Board Thread:Season 24 - Cape Verde/@comment-26030880-20150403230852

Hello guys :D I just want to start out this speech by saying that playing this season has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I could never have imagined how much fun I would have playing this game, and that’s all thanks to the wonderful hosts and everybody who played. You guys are all great and I'm super happy to have shared this experience with you.

My strategy from the beginning of the game was to build genuine friendships with people and try to build as many relationships as I could, primarily so that I would have information from multiple sources and use it to make the best possible decisions that would benefit me in the long run. From the start of the game I was part of several alliances, which helped me to have an understanding of what was happening outside of my own tribe. Within Corvo, after voting off Evan & blindsiding Lindsay and Tyler, I worked hard to build strong relationships with them, which lead me to be included in a final 3 alliance that Josh was unaware of. I knew Lindsay had an idol as soon as she found it. Once the merge hit, I was in some kind of alliance with everyone left in the game, which meant that no one believed I was targeting them, so no one would target me. Josh told me that he trusted Nathaniel 100%, so Nathaniel became my target, since I didn’t want Josh’s loyalty to be towards anyone but me. From that point on, Josh was loyal to me (even though I had just blindsided his closest ally) and constantly fed me information. Lindsay and Tyler were also giving me information about the game, and I was always in conversation with Scott and Emma, trying to get as much information about their perspective on the game as I could. I worked hard to keep my options open as to who I could go to the end with, as well as keeping how close I really was with Josh on the DL so that no one would suspect that we were exchanging as much information as we were. I was the glue that held Corvo together for such a long time post merge, keeping Lindsay and Tyler from targeting Josh and vice versa. The rockiest point in this game for me was the tie vote at final 6 because I feel like the smartest move at that point for Brayden & Emma was probably to take me out, since Josh likely would have flipped on Corvo had I left, but I managed to survive it thanks to my strong relationships. I devised a plan to take out Emma or Brayden at f5 (since I didn't want a tie to be forced at the final 4 if both Brayden and Emma were still there) and Lindsay at f4 so that I could have a clear path to the end. At f5, Emma was able to sway Josh to her side to vote off Lindsay when it wasn't in his best interest (if i won immunity, it was very likely he would have been fighting for his life in the tiebreaker challenge), which made me really recognize what a massive threat she was to me in the game. Emma, if it wasn't for the threat of Brayden possibly having a double vote he could use to force a tie, I would have straight up told you that I was going to vote you out (as soon as I had convinced Josh not to flip), but I know it was not a fun day for you, and that's one thing I regret not doing since I know that that was important to you. I had to vote you out at that point bc you were the biggest threat to me in challenges, a massive social threat bc everyone on the jury liked you, and clearly a massive strategic threat since you were able to get Josh to want to do something that could have gotten him voted out in the next round.

I believe that I am deserving of the title of Sole Survivor because I was able to outwit, outplay, and ultimately outlast all of you. I’ve given absolutely everything I could give to get to this point in the game; I worked my ass off in every challenge and I was constantly finding ways to put my plans in place, from as early as Evan’s blindside all the way up to voting out Lindsay. I used the physical, social and strategic aspects of survivor to get myself to the end. Any decision you guys make I will respect, and I’m excited to answer any questions you have for me. :)

  