Board Thread:Season 28 - Generations/@comment-24046040-20151009092521/@comment-24215409-20151012082838

I didn’t say that my game was the most well rounded because the jury was mad at me the least. I said my game was the most well rounded because I played strategically, physically and socially. Yes, I had friendships coming into this game and so did a lot of people, including you. I don’t think being an established member of the community has anything to do with my gameplay. This is an all stars season and people are bound to have preexisting relationships with each other, it’s inevitable. If anything, my pre existing relationships hindered my game. You’ve told me multiple times that Molly said she wanted to work with you over me because you’re a team player and that I play the game for myself. She knew this from previous experiences with me and as a result I was targeted. All she knew about you was what you told her and what you showed her. I had to work around the preconceived notions that people had about my game. I was able to form connections with people who I never met before as well as create stronger connections with the people I already knew. I didn’t rely on preexisting relationships to get me through the game. I aligned with who I felt would give me the best opportunity and sometimes that happened to be people I knew coming into the game and sometimes it didn’t.

You act like you’re so heroic for taking Jamie out of the game and going against someone who you had a preexisting relationship with and have openly expressed interest in wanting to work with because you knew her from Rome. I think you seem to forget that I was one of the deciding votes behind getting Tom out of the game and I made the decision to backstab Molly and Amelia on the first vote I was with them for. I aligned with Jessy because we connected on a game level. We felt like we were in very similar positions on our tribe when the game started and felt that it was in both of our best interests to align despite any preexisting relationship.

By "rubbing elbows" it's clear you're either talking about my Skype call with Tyler or me being a member of a 25+ person chat that has existed before the game began. The hosts were aware of this chat and I had permission to be in this chat as long as we didn’t discuss the game, which we didn't. I trust that all members of our jury would vote based off who they think played the best game, not who they are friends with. I was nice enough to tell you what was going on so you wouldn’t think I was trying to gain an unfair advantage behind your back. Had you told me it bothered you, I wouldn’t have done it. You are aware of this so why you feel it's relevant to mention this Skype call in a negative context is beyond me. I trust that I can rely on my gameplay to win, clearly you don’t feel the same way or you wouldn't be writing this hypocritical response.

I didn’t fall short on my independent journey, my goal was to make it to the end and I am here; I think I can consider that a success. I never discredited you for your challenge performance so don’t discredit me for mine. You also think that you’re the only one who had information coming your way. Just because I didn’t tell you, doesn’t mean I didn’t have it.

At the end of the day, this game is a social game. People vote for the person who other than themselves they’d like to win and if they don’t like you, they don’t want to see you win. After a decade of playing these games, I’d think you would have learned that. I think it speaks volumes that you need to sit here and attack my game in an attempt to make yourself look better and you can’t even give the jury enough respect to do it sober.