Board Thread:Season 54 - Caño Cristales/@comment-33819352-20190819062622

Hello, finalists! Congratulations to all three of you for making it here! I do have some questions though, so please answer them as best and as honestly as you can.

Elizabeth

I would always say to people that I had little to no relationship with you whatsoever as evidenced by Matt stating in his speech that he thought our bond "wasn't that great," but in reality, no one really knew how close we were personally. I enjoyed talking about life with you a lot, and talking to someone that seemed genuinely kind and honest was refreshing in a game full of snakes like this.

In terms of the game though, it was a bit hard to talk strategy with you at times. Whenever I came up to you to seriously talk about the vote or something, you would more often than not provide vague answers that didn't really allow me to see where your head was at even though we needed to be upfront with each other. Harboring the same sentiments as some of the other jury members, I also felt as though you rode coattails at certain points in the game wherein you just followed the decisions of the majority and didn't bother to change up the status quo. You can say that the status quo coincided with what you wanted anyways, which is valid and fair, but I at least need to know one thing that you solely did for the benefit of your own game that would make you stand out from the two people sitting beside you. Overall though, you played a rather solid UTR game that paved the way for you to not be targeted from the merge onwards, so good job!

Question: State and explain at least one move that you solely made that had a huge impact on this game that we, the jury, are not aware of. It doesn't have to be orchestrating someone's elimination or anything that concrete, but it can be a subtle thing that you consciously did to benefit your own game and not anybody else's.

Jayme



I hate you so much. I really do. But I still love you at the same time, so whatever. (◔_◔)

Coming into this Final Tribal Council, I didn't expect to still be this bitter about you as I did when I was voted out. Early on, I for sure saw you as my number one because we had talked so much every single day, whether it be about game, bantering with each other, or just real life personal stuff. I felt so close to you that I constantly gave you information that I shouldn't have shared with anyone in any case whatsover, even to the point of throwing my own partner under the bus in one or two instances. From a game standpoint, that's really impressive. From a personal standpoint, I'm not all that impressed. I feel burned by you a lot, and I hope you can understand why. For most of the game, I just would always consider you as one of, if not my closest ally, someone that I could trust to have my back until we absolutely needed to go against each other. The Alex vote was understandable on your end because he was coming after you, and I definitely get your seizing the opportunity when it presented itself. Obviously though, I was blindsided, so I wanted to make contingencies in order to look out for myself in case something peculiar happened again, but I still chose to trust you with my genuine thoughts about the game such as wanting to enact revenge on Matt. Fast forward to final seven, you (and Torsa) completely stop talking to me. That hurt, especially since you and I have played this game together since the beginning. Even if it wasn't about game and just personal talk, from that point onwards, I ended up having to initiate all of my conversations with you. You just completely shut me off because we weren't on the same page with regards to the game, and let me tell you that that didn't feel good. What especially felt horrible was your first reaction when Su was voted out, meaning I had stayed: "Oh, that's disgusting." That statement may not have directly referred to me, but it served as sign that maybe the relationship we had built for the past month and a half didn't mean anything to you at all. So much for being your "in-game bestie."

Question: I'm obviously bitter, and I'm sorry that I feel that way. All I ask from you is to tell me why I should vote objectively, and not emotionally, in this Final Tribal Council. Overall, I think you played the strongest game out of the three, but I'm finding it really hard to vote for someone who I feel so betrayed by.

Matt

Before I get into discussing about your game, I just want to say that you're a lovely person. You made me laugh countless of times, and it was fun bantering with you. Obviously, we were at odds for most of the endgame, but just know that I absolutely adore you and that whatever I'm about to say stays within the context of the game.

Basically, the thing is I don't get your game at all. You say that you had a good social game, but in all honesty, it felt so hard for me to talk to you at times. Whenever I just wanted to relax and get to know you as a person, you seemed as though you were uninterested. If ever our talk wasn't about game, your replies would more often than not only be five words or less. It's why you got to say so many things about me in your Rites of Passage because you wouldn't give me much of anything and I had to talk about myself all the time in order to keep our conversations going. Yes, you can claim you had a good social game by virtue of certain people continuously having your back even though there was no reason for them to, but how much of that can really be credited to social strength that you exemplified in this game and not based on the existing friendships you had with them before this all started?

In addition, I also felt as though your strategy didn't make much sense. I agree with your take that you had a lot of control in this game, but what exactly did you do with that control? You took arguably the three biggest threats in the game to final five in the form of Brian, and the pair of Jayme and Torsa. In the final six vote specifically, you said that I became your target because I "had ammunition to warrant a good excuse to take you out" and to "get into Jayme and Torsa's good books again." I still can't comprehend why you were so caught up on wanting to appease Jayme and Torsa's wishes, when what you should've been worrying about was trying to split up the obvious pair. And that clearly didn't work anyways since they ended up voting for you the following round.

Question: I'll just be honest and say that I likely won't be voting for you, but I will give you the opportunity to explain the logic of your moves because it seemed like you were playing into the hands of other players and not your own.

Overall, despite everything that I've said, you guys should be proud of yourselves for playing such commendable games. You outlasted seventeen other people and that absolutely counts for something, so well done and good luck in answering the questions! ♡

Fun Question: I'm embarrassed to admit that I've been listening to a lot of TWICE lately, but they're so good! So, what is your favorite TWICE song? If you say none, you're automatically disqualified from my vote, so choose wisely. ( •̀ᴗ•́ )و ̑̑ 