#Im not saying he’s not loyal but I am saying his loyalty is almost strictly strategic and is therefore conditional

[mcybree]

scott “loyalty” smajor spending the entire first season waiting for his husband to die so he can fuck off and retire

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Opening Statments

Hello hey, okay so this is my opening statement and I’m gonna try and keep it concise and not bore you all to death, but first I wanna say thank you to Sam for hosting this season! Eddie and austin you guys did ok too. When you look at my game from afar, it seems simple, I made it to the end with no votes cast against me, however what you don’t know is the constant strategies that went behind that. I want to take this opportunity to analyze the different aspects of my game as well as just kinda breakdown how I worked my way to the end.

My social game was a huge part of why I’m sitting here right now. With the way the game worked out, the swaps left me at a disadvantage at some point because the first swap, I didn't get anyone from my original tribe and on the the second swap, I only had Zack and Luke. It felt frustrating constantly being separated from my allies and having to struggle to create new ones, but come merge time, I had been on a tribe with almost every single person in the game and I was able to use that to my advantage. I was able to build strong genuine friendships that I truly did care about and I still do care about, however I had no qualms about using them to further my strategic game. Some of the moves I made with these relationships truly were so hard for me to make and I still own up to them but I truly am sorry to anyone I hurt that was never my intention.

My strategic game was arguably the strongest part of my game. I'm not going to pretend that I was a loyal kind player in a gameplay perspective because I wasn’t and I 100% own that. I maneuvered my way to the end while remaining untouched and a huge part of it was due to the fact that I would use people like chess pieces until I had absolutely no use for them anymore, and then Id cut them before they could catch onto my game. An example of this is with Mearl, I was on call with Mearl building a close bond so he would tell me the idol clues, and then I found the idol right then and there on call and after that I had nothing else to gain from my alliance with him (ily mearl im sorry).

After building a ton of relationships premerge, it was time to truly use them at the merge. I quickly joined a strong power alliance of Abel Zack and Dustin which were a core 4. However, 4 people were not majority for a lot of the early merge, but we were still able to control early merge through gaining numbers on our side, while hiding the fact that we even had a side. The main 2 numbers that the alliance had were Rob and Sid, however Rob and Sid were both closer to me then they were to anyone else in the alliance which meant that the voting block benefited me the most and put me in the strongest position. This voting block kept my name off the chopping block and I was able to use it to take out Stevie and Mearl. At this point, the minority of Crow Tommy and Dom woke up, but it was too late by then, I had a solidified strong bond with Rob and the alliance had cemented their bonds with each other and with Sid. We quickly got rid of Crow and Dom, then I started cutting those who were close to me one by one. First with Sid, who was arguably the best at immunities left and was extremely likable. Final 5 I knew was going to be an idol fest which is why I had kept mine that long. And then at the final 4, I knew Rob had a strong story being the last person in the game not in the alliance and I cut him, and then took out Dustin in the 3 because I knew he would be able to answer the jury questions strongly (not kissing your ass i promise!!) and because I felt like I had a better chance at beating Zack.

Im so sorry yall had to read all that and I thank u a lot if u did. I hope I was able show you the strengths of my game as well as own up to the game I played with full honesty. Okay now drag with those questions i promise to give the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and I can't wait to talk to y'all after the game.

Hi everyone! Okay so.. Let’s just get into this.. I had to start playing this game from day 1. I have been to every single tribal council except on day 38 when I won individual immunity. Round 1 my name was thrown out there from Nehe so I teamed up with Dustin and Amir and fought my ass off to get those votes to stay. I even formed something secretively with Crow and I got Dustin, Amir and Crow to vote Nehe out with me. Next was Liana. Liana was not targeting me at all and I absolutely love Liana but she was targeting Crow that round. Crow has just saved me the round before and I gave Crow my word and I knew in the future I can see myself working with Crow over Liana so unfortunately, I had to play Liana. Then we had Bodhi! This is the round where Jaiden and I aligned and I still had loyalty to Crow. So when Bodhi was out there spreading my name to Jaiden, Jaiden would come right back to me and tell me all that was said, which led up to us blindsiding Bodhi. Dom voted against me this round and I used that to my advantage. I played the pity card with Dom. Telling him how much I loved him and I’m upset he would try to get me out. I was on call with Dom for 6 hours getting him on my side, and it worked. The next couple of votes, Dom voted with me instead of against me, again. After Bodhi, we unfortunately had to say goodbye to Jaiden. This is when both tribes went to tribal. And fortunately, Amir, was on the opposite tribe of me, telling me everything that was going on. Amir told me it was either between me or Jaiden and Amir was fighting for Jaiden to go over me. So unfortunately, I had to jump ship with Jaiden and just sell him out. I definitely did not want to do that, because I love Jaiden and he helped me the round before in this game, but it’s just something that had to be done. Then we had Luke!! This is were it gets a little more harder for me. Luke would tell everything to Amir and Amir would just tell me all the information that he would say. I really wanted to work with Luke, but Luke did not realize how close me and Amir were, and he slipped up and told Amir how he wants me and Abel split up. It’s no secret that Luke, Abel and I have all played Switzerland together, and it’s no secret how close me and Abel came in that game. So when Luke was using that against me and telling Amir that he wants to split us up, I knew that round I had to get him before he got me. Me, Abel, Amir & i got Dom to vote Luke out. I didn’t want this to happen because I really meant it when I said I wanted to work with Luke, but Luke just really wanted me out so again, it just had to be done. Now we’re at merge and the next person to go was Stevie! Stevie and I haven’t really spoken and I know he was 100% on board with voting me out with Luke so I knew whatever he would say to me, was just to try to save himself. Voting Stevie out was strictly game and I know from past experience how good Stevie is, so letting him go further into the merge was very dangerous.  Again, Stevie targeted me that round and I still got people on my side to vote with me. Then there was Mearl!!!!! Honestly, I don’t really remember this round because it was one of the messiest rounds ever.. Mearl, you’re iconic, but you came for Abel and Abel was one of my ride or dies and I couldn’t let him go out so we had to strike. Also I got Mearl to vote out Abel over me, even though Mearl and Abel were literally on call debating on who to vote out. Then it was Tommy. Tommy, no offense, but this was the easiest vote for me this season. You talked to everybody in this cast and had an amazing social game. I’ve had several people tell me that you would be on call with them and talking to them non stop. You were against me most of the rounds so voting you out was the best move for me. Having someone who isn’t on my side and has a great social game like that, could not make it further in this game. Crow leaving was hard for me. This is when the game got really harder for me because I really did form bonds with you all and talking to you all and being together everyday and then just voting each other out and being at each other’s throats is never easy. Crow, I hate that you went during an instant and didn’t have a chance to fight for yourself. Sid, I adore you. The night Crow left, yes I did vote against you, BUT, Crow was making very good points and I know you still had your challenge disadvantage and I knew there was a big chance you would use that on me because I knew how close you and Abel were and I always thought you would want me gone to become closer with Abel and be Abel’s ride or die. Abel, it was so hard seeing you leave like that. I would hate to see anybody leave like that so it was even worse when it was you. Rob, you were amazing, but it all came down to loyalty for me in the end. Dustin and Amir had my back all game and stuck their necks out for me from day 1 and I had to repay them. Dustin, I’m honored and glad I made final 3 with you and I apologize for targeting you in the board game, but I knew you messaged Amir for a final 2 and not me and I knew Amir was gonna take me, so it had to be done. Just to sum this all up, I never gave up in this game. I fought my ass of from day 1 all the way to day 42. I’ve received FOURTEEN (14) votes this season, so I must be some kind of threat. I never went home because I aligned with the right people and people who would come back and tell me all the stuff you would all say and how you all wanted me gone and I managed to get them to vote with me and now I’m in the final 2. Making it to the end and receiving all those votes and being the target for most of ya’ll in the tribal councils has to say at least something. At the end of the day, this was such a fun game to play, I made some great friends and I really hope you all vote for me. <3 P.S. I suck at grammar so sorry if everything is fucked.

The Jury’s questions/statements will be due August 16th, at 10:00 pm EST.