The Bow Tie of Truth

[bobcrowley]

Well look at that, Sherea and LJ in the Final 2.  Congratulations to you both. 

I base my vote on who interacted and played a great social game with me the best.  I base my vote on trust, strategy that includes me, willingness to speak to me, and a Shadiness Radar I have built into my Bow-Tie.  


LJ - I liked you, you know. I liked you a lot.  We had such a great bond in the beginning of the game.  There were so many doubts about you floating around but I threw those doubts out the window because I knew you were with me.  I trusted you, a lot.  I even put you up my list in front of Penner.  (Not Morgan or Chicken because #BBB) I will give you credit for how you played Penner and I about the idol.  Well done.  But after  that, I can't believe the game you played.  I am not a bitter jury member in the slightest but you relied on immunities in my opinion.  You unnecessarily lied to so many people.  Completely unnecessary LJ.  I don't understand what you were going for in your gameplay.  Yes you were awesome during the game, but once your true colors showed, you were exposed and left a sour taste in all of the jury members mouths.  Socially, I don't think you deserve the win.  Physically, you deserve the win, your immunity streak was outstanding.  I connected all the dots about you moments from my execution and I knew that you would reach the finals, but fall hard on your head.  I am generally a nice person, but LJ, I hope that happens.  Just based on your interactions with me, I can see what you would have done to other people to get where you are now.  I commend you for making me believe your act in the beginning, but you couldn't keep this charade up for long.  On a personal note LJ, like I've said before, you unnecessarily lied to me a plethora of times.  You may have played a great physical and mental game, but to me you did not.  I'm basing my vote on how well you played me.



Sherea - In the beginning of the game, our only interaction was me liking your posts on the board because I like me some Sass.  We barely spoke to be honest in this whole game to be frank.  But when merge it, we both made sure we spoke to one another.  I could see right from the get go that you had a head of your own.  I could see that you weren't under anyones wing, and you were a force to be reckon with.  Basically, lol, you were a strong independent black woman who need no man.  I loved that about you and I wished that we were on the same tribe in the beginning because I would have loved to work with you.  From the outside, as a Sibiu spectator of Napaco, I presumed you were just chilling and a listener of Phillip, being coined as the leader.  I thought you and Mikayla were the ultimate floaters.  When merge hit, I could see that you would be capable of doing a lot of behind the scenes work and not being flashy and showy with your moves as some people in the game are.  I love people who are like that, except for one thing.  It's hard to back up some of your moves with evidence that it was you who did the move.  I would like some sort of convincing argument that  without you, the move would have failed.  At this moment you have my vote Sherea, because on a personal note, you played me better than LJ did.  You were straight forward with me, smart with me, and we both knew where we stood with one another.  Nothing shady about you, just a smart strategic calm player.


I wish I could speak more about this game but Bob is a very busy man for this next week and this is the only time I have on the computer.  I wish both of you the best of luck.  A majority of my thoughts and questions were answered in the variety of comments and posts in this board.  

#BBB4Lyfe

[mikayla]

Well this is awkward.

[bobcrowley]

Oops..

[LJ McKanas]

Sorry Bob, I don't think I unnecessarily lied to you. My lies were necessary to keep you under control because I knew you could've made huge moves had you not thought I was with you at some extent. That idol and the lies of me being with you were the ones that kept you a bit more calm about the rest of the game. That social move was a great move and I can already say it was bigger than any move Sherea even attempted in this game.

Apart from that, if my social move to get me from F4 to F3 was not enough of a demonstration of what the mix of my words, and my connections with people can do, I don't know what else can. I played everyone on the jury at some point and got away with it.

I know I relied on two immunities because an alliance that I wanted did not go my way. But I'm glad I relied on those two immunities because I got to ALSO prove my physical side which was also by far exceedingly better than that of the other two ladies.

I think you are a smart player and a strong player in every way and for that reason I think you will vote for that person that played a game similar to yours because given the fact that you didn't got here you would at least want to see win someone that beat you doing what you do best.

[Sherea Lloyd]

LJ clearly thinks the only way to play Survivor is to make big moves, which I believe we have discussed is not the case. Bob, you even mentioned you appreciate people who don't make these flashy moves, so I appreciate that. Thank you for your kind words.

I truly would have loved to work with you, Bob, it just wasn't the way the cookie crumbled, so to speak. You were very helpful for helping me sever ties with LJ and in helping me promote his paranoia to get him to play his idol in the future as you told everyone of our conversation we had about LJ's loyalty issues, so thank you for that. A lot of my game involved shit stirring. I tried to stir the pot and pit people against each other if at all possible, the above example being one of those moments. When you are trying to stir the pot so much, though, you have to be really careful about making any kind of flashy moves as to keep the attention off of yourself. If people noticed that I was just constantly stirring the pot, my ass would have been grass. As I've mentioned in some of my other answers, I had good relationships with many people in this game, regardless of whether or not I truly was going to work with them or not. These relationships allowed people to trust me, and this allowed me to be a source of information. Whatever information I received I would provide to others when necessary. For instance, I knew LJ had the idol early on. I also knew that he had told several people about his idol, but that he had these people believe that they were the only ones who knew. I made sure that people knew that I was also aware of LJ's idol so that they didn't feel as connected to him as they may have believed. While none of my moves were big or flashy, they were moves that furthered me to this point and got me to the final round. By stirring the pot while maintaining good relationships with others (a tough balancing act, I might add) I was able to successfully make my way to the finals without having won an individual immunity challenge or putting my neck too far on the line.

Best of luck in your decision, Bob

[LJ McKanas]

Which translates to, I disappeared and didn't play this game at all.

[Sherea Lloyd]

Seriously, LJ? Are you 5? You just can't let it go. You've made your point now shut up about it. I have never actually disliked someone in an ORG but you have truly succeeded in that, so congratulations.