Board Thread:Season 44: Costa Rica/@comment-4387136-20171218035727

''Ruh roh. I just found out closing speeches aren't a thing. I'm used to tumblr games where finalists got one so that's completely my bad. The hosts said I could write one so here it is!''

''My FTC opening was weaker than my fellow finalists, but I do hope the answers I gave you shed some light on what y'all were looking for and made up for it. I answered them as honest as I knew. A big thing about FTC is to make yourself look the best you can. I wanted to show myself for all the good and the bad. The moves I made in this game were small, but they were still there. I took every opportunity I had given to me and made them work to benefit me. I didn't make a move or vote a certain way without thinking of the consequences. The cards I was given to play with I played the best I knew how. My game was more transparent through-out the season so I had a lot less new information to show off, but I think it's impressive that I got to this point playing that way.''

''The two biggest things I've seen that are pushing me away from winning are being "whiny" and "relying on competitions". Competitions are a part of this game. I showed with my scores pre-merge and my scores in merge that I'm good at a lot of competitions. I didn't hide that, even knowing the target it could have painted. I won three individual immunities. And I won two of those at the end of the game, when there were less people to win it. I gave my all in those challenges just as a lot of other people did. I don't think I should be punished for being immune, especially when I wasn't immune for eight of the tribals I went to, including final four. As for the whiny thing, it's part of my personality I guess. A lot of my whining was trying to get things done, to save an ally, or better my game and it would almost close to never happen so I got sad, but I can say I tried my best to make things happen. And the closer I was to you I probably whined more. Because I felt close enough to express my emotions, and I'm a very emotional person. If I learned anything from this game it's that I gotta chill out with my emotions. I'm sorry if it came off as annoying, but I hope it showed I had a lot of heart for this game and tried to be involved in every tribal I went to. The one thing I can say that's good about my whining is that at least it's not me yelling, screaming and cursing to get my way. That's not me as a person. I've been called some nasty ass names from people who couldn't get their way (cum dumpster being one and my personal fav) and I hope that I was at least respectful to y'all cause that's how I'd want to be treated.''

''Morgan had a statistic in his FTC to give so I have mine to! I voted for the person to leave correctly 12/13 of the times I wrote a name down. That's including the pre-merge portion of the game and revotes. I think that shows some serious awareness of the game.''

''I was targeted by people in the F10 tribal, the F7 and F4 and still got to this point. I think I was targeted more than my fellow finalists for certain people thinking I'm a threat, and I hope they still think I'm a threat to win this game. I put my all in this game, including my pre-merge game. I've said it before but my bigger moves were pre-merge, I had a lot more control of those tribals. The work I put in back then propelled me further into the merge. I didn't sleep through this game, I was just as involved or even more involved in every tribal than my fellow finalists. I didn't ignore people, I lied very seldom. The connections I made with y'all were genuine and I hope it goes both ways!''

''I hope you decide to vote for me because I worked my way our of a minority to get here, or because you just like me more, or because you like my game more. I respect all your decisions, I just hope that I can pull out the win because I tried my hardest every step of the way. ''

''This is the last thing I get to write or talk about Costa Rica before it ends, and it's a bittersweet moment for me because the last month and a half has been crazy but I got to make some great relationships. But this is me signing off and I'll see y'all at reunion.''

xo 

Ry  