Board Thread:Season 53 - Galápagos/@comment-37224968-20190614162248/@comment-38878628-20190614174450

King Thomas, one of a kind and a beast throughout the game. When I came to you before the F4 vote, presenting that you'd have my vote at the FTC, I wasn't lying. I think you played one hell of a game and wanted to see you win this whole season. Unfortunately for you, Jake decided to change his mind and put us into the Fire Making Challenge together. I knew it'd be an intense battle, but everything just seemed to click for me in the battle. I'm sorry you went out that way, but it was one hell of a battle dude!

"What do you think your biggest flaw in the game was?"

I know that my biggest downfall was coming into this game thinking it would be a breeze and be some much fun all the time. I came in playing way too damn hard and learned that quickly. One recognizable moment for me was approaching you during the OW twist and offering to protect Dwayne at all costs, since he was the only original Genovesa member on our new Pinta tribe. With this deal came the info that I wanted you to protect Damien and Tania. My goal was genuinely to get you, Dani, Dwayne, Tania, Damien, and I to the final 7, including Kat, but that was never mentioned to you. This caused everyone to spread my name like wildfire and put a huge target on my back. I knew after I asked that, I was screwed. Damien and Tania went next, and then so did Kat. I knew you, Dani, and Dwayne were a tight 3 person group, so when I had the chance to take Dwayne out, I went for it. That's when my whole game changed and my flaws became my personal assets.

"If you had to change one thing about your game, what will that be?"

I'd personally want to change how I started this game off and wish I wouldn't have played so damn hard when my tribe never had to even go to tribal. I was making plans and talking game all the time with my "alliance" at the time, so I figure had I chilled out and been more casual, I wouldn't have flipped so many people's games upside down and screwed them over. I was real with Tania, Kat, and Damien about wanting to work with them until the end, but I realized pre-merge that my gameplay was messy and I had a lot of cleaning up to do. I managed to clean up enough and build new relationships, which helped me get here. However, had I continued to play like I did when I first entered the game, I would've been an early boot had my tribe lost.

"What was your highest and lowest low of the game?"

My lowest point in the entire game was when I was blindsided by Dwayne at the pre-merge vote. Kat had just been sent packing and I knew I didn't have anyone close to me left in the game. Jasmine and Jake were the remaining original Pinta members, but we had never established as close of a connection as I had with Kat. Once the new post stated we'd be merging, I figured I'd be next to go. Up until the vote, I had been hearing my name being thrown around, but then Nora's name started popping up everywhere and I jumped on that idea as quickly as I could. Mainly because she had also just voted out Kat and because it wasn't me. Jasmine quit and Nora stayed, leaving me in a weird position. I had little to no connection with Jake, better yet anyone else in the game, but I saw the opportunity to take out Dwayne at the next vote...

That leads to my highest point in the game. Dwayne became the next target and off he went. I went from feeling like I was at the bottom of the totem pole and had no idea how to save myself to knowing I had a solid majority group of 5 on my side for the vote. It was a rush of emotions and I had never been more excited! Just going from the lowest to the highest back to back was a real rush of adrenaline. This led me to feel like I had secured myself in a great position in the game, as I had Anthony and Michael as a strong duo on one side and Jake and Lynn as other strong players on my other side. I knew they'd all start taking shots at one another and that's exactly what I let happen.

Thomas, thank you for kicking ass this season and making it so much fun. It was a pleasure playing with you and I hope we can connect a lot more after this season ends. You played one hell of a game and impressed with your gameplay. I respect you and the choices you made throughout the game. We'll chat soon dude!