Hello, Jimmy.
It's really funny how you are trying to downplay my game with your questions but it only proves to me that you are just salty, that you have read my previous post and went blind on it, that you either don't understand the effort I put into this game or you just pretend that you don't and that you were never giving me your vote, but I'll still reply to you anyway.
1. I didn't come into this game with a group of friends, I applied alone and it's not my fault that people who I like joined too. Quite contrary, when I was applying, I told Ethan that I'd rather not see anyone who I already know because I wanted to play by myself. However, I cannot CHANGE anything about the fact that they were still casted and OF COURSE I would try to use it to my advantage. You also didn't seem to have any problem with it and you had a lot of chanes to get rid of all of ''us'' if it really bothered you. But it only appears to be a problem when it doesn't go your way.
I didn't become untouchable because of the ties outside of this game, I became untouchable because I worked my ass off talking to people EVERY DAY and forming bonds with a lot of them while many of you didn't try as hard. I was working hard from day1 in this game, never letting a day pass without messaging people to chat and make plans etc. I openly told people who I didn't know that I knew Daniel and that we're friends outside of the game and they were AWARE of it which they told me in dms. I don't really see your point with duos twist? My duo was Patrick and me and Patrick made sure we helped each other while the twist was on because both of us had ties with other people.
If what you said was my biggest move, I wouldn't have been in final 2. If your game of constantly leaking everything people told you to other people whenever you got cornered was better than mine, you would be sitting here.
''Big moves'' are overrated, what I believe is more important is consistent gameplay and that's what I had. In prejury, my biggest move was convincing Tim that I'm good for his game even though he was really ready to put me otb with my allies and also pushing for Josh to be evicted because I knew he was close to John and Dino. The moment Jury happened, once again I went against the house and tried my best to save Joey, who you all wanted gone because he was on my side. FOR 10th, I VOTED TO EVICT PATRICK who I really trusted until that day because I realized what was going on and I wanted Nathan to stay cause he would be a good ally to me moving forward. THEN, William gets evicted. 3 PEOPLE WHO I LIKED GOT EVICTED BACK TO BACK. And you're telling me how everything went smoothly for me in this game?
2. You didn't quite understand what I said in that paragraph. I didn't know you didn't have my back UNTIL the chat was made to go against me. Until then, I was CONVINCED you and I were not only good allies, but someone I felt genuine bond with. However, after I found out that you were in that chat, I knew you weren't on my side anymore. I realized that you have been playing both sides and from that moment, I knew you were not someone I can fully trust. However, you still managed to convince me that you could be useful to my game and you were right - you actually were. Mostly by telling me info that I wouldn't know unless you were cornered because I realized that's when you spill everything out. That's why I pushed for you to go OTB because that was necessary for me to understand what was going on.
The reasons I targeted Ben who was the weakest competitor:
- Ben was pushing for me to John to go on the block when John had to renom someone. That was so shocking to me because he was the last person I had expected to want me out of the game. Ben was not actively participating in the game, but when I heard that he had those convos, I realized that he was trying to lay low and get his way to the finals that way. For me - that was an alarm. I couldn't have someone in game who didn't have intentions to keep me around. I was there for Ben when almost nobody else needed to talk to him because prejury, he got screwed by the twist and people, knowing he wouldn't be able to compete, didn't see him as valuable (at least by what I was told). I did. Maybe he wasn't threat for any of you, but he WAS pushing MY name and that's the reason why I put him on the block. Everything else about Ben and I we have discussed already and if he wants to put it to light here, I will be ready to talk about it.
- I didn't target you, Dino or Patrick because: I was working on repairing my relation with Patrick because we compared cards and realized that if we were honest to each other, we will make it far together. I didn't target Dino at the time because I trusted Dino, I believed he was not going after me directly and I didn't need to break that bond for no reason. I didn't go after YOU because I also tried to trust you again, you were valuable for my game and you were a bigger threat than me so it was smart for me to keep you around.
Hope I answered your questions, but I also hope others can also realize how complex this game was and that it's not always what it seems.