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Post by Queen of Hearts on Oct 6, 2019 20:30:20 GMT -5
It has been an absolute delight to be able to plead my case to all of you lovely jurors. I know that a lot of us did not grow particularly close over the course of the game, but I am excited to talk to you all afterwards since our brief interactions had been integral to the fun that I have had. I am going to take this opportunity to sum up the base reason why I believe that I have played one of the superior games of the finalists, and then I will defer to your judgement. At the core I was in a secure position for a good portion of the game due to my decisive exercising of the money I earned, as well as the friends that I had made. While some might see skipping challenges as cowardice, it was a conscious decision on my part to mitigate risk. i still had to perform well in the cash grab challenges to have the finances necessary to skip challenges, and I came in first in two separate individual challenges. I offer this as evidence that I did not ride on coattails to get where I am, and that I was an active participant in the game as a whole even if not in all the individual challenges. Additionally as I offered in Pepe's thread, I had allies with whom I communicated to swing votes in directions that benefited me. Not only that, but I was able to exercise a connection I had in the form of Reepicheep as leverage to work to topple a very powerful alliance of wealthy and well-connected folks. I posit that Reepicheep tanked his game in a way that severely benefited me, and when pressed on it, was not able to provide a good reason as to why this helped his game. It is clear that he intended to reach the end on cash or challenge prowess, and failing that, has not risen to the challenge of defending his actions to the jury. While we ended up on the same side of the Zack and Cody vote, I demonstrated my independence from Reepicheep at the end of the game, disregarding his appeal to vote out Alex Trebek and concluding the final part of my intentions to eliminate the Rich alliance. I offer this as a demonstration of my agency in the game. As for Prince Naveen, we are fighting for similar space of not having been a major target throughout the game. However while he was in powerful circles and privy to a lot of information and plans, he did not attempt to use this to make any waves or big moves. It was not until Reepicheep sold out the Rich alliance that he also turned to work with my ally Meg to bring down an alliance in a move that I requested her assistance in. I am certain that Zack and Cody and their alliance picked up on my signal, and yet in spite of that and their power and influence, they went home rather than me. I think this speaks to the engagement and ambition that I brought to the table throughout the entire game. And final Sorsha, whose tenacity I absolutely respect and admire, still existed in the game as a default target in spite of her powerful friends and the influence she wielded. I would argue that having won early individual immunity, I should have been on people's radar early and received some sort of an early default wagon. Rather than receiving those early votes, I was able to move through the game securely while seeing the players I wanted to eliminate be sent home. I believe that my ability to win friends and avoid heat in spite of early challenge prowess speaks to the social skills I was able to flex from the beginning of the game all the way to the end. I am proud of the game that I played to get where I am, and I am more than willing to own it. I do wish that I had a better opportunity to get to know you all, but unlike Survivor that was not much of an option in Disney World Domination (tm). I can only offer a display of my plans and intentions and show what the end result was, which I hope is enough to convince you all. Thank you for your time, and I look forward to talking with you all in the post game. Yas Kween
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