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A tl;dr version is available at the bottom. It got really long, but the first half just describes what exactly I've done in the game and why. If you're not interested in the first part, then skip to ''oh dear, arrogant part coming up''.
I enjoyed writing the speech, at least.
Hi,
I'll be the first guy speeching. Hard, but someone has to do it.
At first I want to thank Jseadog for organising this! It was great fun!
So here I am. In the finals. Again. I'm almost starting to get used to it
Though I can definitely say I didn't expect to be here again.
I mean, I won Survivor #1 & #2. Surely people would want me out. And that indeed was the case.
I knew I would quickly have to pick alliances. And as much as possible. If you're the threat nr #1(which I thought I was, at least), then it's important to have some guys on your side, just-in-case.
I really had good experiences with Brewers90, knockout and Dippofix.
I had to go back to outbox page 44, but I (just) saw that I took the initiative and asked Brewers if he wanted an alliance. We then agreed to put Dippofix in, and knockout wanted to join in too, and we (naturally) accepted that. So that's how the final 4 got together.
But I knew that it wasn't enough for me. I asked Luigi(he always was a good Survivor candidate), but he did a bit vague(like always ) and it didn't seem to work.
I got into another alliance with Avin(good experiences with him, always saving me ) and Ian Butler(good guy overall ) too. Wasn't sure if it was enough, but Admir came to the rescue, asking if we could set up some alliance, that included Brewers, Welker and Code.
The focus alliance in the end was the Brewers, knockout and Dippo alliance though, and that paid off.
I wanted to get the Avin and Ian alliance far from the start too, maybe to the final(though I didn't think I'd get there), but the alliance died a bit with Avin's pc/free time(can't remember what it was, but Avin got inactive at least iirc).
I didn't trust the Admir alliance, because Brewers told me that they were planning to betray me from the start.
I really, really profited from different sources. Dippo and Knockout had alliances too, and they leaked, while Brewers leaked info that he got from the Admir alliance(but wasn't told to me). And I leaked a bit too, ofc.
I was in a good position, given I really trusted Avin, Ian and the (in the end) final 4, and it was too early for Admir & friends to betray me.
I figured out quickly that it is not smart at all to win challenges in this system, especially when you have others who can win them. So I didn't always give it my all.
Maybe that's something wrong in the system, it should, in my opinion, always be good if you win a challenge, but ok.
Especially in the middle part of the game, I did not want to win it at all.
I didn't want to break any alliances, and if I won, I'd have to put one of my allies up at least, at some point. We shared our challenge progress most of the time, and at some point, I just didn't bother beating the others.
I'm not saying I would've won more challenges otherwise, but I could have won more challenges otherwise.
I also, for tactical reasons, signed up for later veto schedules than others did. Just so I could know what the others have.
I remember 2 situations where 2 allies were up against each other in the Veto, and where I could've won the Veto.
But why would I? I would break an alliance if I did.
Best thing I could remember was Dippofix vs Admir in the Veto. Dippo completed it in 4 mins, I think(could've been knockout too, I'm not sure), and he said that before. I did it in 3, and Dippofix can confirm that I said so, back then. But I heard Admir took longer(iirc), so I sent it in later.
I had a screen saved somewhere, on my photobucket account, I think, but I can't find it, so you just have to trust me on this.
Also, I should mention, that we(Admir alliance) got rid of Welker too. Because of Dippo and Knockout, we heard that Welker was in multiple alliances. Also, he kept saying that I should be out.
So Brewers and I got the Admir alliance(well, they agreed because they had their suspicions too ofc, they're not stupid(most of the time)) to ditch Welker, because he was sort of betraying the alliances.
When ~10 users left, Brewers won another HoH. And we started discussing whether we should betray Admir's alliance. It was the ideal moment for me.
I remembered that they wanted to backstab me at some point, and I wanted to do that before they did it with me.
Plus, it was actually Brewers backstabbing then, instead of me, and I wanted to avoid backstabbing someone myself. So I managed to convince Brewers of backstabbing the alliance(though tbf, he quite agreed with me, so it's not like I was really manipulating me).
So after that, stuff went pretty easy, I started winning stuff too, not longer limited. At some point, I had to put Ian up(or was it voting for him, nah I think I had to put him up), I had no choice, I had to choose for either him or the final 4 alliance. I really didn't want too, but I had to do this to get to the final. Sorry Ian, I didn't like it either!
Ditching Luigi was tough though. He played really well, but we managed to do it in-time, and we still managed to become the final 4.
Beside other participants, my biggest difficulty was time.
It really was. Not only was I really, really busy with school, the HoH times really killed me, too.
A lot of challenges started at 9-11PM CET. For ''most points wins'' challenges, that is not a major problem. But for ''fastest wins'', or ''guy who gets full points the fastest'', that is a big problem.
I simply am logged off of my pc(and logged on, on mobile sometimes) by then. While guys like Brewers, SSJ2Luigi(and some others) still continue until like 3 AM, I wasn't able to participate until the afternoon of the next day.
Therefore, I just couldn't participate in HoH's in-time. That was really annoying for me, given that some HoH's just finished when I arrived.
This has cost me some HoH wins(or at least cost me chances of HoH wins), and you guys should take that into account at least
(Oh dear, Arrogant part coming up. I hate this, just so you know )
I haven't excelled in challenges, though I wasn't bad either at all, taking into account that sometimes, I didn't give a fuck(mainly Vetos) and sometimes, it was just at a bad time for me..
The most important reason why I should win is that I think I'm the best person here, tactically.
I'm just really good at tactical stuff like this. I think you guys have already noticed that.
While we did a lot together, in the alliance, I think everyone of the final 4 can confirm that I was the tactical brain.
Don't forget that it's not easy at all when people see you as a big threat. A lot of people wanted me out from the start, and still, I managed to avoid that, once again. I managed to trick people good enough, and that's why I'm here, basically.
Also, I tried to play the game as fair as possible. Always following the rules, and I even corrected a player(I won't name) who wanted to share results, which was at the verge of cheating. I just want to win this the fair way.
If that's good enough to win; I don't know. I think I stand a really good chance though.
Though tbh, both Dippofix and Brewers deserve this too. Brewers was the guy being most at the foreground. That wasn't always smart, but he really was amazing in the challenges.
Dippofix was vital as well. He was in other alliances and that played enormously in our favour. And he has a decent tactical brain too
And don't forget knockout. He never really intended to win, but just wanted one of us to win. He succeeded.
Also, I have to say I had great fun with with my allies. I had nice chats(and Skype chats now) with the Admir alliance, but especially the final 4 chatzy was just great fun!
Please guys, just help me to win this. I really want to do the triple. I promise I will give you guys the chance soon as well(), I just want to write PCMdaily history here! Help me!
Tl; Dr version: I was very strong tactically, possibly the strongest of the game, given a lot of guys wanted me out and I still made it. Even though the challenge circumstances didn't favour me at all, sometimes, I still did decent at the challenges. I also tried to play this game fair.
Please help me with writing PCmdaily history!
Edited by Jesleyh on 26-06-2014 20:42
Jesleyh wrote:
Also, I tried to play the game as fair as possible. Always following the rules, and I even corrected a player(I won't name) who wanted to share results, which was at the verge of cheating. I just want to win this the fair way.
That was me, I admit. I am such a cheat. Shame on me!
DISCLAIMER: I do not intend to offend anyone. This is a game and should be treated as such. If you have any complaints, please PM them to Jesleyh as I couldn't care less.
Well, it's fair to say if the jury base their decision purely of post length, then our Dutch admin friend already has it in the bag, but here's my contribution.
This game has lasted such a long time that I can't even remember the start. But, as Jesleyh said, we started this alliance on the very first day of the game. I knew I wanted to be in an alliance with him and knockout because we had been together in the last series of Survivor and worked really well until I had to leave the game. Dippo was the other member, a guy I didn't know too well, but who proved to be just as good as the game went on.
I joined this game to have some fun and I certainly have. Even though I preferred Survivor as I love the teamwork aspect, the game has been a lot of fun, purely because of the group chat we had. As Wesley, Kurt and Manfred will tell you (), we have had great fun and at no stage did we fall out or stab each other in the back, yet we managed to control the game from day 1 to the Final, with the very short exceptions when, first Marco and later Luigi, threatened our dominance. This has surely been the best alliance ever for any of these games.
As well as practically carrying Dippo, knockout and Jesleyh to the latter stages, I also helped "The Coded One" and "The Beautiful One" to stay in the competition and see off most of their rivals (Marcovdw, Selwink, NTTHRASH), so that they were all comfortable in the game. Unfortunately, I kept winning HoHs even when I didn't really want to, particularly the auction one! This meant that it had to be me to break the other alliance by getting rid of the main guy, Admir. As has already been mentioned, there was a lot of discussion between Jesleyh and I about whether it was the right time to do it and we decided between ourselves that we had to ditch that alliance as otherwise we would have problems later on, especially as Admir was always planning to get rid of Jesleyh, which he had told me at the start. You could say this was betrayal or you could say it was picking sides. Despite what I may have said, I was never aligned to the Admir, Code, Welker alliance.
I wasn't in any other alliances as it's fair to say I'm not a tactical genius like the great Jesleyh and thought that those two would be enough to keep me safe. As it was, it was me keeping everybody else safe. There were times in the game where we briefly lost control and I was stunned to not be put on the block, especially when Marcovdw won a HoH early on (I really thought me or Jesleyh was a goner, like really. I actually thought he was playing games when he didn't put either of us up). The rare opportunities that we were in danger, either a strong Veto or a strange decision by a rival kept us all safe. The fact that I'm the only person in the game that hasn't been OTB despite being by far the strongest player in the challenges shows how well I, and my companions, have done.
At the start of the game, the plan was to get rid of Marcovdw and Selwink. There were others (TMM, Jakstar and dinger), but they were already gone before we had the chance to get rid of them . Marco in particular proved difficult to budge and I resorted to tactical play to get rid of him by not putting him up at first. Then, with the help of fellow alliance members, none of us took part in the Veto to allow one of the On The Block housemates to save themselves and replace him with Marco, who couldn't save himself in the Veto as he had done the previous round. Luigi was the other really tough opponent, especially as he was the last one left and the only person stopping us from having an all-alliance final.
This is why certain members, Cycleman and Emre in particular, kept getting put up for eviction. Not because I hated them, as they thought, but because they were the "safety cushions" that we wanted to keep in the game but had to keep going up because we lost Vetos. Every week, me and Jesleyh controlled who left thanks to our two alliances. Especially, once we got to the final 12. Every member who left was because our alliance decided it. Between us. There was no manipulating going on. We all had an opinion (apart from when Dippo briefly left the game for a work placement). knockout was just happy to get us all to the final so largely agreed with the decisions we made. But that's not to say he was dragged to the final four. He made big contributions, including 4 challenge wins und kept the fun element with his Deutsch sense of humour, with added war jokes.
Now, to discuss myself, in true Ibrahimovic style, as I guess that's the point of this. I don't need to say much, just go the the first post of this thread, click the spoiler and judge for yourself who was the strongest player in the game. I won a third of all the HoHs and was second or third a couple of times too. Only Luigi could match my number of Veto wins as well. This meant I was largely in control of my own fate and wasn't relying on other people to take me to the final. On one hand, I agree with what Jesleyh said about winning being a bad thing though, as it should make you the number one target but that clearly wasn't true and there's nothing better than winning, surely? And I'm not entirely sure even Jesleyh believes that he was trying to not win. Just admit I'm superior to you in every way . In fact, I'm almost as beautiful as Admir. Almost. I also disagree with him being the tactical brain as I think our contributions to that side were both important. I knew the direction we needed to go and was often the one to tell the others who needed to go next.
Right, I shall leave Jesleyh alone now before he bans me.
So, why do I deserve to win more than the others? That's up to you to decide after reading my post. But it doesn't take a genius to work out that Jesleyh would probably have gone way back in mid February had I not won the first Veto and taken him off the block. Plus he's won enough and got a site promotion already this year. Stop bigging him up, his head will start banging the ceiling if it gets any bigger. Plus, don't vote for him just because he's an Admin. Sure, he can change your username (Admirschlock, I'm looking at you) or your profile picture (Admir, again) or even your sig (yup, Admir), but that doesn't mean you should vote for him. I'll just get a better Admin like TMM or Mre to help you out. Don't let him bully you, he's just a person. Not a God .
Damn, I forgot to leave Jesleyh alone. Here comes the ban. At least vote for me to get a posthumous win anyway.
I even let him beat me in the Chess tournament. We didn't even play our game. My pawns weren't even out of the box and he said he won. Pfff, the rules are different in Drenthe. Also, you may have guessed that I didn't take part in that final Veto, which amounted to nothing more than shameless self-promotion. So, no surprise who won that. Did you see who knockout voted for? Yep, not Jesleyh.
Oh shit, I'm still talking about Jesleyh...
In conclusion, you should probably vote for me as the best alternative to another year of bragging and despicable tyranny from our supreme leader Kim Jesl-Un. What do you mean, there's another finalist? Oh yeah, Dippofix. Nice guy, bit Irish, bit German. Played well, deserves respect. However, he shouldn't be allowed to win as his evil twin Dippoonfix has terrorised us in the group chat* and we had to get Darth Vader and Obama involved. Not a nice guy.
Oh, and seeing as I am the unluckiest guy on this site, as anyone who follows or has followed EPIC, ICL, Survivor Season 2 and my Ian Bibby story will know, it's about time I won something.
*Inside joke. Long story short, I have no fucking clue what happened in our group chat on that night.
Spoiler
Scratch the first paragraph, that was a lot longer than I expected.
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is my username so fucking hard to write?. I mean Jseadog did it wrong twice in the beginning of the game, it was a commen mistake in IWS and now you guys did it wrong 5 times out of 6
atleast brewers90 is consistant Edited by SSJ2Luigi on 26-06-2014 23:20
Also, nice to see that I was "the main guy" at the point you got "rid of me". Makes me feel smart, but strategically shit, tbh.
Nice wall of text Brewers, but not making you beautiful, I'm sorry. Also, does it really look like Jesley is bullying me? Edited by admirschleck on 26-06-2014 23:26
Just trying to stop Jesleyh from doing the triple (and because he asked the admins to vote for him). Didn't quite work but at least I got you a vote. 
