Final Tribal Council

Hi everyone! Mipha here and I suppose now I'm suppose to show you why I would be a good winner for Survivor PCW.

The above quote was taken from when I was on redemption. I'll explain it's relevance in just a moment but I figured some context might be helpful. I'm going to split my game into two different parts with pre-redemption and post. This is so strange to me because normally players explain their pre-merge and merge but my story is obviously different then that normality.

Pre - Redemption


Going into this game, I decided I wanted to play it soft and just play to my social strengths. I expected I would be a bit rusty and wanted to be slow and methodical about my approach. I didn't try to make aggressive plays or stand out too much but I quickly realized that style of play wasn't going to work. I won an idol round 1 and it wasn't difficult to determine that this game will have lots of items in it just from that experience.

I messed up and kept trying to play the nice girl who didn't want to make waves but it was this strategy that I feel ultimately got me eliminated. Things certainly could have been different if the people I were getting close with managed to stay in the game, but Riju/Patty who I made a pact with on Zora were either eliminated or not well liked. Oaki/Pelison were also two people I expected to reunite with but didn't get the chance. By the time Fake Merge happened, I was stuck with fresh allies who likely didn't see me as valuable and Patty being the only one I could trust undoubtedly.



TL'DR
Early game Mipha played the best she could to make friends for Merge but was unfortunately left with no close allies.



Redemption


I should obviously touch on this as it's a major part of my story. I've never been a redemption player and getting eliminated was almost peaceful. I had accepted that this game wasn't pulling it's punches and I was a casualty of the items and twists. Once I realized that Patty was blindsided into idoling me out, I was frustrated. The one safety net I had was used against me and it didn't even seem intentional...

Something happened to me on redemption that sparked me to change my playstyle and win this game. I realized that it wasn't that unrealistic to win redemption and made sure everyone in that thread knew I was ready for round 2. I had a plan, I had a mission, and I was coming back with advantage.

Riju gave me an idol. Patty gave me an FTC advantage. Horse shared his support of me getting back in the game. I saw what was motivating the redemption players and came up with a plan of my own...


Back to Merge

This Mipha was altogether different. I completely switched up my style and decided it was time to play fast and loose. I'm sure I made waves and I know some people weren't exactly happy with me but I was also difficult to get rid of. My biggest advantage wasn't in items, but in knowledge. I had a gameplan to take out Sidon/Epona/Kass as those were the three names that redemption seemed to talk the most about.

I spread some rumors and leaked some PMs to the point that no one alive really truely trusted me. I ended up having to salvage relationships but it didn't matter, people were starting to draw lines and the damage had been done. Meanwhile, I had managed to get myself in with Oaki/Oven and repaired my relationship with Sidon/Urbosa. But my focus was eliminating targets and staying alive. I didn't need people to respect me or like me anymore and I was ok swapping teams to blindside Kass or allying with Kohga/Revali to take out Sidon/Epona. These fulfilled my agenda and kept me in the game.

I played with the assumption that if I showed my fellow redemption jury members that I didn't give up and took out the threats, they would consider me worthy of winning the game.  I showed my ability to represent Power/Wisdom/Courage throughout the entire game.

But for the rest of you, here is just a list of accomplishments I managed this game:

• Won Wisdom Idol (Power)
• Final 3 with Team Zora (Wisdom)
• Won Redemption (Power)
• Was given Spirit Idol and FTC advantage (Courage)
• Manipulated game with redemption knowledge (Wisdom)
• Allied Sidon to help keep me safe from my targets (Courage)
• Allied Oaki/Oven as redemption buddies (Courage)
• Blindsided Kass (Wisdom)
• Humbled myself to Kohga for an alliance (Courage)
• Knew exactly how many idols were in play and narrowed down by F8 who had what (Power)
• Lied about the F4 challenge to have people prioritize my targets and not Urbosa (Wisdom)

Just to be clear, is the above post with the Mipha picture your final speech or are you still tweaking?

Okie dokie <3 You still have until deadline if there's anything you want to adjust, but we'll be taking that post once deadline hits, so make sure any changes you make to it are saved.

I'm just going to keep holding on hope that Riju/Patty/Oaki/Oven and all the other underdogs are willing to vote for me because I busted my ass off and did it to show them I could.

Pelison is a breath of fresh air and I love him.