I guess some quick thoughts
ON MY CHANCESI think a lot of this depends on which of Wario and Falc wins the duel. I think my chances are better against Wario for sure. But either way, I have a good case. That said, this is probably the least confident I've felt going into a FTC. Like I think I have a decent to good shot- but I guess I'd be less surprised than other times if I rock up to FTC and it's not the vibe I'm hoping for. Being in a final 3 makes it more ambiguous too- just too many dynamics at play.
I also recognised I had quite a few messy moments- even though I think
ARENA is all about recovery, and nobody has a flawless game here. But there's a few things I know I will have to explain and
SPIN my way- much of the endgame, the
BLUE HELL drama. If people like ya, they forgive that stuff and getting to the end is enough. And I believe my social game has been good- but the best? Dunno. I think I have had more control than Falco. I've had more social chops than Wario. I just think I weaselled my way in here by being slippery and forceful and flexible- and even with some mess, I think that deserves some cred.
Yosh is kinda the question mark. My only gripe will be if I get shit for not getting rid of him and for playing along with his game or what-not. Cos it just ain't true- Yosh was always expendable to me, I have voted him out, and he went in 4 times, but he won. Plus, he was immune at those last 2 votes- so opportunity was limited regardless. If people wanna reward Yosh for his out of the box approach, that's well and good, but I wouldn't wanna be punished for supposedly playing into it. That's a narrative I'm gonna have to fight. Especially with avoiding duels being a necessity to me, I think it'd be unfair to paint me with that brush when I was always exploring every option. Yosh was just another ally same as anyone else I was working with.
ON THE JOURNEY
Just being at FTC is crazy! Win or lose, making the end 3/3 in my past 3
ARENA games- this is definitely my format, that's for sure. No idea how I pulled it off, but I somehow pulled it off. That in itself is a huge achievement, and still not even really processing it, after going from a possible 5th to now FTC in the space of a few hours. Especially after that first week, geez. Can't say I didn't work for it.
If I don't win- I'll be at peace. This was my first male rep, why not get another first. First FTC loss, I can take that- cos this is a pretty epic runner-up performance in itself. But dammit, I wanna win. How could I not? After a month playing this, and playing so hard, I really wanna win, and then go on a huge ORG hiatus. I think my desire to win is as high as any other time, but I'm just more accepting of the possibility that it might not happen here. I have to lose FTC at some point, right?
Hopefully Wario pulls this out, but either way- ready to fight. Gotta work on my speech. I do enjoy the speech! I really hope nobody ID's me. That has been a worry, since a) I'm sure some are expecting I'm in here somewhere as this is an obvious game I'd sign up for, and b) there were 4 female reps in this game lol. Like this was my
ONE opportunity to be a shocking reveal, I hope it ain't ruined. But a pretty and well formatted speech might be the tipoff.
Final thought- getting to all 15 of the planned threads.
Another thing I never thought I'd accomplish. Visualise, people!
F-ZERO X finally getting its dues! And just playing
CAPTAIN FALCON to begin with- I'm so glad it ended up this way. Just been so fun to play, very refreshing for me, and you can't have a Smash game without him. He's just kind of a goof at the end of the day, and my intention was to be a force of harmless good vibes. Of course
THE GAME always intensifies things, and I'll always be a paranoid and messy wreck, but I hope that element of the performance came through at the end of the day.
That's all for now. Time for a break.
DEATH RACE 
It would not be only for CF.