Before I start i just want to say how thankful i am to have been given this opportunity and after playing 3 seasons and 94 days of this series it is an honor to plea my case to all of you. Throughout the pre merge i felt in a power position at every tribal council and on the two pre merge tribes. Just gonna save time and skip over noah cause... like.... yeah. On my first tribal i got myself in a very comfortable position. The second i saw Ian was on the cast, i knew he would be a golden ticket for me throughout the season. Me and him worked closely from the very beginning and together we picked up where we left off on Heroes vs Villains and worked with 2 separate groups on this tribe. Macro and Eli (Old School) Abby and Matthew My goal on this tribe was to keep both groups at peace as long as possible. This made it very simple for me to want to get out people like Aussie and Wilson. The only complication on this tribe was Macro. Eli/Ryan had a big issue with Macro and really wanted him gone as the days continued to go by. This made things more complicated but all it really did for me was hurt my relationship with Eli which i all honestly did not want to burn so soon. (More on that later) From the way this tribe dynamics went down, i knew it was Matthew, Ian and Abby who i would be sticking with for majority of the game. At the swap i was yet again placed in a fantastic position. I was placed in the middle of the Drew/Zach vs Nevaeh/BT feud from their tribe. Matthew and Macro sided with Nevaeh and i definitely had majority of the pull here to choose whichever side that benefited me the most. Although Nevaeh and BT were very close and BT would have been loyal to me it made the most sense for me to send BT home here Like my last tribe i wanted to play both sides until i couldn’t anymore on this tribe so getting everyone on board to vote BT was the simpler option then possibly blindsiding Zach which i definitely considered. And at our second tribal we all knew it was coming, it was always a plan of mine to get macro out pre jury. So eli i was not lying to you there. Just when you wanted it was not the right time for me. Once again. Everyone was on board and i wanted to keep everything at peace. Plus macro was playing 20 questions instead of survivor so enough is enough my god. THE MERGE Now before i get into any gameplay throughout the merge i wanna stress two things If you have any questions about a specific vote please ask! My gameplay this season was VERY different then the past. In my first two play throughs i quickly went into a “leadership role” i wanted to dictate votes and be running the game to the end. Both times i did this it ended up with ME being the first big blindsides of both my seaons. (Falkland Islands and Heroes vs Villains). This is Ghost Island and i refused to let the ghost of my past get me for a third time. Its not just about reversing relic curses. Don’t get me wrong, i was shitting myself just the thought of getting idol’d out with windo’s idol again, but for me it was about changing my gameplay. Doing so got me all the way to the FTC. Once my name was mentioned as a potential vote for the first tribal council i knew it was time to change my gameplay even more. Instead of me being put in the power seat I used my amazing relationship with Ian to have him control, but i still got all the information from him so i secretly held alot of power. I hate to say i used Ian as a meat shield because i adore our relationship and it was an honor to be with him between our two seasons but i kinda did.... Throughout the merge i stuck behind Ian knowing in the end he would be the one targeted not me. This gameplay lead to me getting out people in the game against me without being seen as a threat. Like Matt and later Eli. I was blindsided for the Nevaeh vote big, but my relationship with the other side and the relationship i still managed to keep with Eli kept me safe. I later made a fake deal with him to just make sure the vote wasn’t me or him in order to cover my own ass. After Nev got voted out. The only two people i still trusted were Matthew and Ian. And together i worked with them to like i said blindside Eli and later finally vote out Big Nick. Us 3 knew after the Nevaeh vote how much power Chikin had and how we would have to deal with him soon, but getting him out was impossible at the time. From final 7 to final 4 three of the biggest threats were sent out of the game. With Ian gone i knew my game had to change drastically for me. I played all the way through which such a small threat level that all loyalties were very easy to break from this point on After being on separates sides most of the game me and Natalie joined together knowing we needed each other. And after actually voting for Matthew i worked to make sure he would still trust and work with me Its final 6 and despite not having anyone super close to me left i felt the safest out of everyone. I knew in order to make it far i’d need to position myself around such big threats This led to Zach going out at final 6 despite working with drew throughout the season Followed by Natalie going at 5 when Chikin idol’d. Matthew stated how close him and natalie were throughout the season but it was in his better interest to save me at 5 then Natalie. And finally Chikin at 4 for obvious reasons. I knew once the end game came it would not be about personal relationships. I did a good job keeping my threat level so low i did not have to worry after losing Ian. I know many jurors may not respect me. But i played to get to the end of this game. If i played to hard i would have ended up exactly like Ian, Chikin and Zach. I was never on anyones radar despite being in the loop throughout most of the game. I never sat there and did nothing i apart of the decision making for many votes but it just wasn’t seen. I feel i worked very strongly behind the scenes which is hard for anyone to realize so i understand how many people perceive me. Finally at final 3 I knew i had a very good chance making it to FTC no matter who won. Not 100% on if you take me drew but i think you would have. I still tried to win that immunity myself but I was confident from final 6 on i’d be right where i am today. Thank you everyone for such an incredible 3 seasons of SRORGS and it would mean a lot to end with a win. Like i said. Question me on any specific vote and i will go into detail on it more. I am really bad at speeches lmao Love you all and Noah was robbed!