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  1. So, here we are again. It feels so surreal to be at this point in a gameshow again. I have to admit, this was definitely the hardest season that I have competed in thus far. At times, I wondered what I was doing in this gameshow because I felt like I didn’t quite belong. I know I had been (mostly) away from chat for a while, so I wasn’t sure how people still felt about me. It felt like things had changed. And then I realized that they did change, but it was for the best. We’ve all grown and changed as people over the years, but I think the one thing that hasn’t changed is the strong bond that we will alway share. I still feel like part of the family, and that’s something I’m truly grateful for. I’m also grateful for the opportunity to showcase my gangsta gameshow skills (very humble, I know) once again. However, this season didn’t go as expected for me. I always used to be one of the queens of challenges in previous gameshows, so it was hard for me to accept that things weren’t going as they had before. The challenges this season tested me, like when the Mafia lost team challenges after the first challenge, or when I was in the bottom. It challenged what I thought I was capable of, but in the end, I think I came out stronger than ever before. Once I realized what I needed to do, I put everything into Skool of Salem that I had, and I think it showed.
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  3. I feel that I deserve to be the winner of Skool of Salem for many reasons. In the entire season, Andre never won a challenge/idol. I think that the winner of Skool of Salem has to be strong enough to win a challenge on their own. Andre has not demonstrated his capabilities in this gameshow as a serious contender that dominates in challenges. Lew and I are both tied for the number of wins that we have. I think this shows that I am dedicated to this gameshow and putting all of my effort into it. In the Lingo challenge, I did everything within my power to make sure that I pulled off a win, and obviously my effort paid off when I won. I put hours of practice into challenges to increase my odds of emerging in victory. For the drawing challenge, Bumble and I practiced every single night for multiple hours, creating phrases, drawing pictures, and guessing (love your spider sweater, Bumble, by the way). Even when Zach wasn’t available every night, we still wanted to practice because we knew it would help our team. (Shoutout to Wook for being a gangsta and filling in for Zach when he wasn’t available to practice.) I think that is the kind of dedication that deserves to be rewarded. Winning isn’t always necessarily about skill, but also about how much you want something and how hard you’re willing to work to achieve it. For every single challenge, I have worked my butt off practicing and strategizing, even if it didn’t appear obvious. When the Seance challenge was first done, it took me 31 turns to reach the ghost. When Seance returned as a bottom 4 challenge, I took the experience that I had gained from the original challenge and learned from it. By using my mistakes to my advantage, I was able to shave down my number of turns almost in half to only 16 turns. When we did team challenges, the Mafia would always work together, no matter how many people were on, to practice as much as we could. I came up with strategies that I felt could help our team in challenges, such as in the first challenge, which we won. I was a team player who truly cared about everyone on my team, and I would’ve been willing to sacrifice my own safety in order to ensure theirs. It’s taking me a long time to write this comment, but that’s because I truly care about what I’m saying here. I put hours of dedication into this gameshow, and that is something that is worth recognition.
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  5. In addition, Lew has been in the bottom 2 (or bottom 4 in the 5th challenge) three times out of a possible seven. This shows that his efforts were often lackluster and he had to continually fight to just stay alive. A true contender should be at the top, not at the bottom almost 50% of the time. Andre was in the bottom 2 (or bottom 4 in the 5th challenge) two times, and I am tied with him for that. Being tied for the least bottom rankings shows how even if I didn’t always pull out a win, I was not a bad competitor. I held my own throughout the competition and when I did need to win to stay alive, I did. I haven’t been in the bottom since challenge 5, while Lew was in the bottom in challenge 6, and both Lew and Andre were in the bottom in challenge 7 (if Zach hadn’t left for camp). This shows that over the past few weeks, I have fought harder than ever before, including winning last week’s challenge. Lew and Andre, on the other hand, have struggled to stay alive at the end. In fact, if Zach hadn’t been eliminated due to having to go to camp, then either Lew or Andre wouldn’t even be in the finale, while I definitely would have been. I have valiantly fought my way to the end, while Andre and Lew have lost their momentum and strength when it is required the most.
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  7. Even though they were both due to personal reasons, Lew and Andre both missed a challenge. I have made it a priority to attend every challenge and make sure that it is completed in time. When I knew I had something going on that would prevent me from being on at the time of the challenge, I promptly notified Peng and Cam so that another arrangement could be worked out. When I went on vacation last week, I made sure that I had time to complete the challenge. I took time out of my vacation on Wednesday night, when I knew I could be available, to complete the Lingo challenge. Over the summer, there are many things I could do on a Friday night, but I knew what I needed to do. I put in hours and hours of practice throughout the week, woke up at 3:00am to read challenge posts, read all of the posts thoroughly instead of skimming through them, and planned accordingly to make sure I was able to demonstrate my abilities every week. I put Skool of Salem high on my list of priorities, which is a reason why I think I deserve to be the winner of Skool of Salem.
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  9. Throughout Skool of Salem, and every other gameshow that I have competed in, I have shown that I am a force to be reckoned with. I put my heart and soul into everything that I do. I think that my actions in Skool of Salem have solidified that. Even when I was losing, I never gave up. I fought to be where I am today, just as I have in every other gameshow. I want this more than anyone ever has, because I want to finally prove that I am indeed worthy of being crowned the winner of a CpSkool gameshow.
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  11. Also, I’m basically the queen of “the running joke that Penny Mickey, otherwise known as Penny, tends to get victory ripped out of her arms once she gets close to it,” as Peng put it in the challenge 7 results post. You don’t really want to do that to me again, do you? ;)
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  13. I want to say thank you to Peng, Cam, and all of the other contestants. Without all of you, I don’t know where I’d be. Peng and Cam, thank you so much for all of the effort that you’ve put into planning and executing Skool of Salem. I know there’s been some bumps in the road and none of this is easy, but I am truly grateful for your dedication to this gameshow and I hope you know how much I, and everyone else, appreciates it. To Andy, Shannon, Zach, and Damon - thank you for being some of the most incredible teammates I could’ve asked for. I know we got defeated more than we should have, but I wouldn’t have wanted anyone else on my team. I’d pick you guys in a Mafia fight any day. You are some of the strongest players and people that I know and I love you. To Bailey, Swimy, and Bumble - thank you for being such strong adversaries to battle against. I know we weren’t on the same side (except Bumble for like a week which was Gucci because we all know the Mafia is the place to be), but I had an amazing time fighting against you. You are all such strong players and people as well and it was my honor to play against you. To Andre and Lew - I wish you the best of luck in the finale. Regardless of the outcome, you both deserve to be in the finale and it is a privilege to fight against you. I have the utmost respect for both of you. You are great players and definitely some of the toughest competition I’ve ever faced. If one of you win, congratulations.
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  15. This isn’t me trying to suck up, but a genuine thank you to all of you. I have loved getting to reconnect with you guys this summer, and I hope we stay close friends for a very long time. I love you guys so so so so so much and no matter what happens, I know I’ll always look back at Skool of Salem, as well as all the other times I’ve spent with you guys over the years, with fond memories.
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