Board Thread:Season 54 - Caño Cristales/@comment-32626451-20190818201852/@comment-38834507-20190820013513

Hey Rob!

Thanks for the speech! I think you're right in saying that I maybe went a little bit overboard in giving other people credit for my game. I'm just really into showing gratitude haha! But anyway, I think I did a lot of things in this game that were on my own devices and to benefit myself! To answer your first question of what's a move I made that was carried out by meself and for my own game, here's an example! (BTW for my first question, you and Andre both asked me similar questions so I hope you don't mind that I'm going to use the same answer for you both.)

A lot of the game moves that I made were definitely on the subtle side. One move that I made which positively impacted my game and no one else's was me making the deliberate choice to NOT make a move. I'm not sure If the jury's learned about this yet but earlier in the game, I found a power! This power was called the Black Heart and it gave me the ability to force a player to choose between voting for two other players of my choice during the tribal council that I played it during. This power had to be played publically. (this detail will come up later) The only person I told about this power for the longest time was Andreas. (Andreas please know I say this with complete love and respect) Andreas was a great ally in this game but one difference in our gameplay styles is that he's MUCH bolder than me. Once he knew about this power, he tried to convince me to use it MULTIPLE times. In each case, I felt out the situation and I didn't think I needed to play it to ensure my safety (and I was right each time!). One of the reasons why I was so reluctant to play it was because it was NOT anonymous. Can you imagine what causing so much drama and heartbreak would do for my whole "social sweetheart" game?? It would have blown a giant whole in my entire stratagy and for what? Votes that would have gone our way anyways??? I had a great perception of the game and I knew it wasn't necessary any of the times he pushed me to play it. I stood my ground each time by telling him no and it worked out in my favour. I had faith in my own personal strategy and I wasn't about to ruin that so I could make someone else happy and further their game.

Question 2: Firstly, I want to make it known that I don't think my game was entirely dependent on Andreas being with me or not. Sure, I'm literally in love with him but that doesn't mean that I was just playing as his little lap dog. I realized coming into this game that at some point, we would probably become separated and he would most likely be voted out because of people seeing him as a threat. I was more or less prepared to be my own player from the get-go and I think I showed that by establishing my own social bonds and an alliance of three without him since the very start of the game.

If Andreas hadn't been blindsided, I would have done things not too different from how my game in reality played out. Part of my strategy was to surround myself with players who were bigger threats than me and made bolder and messier moves. This would make me look even more innocent and likable in contrast to them so I could carry out more direct moves later on in the merge without catching beef. Andreas is a bold player and was seen as a threat in this game, that was beneficial to me and one of the reasons why he made a great partner for me. If he hadn't been blindsided, I would have continued pushing for the moves I wanted and letting him take the heat while everyone else continued to view me as an innocent little girl and a non-threat. People often think that Andreas is the only one in our duo who's capable of making strategic moves or orchestrating plans but I'm a really smart gal too!! In every move that we made together, I was there debating him and offering my thoughts. People just perceive him as the smart one because he seems smarter and I like to downplay my strategy while a game's happening. If I had gone all the way to final 3 with him, I would have continued pleading my case similar to the way I am now; by letting everyone know that I made deliberate game moves and had a strategy but it was just shrouded in a cover of me being innocent so people didn't suspect that I was making moves.

I'm not 100% sure of exactly what would have happened if Andreas didn't get blindsided because that's not what happened in this game. What I DO know for a fact though is that I handled his exit of the game pretty damn well and managed to maintain every one of my social connections (and even strengthen some) when most people expected me to exploded in a fit of tears and rage like the wife of a Sailor who's husband just died at sea. (lmao is that simile too dramatic?

I hope that answers your questions! Thanks for giving me a chance at explaining myself and expaninding on some of my strategic moves, I really appreciate your time and consideration!! <3