Board Thread:Season 39 - Morocco/@comment-28848947-20170402213819/@comment-30071826-20170402232206

Hi Zakriah Zanidakis!

I want to address your Worlds Apart comparison first, and then I'll get into your personal question for me.

I totally understand why you would be upset with me about everything that went down. If you remember, one of the first conversations we had in Zibaq Chat was about Sumbawa and how none of us wanted to be a part of something like that. I think your comparison to Worlds Apart is a valid one, but with one exception. The instigators from WA (Dan Foley, Will Simms) made the whole situation worse because they wouldn't admit to their actions. That's the difference here. I have done lots of self-reflect on the drama this season, and in both my Rights of Passage and my Jury Speech I have made a real genuine apology. Now we all know apologies don't magically make things better, but I think it's the first step in personal growth. From his speech and my discussions with him since, it truly seems that Will has no regrets about how he has handled things. He might apologize after reading your question, and if he does I hope it's sincere.

Now on to our personal relationship. There must have been some sort of miscommunication about you wanting to vote Brett. I truly assumed that was your goal for that round. I had always thought our conversations were very organic and felt really natural to me. I figured if you were having these good conversations with me, why couldn't you be having them with everyone else. I thought of you as a dangerous social player. I did not vote against you because of "nonexistent social game". I was just trying to keep the people that I thought were loyal to me safe. The final 4 idea was before I assumed that you wanted to gun for Brett. So once again, just a little bit of miscommunication.

I think you should vote for me because I really do believe we made a good connection. I think we both have learned a lot about ourselves from this game, and I hope that we will both make changes so we are never in this position again. Thank you for your input and giving me another opportunity to reflect.