I can post my opening statements but then I am heading out at 8 for a while so I will be unable to answer any juror questions until later tonight or early tomorrow. Hopefully no jury members vote before that! :)

*looks over at the jury*
*stands up*

Hi Jury,

Um so I know this game does show everyone's good and bad sides however I'm here right now to tell you why you should give me your jury votes.

PRE-MERGE:

Starting off this game, I was nervous because coming in I didn't really know a lot of people here so I knew I had to make friends since the only people I knew were Max and Rich was previously games or the survivor group game family anyway. I noticed straight away that no one was mailing me so I decided to get to work trying to get people on my side, I managed to get Max on my side and then I got into a nice little tight 3 with Tim and AJ however when I told them about Max, Tim wasn't best pleased so I had to try and convince him that Max would give us majority.

Going into our first and only Chalukya tribal council I decided that I wanted to target Will because I had heard that he had thrown my name around and I thought my alliance was onboard until Tim and AJ blindsided me and voted out Maz proving to everyone that I wasn't in control all the time as I landed straight on the outside of my tribe so I knew I needed to start socialising or else if we lost again I felt like a gonna.

During pre-merge my strategy was simply to let others take the charge in immunity challenges and I was gonna lay low because I didn't want a target on my back so soon, I also worked on people to everyone and acting like a team player so get in good with my tribe which I felt worked. One of my other plans was to get a couple of people from Pallava on my side since I felt like that tribe mentally together were not strong and I could easily get people to flip and make that tribe scramble at merge so I decided to mail Rich and RJ because I felt like they would have similar characteristics to me and I would be able to gel well with them at merge

I feel like I played a strong social game during pre-merge which helped me get to merge where I could really start doing some damage

MERGE:

So the merge hit and I super excited because Chalukya was up in numbers and I felt like I could do the allies that I had to make it far. During the merge one thing I wasn't going to do was hide my physical strength because I know how important winning individual immumity is so I wanted to win as many as I could because I wanted to not deal with the hassle of possibly getting blindsided, plus it meant I had more chances to make the decisions instead of others who were hoping not to be a target. After the first tribal council and Will flipping and causing the purple rock situation that got out Tim one of my closest allies I knew I had to make sure the rest of Chalukya were tight so I messaged everyone and that was when myself, AJ, Bates and Fire become a tight foursome to be reckoned with

During the next challenge and tribal i didn't get a chance to try and create a target as my side had already chosen RJ and the Noah's side decided on me (thanks to Noah making me a target) so I had to make sure I was safe I made sure my alliance was voting with me, luckily Will was apparently flipping back to us which gave me some clarity however I was still scared. However then RJ messaged me about a plan to possibly try and get the votes split so that it would go to rocks again meaning me and him would be safe which I like, however the way is worked put him in danger and as you saw it didn't work out for him.

After that I decided on two things, firstly I used a great motto was a true survivor queen and decided that "as long as it ain't me" was gonna be my strategy and this meant I was gonna make sure I looked at everyone's weaknesses and looked at what made them a target and made it public to my allies so that they would think they were the biggest threat and not me and I also decided to figure out a rough vote off list that I wanted so I had goals I could make going deeper into my game and if you wanna know my order just look at how your placed and you'll find out (not kidding that was how I planned it)

So my first target was Noah and it was easy to convince my alliance that he was the biggest threat because he did literally everything he could to control the votes even going as far as trying to blackmail myself and AJ into voting Will (a lesson to learn is never blackmail me, I hate it) and he showed his physical strength so my alliance were ok with voting him out and that's what happened, next on my list was a Will, simply because he had been flipping to wherever he felt most safe and I found that dangerous because he could easily flip and get me out, it was easy to convince my alliance as Fire already wanted to target Will and the others felt the same so I managed to get Will out however I did make him aware that people were annoyed about him flipping due to talking to him and feeling bad about voting him off.

However during Will's vote off, Bubba decided he wanted to try and orchestrate a blindside against me which obviously failed because the only person who voted for me was him and with him being next on my list, gave me the perfect opportunity to make his target bigger and get him out, I mean it wasn't that hard due to his immunity win and his hostile and violent comments during the challenge and tribal so I easily got my alliance to all vote for him and send him packing. And at this point I started to prove my physical dominance winning every immunity challenge after this point

After that was a little bit tricky because I was felt with all my allies so I knew from this point the game would get cutthroat but I was ready, I decided that Fire was the next target as I felt like he would possibly dominant challenges if he stayed so I wanted to Eliminate that factor right away and I approached AJ with this idea and he was on board, I also pitched the Idea of aligning with Rich as he was an easy challenge beat (no offense Rich) which he agreed to and thanks to Bates voting with us, Fire was sent packing.

Final 4 and 3 were tough because at this point I actually did have an alliance with all of he, separately and had pro's and con's for all so it was hard however when AJ decided he wanted to keep Bates as he felt Rich did not deserve a spot in the final 3 so I decided to let him so that however I did not vote for Rich as I wanted to make a point that I was always gonna vote how I wanted to and if I had a promise I would stick to it since I did promise Rich that I would not vote him off. After that and winning the final immunity challenge, deciding on who to keep was tough because I still had pros and cons for both people however I decided to vote off Bates as I has been with AJ from the start and felt like voting him off when we've been together since the beginning would have been just plain rude

SUMMARY:

Overall I feel like I worked my arse off to get to Final Tribal Council since I never gave up or stopped trying and I also feel like I have played this game the best as I dominated the game physically winning 5 individual immunity challenges. Dominating the game strategically as I always made sure that I had the numbers and I orchestrated most of the tribal votings and doing this while ensure people would still stay loyal to me and not blindsiding me. I also felt like I was strong Socially as I had spoken to almost everyone sitting on the jury quite a bit and did connect with the, personally, except maybe Bubba however looking back on my past group games I know that my social game had gotten better. I mean I know I have a loud mouth and I can be a bit extra sometimes but that just my Personality and I know it can affect my game a lot, however I tries to control it this time and hopefully I did, however if I did offend anyone somehow please let me know why I will apologise and resolve the issue as my intention was never to hurt anyone

I feel like I deserve this win over AJ as he clearly was not strong physically and did not take as much charge strategically as I did, only getting his way and making a tribal decision once voting off Rich and honestly I felt like he was going along with my plans and who almost played a bit like Albert Destrade and buttered people up and tried to make them feel like they were fine and them votes them off, whereas I was loyal to my alliance made it clear (sorry AJ, it's part of the game)

I know some of you will be bitter, I know some of you will want to ask me the nastiest and meanest questions, I know some of you don't care however no matter what I'm ready for what your about to throw at me and I understand where it's coming from as I've been in your shoes too many times.

I'm ready to plead my case and finally win my first ever Survivor group game :)

*smiles*
*sits back down*
*gets ready to answer any questions*

Alright, hello jury!
Let's get to the elephant in the room: I know many of you are pissed at me for the decisions I've made in the game. And based on a couple comments I received as some of you left the game, many of you perceived me to be Ollie's puppet and I would like to say that this was not the case. I will answer your questions honestly and I want you all to know that this is a game.

I do not want you to base your vote on who you like the most (or hate the least) but I hope you can find it in yourself to vote for who you believe played the best game.

For me, I came into this game without knowing really anybody (except kind of knowing Ollie). Being a white level when I joined, I felt I was at a disadvantage because people perceive white levels to be irrelevant in the game and people see them as easy puppets. However, I know I needed to break this perception if I wanted to win the game. I made an early alliance within the original Chalukya tribe with Bates, Fire, Tim and Will. Initally, this allowed me to get to the merge because we had this majority alliance. I also knew Ollie from another Survivor series (although we had never played together) so I knew I could trust him. At the merge, I wanted to stick with this alliance for as long as possible because I knew it was a better option than going over to the Pallava's (who were obviously a tight alliance). When Tim left (easily my closest ally), I had to rethink my strategy and this is when I pulled out all the stops and my current strategy began. I had to promise Will a final 2 alliance in order to pull him back to our side against RJ (which I was able to do). Then, when the rest of the alliance wanted him gone, I had to follow through. I had good trust and bonds with Bates, Ollie and Fire at this point and out of the final 6, I knew I could trust all 3 of them. Ollie wanted Fire out, Fire and Bates wanted Ollie out and I was able to pit both sides against each other so they wouldn't get together and vote me out!

When we got to the final 5, I was there with Ollie and Fire (who I had seen as very big threats) and I knew if I wanted a chance of winning, I had to show that I wasn't merely a follower and that I could make moves myself (so I took out Fire) and it was originally going to be Ollie but then he won immunity all those times. I feel that I've played a great strategic game (by making alliances and power moves to advance myself), and a great social game *because I feel like for the most part, people liked having me around and I was always nice and cordial until someone gave me a reason to be otherwise). For this reason, I feel like I overcame the most, made big strategical decisions and was able to get here. So, I would really appreciate your votes tonight and I do wish Ollie the best of luck as well.

Thank you!

not making the jury wait since you both posted speeches.

letting them post now

Right let's get ready for the claws to come out

I am heading out soon, guys! Sorry. I might be able to check my phone and answer questions sporadically and I really wish I could be here all night to answer all your questions. I will answer them all as soon as I return tonight (of if I return late tonight, I will answer them early tomorrow)! I just wanted to let you all know now so you aren't wondering why I am not answering right away!

I'll say right now, it's 1:30am here in the UK so I really need to head to bed, sorry guys I will answer your questions as soon as I wake up tomorrow morning I promise :)

Ok, I have something to do right now

But FYI I'm FOR SURE undecided

lmfao Ollie took AJ to the final two even after he wanted him gone and Bates was an easy beat. Shows what an amazing game A.J. played. Also I dont like either of you calling me fire. My name is Fire Dragon, AFD, or Alaskan. But please stop calling me "Fire".

" Fire and Bates wanted Ollie out and I was able to pit both sides against each other so they wouldn't get together and vote me out! "
Also AJ this line is total bullshit. You were legit insisting on voting Ollie out when all I wanted was us 4 to be the f4.

questions for Ollie-
Why would you take AJ to f2 when Bates didn't do anything all game and AJ wanted you gone?
How am I am going to dominate in challenges when I sucked in them all season?
Why was targeting me not where it got tough, I thought we were close?

questions for AJ- Why would you even write that line I pointed out?
After you had shown you had a big penis you continued to rub it in my face what the hell man?
How the hell did you get Ollie to take you to f2?

It's funny how I wasn't alligned that close with either of you 2

So I'm not mad at all

But some people are

Alright, Firedragon!

Sorry for rubbing that in your face, I was just kinda confused and angry at your random comments and for that I do apologize! Secondly, I got Ollie to take me to the final 2 because I told him that the jury hated me and was pissed because he was seen as the leader of the alliance, (when that wasn't the case at all). I told him that if the jury is bitter, he should take me because the jury will vote for Bates instead of him based off pure bitterness!

Hi guys! I am not going to lie. I honestly thought I was going to vote for Ollie, but I am not dead set on it and may still vote for AJ.

AJ! At the merge I made the move to flip to the other side and cause the drawing of the rocks. In all honesty, you were the person at the end of the day who caused me to flip back because you did promise me f2. So my question is, If I was in Ollie's position, would you be able to beat me? Why or Why not?

Ollie! I noticed on your page it states that one thing you want to do this year was to win your first survivor group game. So my question is, why have you not been able to win a survivor group game before and what makes this one different?