SYD
Ozzy - I don't remember much about you except that I gave you plenty of chances to work with me but you were already set. You do seem like a decent guy but your gameplay seems a lot weaker than both of them. But honestly i havent followed closely enough to have all the details. So tell me why I should vote for you? what makes you stand out from them?
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OZZY
Syd! Great to hear from you again.
I would be honored if you voted for because I gave this game 110% of my effort 100% of the time. I attended every challenge, I attended every tribal, I communicated with as many people as I needed to everyday, I sent in daily confessionals and I never folded when things did not go my way. I never gave up. I thought about this game when I was working, I strategized when I was in the shower, I even asked my real life friends “what if” scenarios speaking hypothetically without telling them I was in an online survivor game for fear of being made fun of. haha While some of my behind the scenes work couldn’t be displayed in the forefront, I never half assed or phoned in anything. I respected this game to play the game. There was not a second, I wasn’t giving my all and I wasn’t playing attention.
In that aspect one could argue Hufus and Ikah did the same thing but however, I don’t think they can exactly. Hufus although justifiably busy, was absent for some challenges and some strategy talk with Ikah and myself. As for Ikah, he was openly drinking during the finale and kind of didn’t participate in the challenges. While they both still were able to get here with missing some things and that’s commendable, I was there, I was trying, and I was giving it as much as I could.
Group games have allowed me to interact with people I never have before and kept me somewhat levelheaded during quarantine. In my personal life, I am an extroverted, working from home gay man, who lives alone. I don’t get my fill of human interaction and my mental health is affected because of it. When it comes to group games, I am able to get my interaction, I am able to get out of my own head, and just for a second, I can feel like someone is out there listening to me. Games like this are my therapy and remind me how important my personal life is. For that reason, I play and I fight. Maybe my resume isn’t out the door with move after move, and I think some uncontrollable aspects, like the returnee relationships, and Hufus being my partner prevented me from making big moves, I still was here and I cared about every single second.