THE LIST - A Winner is You?

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hi i'm a thing

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wait yeah why is it all doctor who in here
i'm not complaining but why

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Oh, yeah. Aim is Drench394, and you can pm too

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It's actually aedst not edt js

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bet ur all* regretting not sending me a message now

*a phrase here meaning "bet 0-15 of u r"

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Eh, did somewhat bad(ish), I think, but it would've nagged me to stop before I found all.

AND DAMN YOU SCIGATT AND DRENCH >_> Took me like 15 mins to find you

i am a man of mystery

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soz if i told u i was around 3

i wanted it to be a surprise
hence the mystery

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Will we find out how the judges ranked at some point?

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Xalxe are you here literally right now because I am cool to do it literally right now

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guess not

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Ser Arthur Dayne, Xalxe, Members of the Jury, and Honourary Member of the Jury Beyoncé Knowles,

I don't know what Ser Arthur Dayne has to say, but I'm a man of few words, as the first List was also. I'm happy to be here, but at the same time, I do want to win. Given that, though, this game is really difficult to summarize in terms of strategy, I'm finding! So, a few quick words, and then I'm sure you guys have questions. I'll address two areas briefly: challenges, and the social aspect. I will be making arguments as to why I believe I played better than Ser Arthur, in the hope that you vote me the winner of the List. Thank you, in advance, for humouring me.

Challenge:

Obviously, there's not much strategy in Challenges beyond doing well. But, I do want to draw attention to my record when compared to Ser Arthur Dayne's:

Round	Drench	SAD
1	5th	15th
2	7th	12th
3	1st	2nd
4	3rd	1st
5	5th	2nd
6	3rd	5th
7	1st	3rd

I beat SAD in a majority of challenges, and collected more 1sts than him, while also maintaining a better placing average both overall (of 3.6th compared to 5.7th) and when adjusted for the number of players still in the competition (of the top 37% of the field compared to the top 56%). I believe that I'm able to say that my challenge game was superior to Ser Arthur's.

Social:

My social game was simple in its construction, but I believe I made all the difference in my making it here.

Early in the game, I allied with Scigatt. Scigatt would become one of my closest allies, and we together decided to form a voting coalition, who would keep each other at the top of our lists to ensure that none of us went home. The coalition was expanded to include SoraAdvent and xtopherusD (more on that later). This strategy worked well: the only eliminations that happened (bar the final round) were from challenge last places, which obviously the Lists don't have an effect on.

In the final round, however, my game became a little more complex. I learned that xtopherusD had promised both TS and myself his first on his list. Obviously, that's a bit impossible. I felt like I wasn't able to trust xtopherus any more, which is why he isn't standing next to me here today. I put SAD first as I believed I had a better chance of winning next to him, to put it bluntly. I'm not about to lie and say it was for another reason, though.

Fairly brief, I know, and without a torchwalk, which I apologize for (I'm incredibly tired, and it will come, but I don't think I can do it justice now.) So, with that, and after Ser Arthur's comments, I'll open the floor to you guys. Thank you for your consideration

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Drench: If you found out about xtopherusD after F6, what did you do outside of the alliance and challenges to ensure victory?(As I recall, I was the most proactive in organizing the alliance.)
If not, why didn't you tell me about xtopherusD?

I found out about xtopherus during my F4 negotiations. I didn't make moves outside the alliance - as far as I was concerned, the alliance was a solid method of getting to F4, and I wasn't going to set up a situation in which I would have to overbook my List, so to speak. Dealing outside the alliance, for me, wasn't acceptable considering I was a part of it.

Drench: Had I said I'd put you top of my list at F4 would you have done likewise to me, or did you still view me as too dangerous to have in F2 (and why did you think that the case?)

This question's difficult for me to answer partly because of the countless ways I could have gone because of our conversation, but I'll try. The thought of Listing with an eye towards the Jury instead of an eye towards my allies didn't occur to me until you said xtopherus had promised you his top spot. At that point, I had him first and you second, considering he was my ally and I had talked to you more than Ser Arthur. Had you said I was first on your list, I most likely would have put you first in return: although all four players in the F4 ostensibly played well to get there, xtopherus played an excellent game, and going up against him in F2 is a daunting concept. But, as it were, I had my doubts about xtopherus, which led me to consider a strategic List instead. Hopefully that covers it.

Drench: What made you believe Twistedspoon over me? I mean, why would you assume that I was lying to an ally, and not just furthering my (and, by logical extension, your) place in the final challenge?

I didn't know who to believe, but, in the end, I decided that it was better to use a strategic List anyway. I didn't want to take the chance that TS was right, especially since if he was, I would be at the top of exactly no Lists - not a good place to be.

Why do you think you should win? and what do you think your competitor did well?

Personally, I think I've played a better game than Ser Arthur in the two areas where it counts: getting high Listings and good Challenge placements. I've tried to be as loyal as I could - I, obviously, have a reputation for being stabby at a moment's notice, but I think my play this game was a radical departure from that. Ser Arthur, I think, and especially in the later rounds, really could bring it in challenges - grabbing three straight top two's is no mean feat, and while his early results were lower, I think he really showed improvement across the game.

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Oh well, a double win probably was hoping for a bit too much.

Congrats, SAD, and thanks to everyone, it was a fantastic game. Thanks especially to Cybele, Scigatt and Twistedspoon, your jury votes will feed my family for winters to come.

xalxe u got some shit comin boy

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Well you didn't rig it so that I won 7-0
It's the only fair thing after totally stealing S:SI from me duh

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tears don't bounce