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Post by Queen of Hearts on Oct 4, 2019 20:24:52 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury. It is my honor and privilege to appeal my case for moving on to the final challenge. This has been a wild journey and a game unlike any other like I have played before, so I have spent a lot of time wondering on exactly how I am supposed to argue why I am worthy to advance. From the beginning, I believe that there were three main shapes that elimination in this game took. The first and most obvious was dying in the Pay Up or Put Up challenges. I am aware that some players prided themselves on taking every challenge head on, but from the very first day I was realistic about my position. I came in the beginning of the game in a rough position and I had a hard time generating any sort of a base income. For that reason, I very quickly realized that I was not going to be sitting in either of the "Richest Player" slots. When I came to that realization, my goal was to end the game with as close to $0 left in my account as possible so that no money would have been wasted. This was the best tool to prevent an unlucky challenge performance from ending my chances, so that is where I spent the vast of my cash. The second and perhaps earliest-seen style of elimination was the 'inactivity' or 'hard to talk to vote.' This was something I was concerned about for the entire game, because I deliberately choose not to invest much money if any into private chats or being team leader. I was fortunate to very quickly connect with Megara and Wreck-It-Ralph, and those were the connections I used to catapult from the early game to the mid-game. It is my understanding that they helped direct votes in mutually favorable directions, same as I did from the chats that I was in. I took every opportunity to build friendships and relationships from the random chats I was given, and those relationships meant that I was always picked for someone's chat at all points in the game. I was generally on the same page with my friends at all phases of the vote, and there was not an elimination that surprised me. Finally, there was really only one major alliance that was addressed though Layoff Votes. This is the core from which I made the #bigmoves that I believe landed me where I am now. In Round 5 Pepe the King Prawn confessed to me that Zack and Cody were in a secure position hunting players with large bank accounts and generally running a powerful alliance featuring Air Bud and Dog With a Blog, among others. This confirmed the vibe that I had picked up given how eager their posting was in the public forums, and from that point on, they were my target. I made a slight error in how I approached it by bringing up my feelings in Round 8 to Reep, Doofenschmirtz, and Sorsha, but I was young and excited to make a move. I believe that information was relayed to Zack and Cody who tried to rally a target to me, which is why I put the money that I did protecting myself from votes. From there the rest is history. Reepicheep defected to our side and helped eliminate Zack and Cody, and the later part of the game was going after the remaining allies that they had. This was, of course, never personal. I just wanted to make sure that the final 8 had the people I wanted to attempt the final challenge with. I respected Z&C as fierce competitors, as well as the dogs as loyal allies and challenge threats. The main vote from this era that I was sad to do was the one on Pepe the King Prawn. He gave me the information that helped set up my main plans, and I hated that I had to choose between him and Reep. So this is how I approached the game and how I worked to get to the position I am in now. I looked for the #bigmoves, won a couple individual immunities to demonstrate that I can stand on my own two feet, and I made sure to stay as in the loop as I could in a game with so little room for clear information. I thank you all for the chance to plead my case, and I look forward to answering your questions.
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