I'd first like to start by thanking Alex (RShowFreak) for being an incredible host and allowing me to play my first season of RSF, the series has been around for a while now and I've wanted to try it out and now that I finally have I can gladly say I don't regret it. All in all, it was an amazing experience, and now I see why everyone takes it so seriously, you're a phenomenal host. Thank you for the enjoyable time.
Secondly, to all you players who were part of the season, despite the ups and the downs I can look back and say I have no ill-will towards any of you and I really feel like at the end of the day we're a family (tacky I know, but true). Thank you all for making this a season to remember.
Now on to my plea as why I believe I should win the game.
Coming into this game I wish I could say I had an easy start and could lay low, but unfortunately that wasn't the case and I instantly had to start playing the game the first day. On Day 1, I was targeted with Jojo & Nolan. At that time I had little to no knowledge of the cast dynamic and who was friends with who, but I quickly started to make connections & realized what needed to be done to further advance myself in the game. I indirectly saved myself from going into the Face Off in the first vote by getting the other side to swap their votes off of me, and formed the opposing side of the game (The Dark Side). It was a constant struggle each Day for each side to try to gain back power and take control of the votes because at this stage of the game having majority was everything. As the game progressed, I added more people to my chat and gathered all the outsiders (AlanDuncan, Max7313, TheSexiestDude990, mysterygame2, jman96, kevin121302, Chandlerp1996, Molecule, semajdude, Jojo7784, nick9811) together. Things were surprisingly going better than expected and we were able to get the votes for a few rounds, until it almost all fell apart at Episode 5. Molecule had flipped due to the poor communication between our alliance and himself. My alliance had all lost faith and believed it was over because it looked like they had the numbers, but I worked my ass off and talked to him for hours and made sure that we all would stick together and not lose such a good thing we had going. At the same time, still talking to members on the other side when needed, because I was realistic and realized that sides weren't going to budge, and I didn't want to be fake to people so that's why I didn't talk as much with the other side as some of them would've liked more. Anyhow, despite the other side seeing me as their biggest threat, I managed to not be their vote for most of the game, until Episode 7 where I unfortunately went into the Face Off due to one of the players on my side not voting. However, to detest to my social game I made sure everyone on my side saved me with their votes and I stayed in the tiebreaker. I truly believe that I was the glue of my alliance and had made a good personal connection with everyone on my side which ended up being really useful for my game, and allowed me to get to know them better. After receiving my key, I continued to take the leadership role on my side and made sure everyone remained loyal and casted their votes on time. It was a struggle at times as people had friends on the other side they wouldn't want to vote, but I managed to work around it and attempted to keep all of us safe for as long as I could. At the end, I had to sadly save Rodrigo over Molecule, which ended up screwing over 2 of my alliance members (Chandler & Molecule) because I was unsure whose key Molecule was going to steal. Rodrigo came to me and told me that he wasn't stealing my key for a 100% fact, and I just couldn't risk not making finals after how hard I've worked to get there so I took him up on his offer. If anything, this shows that I was a flexible player who was open to deals and willing to mix things up, but at the end of the day my true loyalties did and will always remain with the Dark Side.
Overall, I think I played, arguably, one of the best games this season socially, strategically and physically. Socially, the only reason I went into my first face off was because a player forgot to vote, and once I obtained my key it wasn't stolen for the remainder of the game. Strategically, I worked my ass off to get the Dark Side the numbers every round, but did play for myself when I had to because at the end of the day, as harsh as it may sound, this wasn't a team game. Physically, as I completely dominated the Final Challenge for the Red Boat, completed 3 of the puzzles for Part 2, completed the entirety of Part 3 for my team as they all got penalized immediately, and was a huge asset in Part 4 & 5 as well.
At the end of the day, I took this game really seriously and gave it my all, so saying I'd be grateful for any Yes's that I receive is an understatement. Also, my apologies for this being really long, but there was a lot of points that I wanted to make sure I addressed. if you have any questions for me I'll gladly answer them, truthfully and honestly.
Good luck with your decision, and regardless of the outcome it was a fun season.