The Hail Mary

[Joel Anderson]

Yeah, pretty sure this is my last round, so I'm making a thread about it.

If I don't go, this is next round's confessional, if not, then I will finish off the season by explaining my thoughts on the season.

[Joel Anderson]

Okay okay, where do I begin?

MAN has this been a fun season, gonna admit that from the beginning. All-stars games an me don't really mix, though, since I never really play the same game twice, and people assume I'm playing the game I did the first time.

I was tight on Chehalis for the first two rounds, then the switch put me on a tribe who was filled with the assumption of me being exactly who I was S4.

I teamed up with Monica, and she kept me safe for a long time, until the merge even. I don't believe the whole "we saved you over Rob, why turn on us?" bullshit, since Rob would have clearly flipped right at the merge, and they just wanted him out anyways.

So that put me on the bottom of the Kainais, and MAN was it felt. Regardless of whether Monica wanted to quit or not to quit, I would've been stuck with Wendy and... we were in the minority of the Kainais.

My switch was carried out wrong. I should have brought Wendy with me, and then we would have majority over Kainai going into the double vote.

Now for the biggest reason for my switch.... *drumroll*





I fuckin' hated Season 4.

Don't get me wrong, Carlos is a good host, but the people in the season pissed me off more then most games, and made me more emotionally detatched from a game then I have been before or since, and I just floated the puppy, not caring where I ended up.

This time... I wanted to not float. I wanted to make a move that I could call my own, to be known as a player who WILL make a move if necessary.

I felt the Final 9 was the best time to make such a move, since the three of the Athenas that were left would be totally reliant and appreciative of me, enough to actually get us to stick together.

And when it gets down to it, I made a good move. I put myself from the bottom of an Alliance of 5/6 to an alliance of 4. Hell, I could've convinced someone on the Athenas to let me in closer later on if possible. We even got into the Final 8 with two immunities at the double boot, there was a SLIM chance of us losing enough to go right back into the minority if the Purple Rock happened...


... but Gillian's floop ruined that. And you know what, that's fine.

I took a gamble willingly, and I'll take pride in that if I want to.

Better to go out 6th by making a move, regardless how poor it pulled off, then make 5th by floating and then getting stabbed in the back.