I don't think a vote for me would be in bad faith. Not only was the merge part of the game significantly larger than the prejury but the prejury had so many quick ejections and quits (not to mention our whole tribe died besides me, you, and bazz basically) that the way the season was working was inevitably hanging towards a large portion of johto dominance.
There was also a massive amount of variance for what could actually go on, which I know is how the end became a group that only voted together twice. More proof of this variance is the fact that for large portions of the merge I don't actually think there was a major threat to go - the only exception being Kebab imo who could have done it had she not been idolled out. Take the other players who were probably at the higher end of the favourites - jessica wasn't always a threat to win, bazz wasn't always a threat to win, and drew wasn't always threat to win. For the most part, players that were threats were contemporary.
This season had an extreme contrast in the players that were playing the game well versus the people that were bound to make ftc, and I understood that extremely well, and for a very long time. Especially with my vacation, I could see a way to keep being a really funny guy whilst playing the game in my own way, not having to take a backseat to other people like jakey or woofley, knowing that i could also afford to vote wrong often, a part of which came from my relationship with bazz, but id like to say im just naturally charming enough to do it

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Being able to stay in the loop for votes and alliances is an important part, but it's also important to see how the game's natural course benefits certain players and dynamics and how to play that to your advantage, which I did. No matter how much variance happened, I ensured every variance involved me getting to the end and having the people I wanted to be at the end. I was never here to coast, I played in my own way.