Okay, so I wrote this in about 10 minutes. It's long winded and its probably not grammatically coherent in some places, but this is the jist and an overview of my game:
I came into this game after a taking a year plus hiatus from group games. In the premerge I didn’t have to do a damn thing. My tribe won every challenge, there was no game talk on my part or anything. So, coming into the merge was like a fresh start for me. Not gonna lie, at the first vote I was like a lost puppy dog. I thought that nobody was playing the game, and that everyone was kind of playing timid like I was. Then, RJ went home with 6 votes. That set my alarms off, and I knew I had to do something. So, I went with the power. I figured that X would have a clue what was going on, mostly due to prior knowledge of him and his prior group game history. He was a really good ally to have, he let me know all the happenings of the game. He opened my eyes to the true dynamics of the game. At the final 10, we began a 5 person alliance: myself, X, Noodle, Octavia, and Sarah. I basically acted as a follower to them for the next couple of votes, because I still felt that I was in hot water. X truly helped me find my way in this game, and for that I am so thankful. So, at the final 8 I took initiative and decided it was time to take my fate into my own hands. This is where I found the hidden immunity idol. I wanted X gone at this point, because I saw how dominant his game was and knew that nobody else compared. He was the only person that I knew of that had connections with every single person in the game. So, I made a deal with Zack and Thomas. I would use my idol on Zack, which was who the 5 were voting for, and we would vote out Octavia (who I saw as X’s second-in-command). But, I realized that I wasn’t gonna be able to go through with it just yet. If I was gonna use my idol on someone else, I was gonna take out the head honcho of the game. And since he had won immunity, now wasn’t the time. So, I went back to my “as long as it ain’t me” ways. At the final 7, the second that X lost the challenge I knew something had to be done - who knew if we’d ever get this opportunity again? So, I told X that I wanted Thomas gone, knowing that I wanted the idol. Then, I went to Thomas at kind of the last minute, with only a few hours left before tribal, and told him the plan. I did this so nothing could get leaked, or it would give everyone else as little time as possible to change the plans and flip the script on me. So, after that Noodle came to me and told me that she had wanted X out as well, and that’s when I knew that she was gonna be good to work with. At the final 6, myself, Noodle, and Thomas formed a final 3. We set our sights on Octavia as the next target, mainly due to the fact that of the three others she was most likely to even show up to a challenge. So, then finale. We took out November first because she was so likable and hadn’t made any enemies. Then, at final 4. Oh my. I went through about 8 scenarios in my brain. Thomas had come to me the round before, wanting Noodle out as she was a likable jury threat as well. So, I went to Noodle and told her about this and said we should take Thomas out, since he was such a force all season long. LOL, so that blew up in my face. Sarah ended up going home, and probably for the better. I feel like had someone else gone in that spot, she would be sitting in the final 2. I voted for Noodle, just to show Thomas that I wasn’t against him. 75% because I actually was more loyal to him than Noodle, and about 25% because I knew that he had a better chance of winning the final immunity than Noodle. So, then final 3 I failed in that challenge by a couple seconds. I just knew I was toast. But, I was able to get Thomas to bring me here. So, now here we sit. Vote for the person who you think played the better game, whether it be myself or Thomas, either way I will respect your decision. Thank you guys for such a fun, intense, cutthroat battle to the end <3.