Burton's Opening Statement

[Jeff Probst]

Burton, post your opening statement here



ONLY BURTON CAN POST HERE

[Burton Roberts]

Hey, Jury it’s nice to see you guys back. Well this has been such an awesome game I have had the chance to meet a lot of new people and get to know other’s better. So it has been a great experience for me overall. I also believe I should win this game but I’ll explain that later.

Pre-Merge
At the beginning of the game we where divide into 4 tribes of 4. This meant that if you lost you had great chances of getting booted .So in attempt to stop that from happening to me I made an alliance with Bobby Jon that we will watch each other’s back if we ever went to tribal council. And I also had an agreement with Colleen for the same deal that we will watch each other’s back. But my tribe proved to be really strong and we manage to pull wins so we didn’t attend tribal council. When the switch came it was Colleen, I and Cirie with Ethan, Danielle, Greg and Jonathan. That’s when Colleen and I found out that Ethan wanted Danielle, Greg and Jon and himself to stick together to take us 3 out. So Colleen and I knew that we had to win every single challenge so we could survive merge. And it happen as we planned it we manage to win all the next challenges until merge.

Merge
When merge came around and the enemy twist was revealed it changed everything. My enemy was Stephenie so I knew that I needed to take her out as soon as possible. And I did my best and I manage to flip the vote from Greg to Steph in the first tribal council in merge. It sucked to keep an inactive but I had to make a move before she did so I did that to save my ass and get the idol. By that time I had an alliance with Morgan, Myself, Danielle with Colleen and Twila as our secure votes. In the next 2 tribal council the 2 in actives left went home Cirie and Greg. At final 9 the hard part started because at that point I liked everyone left in the game so it sucked to vote out anyone. So I had to choose Between saving Danielle or saving Ethan and I had to stay true to my alliance so I voted out Ethan. In final 8 the target was Jonathan for the reason that he was loose cannon but I was shock when the votes tie between Jon and Colleen because I didn’t see that coming. I didn’t get a chance to vote in the tie-breaker and Danielle decides to turn on our alliance and get rid of Colleen who was on our side. In Final 7 I made a side deal with Jon and Steph to go to final 3 and also carry Bobby Jon with us. So in tribal council I turned on my original alliance and I voted out Danielle who had become a little untrustworthy and she hadn’t voted with us in the past 2 tribal council which worried me. At final 6 I became the deciding vote between Steph and Twila when the votes tied. I had to make a decision stay with my original alliance or with my new alliance. At the end I had to stay true to my original alliance because that was my plan since the beginning so I had to vote out Steph. And I’m going to be honest that was my toughest decision because Steph and I where really close in this game and I really trusted her as an ally but I had to do what I had to. In the final 5 challenge Twila and I helped each other in the challenge so Twila could win and take out Bobby Jon with the twist. So basically we wanted to kill 2 birds with 1 stone Bobby Jon with the twist and Jon in the next tribal council. It worked out great Bobby Jon was voted out. At tribal council I told Jon that I was using the idol and that Morgan was too. So that meant he was the only option at that moment I didn’t want to vote him out because Morgan was a bigger threat but there was nothing I could do to prevent him from going. So eventually he was voted out.

So that was my trip all the way to the final 3. I do think I deserve to win because I played the Strategy and the Social game equally. If I can remember perfectly I didn’t get a single vote in this game against me. I played the strategy game because I had solid alliances with Twila and Morgan which I honored all the way because I never once lied to them or turned on them. And I made moves when need and when they benefited me the most. I also think I played the Social game because I talked to every single one of you’ll everyone trusted me that’s why no one ever voted for me. And that says a lot about my character and the way I played the game. I think this is all I’m sure you guys will make the right choice so good luck. And also good luck to Twila and Morgan you 2 girls where awesome allies and I love you’ll.