I am going to apologize in advance for how ridiculously long this is going be. I literally word vomited this up last night at 4 AM and proofread today.
Some of y’all are about to be REAL mad at me, but it must be said.
Hey you guys OMG! The fact that my 3 favorite people made it to the final 3… I don’t think y’all understand I’m literally OBSESSED with the results. The only sad part is I can only vote for one of you ;( Just know that no matter which one of you ends up winning, regardless of who I vote for, I am going to be absolutely thrilled and satisfied with the outcome because I think the three of you are just the BEST. I really mean that you’re all awesome and it stinks that I have to pick one of you to vote for.
As you can see from some of these other speeches, this jury has a few bitter betty’s that can’t handle the fact that the three of y’all outplayed them plain and simple, so they’re trying to downplay your games to preserve their egos. Keep your chins up despite this and be PROUD of your games because each of you did some awesome stuff. NONE of you were carried by ANYONE – certainly not me.
Anyone who tries to say you guys were followers/coattail riders/carried is a literal delusional clown. You’re not allowed to say that b/c you need votes but I don’t so I’m gonna just say it. The levels to which the 3 of you have been bashed is so extra. Like, yes, we ALL have egos and we need excuses and things to blame for why we got voted out. And, no, there’s nothing wrong with anyone feeling proud of their game, I am certainly proud of myself as well. But I ask the jurors to consider the fact that maybe we weren’t the brilliant masterminds that you think we were, and maybe, just maybe, it wasn’t just bad luck that put you on the jury. Y’all are in the final 3 because y’all outplayed us. Everyone needs to accept that fact and move the fuck on because the cognitive dissonance going on in this jury has been fucking exhausting.
Also I feel TOTALLY avenged as y’all literally took out everyone who *ahem* -intentionally- voted me out one by one (with the exception of King Alex) so um thank you guys for making a few of these guys look like clowns I really appreciate it.
OK, so I don’t have many questions, so this is going to mostly be me going through each of you and discussing my perceived pros and cons of your games. Please address my criticisms and convince me that the pros outweigh the cons, and that maybe what I view as a weakness isn’t really that bad!
Oh and at the end I have one group question!
Benj
Playing with you was so much fun! Linking up w/ you on Ruellia 2.0 was a breath of fresh air, and then we got to Celosia 3.0 and word vomited most of our secrets to each other and you didn’t tell anyone I knew I had found a good one ;( Honestly KING shit. Not to be corny as hell but I really feel like you were the Daenerys of this game like you rode in on your dragon (advantages) and burnt Cersei’s (Ricky) entire kingdom to the ground (also in this metaphor I’m Margaery for the record oop). I’m super glad that I got to meet you and just know I’ve been super obnoxiously rooting for you at ponderosa!
THE PROS
You played the theme of this season astronomically better than anyone else. You kept your damn mouth SHUT about your coins and advantages until the time was right and you utilized them to devastating effect. Did you rely on advantages? Maybe at times, yes, but there’s nothing inherently wrong with that because- and I know this might be a shock to some people- we all had the SAME opportunities to buy and use these advantages. Unlike us however, you used yours EFFECTIVELY. If the “other side” hadn’t carelessly wasted theirs early merge they would’ve still had them later on. Everyone else was a blabbermouth with their advantages… Including ME! No one knew about your shit so they couldn’t do shit about it.
What you did w/ your advantages wasn’t just luck- it took wits and intelligence. You bought the right items and utilized them at the right times to get exactly what you wanted. It was 100% strategy! I don’t see that as a negative thing to harp on, I see that as something to praise! Great gameplay Benj!
THE CONS
Sadly, there is one criticism that I really do agree with – you had the easiest path of the final 3 to get here. Only 2 premerge tribals, and then at the end you had a little immunity run to stay safe. I’m not saying you had a cakewalk or anything, but it’s undeniable that Jayme and Jessy have gone through much more than you have. I’ve said many times that I don’t want the winner to be someone that needed multiple immunities to keep them safe. No shade to anyone, but immunity run winner’s are honestly the most boring kind of winner and my least respected. Needing to win 3+ in a row to stay in the game is a weakness to me. It looks like you set yourself up in a situation where you needed immunities to get to the end.
Please address what I’ve said anyway you like! Regardless of whether you get my vote or win or lose, just know that you should be super proud of your game! You kicked ass Benj.
Jayme
Firtsly, I’ve missed you ;( I’m so glad we started on the same tribe together because playing w/ you was a highlight for me! You’ve probably made me laugh more than anyone else here. Secondly, your speech was pretty good! I was afraid you’d be super apologetic or something but you owned your game and I love that. When I got voted out, I told you that you better win… and I meant that… But that doesn’t mean you have my vote on lock! So let’s get into it!!
THE PROS
You played the middle SO well. Honest to God you had some of these people wrapped so tightly around your finger that they would just fucking tell you anything LMFAO. You had amazing social connections, which is why I knew you were a MASSIVE threat and you could never be allowed at the end. Hearing you say you would’ve cut me at final 5-6 literally made me cry… Tears of joy and and warmed my heart! I was planning on doing the EXACT same thing to you buddy and it would’ve been so fun if we made it to that point together and actually went head to head. Would’ve been such a blast!
But back to the point, you had so many connections that kept you nice, safe and secure, so that even the people who knew what you were up to couldn’t touch you despite their best efforts. When we hit the merge and both flipped on our original alliances, only ONE of us got a shit ton of warranted heat and unwarranted hate for it – Me! At the time, I became the primary target that people wanted out, along with the target of a few people’s animosity (oop) while you were still sitting pretty in people’s good graces. Gerda thought I was the manipulator when YOU were the one who originally told her what Ricky had said. You’re much better at playing the middle than I am, which is why you’ve thrived this season and done so well!
THE CONS
Ok sadly here is the not so fun part. I really only have one thing I want to discuss. The fact that you got tricked into voting me out. Honestly, Ricky showed me his fake reset idol and I have NO earthly idea how you fell for that. It doesn’t look even remotely real or similar to the other advantages. Furthermore, there are so many holes in the story of how they even could’ve gotten it AND so many logic fences to jump to come to the conclusion that voting for me is the right call??? Honestly it’s so ridiculous that I literally thought you made up the whole story in a ploy to get my fire tokens LOL. And I WISH that had been the case b/c that would be badass and cutthroat.
Like.. I have NO idea wtf was going through your mind there? My only regret in this game is that last night and day before my vote off. I had just started my new job and had worked 11 fucking hours, only to get home that night and be bashed in my PMs by two other players. That day I was so physically and mentally exhausted and trying to learn the ropes of my job, so I was just so out of it that day. I could sense something was wrong (my exact words to everyone being “the vibe is just off” lol) but I didn’t have it in me to do anything about it with no concrete evidence. I should’ve been more proactive that day but I wasn’t and that is 100% my mistake and I own that fully. But also, if you had told me what Ricky was telling you that OBVIOUSLY would’ve put some wheels in motion? It’s so unbelievably frustrating that you didn’t tell me until it was too late because it was such an obvious lie to me the second you said it.
There’s no hard feelings about the situation personally because it’s just a game and I am very good about separating those two things (unlike a lot of people here *Side eye*) but it does raise a SERIOUS question. Why should I vote for you to win when you made such a careless error like that, that in my opinion is worse than any error the other two have made? Your vote might not have made a difference, but I didn’t even have the chance to scramble at the last moment which is honestly my biggest strength. ☹
The other cons the other jurors are already talking about so I’m not going to waste your time by making you rehash it here. I’ll let your other answers speak to that!
To end on a positive note you were an absolute blast to play with and I’m so glad you were my closest partner in this game and I hope we can be friends after this <3 <3 <3 You played great overall, be proud win or lose!
Jessy
Hey queen! Glad to see you’ve spent the rest of this season kicking ass and taking names. I had so much fun connecting with you and sharing our mutual love for HRH. I did NOT have to have a filter with you which I loved! We could tell each other what we really thought about the other in that moment and neither of us would get our panties in a twist about it. Like with some of these other people you blink the wrong way and suddenly you’re a fake friend lol. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and in my opinion you were one of THE most authentic people here and you didn’t even have to show your face 😉
THE PROS
The queen behavior exhibited this season. You had more control over things that people are willing to admit. Who was running Celosia 3.0? That would be YOU. I had influence there yes but ultimately it was YOU who decided who to pull the trigger on and Ethan couldn’t do anything about it even if he wanted to. You waltzed into that tribe and created connections with everyone. Everyone says you didn’t put effort into talking to people but honestly, you put more effort into getting to know me than almost this entire jury lol (no shade to anyone it’s just my truth!). Working with you and Benj felt like working with an actual TEAM vs my previous experience of being talked down to and told what to do.
That brings me to my next big positive, you were a HUGE component in forming our big “Ari Manifestation” alliance. Me and you were like two ends of a bridge that brought everyone together. Honestly, it was very Micronesia Parvati of you. You brought together a super tight alliance that benefited you so much. You had shields like me and later Benj to keep you safe and informants that would run you info from the other side so you honestly didn’t NEED to talk to certain people.
You could’ve played this game differently, and stuck with Ethan and Ari and been their little pawn until they decided to dispose of you, just like I could’ve stuck to Ricky and Gerda and been theirs. But you didn’t, you did your OWN damn thing and played your OWN damn game. I relate to you a lot in the sense that you are getting a lot of shit from people who are mad at you for backstabbing them. But the thing is, in the game of Survivor there can only be ONE winner and it’s each player’s objective to be that winner. No player “owes” any other player ANYTHING. So kudos to you for playing to win, which is NEVER something to feel sorry for or bad about.
THE CONS
Ok so for cons I’m not going to go over that much because- like I said with Jayme- the other jurors have already decided to beat that horse to death.
I’ve got two quick nit picky things. So the night before the vote we got into our only real-ish fight I guess when you accused me of wanting to go final 3 with Ricky (LMFAO) and Gerda… When at the same time they were LITERALLY plotting my elimination. Like girl… Can you acknowledge that that was a serious misread on your part? Was I planning on backstabbing you at some point, honestly yeah because I thought other people recognized how well you were playing, but I certainly wasn’t going to team up with Ricky at that point to do it. Of COURSE I’d want Adam to go over the two of them, he literally did not speak to me LOL. Can you admit that in retrospect, you coming at me for that when I was literally being targeted by the same people you accused me of being in cahoots with less than 24 hours later was an overreaction? This only needs like 1-3 sentences for you answer whether it’s yes or no.
Then finally, one thing in your speech that bugged me was it seems like you tried to say that you were the one that came up with the idea to target Ari. Maybe I misinterpreted that but that’s what it reads like to me. I’m going to give you a chance here to quickly clarify or set the record straight because while you did put a lot of work into getting them out which I give you mad props for… I think we all know who the originator of that plan was tyvm.
Ok that’s it for you. Just remember you’re a bad bitch regardless of the outcome so be proud! Also you and I need to link up w/ John and troll ppl on roblox after the season ends!
FINAL QUESTION
I value cold-blooded and cutthroat gameplay. This is all winners and if you weren’t going to do whatever it took to win you shouldn’t have bothered showing up lmfao? I want the winner to be someone who was willing to and who did anything and everything. What’s a specific action that you did that betrayed someone who trusted you? What is something that you did that screwed other people over to your benefit and your benefit alone? This doesn’t have to be necessarily voting someone out, it could just be a lie that you told that harmed someone else’s game. The key is it has to be towards someone who trusted you. Preferably a juror too for maximum drama! Also, no apologizes for it. Completely own your action and explain why. If your answer contains an apology to the person you wronged or even the word “sorry” you won’t get my vote to win sorry.
Ok that was really fucking long sorry about that… I had a lot of thoughts and needed to get it all out thanks for your patience. ^___^ Goodluck guys and I can’t wait to reconnect after this <3