Matt's Final Tribal Council Speech and Questions

[Matt]

*steps up to jury speech area*

So before I begin, I would just like to congratulate both of you on making it as far as you can in this game. You outwitted, outplayed and outlasted all of us currently sitting here on the jury. Yet I believe you both have had major flaws in your game, which I would like you to explain to me. I didn't make it to the merge technically so I can't comment on that dynamic but I have gathered intel from those who you have eliminated and also been on tribes with both of you. From what I have heard, Kena you are an Arse of an player to not only others but also to our great host, who has complained about you MULTIPLE times about sheer rudeness and being flat out ungrateful whilst Alex is a massive snake and has 'played a weaker game' and annoyed many people. So, please answer these questions truthfully, cause I will call out bullshit.

#MattBestNon-MergeJuryMember

So my questions for you are:

Kena - You seemed to be the player to struggle the most in your early game, with your only alliance member in osh being voted out first. Once you joined Gmunden, you were quick to pull me into an alliance there. Yet to me, you seemed oblivious to the fact of any other alliances were there, when in reality Callum and I had the numbers to snake you out. So my question to you is, in Gmunden did you have any other alliances apart from ours, and how would you have exploited them if we had lost a challenge?

Alex - Your non-existent gameplay ended up very existent as you are now here. Yet you are the person who has 'snaked' the most people in this game, even being part of two alliances straight away in Gmunden and therefore being the swing vote if we had lost a challenge. My question to you is, how did being part of multiple alliances advance you in this game and do you regret any eliminations when in hindsight you would rather have gotten rid of someone else?

And my final question is for both of you, even though my mind is fairly made up already, is why you chose to NOT eliminate the other person sitting at tribal here with you.

Good luck to both of you

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Kenajabam  alexeh

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George J. Aless Levi21 Tufkai Vaios Lᴇꜰ ClassifiedCat ✨ Forrest ✨ ✨💃 Callum

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Sel Matt OMAROSA Julian Blandine  Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] MG Llemian Maxim

[alexeh]

How did being part of multiple alliances advance you in this game and do you regret any eliminations when in hindsight you would rather have gotten rid of someone else?

There were definitely benefits to being in multiple alliances. For one, it provided me with a certain sense of security, and while my intentions weren't always to backstab (and I certainly never asked to be consistently asked into multiple alliances, the opportunities fell into my hands and I never sought out an opportunity to betray, backstab, or annoy anyone with my gameplay, which is something I would like to emphasise), it gave me a good opportunity to rethink, recalibrate and therefore make a well thought out decision on how to vote. In this way, I do not regret any eliminations in hindsight that I decided upon myself - the elimination I regret the most, and one I feel like I could've stopped, is the blindside of Julian, although this obviously wasn't my decision and I'm not sure how much I could've done with so little to base anything off at that point.

Why did you choose to NOT eliminate the other person sitting at tribal here with you?

There are a few reasons for this. First of all, it seemed to make sense to me to vote out the person with the idol without them playing it, the person in this case was Marco. Therefore, for the most part, he was our main target. In addition, Kena seemed to think that Maxim had played a much stronger game than me. And no offense to Maxim, but I do not think that is the case. In the event that Kena then won the final challenge, the chances are that he would've chosen me to go to the final two with him over Maxim, which would not only obviously get me further in the game, but give me an excellent opportunity to speak for myself, explain my game and the somewhat controversial decisions I made. While I did have a certain degree of trust in my allies, I couldn't be sure that they wouldn't choose someone else for another reason, because they knew a lot more about my game than Kena did.

[Kenajabam]

First, I want to say that I am sorry if I came across rude

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apart from the time he accused me of cheating. I am still a bit angry about this.

and ungrateful. I thanked him that he chose me to be in this game and I am still grateful that he chose me to be part of this experience. Anyway the host shouldnt be a factor, when it is decided, who wins this game.

Second, I dont think I have ever been an "arse" to anyone in this game. If so, any jury member is free to tell, why they think I have been an "arse" to them, rather than talk behind my back. If voting out someone makes me an "arse" in their opinion, I will take it, but I have never been an "arse" to someone in this game on a personal level.

Third, your questions

You seemed to be the player to struggle the most in your early game, with your only alliance member in osh being voted out first. Once you joined Gmunden, you were quick to pull me into an alliance there. Yet to me, you seemed oblivious to the fact of any other alliances were there, when in reality Callum and I had the numbers to snake you out. So my question to you is, in Gmunden did you have any other alliances apart from ours, and how would you have exploited them if we had lost a challenge?

I have to admit that I made a mistake on Gmunden and that was trusting you. But I learned from that mistake and never trusted someone that much again and kept me more options open in the game later. And nobody can claim that they did not do any mistake in this game, but its important that you learn from it.
Although I was not completely oblivious and never really trusted Callum and still feared that he would turn his back on me, I just thought you wouldnt.
I did not have any other alliance, but I talked to everyone in this tribe. I slowly started to realize that I might be in danger, because of that fake Marco vs. Callum fight really made no sense and the alliance chat was pretty silent. However I thought it was too late to make another alliance with Marco and Llemian, because Marco would probably tell it back to Callum and that would just worsen my spot in the tribe. So I stayed silent.
So I hoped you would get rid of Marco because of his idol.
Also I have to add that I always gave my very best in the challenges and therefore contributed my part to Gmunden never losing.


And my final question is for both of you, even though my mind is fairly made up already, is why you chose to NOT eliminate the other person sitting at tribal here with you.

First I want to reply to what Alex answered, because Alex missed one part: He actually never had the choice to eliminate me since the final 8, because I was safe because of challenges and my idol. And I dont think its the truth either that he decided to take me further, because he thought that I would take him over Maxim to the finals. The first time I and Alex ever talked game was at the final 5. And at this tribal he tried to vote me out instead of voting Mihai and therefore keep both me and Maxim in the game.
I had 3 chances to get rid of Alex: at the final 3, 5 & 7.
At the final 7, while we could have written Alex down, Blandine seemed to me like the bigger threat. She was a very big jury threat and also proved to be strong in challenges and capable to find an idol. At the final 5 I ultimately decided to keep Alex over Mihai, because I thought it was a final 3 and I wanted to avoid a tie at the final 4. I thought there was a higher possibility that Alex would vote against Maxim than Mihai voting against Maxim.
When it came to the final 3 I had the choice between Maxim and Alex. Imo Maxim played the better strategic and physical game, while Alex played a bit better socially. I exaggarated Maxims jury chances towards Alex, but indeed I would have voted for Maxim and thought he played better than Alex and I thought I could make a stronger case towards the jury, when I am sitting at the final 2 with Alex.