Board Thread:Season 13 - Anarchy/@comment-24270686-20140214021638/@comment-24251579-20140214033026

Richie -

First of all, you had me laughing out loud at that "I'm sure you'd rather be called Drewby than Jew" comment. Fking wonderful.

To the business at hand:   Yes it is unquestionable that a lot of my power in this game can and will be attributed to my alliance with Jerby. The confessionals will reveal a lot more about this, but I can't really speak to those now. Instead, I'll focus on what is absolutely known about the game. However, before I even dive into the specifics.. I'd like you to ask yourself one question:  Do you believe that, had I not had Jerby, I would have had someone else? And if so, do you believe that I would have still run the game in the same way I did?

I do, on both counts.

First of all to address the "at risk at tribal" thing. I received 7 votes total, and 5 of them were nullified via idols. That means I was only targeted at 3 separate tribals. If Jerby was a consideration for 5, then I was less often targeted than he was.

On to Jerby and my partnership. The beauty in working thru Jerby is that I can mastermind all the moves, while he simply aides me in executing them. Early on in our alliance, Jerby resigned to the Beta role while he let me play Alpha. Yes this may have been a strategy of his, but in the end he gave me the drivers seat and trusted me to take us to the promised land. And I did.  Jerby chopped off alliance member after alliance member in such a frequently ruthless fashion, a direct result of my strategy, that even I found it hard to believe at times. Meanwhile, I kept all of (or at least most of) my very original alliance mates around until the merge, and beyond. Noah, Sam, Tyler, Nokomis, Jerby, Jon. This of course helped keep my game flexible, in case of a meltdown. Thankfully that never happened.

Now don't get me wrong when I sit here and take credit for our alliance's dominance. Jerby played a big role and I don't disagree that he should be commended. However, it is my honest belief based on the hours and hours (over 15,000 facebook messages) of conversations that Jerby and I had during this game... that I drove the car and Jerby came for the ride.

I guess ultimately it will come down to whichever of those two strategies your respect more.

Thanks Richie.