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From ff6man: Why did you choose the game you did to turn on Valentine and the rest of red team? She had lost challenges previously and I know I, for example, didn't even start trying in challenges until I felt I needed to. I felt Valentine could have easily been knocked out when the time came, do you feel it was entirely necessary to get rid of her when we had a strong alliance, backed by her to thank for round after round of immunity?
Answer: Honestly, because it was the perfect time and if we pulled it off it essentially guaranteed Mik and I final 2. The numbers were just right for it. 3 Blue left, us 4, 3 Red with Valentines vote out. I knew that voting Valentine out would cause tension among Red and that if they found out we voted her out, they would want us out first (which is why I was against voting her out when Caelus lost). But you, Tyder, and Jeffrey couldnt turn on us until you had gotten rid of 1 more blue otherwise youd go into the final 6 tied with Blue. Which, btw, was the same reason we didnt want it to go to 8 Red left as our alliance would be tied if it came to that and who knows what would have happened. And if we had had Cody vote with us at 9 to vote out one of the other Red, well, that would have been a can of worms.
Problem for you ended up being voting out Paul instead of Cody since Cody had been voting with Mik (and consequently, our alliance and Red) for awhile now. From there, everything went according to plan. Justin got voted out next and you guys followed then it was cody. The only hitch to the plan was if Dragon sided with Edwards at Final 4 and Edwards managed to beat Mik/me (depending on who won immunity) in a tiebreaker. Ultimately, though Dragon did side with Edwards, even that fell into place and here we are, Final 2 just like we planned since let me check my PMs April 11th. So was it a dick move? Yeah, definitely. Do I regret it? Yes and no. I do regret that Valentine couldnt make the council (probably the one thing I regret this season) but at the same time it was the best move we could make for our alliance and is the reason Mik and I are here right now.
From Dragon66116: What do you think you excelled the most at during this entire competition?
Answer: Oh, easily the challenges. If I wasnt busy with school or personal things, I was always giving my all in the challenges. I dont care too much for the political game. Im much too lazy to bother going to people and strategizing and making alliances and stuff like that (at least early game, late game might be a different story). When I play these types of games on board 8, Im mostly really just in it for the fun of it. If I see an opportunity to win the whole thing though, Ill take it. Thats why I think Mik and I worked so well together. He liked the strategy part and I was content with the challenge part and when he gave me an opportunity to go to the end, I took it. Toward the end, I tried especially hard during the challenges because I didnt want to leave anything up to chance (you can see that most clearly in my Pel score >_>) and wanted to earn my spot in the Finals through challenge victories.
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