Board Thread:Season 57 - Laguna Colorada/@comment-33060993-20200215214751/@comment-44735465-20200215221914

Hi TC! Thanks for the juicy start up question. I knew this was coming up, because like I stated in my speech, I know the way the jury perceived me.

It's true that we played a very similar game, but I in no way was anyone's pet that was dragged along for a walk in the park. From the get go, I knew that I couldn't be the most visible person out there, because that would immediately paint a target on my back. The only reason you got as far as you got was because I knew people were gunning for you all along, and if you got voted out, I was quickly exposed for the incoming bullets.

My biggest strategic move was ensuring myself the best shot at reaching the end against someone I had a shot at beating, and I knew that was gonna be Luca. The final 6 rock draw happened because I wanted for it to happen. I got both of you and Luca to vote for Nicolai, because I shared information he shared with me and you blindly followed my order. Had I flipped on you and Luca at the final 6, I would've found myself getting voted out at 5, because you obviously won immunity.

There was no way you were ever voting me out, unless it was a final 3 between me, you and Micah, because you viewed me as a goat, so I used that to my own advantage. Yes, you could say that I hid behind you and did nothing by myself, but that's not true. Using you as a meatshield is a valid strategy, because sticking out like a fish out of water got every key player but me voted out.

I always ensured that I was one step ahead of you. I was already planting the seed of getting rid of you into Luca's head at final 6, and ensured that we'd pile our votes on you at 5 if by a random chance Micah happened to win immunity, which was not that far from happening. I always made sure that people hated you more than they hated me. After the Toby vote out, I made sure Micah and Abi were mad at you for pulling off such a move while I was fixing my relationship with them after having pulled the same exact move.

One move that kickstarted the whole season was the Kamen boot. It was indeed me who initiated that vote split, and by you claiming I always voted the way I was told, I could say the same about you on this particular vote, just to give you an example. We always talked every decision through together and in cooperation and came to a mutual agreement, so I don't agree with your statement of me just following other people's lead, because in reverse, that would also apply to you.

I had a voice in everything, but I was way more subtle about everything I did, making sure people thought I was just in for the ride and they had me in their back pocket while actually pulling the strings behind the big red curtain, which is why you're sitting there, and I'm sitting here.