Board Thread:Season 46 - Kariba/@comment-29651946-20180414121944/@comment-34704154-20180414180326

Hey Dan omg nice to talk to you again, thank you for your questions <3

1)      Why did you take out Matthias over Jake at final 6, and did you want to take out Jake earlier than Final 4?

I believe that Matthias posed a greater threat to my game as I thought he would not take me to the end. Although I don’t believe any of the f6 were considering having me at the end other than Hals, I felt like he was the least likely to take me as at least the others acknowledged the threat of Hals too; I believed Matthias would take Hals and Vincent to the end if he could (that may be wrong, but Matthias and Hals were close and Vincent was the goat!) For the second part of your question... truthfully? I didn’t even particularly want Jake gone at the final 4, I was aware my jury management was disastrous; giving Hals a lifeline was in part a ploy to gain her support from the jury (I really hope that’s not too harsh to say, but it did contribute to my reasonings for voting Jake because honestly I knew Jake would win a tiebreaker. Obviously the biggest part was the fact I wanted to be true to my OG f2 alliance!). The only reason I would have liked to take out Jake earlier as it would have allowed me to win many more immunities; however, as it turned out this was not fatal and it actually helped to make my game the dynamic and spontaneous display it ended up being!

2)      Names 3 reasons why you don’t deserve to win over Jake and 3 reasons why you do

- I do not deserve to win over Jake because his physical game was arguably better than mine; discounting rewards, he won more individual immunities than me.

- I do not deserve to win over Jake because he’s been able to avoid as much bitterness in the jurors as me. I feel like there are less people on the jury who will find it hard to vote him, whilst as we’ve seen, at least one jury member has decided to discount my game completely out of resentment. Therefore it could be said Jake has better jury management than me.

- I do not deserve to win over Jake because, as you pointed out, he came through 13 tribals to get here which is no mean feat!

- I deserve to win over Jake because I was consistently more aware of what was going on than him. He had no idea the Drew blindside was coming, and was similarly blindsided when Louise went out; these are both two critical moves to the course of the game that I feel really dictated the course of the season as they were massive threats. Not being aware of these two pivotal moments I feel is a fatal flaw in his gameplay. Whilst I totally admit that my social game was lacking as you pointed out (and that would be my absolute priority if we could do the season again!) I think the fact that I was never out of the loop speaks volumes to the trust people had in me, evidencing that my social game did have strategic worth.

- I deserve to win over Jake because there are some clear comparisons to be made where I emerge the better player. For one, I was able to win final immunity where he was not, which put him in direct jeopardy and exposed his weak strategic game, as he could not secure the votes to ensure his safety. Moreover, he failed to use his idol effectively (Jack had the votes to go out anyway, and he was even willing to give me his idol), whilst I transformed my idol into a powerful deterrent, giving me needed safety for two rounds. Perhaps it would have been better for his game to save Louise with his idol?

- Finally I deserve to win over Jake because I feel like my game was the same style as his just up a level. We were both middle of the road players, but Jake’s control over the game is questionable. I’m not here to claim I controlled every move because that certainly is not the truth; but to be honest, I’m willing to accept the votes where I was not a key player and I can own that under the radar game and display its advantages. His links to his control are tenuous; me being the fifth vote on Drew however, is a defining moment in the game. So is my tireless campaigning to get out Becky at f8 and my endeavours to vote out Matthias. Even at final 4 when Jake tried to blackmail me with his jury vote to make me vote his way he couldn’t retain control. I want to avoid saying it often as I don’t want to appear obnoxious! But I think the fact I had zero votes against me epitomises the varying degrees of success of our middle of the road, under the radar games.

I hope that answered your questions well, and thank you for being so open-minded coming into final tribal council, it’s relieving to here!! Xx