Ciera Eastin @ 22/6/2015 12:01

I didn't see Chelsea's post earlier, so thanks for answering it. Apparently Brett doesn't want my vote as he's ignoring this thread.

Not true at all Ciera! I promise I will get to it tomorrow. I was just trying to finish the rest of Hali's since she did post hers earlier. Don't worry, I will answer yours :)

Ciera: “Hey Mr. Brett!”
Brett: “Hey Mrs. Ciera!”
Ciera: *chokes on drink* WHAT?!
Brett: “Hey Ms. Ciera!” ;)
Ciera: “That’s what I thought you said.”
From that moment on, I knew you were someone who I was really going to enjoy talking to on a personal basis. I’m really sorry for getting to your question so late because I know you have been waiting patiently, but never fear, Will Smith (and my answer to your jury question) is here!
Alright, so I’m going to go about this the way I think will explain it the best…which means going back to the beginning of the merge. Honestly, when the two tribes merged, you were the person I enjoyed most on a personal level. We instantly hit it off with our mutual love of Will Smith’s movies and we never failed to amuse each other. Not only did I enjoy your humor, but I did begin to trust you a lot and the feeling looked to be mutual. In fact, you did say at one point, “Well, I'm not going to be like let's be together forever right now since that would be presumptuous but I feel like if we were on the same tribe to begin with, we would have been a team and I do not plan on voting for you.” At that moment, I felt the exact same way and I wanted to go far with you. My feelings were even reinforced more when you came to me saying, “If you tell this to Fran, I will deny deny deny, but I’ve been getting better vibes from you than I have from either her or Misty.” At that point, I knew you were definitely someone I wanted to work with going forward because you not only put your life on the line to say you “trusted” me more, but you were someone I enjoyed talking to and it was nice to have both of those qualities in an ally. After the Tyler vote, the battle between Chonos and Jaruud was on. As it turned out, you were unfortunately on the Chonos side and my best ally in Fabio was on the Jaruud side. He was ultimately one of the biggest reasons I was still in the game because him and Matty saved me on NuOronar so I knew that I couldn’t just backstab the two of them right after they did that for me. It was an extreme toss-up for me as to what side I wanted to align myself with because I knew it was a decision that would impact the rest of the game. When it came down to it, I was actually leaning towards aligning with Chonos because you had told me “I DEFINITELY want to get rid of Hali” and as I’ve said many times before, she was definitely someone I didn’t want to be sitting at the end with. And then everything changed when all the Chonos members suddenly decided they wanted John out. John was not someone who I was very passionate about sending home and if I was going to vote against Fabio and Matty who had just saved me on NuOronar, it had to be for Hali because she was the only perceived threat big enough to warrant my flip. Also, Fran did say in her opening statement, “I needed Hali to stay in the game for as long as possible.” Because of this, I’m sure Fran was a big part of why the target was switched from Hali onto John. So if you’re mad at me for not flipping, blame Fran because the target switch that she was most likely responsible for was the main reason I didn’t flip. And to top it all off, I heard from two sources that Misty was trying to get a NuJaruud alliance together which obviously, didn’t include myself. After all those things happened, I knew that it was in my favor to side with the Jaruuds because they hadn’t given me any reason to distrust them from that point. The vote proved that I was indeed in trouble and both Hali and Matty confirmed my suspicions that Misty had told everyone that the vote was me. After that vote, I wasn’t angry with you for voting me because you were obviously smart in going along with your alliance. At the Matt vote, the big thing holding me back was Chelsea, but I’ll get to that more in Matt’s question if you want to know more about that. Then came the Fabio vote. This vote I think I had the mindset of switching over to you more than I ever had before. I even told Fabio that Chelsea and I were voting with you and Fran and I was going to go to rocks for you. I am 100% honest about this and you can even double-check with Fabio if you don’t believe me. I was jeopardizing my entire game by going to rocks for you Ciera. However, then I was told some information that made me do a 180 and change my mind. Hali came up to me and told me the truth.
Hali: “I haven't really heard too much from people today. Franny and Ciera, however, were the only ones talking. They spent most of today trying to get me to flip from our group of 6. They wanted to make a group with me and John.”
Just to be clear, you and Fran both knew that Chelsea and I were more than willing to flip over to your side and go to rocks for you. However, apparently that was not enough and you needed to go talk to Hali and John instead even after Chelsea and I had already pledged our loyalty. Then I found out more.
Ciera to Hali: “Yeah, here’s the thing. Brett and Chelsea told me they were going to vote for you. I know it’s crazy, but Fran and I definitely would rather side with you and John.”
I don’t see your logic in saying that I sold you out the entire merge when I never even voted you until the Fabio vote where you were the one who made it very clear you didn’t want anything to do with me.
That conversation between you and Hali was the main reason why I lost my trust in you. I was going to side with you until I found out you really were trying to outwit me. To top it all off, after the Fabio vote, your conversation with Hali continued.
Ciera to Hali: “On top of that, everything I told you was true. If it wasn’t true, I would have taken you out right now with the idol. Fran and I could have voted for you but we legit want to work with you.”
This right here showed me you had no intention of working with me anymore and you wanted to work with Hali and John more. I was quite upset that I no longer had the option to work with you and so that’s why I voted you in the tie vote which you will see in Hali’s question once Chelsea answers. However, right after the tie vote occurred, I knew this was an opportunity for me to make a huge play. Even though it was a failed attempt on everyone else’s part, it couldn’t have worked out better for me as my answer to Hali’s question will further show. After the tie vote happened, Hali asked me this…
Hali: “Soooo, I'm going to guess that you'll still want to vote off Ciera at this point? Because I know you don't want to draw rocks.” And then here I come back with my one-word answer.
Brett: “False”
Even after you had shown me disloyalty by trying to align with Hali and John, I was willing to go to rocks…for you…AGAIN! I switched my vote to Matty and I could have gone home that tribal if Hali and John decided to go to rocks. I guess what I’m trying to say is that I could have more than easily took the easy route and went with Hali and John and voted you out on Day 26. But because I had always liked you as a person and wanted to finally make it up to you for not voting with you previously, I was willing to jeopardize my entire game for a second time just so you could stay. In the end, it did work out. I don’t think you realize the amount of my game that I was putting on the line for you after the Matt vote. But now that you do know everything that happened, I think you should vote for me because I actually did want to work with you in this game and I did show my loyalty to you on several occasions as described above, but our cards just never did end up aligning and we always were ending up on opposite sides of the vote. The only reason I voted you out at Final 5 is because I knew at that point you no longer trusted me and Fran was your best ally. I knew I wouldn’t be able to convince you that I did have your best interests in mind at both the Fabio vote and the Matty vote and there was no way you would have voted to take me to the Final 3 with you over Fran whereas John had no one else to trust. I’m sorry if I hurt you at any point in this game, but just know, I never did lose all my trust I had with you and I didn’t forget all the fun chats we had throughout the game. Us Ravenclaws have to stick together Ciera ;)

Tyler: Tyler was the first boot at the merge because he unfortunately didn’t create enough bonds with people outside his alliance. Chonos and Jaruud didn’t want to go head-to-head just yet so I believe Tyler was the Oronar chosen to be voted out simply because he was the least connected to Chonos and Jaruud.
Misty: Misty was the second boot at the merge because she was just not able to sweep up the swing votes she needed to make a majority. She had conflicting opinions on whether to get the swing votes or make a NuJaruud alliance and the indecision is probably what cost her in the end.
Matt: Matt was voted out simply because of a personal vendetta. A couple phrases he said unfortunately were taken the wrong way and it resulted in him getting the boot even though he really shouldn’t have been the one to go when he did.
Fabio: Fabio was the fourth merge boot because of an idol. He was a social threat and that put a target on his back which is why he was the one chosen to get taken out. He really just had bad luck.
Matty: Matty was the fifth merge boot because he wasn’t social enough with the Chonos members. He was really the pawn caught up in the bigger plan when that tie vote happened and it’s unfortunately what sent him home. I don’t think he really did anything wrong other than be less active than everyone else.
Hali: Hali got sixth place because she was a threat. She may not have technically been the biggest threat, but people certainly perceived her as the biggest threat as shown in the Majority Rules Challenge and that’s ultimately what made her get targeted and sent home when she was.
Ciera: Ciera got fifth place because she was seen as a part of one of the tight pairs in the Final 5 and it wouldn’t have been smart to have two pairs in the Final 4.
John: John got fourth place because he lost the Final Immunity Challenge. It was either him or Fran and he was the biggest threat when Fran won immunity. He was too likeable.
Chelsea: I think Chelsea will lose because her social game slowly got weaker as the game went on. She kind of became more reserved and fell back near the end and I think people see it as her sort of “giving up” even though it really wasn’t, but unfortunately, what’s done is done.
Fran: I think Fran will lose because she isn’t really as big of a threat as everyone thinks she is. She won a lot of immunities which I commend her very much on and she talked to various people however very selectively and most of the times, it was with a hidden purpose behind it when it wasn’t with her Chonos members. As far as strategy goes, I certainly didn’t see any stand-outs and until Misty left, I think she was just a follower.
Brett: I may not have been the biggest physical presence nor was I outwardly a huge threat, but I played a good social game and my jury management was not nearly as tainted or weak as everyone thinks it was. Matt and to an extent, Ciera, were the only two jurors I can say I lacked any sort of jury management. Every other juror, I did everything I could have done to have a good impression on their way out. I created bonds with a lot of people even if a lot of them were not physically shown to everyone. I think I worked just as hard as Fran did in this game and I was not just floating along as a goat nor was I same person as Chelsea as I did play my own game and have my own strategic plans throughout.

Again, sorry for the late reply, but I hope it is enough to show you that I am worthy to win this game.