If I had to pick just one important move that got me in this final, I'm immediately torn between three options: First would be leaving every chat I was a part of on good terms after every interaction, especially early on. If anything was key to my survival early, it was that in the first half. Second, in the middle of the game, I knew I had to stop sitting with what I was doing and get something done, else I risked one of the other PBB veterans coming in and being here either instead of me or using me as an easy player to assert dominance over here. At this point, taking advantage of my chat with Sena was the way to do this, someone who reached out to me first after I waited so long to finally get the chance to talk to, and shared my thoughts about the game up to that point was what I needed. And that trust led to our alliance winning back to back comps and votes, allowing for almost exactly what I wanted. Third, knowing I was the logical boot for Dunk in the final week, I studied. I studied big to get those superlatives right, and it payed off, though not in a way I would've liked because of what happened for part 3 of the ToR, I really wish we'd been able to play that final part.
Overall, those three are all really the best moves that got me here, but I have to attribute both of the first two to one thing: Adaptation from previous games.
Over three years, and this being my 6th season, I finally learned my lesson and attempted to completely change how I played this game. What I emerged with, was more of an amalgamation of my previous style and what I was working towards in confidence, but I understand that after the events of week 2 that showed how human I was. I'm normally a cold, shy guy, in and out of this house, and I feel that has implications to it that I wanted to break from, so I put as much into that as possible. One thing I feel could've gone better for that was dealing with Tyler's walking better, or him not walking.
I would for sure say that changing my play style, in that regard, was the single biggest thing that got me here, even though I wanted to take it farther than what actually came of it.
