Whew, wow, oh boy, I can't believe I made it to be quite honest. When I joined I fully expected to not do well due to the fact not many people know me and I only rejoined the site a couple of weeks ago.
However, when I join a game I don't join to get 2nd, 3rd or 4th I join to win, and I firmly believe that I have played a game worthy of victory.
One thing that I have always prided myself on is my ability to separate personal relationships from the game, and that was the mentality I had. Yes, other people don't have the same outlook on things, but I hope once the dust has settled we can all continue to be friends after this.
Now, onto my game. My game was at times messy, it was at times strategic, and it was at times extremely social. I am not going to lie to you and say that I played this PERFECT game. I didn't, it's my first stars, I made mistakes along the way, but it's HOW I came back from them setbacks and managed to progress that I think is impressive.
After making as many social connections as I possibly could on the first day I was added to a seven person alliance of me, Braden, Noelle, Zach, Ryan, Josh and Danny. I liked the people in this alliance, but it was immediately evident to me that me and Ryan would probably be the first people cut as 'expendables'.
So after making sure the first couple of sets went through safely, I began to think about how I could change my path in the game, so ensued what happened at the 12th placed eviction. Thinking Rozlyn would be down for flipping the game on it's head I made the CRUCIAL mistake of trusting him. I hold my hands up I was naive, but even after he leaked my screenshots, I refused to give up.
Somehow a combination of bullshit and grovelling won over my fellow alliance members and I managed to get Miranda and Roz nominated.
Yet, you may think I would've given up, let my head drop, but I didn't. I flipped the next vote to keep the people I were closest to safe and made sure to take Josh and Zach out. They are great people, but I KNEW they were closer to other people, and I was behind that, and i firmly believe I couldn't have gotten to 4th un-nommed if I hadn't eliminated them.
Two people I hadn't ever talked to in the game, and two people I completely betrayed for the benefit of my whole game. Yet I was in a 'pre-made' with them. Ok. Even Roz said it wasn't a premade so maybe stop battering a dead horse, Damian.
I was respectful, kind and social the whole game. I made big relationships with Machu and Cord which kept me safe through the latter rounds until I was forced to betray Machu as I thought if i did get nominated I would have a better chance against Cord.
I hope this proves that I did not just float here or fluke this with luck. I deserve my spot in this final three, and I hope you can crown me your winner.
GL Braden and Damian <3
I would also like to say a massive thankyou to the people that got me through this week by letting me rant to them:
