Board Thread:Season 46 - Kariba/@comment-34802226-20180414225919/@comment-34704154-20180415184726

Jake, you are categorically misunderstanding what I’m saying (again). I have never claimed that I have been in total control of this game; nor have I ever rejected the claim that at times I went with the flow to allow myself to slip below the radar. The difference between us is that I can accept that, but quite frankly you’re living in a fantasy world where you think you dictated every single moment of the game.

"She flipped back and forth, but she never stood up.” - Thank you for once again pointing out a selling point of my game; I have no shame in admitting that I flipped and I flopped a lot, but that is what enabled me to evade being targeted and evade being cut at f4 for being on the bottom of an alliance (because I was aware of my lacklustre social game at the time!). As with regards to standing up… I stood up and sent Drew home at final 9. I stood up, walked over to the other side of the tribe and campaigned to get out Becky at final 8. I stood up by myself and used my idol to its absolute limit to ensure myself safety after a target appeared on my back. I stood up and won final immunity so you couldn’t vote me out which I know you wanted to, and stood by my allies. But do you know what? I also sat down and that’s perfectly fine too. After leaning towards Dan/Becky, I sat down and let others decide who would be best to go, as I really don’t feel like it affected my game. I was happy to sit down, but that is something you simply cannot come to terms with which is becoming embarrassing.

"She voted correctly, but did she voted the way she wanted to?” - Yep, you’ll see in confessionals this was my ideal final 3 since early merge.

"Was her position on original tribes really that strong?” - Maybe not; but all that emphasises is the character growth I had from being the stupid goat to being at final tribal council today.

"On the note of the F7 vote, can we just talk about how strategically atrocious that was?” - Getting out the person who was voted playing the game the best in Touchy Subjects is a bad move? Nothing about voting out Louise is bad; what WAS wrong with voting her out is the way I went about it; but nothing knew there.

"It’s part of the reason she was so ineffective with him at F6. She told him his actions were “unredeemable” and he felt burned when she needed more friends than enemies.” - Perhaps, but did I need more friends here? I fooled everyone here with my idol bluff so I was able to work around this weakness in my game here effectively.

'“And on the note of voting outcomes that weren’t the best for her game, I maintain and I think the jurors would agree that Hals would have been a killer threat at FTC and Roisin gave her the chance to be here with her. And considering Roisin explicitly told Vincent one of the reasons she was hesitant to vote me was because I could win a tiebreaker and “strengthen my case”, it’s interesting that she went to the exact opposite narrative in her speech and it undermines the confidence she “had” that I would have won.” '- I gave Hals a chance to be here today because she was my ally from day 1. I gave Hals the chance to be here today because I knew you would beat her in a tiebreaker. I gave Hals the chance to be here today to win her support sitting on the jury. I gave Hals the chance to be here today because your social game was too weak to secure my vote. Is that enough reasons?

Why was her speech so concise about pre-merge? - The reason I spoke little of my pre-merge game was because there really wasn’t much to say… like, I worked well with my tribe and won 4 tribal immunities in a row? I created the relationships that enabled me to be in the position I was at f9? Like, I don’t know what else you want me to say.

"yet she made no mention of her social game in her speech other than to say it was a foundation for strategic bonds” - In my speech I specifically reference my social game being undermined, and I clearly regard it as the worst part of my game.

"She received no votes across the game. Let’s keep that tradition up tonight.” - looooool okay I’m not gonna do salty jabs like this, but sounds like this “stems from insecurity with the game you’ve played!"

I hope the number of examples I've negated here reflect the extremely emphatic language Jake has been using to bolster his game. I’d just like to close this by saying I have been totally honest with the game I’ve played, as I feel it can be worthy of a winner’s game. I have not tried to exaggerate anything, I’ve been aware of my game’s drawbacks and I have acknowledged and discussed those in depth. I feel like I have put honesty and vulnerability into every jury response I’ve made, but I have not felt the need to use such hyperbole as Jake; he’s trying to make his game into something it’s not. I have no wish to portray my game in an inaccurate light; I have just tried to present it as well as I felt possible, and hope the jury can respect that over Jake’s game.

Thank you if anyone's reading this ahaha! Xx