Board Thread:Season 43/@comment-32540862-20171031014426/@comment-26056991-20171031145517

Hey Felipe! Thanks for the kind words - I enjoyed playing with you a lot too.

Your question is somewhat similar to Audrey's so I'm going to give one answer here and one answer to Audrey (aka the two most important moves for my game). If you wanna check that out when it's up then go ahead :) but this answer is gonna be more about the social side of things because, as you said, that's what you value most.

So, I think the decision that got me here was voting off Lexi at the final four. That vote could have gone one of two ways; I could have just stuck with Lexi and caused a tie, which wouldn't have mattered to me as I had immunity, or voted off Lexi, who was the biggest threat to win at that point in time. It might seem like an easy choice just to go with the numbers, but I think it really was an important move for me.

I think the way I handled it was really indicative of the strengths of my social game. I approached Lexi as I was just about to hand in my vote and explained to her why I was going to do it. I knew there was not much she could do - idols were void at this point in time and Devon/Emily had told me they had locked in their votes. I believe I explained to her in a way which wasn't aggressive or trying to butter her up; I was totally 100% genuine. I also didn't apologize once in what I said to her. Previously, my social game has suffered because I don't own up to my moves or anything like that, but this time, I acknowledged it was a full-on betrayal and something selfish that I had to do to get to the end.

With Lexi going home, it meant I had a better chance at winning final immunity which I desperately needed, as she was really good at challenges this season. It also meant I gained the temporary trust of BOTH Devon and Emily, who I talked to more during and after that vote. I really needed to gauge where their heads were at during the final three and I think I did that well by sticking my neck on the line for the both of them and voting off my closest ally and friend. I also believe that the move demonstrates to you, the jury, that I was willing to do anything to win. I do think Lexi would have brought me to the end but I'm pretty sure she would have beaten me easily - as much as it hurt I had to separate the game from friendship and ask myself just how badly I wanted this. I think my social game really helped in the way that the whole vote-off was dealt with.

I think this move deserves your vote because, like I said, it demonstrates my social capabilities in this game in the way I handled it. I also gave myself a much better shot at that final immunity which I really needed, and I know you don't really like big moves and all that jazz (it is a pretty dumb thing to try and make big moves all the time haha) but it was a move which demonstrated my desire to win this game and show to the jury that I'm going to do what it takes to do it! It was a risky move which payed off exactly how I wanted it to.

If you need any further explanation then I'll happily oblige! Hopefully all of that made sense. :)