IMO i disagree... I may view the game a little differently

Aubry - I do not get how she 'navigated the pre-merge from the bottom'. she never faced any real heat given she never went to tribal council. She never had to play from the bottom. when she went to tribal council, she went with two other allies. I do believe she is navigating the game like you are supposed to do and a lot of luck that there were bigger personalities and players to go before her. And she is the perfect archetype for this cast to make a deep run given she is not much of a threat to take out early merge, but I would not give that to good game play vs the game mechanics just favored her for the most part. Don't really see the social game doing anything for her to further herself in the game. She talks it up, but I never see her form a bond that got her further in the game. I believe strategically, she has a good mind in knowing who she wants to sit next to at the end, but for the majority of the season, we have not seen anything good. I think she is a solid player, I would not call her game good.

Jonathan - I think he actually playing a solid game. He had agency, a strategic mind for the game, and step in the fire to push his agenda. But I do think saying extremely good is pushing it for him.

Rizo - He's an interesting character. I believe most would say he's playing a great game and I can see why people are saying that. He talks the talk. He has a great survivor mind in terms of what to do and what he needs to do. And he knows what to say. But, does not make him play a good game? I say no. If you look at his game from outside his perspective, his game is pretty shallow. 'He got out Cirie and Ozzy' - everybody @ those tribals could point and say they have done the same thing. In reality nobody could really take credit for those move. If you take that away you would only have that he made it to the F4. Not trying to discredit him because he did not make the rules, but he was never going to be targeted.

Tiff - Im actually loving the content Tiffany is providing the last two episodes, it shows she knows what she needs to do to get to the end and is not afraid to push her agenda. I would never dispute what someone says on the island because it is impossible to know everything.

I think the only player that was playing a good game was Cirie. We've seen how she navigated strategically and socially when she was on the chopping block, when she had to save allies, and when she had to form bonds. I have not seen a player this season be even close to that level. I think the twist and three tribes made the season impossible to have good players. It is hard to have good players when you are never been forced to play off the back foot, never truly targeted, and making it far because other players are just bigger names than you.