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From Dragon66116: What do you think you excelled the most at during this entire competition?
Answer: Politics. I was responsible for the elimination of each member on the jury due to my political game. I was the one who initiated the alliance of myself, Stan, Edwards, Dragon, and eventually Cody. Since the merge I've been calling the shots to make sure we would be the final 5, and it worked. As I mentioned earlier in Jeffrey's question, I didn't need to do well in challenges since I knew my political game was that good. There were only two instances where things could have gone wrong for me. The first was when Cody chose to pretend to flip to the other alliance in order to get info without running things by me first. I had to talk him out of actually voting with the others, because that would have put us at a disadvantage in the numbers. The second was at final 4, I knew a tie was very possible. Which is why I brought Dragon and Edwards as far as I did, since I knew that Stan and I were capable of beating either in a tie breaker. I've always been very open with Stan, so I knew he'd stick with me.
From eaedwards6400: Why was it that you voted me out?
Answer: You were more of a threat than Dragon, both in challenges and in strategizing. As the game progressed it became clear that it would be better to face Dragon in the final 3 than you or Cody, as he would ultimately be the easiest to beat in the final immunity challenge. I also feel like you would have put in more of an effort than Dragon to sway Stan or I to take you to the final 2.
From cody11533: As honestly and thoroughly as possible, describe the situation surrounding voting me out. Was I always destined for 5th once I sided with you, or were there factors that changed things? My challenge performances? What I did (or didn't) say? Because I was a blue? etc.
Answer: The original plan was to vote you out in 8th place, so the rest of us four would have an advantage over the remaining red members. However after red unity was clearly no more I moved you up to definitely final 5, potentially final 3 depending on how the last few immunity challenges went. Where Dragon was the weakest in challenges in the jury stage though, I could no longer see you doing better than 4th place. When Stan won the F5 immunity, I would have been open to voting out Edwards first had Dragon and Stan wanted it, but in the end we agreed to keep the originally planned Final 4. Could I have pulled some strings? Probably, but I didn't want to risk breaking my strategic bonds with the others. With you doing scheming in the past (Trying to pull other blues into the alliance, and nearly voting against us), I couldn't let you closer to the finals, because you could have easily schemed to get me out and take Dragon or Stan to the finals instead.
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