Board Thread:Season 11 - Polynesia/@comment-24112421-20131220223538

So just about every time a non-American was voted out the comments page got filled with conspiracy theories about how this season had an American alliance. I can't speak for everyone in the game but my game in no way was influenced by where people were from. I voted off for who was best for my game and here is why I made the votes I did:

Stephane: Everyone thinks I pushed for him to get voted out because he started to play all sides, but that wasn't the case. Stephane got voted out because I made a mistake. The first couple of days playing the game I had a bunch of group chats going on, one being a group of 5 people wanting to make a majority alliance: Me, Mitch, Kacey, Stephane and Phil. I wasn't 100% feeling the 5 but it would let me have a big say in everything that happens. I decided I wanted to trust Eden and Kevin, so I told them each about this majority alliance, would let them know who was part of it and use my position in it to keep them safe. My mistake happened when I thought I was talking to Kevin about who was in the 5 but was talking to the whole Rapa Nui tribe. Some people got suspicious but Stephane was the one who knew exactly what was going on. I couldn't have someone in the game that knew I was talking to everyone in the tribe so I had to rally to get him out. I pushed the fact that he was playing all sides and got the votes to get him out, even though Val didn't turn in a score. Throughout the game everyone kept saying to me they thought that choice was bad, and for them it may have been but for me it was necessary.

Moly: didn't vote her.

Dan: Dan was just very unlucky. To get the numbers on my side I pushed for the idea that whoever they put on abduction island we take and vote out at our next tribal. It could have been any player from the other tribe that was voted out in this spot, it was just bad luck for Dan that he was the one sent.

Kacey: The plan was to get numbers on both tribes after the swap, but with Val flipping we lost those numbers on one side. I didn't vote out Kacey though.

Alex: Originally Alex wasn't going to be voted out here it was going to be Bob, but Alex started to play really hard and tried to get the 4 Rapa Nui to turn on each other. If he had just excepted that one of the his 3 were going it would not have been him, but all of his lying and scheming got him out. Plus he got REALLY bitter.

Carby: I didn't have a say in his vote off.

Chris: Again, this spot was going to be Bob, but Chris started to go crazy. He was pissed off and cursing me out so it made it clear to me that he would NEVER work with me if he was already this pissed. So again, someone took Bob's place in the pecking order.

Mitch: I think this was the one most people were interested in even though he was American. Mitch wasn't voted off because of him being to much of a threat, or even because anything he did himself, it was what the other two (Eden and Kevin) said to me that got him out. Mitch wasn't online to talk but I asked both Kevin and Eden who they wanted out and they both said each other. I knew we were going to merge soon and we weren't going to have the numbers so most likely Rapa Nui's were going to be taken out one by one and I wanted all of the Rapa Nui that were going into the merge to trust me over any other Rapa Nui. If Kevin and Eden both wanted each other out here but the 3 of us went on that means that they would both side with me over each other.

Aaron: When we finally merged I started to get word that people thought Aaron was going to be flipping to my side. I don't know why people thought this, Aaron made it clear to me that he didn't want to work with me after he ignored every message I sent him, but this threat of a flip was the first thing I needed to save some of my numbers. I played up the idea that he talked about flipping to my side but wasn't 100% sure if he would, basically saying he was playing both sides. So I went to Adam with a plan to take the swing vote out of the game.

Eden: I didn't want Eden out and I didn't vote for him. Rumors that I have heard were that people viewed him as my closest ally so they wanted him out.

Phil: Basically the same idea as Eden.

Maya: She was the same idea as Aaron, except she actually did come to me about flipping. The problem was after Eden got out she told me she didn't want to work with me and felt bad for lying. Again, it was a person who was a threat to flip but I knew never would, so the best move was to go to the other side and offer the same deal as what happened with Aaron.

Kevin: I didn't want him out and didn't vote for him. He was voted out bc he was my last ally and my idol made me immune.

Bob: I wanted one of two people out here, Bob or Adam, but with Adam's idol I knew it wasn't going to happen. I was pushing Bob and Ted to vote out Val (before I won immunity) because I knew if I pushed for Adam I would get out when he played his idol. Once I won immunity it was a free shot at Adam; if he doesn't play the idol Adam goes, if he does Bob goes. Had I not won immunity either myself or Val most likely would have gone instead of Bob.  