Post by Justin Sebik on Feb 3, 2011 10:56:01 GMT -6
Thank you to the host and HCs for such an awesome game. Thank you Annie for always being a loyal partner. Thank you Jury for creating such an entertaining game and making me sweat. Oh and fuck you Pre-Jury, I don't need to kiss your ass for a vote so I'm not saying anything nice.
Jury,
People have won this game for different reasons and none of you are being held to vote in any particular way. Ask your jury questions to help you make up your mind, for now, here is a summary of my gameplay.
I tried to befriend everyone to the best of my ability Week 1. Got quickly hounded by Jacob into an alliance with him, Adam, Ryan, and (somewhat) Mike. I was getting much closer to Annie, Jen, and April at that point and was starting to seriously distrust my alliance...so halfway through the first HOH comp I sent a lengthy PM to the girls to explain to them the situation and what will happen if we don't all band together in the HOH. I also sent a long PM to Mike because he was a bit outside the Jacob, Ryan, Adam core like I was and I thought I could get him on my side. The plan worked and at the end the final 2 of the competition (like the final 2 in the game) were Annie and I. April had to select the next HOH and she selected Annie. The rest you know.
After such an active first week I decided that I should take it easy for the rest of the early weeks before I become too much of a threat. April got expelled, Ryan quit, Kail and Kaysar were evicted all without very much input from me.
I did however gather up forces. I jumped on the Red Room alliance which I feel that I helped create. One thing you will notice when the Red Room finally opens up and Amanda and Eric know already is that I started a "Trophy Case" thread and I'd post a picture of a trophy and the person's name whenever someone from our room won a competition. This began before the Red Room was even an alliance and I think it had a lot to do with creating the team spirit that led it to become an alliance.
I also did win my first veto during double eviction week which I later found out prevented Jason from trying to backdoor me (which I think would have failed anyway).
Next I won a Mystery box in an HOH competition. It came with a list of tasks for a mystery prize. I also noticed that Jason won a mystery prize and I was worried it'd be something of this potential level. He was always on my hit list but now I really wanted him out. For the first time since Week 1 I made a deal with Adam. I said I'd save him with the veto if I win it and to try to save him in the eviction as well. It didn't really work but in the process of trying to dig Jason's grave I noticed a lot more resistance from the other players than I was expecting. Adam then told me he was in an alliance with Eric, Amanda, and Jason. Regardless of the validity of that statement which I think I'll only really know when this game ends...I ran with it. It made sense. Plus at that point Jen was my real f2 and Mike was closely in my corner so I felt like I could afford to go against the Red Room.
Adam was evicted and I won my first HOH. I made a final four with Annie, Mike, and Jen...none of whom were that excited about this precise final four but went along with it for me. I did my Mystery box tasks. I had to get the house talking about pets, I had to put up Jen, and I had to have a fight on the board with Amanda. I had another option that I could have done instead which was let someone (I wouldn't pick) read a week of my DR. In hindsight I wish I would have just done that and not put up Jen.
Putting up Jen was the biggest mistake I made in my game. I literally got rid of my own final 2 partner in my own HOH week. I didn't think she'd leave and she wouldn't have left if Amanda didn't get the penalty vote power but that power was displayed right there on the board where I won my mystery box so I should have paid more attention. For sacrificing my friend I got a diamond power of veto, but it wasn't worth it. My game would have been better without that veto and with Jen still in play.
Next Amanda won HOH and put most of the pieces together. She put Annie and I against each other. Because I was finally feeling the heat, for the first time in this game I started really talking to Jason. To my surprise Jason and I actually clicked really well and when he told me that if he won the veto he's taking me off...I actually thought he might. Then he did win the veto and didn't take me off and I swore not to fall for his shit again. With Annie and I both on the block I had to use my diamond power of veto on myself and put up Eric. Jason did leak to me at one point that Eric and Mike are kind of close so while the alliance I started the week before implied that Mike would vote out Eric over Annie...I realized that things could get a lot more complicated fast. I cornered Mike about the vote and came to find out that he was about to vote out Annie (if he had she would have been gone). I spent time convincing him that Eric wasn't really on his side and at the end he voted with me to send him home.
I won HOH and put up Jason and Amanda. Jason avoided eviction again by winning the veto and Amanda got the boot.
Annie won final four HOH which freaked me out because Jason winning veto yet again I thought would for sure be the end of me. I'd have much rather had him as HOH because Annie and Mike would have voted out each other. Little did I know that I was actually in even a better position than I thought. From what I know now Mike, Annie, and Jason were all planning on taking me to final 2. Jason did win veto and rather than vote me out when he had a chance...he sent home Mike.
In the final 3, I won both parts 1 and 3 of the final HOH and voted out Jason, the one person who I am confident deserves to win over me.
Then I went to the final 2 and typed up a goddamn essay about my entire game.
Then I waited for the jury to ask me some questions.
Jury,
People have won this game for different reasons and none of you are being held to vote in any particular way. Ask your jury questions to help you make up your mind, for now, here is a summary of my gameplay.
I tried to befriend everyone to the best of my ability Week 1. Got quickly hounded by Jacob into an alliance with him, Adam, Ryan, and (somewhat) Mike. I was getting much closer to Annie, Jen, and April at that point and was starting to seriously distrust my alliance...so halfway through the first HOH comp I sent a lengthy PM to the girls to explain to them the situation and what will happen if we don't all band together in the HOH. I also sent a long PM to Mike because he was a bit outside the Jacob, Ryan, Adam core like I was and I thought I could get him on my side. The plan worked and at the end the final 2 of the competition (like the final 2 in the game) were Annie and I. April had to select the next HOH and she selected Annie. The rest you know.
After such an active first week I decided that I should take it easy for the rest of the early weeks before I become too much of a threat. April got expelled, Ryan quit, Kail and Kaysar were evicted all without very much input from me.
I did however gather up forces. I jumped on the Red Room alliance which I feel that I helped create. One thing you will notice when the Red Room finally opens up and Amanda and Eric know already is that I started a "Trophy Case" thread and I'd post a picture of a trophy and the person's name whenever someone from our room won a competition. This began before the Red Room was even an alliance and I think it had a lot to do with creating the team spirit that led it to become an alliance.
I also did win my first veto during double eviction week which I later found out prevented Jason from trying to backdoor me (which I think would have failed anyway).
Next I won a Mystery box in an HOH competition. It came with a list of tasks for a mystery prize. I also noticed that Jason won a mystery prize and I was worried it'd be something of this potential level. He was always on my hit list but now I really wanted him out. For the first time since Week 1 I made a deal with Adam. I said I'd save him with the veto if I win it and to try to save him in the eviction as well. It didn't really work but in the process of trying to dig Jason's grave I noticed a lot more resistance from the other players than I was expecting. Adam then told me he was in an alliance with Eric, Amanda, and Jason. Regardless of the validity of that statement which I think I'll only really know when this game ends...I ran with it. It made sense. Plus at that point Jen was my real f2 and Mike was closely in my corner so I felt like I could afford to go against the Red Room.
Adam was evicted and I won my first HOH. I made a final four with Annie, Mike, and Jen...none of whom were that excited about this precise final four but went along with it for me. I did my Mystery box tasks. I had to get the house talking about pets, I had to put up Jen, and I had to have a fight on the board with Amanda. I had another option that I could have done instead which was let someone (I wouldn't pick) read a week of my DR. In hindsight I wish I would have just done that and not put up Jen.
Putting up Jen was the biggest mistake I made in my game. I literally got rid of my own final 2 partner in my own HOH week. I didn't think she'd leave and she wouldn't have left if Amanda didn't get the penalty vote power but that power was displayed right there on the board where I won my mystery box so I should have paid more attention. For sacrificing my friend I got a diamond power of veto, but it wasn't worth it. My game would have been better without that veto and with Jen still in play.
Next Amanda won HOH and put most of the pieces together. She put Annie and I against each other. Because I was finally feeling the heat, for the first time in this game I started really talking to Jason. To my surprise Jason and I actually clicked really well and when he told me that if he won the veto he's taking me off...I actually thought he might. Then he did win the veto and didn't take me off and I swore not to fall for his shit again. With Annie and I both on the block I had to use my diamond power of veto on myself and put up Eric. Jason did leak to me at one point that Eric and Mike are kind of close so while the alliance I started the week before implied that Mike would vote out Eric over Annie...I realized that things could get a lot more complicated fast. I cornered Mike about the vote and came to find out that he was about to vote out Annie (if he had she would have been gone). I spent time convincing him that Eric wasn't really on his side and at the end he voted with me to send him home.
I won HOH and put up Jason and Amanda. Jason avoided eviction again by winning the veto and Amanda got the boot.
Annie won final four HOH which freaked me out because Jason winning veto yet again I thought would for sure be the end of me. I'd have much rather had him as HOH because Annie and Mike would have voted out each other. Little did I know that I was actually in even a better position than I thought. From what I know now Mike, Annie, and Jason were all planning on taking me to final 2. Jason did win veto and rather than vote me out when he had a chance...he sent home Mike.
In the final 3, I won both parts 1 and 3 of the final HOH and voted out Jason, the one person who I am confident deserves to win over me.
Then I went to the final 2 and typed up a goddamn essay about my entire game.
Then I waited for the jury to ask me some questions.