Hey Jury!
So there might be a little animosity towards me, it depends, because I haven’t exactly played a clean game, but I have played hard and I hope people can respect that.
On the second day of this game, I voted for Andrew, thinking he was going home, and then Boneworks, my closest ally at the time, was cleverly blindsided by my tribe.
From this second onwards, I was driven to get myself back in the game, and not only do him justice, but change the game around and go for the prize, which I never thought was possible.
In the tribe-swap I was able to regain my footing, despite being down in numbers, and blindside Clair and Jay, both people that I knew had a lot of allies in the game, and because I knew it was would get me that one step further.
Come the merge time, I made, or was inducted into, a final 4 alliance including Katie, Jimmy, Seth and myself, and we got rid of CR and Nicole.
But Jimmy was my biggest threat from Day 1, and despite being a friend I always had my eye on him, and so using Seth, we hopped on over to David and Willy’s side and successfully took Jimmy out, which was a HUGE play at that point.
However, I wasn’t content with sticking with David and Willy who were a strong duo, and so, picking up the pieces of a blindsided Katie, I was able to form an alliance, that in my mind included her and Andrew on one side, while I also kept Dane and Seth close on the other.
Willy left, and David left, both times being convinced not to play the idol.
Then there’s me sitting at the final 5 as the swing-vote, the position I dreamt of, and worked so hard for. Dane though had previously targeted to get me out, and Seth, despite being my closest ally in the game, was a wildcard and told me that he couldn’t trust me, and so I couldn’t trust him to take me to the end.
And so in the final 3 I was sat next to Katie, whose best friend I blindsided at 8th, and Andrew, who I voted for on day 1, who were both willing to take me to the finals. And in true Richard Hatch style, much like in Borneo all those years ago, I was able to take my hands off the idol, and still reach the end.
I have been ruthless at times, very manipulative at others, but I’ve also made a lot of friends here, ones I hope to keep, and I hope that you can understand that I did it all to reach the end, and to prove that being down doesn’t mean your out.
Thank you, and I’d love to hear your questions.