Post by Monica Padilla on Nov 28, 2010 22:21:28 GMT -5
-~= Monica's Opening Statements =~-
Hello, all of you wonderful people!
First off, I'd just like to say thanks to all of you guys, especially Damien and Sarah. There were a lot of crazy and upredictable moments in this game, and it was definitely an awesome experience. Whatever happens, this has definite been one of the best games I've ever been a part of.
To the jury, you guys were seriously awesome players. I don't think I've ever played a game where so many of the people had the amount of skill that I saw out of this cast, and it definitely made for an amazing game.
I don't want to explain all of the moves that I made, or the details of my whole game, because that wouldn't leave you guys anything to ask, but I'll say off the bat that I know that my gameplay was by no means perfect. I knew going into the merge that I was either going to be able to be perfectly loyal or I was going to be able to get to the finals, but not both. The deal that I made with Alexis and Eliza at the final ten definitely changed the entire game, and I think that without that deal, it would definitely be Amanda, Jaime, and Christy sitting up here. I was loyal to that deal all the way through, and it got me here.
I'm sure that probably there are some of you that think I got here just by winning the Immunity challenges, but I think if you read the episode summaries I posted for the last challenge, that should show pretty conclusively that I was actually out there talking to people and making moves in the game. I never depending on my challenge skills to carry me though, because I've never seen or heard of a player winning every challenge in the game. Every round I went into it assuming I'd lose the challenge, and preparing for how I would defend myself, because I knew that I was a huge threat and people were going to be after me the second I became vulnerable.
Thanks, guys! I'm really looking forward to answering your questions!
