FINALE

[Charity]

Post thoughts below!

[Charity]

OKAY HERE ARE SOME THOUGHTS AHEAD OF THE FINALE -

Parting words for Chris - It's so sad that Chris went out via fire, because I think had he made it to the end he'd have a great shot at winning. I also believe FTC would've been more unpredictable had he made it. Chris had a lot of ups and downs this game, but his most impressive feat was literally converting his game from "dead man walking" in the second swap/early merge until a potential finalist. NOBODY wanted to work with Chris at this phase, yet he made it to final 4? His journey was crazy, and the fact that he recovered so well is nothing short of impressive. Good game Chris!


NOW FOR THE FINALISTS



Kyle was really stuck in a rock and a hard place for this vote. I think his desire to get Michael out made 100% sense, since he was always going to have an easier time for Chris. The flip side of this, however, is that winning fire to make the end was always going to impress the jury more than it was going to discredit the person who ended up winning. Kyle's move needed to be at 5, because that's when the jury would've put the most respect to his name. The problem was he didn't realize that Chris would have cut Robbie at 4, and he was likely under the assumption that he would have to go to fire if he made it with Robbie instead of Michael. Kyle has played a reaaaaaallly good game, and I think people are sleeping on Kyle's good game because he wasn't a flashy personality. He was pretty much in the know all of merge, even though he pretended like he wasn't. Because of this, he always had options in terms of who to work with. He was also NEVER the true target to leave this game, because he always had people ahead of him taking the limelight off his threat level. Despite some stumbles, Kyle was never one to shy away from trying to make big moves. I think he needs to really focus on Michael's lack of social game if he wants any shot at winning the game. I really have loved Kyle's game as a whole and I feel as if he would be a worthy winner.



I will say this until the end of time... the jury is SLEEPING on Kaitlyn because she has literally played an amazing game. As the most critical person in this VL.. this is a lot for me to say. Her moves with Michael have always been a partnership. In fact, she's was the one a few times who had to convince Michael of the moves. Look at the Nikki vote for example... Michael easily could've pushed something else, but Kaitlyn swayed HIM!! Was she a loyal player? Yes. But I believe that loyal gameplay gets such a negative stigma that Kaitlyn might have a hard time overcoming this stigma. Kaitlyn was strategic, loyal, and positioned herself with players where she was never going to go home. Heck, Chris tried and he failed! I don't predict a win for Kaitlyn tonight, but everyone sleeping on her is just plain tragic..... It seems like the VL as well as prejury love Kaitlyn, and I'm not shocked that she's the true hero of the season.



Last but not least... we have Michael Brady! Michael is the favorite going into this finale, which doesn't even shock me a little. In terms of strategic game, he and Kaitlyn dominated this game! The two factors that set Michael apart from Kaitlyn is A. He had such a big threat level and B. He has the Angelica vote which puts him as the only person in the game with a perfect voting record at merge. Michael was a paranoid mess at times, but his self awareness was off the charts and he always knew when his time was running out and when he needed to flip things. He was able to work with sworn enemies when it most made sense for him, and his timing for cutting them was perfect. A huge personality with a dominating game, and if he wins tonight he would be one of the greatest winners of the series. The worst part of his game, which was ignoring people when they didn't work with him, wasn't the best in terms of jury management, so he needs to explain to those people who felt burned why that was the best decision.

[currently reigning kilby]

what an awesome final tribal group. All would be great winners

I think Kaitlyn is my preferred winner. Been a fan since preseason and she exceeded my expectations. That said she made a critical error: Kaitlyn made the critical error of being a brilliant mind who was working with a shield. That logic fails if the shield is in the end with you. Kaitlyn had the shot to kill Michael at 4, and if she loses it is because she opted to not take it.

But Brady really did play this game with an immense amount of ferocity. Deserves a ton of credit for that. Some of the moves he made throughout were fucking AWESOME. 


Kyle is a cool dude but I do think is outclassed by the other 2. That said he is doing what I always push people to do at FTC which is just spin everything possible in your favour. I love what hes doing at FTC and think that deserves a ton of credit

[Charity]

Kyle and Kaitlyn are KILLING this FTC..... it's going to be waaay closer than I anticipated.