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~*~JURY GRILL SESSION~*~; Questioning!
Topic Started: Apr 16 2012, 11:37 PM (5,505 Views)
Don Vito Corleone
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Also for Howard

Mr. Hughes, you must also do the Fallen Comrades if you wish any chance at my vote. Laziness is not something I respect, nor is the apparent disrespect for the fallen
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Annie Wilkes
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Well, why didn't you both vote me out? It made the most sense for your games to do it but you still didn't.

And even if you didn't directly told Don Vito about it, you confirmed that you told Lisbeth about it and she mentioned it to Don Vito. You're all in an alliance and I took the risk to not isolate you from the counter family alliance in case we have to go to Ballot Ceremony. I thought I needed to tell you stuff because you were barely here.
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Joker
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Hello you three! Congrats on making it this far, it was certainly no easy task. At the time of your reading this my vote has already been decided and I think that person knows very well they have it.

I more than likely will not be around to see your opening statements so forgive me if I ask you something you've already addressed. And if you have feel free to copy & paste it!

What move, or moves, do you think were the most beneficial to you in this game? And how did you make those moves happen? As far as I know none of you were strategy beasts so I hope you can all shine! Good luck!
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Mrs. Miller
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FINAL 3. You probably care the least about what I have to say because Howard, you had a wedding to attend the weekend before my ousting so we didn't talk much; Elizabeth, you were sick on that same weekend; Annie, you live outside North America I'm assuming because of your availability hours so we didn't catch each other online much. The bottom line is, us four didn't connect much. So we have nothing to talk about.

I'll make this quick. I haven't decided whom I'll be voting for. In three words or less, describe each contestant. Do this in a word association kind of way. Do not hold back. Just say whatever is in your mind. No sugarcoating. The juicier the answer, the better. Entertain this bitch.

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Elizabeth Bennet
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Annie Wilkes
17th April 2012 - 02:56:51 AM
Well, why didn't you both vote me out? It made the most sense for your games to do it but you still didn't.

And even if you didn't directly told Don Vito about it, you confirmed that you told Lisbeth about it and she mentioned it to Don Vito. You're all in an alliance and I took the risk to not isolate you from the counter family alliance in case we have to go to Ballot Ceremony. I thought I needed to tell you stuff because you were barely here.

You are truly more of a delusional shrew than I thought possible. I was not to tell Mr. Salander, with whom we were both aligned at that point, about your pre-vote? So everybody could think that you had just self-voted and that you were ruining all of our games in the process? What sense does that make? Of course I would tell Mr. Salander and Mrs. Priestly about it since they were in the group of leading actresses that you kept promoting, and you promoted in your opening statement. Do not go back on the words you said. You said that I informed Mr. Corleone directly and I never did. I informed a member of an alliance we were both involved in.

I do not think it ever made sense for my game to vote you off at the final four. I have already expressed why I felt that Mr. Sear was a fear more frightening candidate to sit next to. Is this question supposed to mean something?

You contradict yourself further as well. You claim that you wanted me in the final three and planned to do so with Mr. Hughes, yet in your opening statement, which you could not even prepare on time with the allotted twenty fours (so I must assume it is a recent train of thought in your head), you lament the fact that Mr. Sear did not make it with you to this stage and that you were fine settling for me in his place. That is not how it works. You either plan to take him or you do not.
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Billy Crystal
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Annie: I think you played a pretty damn good game. The fact that you were never in the minority after the merge speaks for itself. You stayed close enough to the centre to ensure you knew what was going on, but far enough away that you didn't get any of the backlash when shit went down...just like I was trying to do. Your betrayal of Miranda was a bold and unexpected move, but I loved it, because it showed that you were more than just Miranda's right-hand woman and you were definitely playing to win.
My question is: Why go to the end with these two? If you would've preferred someone else, why wasn't that an option?
Also, can I have one of these knife avatars I've heard so much about?

Howard: Buddy, I'm so proud of you for making it this far. You stayed on good terms with everyone, and were never a target. It's really impressive that you were able to make it through this game without a single vote, and I think a lot of that was down to your natural likeability. You don't have to be a ruthless, cutthroat asshole to succeed in this game, but I still want to know if you have it in you.
My question is: when in this game did you most have to get your hands dirty? Who did you lie to or manipulate the most, and how did it help you get further in the game?
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17th April 2012 - 02:55:12 AM
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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?

Hi Don Vito,

I always felt that from you that's why I never trusted you. I don't think it's a bad move for me at all when I voted Miranda out of the game. I do think that when I reach Final 3 with Miranda, people will vote for her because as you have stated, Miranda ran the game and I was only seen as her sidekick, and like you said, a number, may it be for Miranda or for others.

I appreciate that you think I have a good social game. But Final 6 is very much different situation than Final 3. At final 6, I may have a good social game with these people but it won't be as huge of a deal in the Final 3 because people will start looking at the better player. I don't think I'd be viewed as that player with Miranda beside me despite having a good social game as you said. I felt like in order to gain jury votes, I have to defeat the threat and that's Miranda. Hopefully it pays off.

Like I mentioned in my Opening Statements, I'm aware that there are locked votes for Howard and Cole but I still took the risk in going to the end with them because I believe I played a better game than them. When I voted Miranda, the Beths especially Lisbeth kept on telling me that Howard and Cole will gather all the votes from the jury but I refused to believe it. I knew and I know that the jury is better than that. That the jury respects bold moves. It's probably off for you but I think we have different assessments. Too bad if the other jury members think it's really off but now that I explained this, I hope you now understand the reasoning behind my actions especially voting Miranda out.

To answer your last question, like I said, I think I played better than them. It's natural for the jury to vote for their favorite people but I felt like I can change some of these jury votes just by comparing my performance to their performances. Oh gosh, hopefully I do.

Truth is, I actually don't want Howard to be in the Finals, my ideal F3 was with Elizabeth and Cole. Howard's very charismatic. Cole, I assume that his minimal activity at the first half of the game would factor why people won't vote for him and I felt like he was pulled here and there but didn't really control others to do what he wants. Elizabeth, on the other hand, didn't do anything. I mentioned in my Opening Speech that I applaud her for winning important Immunities but I think she fails at the strategy part and only worked her social charm to a number of people but not all.

You might ask, why did I vote Cole then and didn't vote against Howard? I knew that if I do, I'll just put myself in danger because I have more past votes than Howard so it made sense for me to gather at least 1 vote to oust Cole, a player who has more past votes than me so that in case of a tie, I'll be fine.
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17th April 2012 - 02:57:11 AM
What move, or moves, do you think were the most beneficial to you in this game? And how did you make those moves happen? As far as I know none of you were strategy beasts so I hope you can all shine! Good luck!

Hello Joker! I am pleased to see you again. I will inform you right away that I am not campaigning for the win on the platform that I was the best strategist in the game. Nobody would believe me if I said that, and I find it quite amusing that Miss Wilkes thinks that people will believe her even though she cannot properly formulate her own thoughts on what she wanted throughout the game (not to mention many of these thoughts have no grounding in reality). I can tell you all about the embellished moves that I have made but to do so would be dishonest and disrespectful.

I can tell you that I did not play this game without strategic intents at all. Quite the contrary. From the very beginning I was heavily involved in plots and schemes to get people out. They were often failures, but the assertion that I did "nothing" is absolutely ridiculous on Miss Wilkes' behalf. Mrs. Priestly and I took a swipe very early on (read: the first round) at Mr. Salander, whom we perceived to be playing very hard very early. Later, it was my intention to side with the leading men in the swapped vote; however, the leading men botched this very severely when they allowed themselves to fall under the assumption that I would be content with receiving no benefits at all from switching sides. I went back to the women, and when even that failed I managed to nestle myself into a very useful alliance with Mr. Harris, Mr. Corleone, and Mr. Salander- this alliance is what allowed the lead women to gain the upper hand, because Mr. Harris and Mr. Corleone ended up voting off Maximus in a very crucial tiebreaker vote.

When it seemed like I had nobody, I fought to create new ways for me to make it to the end. I laid everything out on the table to Mrs. Priestly as to why she would take me, I offered a deal to Mr. Hughes that I believe he should have taken. And of course, I still had Mr. Salander as well, my main confidante. I attempted to eliminate Mr. Sear on multiple occasions, and came relatively close to doing so when Mammy departed us. It was a shame that I never succeeded, but I never stopped trying. This does not even go into my challenge successes. In fact, I wonder why Miss Wilkes did not prevail in the most strategic challenge of all: the grid challenge? For somebody who thinks so highly of her strategic ability, I find it laughable that she made such a careless mistake in that challenge that allowed me to achieve victory with an unprecedented number of moves on the board. To claim that I hadn't a strategic bone in my body is false.

Of course, you can easily argue that many of my endeavours failed. I will not deny that. But this game is not about how many battles you win; in fact, I would argue that I won just as many as Miss Wilkes and Mr. Hughes because I still managed to make it here. This game is not necessarily about ruling over the entire cast with an iron hand. No, that is the nature of a game invented by social pariahs or psychologically disturbed peasants who get off at the idea of backstabbing anybody they can for fun.

This game is about making it to the end, and about showing that you had the guts, the will, and the determination to do so. I had the most tumultuous and detoured road here of anybody, and I was frequently disregarded and underestimated to the point where many felt that they could simply not return my messages as I was no use to them. That was their first mistake. You should not ever count me out, because I will do whatever it takes to ensure that I am the last person standing. I may not stab every person who comes into contact with me in the back in order to do so, and I may not succeed in all of my trials in the process, but I succeed in what really matters and that's getting here.
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17th April 2012 - 03:02:54 AM
Annie Wilkes
17th April 2012 - 02:56:51 AM
Well, why didn't you both vote me out? It made the most sense for your games to do it but you still didn't.

And even if you didn't directly told Don Vito about it, you confirmed that you told Lisbeth about it and she mentioned it to Don Vito. You're all in an alliance and I took the risk to not isolate you from the counter family alliance in case we have to go to Ballot Ceremony. I thought I needed to tell you stuff because you were barely here.

You are truly more of a delusional shrew than I thought possible. I was not to tell Mr. Salander, with whom we were both aligned at that point, about your pre-vote? So everybody could think that you had just self-voted and that you were ruining all of our games in the process? What sense does that make? Of course I would tell Mr. Salander and Mrs. Priestly about it since they were in the group of leading actresses that you kept promoting, and you promoted in your opening statement. Do not go back on the words you said. You said that I informed Mr. Corleone directly and I never did. I informed a member of an alliance we were both involved in.

I do not think it ever made sense for my game to vote you off at the final four. I have already expressed why I felt that Mr. Sear was a fear more frightening candidate to sit next to. Is this question supposed to mean something?

You contradict yourself further as well. You claim that you wanted me in the final three and planned to do so with Mr. Hughes, yet in your opening statement, which you could not even prepare on time with the allotted twenty fours (so I must assume it is a recent train of thought in your head), you lament the fact that Mr. Sear did not make it with you to this stage and that you were fine settling for me in his place. That is not how it works. You either plan to take him or you do not.

Yes, you've explained that to me already but you were also aware that Lisbeth and Don Vito were close. There's a reason why I only spoke to you about it. I was hesitant to tell you about it because you're never there but I felt like by doing that, I'd gain more of your trust in case the Lead Actresses have to work together again.

Well, you are telling everyone that I owe you for saving me that's why I'm addressing it. I don't owe you anything!

You can read my answer to Don Vito's so it'd be clear for you. Bottom line is, what did you in this game?
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17th April 2012 - 03:17:22 AM
Like I mentioned in my Opening Statements, I'm aware that there are locked votes for Howard and Cole but I still took the risk in going to the end with them because I believe I played a better game than them. When I voted Miranda, the Beths especially Lisbeth kept on telling me that Howard and Cole will gather all the votes from the jury but I refused to believe it. I knew and I know that the jury is better than that. That the jury respects bold moves. It's probably off for you but I think we have different assessments. Too bad if the other jury members think it's really off but now that I explained this, I hope you now understand the reasoning behind my actions especially voting Miranda out.

To answer your last question, like I said, I think I played better than them. It's natural for the jury to vote for their favorite people but I felt like I can change some of these jury votes just by comparing my performance to their performances. Oh gosh, hopefully I do.

Truth is, I actually don't want Howard to be in the Finals, my ideal F3 was with Elizabeth and Cole. Howard's very charismatic. Cole, I assume that his minimal activity at the first half of the game would factor why people won't vote for him and I felt like he was pulled here and there but didn't really control others to do what he wants. Elizabeth, on the other hand, didn't do anything. I mentioned in my Opening Speech that I applaud her for winning important Immunities but I think she fails at the strategy part and only worked her social charm to a number of people but not all.

What? That's not what you said. You refused to believe such a thing could ever be true:

Annie Wilkes
17th April 2012 - 02:36:30 AM
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And now you wanted myself and Mr. Sear in the finals? Wait a minute. At first you said you would settle for me, then you said that you made a plan to vote off Mr. Sear along with Mr. Hughes if I lost immunity, and now all of a sudden it is Mr. Hughes that you wanted out? Please, make up your mind and stop embellishing answers so that you can look good in each individual answer, Miss Wilkes. It is unbecoming.
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Lots to catch up on, but I will get to everything eventually, I promise!

I'm going to type my opening speech now while I listen to Hirschel's Santeria on repeat.
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17th April 2012 - 03:03:38 AM
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Annie: I think you played a pretty damn good game. The fact that you were never in the minority after the merge speaks for itself. You stayed close enough to the centre to ensure you knew what was going on, but far enough away that you didn't get any of the backlash when shit went down...just like I was trying to do. Your betrayal of Miranda was a bold and unexpected move, but I loved it, because it showed that you were more than just Miranda's right-hand woman and you were definitely playing to win.
My question is: Why go to the end with these two? If you would've preferred someone else, why wasn't that an option?
Also, can I have one of these knife avatars I've heard so much about?

Why thank you William! I really appreciate your message and I think you very well understand my game.

I knew that I have to explain that. Let me be straight, I think once Miranda was voted out, I knew that I have a better game than the remaining players and the jury would see that. :lol:

Well, to be fair, I know that Lisbeth also played a damn good game but I think I played a better social game than her. Plus, I'm more in the KNOW throughout our stay in the game than her.

Howard, I also viewed him as a threat because I know he already have the Alonzo vote locked. He told me that they're really close and I was a good replacement for Alonzo's absence. But he's much worse than Lisbeth in terms of game play, he's very social but social can only bring you to the end and once you're at the end, people will look at your performance. I don't think Howard performed a stellar game. I think he played rather a good game. But not better as mine.

Elizabeth was barely around. The only thing that's going on for her are her past relationships and Immunity wins but other than that, I view her as the pleasant player and a follower. I mean, she can't even get out of Lisbeth's shadows.

Cole, while I adore Cole and I know that he had a great storyline going on. I knew that he's very charismatic just like what Elizabeth mentioned. I also knew that he'll have some of the Supps vote but I felt as if, I am a huge reason why he went far in this game. I know I probably sound obnoxious right now. Aside from Miranda saving her, I went to Cole to help me vote out the threat. I don't know if it would have happened if I didn't approach him and Howard. But I think he's an additional number to Miranda's and my plans that's why he went far. In fairness to him, he has a great heart and a good social player that's why we chose him instead of other Supps to be in our side. He's a great ally !


And here's your knife! :lol:

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17th April 2012 - 03:24:23 AM
Annie Wilkes
17th April 2012 - 03:17:22 AM
Like I mentioned in my Opening Statements, I'm aware that there are locked votes for Howard and Cole but I still took the risk in going to the end with them because I believe I played a better game than them. When I voted Miranda, the Beths especially Lisbeth kept on telling me that Howard and Cole will gather all the votes from the jury but I refused to believe it. I knew and I know that the jury is better than that. That the jury respects bold moves. It's probably off for you but I think we have different assessments. Too bad if the other jury members think it's really off but now that I explained this, I hope you now understand the reasoning behind my actions especially voting Miranda out.

To answer your last question, like I said, I think I played better than them. It's natural for the jury to vote for their favorite people but I felt like I can change some of these jury votes just by comparing my performance to their performances. Oh gosh, hopefully I do.

Truth is, I actually don't want Howard to be in the Finals, my ideal F3 was with Elizabeth and Cole. Howard's very charismatic. Cole, I assume that his minimal activity at the first half of the game would factor why people won't vote for him and I felt like he was pulled here and there but didn't really control others to do what he wants. Elizabeth, on the other hand, didn't do anything. I mentioned in my Opening Speech that I applaud her for winning important Immunities but I think she fails at the strategy part and only worked her social charm to a number of people but not all.

What? That's not what you said. You refused to believe such a thing could ever be true:

Annie Wilkes
17th April 2012 - 02:36:30 AM
[align=center]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.
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And now you wanted myself and Mr. Sear in the finals? Wait a minute. At first you said you would settle for me, then you said that you made a plan to vote off Mr. Sear along with Mr. Hughes if I lost immunity, and now all of a sudden it is Mr. Hughes that you wanted out? Please, make up your mind and stop embellishing answers so that you can look good in each individual answer, Miss Wilkes. It is unbecoming.

I wouldn't mind going to the Finals with either of ya'll because I am confident with my game. Period.
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Yes, well, it's easy to be confident of a fantasy.
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17th April 2012 - 02:58:50 AM
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FINAL 3. You probably care the least about what I have to say because Howard, you had a wedding to attend the weekend before my ousting so we didn't talk much; Elizabeth, you were sick on that same weekend; Annie, you live outside North America I'm assuming because of your availability hours so we didn't catch each other online much. The bottom line is, us four didn't connect much. So we have nothing to talk about.

I'll make this quick. I haven't decided whom I'll be voting for. In three words or less, describe each contestant. Do this in a word association kind of way. Do not hold back. Just say whatever is in your mind. No sugarcoating. The juicier the answer, the better. Entertain this bitch.

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I don't know why you think that but I consider you as one of the players with the best personality here. One who made the game more exciting.

Per your request:
24th Hannibal - inactive
23rd Nina - mysterious
22nd Hans - wasted a character
21st Effie - silent
20th Minnie - leader of Supps
19th Rose - classy and horny
18th Mary - strong independent woman
17th Maximus - HERO
16th Mama Morton - horny
15th Jack - funny

14th Rod - charismatic and threat
13th Mrs. Miller - Mrs Tornado
12th Joker - blunt
11th Don Vito - dominant
10th Alonzo - eloquent and charismatic
9th William - levelheaded
8th Commodus - fiercely hilarious; goddess
7th Mammy - fatty helppigggy
6th Miranda - opinionated leader
5th Lisbeth - bipolar
4th Cole - extremely adorable
3rd Elizabitch - worthless cunt
2nd Howard - heartthrob
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17th April 2012 - 03:40:34 AM
Yes, well, it's easy to be confident of a fantasy.

Fantasy is better than nothing.
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17th April 2012 - 03:47:28 AM
Elizabeth Bennet
17th April 2012 - 03:40:34 AM
Yes, well, it's easy to be confident of a fantasy.

Fantasy is better than nothing.

I suppose you did have the best schtick of anyone as Miss Wilkes' delusions are really shining through tonight. I cannot wait to see what other retroactive continuity is to come from you.
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17th April 2012 - 02:57:11 AM
What move, or moves, do you think were the most beneficial to you in this game? And how did you make those moves happen? As far as I know none of you were strategy beasts so I hope you can all shine! Good luck!

-- Voting out Nina: It made my position better with the Actresses

-- Aligning with Maximus: When the women were outnumbered during pre merge aligning with Maximus benefited me to be safe in future Ballot Ceremonies and I did.

-- Deal with Howard: My deal with him happened very early in the game but it benefited me at the last stage of the game. Howard and I played in different sides during the merge but because of this deal, we were able to achieve what we wanted for us and that is to be in the Final 3, and hopefully win the game.

-- My alliance with Mammy and Cole: While Miranda is the reason why a 4some of Mammy, Cole, Miranda and I was formed, I already formed a bond with Cole and Mammy. It benefited my game because we were able to vote out the Lead men who were against us Lead Actresses and other than that, I benefited from my relationship with Cole when I planned on voting out Miranda which he helped me in achieving it.

-- Voting out Miranda: I've said this numerous time but I had to do this to get out from her shadow. I didn't want to be associated with her anymore so I voted her out. I knew I couldn't beat her if we both reach the finals.
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17th April 2012 - 03:49:29 AM
Annie Wilkes
17th April 2012 - 03:47:28 AM
Elizabeth Bennet
17th April 2012 - 03:40:34 AM
Yes, well, it's easy to be confident of a fantasy.

Fantasy is better than nothing.

I suppose you did have the best schtick of anyone as Miss Wilkes' delusions are really shining through tonight. I cannot wait to see what other retroactive continuity is to come from you.

Prove me wrong and list everything that you did in this game so I would shut my fatass up.
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17th April 2012 - 03:58:24 AM
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17th April 2012 - 02:57:11 AM
-- Deal with Howard: My deal with him happened very early in the game but it benefited me at the last stage of the game. Howard and I played in different sides during the merge but because of this deal, we were able to achieve what we wanted for us and that is to be in the Final 3, and hopefully win the game.

I am still confused. WHO did you want out in fourth place? Mr. Sear? Mr. Hughes? Myself? Your answer literally changes every time you post something discussing the final three.

And I have already discussed my journey throughout this game, Miss Wilkes. Just because I did not actively intend to betray every person I came across does not make me any less deserving than you. I played a far different game than any person here. I was very focused on creating bonds with people and put that before my strategic game, but I never lost sight of what I needed to do to move forward. Strategy just was not how I chose to advance myself. I advanced myself with the relationships I formed and the challenges I was able to win, because the strategic decisions that I was making were not materialising in the way that I wanted them to.
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17th April 2012 - 04:01:44 AM
Annie Wilkes
17th April 2012 - 03:58:24 AM
Joker
17th April 2012 - 02:57:11 AM
-- Deal with Howard: My deal with him happened very early in the game but it benefited me at the last stage of the game. Howard and I played in different sides during the merge but because of this deal, we were able to achieve what we wanted for us and that is to be in the Final 3, and hopefully win the game.

I am still confused. WHO did you want out in fourth place? Mr. Sear? Mr. Hughes? Myself? Your answer literally changes every time you post something discussing the final three.

And I have already discussed my journey throughout this game, Miss Wilkes. Just because I did not actively intend to betray every person I came across does not make me any less deserving than you. I played a far different game than any person here. I was very focused on creating bonds with people and put that before my strategic game, but I never lost sight of what I needed to do to move forward. Strategy just was not how I chose to advance myself. I advanced myself with the relationships I formed and the challenges I was able to win, because the strategic decisions that I was making were not materialising in the way that I wanted them to.

My ideal F3 was with you and Cole. But I know that I couldn't trust you anymore so I just sticked with Howard and Cole.

Oh that's it? I see. :lol:
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Your ideal F3 doesn't always go according to your plan because you also need to consider other things to get to the end.
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[align=center]~ Howie's Adventure ~


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Alright folks, this is it, The FINAL 3! It's what we all played for since day one, the 3 of us manged to reach our goal, now it's up to you guys to decide who should be the winner of this game.

Lets be honest, how many of you saw me getting here after Alonzo left the game? I was always fairly confident I'd make it far throughout, but I also had my doubts a few times, such as when things didn't go my way in the Final 10 round, and also the night Max got voted off in a hilarious 3-3-3 tie where I voted the wrong way twice! The game wasn't easy for me, but I always managed to survive one way or another, managing to reach the F3 being the only person in the entire game to not get voted for once!

I feel that one of the main reasons I should win this game over these ladies is because of the way I always managed to survive and recover from disastrous situations like the ones mentioned above, and a few others that occurred throughout the game. Not only did I recover from them, I also worked those situations to my advantage resulting in getting myself in a better position in the game than I previously had before. The game was easy in a sense because no one ever seemed to want to target me, but it was also difficult because of the various obstacles I had to overcome along the way. One of the most frustrating things in this entire experience was the way some of you Supports chose to not listen to me when I was being completely open and honest with you guys, trying to help you advance in the game while helping myself at the same time. I knew the female Leads had come together since the moment it started happening in the F11 round, I let you guys know those girls would steamroll over the rest of us unless we did something about it but no one seemed to believe what I was saying was true. I still can't believe some of you Supports didn't want to believe me when I was trying to set you straight about how the 3-3-3 vote went back on Leads tribe :P

One of the most defining moments in the game was the night Max got voted off in that 3-3-3 tie where I voted the wrong way. I was on the outs there both times. I was lied to and avoided during the voting period, feeling played and completely out of the loop, but I managed to recover well from that situation. Fast forward to only a few days later, and I found myself in the best position on our tribe. I came clean to Miranda and Lisbeth about my votes which helped initiate relationships with them, Miranda is a great PMer and we eventually became close because she appreciated the way I put effort into my messages, something not everyone was doing in the game. Soon after Max left, an alliance consisting of Annie, Miranda, William, Alonzo, and myself was formed to counter the Lisbeth/Don/Elizabeth alliance that voted out Max. Alonzo was part of Don's alliance as well :lol:, then the next day Don sent me an offer I couldn't refuse to join his alliance to form a strong 5 on his side. Don and I had a nice little father-son relationship since the start, I respected this man! but I didn't feel close to his girls, which meant my true allegiance was to the other side do to me having better relationships there.

Annie and I started talking the night the Leads won the "spot the difference" challenge, we formed a friendship that eventually transformed into a tight alliance that was key in getting us both to this point in the game. Alonzo and I became close friends and allies as well, I knew he was playing all sides the minute Don asked me to join his alliance and Alonzo's name came up :lol: but I always loved the guy and didn't care how hard he was playing as long as he had my back, which I knew he did, just like I had his until the very end when he left at F10. Miranda eventually offered me a F2 alliance which I accepted and we also had a F3 between her, Annie, and myself. Alonzo, William, and I had an unspoken F3 alliance as well, so I knew I was in a great position in the game before the merge. Things were good, I knew what both sides where doing, who they wanted gone and everything, plus Alonzo and I filled each other in on whatever the other didn't know. The only problem on our tribe was the fact Annie and Miranda wanted Don gone, while Don wanted those two girls out of the game. I needed them all in because I had good relationships with all of them, for me the perfect F6 at the time was our Miranda/Annie/William/Alonzo/Howie 5some + Don because I knew I'd be able to reach F3 without difficulty in that type of scenario.

I was in a very safe position with the Leads going into the merge, we had the numbers advantage and everything, but I felt the need to form relationships with some of the Supports in case things went wrong with the Leads, something that ended up happening! To me having options and back-up plans in case something goes wrong is an important part of playing a good game. That's what I did here, always working hard to make sure I'd be safe no matter what situation would be thrown at me.

Rod and I got off to a great start the night of the merge, I was looking to form a friendship with him because he was always fun on the board, and I wanted to form an oreo alliance between him, Alonzo, and I where I'd be the cream in the middle of two black studs. Unfortunately, I was forced to stay away from the board for most of the merge weekend and by the time I returned, Rod had already become the target for the Leads. :( There was nothing I could do to save him at that point other than vote with the Supports which I knew wouldn't make a difference anyway because Don had informed me about Joker and Mrs. Miller joining his alliance. The alliances now were Don/Elizabeth/Lisbeth/Joker/MrsMiller/Alonzo/Howie and Miranda/Annie/William/Alonzo/Howie with the rest of the Supports as the 3rd group. With Rod gone, I tried to replace him with Joker who also seemed to be a fun little fellow, I was open and honest with him (without revealing alliances) but unfortunately he chose to throw me under the bus for some reason I still don't understand. To me it was a good idea to trim Don's alliance a bit in order to maintain the numbers somewhat equal on both sides, the Leads all wanted Supports gone and Cole became the next target on the list. I talked to Alonzo about saving Cole and getting Mrs. Miller out instead to cut down the numbers on that side, he agreed and we got the ball rolling for this plan to go down. Nothing personal against Mrs Miller, just handling business. I would've tried my best to save Joker from leaving that same night, but I knew I couldn't trust him after he sold me out to Lisbeth for telling him the truth about how our 3-3-3 tie went on our tribe. :(

Mrs. Miller and Joker left the game outing alliances on the board which resulted in the Lead Actresses comparing notes with each other, that's when the game turned against the male Leads who were playing the best before then! Don became the sacrificial lamb, I couldn't do anything to save him because my relationship with Miranda was no longer strong like before, I noticed a change in tone immediately after the F12/13 round ended. Last thing I wanted was to make matters worse by campaigning to get someone else voted off instead of Don. Sometimes you gotta know when to allow others to get what they want so that you don't become their target in the game. I still didn't vote for Don though, my vote went to Elizabeth that round to give her a prior vote on her record, no way in hell I was voting for my Papa!

Soon after Don left, Annie and Miranda started working me against Alonzo claiming he was playing all sides trying to form alliances with the Supports and what not. I already knew about most of this and didn't care because everyone was trying to work with Supports, not just Alonzo. I wanted our 5some to remain strong, the last thing I wanted was for it to have it break up in the middle of the game when we had just gained the numbers on our side after Don's boot. The Miranda vs Alonzo war ruined ALL my end game plans, I felt as if the safe house I was living in started crumbling around me, forcing me to have to choose a side. I chose to side with my boy Alonzo because I felt closer to him on a personal level, I knew him longer, plus I knew we needed to break up the female Leads before they gained complete control of the game. That round was the most stressful for me, I don't think anyone understands what it's like to have your entire alliance crumble before you eyes, but I knew I needed to move on from that because it was over. I went to Commodus and proposed us working together to get us both to the end of the game. I had been talking with him for a while, but it wasn't until that round that I opened up to him because I felt that Alonzo was going to leave soon whether our side won the F10 vote or not. With Alonzo gone, I wanted to continue playing the game with Commodus and Mammy while I still had Annie watching my back from the other side. Annie and I both agreed to continue looking after each other no matter which side won the F10 vote, that's why it was easy for me to survive after ending up on the wrong side of the numbers that night.

I made up with Miranda immediately following Alonzo's elimination, I let her know I was back on board with our F3 alliance from before, but I knew things weren't the same anymore, and understandably so. I also started talking to Cole and Elizabeth more, but I still wanted to work with the other Supports because I didn't join this game to sit on my hands, I wanted to take control of the game! I was always ready to make moves, I wanted Commodus, Mammy, William, and I to get Cole on board with us to eliminate a female Lead at F9. I was always ready and willing to make a move, but the Supports never seemed to want to go all in. Things would've worked out very differently for all of us if Mammy had voted with Alonzo and I at F10, it was a bad decision that ended up costing her, Alonzo, William, and Commodus the game. We could've made a move at F9 when William was trying to rally people to vote for Elizabeth, but again, no Supports wanted to go along with his plan and I was forced to vote for him in order to preserve myself in the game. After Will left, we still could've made a move to eliminate Miranda at F8 using Cole, but you Supports stopped speaking to me about the game for no reason at all. :P That's when I realized I needed to move on from that and start playing with the female Leads instead.

The Lead Actresses let me know Commodus and Mammy were going to be the targets for the F7/8 round, I decided to go along with their plan at that point. Later on I found out Mammy and Commo stopped talking with me because they were mislead into thinking they were in an alliance with Lisbeth/Elizabeth? :lol: My heart broke for you guys because things didn't have to end that way if you'd listened to me. That F8 round was also when Annie and I finally decided to throw caution to the wind and began openly discussing our endgame plans. I wasn't shy and immediately let her know I wanted her and I in the Final 3, but we'd need to get Miranda out before then at F6 or 5 because we stood no chance sitting next to her. Anything to break the girls up! Annie and I realized we wanted the same things, so I voted out Commo and Mammy knowing Annie and I would make a move at F6 using Cole as our 3rd vote. I was ready to win immunity and hand it over to Cole if necessary that night in order to make this work! A good player doesn't put all his eggs in one basket though, I took a risk and contacted Miss Elizabeth to see if she'd be willing to work with me. Her response was very positive, she wanted Commo/Mammy gone first, then Miranda at F6, then Cole after that, leaving her, Lisbeth and myself in the Final 3. It all sounded great to me as an alternate plan, I was enthusiastic about the prospect of working with Miss Elizabeth, but once she tried to change the vote from Mammy to Cole last minute at F7, I knew I wouldn't be able to trust her like I wanted to. Elizabeth also changed her F6 target from Miranda to Cole after saying she wanted Miranda gone that round in our initial conversation. I knew then, the best thing for me was to stick with Annie and Cole to get Miranda out so that WE could gain control of the game.

The rest is history, Lisbeth became our target at final 5, Annie and Cole wanted it that way, and I didn't care as long as I was safe in the game. I pretended to want Elizabeth gone to Annie to see what her reaction would be, and I got what I wanted from her, a confirmation that we'd vote together in the F4 too keep both of us safe in the game and into the F3. As you all saw earlier tonight, I tried to change the vote from Cole to Annie after getting confirmation from everyone that I wasn't getting voted for. again, I always worked hard to make sure I didn't get votes. Having a clean record became very important to me, I guess you could call it an obsession? ;]

Another reason why I wanted Cole to reach F3 with me was because I feel it's time for a male to win this series again. Visiting the past seasons links above, I noticed almost every winner has been female, the only reason a male won season 3 was because it was an all-male cast. I'm hoping to become that new male that gets crowned winner of BW, but that's all up to you members of the jury to decide. :P

If you look at the 3 finalists here, I was the most involved in the game. Call me a floater or whatever you want, the fact is I always worked my butt off to position myself well time and time again. When something didn't work, I always had a back up plan in place so that I'd continue being safe, that's why I'm the only player here to go the entire game without receiving a single vote against me, something that's not easy to achieve when I wasn't in the majority at times and when everyone saw me as a "floater" in the game. Why didn't anyone ever vote for me? Because you needed me, because I made myself appear as a non-threat, because you liked me, or maybe because you hated me too much to write my name down? :lol: It doesn't matter what the reason was! the fact is I SURVIVED some of the most difficult obstacles here, I had the toughest road out of the 3 of us finalist, and I managed to come out on top every time. I survived the pagonging of an entire alliance and managed to get myself in a position of power in the game. I feel that Annie and Elizabeth got carried by Miranda and Lisbeth for most of the game, while I was out on my own doing my own thing most of the time. I also handled every bad situation here with a positive attitude and took the time to write everyone in the game, something Miss Elizabeth failed to do when she ignored so many of you and pouted like a spoiled brat asking me to never speak to her again when things didn't go her way. Yes, it's cute and I love her for it, but it's also bad gameplay that shouldn't be awarded the win. Annie is a great girl, I hope to continue with our friendship after the game, but she seemed to ride the girls alliance for most of the game until we made that power move at F6, while I was out there trying to make shit happen all the time in the game! I could've rode Miranda and Annie all game long if I wanted to, it would've been easy for me, but I didn't come here to be a coattail rider, they both told me they had the voted for Alonzo to leave at F10 and I still took the risk voting with the dude because I wanted us to be in control. Mammy blocked us, but it's all good, I had a lot more fun going through my up and down journey after the merge, than I had before it.

So, there you have it, Presenters. What Howie went through in this game and how he viewed things from his perspective. I apologize for the length, but I figured it'd be best to let it all out in the beginning, you all can read this, then our Q&A session won't have to be a long and tedious process. I don't know how I'm viewed by most of you, but I assure you that I'm here to have a good time and won't take any criticism personal. It's just a game and I hope we'll all be friends when it's all set and done. ;]

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Annie Wilkes
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Howie :lol:

You just narrated how I was involved in working these people then in the end youll say I rode Miranda and Lisbeth's? :/
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Annie Wilkes
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Elizabeth Bennet
17th April 2012 - 02:48:32 AM
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."

You're weird. My opening statements contain only a few pictures and is filled with words.
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