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[Lightning]

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[Lightning]

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, why I feel I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way that helped me get here to sit before you in this final 2. I new I would be threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various turns and twists in the middle of the game. Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I used our connection at every step and when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and she became someone I new in my heart had the idol from Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb place, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our connection and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved Balthier in this and I hope he can forgive me for not playing an idol on him. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just got there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, why I feel I should win your votes here tonight.



I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way that helped me get here to sit before you in this final 2. I new I would be threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.



Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various turns and twists in the middle of the game.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.



Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I used our connection at every step and when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and she became someone I new in my heart had the idol from Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb place, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen.



But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our connection and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.



I loved Balthier in this and I hope he can forgive me for not playing an idol on him. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols.









I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.









Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...



Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.



At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.



And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.









In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.



Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, why I feel I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way that helped me get here to sit before you in this final 2. I new I would be threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various turns and twists in the middle of the game.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I used our connection at every step and when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and she became someone I new in my heart had the idol from Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb place, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our connection and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved Balthier in this and I hope he can forgive me for not playing an idol on him. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

Jun 30, 2014 8:20:20 GMT -5 Lightning said:

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way that helped me get here to sit before you in this final 2. I new I would be threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various turns and twists in the middle of the game.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I used our connection at every step and when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and she became someone I new in my heart had the idol from Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb place, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our connection and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved Balthier in this and I hope he can forgive me for not playing an idol on him. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

Jun 30, 2014 8:21:23 GMT -5 Lightning said:

Jun 30, 2014 8:20:20 GMT -5 Lightning said:

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way that helped me get here to sit before you in this final 2. I knew I would be threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various turns and twists in the middle of the game.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I used our connection at every step and when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and she became someone I new in my heart had the idol from Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb place, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our connection and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved Balthier in this and I hope he can forgive me for not playing an idol on him. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way which helped to get me here sitting before you. I knew I would be threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and be placed onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various twists and turns in the middle of the game. I always made sure I was safe on various fronts.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to do to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I used our connection at every step and when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and she became someone I new in my heart had the idol from Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb place, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our connection and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved Balthier in this and I hope he can forgive me for not playing an idol on him. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC speech as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way which helped to get me here sitting before you. I knew I would be a threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and be placed onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various twists and turns in the middle of the game. I always made sure I was safe on various fronts.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to do to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I used our connection at every step and when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and she became someone I new in my heart had the idol from Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb place, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our connection and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved Balthier in this and I hope he can forgive me for not playing an idol on him. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC speech as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way which helped to get me here sitting before you. I knew I would be a threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and be placed onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various twists and turns in the middle of the game. I always made sure I was safe on various fronts.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to do to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I worked with him at every step. And when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge, he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and that she would became a problem later. She was also someone I suspected had the Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb forum, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen. She was the player I feared most in this game and who I saw winning if I was taken out.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our trust and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved you in this Balthier and I hope you can forgive me for not playing one of my idols on you. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you as you were the only one they could pm, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols. You know I didn't want you gone.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each that I was able to play the game I played and dominate and weave my way to the end with people knowing how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC speech as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way which helped to get me here sitting before you. I knew I would be a threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and be placed onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various twists and turns in the middle of the game. I always made sure I was safe on various fronts.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to do to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I worked with him at every step. And when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge, he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and that she would became a problem later. She was also someone I suspected had the Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb forum, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen. She was the player I feared most in this game and who I saw winning if I was taken out.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our trust and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved you in this Balthier and I hope you can forgive me for not playing one of my idols on you. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you as you were the only one they could pm, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols. You know I didn't want you gone.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.

I do realize that I would have had more votes going in against Cloud. But by taking Vivi I wanted to prove to myself and to people like Tidus, who I had an early final 2 with, that if he had stayed true to what we had initially planned that I wouldn't have been afraid to take him to the end with me and that I would have valued our alliance like I've done with Vivi, enough to not cut his throat after promising to take him since the early merge. I believed that if I could make it into the final 3 and position myself to where I had the deciding factor of who to take and who to cut that by getting into that position I would have had to have played the best game I could and believed that no matter who I went up against that I could still win this game.

I hope you can respect that decision. And also respect that even if I didn't win the final immunity challenge that I had faith that I still had a chance at getting either of my opponents to take me. But I didn't want to let it go to chance and posted 5,333 times to ensure I would make the final 2, nearly 1000 more than my opponents.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges (5 Wins to Vivi's 0) to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each to where I was able to play the game I played, dominate and weave my way to the end, with people saying how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC speech as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way which helped to get me here sitting before you. I knew I would be a threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and be placed onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various twists and turns in the middle of the game. I always made sure I was safe on various fronts.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to do to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I worked with him at every step. And when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge, he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and that she would became a problem later. She was also someone I suspected had the Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb forum, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen. She was the player I feared most in this game and who I saw winning if I was taken out.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our trust and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved you in this Balthier and I hope you can forgive me for not playing one of my idols on you. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you as you were the only one they could pm, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols. You know I didn't want you gone.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.

I do realize that I would have had more votes going in against Cloud. But by taking Vivi I wanted to prove to myself and to people like Tidus, who I had an early final 2 with, that if he had stayed true to what we had initially planned that I wouldn't have been afraid to take him to the end with me and that I would have valued our alliance like I've done with Vivi, enough to not cut his throat after promising to take him since the early merge. I believed that if I could make it into the final 3 and position myself to where I had the deciding factor of who to take and who to cut that by getting into that position I would have had to have played the best game I could and believed that no matter who I went up against that I could still win this game.

I hope you can respect that decision and also respect that even if I didn't win the final immunity challenge that I still had faith in my chances of getting either of my opponents to take me. But I didn't want to leave anything to chance, so I posted 5,333 times, nearly 1000 more than my opponents, to ensure I would make the final 2.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Seph and going to the very end with these people and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed and I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me, something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges (5 Wins to Vivi's 0) to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each to where I was able to play the game I played, dominate and weave my way to the end, with people saying how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC speech as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way which helped to get me here sitting before you. I knew I would be a threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and be placed onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various twists and turns in the middle of the game. I always made sure I was safe on various fronts.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to do to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I worked with him at every step. And when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge, he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and that she would became a problem later. She was also someone I suspected had the Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb forum, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen. She was the player I feared most in this game and who I saw winning if I was taken out.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our trust and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved you in this Balthier and I hope you can forgive me for not playing one of my idols on you. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you as you were the only one they could pm, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols. You know I didn't want you gone.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.

I do realize that I would have had more votes going in against Cloud. But by taking Vivi I wanted to prove to myself and to people like Tidus, who I had an early final 2 with, that if he had stayed true to what we had initially planned that I wouldn't have been afraid to take him to the end with me and that I would have valued our alliance like I've done with Vivi, enough to not cut his throat after promising to take him since the early merge. I believed that if I could make it into the final 3 and position myself to where I had the deciding factor of who to take and who to cut that by getting into that position I would have had to have played the best game I could and believed that no matter who I went up against that I could still win this game.

I hope you can respect that decision and also respect that even if I didn't win the final immunity challenge that I still had faith in my chances of getting either of my opponents to take me. But I didn't want to leave anything to chance, so I posted 5,333 times, nearly 1000 more than my opponents, to ensure I would make the final 2.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Sephiroth, and going to the very end with these people, and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me. They were too close and something had to be done. Then something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity for a friend which I later played on him. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one so my idols could be used on others and not me in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges (5 Wins to Vivi's 0) to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each to where I was able to play the game I played, dominate and weave my way to the end, with people saying how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.

[Lightning]

First of all I would like to thank Kimahri and Selphie for putting together this game and for asking me to be apart of it. I've had an incredible experience here and I owe it to them and to all of you for making this game one of the most fun orgs I've had the pleasure of playing in. I've tried to make my FTC speech as short and succinct as I could, addressing the main reasons why I believe I played the best game, a better game than my opponent, and why I feel as though I should win your votes here tonight.

I came into this game wanting to play an aggressive, strategic, social game that didn't need to be hidden or concealed. I made early alliances, early connections which held throughout the whole of the game, and new connections all along the way which helped to get me here sitting before you. I knew I would be a threat entering into the merge, but I also knew that I had enough connections through my social game and enough ties to the other tribe that I could effectively play both sides while remaining loyal to the people I wanted to go to the end with, which I feel I have. Wakka, Vanille, Tifa all produced valuable targets that could for the early stages of the merge take eyes off of me and be placed onto them. I utilized this to full effect and played a heavy hand in each of their boots.

Wakka claimed to have special powers, similar to the powers and items I held in my possession but kept secret so as not be targeted as he was. Whether he lied about these powers or not is still up for debate, but I believe him talking about them with the wrong people got him voted out and made him a huge target at the merge, where as I kept secret my vote doubler, and my two Hidden Immunity Idols, allowing me to get far enough into the game where I could use them effectively to not only progress myself, but my allies as well. Which was a key component to my game. I knew I needed to bring the people who trusted me the furthest so I could have the best chance at getting to where I am now and I believe I did that quite effectively despite various twists and turns in the middle of the game. I always made sure I was safe on various fronts.

Vanille was an easier person to boot as she rubbed everyone the wrong way. As for Tifa, she was incredible in the challenges and someone I respected in that department above everyone else in the game. I also knew that with her out of the picture I would have a better chance at winning the immunities I eventually went on to win, which I would need to do to help secure my allies safety in the game. I knew with my two idols that I didn't need to win the immunity challenges, but I also knew that if I didn't then the people I needed out would, and then my allies would be in danger, so I did my best at every chance and became a massive threat to win most of the challenges as we progressed and took out the people who could have a chance at beating me in them.

Balthier played a huge part in my game. From early on on Balamb I considered him one of my closest allies right alongside Tidus, who we both agreed we would go to the final 3 with before the swap happened and dynamics shifted. I loved Balthier when others didn't, and I worked with him at every step. And when he was kidnapped over to us pre-merge, he divulged almost everything about the dynamics of the nu-balamb tribe and that helped me plan ahead accordingly, specifically with my husband vivi, who will we get to later. Come the merge I knew through Balthier and Vanille that Tidus was too close to Terra and that she would became a problem later. She was also someone I suspected had the Galbadia. If she could crack into the Balamb forum, then she could do so at Galbadia as well. So I wanted her gone after the other three as I felt she would ruin my connection with Tidus, which did happen. She was the player I feared most in this game and who I saw winning if I was taken out.

But Balthier was concerned about Tidus and Terra's connection as well and through our trust and close talks of always wanting each other in the end game, he came over and told me about the final 4 alliance on nu-balamb that excluded me, and that's when plans had to be set in motion to take out Seph and later Terra and Tidus. I had wanted Terra out here, but Balthier and Vivi wanted to play it safe and take out Seph who no one felt an idol would be played on. If only we had taken Terra out here so much of the worry mid game would have been gone and Balthier might not have went out in the horrible way he did.

I loved you in this Balthier and I hope you can forgive me for not playing one of my idols on you. I knew that it logically made sense that they would vote out Cloud or Vivi and there was no chance they'd vote for you as you were the only one they could pm, and they didn't. You left without receiving a single vote and I hope you can forgive me for that. I didn't think they could both have idols. You know I didn't want you gone.




I know a lot of people might be questioning why I took Vivi over Cloud in the end when Cloud himself thought he wouldn't get any votes at FTC, and that's a fair question with a complex answer. Vivi and I were the first two people to go to Exile Island together. But we didn't just go there once, we shared that experience twice and in that time we got married. Husband Vivi. Wifey Lightning. We had a honeymoon that we don't remember because of all the rum we consumed, but it had to have been something special because that connection became my strongest one in the game. Our secret, not-so-secret showmance was one of my favorite things about this experience. We shared our love in private messages and we shared it through songs and dance and football and strategy. He was my rock in this game and I did everything in my power to make sure we made it to this point together. I won every challenge I needed to and used up every power I had because he had my complete trust and I had his.

I do realize that I would have had more votes going in against Cloud. But by taking Vivi I wanted to prove to myself and to people like Tidus, who I had an early final 2 with, that if he had stayed true to what we had initially planned that I wouldn't have been afraid to take him to the end with me and that I would have valued our alliance like I've done with Vivi, enough to not cut his throat after promising to take him since the early merge. I believed that if I could make it into the final 3 and position myself to where I had the deciding factor of who to take and who to cut that by getting into that position I would have had to have played the best game I could and believed that no matter who I went up against that I could still win this game.

I hope you can respect that decision and also respect that even if I didn't win the final immunity challenge that I still had faith in my chances of getting either of my opponents to take me. But I didn't want to leave anything to chance, so I posted 5,333 times, nearly 1000 more than my opponents, to ensure I would make the final 2.




Coming into the merge I had planned on working with Vivi and Tidus and Balthier and Cloud and Sephiroth, and going to the very end with these people, and having a final four of Vivi, Tidus, and Balthier. But as the game progressed I became more and more aware of Tidus' affections for Terra and my inability to get him back with me. They were too close and something had to be done. Then something wonderful happened...

Vivi told me about his items. It happened slowly and over a few days, but he revealed to me that he had an item from Tifa that could nullify someone's vote. He also on another occasion told me he got an item that acted as immunity for a friend which I later played on him. Every time he revealed an item to me, I revealed one of mine to him and he kept it a secret and that trust was doubled. Now at this time I had two idols and a vote doubler and the person I trusted most in this game and who was showing that trust to me by revealing this now had two items as well. There was absolutely nothing in the game that I saw that could stop us from making it to the final 3 together.

At final 6 my two idols would be up. So I planned on trying my best to win immunity and if not use his other immunity to save him if he was ever in trouble. If we made it to the final 6, which we did, then we would make it to the final 3 in my game plan. I would play both of my idols on myself and on him. We would be into the final 5. Then even if I hadn't cultivated the strong relationships I ended up cultivating with Cloud and Balthier, if one of them did want to turn on us, we had a vote doubler and a nullifier (not knowing there were items that canceled these) and so we thought we were assured passage through the final 5 as well. So then we'd be in the final 4 and I trusted vivi to tie it here as I would have for him, so we would be into the final 3 barring the challenge and I believed in myself and in him that one of us would win and take the other.

And that's what happened, besides a few hiccups in the middle where I ended up winning almost every immunity after Tifa left except one. This allowed me to us my idols on my allies and not ever have to use them on myself when they expired in that final 6 round.




In closing, I hope you can respect the dominant game I played. I was a social, strategic, and physical threat. But I used my social connections, my strategy, and my ability to win challenges (5 Wins to Vivi's 0) to take me to where I needed to go. I played hard. I found idols. I got items. I made new allies and I worked with old ones. I loved this game and I loved the experience. I hope you can find it in you to vote for me to win. I believe I mastered all three aspects of the game. I may not have been the absolute best at a single category, but I feel as though I was the most well rounded and was good enough in each to where I was able to play the game I played, dominate and weave my way to the end, with people saying how much of a threat I was as early as the final 10.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to answering any of your questions.