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Chapter 21; Final Tribal Council
Topic Started: Jul 25 2014, 07:42:08 AM (76 Views)
Mrs. Figg
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I'm feeling a little less bad about the game now. This will probably change when I see the jury questions, but for now things are ok. I'm honestly thrilled that I've managed to get further than third. I don't have high hopes for winning, but I'll give it my best shot. My opening statement will probably be quite different from what I was originally planning though.
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Mrs. Figg
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My desire to win this game is incredibly low right now.
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Dumbledore
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:(
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Mrs. Figg
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Thank you guys! I am back on track!
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The following is my planned closing statement. If you like, feel free to post it on my behalf when you give the go ahead. Otherwise, I will do so myself later.

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First off, I'd like to thank the mods for transforming one of my favourite possible themes into such a fantastic game, the players for providing some truly great experiences, and the amazing spectator who posted crazy cat lady gifs in my confessional when I needed them most. As conflicted as I will feel about this game afterwards, I had a lot of fun throughout most of it, and I am looking forward to reading through the confessionals once this is all over.

Obviously, this is my last chance to convince you all to vote for me. If you plan not to vote for me because you believe I didn't play the strongest game, then this is where I attempt to convince you otherwise. If you plan not to vote for me for other reasons, then I respect that, but I don't think I'll be able to change your mind.

As I have mentioned a few times throughout this final tribal council, a large part of my game was focused on achieving a large spread of strong connections, for both the purposes of information and influence, and most of all, safety. Keeping myself safe was one of my top priorities throughout the game, because if you're not safe, you might get eliminated, and if you get eliminated, you're out (in most cases). As previously mentioned, I acquired dominant positions in my pre-merge tribes, and during the early merge, I had almost everyone wanting to work with me. My weakest connections at the time were to Snape and Tonks, but to my knowledge I wasn't a primary target of either of them.

And so, I knew most of what was going on in the game. I knew that those from the Order considered a pagonging of sorts a very real possibility, I was the first to find out that Madame Hooch was not as keen for this as she first appeared, I knew about Fenrir's Expelliarmus long before he decided to reveal it to me and that Luna was looking at turning on Tonks a while before those such as Neville did. All of this, in addition to all the information about alliances I received allowed me to have an idea of which paths to the end would be viable for me, and which would most likely result in me being voted out before FTC.

At the same time, because of the extent of my connections, I needed to prevent it all from blowing up on me, and manage my alliances well. I used my knowledge of who was likely close to whom to inform my decisions on what to reveal to people. I worked hard to maintain the fiercely loyal image I strove for in Durmstrang. Whenever I made decisions (e.g. the Myrtle vote) that were likely to upset others, I made sure I expressed enough discomfort with the alternative beforehand and underwent damage control appropriately to keep myself as a possible ally in their minds and maintain my loyal image. And in my opinion most importantly, I made sure to reveal to no one the full extent of my connections. By doing this I believe I managed to ensure my path to the end of the game, while not being seen as a threat. Hagrid thought that I was relying on an F3 with him and Luna. Fenrir thought that Neville had the F2 deal with Hagrid and not me. I didn't have Neville and Hagrid thinking I was a big threat and asking for my elimination, and whichever F3 I chose after I won PoV at F4 would have likely involved my progression to the F2 no matter what. This was important for me due to my limited time to spend on challenges, both because of RL commitments and my timezone.

And finally, I set myself up so that I was in a position of very secure safety, no matter what twists and turns the game took, regardless of whether a particularly ally proved unreliable or disloyal. The most vulnerable I ever felt was at F5, where Neville would have had the option to work with Hagrid and Peeves over Fenrir and myself, and it was Fenrir that was their target here, not me, so my worst-case scenario still involved me surviving another round. No matter which alliance dominated the early merge, having Snape eliminated ensured that I would be a fairly central part of whichever one it was, whether it be composed of primarily Death Eaters, Order members, or a mixture of the two. I was never voted for (unless you count the F3 EC) and I was never nominated, and I believe that showcases the level of safety that I achieved for myself throughout the game, and how I left as little as possible to chance in getting myself here.
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If I get a vote, I will feel over the moon. :)
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I need to get Nyalite back, form a F2 alliance with her, and then maybe one of us can win one. :)
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Cockatrice, I plan to stick by Neville until the very end, no matter what happens (and I actually mean it this time).


I should read through my past confessionals more often. :(
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