Postgame Thoughts (ooc - READ FIRST)

On my actual gameplay:

I think I played a reasonable game throughout, although it's definitely not my best game ever. The move in round 1 was extremely questionable given the strong likelihood that a swap would happen, but given I made it, I think I played it well with keeping Kohga in the loop and coming to some kind of agreement with Revali afterwards. From that point onwards, my story was one of always having the potential to make moves, but never actually making them for fear they would tank my game. And in general, not making those moves was the right decision.

Saving Teebo in Round 2 was something I wanted to do, but would've hurt my reputation with the players I needed to move forward with, so I didn't do it. Throwing the challenge on Orb so Epona could join us was something I wanted to do, but I decided not to for fear of it ruining my game, and that was definitely the right choice given Horse was apparently willing to vote me out. Trying to save Pelison at the joint TC was something I wanted to do, but decided against so as to keep Urbosa onside - which was probably the wrong decision looking at how my relationship with Urbo ended up.

At the merge, I decided to try to solidify a relationship with a relatively unpopular player in Patricia, which was definitely a mistake. I was doing fine playing the middle and letting the merge progress with unpopular players being removed as easy votes, and I feel the moment I decided to try to protect Patricia was the moment my game as a whole went down the drain. Urbosa stopped trusting me, Sidon and Epona both thought my loyalties could lie elsewhere, and with the other players (aside from Kohga) I was viewed as being so tight with Patricia that they would be the third wheel if they decided to work with me.

I got a new lease on life when Pat left in the other tribe, but the damage had already been done and I was too distant from a number of the players (particularly Urbosa) to ever rekindle the relationship without a huge shakeup of the game. And in a game where idols were key and I hadn't found any, I *needed* to not be too distant from anyone. It really didn't help that I neglected to try with a number of those players after that point, as I felt like we were on opposite sides and anything said would likely be a lie.


I'm not sure why I was seen as a powerful player and a huge jury threat, especially in comparison to players like Epona and Kohga who were actually playing the game extremely well. Maybe I just give off the aura of someone in control I guess making the move in Round 1 probably did quite a lot to reinforce that, despite me not following it up with much in the rest of the premerge.

If I were to play the game again, I think the only thing I would change would be keeping my distance from Patricia come merge and allowing the easy votes to all be picked off without causing any stir. I already had enough of a resume based just on the fact the jury thought I was a strong player, and my best chance of making the end was to be surrounded by strong players - which was essentially the situation I ended up in anyway, but the fact half of them disliked me was a problem that ended up being insurmountable. Had I not stuck with Patricia, I think I go into that merge with at least Urbosa still onside, and that probably results in an agreement being made where Oven and Mipha go home prior to anyone else. I'm fairly confident that in an F6 of myself/Epona/Kohga/Urbosa/Sidon/Revali, I could have made the end and had a good shot at the win.

It is most vexing that I should be here instead of in my rightful place, claiming victory over all. Most vexing indeed. I do believe foul play must have been involved to some degree; perhaps a pocket dimension was created as an attempt to contain my greatness. My next goal will be to hunt down whatever cross-dimensional menace did this and bring them to justice.

In the meantime, whilst I should never have been in this role, I will perform my jury service in the same way I perform everything that comes my way - I shall be the best juror this world has ever seen, and will put the rest of the jury to shame with my own ability. I shall ensure that since the rightful king can no longer win, the crown goes to the most deserving of the ants.

None of them are impressive in comparison to my own glory, but I shall consider it from the point of view of a lesser being, as it seems only fair to judge them based on their own mortal abilities. From this point of view, each of them have cases. I would say that Kohga has played the game the most masterfully to date, staying under the radar but cutting the player overshadowing him when he needed to. But my vote is not locked on anyone and will be very much based on what they each say at FTC.



I believe many of them have incorrect views. Patricia and Riju supporting Mipha simply because she is a champion of the dead is a ridiculous thought to me, although the fact she was voted out does not necessarily disqualify her as a contender in my eyes; she has done a number of things to ensure she made it deeper and those need to be taken into account. Sidon's viewpoints probably align most with my own, but he seems to be reaching for any reason he can to discredit those he doesn't like as opposed to looking at the situation rationally. I await the FTC questioning to be sure of my own view on the situation.



I will be looking for:
A) Evidence of a solid strategy to *win*, not just to get to the end
B) Evidence of a solid strategy to reach the end, that does not just involve winning immunities
C) Evidence of correct jury management - this may have been while the jury was in the game, or by appeasing jurors at the end. If they can convince another player to change a vote that seems locked, I will count that as a big point in their favour.

I have not decided on my questions yet. They may well be followups to questions other Jurors ask. I am more interested in how they handle less rational jurors than how they respond to my own questions.







I would inform the players of the cross-dimensional conspiracy to depose me, so they would be aware that I am still the one true king of this game.

Why, that is a rather excellent title. I may in fact adopt it.