Draco Malfoy's Opening Statement

[JK Rowling]

Draco, you have 48 Hours to post your opening statement.

[Draco Malfoy]

Draco's Opening Statement:

Wow! I made it. I never truly expected to make it this far during this game. I think the first time I thought I had a chance was when Seamus successfully was voted out of the game. For me, when Susan won the final immunity challenge..it re-crushed my dreams of making it here but everything ended up working out for me now, obviously--I am here.

I came into this game to win, my representative was Draco Malfoy, and I needed to do it proud. We couldn't have a 1st boot being Draco Malfoy..just isn't right. I also came in with a stragety already set in place. I needed to team up with other active participates, because in the end those were the people that will make the merge and everything. I was happy when Susan approached me for the group of four--with Seamus and Myrtle. It was something that I was willing to work with, because we all seemed very active and wanting to play the game. At the start of the game, that is what counts..you want to keep around active people over inactive people. Throughout the start of the game, the portrait gallery was also something that was always talked about within the alliance. Susan was always able to escape the expulsion sessions by being the first one online to go in there, and she ended up finding the hidden immunity idol as well. This was the first time I really realized how much of a threat Susan was going to be to me in the game. She was the biggest player in the game, and she had Myrtle as an automatic alliance member..by knowing her before the game even started. Now, I came into this game 100% alone. Nobody was here that I knew would have my back 100% to the end of the game. The only person I knew a bit was Tonks, because we've played in a few games before together..in the past. However, I don't know her well enough to know if she'd always have my back..like Susan knew Myrtle. This is a huge advantage to have, the rest of us needed to have somewhat of a risk in the alliances we chose. We had to hope that the people we alligned with..weren't going to stab us in the back. With Susan, she automatically knew she had Myrtle with her, that she wouldn't be stabbed in the back.

Continuing onwards, during the merge was when I began to really try to go against this alliance. It was during the Fred boot. Fred was set on taking out Seamus as well, and I would have voted Seamus out that expulsion session. It all relied on Anthony, who denied it. The reason? Because Anthony liked Seamus to much. Well Anthony, the next round you then found out that Seamus didn't have the same want to keep you in the game..because Anthony was then the target, after trying to go after the alliance just like Fred did the round before. In my eyes, it was Anthony's fault he left the game that round. He could have easily avoided it by keeping Fred around, and taking out Seamus instead.

The second chance I had to try and take down this alliance was the round after Anthony left--Jeff's boot round. Again Jeff was set, just like Fred was, on taking down this alliance. For many of the same reasons I wanted to. This group outperformed us both in challenges and social ability when it came to the end game. Them three would have been the final three, and Jeff would have been fifth, I would have been fourth. That is the way we both seen it, and wanted to stop it from happening. Jeff was ready to get Tonks with us, and try once again to get rid of the alliance..however communication was all messed up and it didn't end up working out.

I'd like to note to both Fred and Jeff, that I think you both really trying to take them out, and realizing you had no chance to win without doing it..was the right thing to do for both of your games. Even if it wasn't the best thing to get a higher placing. It was the same thing I realized, I could have taken the easy route and stuck with the final four alliance, and my final four spot would have been a piece of cake to get..but would I have deserved it? Would I have felt like I really had a shot to win? No. With the two of you attempting to take them out, you were trying to take them out to better your spot in the game..and better your chance at winning, even if it ended up being yourself or the person you were targetting.

The final six was the huge chance I took, when I tried to take Seamus out. I knew Tonks had an idol, I knew Susan had an idol. Tonks/Ginny ended up voting for Seamus, Seamus ended up voting for Ginny, I ended up voting for Tonks. Tonks used her hidden immunity idol..we weren't sure at the time if Ginny was 100% going to vote out Seamus, so Tonks used her idol--I voted for Tonks because the vote wouldn't have counted. I also thought that Seamus was going to vote out Tonks? Was shocked when he ended up voting out Ginny.

I always ended up trying my best to cover up my success or failure after every expulsion session with Susan. I came up with some lie/excuse of what went down, or how people were lying. I said how Anthony lied, Fred, lied, Jeff lied, Tonks lied, etc. at various times in the game. I knew Susan had some sort of doubt within me, but I think that she needed to trust me because she gave her word to the alliance...I ended up convincing her, after Seamus was voted out, that Seamus shouldn't have voted out Ginny--but instead voted out Tonks..and that I was confused, etc. about what exactly went down.

Because I convinced her of how confused I was..I don't think she suspected Myrtle's boot the very next round. As soon as I won the final five immunity challenge, I copied all the IM's I had with Susan over to Ginny and Tonks that explained what Susan was going to do--they were all real, and nothing was faked in them. It was a conversation we had about Susan talking to Ginny about how Ginny would go farther then I would, and how Susan was going to take me out before her or something..and she was reassuring me that it wasn't true, the things she was telling Ginny. In addition, it also told that Susan was using the hidden immunity idol on herself, guaranteed. Because we knew that, us three teamed up and took out Myrtle, Susan's closest ally..which ultimately led to Susan being a lone person in the final four. She lost Seamus, and now she lost Myrtle--and she finally realized how much she was betrayed by me, and how much she didn't have Ginny/Tonks with her...instead they were voting with me.

She fought for the final four immunity challenge, which we all knew she would. It ended up being only myself and Susan getting over 300 posts..I think anyways? And I don't think anyone could have beaten Susan in that challenge, she wanted..and knew she needed it VERY badly. With her winning immunity, I thought I was 100% gone until she publicly announced the fact that her word was golden, and that she had to vote out Tonks. I think both Ginny and myself(though I can't speak for Ginny) used this as a chance to make it to the finals ourselves, and just joined with her to take out Tonks. I'd like to note though, the only thing standing in our way from making the final three, was that immunity challenge--that Susan ended up winning. If I would have won it, if Ginny would have won it, or if Tonks would have won it..Susan Bones would have gotten fourth place and final jury spot.

The main thing that I want to convince to the jury of why I should win this game is simple. We all needed to do one thing in this game, that was to take out this alliance. I was the only person to successfully do it. I was successfully able to keep the mission secert as well. I wasn't 100% noticed until after Myrtle was voted out of the game. Fred tried, Jeff tried--and I was going to help you both. I was behind Seamus leaving the game as well......these three moments were never caught that said that Draco was secretly apart of them..but I was. Susan stuck with her #1 ally and friend till the end, and won all the immunity challenges, aside from two. She was able to avoid expulsion sessions by slipping into the portrait gallery. I have one last thing to say about that. Is that the way any of us played this? To avoid expulsion sessions? No. In Survivor, in Big Brother. The main slogan you can get is that these are social games. If she won the final five immunity challenge, she would have never been to an expulsion session, but still would have made the final 3? That alone makes me wonder if she truly deserves to win a game where her vote was never counted during any of your exits. She never needed to take a stand, if she did or didn't is another thing, but she could have been a total mute and still gotten to the finals. She used her hidden immunity idol in the final 5, and was either in the portrait gallery or had immunity the other expulsion sessions..She would have never left. If I wanted to join a game where the person that won the most challenges won the game, i wouldn't have joined this..this is a social game, not a "Who can post the most, or do the most puzzles the fastest." Who won the most challenges? Susan. Who totally turned this game around half way through and bettered their chance to win the game? Draco. Ask away with your questions, I'll be happy to answer..but I think it will come down to who you think deserves to win in the end. The person who scored the challenges and stuck by her pre-game friend, or the person who didn't really know anyone and turned a game around that was almost set in Susan's favor from the get-go.

Good luck with your choice of who to win, and good luck with your questions. I just kind of wanted to sum up, the best I could..of how I ended up playing throughout the game. I didn't really know what else to wright. Ask any questions from above, I was probably talking in circles and made no sense. 0_0 Ask anything I left out, etc. ASK AWAY!! lol. Don't be shy!!

~Draco Malfoy~

[Susan Bones]

Hey Draco

I totally respect your game play, as I said before if I was on the jury you would have my vote to win, but.....I have heard twice that my game play wasn't "traditional" survivor style. The game itself is based yes Social gaming, but to take away merit for winning challenges whether requiring hard work, or dumb luck doesn't seem fair. Also when the portrait gallary was around at that point even outside of the gallary I wouldn't have been voted out as non actives were still everyones targets. I also did play a social game,There is not one person in the jury I didn't try to butterup, and befriend. I had lots of options. I could have very well stuck it out with Anthony and Jeff but I had made previous plans with the four. One thing I find funny is, two people so far have said yes I won stuff, but didn't play the game cause I was never vulnerable ( every challenge is your chance to secure your vulnerability, )mind you they have both claimed me the biggest threat, its one thing to get merit for taking out the biggest alliance, isn't it a step up to be that alliance.

All My Love Draco,

Susan

[Draco Malfoy]

The main thing with you winning all the challenges. It doesn't matter how much of a social game you played in addition to it..but the fact is you never needed to take a risk. You never needed to lie to anyone, therefore you can now sit here and say that you haven't lied to a single person. But what chance in the game did you have to lie to anyone? You never needed to vote at a expulsion session to the point where you could go home if the lie backfired. You were never vulnerable.

I don't think anyone will take away for the fact that the alliance you helped create was what everyone wanted out, but you also have to realize that your alliance and main stability in this game was fractured at final 6 and final 5, leaving you alone at final four...It didn't end up working for you, and it's the main thing you worked hard to keep going in the game.--It failed.

[Susan Bones]

Though I was in an alliance, the only goal of a players game is to make the finals and win, so far I havn't failed at that. I am sure the votes will tell. Good Luck. I am off to get some rest before answering Jury questions. Oh and JK I wont be around anytime Sunday cus of Easter. Just a heads up

[Draco Malfoy]

Yes, but you almost failed if you didn't win last rounds Immunity challenge. Good luck Susan.

Ohs! I doubt I'll be around on Easter either.