Board Thread:Season 32 - New Zealand/@comment-27760005-20160420222742

Congrats ladies :) like I said, no hard feelings at all. It was the correct move. I'm disappointed that none of you were able to build a resume for yourself, but I'm not going to harp on that or be bitter, because I think we all know that there were quite a few better players and that doesn't really need to be expanded on by me.

Your homework is to rank the top 3 players of the season and the 3 jury members that played the worst game. 2-3 sentences per person. You can include yourself. I don't care who you put, there's no right answer, but if you don't do it or if its obvious pandering (like if you make Alex #1) you're disqualified from my vote. Also comment on the speech as well if you feel like I've gotten something wrong or if you think I was being unfair.

Before I get into this I want you to know that I like all of you as people! I'm not speaking out of bitterness and I don't want to hurt any of you, I hope you guys don't take offense but I'm trying to be totally honest, maybe for the first time this season.

Faith - I don't have much to say, you know you can't win but I'll just say what we all know. You were willing to go to the end with Brittany and lose, which defeats the whole purpose of the game. You didn't have a social game either so there's just nothing to justify voting for you. That's why you aren't going to get anyone's respect tonight, but I don't think that you really care about people's opinion of your gameplay so it's all good. I hope things are going well with your family.

Chels- Congratulations, you did it. You're obviously the front runner tonight. I knew from the premerge that you were going to be an interesting player and that's why you were saved over Pav and Cheryl. My curiosity might have gotten the best of me. You were smart and likable, and had a good grasp of strategy. Still, you were never really able to start playing your game. You were sort of defined by your relationship to other people, and out of the three of you I think you disappointed everyone on the jury the most when you played scared, because you had the most potential. When I took out Pav over you, I was hoping that you'd represent the girls well and make independent decisions like Brittany did, but you kept goating yourself to guys and never pulled the trigger on any move or decision. It sucks to have a battle of the sexes season where there's only one strong female figure, and I'm kind of mad at you for letting men control your game. I know you're saying it was your strategy to be a goat, but you're straight up admitting that you let Pav, Kostas and I play your game for you.

You latched on to Pav and let him make the choices for you, and then you latched onto Brittany and Kostas and let them make the choices for you, and then you latched on to me and after I saved you at final 6, and rode it out until final 4. It was low key and safe, you were always going to be in the background and that's how it played out. The problem, though, is that you just had no control over your fate. You were saved during the Cheryl vote, the Pav vote and the Josh vote, and each time it was completely out of your hands.

But the main issue is the final time you were saved. At final 6. You knew you were next (because I told you) and I came up with the final 4 plan to take out Brittany, then Kostas in order to save you. But me agreeing to save you was contingent on one thing: You had to promise never to vote for me, and you swore you wouldn't. Now, we all know I have no problem with lying, but you've got to be careful about the people you promise your vote to. It's just jury management.  You stayed in the game because of a lie. But worse, it was a lie to me. I'm not taking it personally at all, but when you backstab someone in the way that you did to me, they're probably going to lobby against you, and I'm pretty damn good at lobbying. That's why you aren't going to be able to win, unfortunately. The jury was actually leaning towards you when I arrived, but you know me... just like f6, f7, f12 and f13, I've made sure that your name won't be the one written down. This is my last big move, and probably the one I'll be proudest of. I've put in a lot of work and I'm trying to make sure you're third, but Faith did nothing at all so that's gonna be a tough sell. Don't get me wrong, you've got a small chance, if Dani doesn't do her homework you might sneak away with this, but in all honesty you're losing. You would have won, but that won't be happening anymore, and now you know why.

Which brings us to what I've got to believe is the least inspiring winner ever...Dani! Congrats girl, you made the smart choices and didn't overcommit or let yourself get dragged. Also great job with that immunity. It was handed to you at the end with the trivia and we both know that, but you still put in some effort and you made it happen. You don't get credit for the Brittany and Kostas votes because you were brought in on the plans that other people made, but you made the correct (albeit easy) decision to take out the better players. Your biggest attribute was the way you read the game and hid behind the right people, and I truly believe that if you had put in a little more effort and made some independent decisions pre-final 5 you would have been a deserving winner. You aren't going to get many people's respect and fans are gonna be hard to come by because you took the easy way out and played it safe, but you were more cautious and self aware than your two counterparts and Chelsea kind of slipped up so you're gonna get this one. A wins a win, and as silly as the circumstances are, you did it. And your speech sealed it, it was fantastic and honest and you blew Chels out of the water. If you don't do your homework the vote goes to one of the other goats so don't forget it!

To be honest this vote was kind of random... Dani's about the 7th or 8th best player of the game. But I think it's an appropriate way for our season to end. Every one was going for the glory and big plays were happening all the time, yet the three that didn't really play at all are together at the end. You guys laid low, let yourself get dragged to the end, and then you waltzed into FTC. It was smart, it was safe. I can't really think of anything Dani did wrong, though I can't think of anything good that she did (except for voting out better players, but that was completely obvious).

I'd like to end by motioning that when we think about this season, we don't define it by the disappointment of the sheep that outlasted. Instead, I think we should remember New Zealand for the people that outplayed, and took on the game with courage and heart. Ci'ere, Kostas, Brittany, Myself, even Josh and Charlie. People like that are the reason that this season was so wild and endearing. There's no money on the line, why play the game if you aren't going to have fun with it and make a name for yourself? We sabotaged ourselves by playing as hard as we did and of course there's no justice in that, but we also made something beautiful and competitive and fun to watch. We made something that people are going to appreciate for a long time, and these three had no part in that. So cheers to all the PLAYERS of this season, we know who we are. The chick that didn't vote in week 2 can have her tainted win and the DVD cover, we put all of ourselves into this and the glory is ours.  