Before I begin tearing apart Kena's game like the two-dimensional piece of paper it is, I would like to defend myself against particular comments.
First of all, my physical game. As most people know, I'm dealing with very important exams and have been for the last few weeks, meaning a) I've been unable to devote as much time to challenges as I would've liked to, and I don't regret spending 23 hours posting in the final challenge instead of 32. I have better and more important things to do with my time, and I didn't even bother posting as much when it became evident that Kena would win by a landslide as, again, I have more important things to do, and b) I needed sleep? It's great if you can manage to stay awake all night and go ahead with the next day, but there are priorities and not sleeping just to be in with a chance (and given the fact that I had to do an actual exam that day anyway ruled out 2 posts of 36 already) of getting immunity is not something I was prepared to do, and if that means I lose the game, I stand by that.
Additionally, I've had some personal issues which I'd rather not talk about, for various reasons that I haven't really spoken to anybody about at all. The issues themselves are not important, but the important thing is the fact that there were things I needed to do, sort out, and there were just times where I really wasn't in the right place to be taking part in some of the more stressful and at some points irritating (not in the negative way, they were well thought out challenges) challenges that to be blunt would make things worse. A perfect example of this is the second Freerice challenge. Again, I don't particularly want to go into details, but with an exam the day after and various other issues, I honestly didn't have the time, patience or will to do any more than I did. And yes, if that means I lose the game to someone who had fewer exams, fewer personal issues and therefore more time, I suppose that is the game. Nothing I can do about that, and nothing I regret.
The idea that I only got here by luck is ridiculous. I earned my right to be here just as much as you did, and you repeatedly acting like you are oh so superior to me isn't working, sorry. Had Llemian not got confused with the time zones (which is not something I feel I should be penalised for, particularly since the timezone hadn't changed in the 30 or so days before then so it's absolutely in no way my fault?), and not gained a strike before then, then maybe, potentially, things would be different. But in hindsight, if you and Llemian had the opportunity to vote out one of Maxim or myself, you have implied that you would've chosen Maxim. And with no allies on my side,
maybe I would've been more inclined to try a bit harder in order to secure my place in the final two. Hypothetical situations are, however, irrelevant in this case and we could spend all day dwelling on the "what if"s of the game for myself, for you, and for everyone in the game.
With regards to my social game, and this is something I have explained before, I have had very limited time, meaning I haven't always had the opportunity to talk to people when I would've liked to. But additionally, I was unsure about how to really start a conversation with people on the other side of the game... people I hadn't really ever spoken to before, because there's always the idea that if someone you've never spoken to you speaks to you for the first time, they want something. This may be something built up in my own head and nobody else's but that was my thought process - and as far as the tribe chats went, I was never argumentative or mean to anybody there, even when there were times I definitely could've been.
Now we move on to the biggest flaw of your speech - your huge underestimation of me and how I've played. It's a frequent occurrence, and I'm often overlooked generally, and in the context of this game, I was overlooked in favour of Maxim and Julian in particular, when in fact, I had just as much, if not more, control and knowledge of how 99% of the game was going on. I had a greater influence on the game than you give me credit for, and no matter how many times I state this, you continue to focus on the fact that my game was quiet, but in reality, I took my weakest quality (in my opinion) and used it to my advantage, and when you can tell me you have done this, you can tell me that I did it wrong.
And for you to say that I made very few big moves is completely false. Just because I didn't rely on idols to necessarily make the huge moves in the game doesn't mean I didn't make big moves. One example is the difference I made in the eliminations of some of the biggest players in the game - I managed to persuade Maxim that I, for one, wasn't going to vote with him (which is suspicious in itself), but also that his ally was going to be voted out himself, and this ended in the elimination of a potentially huge strategic threat in Lef, who I strongly believe would've allied with people and made a large impact in the game if we'd let him. Similarly, I was the difference in voting out Callum, another huge potential threat who later on in the game could've made an impact and caused neither of us to be here.
I'm noticing a common factor in a lot of what you say. It's all false and completely ridiculous in a weakly constructed attempt to deconstruct my own gameplay. Of course I played for myself to win. At the time of Julian's elimination, we were at the point in the game where our sole focus was on gaining a majority and getting as far as we can. I was, of course, aware of how big a threat Blandine, Julian and Maxim could've been if they were at the final two with me. I was aware of the potential implications when it came to the final two if I blindsided one of my own allies. It had its benefits, and it had its drawbacks, and at the time of Julian's elimination, I hadn't reached a decision on whether it was something I intended to do or not.
But at that point, I knew that if I chose to vote out one of my closest allies, it could've been detrimental to my own game. One less person on my side, to vote with me, one less person to talk strategy with, and generally, one less person I was close with in the game who I could just generally, loosely talk with about the game. It was nonsensical to even consider it. And I was right. Julian went, and our side suffered greatly from it. This all links back to how you have underestimated me - I thought out every move I made carefully to the extent where it became overthinking. I would re-evaluate, re-think, re-calibrate, and thoroughly work out a plan that would change for every slight bit of information that came my way, and it's the reason I had such control and knowledge over where the game was. I had clocked on fairly early on in the game where the majority of people lied. I had clocked on that eventually, you would (if you hadn't alright) team up with Marco and Llemian, and that was why I initially brought up the idea of blindsiding you. But then, as I said before, that would mean one less person on my side and, at the point where I had clocked on to your potential, I needed people on my side.
Similarly, I wanted to make sure that, if it got to the point where you could choose someone to bring to the final two with you, that the person you chose would be me. Maybe this meant that you'd have that little bit of extra ammunition to use against me, but if I told you that even I didn't think I would win, I knew that it was pretty much guaranteed you would choose me over any of my allies. The key part after that was ensuring that it was only my allies to choose from. And this again, falls under the underestimation, which was certainly key to my own success, and unfortunately where your own downfall lies.
My closest allies were Julian, Blandine, Maxim and Mihai (in no particular order). Maybe, in a different world, Jack would've been one of my closest allies. But we were split in the tribe, and then our allies became different allies, and that meant we were not. So yes, I did remain loyal to my closest allies throughout the game. Who knows how the game would've panned out if it did in fact become the five of us at the end? The reality is, the likelihood of an entire alliance making the end of Survivor is minuscule, as unfortunate as that is. There will always be that one person, or the one group of people, who stand in the way of an alliance all making it to the end, and that happened here. The game could've unfolded completely differently in ways I can't begin to imagine. One thing I am completely sure of, however, is the fact that I am certainly not a goat, and no matter who I was up against in the final two, I would've put up an honourable fight, much in the way I'd like to think I am doing now.
To conclude the first half of my dissection, yes, I should be thankful to you. You have given me such juicy ammunition.
Kena supposedly "controlled" the game after the merge. If that were the case, why am I here? Why am I sitting at the final two, when it has been proven that I am not the "goat" that he believed Marco and Llemian to be. And if not them, in order to, potentially, secure more jury votes, then why not Mihai? Not something I agree with, but Mihai was seen as more of a goat than myself. There were plenty of candidates Kena could've chosen that would've granted him a much better chance at becoming Sole Survivor. If he had such strong control of the game, why am I the person who he has to beat to be champion? And on that note, what exactly did he do pre-merge? While yes, he was a prominent success in the final ten or so days of the game. There are forty. What happened in those thirty days that makes him so deserving of Sole Survivor? You can only go so far with challenge wins.
Additionally, with regards to his social game, or lack thereof. The key element to his poor social game is the fact that, on multiple occasions, he managed to irritate
the host. If you manage to annoy the host - the person who has put all the time and effort into organising the game, you risk isolating yourself from everybody else in the game. And to a certain degree, I think this happened. Maybe it was just a case of jokes being taken the wrong way, but the important thing here is that it was destructive, and while I wanted you out because I'd clocked on to your dangerous potential, others wanted you out for different reasons - most of which down to your poor social game. So yes, I can claim I had a better social game, because while I may not have been perfect, I was Mother Theresa in comparison to you.
Since I haven't really found a suitable cue to put the gif in without ruining the format, I'm just going to put this here, and make an excuse that your social game was also harmed by the fact that you were a
And as I said, you can only go so far with challenges if you don't have the support. Even if you're at the final two.
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