Board Thread:Season 34 - Cyprus/@comment-5357455-20160726124232/@comment-27941254-20160726230947

QUESTION: Tell me how you impacted this vote and how you got past this tribal council on your own merit.

RESPONSE: I think there's a miscommunication here because I've admitted somewhere that I wouldn't have been here without you and Eva flipping. My strategy was to be social, and honestly if we never bonded as soon as merge happened, that tribal could have turned out differently. However, that's NOT why I consider why I impacted that vote. For DAYS in the game, I have told Alex nonstop about having to vote Ci'ere because of how much of a threat he was, he was a complete wild card. We were at each other's throats considering how people would ask me "Why Does Ci'ere Hate You?" and questions similar to that. My impact was putting the target on Ci'ere back, and you can even ask Alex about that because he knows my whole story with Ci'ere. Afterwards, Eva made my point even stronger when Eva told me he had the idol. Once again, tribal would have turned out WAAAAAAY different without you two especially, and again I can't thank you enough for it.

Also, I would like to correct Mai on three things. FIRSTLY, the who duo thing. Whether you guys had a deal or not, it just seemed very coincidental that you guys pretty much always voted together and whenever someone told Shannon something, it somehow ended up going to you. I'm not saying you guys were like a dynamic duo, but you guys did seem to fit the qualities of a duo. SECONDLY, regardless of whether you were immune or not while make those "moves" has NO MEANING. There's literally no correlation there. If anything, you would have been voted off 8th in that case because you're only here due to a self-vote. FINALLY, The final four tribal does not count as a "move" either. Shannon was clearly going to vote Estefana over you due to their relationship compared to both of you. I easily could have voted Estefana, but I didn't because I gave her my word and I wanted to give her a chance to beat you. So if you're considering winning a tiebreaker a move, then don't.

Now for the second part of the answer, of how I stayed in power for the game.

Well, I had various factors. First being the light pearl. It was my go-to item from the auction because no one would go for it yet it's such an advantage when there's barely a handful of players left. It definitely played a factor of my game because I always tried to stay under the radar, with that shielding me as well, no one really bothered to take me out. The next factor is obviously the challenges. Like, I can go on about how I didn't stop at anything to win those challenges, I'm serious when I said I went crazy for them. I had no boundaries. I literally did whatever it took to win, I can't stress that enough. Some may say immunity isn't a big deal, but I think it proves that I fought SO HARD to get my spot here, evidentially more than the others. And for the final factors, which I guess you can say went hand in hand, are loyalty and my strategies. So you know the whole case about Ci'ere leaving, so I'll explain the rest. Also, yes I did vote in minority but I got fucked over because of Shannon ratting out information or something along the lines of that. But I always had a plan when it came down to it. For example, the Eva vote. I knew I would have to let her go at some point, but the time came early when you both were caught playing both sides. So, clearly Eva was more likable for her humor but I wanted to keep you because of obvious reasons. There like I did for a lot of tribals, I planted seeds into people because those plants blossomed. I told Jimmy, somehow it got to Alex, and it became a whole chain. The next notable tribal was when Jimmy left, and we were so CLOSE to sending Mai home, but I got screwed over because Jimmy sadly was busy and couldn't vote in time. The next notable tribal council was when you left. I had you and Brittany by myside and Mai was set to go home. Again, I didn't stop at anything so I thought of that crazy plan to vote last minute in the event she used that vote spy thing and ended up idoling herself. It was a crazy plan but it should have worked if the word didn't get around. Also, that minute we found out she played it was pretty fucking iconic LMAO, and you know the reasoning why I voted Shannon that tribal. My third example was when Brittany left. I knew the idol I had was fake along, I found it right after when Alex told me he found his, I was planning to bluff this idol in the event I lost immunity, but that was never the case. I pretty much had it to do damage control. So therefore I thought of the plan to buddy-buddy Mai. Get her to feel safe, and tell her I would idol her. I didn't tell Shannon, AND I TOLD BRITTANY NOT TO EITHER (and she didn't, thank god!), and we were set because Estefana was with us. However, Estefana did what she needed to do, and she knows damn well that she regrets that move because it got her the final spot in jury. She knows she should have listen, but overall I had pretty solid plans, but I just always got screwed over by something small. So in a way it benefited me because it did show those who I gave my word that I was 100% legit with them. Brittany, Rob, Alex, Jimmy, Toby you can all prove that damn well. So yeah crazy and solid plans, just screwed up. Like Alex said, when something didn't go my way, I didn't blow or be bitter about it. I tried to take it as an advantage in any way possible.