Hello everyone! Firstly, I would like to say that I genuinely enjoyed playing this game with all of you, and that I respect each and every one of you. I know that I may have played ruthless towards the end and that I was super fake to a lot of you, but outside of game talk, everything I said was genuine and I hope you can separate my game from who I am as a person because that is not how I am in real life. I came to play, and that is just what I did.
At the start of this game, my strategy was to just be funny in the main chat and try to be as approachable as possible. I have always lacked in social prowess, so I wanted this game to be my opportunity to start from scratch, as the only people I previously played with were Shawn and Nathan. I also used this time to look at how others got along with each other, and this is when I discovered that Shawn and Johnny, and Patrick and Michael had a rivalry that protruded into this season, and I figured I could use these rivalries to build up different groups that would create the narrative of the season. While the inactives were being evicted, I figured out who liked who for the most part, and it was after Zach walking from the game when I helped form three groups that seemed to stick for the whole game.
The first group was me, Patrick, Emily, and Nathan, and this was called the Fab 4. Initially, this was the group I trusted the most out of anyone, and I was especially close with Patrick and Nathan. Senna was also loosely affiliated with this group.
The second group was me, Shawn, Johnny, and Barbra, and this was the Whores alliance. This was a collective idea from both me and Barbra, and the aim was to get Johnny and Shawn closer together so that no one would suspect this group to be working together.
The final group was me, Dan, Yung, Laksh, and Michael. This group moreso came naturally, and it was Yung who wanted this group to come together I believe. I liked this group a lot because this group contained a lot of the stronger and more competitive players. Sticking with them would improve my chances of safety throughout the game.
By the jury phase, all of these groups were tight, and I honestly won HOH by accident. My strategy was to throw most of the comps in order to not anger any of the three groups I was a part of. However, Senna was the one person that wasn’t a main person in any of these groups, but she was also good socially as everyone would talk about how they liked her a lot. Because of these factors and the fact that she was extremely good at the comps, I chose Senna as my target. But even then I would piss Patrick and Johnny off, as they had formed a close bond that I was aware of. So I decided to try to get two pawns on the block that would be willing to make Senna the third nominee. These two people were Yung and Nathan. So I put them up, they nommed Senna as the third nominee, then I won the POV, which I decided to save Nathan because Yung was more likely to stay at the time. And that is how Senna ended up leaving on my HOH. I got my target out, and I didn’t have to get the majority of the blood on my hands.
Unfortunately after this point it was a lot tougher for me, as I was literally in an alliance with everyone remaining in the game. So I decided it was necessary for me to try to pick off a little bit of each group so that they felt like they needed me around and they couldn’t just flip and take me out. I also made it a point to purposely throw every comp until I felt I was in danger. This was from after Senna’s eviction to Dan’s eviction. During this period, I didn’t have any specific target, but instead I would adapt to whoever won HOH. But each week, whoever I wanted out based on the circumstances, that person was eliminated. I got Laksh out on Dan’s HOH by using the fact that Dan nominated one person from each of the groups against him, and I united the Fab 4 and the Whores to evict Laksh, the person Dan put up in order to ensure Barbra was the third nom. I didn’t even have to evict Laksh. I evicted Patrick that round to keep on Dan, Mike, and Yung’s good side. The week Patrick left was probably one of the most difficult rounds for me, as not only was he a close ally of mine, but I honestly do feel like I overthought and perceived him as more threatening to my game than he actually was. This was also the first week where I kind of gave Dan Mike and Yung the middle finger as they were trying to evict Nathan. I won the POV and saved him, and I took the chance that either Barbra or Patrick would be renommed and evicted. And luckily Patrick, my target for the week, was renommed and evicted. I made sure I told Barbra that Dan Mike and Yung were after her though because this is when the double eviction hit.
At this point, Dan Mike and Yung could not play HOH, and I officially brought together Nathan, Johnny, and Barbra. Nathan and I agreed to throw the HOH and gun for the POV, as this would allow us to play in the next HOH’s as we were the bigger comp threats at the time. So Barbra won the HOH, and Dan, my personal biggest threat to win, was evicted. At this point my game was kind of exposed, and I expected this. So I officially stopped throwing comps.
I then won the next HOH, and I nominate Mike and Yung. I didn’t care who left because I was aware Yung was now gunning for me, and Mike was a very strategic player. So Johnny winning POV was the best case scenario if I didn’t win, because I was almost 100% certain he would keep the noms the same. And Mike was ultimately evicted. After that Nathan won HOH, as was planned from the double eviction, and at this point is when I feel like Nathan confirmed to me that we were an unbreakable duo as he didn’t nominate me, even though I was unnominated. He is usually a big move maker and will flip if it benefits him, so him not flipping meant a lot to me. Yung was evicted, and this was the final 4 I had wanted since the double eviction.
At final 4, I was gunning for HOH not because I felt like I was in danger for sure, but I just wanted to ensure my safety and not have to worry about cutting an ally I had been working closely with this whole game. Unfortunately, Barbra won HOH, and this was the first time in the whole season I was ever nominated. However, I went on to win the POV and ensure my spot in the final 3. But unfortunately I had to choose between Nathan and Johnny. I chose to evict Johnny because at the time, Even though Nathan was the bigger comp threat and overall threat to win against me, I felt like he would take me to final 2, while Johnny would take Barbra to final 2.
Why you should vote me to win over Nathan? I was the last player ever nominated in this game, while Nathan was nominated a total of 3 times (not including final 3). The two times the veto was used on Nathan was when I won the POV, and he definitely would have been evicted over Patrick if I didn’t use the veto. Meawhile, I was never at risk for eviction by final noms, and I won everyo competition I absolutely needed to. I always made sure that I controlled my fate in this game, and I was always aware of what was happening, even at points where my name was brought up such as in final 9, the double eviction, and final 4. But not once did I ever have to fully rely on others to not evict me. I always knew what was going on, and I always got the vote to a point where I could purposely vote in minority, and my target still leaves. Every single week, the person who I decided to target for that week ended up getting evicted, and I was able to balance 3 main alliances for most of the season, which is a feat that is hard to accomplish.
Yes my jury management was not strong. Yes I will admit my game was not flawless. But the game I played allowed me to make room for error and continue on like nothing bad happened. I hope you can respect my game for what it was, and just know that no decision that I ever made in this game was personal.
I know I missed some things. But feel free to ask me any questions. I’ll happily answer them.