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amanda HAS been playing the game since the beggining. She is the biggest fan of the show out of all the favourites except for Eliza (and she is probably a bigger fan than all those "fans"), of course she knows how to play the game.

showmance alliance
Starting to use the ozzy relationship to her advantage (episode 2)
Bringing Cirie over into their alliance
Her and Cirie calling the shots on Malakal
With the Ozzy boot, that was the only time she was on the outside of a boot. Cirie even said in the next episode that Amanda was going to vote ozzy out, just not yet. obviously her and cirie had planned this
Knowing to stick with the parv/cirie alliance because she'd lose in a james/erik/jason situation
This entire most recent episode

Obviously Cirie and Parvati have been playing ever since the start too, all 3 girls are great strategists.

The thing which confuses people is when power plays are made.

Cirie made one first, getting rid of Yau (Although you can hardly call simply switching the vote a power play, lots of people have done that)
Parv (and cirie too) made one getting rid of Ozzy, which Parvati set up by making her alliance with Nat/Alexis.
Amanda made one this most recent episode, when she tricked everyone into not splitting their votes between her and parv, effectively saving the two of them and getting rid of that seahag jury threat AND thoroughly impressing and working the jury at the same time.

All three are great, I'm not about to go into who I think is better, but I think all 3 are hugely deserving of the win, and would be much better than over half the survivor winners we've had previously.