Tadeo,

I voted out Matthew because it was final 4 and it was time to cut him loose.

Before the merge started I was afraid that Paya and Copan would be unbreakable. Well, I was not like "omg I'm gonna be the first merge boot" or something but I didn't want to lose anyone from post-mutiny Tolupan 4. So I tried to make my alliance look like it's not the tightest group in the whole world. Actually the result of the tribal where Jino went helped me. We didn't vote as the one group so it showed that we're not one big happy family.

And I tried to make sure that everyone sees it. I mentioned this fact a lot of times when I was talking to people about the game. I can't say if everyone believed me or not but we stayed safe for the next tribals so maybe it worked somehow! I knew the Tolupan 4 would stay together (at least in the near future) so I had to make sure that we survived as long as we could without being targeted.

Also, I knew that I had to do other two things if I want to make it to the end. First, I had to get rid of Ash's idol. I know we didn't really flushed it because Jerby went out and I can very hardly find the good aspects of this elimination because I lost someone very important to me, but at least the people who saw me, Jerby, Richie and Matt as a dangerous group lost one big argument: we lost one very strong member and we were not as strong as we used to be.

Second important thing was breaking the unbreakable..... the original Tolupan 4. This mission has been completed and to be honest in the beginning of the merge I was not entirely sure if it's gonna work. But it looks like the constant talking about how dangerous they are worked.

So there you have it, that was my strategy. Ash's idol was gone, Tolupan 4 was gone and I think I made Polaguay look like less threats. I may have forgotten about something so if you have any other questions you can ask. Thank you, Ted!

Oh jeez XD It’ll be very hard to summarize my game in a short few paragraphs but i’ll do it anyways just for you <3

I started off from the beginning of the game to the merge in a positive note. It seemed like everyone had trusted me, and no one had any intentions of ever getting rid of me anytime soon. So basically, I was around the top of my tribes. Then we merged, and we had an alliance of 8 going. My optimism of being in the top was sort of overshadowed by a lot of paranoia. It was an alliance of 8. So many people that would very much soon have to get rid of each other in a fast pace. So I did what I had to do, and got rid of the people before they could get rid of me. So I decided to make the game a little tricky, and play different sides, one with Charley, and one with Ash. You went first, and then after you, I voted for Alex even though you guys were in my alliance. I then flipped again and took out Jerby in order to open up so more doors. A lot of other things happened but that’s a basic understanding.

Then Ash got voted out, and playing both sides was not really an option anymore. So I then had to start relying on the relationships I had with the people who had power, and that really helped me because I was able to slide away from the target and become a necessary ally and a person who people had no choice but to trust because the numbers became too small.

I would say my game was sort of like Kass actually, who i know you hate but still XD (I had made big moves in the beginning of the merge and then strategically laid low around the last half).  However, my game was less controversial, and lot more reasonable. So that’s basically a short summary but if you wanna get the whole gist then read my speech it’s like my bible but ya can skip some parts and stuff ;D