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Post by Supervisor Silverclaw on Feb 28, 2021 6:50:38 GMT
Closing Statements will be posted in this thread in a random order.
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Post by Architect Pine on Mar 5, 2021 1:00:37 GMT
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Post by Architect Pine on Mar 5, 2021 1:01:33 GMT
The Closerdamn. i've been thinkin all day about what to write here that hasn't been said before. something that would make for one grand finisher that swings over to my side and wins me the game. something that dispels all of the doubts and concerns about the game i've played, and something that helps people see me as someone that truly deserves to win this game over both of my fellow competitors. the truth is, i really don't have some ultimate final plea, or significant aspect of my game that would be able to place this whole thing in the bag for me. there's no real aspect of my game that was perfect, and nothing completely and absolutely dominant about it. here in this final tribal council, i think that i've been candid and honest to an almost unnecessary point in laying my entire game out on the table for people to see, and i feel as if every person on that jury has a more than sufficient understanding of the game i've played and how much i've had to fight tooth and nail to even stand a chance at making my case here on this jury. every round since the merge itself is one where i've spent wondering if i'd live to the next day, and i'm not going to sit here and claim that i had all of the power, or that i was a dominant strategic beast who made every decision, because i really wasn't
BUT. i am someone who owns up to his flaws in every single way, and i take complete and absolute pride in the fact that the game i played wasn't perfect. yes, i was in trouble of having my ass voted out at each and every merge tribal, and yes, i've made a few people upset with the moves that i've had to make in order to survive (ex: stealing the idol from bees to ward people off from even bringing up my name at the f7). maybe i wasn't able to be as social as maggie, and maybe i wasn't able to be as charming as bard when it comes to being a social threat. but i will always take responsibility for the game i played, in all of its ups and downs. so at the end of the day, i'm not the best player in the world. but i'm a survivor. i've taken every single twist, turn, and obstacle that this game has thrown at me and eaten it up for breakfast where others were stopped or burnt out, and i've always kept my fighting spirit no matter what happens. i've been the underdog for essentially every round of the merge and the absolute least likely person to make it to the end for the entire merge (if not the majority of the entire game), but despite so many odds being stacked against me, i did exactly what i needed to make myself a lynchpin in every single vote as someone that people needed in order to advance, and by placing myself in a position where people would consistently go against their best interests by voting myself out, i was able to make myself irreplaceable even with my downright massive threat level-- something that allowed me to survive even the most dire situations.
when you boil it all down, in this game of barely survivor, which is centered around deviating from your traditional 'survivor' as much as possible, i am the biggest 'survivor' out of anyone, and like hare said, i genuinely did outlast almost everyone wanting my head on a pike in order to make it here to the end making my final speech in front of you all. i remember bonobo saying something about me 'not wanting to win' losing his vote, but the truth is, i have ALWAYS wanted to win from the beginning, and any time i implied otherwise was a simple lie meant to lower my threat level. if i didn't want to win, i wouldn't have checked this game constantly ever since january ninth when this whole behemoth of a game began. i wouldn't have spent countless hours worrying about how to respond to people, how to stay on top of every unexpected part of this game that the mods threw out, and how i could adjust my gameplay to help me make it further and further. if i didn't care about winning, i wouldn't have put everything i had into this final tribal council to secure myself even a chance at snagging a victory. just because i was playing to survive doesn't mean i wasn't playing to win, and i have done everything in my power to achieve that goal of coming out on top. the truth is, i want to win this game more than i can even express, and i want all of the weeks and weeks of effort that i crammed into this game on top of work and college classes to be able to pay off in the greatest way possible. i have always put everything i had into getting further just so i can get the chance at a victory, and now that it's finally almost within my grasp, i don't want to slip and let go at the last minute.
i've put everything i have into this game, and over the course of it (and this FTC), you guys on the jury got to saw who 'Avocado' truly is. in all my joy and anger, grief and pleasure, love and discontent, you guys got to see the 'real me'. you saw that i've put more blood and sweat into this game than practically anyone else, and that i have ALWAYS been fighting to emerge victorious. if you think that the aspects of me and my game that you've seen over the past two months aren't deserving of a victory, then i totally understand. i've never claimed to be perfect or the best of the best. but if, by chance, you do decide to award your vote to me, and by some miracle, i manage to pull off this victory... then i'll be one really happy avocado.
Thank Youyou know, i was originally intending to put a lot more into my final closing speech. something to really seal the deal. but when it comes down to it, i think i ultimately already laid it all out there back during the questioning phase, and there's nothing else i could really add to persuade people. so i'm going to finish off my time in this game by thanking everyone who made this experience possible
to the mods, thank you for making this game possible. i know maybe it didn't go exactly how you expected it to, and it may have been a bit too emotionally charged at times, but it was really one HELL of a game. i loved the construction site narrative that had been built up over the course of this, and managing to fit so many challenges into that theme was just really fun in general. i think my favorite parts of this game were the sheer unexpected twists, like the five returnees coming back all at once. that shit threw a HUGE wrench in my plans and was literally jaw dropping. thank you for being open to the players in terms of availability on discord, and i remember coming to talk to you about what i was planning a few times just because i was so excited over it and couldn't express it properly in my confessional alone
to the spectators, thank you guys for patiently sitting through two months of pure, unadulterated chaos and energy, and for always standing by our sides in our confessionals no matter what. (especially the active ones like spam, can opener, a rock, etc. you guys are great). i LOVE being able to talk about my game to the viewers in confessionals, and you guys sure didn't have a shortage of questions even when the game seemed to be in a lull. yall were great and deserve a special shoutout in your own rights
to the people who unfortunately went out in the pre-merge, thank you for making such a time of uncertainty so crazy and exciting. maybe some of you haven't been online in a long, long time, but i'll always think of you fondly. a HUGE part of what made this game enjoyable was its crazy pre-merge, and i think i speak for everyone when i say that it was some seriously top tier stuff. (also, shoutout to my food tribe members. you guys deserved better than 22nd, 20th, and 18th, and i wish one of yall could be here to see me through to the end.)
to the jurors, thank you for making this merge so fluid and dynamic regardless of what was going on at the time. not a single round was boring with you guys around, and even at what seemed to be the lowest points, your support and the challenges you posited pushed me to keep fighting with my head held high. even beyond the role that you played within your time in the game, i also have to thank you for the time that you spent at this tribal council dissecting my game and forcing me to reevaluate crucial aspects of what i thought i had already pinned down. thank you for taking the time to inspect my game for what it's worth and for helping me come to a greater understanding of how i played and what i really wanted over the past couple days, and thank you for making this final tribal council one to be remembered
to everyone, thank you for signing up, even if you didn't think you were going to, and even if you weren't sure if you could properly commit the time to do your absolute best in this game. thank you for sticking with barely survivor over the course of two months to see this wacky game through, and now that it's coming to a close, i hope that it was entertaining and sensible fun for everyone involved. and to everyone, thank you from the bottom of my heart for making my last game truly special.
i'll see y'all at the reunion!
Sincerely,
- Avocado <3
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Post by Architect Pine on Mar 5, 2021 1:03:02 GMT
Hello everybody, This is Tortoise wrapping it up for us. Hare will make some additions where he feels this is needed. It's been a long game and I'm pretty happy to have had the opportunity to play as a hydra. I remember that we had lengthy discussions on how we would play, how we would keep each other updated and how we would deal with answering PM's. I think we were an instant match game-wise and I don't think we've ever had a disagreement on how to proceed with the game. Even if it sounds easier to play as a hydra, there's a lot of extra obstacles you need to overcome too. Because of my limitations, we agreed that Hare would be the face of the Hydra and I'd play more from the background, as the Manager, as we called it. I think we were a perfect combination and we combined our strengths to play an amazing game.
We played a game where we didn't want to appear too threatening, we wanted to be in the middle to be approachable while having a lot of connections. We made that work pretty wonderfully: - We were part of a strong group that was perceived dangerous, but we were seen as mostly the bottom of that group, even though I don't think we were. - While being part of that group, we also had strong connections outside of that like Grogu and Bees, and used this to our advantage. - The strong connections we made, allowed us to convince other players to take part in our moves, like the Bonobo vote.
On top of that, we made moves when we thought they were necessary: - on tribes designed by Rey, using the merge splitter, we threw the challenge and convinced other players to vote out Bonobo, who we thought was a player who would be very hard to eliminate. - We tried convincing everyone to not allow the Returnees to make it far into a game, which was a risk because they were very much in control. Despite not succeeding at convincing them, I think we made one of the most epic plays in history of this game to get what we wanted.
I really want to focus on that move here, because if you cannot respect how big of a move this was, I don't think we have a shot at winning here. - At F6, Avocado forces a 1vs1 with Bees. We're not able to swing this any other way, which puts us in a 2(Avo, us) vs 3 (Grogu, Rey, Cleric) situation. - At this point, the returnees think they have it in the bag. They get cocky and pretty much tell us Avocado is going next - However, Bees had given us the Javelin, which allowed us to remove someone from a TC, but you couldn't play it on yourself.
- The options at this point were for one of Avocado or us to win immunity. Then remove the other person from TC. Which is exactly what Avocado was banking on. - Grogu felt comfortable enough to tell us they coordinated on the idol, and wanted us to guess low, so he would get the idol. - So instead of trying to bank on winning immunity, we focus on Grogu, who would have both the idol and a vote nullifier. - We convince Avocado to join in on our plan. - Grogu also wins immunity to make things even better. As soon as he gets the necklace, we send him, along with all of his advantages, to Exile. - We're in a 2vs2 situation and decide to target Cleric, who we think has less of a shot in the tiebreaker game. - Avocado wins and we're back to 2vs2
At this point, we're putting it all on the line in a direct confrontation. We target Grogu, who doesn't have any items after they all expired and we defeat him in a 1vs1 match to take us to the end. The fact that this was Grogu, who we both thought would have a really good shot at a victory, makes it so much sweeter. We take out our biggest competition by ourselves and we EARN our place in the final.
Grogu, I wanted to give you a special shoutout here, because I thought you've played a brilliant game. Unfortunately, we've beaten you by a few inches.
I think the rest of our game speaks for itself. If you don't think this is a winner move, then I don't know how much more epic we could have made it.
Thank you all for a wonderful game. I've had a blast. I can't wait to talk to you all post-game and I hope you all have great memories when you look back at this experience. Also thank you mods for putting in amazing effort, you guys rock.
See you on the other side.
The Tortoise
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Post by Architect Pine on Mar 5, 2021 1:04:01 GMT
i've made my case pretty clear, i think. i was a returnee who had to claw her way into the game, but managed to go so far as to take control of it for three rounds with the help of some items. in this, i am a great representative of this game. vote dark rey 2021. i don't have anything i've left unsaid that i can think of, so here's some music i just found oh, and in case you're reading this. yes, you bubbles
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Post by Architect Pine on Mar 5, 2021 1:09:12 GMT
Jurors - please take the next 24 hours to weigh these statements carefully, alongside their opening speeches, answers to questions, and your own experiences with the finalists. Submit your vote to your confessional and remember, you are voting for who should WIN Survivor: Barely Survivor!
Finalists - you made it! You can finally relax, as the die has been cast. We ask that you also consider the other two finalists and submit a vote to your confessional, in case there is a tie and your decision is needed to break it.
Feel free to provide as much or as little detail along with your vote - we will cover it all in the live reveal.
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