) you have that made you or others think I was her sheep I'd appreciate the chance to explain myself with them.

Rites Of Passage:

I'm not re-doing the pre-merge because there was only 3 people I met and I feel like I was completely honest on theirs because there was no reason really for me to be fake.

Charley- I kinda knew you because we were in the same alliance for some ORG I honestly really didn't try in. I wanted to possibly work with you and get to know you more but I already heard that you were against me from other people because you were closer to my frenemies. I don't have much to say because we only spent one round together but yeah.

Emile- I don't have that much to say about you from my first ROP. We clearly weren't like best friends but I liked you and we were on the same side for both rounds you were in so I don't have any negative thoughts about you. I did throw that one reward challenge because I didn't wanna piss you off by going into your space but yeah you're one of the few people this season that I never had any rivalry or hard feelings with.

Sora- At first I was super pissed about you joining the game because I felt like it was another target on my back but I got over it quickly once tribe swaps came. You were always the logical person I could go to in the game when Jamie was being crazy or paranoid and that's what I loved about you. I had such hard feelings towards you during the Emile vote because you were going against me but when we talked after the vote I trusted you again and knew you were looking out for me. I really wish you would have listened to me about not trusting Ash and Alexa but sadly you didn't. Your blindside sucked because you were one of the few people I trusted 100% but it did help me in some ways because I didn't have to lowkey jump back and forth from you and Chris and trashing you to Brett made me get closer to him. Sorry you protecting me had to do with you getting voted out </3

Ash- Honestly I really liked you at the start of the season but you got too crazy for my taste. I was super anti-rebels so that had a lot to do with me disliking you in the game but then I also heard that you were against me many times(nothing personal). I felt bad for our fight because I wasn't trying to go on a power trip but I don't regret it because I was completely honest and I don't like how you go around things. I apologized to you to help my game and honestly after we talked a bit more it became sincere but we were just not going to work together. I don't see us talking at all after this season because even though it's a game I feel like we'll still clash outside of it with our personalities and such.

Hunter- I can honestly say you're the one person I didn't try at all with. We don't really have a relationship not even like a rivalry it's just that I didn't like your comments and I didn't find your jokes funny so I disliked you in the game. We probably won't talk at all after this season but I don't really think we'll hate each other either?

Chris- I went into the merge expecting to hate you, we didn't really have any relationship pre-game but I just for some reason remembering you as annoying. I was pleasantly surprised when we first talked and I felt like we connected a bit. I really planned on working with you long term and going to the end with you because I liked you as a person. I felt super bad when you were supposed to go and I didn't want to vote you out so I voted Hunter. I started to lose trust when Jamie would tell me stuff you said but told her not to tell me so I started to think about getting you out instead of staying loyal to the end. I didn't like you too much the tribal you went but overall I enjoyed you and you played a really great game and I respect you tons for it.

Alexa- Ah Alexa. We had such a rollercoaster relationship. I honestly wanted you to be my #1 on day 1 instead of Jamie but then the obvious happened. I really disliked you soon after that and I was completely honest when we made up but then we went opposite parts again. I'm not gonna pretend like I respected you the whole game, for the most part I truly disliked you and your attitude. I still don't really understand why you kept going against me in the game but that's in the past. You definitely were able to get me mad with our fights but I can respect it because you were honest. It could've been game but the round you went out I for some reason started to like you again in a way after hating you or maybe respect is a better word. Overall we were frenemies with a lots of ups and down, mostly downs. Maybe we'll get along more outside of the game because we do have a lot of similar interests but only time will tell.

Claire- Claire you are such a gentle soul. You were one of the nicest people in this game if not the nicest and you had a great social game in my opinion. I loved working with you for majority of the merge and I loved seeing you pop off when you did. You were one of the few vote's I actually felt bad casting and you were robbed. I hope they bring you back again because third time's the charm.