Hey guys! Congrats on making it to the final three. My question is simple! I would like ye to rank the jury members from 1-8 on who played the best game and explain why! Thanks and good luck :)
I do believe that every juror played the best game they could, and I apologize in advance to anyone upset by these rankings.
Kiki - No disrespect whatsoever in this placement. Kiki was a big target from early on and even if her top allies hadn't abandoned her right before the merge, she would have been in absolutely brutal shape in this post-merge. That having been said, so much of the reason that Kiki left when she did is because she trusted the wrong people, - me. And it's tough to knock somebody too much for believing in you.
Patrick - My perception of Patrick is supremely limited, as he and I were only on a tribe together for a little under 24 hours. That having been said, when it was time for the first post-merge blindside, a lot of people jumped right on board with voting out Patrick. That speaks very positively of his potential threat level, but in this game that potential was not realized.
Bryan - Bryan is very high on the list of people who got screwed by our final 3 alliance, I believe. If things had been different, Bryan would have been one of the better insulated players on his side of the numbers, and his side of the numbers would have been fierce. Like so many people in this game, Bryan's coffin was not made by his own actions, but by the fact that there was a secret alliance that was very well-connected making moves as a group rather than as individuals. An absolute delight to talk to, Bryan's social game would have been deadly if it had been allowed to flourish.
Julian - Julian experienced some personal complications that prevented him from being his best in this game, but that doesn't change the fact that he wasn't at his best. He did, however, cultivate a relationship with me pre-merge that lead to him not being a valid target until he was a completely overwhelming threat at final 6. Every time his name came up before that, at least one person in the game refused to let him go and that speaks to something. Even the vote where he was removed, the two people pushing hardest for his boot each had an extra vote and one of them had a vote blocker. So even if all of the rest of us wanted to keep him, we didn't have that choice
Gabs - Despite being voted out pre merge, Gabs played lights out after returning. She identified two major players in the form of Chameleon and Dar and stuck to their hips like glue. If it hadn't been for my very recent trauma of watching the goat get dragged to the end and win the game, Gabs would not have been voted out when she was. In another timeline, Gabs is by far the likeliest person to have made the end of anybody in the merge.
Grane - Grane is one of the most pleasant people I've met on tg and there's no doubt in my mind that he would have been vicious in the merge if given the chance. I have nothing but respect for Grane as a person and a player. Even though I needed Grane gone, I hated his vote out and if I had been watching this game instead of playing it, I have no doubt that I would have been rooting for him
Yan - I probably would have ranked Yan lower before our arguments here at FTC started. It's become clear that both Omar and myself considered ourselves Yan's only person in the post merge and because of the game he was playing, we both wanted him to be the last person besides our three in the game. That, to me, speaks volumes.
Dar - What can I say that the others haven't? Dar had Gabs, Dar had Omar, Dar had Chameleon, Dar had a clear target he wanted out, Dar played with a big target on his own back. All three of us considered Dar the biggest endgame threat this entire time, and that's going to be true in virtually every game Dar plays. Excellent, excellent game. The single most screwed person here in Sponsorship Islands. Endless respect.
