Okay, let's start at the beginning. I clicked on the thread hoping that it hadn't started, finally realizing that this was actually a game of Survivor. Luckily, mask man had already crashed out, so I simply took his spot. I was awarded the Spy role, which I immediately decided wouldn't be used until at least merge, something that turned out to be correct.
Play by play time! Please note: my memory is vague and is being refreshed by my PM backlog, so there may be holes.
Episode One
Yeah, not much happened here. I immediately sent a PM to Reck (our past collaboration in Chevre's survivor being the primary reason), and he and I (and by extension his other allies) became one. I suggested that Chevre become involved: that didn't eventuate (although I did partner with Chevre later on).
Episode Five
I had asked for alliances from Chevre and Reck, and both had said yes. I was feeling confident at this stage. Of course, this was the first time we had lost a challenge, so I was a tad nervous, but I wasn't in danger, so I wasn't that worried.
And then dram went.
This wasn't that great a thing, I can assure of that. From my memory, this event galvanized many things. I think it was here that I learned that jmj was also involved in Reck's circle (the total circle was I believe me/Reck/dram/jmj, with sideline allies held by people such as me/Chevre). We also got more careful, I think.
Episode Whichever-One-The-Auction-Was-In
I earned a lot here. It was lucky that I was randomly selected to play by myself: I gained quite a lot. For full disclosure: an idol, a vote reducer, a chance to swap to disguiser (that I didn't take), a vote against me next TC, and a vote disabler against me next TC.
Kcdaspot's Elimination and the Merge
At this stage, I (and everyone else, too) really wanted chesskid dead. I was also feeling animosity towards BB, but hey, I couldn't do much about that. Unfortunately, we couldn't do that. We chose to remove Kcd instead, partly because everyone else I had connections with one way or another. By this stage, I think I had conversed with Zyrconium somewhat, and of course, jmj and Reck and Chevre were all allied with me. The merge happened straight after, which was slightly surprising, but even more surprisingly, it led to Blackberry attaching himself to the Reck group. I didn't like this, mostly because of BB's actions towards the endgame of Chevre's survivor.
Episode Seven
Blackberry said that he had werewolf on his side too. Through Blackberry, I also got a link to the Dragons' regroup QT (which didn't prove all that helpful, to be perfectly honest). I raised with Reck around this time the idea that BB couldn't stay forever. To be perfectly honest, I was more than happy to vote BB many episodes before he actually was voted out. We decided (and with BB/werewolf's help) that we would eliminate the Beloved Princess (we knew most of the roles at this point, so we were able to concentrate strategy). Immediately after, we voted the perceived 'leader', JDGA.
Episode Eight
This was the episode in which I had to play the idol. It was a good call, in hindsight, and I don't seem to have needed it later on (as I'm here now). However, I did activate my Spy power for this voting round. This was where the information that Zyrc had betrayed the tribe had come from in concrete form (although PMs had been circulating about voting me with him in the recipient list). So yeah.
Episode My-God-Where-Are-We
Let's fast forward a bit. Werewolf defected, we voted him off. Zyrconium was punished for his betrayal. JDGA was ousted again. It was around Episode Nine that I first wanted to vote BB, but each round Reck held me back. So Episode Twelve was when I finally was able to vote him out. I was still very paranoid about the chance for BB to stab us like he did in Chevre's game, which was the main motivation. So this was a relief for me. Of course, BB's Witch power was going to screw me over regardless, but by that stage, having talked to
everyone
still in, and having Reck's tiebreak power on my side, I was confident.
Episode Hey-Witch-Hey
This was a foregone conclusion. We wouldn't have had won, anyway. As I mentioned during the immunity challenge, the plan was for jmj to throw and then try and win the tiebreak challenge (I said Reck would tiebreak then, but I've remembered that he was cursed, so). It didn't happen, and Reck went. To be honest, I was glad of that, because it meant I didn't have to get my hands dirty removing the greatest threat to me at jury. So yeah.
Episode The-Rest
And then we were here. I was considering taking implosion more, just because I think I would have an assured win next to him. I probably would, to be honest. But I decided last night that I wanted to actually fight to
win
, instead of just automatically not losing. It was with that in mind that I selected jmj. I want to take the opportunity to apologize to implosion on behalf of my conscience, who'd be in jmj's spot had it not struck.
I think I deserve this win. I will be completely upfront about that. I think that I've done more to secure my place here, and I think I've done more than jmj. No offence to him, but from my point of view, that's what I think. It's not my wish to sound arrogant, please understand. But I think that I deserve this win. Of course, the final decision rests with you, the jury. However you vote and however you decide that vote is not for me to impose or influence. But, if I were voting on strategic play, and if I were voting for skill, then I think I would vote for myself.
That's all I have to say. I wish the jury goodluck in their deliberations. I wish jmj good luck in the final vote. I thank every competitor for making this game immensely glorious to experience. And I thank everyone who submits a vote for me. Thank you.
