Surviving 1984 - Winner

Apr 12, 2020 by M_Davis1998

Pulling out the win tonight after a TIED vote was Josh! I was spot on with you in the cast assessment as I said that you were going to play low and sneak your way to the end. You attended all but 2 tribals this season, one you missed being a double tribal that you physically couldn't have gone to.

Coming into this game, you were one of the few non-alumni of 1984. You knew going in that this could cause issues, but you didn't let it get you down. You were able to avoid the first tribal council of the season, but after that, you were never so lucky again. At your first tribal, you helped take out one of the big names of the series in Billy S. This was instrumental in you building trust with Drew who you worked when you reconnected later in the game.

Going into the swap, you found yourself without any other members of the original Veritat tribe. This meant you had to create all new relationships with people who not only knew each other from the past seasons of 1984, but also their own tribes within this game. Your name went around the tribe as a possible vote multiple times, but you managed to build connections in order to not ever receive the majority of the votes.

During the swap, we saw Caleb, Billy and Nick S. each leave. During these tribals, 3 completely different groups of people voted together for these boots. This showed us that you were willing to vote anyone who wasnt yourself, using the Sandra Diaz Twine strategy of "anyone but me." We saw your name on the parchment for the first time at Nick's tribal, though there weren't enough to see you leave.

Going into the second swap, you found yourself in a good position, reconnecting with your OG tribe member Drew, and working with Justin. You were apart of the unanimous Nopalito vote, and then helped plot the 2v2 tie vote on Gwen. While I don't think this move ended up actually helping you all in the end, it did manage to spice up tribal council.

Going into the merge, you won the first individual immunity which guaranteed your safety at the vote. This gave you the opportunity to make new relationships and be safe for the first time since round one. However, the majority alliance at the time were able to convince you that Julian was getting the boot and you turned on one of the people that you were originally worked with in the premerge. However, he played an idol and negated your vote, though you were blindsided when AJ went home.

Going into the double tribal, you knew you were in trouble. Together with Grace and Drew, you all plotted the plan to turn on Lee, and got Megan to do your bidding as well. While this was more Drew's plan, you used your connection you built early in the game to stay safe through this round.

After Lee's blindside, you should have been in a good position, but you ended up finding yourself on the bottom once again when the Blindsiders alliance along with Julian and Madi turned on your ally Drew, taking him out of the game. While this should have hindered your chance, you took it all in strides and got back up on your feet. You were able to join up with Grace, Julian, Madi and Megan to take out Lauren and her idol, followed by Sunshine during the live night. This got rid of the final idol and two of the three Blindside alliance members.

Going in to final 7, you still had a tough road ahead, though you were apart of two unanimous votes for Megan and Nik. While you wanted Julian out for 7th, the numbers were not there and you adapted to the direction the game was going, and wrote Megan's name down that night. While you wrote Megan's name down, you must have been doing something right as she sang your praises as she entered ponderosa.

When it came to final 6, you won your second immunity and were able to pull off another power move. You knew where each shot needed to be taken. First, you managed to get Nik out. With all the pleading from Justin to vote Julian, you held your ground and helped take out one of the jury and comp threats in the game. Then, going in to final 5, you did the same thing once again, taking out Julian who was also viewed to be a big jury and competition threat.

At the final 4, you were not able to pull out immunity, but you were able to pin the target away from yourself by convincing Justin that you would tie the vote for him, and convincing Madi that taking Justin out was the best for her game. After Lee's tribal, you didn't receive a single vote, which is very impressive as you were playing what I saw as a very smart under the radar game.

Then, at Final Tribal Council, you were very well with your words, convincing some jurors who were originally not going to vote you to put their vote on you in the end. After the votes were read, there was a tie. In the end, Madi determined that you played the best game in her eyes, awarding you with the win for the season.

As my winner pick, I am very proud of the game you played. You met all my expectations of you, playing a great under the radar game. You had many highs and lows this season, but in the end, you are a very deserving winner of the inaugural season of this spin off series.

Josh / Joshbb17, thank you so much for playing, and congratulations on your big win! :)

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Disgusting

Sent by lionsden121,Apr 12, 2020

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Sent by noobsmoke13,Apr 12, 2020

Where is this writeup for my win iayeeye

Sent by lionsden121,Apr 12, 2020

Ayy congrats!

Sent by Harry1210,Apr 12, 2020

me @ singing your praises. i take full credit for any jury member who voted for josh. i supported that man the whole fucking time

Sent by nutmeggiee,Apr 12, 2020

lionsden121

You wouldn't want the honest assessment of your win from me :')

Also, congrats Josh!

Sent by iAyeEye,Apr 12, 2020

Congrats!!!!! joshbb17

Sent by kevinlord190,Apr 12, 2020

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