Hey Kelly!

Perhaps telling people after the deadline had passed was pretty cowardly of me but it was the safest route to ensure my safety in the game and especially with all the deals I had floating around I didn’t want the person intended on going home that particular week to garner up enough ammo to use against me to make people trust me less. When you tell someone point blank that they are getting voted out before the deadline and you believe they are savvy enough to reveal anything and everything they can to remain in the game it’s dangerous. I just don’t think it’s a smart decision to play russian roulette at that point especially if you’ve shared information with this person that they could easily just run and tell other people about. There’s so many opportunities for people to take advantage of at that time because they have nothing to lose which can be avoided if you just let it remain a blindside all together until the deadline approaches. However, telling people after the deadline had passed I didn’t feel like was as big of a deal and perhaps it came off as cowardly but in the game of Survivor I felt like it was the best chance I had to make sure what I needed to happen didn’t go haywire because of me opening my mouth too much.

Yes I was selfish in this game, yes I lied to people but the relationships I built with people on a personal level were just that. I was just able to separate my personal relationships with what I needed to get done in the game to get myself to the end. At the end of the day after the voting deadline passes, I told people I truly did have a bond with because I myself would rather be told that I’m getting voted out when the deadline passes since it doesn’t matter at that point anyway. There’s nothing someone could do at that point to change things around. So no I don’t regret it because if I went around telling each and every person hours and hours before the deadline had passed then I’d probably be sitting on the jury right now instead of being in the final 2 because it would have given them a reason to make a move against me. I’m human, we’re all human, even if I played this game with a ruthless side that doesn’t mean at the end of the day I don’t have a heart and the people I told or sent something to right after was just what was on my mind at that time. I didn’t know how people would take it, especially because I felt close numerous people in this game. I like to speak with people, I like to learn about them, it’s one of my favorite parts of the game but when you backstab them it can become a double-edged sword because they’re more likely to be mad at the person they connected with more rather than someone who didn’t give them the time of day. Again I was able to separate personal relationships from game.

About the whole “adapting my personality to the people around me” I absolutely did it in the beginning. The way people initially build trust with others or the reason we like the people we do is because you have some common interests. The social game in the beginning is crucial so when I went around talking to people even if I did not know about the topic someone was talking about, I took the time to research it, get a better understanding of who I was dealing with and use that the first couple rounds to establish bonds with people that would help me out later in the game. I wasn’t fake with you, I liked you from the first day I met you, regardless of what you thought of me the first couple rounds. Maybe some of the conversations I had with people early on weren’t topics I was knowledgeable enough about but I made it work because being able to converse with someone is the most crucial aspect of this game at times, especially in the early game. Our friendship is 100% real, regardless of what happens I know we’ll talk after this and when everything is all done and said with the board being unlocked you’ll see our friendship was not fake. The talks we had about our real life, both loving the Scream franchise, school, etc. was genuine because at that point I knew who Kelly was, I built a friendship that stemmed from us chatting every single day for over a month and it’s easier to be yourself when you’ve gotten to the point in the friendship where you feel like you understand how the other person works and thinks.

Hi Kelly! Yeah I'm aware of how things look right now. But the question about riding Jamie's coattails. Yeah, I did to a degree. Jamie is a close friend but also a great mouth piece to everyone else in the game. I worked my ass off to appear as far away from his as possible. I would make deals with people, such as Leann and Todd at the final 8, and have THEM bring in Jamie to the mix. I made sure Chet was the one who brought his name up when we were discussing where to go at the merge. I helped ensure old lugata with Chet and I were voting Rich at the merge and then scrambled to change the vote when I suspected the idol screen shot was faked. Not to mention pre-merge I was never in a tribe with Jamie and while it seemed every tribe I was on was being decimated I hung on.

So to answer your second question, I did make moves on my own. I did act with a lot more subtlety but that was intended to ensure my success. I used every tool to my advantage to make the right deals, plotted my way to the end and I succeeded in that. I adapted to each situation and made the best use of the information I had to not only get myself through one more round but end up here now. By using the information I had first hand or through anyone else I had to anticipate how people would play and what their moves would be.

There were a few unanimous votes in this game however it did take some work to get the majority. It took a lot of legwork to ensure the vote and it was tough trying to keep my cards close while working on each of them. I knew when I eventually had to turn on Dave and I told Jamie he wanted him out Jamie would turn right away and I knew Todd was already itching to get Dave out. So after bringing this to Todd and then consulting with Chet we agreed on making a final 4 alliance bringing Jamie in. We just needed one more vote to ensure a majority. Dave had told me he wanted to keep Leann out of the loop so using this info she agreed on Dave as the next vote and thought she could bring in Jamie while I told her I thought I could bring in Chet, knowing they were already in.

I hope I answered your questions, this TC hasn't been easy with the questions I've been getting but all I can do is be me, like I have for the entirety of this game. For the others, I haven't forgotten about you there's just a lot to answer!