Board Thread:Season 45 - Molise/@comment-28340190-20180222031416/@comment-24830549-20180222181132

My response to Declan's response to my response to Declan's response to my response

Declan did suggest that I should've made different moves than I did in order to exert control and whether he meant in a subtle way like he supposedly controlled things or in an overt way like other people did wasn't clear, but I think if I had done that, it would've been obvious, and I would've been voted out. There's no way around that, that's just how the game was played this season.

As for the thing about me being able to flip Trey and Jason if I had a better social game... No. I literally tried everything to flip you at nine, Jason, did I not? I tried a logical plea, I tried an emotional plea, and I tried a social plea. I tried as hard as I could to use our relationship to flip you, but you didn't flip. I think you can attest to the fact that you were not flipping on Trey and Nat no matter what at nine, and it had nothing to do with my social gameplay. You said it yourself: you just didn't want to make people mad. It wasn't because you didn't trust me, it wasn't because our bond wasn't strong enough. So I don't think it's fair at all to pin that on my social game. As for Trey, Trey was playing his own game and I don't think he was gonna work with Jordan or Eli under any circumstances. I don't think my social game was at fault because I didn't flip Trey and that suggestion is frankly just plain wrong.

Once again I DID vote for Nat at final 10, and Eli wasn't right to pursue a fifth vote because we could've done it with four. Before our plan got leaked I believe the worst case scenario was that it would be 4-4-2 because Jason and Aaron weren't flipping on each other. In a tie scenario, you would've voted with us because if you didn't, Aaron would've gone home. So we were fine with four votes. It was AFTER Eli went for the fifth vote and our plan got leaked that the vote went crazy. Prior to that, four would've been enough. As for the long list of failed votes, besides that, what failed votes did I "contribute to" with my poor social gameplay? I had strong social connections and I used them as effectively as possible. Sometimes people are just straight up stubborn.

Aaron, Nat, Trey, and Jerry, sorry I keep getting sidetracked lol I'll get to you asap.