Well, we're finally here. Alex and James, I would like to commend you two for having stellar games for the past two months and I wouldn't be sitting here in the Final 3 without you both.
Now, you guys might not want to give a vote to my end, but hear me out. I have to claw my way to get here. Coming in, I was a bit intimidated with having 24 people in the cast and half of them which I not know of. I made a simple and easily executed plan, which was to lay low and to do decent in challenges, while connecting with people I had a friendship with (Spin, Alex, Ryan, Brit, Sam) and make new ones (Scott). Everything was going well, as even though I wasn't sending confessionals early on I was safe throughout.
..Until the first time I was in the box. It was a tiny wake up call. I was playing too low for anyone's standards and I had to do something and I did. As the duos were dwindling, I took a risk of getting my own partner out. The other duos were really strong and I knew how Spin has played in Survivor games, I didn't want a person who will be scary at a later stage of the game. I even had to put myself in the box by the use of self votes to ensure that he was gone. (A lot of people were targeting Nolan at the time, so he might've been voided at that round instead of Spin.)
Come Final 13, I was shocked to see everyone including the people who I thought were close to me, voted me in the vault. Thankfully, the paymaster was one that I had a past connection (Brit). It was a time where I felt doubt about who I was with, so I tried to do a bit better in challenges.
What really enlighten me of having a shot in the game was at the Final 9. I was still voted in the box, but all but three people hesitated to vote me in. I was convinced that I had gotten better connections with almost everyone in the game, but I wasn't convinced that I got them enough to make a move. That's when Ryan comes in. I think I was the first one who completely agreed with the plan to vote in Jordonk/Brittany at the Final 8, and helped to push it forward. I knew that even though I was taking one of them out, I could easily flip to the other side. I wanted to make a move at the Final 7 vote with a 3D Printer (Double Vote) I got way back from the auction, but nobody was willing to do it at the time and it got discarded.
However, I didn't need it. The Final 6 challenge was a test to see how far my social game has improved. With the result of a paymaster win, I knew I was in Final 3 at that point. I just had to make a greater case for a win. I need to take out some of the people who are in contenders to win in a clean sweep. So I made a plan to void Ryan, and get Brittany at the Final 5 with the help of Alex. While the last step didn't go so well, (having Alex lose at the Final 4, as anyone of us would void him at that point) I was able to complete the rest of my plan into perfection.
Overall, my game was incredibly flawed but it doesn't matter. I was able to prove to myself that I still got it into me. The last time I was in the Final 5 alone was FOURTEEN SEASONS AGO. I had probably the toughest road to get here, only winning one paymaster and I was in the box a total of 6 times, which I think is the second most out of everyone here. I had to rely on other aspects of the game as I wasn't good physically, and this is the result of a rollercoaster ride that happened in the span of two months.
I really eager to answer some of your questions and I hope to get your votes to get my second win in NB Reality.