Survivor PD
Confessionals => Hercule Poirot => Topic started by: Hercule Poirot on August 10, 2020, 05:15:44 pm
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Mes amis, I 'ave made eet! I will get to plead my case.
Zis ees ze end of ze road, but you spectateurs can rest assured zat I will be keeping you updated all throughout FTC.
My goals for my final speech are for eet to:
-Not just be a summary of ze game
-Use specific moments in ze game as evidence of larger ideas zat went into my play
-Be relatively bref
I do think and 'ope zat I am going in with ze advantage, but I could see zis FTC going either way depending on 'ow I do. I could definitely lose ze game at FTC.
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bonne chance
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Merci beaucoup, mon ami. I will try my best.
My speech ees too long, as I knew eet would be. I'm not even finished eet, but eet ees way too long. Particularly ze amount zat I'm writing about ze M. Grouch vote ees far, far too much, but zat ees such a turning point and feels important. I just feel zat I'm unable to summarize all of ze thoughts zat I 'ad thinking about zat vote concisely, since I 'ad so many things to consider.
I'm probably just going to try to finish and zen go back and edit down, but I 'ave already rewritten ze M. Grouch section multiple times. I also am focusing too much on why I targeted M. Grouch in particular instead of why I made ze decision to side with SVU/M. Peralta at all, which probably matters more to everyone in ze Jury apart from M. Grouch, but targeting M. Grouch in particular ees ze part I feel I actually need to justify.
I might just scrap what I 'ave written and try again, zis time not going into as much detail about why M. Grouch in particular over M. Morningstar, M. Cohle, and Mlle Garcia and instead wait for zat to come up as a question, as I know eet will. And instead I can just talk about 'ow M. Grouch going 'ome shaped ze season. Zat ees probably what I 'ave to do. Because writing hundreds of words justifying targeting M. Grouch in particular is not going to be interesting to anyone other zan M. Grouch, no matter 'ow much I feel compelled to do so.
I may sleep and work on eet tomorrow.
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I think I should add just like a betrayal paragraph and use zat to address all of ze people I 'ave betrayed, and zen allow zem to ask more questions about zeir own betrayals which zey will obviously ask. But also trying to mention everyone as many times as I can, because I know 'ow much Jurors appreciate zat.
I can also tell zat zey are going to ask like "I thought we were close. Who were your true loyalties to?", but I'm not sure if I should be pre-empting zat or waiting for eet to be soliciting.
In ze situation where I lose, M. Grouch, Mlle Hopps, and M. Kennedy are permanently against me due to ze way I treated zem and will never vote for me, so zey really are who zis speech ees for. M. Briscoe already confirmed zat I get 'is vote in ze end no matter what, and M. Peralta I should be able to get fairly easily. Mlle Garcia I guess could be swayed as well, but I think she probably will vote for me. I'm actually neglecting 'er a bit though in my current draft, because she was not so much a part of my central alliance structure even though we 'ad a strong individual bond. So I can't take 'er vote for granted either.
M. Grouch and M. Kennedy are ze most at risk votes I think, but I could lose both of zem and still win if I get ze other five. M. McGruff I think if 'e votes for me eet ees pure game. We really 'ad no close social bond. And M. Pikachu I 'ardly know, so I'm not counting on 'is vote, but maybe I can get eet. I need to try anyway.
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I've reread my speech hundreds of times. I think eet ees okay.
Eet ees still too long, but I think ze spoiler tags make eet seem less daunting. And I think my case ees compelling.
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I think I'm doing alright? I don't think I'm blowing eet at least. M. Morningstar 'as not really showed up or tried to undermine me in any way though.
I do worry zat I'm wasting too much time and effort on M. Grouch who ees not voting for me no matter what, but I can't 'elp eet. Zis discussion 'as been a long time coming.
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Mlle Hopps ees at eet again with 'er warped perception of everything. I missed zat lapin. 'Er comments bring a smile to my face.
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What made your #Bigmoves stand out from the others
I think the F8, F7 and F6 votes changed the entire trajectory of the game. The game was largely divided into the SVU+Jake vs the BAU and losing Grouch was a massive blow to us. It put us clearly on the wrong side of the numbers and with a 5-3 majority set the SVU+Jake group up with a pretty easy path to eliminate us. Being able to take out Jake and two SVU members in the following tribal councils really flipped the game on its head. It was a crucial move for me/Rust/Penelope (Judy obviously played a big role too) and without that my path to the end would've been non-existent or at the very least, much more difficult. Without that sequence of votes, I think the game looks entirely different and it's much more likely that Hercule is here with one of Leon/Lennie/Jake like he wanted and I'm on the jury right now.
Okay not going to be petty in public because I think I'm currently ahead, at least slightly, and I think attacking ze other person when you're ahead ees a gross look, but first of all, none of zose moves are actually moves zat M. Morningstar controlled except for mayyyyyybe F6.
But also, zis ees basically acknowledging zat I was good either way, which to me ees a strength.
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I think M. Morningstar could beat me. Like, I don't think zat 'e will, but eet ees possible.
I think so many Jurors, no matter what zey are saying now, when zey get into ze voting booth will default to who zey were working with in ze game and who zey 'ad ze most time to build a relationship with.
And zen all eet would take ees a few who are angry about zeir betrayals for me to lose.
I think zat ze 5 votes for M. Morningstar could be M. Pikachu, M. McGruff, M. Grouch, M. Kennedy, and Mlle Garcia. And zen ze 4 votes votes for me would be M. Briscoe, Mlle Hopps, M. Cohle, and M. Peralta.
I need either M. McGruff OR Mlle Garcia OR M. Kennedy. If I lose all three of zem, I probably lose ze game. I don't feel good about M. Pikachu and M. Grouch from zeir messages to me so far. M. McGruff I think knows zat I played better, but might still default to M. Morningstar because zey 'ad a better relationship. Mlle Garcia I do think will vote me, but she liked M. Morningstar a lot as well. And M. Kennedy I 'ave no read on because 'e 'as not yet spoken.
M. Briscoe, Mlle Hopps, M. Cohle and M. Peralta are all votes zat I am confident I will get, 'owever. I know M. Cohle 'as not spoken, but things 'e said to me prior to being eliminated make me think zat 'e wants me to win. I think my FTC 'as overall been decent, but eet ees 'ard to tell if I am actually convincing anyone who wasn't already convinced. My best 'ope ees probably to maintain ze votes zat I 'ave and not do anything to lose any of zem, because I did come in with ze advantage, but eet ees not locked up yet. I probably won't be convinced I won until I see ze votes come in.
Zis ees my first time at FTC feeling like I was ze favorite 'eading in. Eet ees a nice feeling, but eet also ees scary because you feel like if you manage to lose, you really blew eet.
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Also M. Morningstar calling winning challenges premerge 'is "structural game" ees hilarious to me. I do get what 'e means, but zis ees why structural ees such a strange term. I 'ave never 'eard of someone listing premerge tribal wins as an accomplishment in zeir Jury speech.
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Overall I don't think M. Morningstar would make a bad winner, but I think my strategic game and social game were both superior to 'is, and 'e doesn't even really seem to disagree with me about zat.
If I lose, other zan 'ave a better FTC I'm not sure what I could 'ave done. I guess ze M. Grouch and M. Kennedy moves are really costing me in zat case, since although zey were impressive, zey were also 'uge betrayals, and since I was already at a disadvantage due to not knowing many of ze Jurors very well from ze premerge, zose betrayals combined with just bad connection votes might be enough to do me in.
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I'm 'appy to see M. Cohle. I wasn't sure if 'e would contribute 'is thoughts.
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Addendum to my last post: I don't even know if M. Kennedy knows who 'e was truly loyal to. I love 'im, but 'e was far from a reliable ally zis game.
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M. Morningstar's FTC 'as been perfectly fine so far, and 'e 'as not made any major erreurs. I do think 'e will get votes.
But eet really feels like 'e should be doing more to undermine my game. I know I would be slinging some mud in 'is position. I slung a leetle mud at 'im, but I realized zat doing zat was likely to provoke 'im, so I 'ad to stop myself. If 'e gets feisty with me and starts challenging me on some things, zen I think eet could open doors for people who 'ave a closer connection with 'im due to being together more, but who think I played a better game. I think M. McGruff ees one of zose people.
Maybe 'e ees saving all of ze mudslinging for 'is final speech, but zat might be too late. Or maybe 'e ees not planning on slinging any mud at all, but zat seems like eet ees setting 'im up for failure. When you are be'ind, you can't act like you are ahead.
Though honestly, people who would seriously vote for 'im over me might not care? Like clearly on paper my game ees more impressive, so in terms of arguing zat 'e 'as ze better game, maybe 'e ees not even trying, and instead ees just selling what 'e does 'ave as best 'e can enough to give people who already want to vote for 'im enough reason to do so. Like M. Grouch ees clearly going to vote for 'im, but even if 'e says zat eet ees because of 'is game, we all know zat me backstabbing M. Grouch and M. Morningstar not ees a 'uge part of why M. Grouch wants a reason to vote for 'im. And zat ees valid, but M. Grouch ees not going to admit zat.
I don't know. I think/'ope zat I'm probably going to win. I won't know for sure until ze votes come in, but eet certainly feels like I should be ze winner based on some of ze comments Jurors 'ave made. Ze post zat M. Briscoe made sounded like 'e was apologizing to me for cutting me, yet 'ere I sit as a finalist and 'ere 'e sits on ze Jury. Eet ees funny 'ow zat worked out.
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I don't know if my last post was smart, but M. Morningstar still being confused by zis and acting like M. Kennedy just did eet randomly ees most irritant. Maybe ze rest of ze Jury 'as 'eard from M. Kennedy already and knows ze truth, but without 'im being online, I 'ave to assume zat zey 'ave not.
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Yeahhhhh zis interaction with M. Morningstar was not good for me. If I 'ad just stuck to selling my own game instead of trying to blame M. Morningstar for eet, zat probably would 'ave been better. Though I'm not necessarily sure zat I lost any votes 'ere? M. Pikachu and M. Grouch probably aren't voting for me, but I don't think zey would vote for me regardless.
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I'm glad zat M. Kennedy showed up finally. I think even if 'e does not vote for me, 'is clarifications 'ere will 'elp others see 'ow much zat vote was my doing.
I do see ze vote narrowing though. Maitenant, if I 'ad to guess, I would say zat eet ees...
M. Morningstar- M. Grouch, M. Pikachu, M. McGruff, M. Kennedy
Me- M. Briscoe, M. Peralta, Mlle Garcia, Mlle Hopps, M. Cohle
I think Mlle Garcia ees ze swing vote, and I feel really good about ze work zat I put in with 'er and ze way zat I treated 'er in ze game, but eet ees always possible zat she decides to go for M. Morningstar instead.
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Eet ees kind of strange to me zat M. Pikachu ees offended on M. Kennedy's be'alf but I understand eet. I felt kind of disgusted with myself during zat round as well.
But I don't think M. Pikachu was ever voting for me 'ere if I'm honest. Even just from 'is opening post, I could tell zat 'e was looking for reasons to vote M. Morningstar.
If I lose ze game, my treatment of M. Grouch and M. Kennedy will be why, but also I definitely think eet ees worth noting zat I 'ad considerably less time with many of zese people zan M. Morningstar. Like Mlle Garcia, M. Cohle, M. Pikachu, M. McGruff, M. Grouch, and M. Peralta all spent more time with M. Morningstar zan I did, so ze fact zat I am competitive with many of zese votes ees in and of eetself impressive.
But eet also ees ze case zat ze people who support me ze most solidly (M. Briscoe, M. Peralta, and Mlle Hopps) 'ave all been mostly absent recently, so I think eet feels like ze Jury ees more against me zan eet actually ees.
I don't know. I know zat I played 'ard and zat can rub some people ze wrong way. But I don't think I was ever unnecessarily cruel.
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Like I do understand why people would 'ave a problem with emotional manipulation, and maybe I should not 'ave gone zere and should 'ave just counted on beating M. Kennedy in ze firemaking challenge. But I just couldn't. I couldn't leave eet up to chance.
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Like do you all think zat I crossed lines? I don't think zat I did.
M. Pikachu's comment just makes me sad, though. I really don't want my story to be about ze fact zat I went too far. Zat ees not what Hercule Poirot deserves to be known for.
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SCULLY: Lines are, uhh, subjective, if you think about it.
HITCHCOCK: I'm lactose intolerant. I think milk is way over the line.
SCULLY: Me too, buddy. Me too.
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<3
I laughed, mes amis. Thank you for bringing some levity to a grueling TC. Going for zis long ees difficile! And I'm soon going to 'ave to write a closing speech.
I think my response to M. Peralta was strong. I think I 'ave an excellent chance at 'is vote, though we will see what M. Morningstar says. And I zat think M. Briscoe, Mlle Hopps, and M. Cohle are all strongly leaning in my direction at zis point. So I only need one more, assuming zat I get zose four, which I really really should.
I doubt I get M. Kennedy, M. Grouch or M. Pikachu. So eet all comes down to M. McGruff, who I 'ardly know but who may respect my game, and Mlle Garcia, who I 'ad a fantastique relationship with, but who may be put off by some of ze more sneaky aspects of my game. I think zat Mlle Garcia will vote for me, but I truly do not know. I will not be confident about zat until ze votes come in.
And if eet ees 5-4, I know zat you are going to save 'er vote for last.
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Not sure what M. Grouch means when 'e says zat where 'e ended up was not where 'e expected to. Was 'e initially leaning towards me and zen became swayed to vote ze other way? Eet seemed like 'e was wanting to vote M. Morningstar from ze beginning on my end and was just looking for a reason to do so.
I think 'is advice about my closing speech ees good, because I do get ze sense zat I am almost so good at selling myself and making everything I do look as good as possible zat eet comes across as inauthentic. I 'ave tried to own some of my mistakes, and part of ze problem may be zat I do 'ave a bit of an ego, and maybe I buy into my own hype a leetle to much.
I'll try to be earnest as I can. I'll try to be 'umble. I'll try to 'ighlight what I think ees my biggest strength and maybe also my biggest flaw, ze amount of effort I put into everything. Because I do think if I lose, eet will be because I tried too 'ard, strangely enough.
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M. Cohle's final post ees so fantastique. Eet ees time for me to begin my speech, mes amis. I do 'ave an idea for eet. Maybe a leetle outside of my comfort zone, but I think zat ees what I need to do to win over ze votes I don't already 'ave.
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D'accord, I'm 'appy with my speech, or at least 'appy enough. Maybe I should 'ave been more specific and more clearly laid out my game for zem again, but I 'ave been doing zat ze whole TC. I think zis ees more earnest.
I don't know if I will win over Mlle Garcia or M. McGruff with zis speech. I need at least one of zem if I am going to win. I think M. Grouch will like eet, but as much as M. Grouch will want to claim to be zis unbiased, impartial person, I think 'e came in looking for reasons to vote for M. Morningstar, and 'e ees seeing what 'e wants to see. Which makes sense. I don't blame 'im. Zat was never a vote zat I entirely expected.
But I think Mlle Hopps, M. Peralta, M. Briscoe, and M. Cohle are all solidly in my corner, so I only need one more. Zose were ze votes zat I came in with, so if I failed to convince anyone else, zen so be eet. Eet ees possible zat ze fact zat I 'ad so much less time with ze Jurors compared to M. Morningstar ees what will do me in. I always knew zat zis was a BAU dominated Jury, and if I 'ad eet my way, I was not taking a BAU person to ze end, but 'ere we are.
I do wish zat zey 'ad come for M. Morningstar a bit more? I kind of was 'oping zat M. Briscoe would give me more assists. 'E did some in ze beginning, but not enough. But I appreciate zat 'e wanted to take a less active approach.
If I 'ave any regrets, zey are my treatment of M. Grouch and M. Kennedy, because zey were two tight relationships zat could 'ave been votes for me, but after ze way I treated zem, I don't think zat zey are. But zose are also ze moves zat impress people like M. Peralta, so eet ees a double-edged sword. And zey are ze moves zat propelled me to ze end, for zat matter.
If people wanted me to make fire at 4 instead of manipulating M. Kennedy, zen I think zat ees an unreasonable expectation and a really 'igh and mighty position to take. You should just willingly take a chance of going 'ome instead of doing everything zat you could to avoid eet? Absolument non. Maybe if you are confident zat you can win challenges zat ees ze right call. I wasn't leaving anything up to challenges.
But ze Jury did claim to not be bitter and I think by a traditional metric, my game ees ze flashier one and ze one more of ze strategically minded Jurors are likely to respect. So zat ees what I am 'oping for. Plus I really did treat Mlle Garcia well zis game, so if I managed any Juror, eet ees 'er.
I was against ze wrong person to get M. Grouch, and I don't think I could 'ave ever gotten M. Pikachu. M. Pikachu still bothers me. 'E doesn't know me. Eet ees easy to judge someone when you weren't in zat position, but when your back ees up against ze wall, you do what you 'ave to do.
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M. Morningstar's speech ees not bad. I think zat 'e may win.
But also eet comes across as a leetle cowardly to me to say zose things about me be'ind my back when I can't respond, especially when I was nothing but respectful to 'im in my speech. Maybe I should 'ave worked more to make a more direct contrast between our games, but I don't think zat I needed to. I think zat ze people who are inclined to a vote for a game like mine inherently value my type of play more.
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I actually think zat I may 'ave pre-empted some of 'is arguments in my speech, so zat ees a good thing. I maybe could 'ave emphasized zat feeling emotionally bad and still feeling zat you made ze correct move ees possible more, though I did touch on eet. I don't think zose are contradictory things.
I don't know if I'm going to win. I could see eet going either way. I think eet ees close. I think ze vote will probably be 5-4, if I 'ad to guess.
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If I had to guess...
M. Poirot- M. Cohle, M. Briscoe, M. Peralta, Mlle Hopps
M. Morningstar- M. Grouch, M. McGruff, M. Pikachu, M. Kennedy
Mlle Garcia- ??????
I am relatively confident in my four votes though. And I think I'm relatively confident in ze four votes against me.
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Also we like 'ow M. Morningstar simultaneously claims zat 'e knew 'e 'ad to sit next to someone from ze opposing alliance in order to win and acts all 'igh and mighty about betraying people. Like voting out M. Grouch, no one should be condescending to me about.
M. Kennedy I do understand ze complaints. I think I probably made an erreur selling zat as a move as 'ard as I did, when I should 'ave stuck to saying zat eet was something I wasn't proud of, but I did what I 'ad to do in order to survive.
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I don't think my FTC was fantastique, and if I lose, zere are things I could 'ave done better. But I did try my best. I really, other zan Mlle Garcia, I don't think most of zese votes were ever leaning in my direction. If I lose Mlle Garcia, zat ees my fault, 'owever.
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I wonder if I should 'ave done individual appeals to Jurors like M. Morningstar did. I considered eet, but I thought zat eet would be seen as fake and more pandering, and zat ees really what I was trying to get away from in my final speech.
But ze vote I need ees Mlle Garcia, and maybe a direct appeal to 'er would 'ave worked. And eet would 'ave offered me ze opportunity to directly address some of M. Pikachu's critisms and say 'ow 'orrible zey made me feel.
Oh well. Too late maintenant. I doubt zat eet would 'ave been ze tipping point. I made plenty of direct appeals throughout ze course of FTC.
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I really 'ate FTC. I enjoy ze game so much, but FTC ees just draining and 'orrible. Ze game ees draining too, but in a fun way.
Even at FTCs I 'ave won, I 'ave never 'ad fun. So I'm just so relieved zat eet ees over.
Really I am ready for zis game to be over and to not play again for a long, long time.
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I'm so ready for zis game to be done, mes amis. I tried my best. Definitely done for Survivor for a loooooong time, but you 'ave 'eard zat before.
Thinking about eet, I don't think I won, but zere ees still a chance. I'm 'appy with my performance either way, but probably should 'ave catered my FTC more specifically to Mlle Garcia.
Merci beaucoup to ze moderateurs, spectateurs, and to ze players, at least for ze most part. I did 'ave fun. But I am ready for zis chapter of my life to be over.
I came into zis game with nothing to prove to anyone. I am a powerhouse of a player, and I gave eet my all, as I always do. Now, eet ees time to move beyond Survivor: PD.