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

Before I get to the finalists, I'd like to say something about my game to put things in perspective. I by no means think I deserved to win. At all. Amelia and MJ, it's hypocritical of me to criticize your games seeing as a key reason I don't like it is what my game was founded on, and I'm not saying any of it without keeping in mind that it applies to me as well. This is not meant to be a high and mighty bitter jury speech, just an explanation as to why none one of us deserved jury votes and why you should not expect mine.

MJ: 7.6/10 would align with again. However, it's hard to believe you're as good a player as you think when both times I've played with you, you flocked to your friends so they'd protect you, meaning you were playing a very safe game. Your game here seemed to be the same as Adversaries (sort of playing two sides but not really, sticking with your three friends, that sort of thing), and you already know how I felt about that. 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. I do think people are being a little harsh on you because clearly your strategy got you to the end so it can't be that bad, 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. So I would suggest you work on that next time you play. And if not hey, at least you know how to play a really good third place game.

Amelia, if this final 3 was you, Hanne, MJ, you would receive my vote for sure. However, for the same reasons I cannot vote MJ, I cannot vote for you. Sora's game might not stand out to some, but any moves he could have made were stopped by our mega-alliance not wanting to turn on each other which is not something he could ever have changed nor is it something he should be faulted for. I'm not criticizing you or MJ for being given an opportunity and taking it because I did the same thing, I just find it hard to admire someone who's alliance at merge was almost guaranteed not to turn on each other (or at least not until a very long time). And like... I was in the alliance chat. I know how easy everything was for us, and I know how hard Sora had to work just to stay in the game in comparison. Up until you voted Hanne, I would have done anything to make sure you won, but after that I didn't care anymore, not because I was hurt, but because I thought it was the stupidest move to push away your biggest goat. Why you'd trust MJ over someone who told you their #1 goal was to go home on a vote of zero is beyond me. Next time I would advise you don't blindside someone who doesn't care about winning, because they'll self-destruct and take you down with them.

Sora, I 100% without a doubt know you should win. Everyone all season said Amelia and MJ were threats, but there you are, sitting at the end with “immunity beast” MJ and “strategic goddess” Amelia, and that means that your strategy worked just as well as theirs did. However, an important fact to consider when picking a winner is you did not come in here with three people you automatically knew you could trust. You did not play the entire game knowing your alliance controlled all of the idols. You had to use your strategy to stay alive and had to form bonds with people in order to survive, never being sure that you could really trust anyone. You took risks. It's called "Survivor" for a reason, and I think you're the only one who did any surviving in this game at all. You had it harder than they did, but there you are, sitting in the final 3 and that makes you just as much of a threat as them.

Finally, to the jury. As a member of the Tumblr Survivor alliance (me, Hanne, MJ, Amelia), I can say we had a very easy time controlling this game. Up until the final 6 the four of us barely had to do anything. We had a majority for half of merge as well as all three idols (which were easy to get because we shared clues). Sora had an idea we all knew each other and tried to do something about it but everyone he spoke to either didn't believe him or didn't think it was a concern. People are impressed at Amelia's strategy and control but Sora could have just as easily been in that position if everyone had listened to him. He's like Sandra in HvV: constantly trying to get people on his side, and when it doesn't work he goes with who keeps him safe. Amelia and MJ were putting in maybe 50% effort the entire game (I was in the alliance chat I know none of us were trying!), but Sora was 100% from day one, and the fact he managed to outlast two people in this huge alliance as well as get them to turn on each other should be proof enough why he deserves to win.

 For all of the finalists, I want to congratulate you all. I truly believe you three were the best players in the game, I just don't think you all deserve to win.

Also I promised MJ I would ask him this question. It is really important.

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???  