Post by Tom Westman on Nov 21, 2009 1:13:57 GMT -5
Hello Jury, first of all I would like to thank the host for hosting another great season. It has been quite a blast with how we are reliving Palau all over again and second, I would like to thank everyone who in one way or another helped me get to where I am now.
I came to this game a little nervous because I didn't know anyone so I felt like I needed to step up my social game big time to get myself a comfortable position. So when we had to go to tribal the first round I was a little nervous on how it will go down because I haven't talked to anyone extensively but I had found Coby, the bad thing was people were targeting him and I needed him around because I made an alliance with him so I had to find a way to save him, so I went around trying to figure out who people wanted and it seemed they wanted Wanda but when I found out who Wanda was I didn't want to her to go as well so when Katie came up to me who was the other inactive during the challenge and suggested Gregg's name I found a reason for her to get voted out and it went well as planned.
After my plan to get rid of Katie worked I knew things would be easier because I had people who trusted me. But this trust wasn't tested for a long time as our tribe kept winning immunity after immunity sending Ulong to tribal councils over and over again and keeping me safe until we had to go to tribal because of the double boot and the time the 2 Ulongs managed to win. I thought I had it all planned out but the people I was aligned with still wanted Wanda gone but with a little convincing I swayed them to target Caryn and Willard and they were voted out as planned.
When Ulong was no more Kim joined us and was asking us to help save her one more round but it was not possible as the Koror tribe we're too united and couldn't let a newcomer break that bond.
When it came down to just us seven original Koror members that's when lines were drawn on who were aligned to who and I had to pick a side as I was basically aligned with everyone. So i stuck with the people who I helped save because I felt they would be the ones that would depend on me the most. This is when I solidified and sided in the alliance of Wanda, Janu and Coby as we managed to take out Jenn. But in the next round, Wanda whom I had an F2 deal with from the beginning self-voted and sadly she had to be voted out of the game. Even then I rallied with my remaining allies Coby and Janu and ensured they would stick with me with a promise that I will stay true to them till the final 3 and then the final 2 with Coby. And this ensured Gregg's and Ian's ouster as we sailed on to final 3 stronger than ever.
Winning the final immunity was just perfect as it ensured that Janu gets voted out while I keep my promise to Coby of our final 2 deal. I may not have won a lot of individual immunities but I felt like I didn't need it because I have trust in my allies and I know they trust me as well so I secured myself safely without it. I contributed a lot during the tribal stages and letting my tribe know that I will always be there whenever they needed a team member to help out and it is evident with the fact that I was always online no matter if I'm sitting out or not. At the end of it all, I believe I played a very strong physical challenge which was evident of our tribe wins and I always come close to winning individual immunities or got at least 1 because of my activeness. I played a good social game as I keep ensuring that I am aware of what is going on in and around camp whenever we had to go to a tribal council. And I played a good mental game as I have kept myself out of the line of target until the time I had to draw the line between allies and threats to my end game.
So if you have any questions to ask me I am willing to answer them as truthfully as I could and I wish you luck with your decisions
Thanks again for this amazing reliving of Palau!
I came to this game a little nervous because I didn't know anyone so I felt like I needed to step up my social game big time to get myself a comfortable position. So when we had to go to tribal the first round I was a little nervous on how it will go down because I haven't talked to anyone extensively but I had found Coby, the bad thing was people were targeting him and I needed him around because I made an alliance with him so I had to find a way to save him, so I went around trying to figure out who people wanted and it seemed they wanted Wanda but when I found out who Wanda was I didn't want to her to go as well so when Katie came up to me who was the other inactive during the challenge and suggested Gregg's name I found a reason for her to get voted out and it went well as planned.
After my plan to get rid of Katie worked I knew things would be easier because I had people who trusted me. But this trust wasn't tested for a long time as our tribe kept winning immunity after immunity sending Ulong to tribal councils over and over again and keeping me safe until we had to go to tribal because of the double boot and the time the 2 Ulongs managed to win. I thought I had it all planned out but the people I was aligned with still wanted Wanda gone but with a little convincing I swayed them to target Caryn and Willard and they were voted out as planned.
When Ulong was no more Kim joined us and was asking us to help save her one more round but it was not possible as the Koror tribe we're too united and couldn't let a newcomer break that bond.
When it came down to just us seven original Koror members that's when lines were drawn on who were aligned to who and I had to pick a side as I was basically aligned with everyone. So i stuck with the people who I helped save because I felt they would be the ones that would depend on me the most. This is when I solidified and sided in the alliance of Wanda, Janu and Coby as we managed to take out Jenn. But in the next round, Wanda whom I had an F2 deal with from the beginning self-voted and sadly she had to be voted out of the game. Even then I rallied with my remaining allies Coby and Janu and ensured they would stick with me with a promise that I will stay true to them till the final 3 and then the final 2 with Coby. And this ensured Gregg's and Ian's ouster as we sailed on to final 3 stronger than ever.
Winning the final immunity was just perfect as it ensured that Janu gets voted out while I keep my promise to Coby of our final 2 deal. I may not have won a lot of individual immunities but I felt like I didn't need it because I have trust in my allies and I know they trust me as well so I secured myself safely without it. I contributed a lot during the tribal stages and letting my tribe know that I will always be there whenever they needed a team member to help out and it is evident with the fact that I was always online no matter if I'm sitting out or not. At the end of it all, I believe I played a very strong physical challenge which was evident of our tribe wins and I always come close to winning individual immunities or got at least 1 because of my activeness. I played a good social game as I keep ensuring that I am aware of what is going on in and around camp whenever we had to go to a tribal council. And I played a good mental game as I have kept myself out of the line of target until the time I had to draw the line between allies and threats to my end game.
So if you have any questions to ask me I am willing to answer them as truthfully as I could and I wish you luck with your decisions
Thanks again for this amazing reliving of Palau!