Board Thread:Season 7 - Revival/@comment-3195570-20130817114156

Okay, Hi, I’m Maxwell. Otherwise known as the guy nobody would’ve expected to be here, hi. My opponents, Lloyd and Gerard did play good games, but their fates in this game depended on my votes on numerous occasions. It does sound cocky and I don’t like sounding like that, but for the most part it is true.



Now, before I get further into that, I shall do a recount of my game as I remember it. When the cast was released, myself and Gerard formed an alliance with Orange and Summer dubbed the “Total Drama Alliance”, as we all four originated from the Total Drama Tri-Wiki state. Then add in Brendan, Will, and Chris and you get the “Old Regreso Alliance”, as pre-team picking, the majority of us were on Regreso. Either way it didn’t have a formal name, as we didn’t have the chance to name it. Since all of a sudden we’re hit with a surprise tribal swap, where the two voted out, Ometepe and Jastine, picked the teams, where I was the eighteenth and final person picked for a team...



..it wasn’t a good feeling, to say the least.



Now I am on a tribe, completely isolated from my original allies. What is a guy to do? Thankfully, Adam actually wanted me in his majority alliance known as “The Mad Monarchs” which consisted of him, Courtney, Bailey, Ralphie, and Lloyd. I joined them since I can’t exactly refuse an alliance that controls half of the vote, right? Well just as I was feeling comfy (or as comfy as I allowed myself to be), the Regreso tribe decided to kidnap me for the cycle. Normally, this would mean certain doom for anyone, but I went to The Pyramid and got an idol, and I had alliance members on that side, so I naturally sided with them. We were set to have the majority, but someone (who I’ve assumed was Chris) flipped, and caused a tie, I didn’t break from my alliance in a very balsy (and perhaps fairly stupid) move, and saved Brendan from elimination... at the cost of my ally Summer, who then revealed the whole thing about his dead friend was a lie.



Then I was shipped back to Vuelta, where my true tale began... The Mad Monarchs were set to take out Joshie, a supposed outsider. But for some reason, I, along with who I presume to be Ralphie, were left out of the loop and Adam was blindsided 6-3. Now I have lost the trust in these people I previously had, and I’m almost certain I am next to go. It didn’t help that Bailey gave a very vague and ridiculous answer to my questions. At this point am I completely certain I cannot trust Bailey and his allies.



So I made my arguably most controversial move... I flipped to the Regresos. I understand how many people would be mad at this decision, but I do not regret it, I know it was the best move for my game, let’s expand on this later, for now, let’s continue my tale.



On pre-swap Vuelta, I was doomed, and with this tribal swap, the tribe was getting thoroughly bogged down. With this eleven (if I recall correctly) person tribe, I would have no way of surviving, and it would just be way too unpredictable. But with yet another stroke of luck, Brendan mutinied to Vuelta, causing the tribal swap, where I was finally able to grab this competition by the horns. So, thank you for that Brendan, it helped me out tremendously. Now, with the tribal swap, I got put in an odd position, I had Bailey and Alex on one side, a previous ally who betrayed me and his supposed ally, and I had Will and Duy on the other, both were willing to work with me and Will had even been my alliance member on the original alliance. Well, I was debating both sides, then I believe it was Will who told me that Bailey had suggested me as a target. I knew then that I had to use my idol at that tribal. Then, I hatched a plan to ensure both me and Will’s safety no matter what. We were pretty much sure Duy was with us, but we weren’t entirely sure. So we decided to make this tribal a test for Duy, if he votes with us, great. If not, we can’t trust him.



Thankfully enough, Duy didn’t vote against us, but at the cost of my idol. It was a noble sacrifice no matter what some people, I made sure I had a stable alliance. So when we lost the next challenge, Alex was the easy target, and we took it. Now we were in a predicament, all three of us were allies, and we lost for the third consecutive time due to the late merge. This isn’t good, myself and Will decide we have to cut Duy, however Duy wasn’t gonna take this lying down, he used his idol, and took out Will. I was honest with Duy before the boot, so he trusted me over the apparently more sketchy Will, so he was willing to trust me and work with me. At this point myself, Will, Gerard, and Chris had formed a final four alliance called the “We Exist Too!” Alliance, named as such due to us being four of the lesser players popularity wise.



<p class="MsoNormal">Okay, merge. We’re almost there kiddies, just a little bit more. At this point, myself, Luke, Duy, Gerard, and Chris decided to form a majority alliance, and Gerard mentioned to me that Joshie was gunning for me, so I talked Joshie down from that and pinned his alliances vote onto Gerard or Luke, just to make sure I have all my bases covered. Luckily, the “Final Five Alliance”, as we dubbed it due to our plan to Pagong the Vueltas (sans myself, of course), and become the final five, and for the most part our plans were working, eliminating both physical powerhouse Wojtek and social threat Courtney, leaving the (obviously) underestimated Lloyd as the last of his alliance.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Lloyd then started winning immunity, after immunity, after immunity... well this certainly wasn’t anything we were expecting. So I had to secure my spot to make finals in case Lloyd kept winning, which he evidently did. But in the final six, I had NOBODY gunning for me, Luke wanted Duy out, Duy and Lloyd wanted Chris out, and Gerard and Chris wanted Luke out. I was in a position of absolute safety and power. I controlled the votes for the most part at this point, putting ideas in people’s heads, which caused a domino effect for the most part.

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<p class="MsoNormal">The final four comes around, and I try my best to win, but I failed. At this point, I was sweating this vote, what if Lloyd and/or Gerard turn on me and vote me out? I campaigned for Chris to go, Gerard helped me with this. I deterred Lloyd’s vote off to Gerard, and Chris voted me out, as he was closer to Gerard than me.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Now, I am sitting here in a final three with Gerard and Lloyd. These two, while worthy opponents to anybody. I feel as if I have outplayed and outwitted them, and that my moves have been pivotal to them remaining in the game. Take Gerard, prior to be being “loaned” to Regreso, he is down in numbers, Brendan was set to be voted out. If he goes, no tribal swap happens since nobody else would be daring enough to cause it, he’s left on a tribe of four, and is most likely the first one voted out of it, pre-merge. Then there is Lloyd, I campaigned to stay for weeks because I trusted him. Without that, he would’ve been long gone, early merge, not able to go on a winning streak.

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<p class="MsoNormal">For a season with few huge moves, and tons of small waves, I did the big moves and I tried my best on every occasion, and honestly I basically chose who went when with my actions in this game, and for many reasons I will get into during the questioning phase of this Final Tribal,

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<p class="MsoNormal">While I did cause many of your boots (whether it be directly or indirectly), I understand why some of you may be mad at me for my actions, I would be too. But in the end, what really is this?

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<p class="MsoNormal">A game, a competitive game, but a game none-the-less

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<p class="MsoNormal">I think I have played the best game, but in the end it’s up to you to decide, who do you truly think played the best game? If that’s me, great! If it’s Gerard or Lloyd, great! It’s your choice in the end and I am sure you will make the right one regardless.

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<p class="MsoNormal">In the end, thank you Alfons for allowing me to be a part of such a great season, thanks to my allies, both Vuelta and Regreso, for helping me through this game in my times of need. And finally, thank you all for making Revival the best season it could be, it’s been a blast and I wouldn’t have done it any other way!

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<p class="MsoNormal">--Maxwell, Survivor: Revival Finalist. <ac_metadata title="Vote Maxwell!"> </ac_metadata>