Post by Teebo on Jun 12, 2020 19:05:02 GMT -5
Hello everyone! I have been MIA for a while. The mods have some understanding of why, but it isn't anyone else's business. Suffice to say that I am going through a fairly intense personal heartache, and that I don't wish to discuss it. It was good that I didn't make it any farther than the end of the Resurrection Chamber - I would not have made a good player after that point. Nevertheless, I apologize for not doing my due diligence as a jury member in the deliberation and questioning phase. I have endeavored over the last couple of days to make an informed decision.
A note on my process - I respect a number of factors above others. I favor players who had clean, decisive strategies. That doesn't necessarily mean "one tactic which worked without change," but it does mean that I like cleaner, adaptive gameplay over desperate, edge-of-your-seat survivalism. I like clever, insightful play over brute force. I like tenacity and flexibility.
==Mipha==
The above sounds a bit biased against you, doesn't it? Please don't take it as such. I'm very impressed with your resourcefulness. You seem to me to be the jack of all trades this game, and I'm pleased that you made it to the final three. That said, the classic jack of all trades is the master of none, and I'm afraid it cost you. While you managed to scramble and survive round after round, and even claw your way back from the edge, you didn't really excel at anything. Too, your outright manipulation and occasional betrayal puts me off of you. In short, you used people. There's a time and a place for that, but you seemed to resort to it early and often. In my mind, it kept you alive at the cost of victory. I raise my glass to your tenacity and grit, but I am comfortable with you in third place.
==Revali==
We got along initially, but I really didn't like that you were making power moves in the first 36 hours. It was extremely off-putting. Patricia was the low-hanging fruit because of their time zone issues, and you sharked after it like no one's business. It's not clear to me who was telling the truth, but when Patty and I spoke, she told me that you said I'd thrown her name out in a 1v1...which was complete bullshit. I'm sorry, but the first couple of days, before we'd even been consigned to TC, are not the days in which you smile to someone's face and throw them under the bus. Patricia and I made peace, recognized the ploy, and figured out our shit. If you hadn't won immunity in the Power tribe, it was going to have been 4v3 against you in the very first vote, not Magda. You didn't see it coming, nor really understand why it happened. I gather the rest of the game was much the same, with you kind of going along, being a power broker but not really the puppetmaster you thought you were being.
However.
You survived not only technically, thrived. I really liked your Slay the Spire analogy of being a Barricade deck. You seem to have rarely been in any real danger after that first vote, managed your resources with aplomb, and made your small, clean moves to position yourself for the final three. Patricia characterized your game as being defined by "not fucking up". Well...that's valid. Survivor is a game in which great strides can be made by never getting too high on the radar to be a target and never too low to be a victim. You managed that pretty decisively. The problem with that is that in order to win the final, affirmative vote, you need to eliminate people with better resumes, and you missed one. Well played, but I think that "don't fuck up" game has finally caught up to you with bringing Urbosa to the final three.
==Urbosa==
It is difficult not to hold a grudge. You hardly spoke to me at all when we were together, yet voted me out without making any effort to get to know me, and seemed to take the horses at their word that I ought to go. It is a difficult first impression to get over. I've had so little direct exposure to you that I've had to sort through and evaluate others' impressions and sift through your own statements about your play, all of which are inherently biased.
Despite all of that, I am broadly impressed. While Mipha was scrappy and adaptive, and Revali was collected and played a tight game, you did both - while also being a challenge beast. You managed your allies well, disposed of them when they had outlived their usefulness, claimed immunity in a several clutch moments, and played a bare-knuckled game while not seeming outright predatory. I think there is less pretense about you and more simple competence. I tip my hat to you, win or lose.
I hereby vote for Urbosa first, and Revali in a tie-breaker.
A note on my process - I respect a number of factors above others. I favor players who had clean, decisive strategies. That doesn't necessarily mean "one tactic which worked without change," but it does mean that I like cleaner, adaptive gameplay over desperate, edge-of-your-seat survivalism. I like clever, insightful play over brute force. I like tenacity and flexibility.
==Mipha==
The above sounds a bit biased against you, doesn't it? Please don't take it as such. I'm very impressed with your resourcefulness. You seem to me to be the jack of all trades this game, and I'm pleased that you made it to the final three. That said, the classic jack of all trades is the master of none, and I'm afraid it cost you. While you managed to scramble and survive round after round, and even claw your way back from the edge, you didn't really excel at anything. Too, your outright manipulation and occasional betrayal puts me off of you. In short, you used people. There's a time and a place for that, but you seemed to resort to it early and often. In my mind, it kept you alive at the cost of victory. I raise my glass to your tenacity and grit, but I am comfortable with you in third place.
==Revali==
We got along initially, but I really didn't like that you were making power moves in the first 36 hours. It was extremely off-putting. Patricia was the low-hanging fruit because of their time zone issues, and you sharked after it like no one's business. It's not clear to me who was telling the truth, but when Patty and I spoke, she told me that you said I'd thrown her name out in a 1v1...which was complete bullshit. I'm sorry, but the first couple of days, before we'd even been consigned to TC, are not the days in which you smile to someone's face and throw them under the bus. Patricia and I made peace, recognized the ploy, and figured out our shit. If you hadn't won immunity in the Power tribe, it was going to have been 4v3 against you in the very first vote, not Magda. You didn't see it coming, nor really understand why it happened. I gather the rest of the game was much the same, with you kind of going along, being a power broker but not really the puppetmaster you thought you were being.
However.
You survived not only technically, thrived. I really liked your Slay the Spire analogy of being a Barricade deck. You seem to have rarely been in any real danger after that first vote, managed your resources with aplomb, and made your small, clean moves to position yourself for the final three. Patricia characterized your game as being defined by "not fucking up". Well...that's valid. Survivor is a game in which great strides can be made by never getting too high on the radar to be a target and never too low to be a victim. You managed that pretty decisively. The problem with that is that in order to win the final, affirmative vote, you need to eliminate people with better resumes, and you missed one. Well played, but I think that "don't fuck up" game has finally caught up to you with bringing Urbosa to the final three.
==Urbosa==
It is difficult not to hold a grudge. You hardly spoke to me at all when we were together, yet voted me out without making any effort to get to know me, and seemed to take the horses at their word that I ought to go. It is a difficult first impression to get over. I've had so little direct exposure to you that I've had to sort through and evaluate others' impressions and sift through your own statements about your play, all of which are inherently biased.
Despite all of that, I am broadly impressed. While Mipha was scrappy and adaptive, and Revali was collected and played a tight game, you did both - while also being a challenge beast. You managed your allies well, disposed of them when they had outlived their usefulness, claimed immunity in a several clutch moments, and played a bare-knuckled game while not seeming outright predatory. I think there is less pretense about you and more simple competence. I tip my hat to you, win or lose.
I hereby vote for Urbosa first, and Revali in a tie-breaker.