Hi Jury!

The way I’m going to format my speech is basically 2 separate things, I’m going to post a generic overview, and then also round-by-round breakdowns. Because some people won’t care for round-by-rounds, some may want to see their own, so I’ll throw everything out there then people can take what they want.

This is my sixth stint at a BigBen’s game, my history is overall less than thriving, though my second time making a Final Tribal Council. The first time was my FIRST appearance so making the end in potentially my LAST appearance really is sweet.

Coming into this game, it was definitely surreal in the vibe that I was in a game with so many unknown faces. I knew that this was going to give me the potential to make moves and play in a way that the majority of the cast would not be able to expect from me.

This season I dominated the game PHYSICALLY, early branding myself as a physical player to people. The ideology was so that people felt that I was someone they would want to have on their tribe as I was a useful asset, and it definitely only did me favours, even if I only attended two tribals. Come merge, I won 6 individual immunities. That was more than the rest of our cast-mates combined. Do I think I relied on these wins? Absolutely not. The only rounds I ARGUABLY needed these wins were Final 7 and Final 4. Every other round I WON it, but it wasn’t as if I were going home if I lost, I personally believe anyway.

This brings me onto my SOCIAL game. This season I attended 12 tribal councils, 6 of them the person I voted for left the game, 6 of them that person did not. The fact that I could go by this season spending almost HALF of it in the minority, yet only receive votes on ONE occasion [and that was due to CHATZY] I believe demonstrates the strength in a social game I had. I positioned myself where people valued me as an ally, ensuring I played a game where I didn’t have to be fake with people. I was transparent with many people, every person I voted for during Finale I didn’t beat around the bush, I told them upfront because I respected every player, and didn’t want to brand myself as fake. I constantly received information from other players even if I weren’t voting WITH them, the only votes that I did not have a proper read on was when Eric got blindsided and when Chandler received 2 votes at the merge vote. Every other thing YES I may not have been DIRECTLY told, but it became PREDICTABLE to the point I wouldn’t say I had no read on it.

My STRATEGIC game also worked to my benefit this season. I found a hidden immunity idol, constantly was thinking “what move today will help me two rounds later”, I constantly thought numerous steps in advance. I was not afraid to state my opinion, I definitely played a more stubborn game than normal to the point where I would either push for something to go my way, or I would just flat-out refuse something if it didn’t appeal to me. Frustrating for allies? Absolutely. Any regrets? Not of that, no. Because had I NOT openly stated who I didn’t want to vote for, that puts them in jeopardy of leaving, whereas the way I played I was able to be positioned where coming into endgame, people didn’t want to target me. Those who did, I managed to use the fear of possibly having another idol to turn them away from targeting me.

I’m not going to sit here and pretend even for a second I played the cleanest game, I hold my hands up and am the first to admit I certainly played a messy game. Not everything went my way, I never expected to, this was All-Stars; this was 20 players who all DESERVED to be here fighting to PROVE why they deserved to be here. I think that despite having a messy game, that actually represents this season very well. Messy. The constant late-scheming, the constant vote-flipping or side-flipping, and although it got stressful at times, I enjoyed every moment of it, and would love to be crowned the winner of such a season. I fought my way here, made every decision I made with logically reasoning behind it, I made my own choices.

I will post my round-by-round breakdowns momentarily, cheers BigBen for having me back for a sixth time, good luck to Travis and Tyler; and I truly did enjoy playing with everyone I got the opportunity to this game, no matter how big or small our working relationship even was. Good game all, and I’m excited to answer any and all questions you may have.

ROUND-BY-ROUNDS:

On our original tribes, the socialising on Tawitawti in general was a minimal for the first few days. In this time I won 2 fire token challenges, whilst being a significant competitor for the tribe in challenges. The one tribal I did attend, the votes were between Brian and Tyler,  and I voted in a 7-3 minority. Whilst Brian gave me his token, I already knew this season would likely consist of a lot of ‘playing from the bottom’ for me considering I didn’t have many allies to begin with.

The SWAP actually worked out really well for me. Jimmy and I played in Rome together, and I had a healthy relationship with him, and we both did with Keith. James S. and I connected well simply for the reason we share the same name, and I also covered over voting for Tyler at the previous tribal. The one tribal we did attend, I personally knew I was not going to be at risk due to the fact that I had a healthy relationship with Eric and Kellen, so even after the two idol plays and when Eric informed me he had thrown a rogue vote, I felt secure. I also purchased an Extra Vote during the premerge, this was first done just as a precaution for the double-tribal night, but also to set me up with some extra comfort upon entering the merge.

F13: When the merge began, I had the opportunity to meet new people and also reconnect with some people I’d began forming relationships with already. The merge round was my first individual immunity win of the season, and following immunity there was a chat made consisting of Chandler, James S., Jan, Jimmy, JJ, Travis and myself. I threw out Daniel as a possible vote because I know Daniel is a smart and strong player, though we found out that that had been leaked. Once it was detected it was James S. who leaked, a NEW chat was formed. Plan-Z. This consisted of those same 7 people, just subtract James S. and add in Hufus. After talking with Jimmy, I went around to confirm with numerous people that voting James WORKED for them because it made sense to take out a leaker, and James became the merge boot.

F12: The second merge round was the ONLY round the entire game I received votes. And where did these votes come from? Chatzy. The Plan-Z chat was still in full motion, and the name of Skyler came up as someone who people generally didn’t have close ties with, and was a less predictable name. I went with it, despite it not being my preference, as BEFORE hearing it was Chatzy that selected me to be the vote, I HAD been informed that my name was going around regardless, so with my neck on the line it was too risky for me to try do something else, and I ultimately just had to go with the flow.

F11: The next round the minority began turning on one another. Despite me formerly wanting Daniel out, I had talked to him and made the offer with him that I was going to give him one of my fire tokens, as I had like 3 at this point, so that he could purchase the Safety Without Power, and in return he was going to be loyal to me. This made sense for ME personally because I had communicated less with Tyler. Unfortunately, the SWP had already been purchased by someone else, and despite me voting Tyler, Daniel ultimately left in a 7-4 vote. I didn’t feel on the bottom at this point though, as I had good connections with those still in the majority.

F10: This round had one of the worst-case scenarios to my game happen. I won my second immunity win, and the initial plan had just been to vote for Tyler. Some of the Plan-Z alliance [Jimmy and I] had voted for Tyler the day before, so it seemed simple enough. Then, after talking with the minority, I learnt that JJ had been basically playing both sides to the point he ensured that he was comfortable with them, and I believe also told them what we were doing. Jimmy and I decided that the best thing for us would be to flip and take out JJ, because it was similar to the James vote in the regard JJ was possibly just going to become the breaker of the alliance. However, despite discussing with most of the alliance, ULTIMATELY only Jimmy and I DID, which resulted in a 6-4-1 vote after [I believe] JJ voted Jimmy.

F9: To begin with, I found the merge idol. I was just about to give up too, so it like felt like a breath of fresh air. I also purchased the idol nullifier, just because I had the tokens and they were about to serve no purpose anyway. After the F10 vote, Chandler suggested he wanted Jimmy gone, so I knew Jimmy was likely to be a target. Jimmy caught wind of this, and subsequently wanted to target Chandler. I knew Eric was willing to work with us, as Eric was the one who said the vote was Jimmy like for confirmation, but I knew overall we would be in the minority. I knew I was going to idol Jimmy that night, and knew Eric and Jimmy were doing Chandler, so I threw a vote onto Travis as I lacked a relationship with Travis and did this for the scenario that Chandler ALSO had an idol. However, people knew Eric had leaked, so took the opportunity to blindside Eric. This was the one round in the game I was most unaware I would say.

F8: This round was a MESS. My third immunity win, touchy subjects, which demonstrated that I had a good read of social awareness throughout the game. Basically, Jimmy and I’s duo linked up with the Kellen and Tyler duo, and together came to the conclusion to vote for Jan. I didn’t WANT to do Jan because Jan was one of my closest allies, and knew he was protection for me from the other side, but ultimately that’s what had to be done. Jimmy had also convinced Travis to FLIP and play his 50/50 on him, so the vote WAS 5-3. Now right. I did not 100% know that Jan had a Vote-Steal. Nor did I scream to play it. I DID warn Jan that their group would likely need to vote together otherwise fireworks could happen, but I ensured that I did not tell Jan he WAS the vote.  Once Jan played the vote steal and the vote tied 4-4, my personal realisation was that Jan staying for me WAS better than Tyler. I WANTED the tribe to go to rocks with hopes that one of the duo of Chandler/Hufus would be taken out as they were a threatening duo, but ultimately that didn’t occur and Jan left 5-1 on revote.

F7: My fourth immunity, and arguably the first one I ACTUALLY needed. Jimmy and I talked and decided it would be best to try separate ourselves, and this would be done in the style of me going over to the Chandler/Hufus duo, and Jimmy grouping with Kellen/Travis/Tyler. The aim here was for there to be 4 votes on Chandler, then 3 votes on Kellen. Because at F7 I knew Kellen was a massive threat for me and like the one I NEEDED gone. However, Chandler and Hufus believed I was lying to them and had instead been involved on a split plan, and instead chose to vote Jimmy. This was really rough for me because Jimmy was my closest ally for the vast majority of this game, so losing him in a 4*-2-1 vote was rough, and made my mindset change how I was going to play going into the finale.

F6: So this round of finale, I did three key things. FIRST: I linked up with Travis. There were 2 duos remaining [Chandler/Hufus and Kellen/Tyler] so Travis and I pairing up was going to be the correct move. SECOND: I threw immunity to Hufus. In Rome I threw F6 immunity and it ended up costing me. I wanted to throw an endgame immunity to prove that I wasn’t RELYING on them and actually had a social game to back me up. I threw to Hufus, Kellen left 4-3 over Chandler. I didn’t even receive votes. THIRD: I had saved my double vote for most the game, and used it this round to eliminate my biggest threat to win [based on what I believed].

F5: I created a chat of 3 with Travis and Tyler and preached we needed to go to the end together and that we were against a duo. I won my fifth immunity which tested knowledge of the season. For me when I compared the gameplay of Chandler and Hufus, both had suits they had performed stronger than the other, but ultimately I went with my gut which told me that Hufus leaving was the right move. This was DIFFICULT because #RomeWave for starters, but because I really had enjoyed properly working with Hufus, but yeah at this point it wasn’t anything personal, strictly what gave me the best chances in this game. Hufus left 3-2, with Chandler voting with Hufus for Tyler.

F4: I won my sixth and final immunity, and for me it was as simple as this. Travis, Tyler and I needed to all vote for Chandler, because if Chandler made the end, he was winning the game. I preached that in our F3 chat, but ultimately Travis opted not to. His reasoning for it was that I had been a beast, and that he believed he needed to make a move and by voting for Tyler instead of Chandler WAS the move he was going to make against me. I did know that wasn’t the correct move, but it happened. Tyler ultimately won the FMC, which meant Chandler got 4th. I didn’t have pleasure giving Chandler 4th, and I explained before voting him that it was simply just a game decision, and I feel it really was the right thing.

Ok that’s my round-by-round summary, I hope that can give you some insight on the game I played, and as stated with my opening, I’m happy to answer any and all questions. Cheers to Ben for an amazing season, best of luck to Travis and Tyler.

Oh, final thing, apologies if there are any typos etc. in my speech, I type it out on notes which sometimes uninvitingly fits auto-corrects for me. That mixed with me trying to get numerous thoughts out in as condensed-but-effective way possible may mix a couple things up, so yeah will clear any CONFUSION up as well! Thanks! :)

I'm sure you’re all asking yourselves… Why would we vote for Travis over James?  He’s won a billion immunities… Here, at final tribal council, I am going to make my case and ask each and every one of you for your vote.

Before I do that - I have a few personal apologies to issue.

First, Dan.  Dan is one of my absolute favorite people to ever exist.  I’ve got so much respect for you and voting you out was genuinely one of the hardest things I’ve done.  You my friend, are a legend and I wish our games would have aligned… I am extremely sorry.

Second, Jan… is it a coincidence that my best friends name rhyme?  Or that I voted both of them out?  Jan - you were such a wonderful ally and in my mind - unbeatable.  I honestly had no idea your vote was going to a tie - but when it did I had no choice but to capitalize.  Your vote was also very hard, but I knew it had to happen.  For that… I again am sorry.

Now let me share the thoughts behind my game and why I think I’m deserving of your vote…

Coming into this game I had only a few individuals I could count on - especially on Balabac.  I was able to form quick relationships with Cameron, Chandler, James, and continue a relationship with Jan from Suriname.  Top it off with the fact that the first three tribal councils were a Balabac tribal.  Not only was I able to survive those - I found the hidden immunity idol on the tribe! If there’s one thing I’ve learned from Big Ben’s Survivor - it’s that if you want something done you do it yourself.  I was told that votes were between me and Eric… Eric and I openly talked about voting for each other… and I decided - screw this, I wanted Washed gone.  I worked with Cameron and we got everyone to flip their votes while I played the idol on Eric.  While some saw this as a wasted idol play - it’s what I wanted and I wasn’t sure where Washed stood.  Again, that was the vote I wanted. 

THEN - I was instrumental in the next four immunity challenge wins.  Even to the point where I was scoring six of seven points in challenges for Tawitawi.  Also, I can say I have indeed won an individual immunity idol clocking in with 6:47 left on the Sporcle challenge. 

I am not going to pretend as if I am a challenge beast - but I wasn’t a floater and I played hard. I’m asking for your votes not just because of my challenge ability but also my gameplay.  I made money moves when I needed to make them.  I knew who competitors were eliminated them accordingly.  The only one that I couldn’t get was James - or else I would have - but the guy can win challenges.  Here’s what I did find in the last moments of the finale, though… He didn’t have great relationships with everyone.  When I tied to vote to send Tyler and Chandler to a fire making challenge, James continued to tell me that Chandler would beat all three of us… A guy who won a shit ton of immunity challenges.  To me this game is two fold and relationship building is important.  I think it shows that his social game was not as good as his ability to rock the tengaged message boards.

When I played the 50/50 - after being essentially gifted a coin from JJ - I played it on Jimmy and voted for Jan.  I knew the votes were going towards Tyler and took a shot by voting for Jan.  However, I wanted to build trust with Jimmy prior to the next vote.  I didn’t have much time left on the power, so I had to use it and what better than to build trust with someone.  In fact, I managed to not get votes at three tribals after Tyler revealed to everyone that I had the 50/50 power!  That’s how strong of relationships I had built.

I painted pictures for everyone - there was always a bigger duo out there… a stronger player… a bigger alliance.  Doing that kept the target off of my back and I think I was the only person able to play both sides of the fence without ever getting caught.  It didn’t work for a lot of other players but it worked for me.  I even had a lengthy argument with Tyler after the Dan vote and somehow ended up in a F3 alliance with him and James.  One that I did try turning on for Chandler at the end.  Sorry about that fire buddy.

I played this entire game for me and no one else.  While that may make me more of a villain that I’ve been in the past, I did what had to be done to survive.  I lied… I broke promises…I did whatever it took to live through each vote.  I also made some pretty fun and nerve-racking tribal councils :-).

I was on the right side of the vote every single time but once - when Kellen went home.  That says a lot about how I was playing this game.  I didn’t need to win a ton of immunities to stay safe because I was navigating the vote with you all the whole time.

I look forward to your questions and want to thank you all for playing this game with me.  I wish Tyler and James the best!!  Good luck guys.

Kings and Queens of the All-Star Jury,
I truly believe that I deserve to be crowned the winner of BigBen’s Survivor All-Stars. I must start by saying, I’ve never seen the benefit of breaking down each and every day of the game, especially with a majority alliance easily clean sweeping the first half of merge. My speech is going to cover only the major moves I’ve made in this game: moves that either put me in a better position in the game, moves that saved me from being voted out of the game, and hopefully moves that will help me win this game.
1. The first time I had to save myself was in premerge, in my first tribal council. JJ and I had talked about creating an alliance early on, which led to the creation of a 2-person pact between the two of us, a 4-person alliance with Kellen and Keith, and then a larger 6 person alliance that included Daniel and Niko. My relationship building skills saved me from this tribal, as I received 3 votes to be sent home. This was the first attempt to vote me out, and the first time I secured my spot in this game.
2. The second move I made in the game was blindsiding my own tribe in the Mactan/Balabec combined tribal council. I told the other tribe that I was going to vote for Skyler with the rest of mine, but offered this information knowing they would pool together tokens enough to buy an idol and save him. This ensured that I would burn at least 1 idol in the game, while also keeping me safe on my current tribe had we not merged. I also gained trust from the remaining Balabec members. Even though Jimmy played his idol, I had ensured my safety as I informed the other tribe of who the vote was to gain them safety in return.
3. After merge I fought HARD every single day to make it here. There was possibly 1 or 2 days where I did not have to work my ass off to flip the vote off of me. After landing in a minority right off the bat, I spent the first couple of days of the merge solidifying relationships and planning a flip with JJ. When I was called out by Daniel in the public chat for my strong relationship with Kellen and my advantage, the organized flip that JJ and I were responsible for (and also relationships with everyone in the game) proved to be essential in saving me from getting the votes. This was the second time I saved myself in this game.
4. The following vote, our flip was leaked. Once again, the votes were going to land on me. This time, everyone, including my own alliance members, told me my game was OVER. I finally found my own way in by approaching James. Being fearful that a flip was actually coming, James told me he wouldn’t write my name down if I told him the other vote. Knowing he was lying and just trying to ensure his/Jimmy’s safety, I strategically lied and told him the vote was Jimmy. I also told him I wouldn’t vote for him to win the game if he had just lied to me, knowing that this meant he would work his ass off to make sure he didn’t have to write my name down. This was the third time I saved myself in this game.
5. In the tribal council before the fast forward, after once again being thrown into the minority, I was able to find a spot working with James and Jimmy. We locked our sights in on voting Jan, only because we figured there was a vote steal in Jan’s possession. While I cannot take credit for locking in Travis’s vote (that was Jimmy), I do think I can take credit for what happened after the tie. I was able to plead my case with Travis, Jimmy, and Kellen enough to ensure that we’d either go to rocks or I would be safe, even though both Travis and Jimmy were 2 people who were very publicly against me for most of the game. This was the fourth time I saved myself in this game.
6. The next time I saved myself was when Hufus was voted out in the finale. I knew going into finale it was very possible Kellen was going to be voted out at 6th place. Knowing that my best shot at winning the game would be against Travis and James, I reached out to James the day before the finale, pitched the idea of going to F3 together. He accepted. This agreement saved me for the 5th time.
7. The sixth time I saved myself was obviously at the final tribal council, when Travis forced me to make fire against Chandler. I may have not won any individual immunity challenges in this game, but this offered me an opportunity to show that I’m not a weak competitor and that I do deserve to sit in this FTC and possibly win.
I fought really hard to be here. I believe I deserve to win because, even though I know a lot of you may have viewed me as too tight with Kellen in this game, I did choose to make my own moves to ultimately secure myself from being the vote. I truly have been playing from the bottom since the merge. I stayed RESILIENT.
Ive been staring at a paragraph at the top of BigBen’s Survivor forum all season... it says,
“Some individuals were considered the Goliath's dominating throughout the course of the game as respective masterminds.  While other's could be viewed as the David's fighting from the bottom and showing off their underdog story.”
I believe my underdog story is deserving of recognition. I was by no means a Goliath, bursting through this game in majority alliances, feeling safe and winning immunities to guarantee my spot in this game. Every time my safety was at risk, I pulled through. I always came into each tribal council with determination, knowing I’d be the “easy” target for another vote. I played as a true David. I survived 21 votes against me this season all the way up to the end. I adore all of you, even the one’s I once fought with and even the ones that voted for me... I only ask that you vote for me again one last time. <3
Congrats and thank you for an amazing season everyone!

James and Travis we didn't speak much throughout the season and I think we should keep that same energy during the finale.

Tyler, the ultimate competitor, the fire that you brought to this game completely captivated me. I think that you played your heart out and you totally deserve to win this game. #ylers

#ylers <3

Hey yall, congrats on making it here. I have no bitterness towards any of you since clearly all of the decisions that you guys made we merited as you all sit here right now in the final 3. So my votes mostly still up in the air, so I'm gonna ask everyone questions and whoever I feel answers it best will get my vote.

Travis - You basically snaked me at Final 11 when you didn't use the 50/50 coin AND you lied to me and voted me out. I just wanna know the reason why you did this and why you were willing to take out someone who trusted you in this game and how it benefited you moving forward?

Tyler - Pretty cracked how you still got here when I exposed your ass heavy but I am glad you are sitting here and very proud. But you may have answered this in your speech but tell me how you planned for the future after our alliance was crumbling. What specific strategic and social moves did you do to keep yourself afloat and who was important in that?

James - Weird how our ending panned out as we actually voted together after not doing so the whole game but my question to you is... do you think you'd still be sitting here without all of your immunity wins and if yes then why is that? What moves would you have done to survive votes where you weren't immune and who would you rely on?

I know the questions aren't super clear cut but hopefully you guys just answer it to the best of your abilities. There is no specific answer that I'm looking for so just speak by the heart. Good luck with the questions and see you guys at reunion :)
CONGRATS!

DANIEL:

James - Weird how our ending panned out as we actually voted together after not doing so the whole game but my question to you is... do you think you'd still be sitting here without all of your immunity wins and if yes then why is that? What moves would you have done to survive votes where you weren't immune and who would you rely on?

I definitely I could have. Of the 6 wins, 4 of them I can comfortably sit here and tell you I did not need. The two rounds of potential concern I would have are Final 7 and Final 4.

Final 7 - I had just voted in a 5-1 minority on the previous revote, and it was at the point people were paired together, and Jimmy and I were seen as a pair. Given I had already won 3 immunities, if I lose this, I possibly get taken out over Jimmy. If I had won 0, I don't get taken out here.
Final 4 - Again, dependant on if I had the wins. If YES, then I likely end up going to fire with Chandler. If no then I don't think so, because the main reason Travis wanted to vote someone not-Chandler at Final 4 was because he was threatened by my immunity wins and wanted to make it appear as though he was making moves against me, even though that was attempting to save the biggest jury threat.

And before Final 7, as stated, I don't really think I was a target at all, and part of this was my ability to place myself on a side with people I OVERALL worked with less, meaning that the other side that WAS Chandler, Hufus and Jan, they weren't going to target me. I also relied on Jimmy because I knew of our pairing he would likely be targeted before me, so I viewed him as a meat-shield in a way that helped me to advance.

From finale night onwards, at 6 I was relying on Chandler and Hufus mostly once again, which I think I bargained myself well BY throwing immunity. Then at the end it would be relying on Travis and Tyler, and hoping that they had the sense to realise for all of our sakes the best case scenario was to be sat at the end together.

Things specifically I did when not immune though, such as F6, I played up Kellen's target level, and forced the idea that if I got 6th, he was going to win the last 2 immunities and then win the game near-unanimously. I also used the bribe of possibly having an idol that I didn't have to ensure that votes weren't going to come my way.

Sorry, that kinda seems longer than you probably expected, but overall YES TL;DR I think I'd be sat here without my immunity wins. I demonstrated I had the social skills to survive without immunity even as late as finale night, and the key people I OVERALL relied on this game would be Chandler, Hufus, Jan and Jimmy. YES that's a fair amount of people, but the former 3 were kinda for a collective reasoning, and I felt comfortable putting my trust in them, and that proved to be correct considering none of them wrote my name down this game.

Tyler - Pretty cracked how you still got here when I exposed your ass heavy but I am glad you are sitting here and very proud. But you may have answered this in your speech but tell me how you planned for the future after our alliance was crumbling. What specific strategic and social moves did you do to keep yourself afloat and who was important in that?

Thank you for this question, Daniel. I planned for the future while you were still in the game by organizing a flip with JJ. This proved valuable during the vote between you and I, but not long after because someone in the new group leaked. My backup plan (and only available plan left after the leak) was to target JJ as playing both sides and try to play him off as the main catalyst of the flip. This was a plan I had to create and execute on my own, as everyone in the game thought me getting voted out was a done deal, even the people in my alliance.
After this, I'd say both my social and strategic gameplay kept me safe. I obviously had a bond with Kellen, but records show he couldn't do much to keep me safe from the votes from Chandler/Hufus/Jan side coming at me. So I decided to work off of relationships with people that no one would expect. I worked with Jimmy after feuding with him the for the first half of the merge. Together we were able to start taking major players out of the game. I also worked with Travis after having a blowout fight earlier in the season. Then by the time I was at the final 6, I started playing the numbers game and realized that my gameplay would be underestimated in the end. I used that to my advantage when James was super willing to take me to the end with him.
My ability to adapt and maneuver on the bottom proved to be essential to making it here, something that  you, me, and the rest of the "Next 5 Boot" alliance thought was going to be nearly impossible to do. I hope that answers your question!

James- Hi Final 2! I am sooo happy we got to play this game together. I had a strong feeling you were going to be here and im so glad we played this game from top to bottom together. Here are my questions to you:

1.) Despite the speech that you just put up, I think its fair to say that you had the most connections when compared to the two that you are sitting next to. Tell me why I should vote for someone that was pretty much set to sit in the final 3 from day 1?

2.) I get so incredibly bored with the fact that you win every single competition. It honestly gets to the point where I don’t know why anyone else tries. I would like you to tell me why I should vote for you, when you use the fact that you’re strong at immunities as a crutch.

3.) You promised me that you did not tell Jan that we were voting for him. You knew that all Chandler, Hufus, and Jan had to do was vote for me with the vote swap and I would more than likely be getting voted out. Why should I vote for you when you betrayed my trust when you did not have to?
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Travis- Good god, you are one craaaaaazy bitch. I enjoyed playing with you, even though at times I think your moves were way to erratic for your own good. Here is my question:

I would like you to highlight your social connections and how the are intertwined with your strategic moves. A lot of the time I just felt that you were making moves to make them, and not to help you get to the end.
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Tyler- I really am glad that we got to talk towards the last couple of days. I really respect you as a player, and I hope you know Im sorry for being rude to you after the merge vote. Here are my questions:

1.) You voted for me 3 times in this game, sometimes even after KNOWING that we were in minority TOGETHER. My one issue is that I felt that you lacked social awareness and it takes away from your overall game. Please explain why this assumption is wrong.

2.) If it was not for Kellen, would you still be in this game? I feel like you used him as a crutch the entire time, and let him play your game for you.

Congrats guys- I’d like you to rank each member of the jury with who you most think deserves a spot in the FTC to who you think least deserves a spot.  Please explain why you placed each person where you did in the list.  You do not need to include each other. ♥️

Tyler- I really am glad that we got to talk towards the last couple of days. I really respect you as a player, and I hope you know Im sorry for being rude to you after the merge vote. Here are my questions:

1.) You voted for me 3 times in this game, sometimes even after KNOWING that we were in minority TOGETHER. My one issue is that I felt that you lacked social awareness and it takes away from your overall game. Please explain why this assumption is wrong.

I don’t think I lacked social awareness. I actually only voted for you twice. The first was because I had an odd time constraint because of my sisters wedding. You had messaged me after it had started and I went with what the vote was at the time it started because on that day it was the best that I could do. I don’t regret that... it was an important event.
The other time I voted for you because at that moment in the game, it still looked like Hufus/Chandler/Jan were going to flip, and had the plan not been leaked, you would have been sent home that day. Was that move in my best interest? I will say that for a while in the game (specifically this time) I had succumbed to just finding numbers and getting attention off of me, and the blindside seemed like the best plan for me to hopefully find a larger alliance and regroup. At the time I chose the other side because I trusted Chandler/Jan more than I trusted you.

2.) If it was not for Kellen, would you still be in this game? I feel like you used him as a crutch the entire time, and let him play your game for you.
Thank you for asking this question. I would absolutely still be in this game. Kellen didn’t stop me from being the target vote at F11, F10, F8, F5, & F4... Honestly I probably owe more of me being in this game to you Jimmy, for getting Travis to flip at F8. The rest were moves that I made either on my own, or with JJ.
I do think that I owe a lot of the information I received in the game to Kellen. He was a good friend of mine, but I don’t think that is a mark against my game. I think most of us had an ally that we collaborated with and received information from. (A.K.A., James and yourself). I also contributed valuable information, and I think if I didn’t have Kellen, I would have found a way to get more information on my own. I did it alone on my initial season and still did very well. I do think I deserve more credit for the moves I made to save myself in this game. Getting the votes onto Daniel, saving myself by getting you and James to flip to JJ. Those were all moves I did on my own to secure my spot in the game. I also controlled our flip on Chandler and Hufus when he didn’t want to that during the fast-forward because it was the right move to make for my game. I think Kellen played a great game, but I think I did just as much work on my own to be in this game as he did.

Congrats guys- I’d like you to rank each member of the jury with who you most think deserves a spot in the FTC to who you think least deserves a spot.  Please explain why you placed each person where you did in the list.  You do not need to include each other.

First, I want to say this was really hard because everyone is an all-star and proved why they should be here. I think the boot order is honestly how I would rank who deserves a spot. Almost all of the first 5 were voted out because of mistakes/leaked information. All of the last 5 could have easily gotten my vote to win the entire game.

10. James S. - You played an incredibly loyal game. I wish we had more time to work together because we were just starting to find connection. I think if the vote hadn’t been leaked and we would have ended up in the majority, you would have gone very far.
9. Skyler - The cards were not in your favor because of a majority. We tried to flip it but it wasn’t happening. Unfortunately you were a size 12 boot.
8. Daniel - I enjoyed our calls together and felt we had a good dynamic going. I wish we weren’t forced to work against each other as you left. You did what you had to do to try to save yourself so I respect that you didn’t just give up.
7. JJ - You were the only one that was willing to play both sides. I respect your willingness to help the bottom out. I wish we were given more options to work together. *stops the alarm*
6. Eric - You strategically committed yourself to working with James and Jimmy after no one was flipping. Looking back it was possibly the move I should have made a little earlier. I also value our alliance in the game, as you understood what it was like trying to claw our way up from the bottom.
5. Jan - You had so many great relationships in the game and were so smart about the conversations you had with people. You never gave away too much about your game so it made you the biggest mystery. You used that to your advantage. I understand why you won your first season. PS I started watching Avatar and I’m hooked.
4. Jimmy - Even though you and I didn’t see eye to eye much, you were, in my opinion, one of the most honest people in the game. You always told me when you voted for me. You stated your opinions freely and were able to flip votes masterfully.
3. Kellen - The KING of the social game. You had so many friends in this game, different F2s and F3s. And even though you are a major threat, you still didn’t receive a vote until F7. Had you won immunity at F6 you probably would be sitting here instead of me.
2. Hufus - I know our conversations were limited, but I was told by a lot of different people that you had the game in the bag by F8. You managed to avoid getting votes until F5 because your social game was astounding. Your alliance with Chandler was the longest lasting in the entire season, which is why you get my top 2.
1. Chandler - You are so much fun to talk to. You are a lovable person and an ideal winner. You had a lot of people wrapped around your finger, and you and Hufus lead this game for almost all of it. I also have to give you mad respect because our fire-making challenge was intense and very close. You would have been here had it not been for that. Much love and respect to you <3

Sweez... don't even know who you are - so I don't deserve your vote.