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| ~*~JURY GRILL SESSION~*~; Questioning! | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 16 2012, 11:37 PM (5,497 Views) | |
| Billy Crystal | Apr 16 2012, 11:37 PM Post #1 |
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Congrats again on FINAL THREE You've all played three very different games, STRONG games. Frankly I'd accept any of you in my winner circle. Good thing I don't have to make that choice :lol: This will be NON LIVE. Post your opening statements whenever you're ready and then one by one I'll unleash the 11 jurors on you. My goal here is to have most of this done by tomorrow (8PM) so that we can (perhaps?) get to the votes and cast reveal at around 9PM? It depends really but be here tomorrow as I crown one of you the winner of BW7 ![]() Post those opening statements whenever you're ready! CONGRATS AGAIN~ |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 16 2012, 11:41 PM Post #2 |
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I would prefer a later finishing time if possible. 8 PM will be an enormous stretch for me. |
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| Billy Crystal | Apr 16 2012, 11:43 PM Post #3 |
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How is 9? 9:30? |
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| Annie Wilkes | Apr 16 2012, 11:44 PM Post #4 |
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I have to leave by 11 PM EST. :| |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 16 2012, 11:46 PM Post #5 |
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I think that that will be all right Mr. Crystal. Miss Wilkes' unavailability hours later will not be a huge problem considering the game will be over. |
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| Billy Crystal | Apr 16 2012, 11:47 PM Post #6 |
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Answer as much as you can then bitch :lol:
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| Howard Hughes | Apr 16 2012, 11:55 PM Post #7 |
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I'm going to go have a long bubble bath now to relax and clear my head. I will post my opening speech a later tonight, hope that's alright with everyone? |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 16 2012, 11:56 PM Post #8 |
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Can the jury please post as soon as the first person has posted their opening statement? I do not have the time to sit around waiting for Mr. Hughes to finish bathing. |
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| Annie Wilkes | Apr 16 2012, 11:58 PM Post #9 |
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I am working on my Opening Speech now, making sure that I am more eloquent than Elizabitch. :rolleyes: |
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| Howard Hughes | Apr 17 2012, 12:01 AM Post #10 |
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Well, if this is a writing contest, I know for sure I have no chance. ![]() good luck ladies! |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 17 2012, 12:03 AM Post #11 |
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Hello jury! It is nice to see you all again, and to get the chance to speak with some of you again. I will not lie, I did not expect to find myself sitting here throughout most of the game. I felt very much like an afterthought in the minds of many for reasons I have yet to fully comprehend. From the very beginning when I was in a tiny group of six lead actresses, I felt as though many people had problems with me. In fact, they even said as much to my face. I think that Mrs. Priestly was the only one to truly embrace me for who I am from the get-go. And yet in spite of this complete disregard for my feelings on behalf of other players, I made it here, which is quite extraordinary. I feel as though I needed to win several challenges to get here and I will not pretend otherwise. Many people pretended as though I did not need them but I know better. I felt that the challenges were a good test not only of my intuitive skills but also shone a bright light on the character of many competitors. I will not bore you all by summarising the entire game that you have all already experienced; I will say that I was constantly targeted throughout, however. Mr. Salander targeted me the very first round, for example. The men (Maximus) wanted me out when we merged into a group with the leading actors. This was very hurtful. In the merge, I feel as though I was safer than ever particularly at the beginning- but as the number of the supporters dwindled my own security dwindled as well. I have stressed for the longest time that the leading women should stick together, as it made the most sense to me- there are often block of jury voters in these games who enjoy sticking with their origins, and the best way to counteract such a threat would be to remain four leading actresses strong. As time went on, my point of view began to shift a bit because I did not feel as though I would be brought to the end of this game by any of the leading ladies except for Mr. Salander. I became desperate for some way to at least make it to there, so I decided to sell myself as a goat to whomever would take me. Well, frustratingly enough, nobody did seem to find that appealing. I tried to sell it to Mrs. Priestly, and who knows if it would have worked. I also tried to sell it to Mr. Hughes, but only as a back up plan. Once again I found myself on the bottom of the totem pole needing to fight for my own survival. I think that I had, by far, the most difficult road here out of any of the final three contestants. Tonight I was presented with a very interesting choice of whom to take with me to this phase of the game. I actually went back and forth about it in my head. I simply adored the thought of voting off Mr. Hughes for personal reasons, but I also felt as though he was the least threatening to me and I would benefit from his presence here. After all, he could not be bothered to pay respect to more than one person in a period of twenty four (more than that!) hours... So I was forced to choose between Miss Wilkes and Mr. Sear. I believe that I exchanged all of three messages with Mr. Sear the entire game but I was determined to not let this stop me from making a rational decision. Miss Wilkes, on the other hand, is the person I played with the longest. I knew from the very first round that she was among the most treacherous brand of women, and I informed every single person who would listen and it fell on deaf ears. I was not sure of the exact advantages of facing either of them. Ultimately, I boiled it down the paying respects part of the game. I saw a different side of Mr. Sear there, one which was charismatic and very insightful; it made me very nervous because I did not feel as though I knew what I was getting into against him in a jury situation. Not only that, but he had that underdog storyline that endeared so many to him. I found them both dangerous but I feared the devil I know far less than the devil I don't know. So that is why I made that decision, and I can only presume it will prove to be an important one throughout this ceremony. Of course, now Miss Wilkes owes her life to me as well. I am very eager to answer your questions so you can learn more about the real Elizabeth Bennet. I will have you all know that I sunk into a deep depression several rounds ago in this game when it occurred to me that I did not have many friends, but this low point served to boost my ambition and motivate me to succeed. It has been a difficult game but I am glad I stuck to my guns and did not allow anyone to ever persuade me to do something I was uncomfortable with. I was my own person through and through and I did not allow anybody to tell me what to do or what was best for me. That is all. You may ask me whatever you wish. |
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| Billy Crystal | Apr 17 2012, 12:12 AM Post #12 |
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DON VITO will address Elizabeth only (until the others post their opening statements) |
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| Don Vito Corleone | Apr 17 2012, 12:15 AM Post #13 |
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Congratulations Ms. Bennet! I feared for you and Lisbeth after the hit was placed on myself, but I am so glad to see you made it! I will indeed still be making my trip to visit you and your husband at Pemberely, Ms. Bennet, and perhaps you will have a new award that I helped you achieve hanging from a wall! I just wish to tell you that you were a wonderful ally, and one of my favorite, if not my favorite people to talk to! You also performed magnificently at challenges, and I commend you for being able to save yourself in certain situations during this. My question for you: How did you navigate after our alliance fell apart? Was it mostly Lisbeth doing the work, or was it a joint effort? Thanks! Good luck so much! |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 17 2012, 12:35 AM Post #14 |
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Mr. Corleone, your words bring a sigh of relief to me. I hope that Mrs. Corleone and your children will be able to come as well, as there is more than enough room for all of you. In fact, you may also bring a servant with you if you desire as we have extra rooms for them as well. My sister Lydia recently brought her wet nurse to visit and she found our accommodations very welcoming. Onto your question. I would never attempt to discredit Mr. Salander's importance in anything that occurred after your departure. In all honesty, I am not sure that I could have done it without him. He was very vital not only to the strategic decisions we planned, but also so that I could keep my sanity and not be driven crazy by this game and the depression that swept over me at various points. Around the time you left, I began to realise that I had very few true friends in the game. I was cordial with just about everyone but I did not feel as though anybody other than Mr. Salander had my best interest in mind. Perhaps this was my fault for not building relationships that were as stable as I would have liked, but I could do little to rectify that by the time you had left. What I could do was try to shape my own future. Mr. Salander was very practical in his strategic maneuvers. My primary focus was to support his ideas and to foster working relationships with the people in the game that we together found useful: Miss Wilkes, Mrs. Priestly, the supporting players at certain points. Eventually I began working on my own little side products independent of Mr. Salander. These included trying to form an end game alliance with Mrs. Priestly. Mrs. Priestly and I were allies at a distance, I would say, and I knew that many saw her to be the biggest threat in the game. This did not deter me from wanting to align with her. I knew that since she was so strong, she could be a back up Mr. Salander for me if I ever needed her to function in that way. I stressed the idea that the leading candidates needed to stick together, which I think that Mrs. Priestly heeded for the most part (see her vote against Mr. Sear at the final five, for example). It was also around this point that I proposed to Mr. Hughes that we go to the end as well. In my plans with him, I plotted to take Mr. Priestly out at six, Mr. Sear out at five, and Miss Wilkes out at four- leaving a final three of myself, Mr. Hughes, and Mr. Salander. I was fiercely loyal to Mr. Salander so his inclusion was a must for me. I thought that Mr. Hughes could be a good inclusion as well because I saw him as one of the easiest players to win against in a jury vote. Unfortunately, Mr. Hughes did not want this at all and unfathomably went against me, choosing to march forward into a final three alliance with players that he could almost assuredly not beat instead of a player that he at least would stand a chance against (that player being myself). I set up these sorts of deals to help myself in case things went array; they did, and the plans were not entirely useful (you could argue that Mrs. Priestly was very receptive to the idea, as she could have very easily voted me off at the final six with the others if she was not). Thus I fell back on winning immunity instead, which I viewed as a respectable although polarising alternative. But I am a very polarising person, so it seems fitting. To wrap this up, Mr. Salander and I worked in tandem very well. He certainly is skilled in strategy perhaps more than I am, but I do believe that we made all of our decisions together and it was not my blind following him that led me here. In fact- at one point, Mr. Salander pointed out that we made a great team and he vowed to follow my lead, so I do not think you should view it as Mr. Salander doing the grunt of the work during his tenure in the game. |
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| Billy Crystal | Apr 17 2012, 12:38 AM Post #15 |
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I'll post William's question/statement to YOU Elizabeth! |
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| Billy Crystal | Apr 17 2012, 12:42 AM Post #16 |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 17 2012, 12:53 AM Post #17 |
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Hello Mr. James. I would like to address your criticism of my early actions during the game, because I think that you are unfairly accusing me of causing trouble. In fact, I will answer your question about my gameplay within the answer, as I do not think that anybody knows this fact about me. When I arrived in the new Lead tribe, I was thrilled because I felt like Miss Dewitt-Bukater and Miss Wilkes had literally stabbed me in the heart on our previous tribe together. They were so foul in their manipulation! To me, that was an example of a poor first impression to leave on somebody, but I digress. I knew that they had set me up for failure and I was not wiling to let myself be overtaken by that group of women who wanted little to do with me (and went so far as to lie to me for no reason on the very first vote). I messaged many of the men expressing my joy at being able to play with them, and I believe that you were actually the very first man with whom I communicated. Something about your posts on the forum had seemed very appealing to me, and I felt as though you were a friendly face I could turn to about the vote. I also turned to Maximus, whom I am a fan of outside of this game. I exercised quite a bit of caution because I did not want my very chatty nature to backfire on me, but I was fully and unequivocally interested in working with the lead actors to seek revenge on the women I felt had wronged me. It grew increasingly apparent with time, however, that none of you wanted anything to do with me either. I was crushed by this. You exercised no trust in me at all, even though I came to you with open arms about how mistreated I felt in the first stage of this adventure. I inquired about the vote so that I would know how to cast my own, and not a single man expressed the desire to tell me. In fact, Maximus suggested that I cast a stray vote in order to ensure that I did not interfere with your plans in any way. I'm sorry Mr. James, but this is simply not a group of people that I would ever associate myself with. The fact that none of you could tell me the simplest nugget of information was very telling. How can you expect me to tell the truth to you all when you treat me so offhandedly? I was very willing to work with you all, and I was committed to finding a spot in your gameplan. But none of you offered a way for me to feel comfortable doing that. So I returned to where I at least had people expressing some level of trust in me, regardless of the past. When you look at my journal after the game is over you will see how committed and fearless I was in deciding to take up with the men, in spite of it putting me at a probable disadvantage numbers-wise. I was willing to take that risk. You all rejected it. And I felt the same way about how you conversed with me. If I made you uncomfortable, I wish you had expressed those feelings with me so I could have found some common ground between us in which we could be more open. I was very interested in your tales of military blankets but when I inquired further about them, you offered me nothing. Literally. You never responded to my message. I was hurt by that, and to hear that you were constantly targeting me after making such a little effort to repair this broken relationship was even more hurtful. |
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| Billy Crystal | Apr 17 2012, 01:25 AM Post #18 |
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| Annie Wilkes | Apr 17 2012, 01:36 AM Post #19 |
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[align=center]A n n i e W i l k e s ![]() Before everyone accuse me of such bad words, I'd defend myself and say that I was fake, I lied, I played dumb, I followed, I ratted people out, I was corny and the list goes on. How I played the game is not perfect. I had downs but definitely had ups. But I played this game to win since the beginning. My strategy going into this game was to be very open to options, more listening and less talking. I'm a player who always know when to speak and when to shut my fatass up. I'm also a player who will always adapt to whatever the circumstances bring me. Whatever twists and turns, and flip flopping that happened in this game, I positioned myself far from danger and in my opinion, I mastered that strategy very well. I also set a personality for myself. I like to think that I am nice. Because I really am. But when people attack me or something, I also know when to fight. I set myself to be as relatable and approachable as possible, to be level headed, someone who can be approached easily, because through that, people will be willing to open up to me. Therefore, I'll receive more information I need to use for myself and against my competitors. I told myself not to underestimate anyone. Our batch is stacked with different and strong personalities so I let people do their thing, I pleased them, I tell them words they want to hear, so that in return, I'll also gain what I want to receive from them whether they see through my intentions or not. It worked and now I'm here talking to all of you. To be quite honest pumpkins, I don't know how I'll approach this Opening Statement galore. I don't even know if you hate me or whatever, but just whatever. I just hope that each of you address me and question my decisions in this game. Give me a chance to explain before you vote for the winner and I'd be more than glad to explain everything I did to you because everything has reasons. And with that, please take time to read my point of view of the game. My story. The game. P A R T I T H E L E A D A C T R E S S E S ![]() I started the game playing with some of the strongest personalities this game has. Miranda, the very upfront editor-in-chief of Runway. Lisbeth, the very paranoid and control freak hacker. Rose, the classiest yet horniest bitch you'll ever know. Elizabeth, the very eloquent speaker from Europe. Nina, the mysterious Black Swan. My first focus was to position myself well into this very diverse cast of Actresses. I had the best position in this group. Early in the game, Lisbeth imposed an alliance of 4 consisting of me, her, Rose and Miranda. Before this even happened, I already talked to the rest of these women, asked who their favorite among the group and everyone literally said Lisbeth (excluding Nina because where was she during that time?). I didn't like this because I can see right through Lisbeth's messages that she's going to want to control things. I don't work well with a personality like Lisbeth so I talked to Miranda and planted a seed that Lisbeth's the favorite of everyone and there must be something wrong and something has got to stop. Miranda got wary of Lisbeth because of this and it worsen when Lisbeth formed an alliance including Miranda herself. Miranda did not like to be in an alliance that early so she rallied on targeting Lisbeth to all the Lead Actresses except for Lisbeth. Meanwhile, Rose and I played in the middle. We didn't want to ditch Lisbeth because we knew that Lisbeth considered us as her main allies in this game. The problem was Miranda already gathered everyone to target Lisbeth. Our problem was Nina. She rarely showed up. But when she did, Rose and I concocted a plan to turn the tables on Miranda because we didn't want to be imposed of what to do without knowing our opinions first and so we successfully did. We created an alliance with Nina but our loyalty remained to Lisbeth. We just included Nina to gain numbers. I didn't realize that the littlest thing I did in the first round made an impact in the relationships of Lead Actresses to each other throughout the game. Miranda's already the target that round and it was clear to Lisbeth and Miranda that they're targeting each other. Miranda, however, had no clue that she's the target. Personally, I preferred voting out Nina because she's the only player in the Lead Actress group I didn't have a good relationship with. But Miranda, as we all know, was stubborn. I told her about how I cannot trust Nina for being mysterious but she refused to listen to me so I just targeted her nevertheless, even if I still want to vote Nina out because Miranda views me as a good friend/ally. Unfortunately, the twist didn't cooperate with the plan which ended up being a lucky twist for me because after this, I found a friend in Miranda and my real target which is Nina was evicted. Like it was destiny for me to align with Miranda despite me targeting her in the first round. And just to let other players know what happened, the first HOH competition was so clusterfuck in the Lead Actress luncheon because Miranda and Lisbeth who were targeting each other duked it out to become the first HOH. For your information, Miranda was first announced as the victor of this competition, but Lisbeth saw a mistake in Miranda's puzzles and dethroned Miranda as the first HOH of the game, and then Miranda once again saw a mistake in Lisbeth's puzzle and finally she posted the correct puzzle which made her the very first HOH of the game. Whoever won the HOH, I was the safest player in the group. Miranda nominated Lisbeth and Nina. Miranda expected us Lead Actresses to vote out Lisbeth just like what she had discussed to us but Rose and I saw the opportunity to strengthen our positions in the game by voting out Nina, a player who can flip flop her way to go far in this game so when I won the PoV, I sticked by Miranda's nominees and voted Nina out. Through this, we figured that the Lisbeth-Miranda feud would continue while both sides think of me as their friend. It was epic. Thanks for reading. Little did we know that the next round is a merge. Merge of the Lead Actors and Lead Actresses versus the Supporting Actors and Actresses. P A R T I I T H E L E A D S ![]() Round 1 took a long time to end so I had to leave and when I logged back in, I was astonished that there were men in the luncheon. So all my plans went to trash because I had to start from scratch especially, Rose and I left Elizabeth and Miranda out of the dark when we voted Nina out of the game. So the first problem for me wasn't the Lead Men, but how to strengthen the Lead Actresses in preparation of battle against the Lead Men. Fortunately, the women decided to stick together. Unfortunately, the men also sticked together. I believe I didn't leave a good impression with the Lead men at that time but during the first challenge, I made myself valuable by helping and contributing whatever I could for the Leads and I did, it paid off. It was a very fun first challenge for the Leads. I sincerely enjoyed it and after that, people started opening up to each other. This is the first time Howard and I talked. We agreed on at least watching each other's back because the line between the genders was still apparent which became very important to me that I didn't realize how important it was when we made that deal but more to that later. Howard and I were the 2 players who excelled in the Circle the Diff challenge and so we bonded over that. Meanwhile, Maximus was amused by my energy during that challenge so he also PMd me with a lot of enthusiasm and formed a deal with me. He likes me. He really really like me. I feel as if some of these aren't that much important but I just want to acknowledge my relationship with Maximus. Little did everyone know, when the Lead men voted out Rose and Rose left the game after losing to William in a tiebreaker, Maximus became my confidante. He watched my back. I watched his back. I think that the reason why I felt safe in the Leads even if the Lead Actresses were outnumbered by them. During this time, I like to think that I at least have Howard, Maximus and sort of William who won't vote me out. Gotta mention this because I think my relationships with them helped me a lot to go further in this game. I believe that I was one of the safest woman in that group which reflected the clusterfuck Ballot Ceremony which lead to Maximus' demise wherein Lisbeth and Miranda received votes and I received none. Elizabeth was immuned that time. My relationship with Lisbeth was fading. I didn't plan on getting closer to Miranda yet but I was kinda forced to work with her because my relationships with the Beths weren't that strong anymore. I'm glad it did because Miranda's the best ally I could have in this game. I think during this time is the beginning of why the Beths are a duo and why me and Miranda were also a duo. Both duos went to opposite directions which molded the game so much. It is actually really fun to look back at it. So back to the double boot, the Lead men planned on voting out Elizabeth. They didn't have a back up plan. Fortunately, Elizabeth won Immunity that round. I was telling Maximus to keep me safe and I'd be willing to work with him. I didn't care for the Beths that round and was ready to throw them under the bus in order to save myself because we're outnumbered, so I told Maximus that if ever we're going to work together and start a group, the best actress to include in this group is Miranda. Maximus told me about The Family too so yeah, I was really forced to work with Miranda during this time of the game. Okay, so the Leads went to Ballot Ceremony, the Lead Men freaked out on who they're gonna target. Maximus was saving me and Miranda while Don was saving Lisbeth because they're Family. :lol: In the end, due to Don's frustration of Maximus, Don Vito prevailed by voting Maximus out which I also ended up voting because I can't put myself in a bad position. But it was really heroic of him to save me so I got nothing but love for him. ;_; Lisbeth, if you want an explanation on why I voted you that round, it's because I was told that it's going to be between you and Miranda and of course I'd choose Miranda over you. I remember wanting to explain this to you during the merge when we started comparing notes but whatever, all you wanted was to be safe because you didn't know that all this time even during pre merge, we knew about the Family. After this, Alonzo confirmed that there's really a Family. This is also the round Miranda and I started to become aggressive strategists in the game. Miranda's closest Lead Men that time was Alonzo and I think Miranda's a huge reason why a counter alliance to the Family was formed. It consisted of Alonzo, Miranda, myself, William and Howard as the fifth. So all that time, Don Vito was next in the Leads hitlist. The Leads kept on winning Immunity though and before we hit the merge, Miranda and I started to become wary of Alonzo. He's playing both sides bigtime and while I appreciate him being the spy of the counter alliance, we had a hunch that Alonzo's playing dirty just from his responses to our messages. Also, during this time, I kept trying to let Elizabeth know that the Lead Actresses must stick together (because I really wanted the women to stick together) so when I attempted on telling her (without revealing the Counter alliance) that the Lead Actresses vote should be Don Vito first if the Leads lose a challenge, Don Vito found out about it and targeted me. By this time, I knew Elizabeth and Lisbeth cannot be trusted anymore. I'd thank Alonzo and William for this for confirming that it indeed reached Don Vito's ears. The move confirmed that the Leads are indeed a divided tribe. Lucky for them and for me and for everyone in the Leads, an early merge happened so we didn't have to vote out one of us and we went to the merge as supposed to be a united tribe. P A R T I I I T H E E A R L Y M E R G E - L E A D S V S S U P P S ![]() Just like in the beginning, the plan in voting out one of the Family was postponed due to the early merge. And again, just like in the beginning, the Leads decided to stick together and be united as one despite being very dysfunctional. Even Don Vito and I made amends about our relationship with each other. During this time, the plan was to vote Rod. I actually heard some rumors that Alonzo had an alleged alliance with him and I don't know if it's true or what. But whatever, it didn't last long. Cole was always on top of the chopping block but Miranda and I always pushed the vote away from him as we saw that Cole is a potential ally in the future and we ended up right because we were able to use Cole to our advantage. I gotta give Miranda props in saving him though because I thought for sure there's no chance of saving Cole during the Joker boot but it's all Miranda why he was saved. During this, I'm already hinting on working with Cole because seriously, he's really a nice guy so I didn't have a hard time befriending him. I believe during this time, Miranda and William were having similar plans. To vote these extra Supps while seeing other Supps as potential allies to be used in blindsiding people. First: Don Vito. But the Don Vito round was very emotional and intense. Because prior to it, Mrs Miller left the game with a bang and sent several conversations to people. She even sent my conversation with her to Lisbeth and by this time, I think it's the first time Lisbeth learned that we knew about The Family for a long time already. Lisbeth, you were so emotional that round. You suddenly begged and told me that you're gonna stick to the women no matter what happens. It was hilarious and dramatic at the same time and thought you're just being Lisbeth who wanted to save yourself. But seriously, I think both of us saw the opportunity to work together again. And this just proves how LOL worthy our relationship is and I actually trusted you more than I trusted Elizabeth. Miranda, Lisbeth and I reconciled and compared notes only to find out that Alonzo's been pitting the women against each other all this time. Lisbeth sent me a lot of stuff from Alonzo. Elizabeth sent me stuff too. We realized how much of a dirty birdy Alonzo was. Little did he know that we already saw through his playing both sides. Our eyes were opened. It was glorious. I don't know what went through Alonzo's mind. But after blindsiding Don Vito, he suddenly turned against the Lead women. Back to back wrong moves boy but it just made sense because we also targeted you. P A R T I V L E A D A C T R E S S E S V S L E A D A C T O R S & T H E S U P P S ![]() During this time, the women were so ready to fight against the Lead men. Miranda, Lisbeth and I started to work on the remaining Supps. Miranda and I formed an alliance with Cole and Mammy. I think Miranda is credited for this but I already have prior relationships with Mammy and Cole when we did it so the alliance was perfect for me. I even considered going to the Final 4 with these people but more to that later. Later in the game I found out that Alonzo, William and Howard also worked on Commodus and Mammy to go against the women. Lucky for the women, Mammy hates negroes and she chose to go to the women's side by forgetting to vote which lead to a 5-4-1 vote in favor of the women and the demise of Alonzo. By this time, I kept my relationship with Howard even if we were on different sides. I actually felt like Howard and william was close to giving up but I told Howard that he's not going anywhere and I still want to maintain my deal with him which we created during premerge and we obviously did. I didn't give William false hopes because we planned on voting him out next after Alonzo. 8 players remain and the plan was to vote Commodus and one of the Beths for the coming final double boot of the game. But Miranda started to change the plan again. I must admit that I was okay going to the Finals with Miranda prior to all of this but I started to have doubts during this round because Miranda kept on dictating stuff to me. Miranda thought that everybody wants to be like us but I got other things in my mind. She told me that the Lead Actresses need to stick together which I didn't accept because I trust my relationship with Cole and Howard more than my relationship with the Beths. But I didn't inform her about my dismay to her plans. I knew I couldn't win with Miranda in the finals because she had orchestrated a lot of things in the game already. I appear as her second hand woman only. She's also the most appealing because of her personality. Her win would be more epic because she received more votes against her. I started becoming insecure and I'll talk about it later. By this time, I was already keeping Howard and Cole under my wing. Especially Cole because I would betray him after voting out Mammy at 7th. Lucky for me, Mammy actually rallied against him. So by the time, Mammy was voted out, I didn't have a hard time reconciling with Cole P A R T V A N N I E V S T H E R E S T ![]() By this time, I knew that I had to make a move -- a move that will put me on everyone's eyes. I was so insecure of Miranda I needed all spotlights to be on mine. Either I fail in doing this move or I lose in the Finals with Miranda. So during Final 8, I already talked to Howard about a formula that will ensure both of us in the Finals but was cautious because it could easily leak. I didn't tell him about it until Mammy was voted out. So when there was only 6 players left, it was time for me to make a move! First, I apologized to Cole for leaving him out of the dark when we voted Mammy. We really had a long chat before I shocked him by telling him that we must make a move against Miranda. I was sure that I'll have an easy time convincing him because come on, Miranda's really the biggest threat of the game at that point. So I can't believe how easier it was than I thought, for me to convince Howard and Cole to vote out Miranda. It made sense for their games to do that because they believe that the Lead Actresses were solid. Although I heard from Howard that Elizabeth actually planned on voting out Miranda too. :lol: But we chose not to tell them about it about this especially to Lisbeth who told me that she may give Immunity to Miranda to avoid any ties and to avoid Miranda's eviction. We knew we only needed three votes to vote her out because she's got the highest number of votes that time. The challenge couldn't be any better when we successfully eliminated these women one by one. After all, our only main problem in executing this plan was if Miranda wins Immunity. So we made sure that any of the Lead Actresses win Immunity so they won't have the chance to give Miranda immunity. We were successful and since then, Cole, Howard and I promised to bring each other to the Final 3 regardless of what the haters say. :rolleyes: People kept on telling me that Howard and Cole have all the votes of the Lead men and the Supps but I refuse to believe it. I believe that you, jury, will assess who played the better game and I always thought, I played better than anyone from the Final 5. Call me delusional or what, but I think it's the truth. Unfortunately, the final 3 with Cole didn't happen. But I was okay with Elizabeth being here because seriously, what did she do? :lol: I gotta give her props for winning important Immunities. That's something but that's not enough in my opinion.I'm sorry for making this very long but I put all my efforts in this for everyone to understand how I played the game and I hope you guys acknowledge it. I don't hate anyone of you, I actually think it's otherwise. The Paying respects thing? I just had fun with it but I just didn't want to appear as someone who in my opinion, have something going on with most of you. Especially to Mammy, Commodus, Lisbeth and Alonzo. I appreciate you 4 more than I showed in my Fallen Comrades. Even Joker, Rod and Mrs Miller. :lol: It's probably hard to believe this but like I mentioned at the beginning of this speech that I always make myself approachable and I was open to all of you. I talked to all of you, may it be filled with lies or not. We're all guilty of that. I'm ready for your questions. ![]() Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Billy for making this game as fun as possible. I almost backed out from this because I was busy but I'm glad I didn't because this turned out to be one of my favorite ORGs ever. We probably don't have the most exciting personalities but we sure made the game as chaotic as possible. And to the co-hosts and the lurkers, thanks a lot for the support. Special mention to Billy Bush, Cher, Mel Gibson, Marisa and Cyndi. <3That's it! Good luck Elizabeth and Howard! I'm ready to dominate this game and hope you are ready as well. ![]() F I N A L E It's up to you Jury! [/align] |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 17 2012, 01:39 AM Post #20 |
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Mr. Lecter: Insatiably, eternally hungry Miss Sayers: Deceitfully shrewd Mr. Hans: Talented with tongue Miss White: One-note Mrs. Castevet: Haggard and old Miss Dewitt-Bukater: Delusionally promiscuous Miss Jones: Violently loquacious Maximus: Ruthlessly cruel Miss Morton: Well endowed Mr. Twist: Passive fudge packer Mr. Tidwell: Lacks prudence Mrs. Miller: Maniacally direct Joker: Warm but troubled Mr. Corleone: Powerful and confident Mr. Harris: Shady snake Mr. James: Hypocritical vermin Commodus: Nicer than necessary Mammy: Unintentionally hilarious Mrs. Priestly: Unwaveringly demanding Mr. Salander: Beautifully androgynous Mr. Sear: Difficult to kill Mr. Hughes: Inattentive and uninterested Miss Wilkes: Pure sociopath Myself: Heart on sleeve |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 17 2012, 01:48 AM Post #21 |
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I am very unimpressed by Miss Wilkes' broken English. If you wish you to vote for such a boring and expected cyborg then by all means, hand her the victory. She clearly thinks that collages rather than words are sufficient material for victory. I would like to remind her as well that the only reason she is here is because I allowed her to be, so I am not bothered by such delusional claims that I did "nothing." |
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| Annie Wilkes | Apr 17 2012, 01:50 AM Post #22 |
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Don't speak too much Elizabitch because you don't want to show how clueless you are in this game especially to the jury. I had a deal with Howard that if ever you win the Final 4 Immunity, we'll vote Cole. sry |
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| Billy Crystal | Apr 17 2012, 01:52 AM Post #23 |
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Howard will have to play catch up. The rest of Don, William and Mrs. Miller's statements coming up! Along w/ Jokers! |
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| Elizabeth Bennet | Apr 17 2012, 01:53 AM Post #24 |
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That deal seemed to work wonderfully for you when Mr. Hughes attempted to get me to vote you off during the voting period. Your own ignorance regarding my affairs in the game shine through brighter than anything tonight in your bloated opening statement, when you make absurdist claims like I informed Mr. Corleone of the target you put on his back when I did nothing of the sort... in fact, I poked holes in such logic when you brought it up to me but you simply ignored the fact that your whinging was unsubstantiated. |
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| Don Vito Corleone | Apr 17 2012, 01:55 AM Post #25 |
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Howard Mr Hughes! Congratulations on making it to the end! I must admit I did not see that coming at any point in the game. You played an ok social and strategic game with me, as well as a good strategic game. Yet you got to the end, so maybe I misjudged. However, I hear that most people throughout the game only saw you as a number and a floater. Did you organize anything strategically? Or did you only latch onto plans that your betters created? Annie Miss Wilkes. Like Mr. Hughes I always assumed you were just a number, but I am not as surprised you made it to the end, given how Miranda was running the game! You did make your mark on the game at Final 6, but I do not know if it was actually a good move. You wrongly assessed Miranda as an "obvious winner", when in fact in the presumed Annie/Miranda/Lisbeth Final 3, you and Lisbeth were far ahead in votes. You played good socially with most people and had a very good shot there. It appears that your jury awareness was quite a bit off. What do you say to this? Also, was it smart to plan a Final 3 with Cole and Howard knowing that they may earn some votes just for whom they were originally with(Supports and Leading Actors respectively) as opposed to going with two other Leading Actresses who didn't have that automatic connection? |
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You've all played three very different games, STRONG games. Frankly I'd accept any of you in my winner circle. Good thing I don't have to make that choice :lol: This will be NON LIVE. Post your opening statements whenever you're ready and then one by one I'll unleash the 11 jurors on you. My goal here is to have most of this done by tomorrow (8PM) so that we can (perhaps?) get to the votes and cast reveal at around 9PM? It depends really but be here tomorrow as I crown one of you the winner of BW7 





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But I was okay with Elizabeth being here because seriously, what did she do? :lol: I gotta give her props for winning important Immunities. That's something but that's not enough in my opinion.

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