Dark Rey

these two questions are similar.

first off. both of the players i face here deserve to be here and played games worthy of victory. however, these are some factors that give me an edge. keep in mind, this is entirely based on the shipwreck onward. i do not know enough about the rest of the game.

T&H did indeed do a good job of slipping under the radar for a while. I recognized as much and was worried about that. However, up until I made myself and my companions blatant targets at F8, I was more under the radar than them. I could have possibly continued to go that route if I had let T&H go down that round. The fact that T&H would have gone down without our intervention shows that they had gained too big a profile. I, on the other hand, had avoided being a real target the whole time. At shipwreck, I had people standing up for me making the choice between Monk and Cleric. When Avocado tried to target me, that was prevented by people who didn't want me to go. And when T&H pushed the dangers of the returnee group, instead, the votes turned onto them. People did not see me as a threat until it was too late.

avocado did a great job of making it all the way here despite being a huge target helped by his challenge performances. where he lacks is in the quote unquote moves department. not that he had no impact, but i think he had less of a role in shaping the game compared to me and t&h.

the biggest thing that sets me apart compared to the other two is the narrative i represent. i most capture what was special about this game.
number 1: this game was distinctive in the impact returnees made. i have a great underdog story. i had to climb my way up from the bottom at the shipwreck.
number 2: all the items floating around. i took advantage of these to propel myself to the end, and make my mark on the game.

Good question! I didn't say much about the Hole because it has less relevance to most of the jurors here. But, not to you of course! 

I have two answers. One is flashier and is all about item plays. The other is more subtle and socially based.

I'm counting R.I.P. Snow Leopard as an extension of the Hole. My first example is that terrible, horrible, no good, very bad round where you, me, and michael had to duke it out (made me cri). We all had a bunch of items from the vending machine which made things very complicated, but I creatively played my vote steal on myself to cancel out yours, and used a vote nullifier to force a tie. and, then I went and won the Hive game (saddest Hive game I've ever played). 

What I'm more proud of though, is the round where Zero was the head of household. This was the first round that lacked easy inactives to vote out. At this point, there was the trio of the three of us who had been there from the start, and I also had developed a very close relationship with Snow Leopard. Monk was also there as Snow Leopard's ally who had come down after her. This was a tricky situation. I would have preferred to take out Monk here because I had the least relationship with them at that point. But, my number one priority was keeping the trio intact. We were all worried about Zero nominating two of us. So, I subtly tried to hint that I was close with Snow Leopard in my conversations with Zero. I wasn't worried about Zero nominating me and Snow Leopard because I knew I could rely on you and Michael to vote Snow Leopard. And, I wasn't too worried about Snow Leopard winning veto there, because we were coordinating on that challenge to prevent that. It worked out, and Zero saw Snow Leopard and Monk as a more threatening pair here, and decided to break that apart. While I would have wanted to vote out Monk there, Snow Leopard unfortunately sacrificed herself because she didn't want to take down her ally. And so, our pm thread rests at a mere 43 pages.

*before now

look. there were very few people to talk to when she arrived, and her hyperactivity really rubbed off on me.

Wolf and I had 16 pages and we were with each other for 4 rounds. She's pretty freaking active. The only person to beat here was t&h which is a bit unfair as a hydra and also made it like three times deeper into the game. 

Great answer, those two were probably the most tense moments in the hole, and the item plays on Michael Cera was a MESS to play around.

Hello Rey!

I think you've been a little firecracker here! It's exciting to hear your perspective because I always felt like you were pretty clammed up throughout the game. Clearly that was part of your strategy and I think it paid dividends here.

I would like to hear about the emotional aspects of your game. My final question goes to you!

Do you feel that any of your actions in the game were fueled by emotion? Are there any points where strategy and emotion collided and you had to make a choice? Lastly, what do you think you'll take out of this game from a personal standpoint, if anything?