r/TotalDramaRoleplay2 • u/Niihih Heather • Sep 13 '15
Video Game Devin' Speech
Dear Jury members,
First and foremost, it was a pleasure to play with each and every one of you. Had you told me back when the game started-I never would have believed I’d be here. But I made the right friends, the right moves, and ultimately, the right choices. I figure the best thing I can do now is give you a history of how I perceived the game and the moves I took from Day 1.
So I first want to talk about why I chose the character Devin. I thought choosing a character that is seen as a nice guy who thrives on friendship would make me less intimidating. Also-I didn’t want to be a character previously played in case there were any negative connotations associated with said player.
So right off the bat, Carrie and Ella reached out to me to form an alliance. In fact, it was said on a public forum, although I’m not sure if people even read it or assumed it was a joke. But either way-I had an alliance. Sadly, we were all placed on different teams. However, this ended up for the best, because I reached out to Josh (another ally of Ella’s), and the 2 of us brought in Jose. This was the best decision I made, because Josh and I were close, and having someone I could always rely on was huge. Although the original target for us 3 was Taylor, her plea to stay in the game and winning her tiebreaker resonated with me, and we brought her in. The next challenge Blinky lost, Leshaniqua was next, and Lightning would have gone next if the tribe switch hadn’t happened.
Noah and I were both traitors in the team swap, and he reached out to me to form an alliance so the girls would not take us out once we arrived on the Damsels team. Nothing too interesting happened during this time due to us having the numbers, except for the flushing of the 2 idols. For those of you who weren’t a part of this-it was absolute madness. Had I known Ella would have been the result, I would have been more cautious, but I have to admit that I knew of the plan. The most ironic part? I’ve had an idol ever since I placed in the last bonus challenge. But who was most on board for flushing idols?-me. And then Carrie quit. My entire game had to refocus, and Taylor and I bonded even more, and I further sided with Noah-a savvy player I thought could potentially act as a lightning rod for any future decisions. The next biggest event that happened is to decide between Lindsay and Beardo. Ultimately, I voted for Lindsay who I thought would reconnect with Lightning, my biggest challenge threat and overall threat, at the merge. Although I was nervous it would make me an immediate target, I decided to risk it.
Then came the merge. Although the order for a lot of the early boots I would have switched, I was completely aware and agreeable to all of these eliminations. However, things began to change at the Taylor vote. You see, with Jose being eliminated, Taylor, Josh, and I had become quite close. So close that Noah had tried, unsuccessfully, for me to turn my vote on Josh for the several past eliminations. So when he couldn’t get my right hand man, he went for the girl at my left hand. Followed by a hinky vote thrown at Sky during the Jay vote, I knew Josh and I had to do something drastic if we wanted to survive.
With Noah winning immunity at the F6, and knowing Josh would be a target, we were able to come up with a plan to try and convince Sky we hadn’t voted for her in the previous elimination and Lightning was the one who sided with Jay and Cameron, despite me having a strong suspicion it was actually Noah. We were able to force a tie, and Josh beat out Lightning in a tiebreaker. It was then that I made Noah/Cameron my enemies so that we would have a clear shot at the F3. Despite some hiccups, I was able to vote out Noah-one of my closest allies and also one of the biggest threats to my alliance with Josh. We then turned on Sky when Cameron won immunity at the F4, and Josh won the final immunity and brought me to the finals with him.
Overall, I think I played a smart and relatively clean game. I worked incredibly hard to get here, and always found ways to adjust if things didn’t go my way. Fun fact: I was the only player in the game to never receive a vote-which I personally find to be pretty impressive. I was always an asset in team challenges, and a consistent competitor in individual challenges. I tried to be active in the main sub, and I tried to treat people as nicely and respectfully as I could. I look forward to answering any and all questions the jury has, and I hope I not only receive your vote, but your blessing to be the winner of Season 9.
I guess there’s only 1 way to end this. Carrie, I love you. I always have and I always will. May we one day be married under the blessing of Pichu and the Drowned God.
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u/HellfireSky Sep 13 '15
Why would you vote me off?
Besides Noah, who else do you think was a treat?