Board Thread:Season 23 - Greece/@comment-25624731-20150117073842/@comment-25681381-20150117170730

Hey, Jess!! I hope you don't mind if I respond to what you had top say before I answer your question. Before I get into it though, I'd simply like to say thank you, because unlike other jurors, you actually have a rational perspective of the game, and gave a lot of reasoning behind the opinions that you have about the final 3. I appreciate you taking your time as a juror to explain how you feel about the finalists in the most respectful, kindest way possible, instead of simply bashing one or even all of us, and discrediting our games. You get what you give, so I'll respond to you in the kindest and most respectful way possible. Although I respect everything you said, I do disagree with some of it.

MJ: 7.6/10 would align with again.

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You flocked to your friends so they'd protect you, meaning you were playing a very safe game.

(I'm not going to talk about Adversaries because this is Greece and I'd rather focus on this). In my opinion, the best game for me is the safest one. You always want to have a clear path to the end. And I saw that path with you, Hanne, and Amelia. Had I not taken the "safe" route then I wouldn't be in the finals right now. A risky game is far more entertaining, but there's never guaranteed success in taking risks, there's guaranteed success with playing as safely as possible.

Granted you did go against Hanne/me and that impressed me because it showed you do can go against your friends, but there are three other people who voted for Hanne (one of which is sitting next to you) so I don't believe that was a move you can claim sole credit for because without Amelia, it wouldn't have happened.

This I agree with, at least partially. Thank you for at least giving me some credit for that, it means a lot to me. I'm sure you know that Hanne's tribal was 4-1-1, you, Amelia, Renz, and I all voted Hanne. Of course I can't take sole credit for it, nobody can ever take sole credit for somebody's elimination unless they vote them out with their sole vote. But I did in fact initiate the entire move. Hanne's blindside was the one time in this game when I actually didn't play a "safe" game. I went to Amelia to see if she was willing to make a move and change the course of the game that would benefit the two of us more than anyone else, and thankfully Amelia was willing to do it, because if they weren't then it could've backfired on me easily and I could've ended up in 6th place. So no, I cannot take sole credit for it, but it wouldn't have happened if I didn't want it to, and the final 4 could've been me, Amelia, you, and Hanne I had just sat back and did nothing.

'''But one thing you need to learn is how to have a good social game. You said I was a jury threat and that's why you voted me at final 4?? Over Amelia, who is still a threat to win?? That makes no sense to me, the only way I'd be able to get votes is if people liked me socially because I did nothing strategically, and if that's really enough for someone to win I question why you value social game as little as you do. No one has ever won on strategy alone, but they have won solely they were more likeable.'''

I actually agree with this for the most part. If you read my opening statement (which I hope you did) I addressed the ideology of the jury always voting for who they like more, regardless of what anyone did right (or wrong) in the game. I don't agree with that, because personally, I always prioritize who made the right moves, the right decisions, at the right time. But that doesn't matter because I'm not a juror anyways.

At the point of your elimination I FINALLY started to see how you were playing the endgame, and maybe if it wasn't your actual intention, it's what I saw. After you played your idol on Sora, I realized that you 1) guaranteed yourself his jury vote, and 2) #misted him into practically refusing to vote against you at final 4. You and Amelia were the most likeable ones here, but I was forced to go to the end with at least one of you once we got to final 7. I recognize that the social game is often what jurors prioritize when voting for a winner, but unfortunately that game style isn't my forte, and I have to play twice as hard strategically to make up for it, even though I'm ultimately still penalized for playing poorly socially.

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Now to answer your question :P

'''MJ - Like myself, you are a fan of WWE. There is a movie coming out soon about a dog that becomes a professional wrestler, and that is really important to me. Could you please make as many dog/wrestling puns as possible???'''

Bad News Beagle - Bad News Barrett/Wade Barrett | Yorkshire Terror - a rlly cute finishing move for divas | Barktista Bomb - Batista's finishing move | DOG E Langston - Big E Langston | The All-American American Foxhound Jack Swagger - the all american american jack swagger | Hound Hogan - Hulk Hogan | CM Pug - CM Punk |

that's all i got tbh rip it was harder than i expected sorry if youre disappointed omg love you jess!!

17:07, January 17, 2015 (UTC)17:07, January 17, 2015 (UTC)17:07, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Finally, I agree with everything stated in Amelia's response. As jurors, you need to ask yourselves, are you voting for the person that tried and consistently failed, or the person that saw their endgame, saw their options, and took advantage of everything they had in this game to get to the end, and ultimately succeeded in doing what they wanted?

There's only one finalist that had a better grasp on the game than I did, and that's Amelia. Please have an ounce of respect for the game of Survivor and take everything that's been said so far into consideration when voting for a winner.