Well, first off, i'd like to congratulate my fellow Finalists, and allies, zach and Tyler. Ok, so in the beginning of this game, there really were no strong alliances on Rutana coming into the merge due to there only being 2 Tribal Councils for us, so coming into the merge, people flipped, blindsided, and did many foolish things. I did not, because i was loyal to my tribe. Me tyler and jake were an alliance coming into the merge. After some unsuccessful votes, including jake being voted out, me, zach, tyler, chris C, and Austin formed an alliance of 5. At this point we were around the final 8. I told Tyler exactly how to divide the tribes, so that 2 Gitega would be voted out, but austin flipped and it was 3v3. Fortunately, zach won the challenge and broke the tie break, making it 3v2, from here on out, we breezed by, and easily made it to the f3. This is what happened during the game basically, now I will tell you why I deserve to win.
I have said a few times, to win, you need loyalty, strategy, and immunity.
Loyalty- I did not vote for any Rutana at the merge EXCEPT for Austin, and this was a unanimous alliance decision (which had to be done, because he couldnt be trusted) after he flipped. Eli tried very hard to persuade me to flip, but I told him i would not betray my tribe. Loyalty to my allies is what allowed me to receive NO VOTES this entire game.
Strategy- This is the part I need to stress the most, as people clearly THINK tyler was the leader. Tyler was NOT the leader of this alliance. At the final 8, I told Tyler exactly what order we should vote everyone out, and the only difference from what I told him to what actually happened is that Chris D is where Chris C should have been. Like i said, i came up with the tribes at f8 too. For our alliance, for every vote, no single person said, vote "insert name" tonight, me, tyler or zach would ask the other 2, wanna vote "name" out tonight, and we would generally agree. I played a large strategic part in the alliance.
Immunity- I won more immunity challenges than anyone else, and i was one of the key assets to my team on Rutana. I won 3 Individual Immunity Challenges. Tyler won 2, and I believe zach won 0. Also, I found the HII for Rutana, but told nobody until later on, because i had to give it to a gitega. I gave it to eli, because i found it early and didnt know if i would need him as an ally later on. I didnt need him, but i told him i would keepp him as long as i could while feeling safe, and i did (Loyalty once again)
I have played an honest game, a smart game, and a strong physical game, I believe this is why i should win Survivor.
Ask me any questions
(Sorry this was a bit long)