Board Thread:Season 14 - Madagascar/@comment-8249209-20140502032223/@comment-24215409-20140503062534

SergiuMntn01 wrote: Sami171 wrote: I do agree with you here, I could have owned up to my game more but like I mentioned in my opening statement, I'm very shy about things and I didn't find it appropriate to flaunt my gameplay. I felt that if I owned up to my game publicly and bragged about it, I would only be rubbing salt in the wounds of the people that I mislead. By not showing off, I was able to ensure that the people I needed would still trust me even after making a move against them. Had I been cocky and arrogant, I would have rubbed people the wrong way and I would have become a target. I always felt that it was necessary to keep my cards close to my chest rather than wearing my heart on my sleeve.



I was never in the position to be a vocal player, I chose to stay reserved but in actuality I had a lot more control over the game than anyone actually realizes. For one, all three people who were in possession of the idol, told me personally. Unlike most people, I didn't find out by word of mouth; Nuno, Jay and Trace all told me about their idols. I used this information to my advantage and tried to work around or with the idols depending on the situation.





A turning point in my game is when I decided to vote Taylor out. Once Kaeden was voted out, Jay realized that he needed to do something to save himself. I knew that at that point Jay would be desperate, so I waited for him to come to me like I thought he would. I knew if I went to him with a plan, he could easily use it against me but since it was his idea he would have to stick to it. He approached me about taking out Taylor and forming an alliance of 5 which would include myself, Jay, Craig, Sergiu and Lincoln. The plan to vote out Taylor was perfect for me because I was at the bottom of two separate alliances and if I could successfully eliminate two people from the other alliance, I could join them and I would have had more of a say in what went on. It was also essential to my game that after Taylor, you went out next. I was confident in my relationship with Eddie and Trace and I knew that they would be willing to work with me but only after you were no longer in the game. I hope you can understand that, it was a move that was necessary for my game.



I think the shinning moment of my game was the way I handled the news of the auction. I made sure I knew what amount Jay, Lincoln and Sergiu were bidding on what items and I told Trace, Eddie and Craig what they were doing in order to successfully outbid them and get all the advantages for our alliance. Ultimately we came out on top and our alliance got everything we wanted except for the disadvantage. I completely outplayed Jay strategically here. Below is how I told my alliance to bid which ensured that we received every possible advantage.

















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Another thing I would like to point out is that I think I almost kicked ass in a lot of the challenges. Sure I wasn't the best but I impressed myself! I came close to winning a few of the challenges and in a season with a lot of challenge dominators.

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<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">I really enjoyed this question about the animals!

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<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Spencer: A caterpillar. Didn't get the opportunity to change into a butterfly.

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Kaeden: A Fox. A very sly and cunning player

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Taylor: A honey badger. Very fiery and protective of her allies.

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Charley: A Penguin. Witty and adaptable; you had a good read on a lot of players, including myself.

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Trace: An Eagle. Powerful sexual energy and a true American ;) But seriously because he's a strong and admirable player.

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Craig: An Owl. He only came out at night and was not seen often yet he still knew what was going on.

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Sergiu: A bull. A very take charge and aggressive player.

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<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Eddie: A peacock. Because he has a very colorful personality. At that time ( Taylor boot ) I was desperate not Jay, he had the idol + next vote will be again Sergiu lool so I was desperate and trying make you see you were at the bottom and if remember correctly you were scared to flip at that time because you couldn't trust Jay and for sure after this info Jay had to play you and make sure you can trust him ...

For the auction you didn't organized anything : I initiate that chat with all 5 of us and was my idea not to outbid on other 4 ppl from alliance. I just wonder how you would had made this move or find about the prices each one of us was bidding if I wouldn't had the initiative to do that chat group thing ....it was an oportunistic move I must admit that but that was all. I mean you just gave some numbers which after the auction me and Jay were sure we cannot trust you - playing his idol was no surprize was obvious if you were inside the game.

Congratz for both of you for the animals : you have good awerness of me and how I actually am. You make the decisions to be hard but Sam you must answer and explain about the F7 move if you want to have an equal shot for my vote, no answer - no vote

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">Even if Jay had the idol, at the time you guys believed you were in the minority. An idol can only save you for one vote. I knew I was at the bottom of either alliance, I didn't need anyone to tell me that. The reason I was acting skeptical was because I was waiting for Craig to come on so I could confirm the move with him. I couldn't pull off the move without him so I was stalling.

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<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">For the auction, before the chat between our group of 5 was created, I spoke to Jay about creating a chat to make sure that our alliance was not bidding on the same items. Immediately after speaking to Jay about that, I created the group chat and said that we should coordinate so we wouldn't outbid each other.

<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">If you'd like, I can show you screenshots of the chats to show you that I came up with the idea.

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<p lang="en-US" style="margin:0in;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.0pt">I knew after the auction that you guys couldn't trust me. The way things went down with the vote before, I knew Jay was questioning my loyalty. That's why we split the votes. We figured we could kill two birds with one stone by flushing Jay's idol and eliminating one of his allies from the game.