Final Confession - Post Vote Out, Day 13
Jul 1, 2015 2:48:01 GMT
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Post by pureaceg on Jul 1, 2015 2:48:01 GMT
I want to say I'm surprised, but I'm not.
Don't get me wrong - the way that Tribal Council played out was excellent. If I were a viewer, I would have loved to see that play out on screen. All the craziness of that vote, and the factors that led up to it, I'm sure those were all surprising to the viewers.
But was I surprised that I was voted out? No, I guess I wasn't. I knew as soon as I failed to win immunity that my game was over. I couldn't trust the people I thought were my allies. I couldn't trust the people that spoke so kindly to my face even as they were happy to see me go. I just didn't have any options.
To be honest, I think that I had got off to probably the worst start I could have. I wasn't around for the Tribe Pick. I wasn't around when that alliance was made. My first Tribal Council, I messed up and fell on the minority. Nothing panned out, but man, did I try my hardest to not be voted out so soon.
In the end, I was simply outplayed. I was against the numbers. Blast.
I think that maybe I really am too much like Ace. The way I type, the way I speak, the way I think - I don't mean for it to come off as arrogance or as standoffish. I just have my preferences, and I guess that offends some people. I'm sorry they feel that way, and I'm sorry that some of them felt like they just couldn't relate to me. For what it's worth, I really did enjoy the company of most of the people I talked with over on Davis. Outside of game talk, I felt I could have been friends with each of them, even Morgan (although we did have strong words for each other my last hour in the game). I'm bummed that they were happy voting me out as a backup to Hali, but I don't take it personally. It's how Survivor works.
Where does the game go from here? No idea. I clearly didn't have a single clue of what the relationships were like on my tribe, and I worked with them for nearly two weeks. I tried to do what I felt was best for Davis, so I do hope that Davis pulls it together and evens things up going into the merge. Just because I was on the wrong side of that alliance and they lied to my face for so long doesn't mean I wish them ill against the Reads.
You know, for my first ORG experience, I was hoping to do better, but I did expect something like this to happen. Regardless, I still enjoyed my time as a player, trying my best to get as far as I could with total strangers. I'm happy that JFP, Wes, and the rest of the admin team accepted my application and gave me a shot. I hope that I was entertaining and memorable enough for someone that placed 14th/15th. Maybe next time I play in an ORG, if I make the commitment to do it again, I'll take what I've learned from this game and use it to at least make the jury.
Until the reunion, friends.
Don't get me wrong - the way that Tribal Council played out was excellent. If I were a viewer, I would have loved to see that play out on screen. All the craziness of that vote, and the factors that led up to it, I'm sure those were all surprising to the viewers.
But was I surprised that I was voted out? No, I guess I wasn't. I knew as soon as I failed to win immunity that my game was over. I couldn't trust the people I thought were my allies. I couldn't trust the people that spoke so kindly to my face even as they were happy to see me go. I just didn't have any options.
To be honest, I think that I had got off to probably the worst start I could have. I wasn't around for the Tribe Pick. I wasn't around when that alliance was made. My first Tribal Council, I messed up and fell on the minority. Nothing panned out, but man, did I try my hardest to not be voted out so soon.
In the end, I was simply outplayed. I was against the numbers. Blast.
I think that maybe I really am too much like Ace. The way I type, the way I speak, the way I think - I don't mean for it to come off as arrogance or as standoffish. I just have my preferences, and I guess that offends some people. I'm sorry they feel that way, and I'm sorry that some of them felt like they just couldn't relate to me. For what it's worth, I really did enjoy the company of most of the people I talked with over on Davis. Outside of game talk, I felt I could have been friends with each of them, even Morgan (although we did have strong words for each other my last hour in the game). I'm bummed that they were happy voting me out as a backup to Hali, but I don't take it personally. It's how Survivor works.
Where does the game go from here? No idea. I clearly didn't have a single clue of what the relationships were like on my tribe, and I worked with them for nearly two weeks. I tried to do what I felt was best for Davis, so I do hope that Davis pulls it together and evens things up going into the merge. Just because I was on the wrong side of that alliance and they lied to my face for so long doesn't mean I wish them ill against the Reads.
You know, for my first ORG experience, I was hoping to do better, but I did expect something like this to happen. Regardless, I still enjoyed my time as a player, trying my best to get as far as I could with total strangers. I'm happy that JFP, Wes, and the rest of the admin team accepted my application and gave me a shot. I hope that I was entertaining and memorable enough for someone that placed 14th/15th. Maybe next time I play in an ORG, if I make the commitment to do it again, I'll take what I've learned from this game and use it to at least make the jury.
Until the reunion, friends.