Nicks speech

[nick]

Hey guys this is gonna be really shitty since I haven't kept up. Been on vacation. Anyways, I'm proud of you both. I think I saw a side of burt and kim that others didn't get to see. I'm happy with the outcome tonight.

For my question, I want to just say that I think humility and nobility are very underappreciated traits in winners. Show your humility by talking about your biggest flaws, while still convincing me that you deserve to win. A few paragraphs is apreciated.

[Kim Spradlin]

Jul 28, 2015 18:48:40 GMT nick said:

Hey guys this is gonna be really shitty since I haven't kept up. Been on vacation. Anyways, I'm proud of you both. I think I saw a side of burt and kim that others didn't get to see. I'm happy with the outcome tonight.

For my question, I want to just say that I think humility and nobility are very underappreciated traits in winners. Show your humility by talking about your biggest flaws, while still convincing me that you deserve to win. A few paragraphs is apreciated.

Hey Nick!

My biggest flaws in this game were my pre merge status within our original tribe, those social bonds as well as my bonds with the other tribe before merge. Coming into the merge, as you know, I had a lot to figure out. We were kind of on the bottom of that group, and had to play both sides for majority of the merge. I used it as a way to gain information and allies. But I think that lack of information and awareness pre-merge was a huge factor in my later game. That would be something that was a big flaw.

Another big flaw was my over the top personality. For example yelling at Morgan, etc. I can explain strategic reasons of making myself that big of an enemy by being over the top. But in reality, it does social damage to people. It leaves people with a bad taste in their mouth, and ultimately could cost me votes tonight.

A third flaw is my willingness to lie to people at any costs post merge. I lied a ton, and let those lies lead me into more and more things. I used those to better my position, instead of trying to protect my trust as people were walking to the jury house.

Ultimately I understand everyones' frustrations with the way I played my game. But ultimately, I played it differently for a reason. A way to get me to the end and have a fighting chance as I sit here tonight.

Thanks so much for the question Nick! Best of luck choosing a winner, and either way it was great getting to know you in this game. And having you alongside me throughout the ride.

~*Kim*~

[burton]

Yooyoyo Nick

For my question, I want to just say that I think humility and nobility are very underappreciated traits in winners. Show your humility by talking about your biggest flaws, while still convincing me that you deserve to win. A few paragraphs is apreciated.

So, while there were definitely a lot of strengths in my game, there were certainly some flaws as well. There was a point in the early merge where I didn't do as much work socially as I had been in on Read, and that was definitely noticed by other players I feel like. That's not entirely like me in games -- usually I'm an incredibly social person. But real life totally got in the way at some points, and that took focus.

Also, apparently I came off as boring to some people! Which I guess I understand. This merge was filled with a lot of crazy OTT personalities. I tried my best to lie low and let them all fight each other out, instead of joining in on the drama. Because in the end, being a part of that shit isn't really good for your game. However, I think you know at least that I'm not COMPLETELY boring!

That said, I think my flaws ended up helping me in this game. I didn't want to stand out too much when merge hit. I wanted to let other big people take the lead in front of me, like you and Danni. Then at the end, I'd have to take you out. And it sucked and it was difficult, but I think that overall strategy is a huge reason why I'm here today.

Thank you Nick!! Hopefully we stay in touch after the game, because I loved getting to know you man

[nick]

Thanks fellas, no hard feelings from me and good luck. You'll probly face some heat in this ftc, but not from me. 5he only heat your feeling in this speech is some fiery love, baby.

I think both of your games are underappreciated because of your stance with the jury, so I'm glad I can be here to give a nice break for you both as you trudge on through this mess we call final tribal council.

I'm going to post one follow one question for each of you, after which I will have nothing left to say.

Burt - I feel you left out a flaw in your game, a move that caused me to turn on gabe. Not letting me in on your other alliance you had before the merge. You eventually did... after I brought it up. I'm just wondering what your mindset was, now that I'm out of the game, and why you took so long to clue me in on your other allegiance. I know you didn't value it, but not keeping me informed was alarms to me in the game, and caused me to flip the script. I'm also going to say that you could've easily left instead of gabe, morgan was chomping at the bit to oust you over gabe. I'm just interested in learning what your take is on all that.

Kim - clearly your loud boisterous nature was what caused some major dissent in this game and with the jury. You owned up to rhat and your lieing as your biggest flaws. I'm clearly not someone you lied to, but I want to give you a shot and explain why lieing was beneficial for you instead of apologizing for it.

[burton]

The reason I didn't tell you about the alliance, to be honest, was because I was trying to ride the middle of our tribe. I knew I was in two solid alliances, and I didn't really want to have to choose one side over the other. So I figured if I didn't tell you about my alliance with Danni, or Danni/Ciera about my alliance with you, I wouldn't have to "pick a side." Then, ideally, I'd be able to keep both of the alliances together until merge. We'd then eliminate all of Davis, and Gabe and I would be able to ride the middle between both sides when Read fell apart.

Obviously, that didn't happen. Ciera spilled the beans before I ever got to, and I became associated with Danni's alliance. And after that, yes, I did come clean to you, but I already figured the damage was done. Not telling you sooner was a flaw in my game, and maybe if I had told you things would have ultimately gone a lot smoother for the Read tribe and we could have avoided Gabe's elimination. But, I think I worked with what ended up happening to the best of my ability. I managed to keep trust with you/kim after Gabe left in order to get Sash/Morgan out. Then, I won the last two immunities, ultimately taking the power of the game into my own hand.

Also, I am aware that the vote was between me and Gabe, which was quite scary. Ultimately, I know that Gabe having the nullifier was a huge part as to why he went, but I would hope that the bond I forged with you/kim was also a huge factor into me staying that round.

Thank you Nick!

[nick]

Imma just be honest and say that ciera never told me about an alliance, I was 100% speaking out my ass about wondering if you had one

[ciera]

I told you those three is tight. I said it lots of times

[nick]

You didn't tell me about the alliance you had with them tho

[ciera]

No. Why I would say I'm with them? I don't want telling people I'm on both sides