This game has been a roller coaster to say the absolute least. I think that nobody expected me to be in the final three, facing the jury, and in all honesty, I didn't think I'd be here either. Coming into this game as the only last placer to return, is... awkward, to say the least. My tribe (of failures) already saw the biggest target and weakness in the tribe. I was able to get a couple of people together, and I had a huge influence over our tribe in the first few weeks of the game, and for their remainder of the time that they spent here. I was able to get myself in the middle of a fairly good alliance, and I was confident, until the tribe swap happened... This was probably one of the most devastating points in the game for me. I had lost 100% of my allies, and I was on an all-favorite tribe. Of course, I'm immediately an outsider, #1 target, easy to pick off... my tribe lost the first immunity challenge after the tribe swap, and I thought I was a dead man walking at that moment. I was able to speak to some of the members of the green (favorites) tribe, and I learned who had the idol for their tribe, who was in the majority, the minority, and who the swing votes were. I was able to position myself in such a way that I didn't have to pick sides. I was the green tribe's swing vote. Nobody can argue me on that. I didn't receive ONE vote at that tribal council, when less than twelve hours before I was set to get 15th place. I kept myself in this position until the merge hit, and I was elated. I was happy to be reunited with my old failures, and I thought that this was as good as the game got. Andy, who happened to be my #1 alliance member, was picked off first, and once again, I thought I was done after that. I was constantly in the minority, and the highs I had in this game were short-lived. When I won the Hidden Immunity Idol at the auction, I had to use it to my advantage, as the old favorites were taking over. I didn't use the idol for a while actually, and if my game reflects on the fact that I received NO votes at the tribal council afterwards, when I publicly received a Hidden Immunity Idol. I know that most of you are probably thinking that I don't deserve the win, because I only won one Individual Immunity Challenge. I didn't need to win the Individual Immunity Challenges most of the time. I was always able to talk myself out of situations, and I was able to avoid true danger for most of the post-merge game. I know I didn't play a master competition game like Mearl, or was a huge social player like Jabbar. I like to think I played a balance of all three, and it landed me here, so I can give myself a pat on the back.
So why do I deserve to win Jimbo's Survivor: FvF?
I deserve it for perseverance. I had the toughest road to run of anyone in the entire game, and that's a fact. I deserve it for strategy. I was able to receive only a few votes in my stay here, and being the outsider/target I was, that's huge. I deserve to win for besting the odds. Here I am, former 16th placer, sitting in the final three. Attended the most tribal councils of anyone, publicly received an idol, and beat all of the odds. I deserve to win for never giving up, no matter the situation.
Good Luck Jabbar and Mearl, we all deserve this win in our own ways, may the best man win.