Board Thread:Season 13 - Anarchy/@comment-24251579-20140214022718

Gentlemen of the jury, let me first begin by stating what an absolute blast I've had playing with you all. Each of you brought vastly different personalities and approaches to this game, and it not only kept things interesting, but I genuinely enjoyed speaking with you guys on a personal level. I'm going to make this clear from the very beginning:  I will not apologize for anything that I have done in this game, nor do I feel you should expect this of me. This is not because I am an asshole, or because I have no heart. I do. I think most, if not all of you have experienced it from me at one point or another during this adventure. However, I know how I played this game.. and it probably doesn't sit comfortably with some of you. I was vindictive. If I heard you were planning on maybe targeting me sometime down the road... I took you next. There was no messing around. Go look at my player profile.. it shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone that I played with this type of no-nonsense, cutthroat attitude. The bottom line is that I joined this ORG wiki to play a game of Survivor, and I think most of you know by now that when I play something I don't have any endgame in mind, other than to dominate it. My goal coming into this thing was to execute the most perfect game I possibly could, pulling the strings behind every single vote while staying hidden in the shadows... until the time was right to reveal my control of the game. The episode "Purposefully Remaining Unknown Until Shown" was named by me, about me, and that has been my strategy since day one. I think that most of you will acknowledge that I have been supremely successful in that regard. Even during votes which were taking place without me, I was still able to control the results (case in point:  Organizing the vote out of Matthew). Of course, that is not even close to the only example of this. Matthew, Kaffe, Richie, Jordan, Ahad, Tyler, Blake, the pre-designed idoling out of Nokomis... can all be considered my big moves.

When it comes down to it, I engineered each and every one of those plays. The beauty of these types of moves is that, not only did it result in countless entertaining blindsides this season... but the fact that it was me who put them together will be a blindside for some players and most fans, even now. Being the shadow government that dictates the flow of the game from within the safe fortress of my anonymity has been one of the key components to my success. However, to say that I focused only on the strategic side of things would be untrue. I spent countless hours in genuine conversations with the vast majority of players in this game, truly getting to know you all on a personal, and sometimes deeply personal level. Not to mention the fact that I profoundly enjoyed doing so. My social outreach and ability to network within various groups or alliances is what kept me sitting atop the information-supply food chain. A prime example of this is the undying loyalty which Jerby afforded to me. A misconception that is currently circulating, is that Jerby and I got together to take out Richie, and happened to work together from that point onward. That is entirely untrue. Jerby and I were working together in perfect harmony from day 2 to day 39, the confessionals will prove this. I identified that it would be a game changing factor if an American and an International could work together early to shake the game up. The power that I acquired in the game, as a result of Jerby's openness and willingness to follow my lead at all costs, was more than even I had expected it would become. It would have been impossible for anyone to acquire that kind of loyalty from someone, especially a perceived rival, without the social chops that I possess. He would eventually hand me an idol and a half (I possessed the first half of Idol #2 for 75% of the game.. rendering idol plays impossible without my consent), to play for myself, unquestioning the entire time. It's also important to note that he would have never discovered that idol #2 second half without me putting together all the possible combinations on a spreadsheet, and sharing that with him.. in order to cut my work load in half. That's how closely we would work together. He trusted my strategic stronghold, he trusted my social awareness, and he trusted that I could bring him with... and so he came along for the free ride to FTC.

It would have been very difficult for anyone to organize something in this game without me first hearing about it; either thru my channels, or thru Jerby's channels. When Matthew was organizing during the Anarchy stage, we put the foot down on that. When Richie and Jordan were scheming and preparing for post merge strategy, we put the foot down on that as well. When Tyler finally decided it was time to grab Sam and flip on me, I was there first... ready and waiting. When Blake fancied a go at me, I had already rallied the numbers for a unanimous vote out. Finally, when Nokomis made the decision to flip on me... he fell right into the idol trap that I had set for him. Together with Jerby, we had set up a power structure that was so all-encompassing that we were like the NSA of Anarchy. Not only did this power structure work in information gathering, but also in the distribution of propaganda. When I decided that Matthew was gearing up for tribes and would be a serious threat if he got there, I used these networking channels to leak a screenshot of Matthew taking credit for Patryk's ousting, directly to the International players. I leaked it to Jerby, who then distributed it to his alliance members, meanwhile blaming the original leak on Quanz. This info leak came directly from inside the American Alliance... and it was instrumental in flipping Richie and initially, even Jerby. This one example is where the episode titled "The Perfect Crime" is originated from. I think you can understand now why I named it as such. Basically, we operated like a high powered, top secret military faction throughout the entire game. Some plays are probably still a mystery to most, and will remain that way.

Aside from the strategic and social aspects of this game... I truly feel that a strong argument can be made for myself being one of, if not the challenge threat in this season. I won 11 challenges, but purposefully threw 5 additional ones for strategic reasons. I knew that Jerby would pass me the idol, so I intentionally lost the reward and immunity challenges over that stretch of time.. giving myself the ability to trick Nokomis into flipping so that I could idol him out. Very early on in the season, everyone was discussing the possibility of removing me from the game because of my challenge prowess. I had finished with excellent scores in the first several challenges... and because of this there was a target forming on my back. It was at this time that I decided to dial it back until tribes were reached. I had to lay low for a while. But when it really came down to it, I demonstrated my true challenge ability on the final immunity challenge. .

The very simple fact is that no one played a better combination of strategic, social, and challenge games than I did. I don't sit here as someone that is feeling arrogant, but rather proud of the game I managed to put together. The very fact that I am sitting here, despite the challenge threat target on my back, and despite all of the public under-the-bus throwings I experienced, makes me proud. I truly and honestly feel that I have dominated this game in all facets. These last few paragraphs have demonstrated that in a pretty clear manner. Everyone was aware of this fact by the time the merge came around, and Jordan even went out of his way to announce it to the remaining cast and fans, post-elimination. That should have been my immediate downfall... but I persisted. Then Tyler did the same when he was eliminated. That should but been my immediate downfall. And yet, I'm sitting here right now typing this to you, the jury members. Not because I was carried here by others .. but because I positioned myself in such a way that beyond day 28... it would have been difficult for any group of people to stop me even if they wanted to. I did the carrying to F3. Purposefully remaining unknown until shown.  And when it was finally shown, it was too late. Go look at the Final Immunity Challenge results, and notice that I received a perfect score on the voting table. I knew exactly who voted for who, every single tribal, for the entire game.  It takes more than good strategy to accomplish that. I hope that you guys will reward me for my hard work and pure Survivor fanaticism. I did my best to play the type of game that.. had it been done in real life... would have impressed even the best winners of this amazing game that we all love. I hope that it translated well. I ask that you vote for the winner based on which finalist best embodies the original pillars of the game of Survivor:  'Outwit. Outplay. Outlast. ' 

Thank you everyone for making this game so special, and best of luck to the other two finalists. 