It's Your Girl Kels

[kelsey]

Hello friends!!! You both did a fantastic job on getting here and I'm so excited that one of you will be the winner of this crazy season

Corey:
You played a fantastic utr game and I have a ton of respect for you. You using the power of veto on me week 4 changed the course of the game. You were ballsy enough to make that move and were smart to then go back into the shadows as you remained viewed as a smaller threat while you fostered relationships. Even if Porsche had more control than you had most of the game, you did what you had to do without being able to pull of comp wins near the end.

Porsche:
#Kelche was one of my favorite things in this game hands down. You were amazing to talk to, played a great stealthy type of game and you made it to the end. I also believe you always knew who you were as a player in this game and when to make moves. Example: cutting me! You did it in an effective enough way where you could very well win. So kudos to you

I don't have many questions as I've been getting good insight from the other threads. But here's some.

Questions:

Corey..
Do you think it was a mistake to not make yourself more visible near the end considering the final 4? Or do you believe you made the most of the situations by letting everyone else steal the spotlight? Explain please!

Porsche..
Give me three separate words that highlight your game and why you should win.

For both..
Why should you get my vote?

Can't wait to keep in touch and talk to you both after this. Good luck!!

[porsche]

Hey Kelsey! I've really missed you   I wasn't sure what to expect from you in your speech, but I should have known you would be this cool. I hope to keep talking with you after this game is over.

Thank you for your kind words too   Win or lose, I'm proud of the way I played this game.

Give me three separate words that highlight your game and why you should win.

I am:

• Ruthless: I was hungry for this win, and I was willing to do whatever it took to make sure I got it. I was able to separate my emotions from the game and do what benefited me the most going forward, instead of basing my decisions off of who had been more loyal to me in the past
• Dedicated: I love this series and I was committed to this game. I spent 9 hours posting twice a minute in endurance just to make sure that I was the final head of household. Socially, I worked really hard and tried to maintain my relationships with everyone. Even when I had to talk to 19 people, I tried to connect with each one. Strategically, I even made a spreadsheet at the final 5 of every single possible scenario to confirm my belief that Cody going was best for my game (it was)
• Flexible: You and I both know how difficult the early game was. Our allies were dropping left and right. Pretty much everyone had been shady towards us in some way. But instead of holding grudges, I forgave everyone. I couldn't afford to write anyone off and I had to be open to working with anyone. Cody and I had nominated each other but instead of continuing to target each other, we became really, really close. Natalie and I didn't have much of a relationship at all, but we connected around the time of Shelli's eviction and I really enjoyed talking to her. I was upset with Arlie after Michael and Jen's evictions, but we maintained a very good relationship throughout the game. Zach had formed an alliance without me, but I maintained my relationship with him and when it was in my best interests to work with him, I did. Etc, etc. 

Why should you get my vote?

I should get your vote because of our journey together. We were the underdogs early on, we fought together and we had an amazing comeback that concluded with us taking control over the game. I really loved talking to you and you made the game so much more fun, and I know you felt the same way about me. Corey was a valuable member of The Dark Side but the real story was about #Kelche. I even voted us for best duo. Me cutting you at the final 4 doesn't overshadow the other 95% of this game.

I should also get your vote because I played the better game. I'm not going to rehash the arguments I already made, but I think you see me as having played a stronger game than Corey, and I think you're the type of player who respects me cutting you at the exact moment I needed to.

[corey]

Thank you for the kind words Kelz! I honestly had a blast playing this game. Even though we never really played an ORG together (just some of those BA aim minis back in the day) you have quite the reputation of a player. And you did not disappoint. Go out and see the Grand Canyon!

Do you think it was a mistake to not make yourself more visible near the end considering the final 4? Or do you believe you made the most of the situations by letting everyone else steal the spotlight? Explain please!

Well that will all depend on if I win or not! If I win then of course not I didn't make a mistake! But if I do not that would be one of the first things I would point too. Now it all depends on what you mean by visible. Because I was the key vote in a lot of rounds down the stretch. In Arlie's elimination as well as Howie's elimination I was the one who was in the middle and I was the one making the ultimate decision. So in that sense it wasn't really my fault that I did not get more visibility for being in the middle of both those eliminations. I don't think I get enough credit for those moves because I was really the one that pulled the trigger and without me the game would have been drastically different.

As for the comps, yes I do wish I would have won a few more comps near the end. Late game comps are usually my bread and butter but it wasn't the case this season. That would have made me more visible and potentially switched up the late game boot order and gave me a little more hype coming into this.

Why should you get my vote?

Because I think the difference between me and Porsche is Porsche took the game you were playing and stole it from you at the last minute. Whereas we were close and for a while people thought I was doing the same thing but I was able to blend in and use multiple people as "Shepherds" and it really covered up how many people wanted me in this game and wanted me in the end with them. The point I have been trying to make is if I truly just followed in the shadow of the Dark Side all game (I thought that was pretty clever), whenever anyone that wasn't either of you won, I would be a natural target because I was just going to continue to leach to you. But I used my relationships and sneaky social game to make them think I really wanted to go with them, and adapted who I truly wanted to go to the end with as the game moved on (i.e. when I kept Howard's lie to myself and make him believe that I wanted to go deep or even to the end with him).

I hope I have convinced you that the amount of routes I had to get to the end of the game and have a shot at winning is worth your vote in the end.

And if you still aren't convinced. One of us saved you won he won veto and the other sent you home. #Friendship.


Thanks Kelz, hope everything is going well!

[kelsey]

Thanks for the answers! Really strong responses. See you Sunday gl!!