User blog comment:TommyRevolution/RWANDA FTC/@comment-33153047-20190921134605

First of all, i wanna congratulate my fellow finalist, Kailyn, for reaching the FTC, the hosts who created this ORG and to all the players that made this season happen. Thank you all for this emotional rollercoaster, i had a real good time and i truly invested in every vote, challenge and relationship

Now onto the business

So when i usually come into a game, i just have low expectations from myself and think “oh, another org, another flop” but this time, since it has been a while since i played any ORG, i came into this determined to sit where i am today. I thought to myself “stop downtalking yourself, get your ass up and work” and i did.

Placed in the Kigali tribe, i was immediately assimilated in a 5 person alliance consisting of me, Tony, Malik, Ian and Logan who started it in the first place. Good things so far, i was in a majority and i was consistently talking to the other 3 keeping my options open (which would come into play later). First vote was an easy unanimous vote, so obviously i went with the majority on that.

The next 2 rounds we had immunity and while you’d think not much would happen, shit went down…. Logan found an idol and that would not have been an issue if he wasn’t so chaotic. At that time, i was accepted in another org (Storyteller, Hiii!) which shocker, had like 4 or 5 people that i was already playing in Destino with so that meant i had to play ever smoothly and more careful. I made deals with Malik to keep each other safe, i was growing closer to Louise and comforted Logan when he freaked out in challenges. The minute we lost, i thought to myself that Logan is a threat because he had an idol and he pretty much messed things up. So i went to Malik and proposed a blindside with the help of Louise (to whom, Logan spilled all the tea about us) and Fathan who was originally the target. 4 was enough as i didn’t know that Ian and Tony would flip, but eventually after talking we decided that it’s best for everyone that he goes. Turns out Logan wanted a big move for some reason and the original intended vote was eliminated and we were left with the status of our tribe exposed to the rival tribe and with Logan pissed at us.

Whatcha think… a swap happened. Luckily, i was put in a tribe with other 3 original Kigali. I wanted to play and i never thought about throwing a challenge because to me it felt weird and dangerous but after the rival tribe with the Virunga majority threw the challenge to get Tony out and bring a pissed Logan to their side… we thought fuck we’re fucked.. So we did exactly what they did. If that’s the type of game you wanted to play, then let’s see how you swallow a pill of your own medicine. Sadly, we won and the fire was ignited as a fight between Luna and Malik restarted. We were in an even worse situation, however i never backed down.I managed to get closer to Basty to whom i had a great relationship prior to the game so we agreed to work together. Logan was eventually voted out and we merged 6 to 4. We were in the worst position ever, but that didn’t discourage me

Coming into the merge, i was protected socially by the deals with Malik and Basty, the kigali 4 of me, Louise, Malik and Ian even tho i was in minority. I laid extremely low and didn’t get involved in any fights, talking with the virunga members so that i was in their good graces for a little while. I would be a hypocrite to say that i didn’t benefit from the 2 fights at the start of the merge and the 2 quits. I really benefited. Maybe….the most. Because of the Malik-Luna fight, i knew he was pretty much the target so i didn’t even bother with the immunity. I had my inside sources and it was very “in your face” that i knew who will go home every single vote, yet no one bat an eye. After an inevitable Malik vote out, i started getting pissed because at the time i had my suspicions of Louise working with Isabel until she would be the last one Kigali but i kept to myself for a time. I started working on several Virunga members to flip them. First it was Basty who i convinced to flip because i got information that Isabel was gunning for him, so i just went with that to him. I think what truly made him come and work with me fully was the fact that alot of people abstained or striked or not even tried in challenges and i knew he valued challenges alot and he was pretty upset that people who don’t try get away with it.

After a messy fight between Louise and AT, AT quit. The 2 fights really didn’t bother me, i really didn’t care. Like.. if y’all wanna make huge targets of yourself… go ahead. Who am i to stop you? AT had an idol which he gave to Basty which was perfect for me on a later vote

I won the immunity at final 8 because i truly felt in danger, I could be wrong but between me and Ian, i was more vocal so it would make sense for them to target me. I truly don’t know that. The vote was supposed to be 4-4 with a rock draw which benefited me Louise and Ian but Louise decided to stick with the virungas and Ian was gone because she was allegedly scared. That was the minute that i stopped buying all the things Louise said because there were alot of clues that she not fully with me, one of the rumours starting in the post swap, where Luna said she grew closer to Louise. At this point, i felt alone, truly alone, all of my 4 original alliance members were gone so i had to work for myself.

Final 7 vote was interesting because, again i won immunity (pretty much the only way i ensured my safety because people told me straight to my face that as soon as i lose immunity i am gone) I focused more on immunities and threw most of the rewards tbh because i felt like i didn’t need them. So at 7, Shane started to make me comfortable and told me “hey, it’s time for a move”  but he was bluffing me. Again with the information from Basty and with the help of Louise, i convinced Isabel to flip by planting this idea of “hey you were telling me the truth all the time and i appreciate that but someone here is not real with their intentions and it’s playing sides” I also planted this idea of all girls sticking together to Louise and Isabel. And yeah Isabel was always telling me the truth, it sounds baffling because we were not on the same side but she did and i went to her and told her the exact truth. She flipped and even played an idol on Louise, sending, according to her, her final 2 deal to jury.

At final 6, the plan was a tie but Basty said that we should have one of us immune and the other to play the idol, ensuring our target, Isabel to leave. Luna quit and nothing happened, we got to save the idol and i think i benefited hugely from their quit. At 5, i took the risk of not winning immunity by using in the challenge terms that were clowny or not good enough. I could have abstained but it would have been obvious then that i might have a back up plan. Out of all the options, Kailyn winning immunity was the best because we had both Louise and Isabel vulnerable and it was time to deal with past things that i didn’t forget. So, how it went down? Well.. i convinced Basty that if he doesn’t play the idol on me, i go home, but then, he will go after me at 4 if he doesn’t win immunity. I created a situation in which he had to stick with me no matter what because it was for both of our benefits. He agreed. I mean who would go home with a souvenir so late in the game? 3 votes were for sure coming at me because some people made sure that i knew that.. Sorry.. And me and basty split to ensure not only my safety but his too. The intended target was Louise and i am going to be very honest about it, it felt cruel but i had to do it because she was getting away with her social game, she was good in challenges and she even had the story (yes, the story of her being an underdog who made it to the end). She was a bigger threat in challenges than Isabel and we split the vote at first because there were words of an idol in Isabel’s possession. At the revote we were in control and we decided to put an end to Louise’s game because she burned my allies in the past. I know she is pissed because of that but it had to be done. We moved forward with Isabel because i thought that if it came to a tiebreaker, any of us would beat her. I won immunity again and Basty and Isabel had a tiebreaker. I was really shocked that Isabel won it but i give her credit, she came, she slayed. I thought that a tie is good because if Basty wins we have 66% chances of the FTC, if he loses at least i was at peace with giving him a chance after he was loyal to me and even used an idol on me, at the right time. At 3, it became me vs the girls, i won immunity ensuring FTC. I thought that bringing Kailyn with me to the FTC would give me better chances of winning. Isabel was a huge social player and it would have been the final nail in my coffin if i brought her. You’d think… okay? So what? Not a big deal… well yeah it is a big deal because i maintained a balance between all the skills needed for a possible winning game. From the beginning i said that at least one Kigali will reach the FTC and i made that possible. I made it despite every obstacle coming my way.

While i believe my game has a lot of flaws, i do think i played a great game. Physically, 5 immunity wins speak for themselves. I had huge scores in some challenges premerge but i toned it down because some people saw it and i wanted to be perceived as decent in challenges but not good. Post swap and a bit of merge, i had low scores on purpose. I threw the rewards and the visits to the Palace as i thought that they were not useful to me. When time came, i went guns blazing into those immunity and it was like a moment where i didn’t need so many immunities but at the same time, i was a threat anyways so what the heck, go ahead and do what you gotta do. Yeah, hidding behind immunity might not be great strategy but i had to win them because i was going home. While immune, i never got confortable and i kept strategizing.

Strategically, i only clinged to 1 advantage, that was Basty’s idol. I had no advantage, no idol, nothing and i only used social connections and went to the right people at the same time (see The whole alliance flip pre swap, Basty flip, Isabel flip on Shane, Basty using his idol on me) I came with plans and i was calling the shots several times, including Logan (Fathan)’s, Shane’s and Louise’s boots. I made plans and talked with my final 2 partner, Basty, and agreed together on things. I used all the information that was spread and used it against people when i needed it. Huge mistake from the majority to let so much information slip because in this game information is the most important and valuable advantage. And the irony of it all is that i didn’t even have to lie or twist anyone’s words. I just used people’s words against them while also maintaining a decent relationship

Socially, i treated people the same way they treated me. If they invested in talking with me, i would talk to them too, if they were sketchy, i was sketchy too, if they didn’t even bother to talk to me, i didn’t either, if they were lying, i was lying too. I used exactly their social weapons against them and it got me here. I was at the bottom pretty much the entire merge and i managed to outlast almost everyone and it required a lot of work. Even in my worst time where i had no one, i never gave up and i was searching non stop for ways to flip people to my advantage and i managed to do it, I am here, on day 39 pleading my case. I made sure that people considered me likeable and around the merge i heard from several people that they liked my presence, so my social game worked in that matter

I am aware that my game has flaws and some jury members may look at me and question some of my decisions in the game and think what the heck is he doing there but i am here and i am determined to win their jury votes. Any question that you, the jury have, feel free to throw at me