Post by AnnaSophia Robb on Jan 30, 2014 0:14:42 GMT
Well, phew! I made it here! It was definitely a long and tumultuous journey getting here. I want to start off first by thanking the hosts, who did a wonderful job, and thanking all of the players for making this game what it was. I know this is one of the most unpredictable games I've ever played, and I'm so proud to be sitting here in the final 3.
I'm not going to sit here and pretend to be the most active or the most strategic or the best in challenges. I'm not going to sit here and pretend to be the best player. Many great players were blindsided back to back to back each round of the merge. One thing I will say is, I was extremely aware in this game. People called me inactive when the merge hit, and I used this to my advantage. I didn't "not care" about this game. The truth is, my real life schedule is CRAZY. I was working double shifts over my winter break, and working while being back at school hasn't been easy either. Every time I was able to, I was on this site. I know people might see me as not putting much effort into this, but I can assure you that I tried my best given my schedule. It was never because I didn't care. It was never because I didn't want to be here or because I thought I could float along in this game. One thing I did not do was float along. I'll explain that a little later.
I came into this game not really knowing anyone. I didn't have previous relationships to rely on so I knew I had to give a good first impression. And I did. I was quickly in an alliance with Angelina, Glori, and Nicki and we were the dominant ones on the original girl's tribe. I also had a side alliance with Lea, who I felt very close to because she is awesome and I was sad to see her quit!!
I started off the game playing slow. I didn't want to come out of the gate too aggressively. I knew the best time to act was later at the merge. When the merge came, the girls got the upper hand. This was mostly done by manipulation by Angelina, and I noticed this quickly. Angelina claims to be the most loyal person in the game. And she was. But only to her original allies. This is what made her so dangerous. I knew I could no longer trust her. She was playing EXTREMELY hard, and I knew that if I was not someone that she would TRULY have my back, she would screw me over sooner or later. After the Peter vote, I knew I wanted to make a move.
I had information from Angelina about turning on the guys. I went to Zac and tried to sway him at the final 9. I wanted to switch the vote and pick up Jeremy and Donald and take out Nicki. Zac was uneasy about this. He didn't want both Jeremy and Donald in the game. I tried my best to persuade him, but Donald was scrambling too much that round. So I compromised and let Donald be voted out. My plan was to approach Lea, who I had a strong side alliance with and sway her to my side. I had conversations with Angelina about taking Lea out that I could use to sway her, and I had an alliance with her from the beginning. But then Lea quit. Like shit. But the game wasn't over. Jeremy had an idol. I had an idol. There was still a shot. (I had originally given my idol to Zac to show him that he could trust me. This worked because I then had him on my side 100%. I know he got a lot of crap in this game for being a flip-flopper, but he truly is a nice guy)
I had an uneasy feeling in the final 7. Zac outed me as one of the people who flipped so I had nowhere to hide. I knew that Jeremy and Zac would be huge targets, but I felt it was too obvious. Besides, Glori was telling Zac it was a straightforward vote for Jeremy. I knew this couldn't be true. Angelina was telling me the same. I knew they had the numbers without any of us and there would be no way they would risk telling us the truth. So I tried to tell Jeremy not to use his idol, but he was paranoid. I couldn't tell him what to do with an idol he earned. I asked for the idol back from Zac and he gave it back to me with no arguments against it. I knew it would probably be me or Zac, but I thought it would be me because I was probably seen as the least obvious choice.
I played the idol, and I blindsided the biggest player in this game. See, up until that point, Angelina had this game in the bag. She was controlling almost everyone, and if I had not made a move when I did, there is no doubt that Angelina would have won this game. One thing I can say is that I would not be dumb enough to go to the end with someone who played such an amazing game. Even if I was seen as being not around a whole lot, I had enough self awareness to see what was going on around me.
Then, luckily, Glori quit. Even though it is sad that she had to quit because she was getting so much heat from people, it worked out to my advantage. Then we went to rocks at the final 6 and got the short end of the stick. Jeremy was picked off and then I won a crucial immunity challenge getting me here to the end. It's funny because the final immunity challenge was about remembering past events in this game. If I was so inactive and wasn't paying attention and useless and didn't care, then why did I win an immunity challenge by remembering the most about past events in the game?
Going into that vote, I knew I was going to vote with Neil. I mean I knew Rihanna and Nicki were going to vote together. They were together from the beginning. So Neil had sent me a PM before I got on asking if I would vote with him. I responded with that I was planning on voting Rihanna anyway so he can vote with me. Then I opened up a PM from Nicki that was asking to vote Rihanna. I literally responded at first with "LOL" because to me, it was so obvious that she was just trying to avoid a tiebreaker. And then I responded a second time that I was planning on doing that anyway. I wanted to target Rihanna over Nicki because I felt like Rihanna played a better social game. Nicki was harsh these past rounds for no reason, so I felt maybe Rihanna would get more respect from the jury.
So, that's basically all I have to say for now. I will gladly answer any of your questions as honestly as I possibly can! It was an honor to play this game with you all, and I can't wait to hear from you guys!
I'm not going to sit here and pretend to be the most active or the most strategic or the best in challenges. I'm not going to sit here and pretend to be the best player. Many great players were blindsided back to back to back each round of the merge. One thing I will say is, I was extremely aware in this game. People called me inactive when the merge hit, and I used this to my advantage. I didn't "not care" about this game. The truth is, my real life schedule is CRAZY. I was working double shifts over my winter break, and working while being back at school hasn't been easy either. Every time I was able to, I was on this site. I know people might see me as not putting much effort into this, but I can assure you that I tried my best given my schedule. It was never because I didn't care. It was never because I didn't want to be here or because I thought I could float along in this game. One thing I did not do was float along. I'll explain that a little later.
I came into this game not really knowing anyone. I didn't have previous relationships to rely on so I knew I had to give a good first impression. And I did. I was quickly in an alliance with Angelina, Glori, and Nicki and we were the dominant ones on the original girl's tribe. I also had a side alliance with Lea, who I felt very close to because she is awesome and I was sad to see her quit!!
I started off the game playing slow. I didn't want to come out of the gate too aggressively. I knew the best time to act was later at the merge. When the merge came, the girls got the upper hand. This was mostly done by manipulation by Angelina, and I noticed this quickly. Angelina claims to be the most loyal person in the game. And she was. But only to her original allies. This is what made her so dangerous. I knew I could no longer trust her. She was playing EXTREMELY hard, and I knew that if I was not someone that she would TRULY have my back, she would screw me over sooner or later. After the Peter vote, I knew I wanted to make a move.
I had information from Angelina about turning on the guys. I went to Zac and tried to sway him at the final 9. I wanted to switch the vote and pick up Jeremy and Donald and take out Nicki. Zac was uneasy about this. He didn't want both Jeremy and Donald in the game. I tried my best to persuade him, but Donald was scrambling too much that round. So I compromised and let Donald be voted out. My plan was to approach Lea, who I had a strong side alliance with and sway her to my side. I had conversations with Angelina about taking Lea out that I could use to sway her, and I had an alliance with her from the beginning. But then Lea quit. Like shit. But the game wasn't over. Jeremy had an idol. I had an idol. There was still a shot. (I had originally given my idol to Zac to show him that he could trust me. This worked because I then had him on my side 100%. I know he got a lot of crap in this game for being a flip-flopper, but he truly is a nice guy)
I had an uneasy feeling in the final 7. Zac outed me as one of the people who flipped so I had nowhere to hide. I knew that Jeremy and Zac would be huge targets, but I felt it was too obvious. Besides, Glori was telling Zac it was a straightforward vote for Jeremy. I knew this couldn't be true. Angelina was telling me the same. I knew they had the numbers without any of us and there would be no way they would risk telling us the truth. So I tried to tell Jeremy not to use his idol, but he was paranoid. I couldn't tell him what to do with an idol he earned. I asked for the idol back from Zac and he gave it back to me with no arguments against it. I knew it would probably be me or Zac, but I thought it would be me because I was probably seen as the least obvious choice.
I played the idol, and I blindsided the biggest player in this game. See, up until that point, Angelina had this game in the bag. She was controlling almost everyone, and if I had not made a move when I did, there is no doubt that Angelina would have won this game. One thing I can say is that I would not be dumb enough to go to the end with someone who played such an amazing game. Even if I was seen as being not around a whole lot, I had enough self awareness to see what was going on around me.
Then, luckily, Glori quit. Even though it is sad that she had to quit because she was getting so much heat from people, it worked out to my advantage. Then we went to rocks at the final 6 and got the short end of the stick. Jeremy was picked off and then I won a crucial immunity challenge getting me here to the end. It's funny because the final immunity challenge was about remembering past events in this game. If I was so inactive and wasn't paying attention and useless and didn't care, then why did I win an immunity challenge by remembering the most about past events in the game?
Going into that vote, I knew I was going to vote with Neil. I mean I knew Rihanna and Nicki were going to vote together. They were together from the beginning. So Neil had sent me a PM before I got on asking if I would vote with him. I responded with that I was planning on voting Rihanna anyway so he can vote with me. Then I opened up a PM from Nicki that was asking to vote Rihanna. I literally responded at first with "LOL" because to me, it was so obvious that she was just trying to avoid a tiebreaker. And then I responded a second time that I was planning on doing that anyway. I wanted to target Rihanna over Nicki because I felt like Rihanna played a better social game. Nicki was harsh these past rounds for no reason, so I felt maybe Rihanna would get more respect from the jury.
So, that's basically all I have to say for now. I will gladly answer any of your questions as honestly as I possibly can! It was an honor to play this game with you all, and I can't wait to hear from you guys!
