Post by Jaclyn Schultz on Sept 27, 2016 21:39:57 GMT
Hey guys. Jaclyn speaking here ^_^
Okay so I'm sure many of you aren't too happy with me making it to the end since clearly a lot of things went against me. But I'll try to explain the best as I can about my game even though some of you didn't feel like how I played was a game or even didn't think I gave a fuck about this game.
Let's start off with my journey on Luxenburg. Immediately I hooked things up with Ian as my #1 there and hopefully connect with more people there which started off rough, but I was able to have some bonding with. I had me/Jasmine, but the main alliance I had were me, Ian, Vivica, and Glyn. I didn't want to form alliances all around so I just stuck something simple and it did help with small numbers when my team were on a losing streak which lost at least 3 people by the 4th Round. Unfortunately things didn't go as planned when Vivica had to leave due to her Inactivity which actually was a blessing in disguise since an idol was played and I would have left, but it's unknown why Jasmine would have thought I was targeting her.
Next came was the swap and that did bring me some hope in the game even though I lost Glyn on the other team. I did have more options to hopefully have relations with, but hesitant about alliances because I knew Exile Island played a role with alliances and with the majority of the people on Bruxelle going to Exile and giving them more options actually got me behind. I still had Ian and the best I can do is just be social to everyone even if it was only for a short time. It really helped that my team always won challenges and the eliminations were double boots so had my team lost at least once, I can pretty be sure I was screwed. Still I had to just do whatever I can to stay social and likable to everyone.
The merge then happened and that's where things got a bit tricky and didn't help with the drop in my activity level. I knew coming into the merge, I felt I was way behind, and I felt my best option was to connect with Natalie since I knew everyone wanted her gone the first few rounds of the merge, but I obviously didn't want to happen since no one gave her a chance and I thought keeping her in the long run would benefit me. At first things went well as Kathy got voted out, but the next round was kind of a realization for me. Next round was the only time I really felt I was in danger since I was talking around and word spread that I was the next to go. I just had to go with what I can to survive and target Burnie and starting to help me form some end game with Tim/Carrie since at this point, they were the only people I truly felt I had a legit chance. Everyone else that left after Burnie were major threats and even though the Natalie/Dorothy boot was something I wasn't a part of due to the Exile twist, both were threats regardless, but still that was something I didn't want to happen. Anyways, the rest of the rounds were just targeting the rest of the threats that were really good strategic and social wise leading to the boots of Ian, Julie, and Dustin. My F3 goal was going to be me/Tim/Carrie in the end regardless due tot the unfortunate circumstance of this game on my end.
Now some may call this a Floater game, but you're actually right. Normally this kind of gameplay is frowned upon by many and it's understandable for many, but it was the safest strategy for me since by the merge kicking in all the threats were picking each other off and I felt going blazes in would have been a suicide mission for me. I just felt the best way is to look at the situation and see what would benefit me the most at the endgame. Even though I didn't show this being a good game, I ended up just using my relations with the Jury that didn't make me seem like some major threat and not doing anything stupid or even be a total jackass to them. All I had to do was just be me and not act like something I'm not. It's not like I'm making this a brilliant strategy, I'm just saying it's just one strategy that would be the only way to benefit me to making it to the end, it's just simple.
Even though my entire game was a “floater's” game, it was a DAMN GOOD floater game. It's not like I wasn't aware of how my game wasn't impressive or how bad I was compared to everyone else in the game, but I was aware of the game and ended up with majority of the votes that didn't involve me on Exile. You might say I have played in a cowardly and pathetic way but it’s the way I had to play if I had any chance to make it to the end, and it has worked out for me because I was not targeted throughout the majorty of the game and have outlasted 24 other people some of whom you may not have thought I would outlast. I’ve tried to explain the game I played in the best way I could. I now wait for your questions and will do my best to deliver answers worthy of this jury. I’m ready to get this started!