Board Thread:Season 20 - Kamchatka/@comment-25316550-20141029092531

hi  y'all. congrats, I guess.

Taylor: I was prepared to defend your game and vote for you, but now I don't really want to do that. You were my closest ally, and to basically say that I was nothing of the sort to you is irritating. If we weren't close, it would have been me at that tribal instead of Lindsay, because I know full well that our fellow Uspekh didn't give a damn. You voted with me instead against me, even when literally everyone else was against me, and you by association. And as queen Bryce mentioned, you basically hid behind me for a good portion of the game. The only reason you ever got votes was because I was either immune, or people speculated I had an idol. Otherwise, you weren't perceived as a threat because you didn't actually do anything except convince 3 people who had already voted against me AT LEAST once to vote for the clear target. Albeit, you were the only one to successfully pull it off, so you do deserve some credit.

So, it might be relatively clear as to why your speech was frustrating to read. My task for you is to rewrite it, but this time, remember: the truth, no embellishments on your gameplay, and only put in the important parts. Good luck.

Rebekah: here is what I don't understand. Everyone tells me you had a great social game, but I have no idea where they got that from. You admitted not only to neglecting to talk to anyone premerge, but pretty much only to the people in your alliance(s). That does not make the marking of a good social game, because your alliances can't protect you forever, and that's exactly what happened. They all got voted out while you watched and didn't really do anything. Personally, we only talked once and that was our f5 conversation. In that, you told me you would change your vote if you had the opportunity, and I was to know, is that true? And in a hypothetical situation, if you had an idol, would you use it on me after that same conversation, knowing exactly who I was voting for?

And lastly, Bryce. This is where I'm torn. Pretty much everything you said in your speech is the honest truth. This was a lackluster season, and you did nothing to help the cause but give up? That's a sad way to put it. I think my biggest issue was that you said the final 3 is pathetic. You also said your decision to vote me out was "obvious." So, why did you do it? You know full well that voting me out would cause a sad f3, so in a season like this, why did you write my name on that parchment?

I don't understand why you didn't make the alliances you needed, or win the challenges you claim to be so good at. It was a lot of wasted potential.

With all of that said, I want to vote for you. I really do. Your idol play was a beautiful moment in Kamchatka, and I think that deserves to be highlighted more. I assume you found that idol before you "gave up," and judging by that I see how well you could've played the season. You essentially flipped alliances without any consequences to get yourself further in this game, and look where you got. You're in the end, and for someone who "gave up," you arguably did more to get yourself here than the others. The few times we talked, I knew you were very smart, and you demonstrated very early on how good you are at challenges. I think everyone is undermining your effort in this game and skipping over all of the positive things you did to favor the negative things you said. I urge everyone to see past that and look at the facts. "Given up," or not, you still played one hecky of a game, outlined by the other 2 sitting next to you.

"Perception is not reality. Reality is reality."

I encourage you to use this opportunity to tell my fellow jury members why you do, in fact, deserve this win.

To the F3: I love you all despite what I might have said. Good luck.  