Post by Rachel Plencner on Jan 13, 2014 16:30:25 GMT -6
Hey guys! Before I delve into this I want to thank Julie for the game. Even when things have been a little slow, it’s been a very incredible journey. I didn’t think four months ago when it all began that I would be sitting here right now. I also want to thank all of you for playing, because no matter how each of y’all feel about me, I adore each and every one of you in your own special way(s).
I think if there’s any place to start, it should be with an apology. I know at any rate, it doesn’t mean much since I’m sitting in the final two, and you as a jury are going to hold me accountable for my actions in this game, but ever since Dominic left, there has been one thing I wanted to clear up to everyone and that’s that no matter how anyone views me as a person or player, I didn’t intend to make the game personal for anyone, and if it felt that way, then I send my sincerest apologies. I know I burned a good number of people on the Jury and contrary to popular belief, I didn’t relish it or even feel remotely good about it. In fact, I’ve had a very high amount of anxiety when it pertained to a lot of the evictions that transpired from the jury stage onward. I didn’t even want to see the final HoH results yesterday because I didn’t want to see anyone in this F3 evicted. I do feel I played a very villainous/cutthroat game but that doesn’t mean I don’t feel an immense amount of guilt for anyone I’ve hurt along the way. I’d call pretty much all of you sitting on the jury bench friends, and I don’t like hurting my friends. I just came here to play the best game I possibly could, and in this situation, a lot of my friendships were caught in the crossfires. As I said, I know it doesn’t mean much now, but I truly am sorry if I hurt any of you guys. There are some of you I’m dying to talk to once this game finally ends.
To me in Big Brother, one of the best games you can play is a game where you leave your options wide open. My goal was to play a game, where I won competitions (as a means of making deals and pulling people into my corner) as well as forge social connections that gave me a wide variety of options. The greater goal of having a variety of options, was that I wanted to make sure everyone I was sitting next to as the numbers dwindled had a strong connection with me, so they would take me to the end, and in the event I won the final challenges, I could pick who I wanted to go to the end with. I’m characteristically horrific at challenges once I get to the final four, and this time around, I wanted to make sure I had close knit allies, so I didn’t walk out the door in fourth place again. This strategy worked as I had an end game deal with everyone in the final 5, and didn’t need to win any competitions after the F5 to be sitting here in the final 2 right now.
When you look at the bare bones that make up the game of Big Brother, it’s generally viewed as three parts, competitions, strategy, and social connections. When looking at my body of work, I had all of these things solidly in check. I won seven competitions, the most of anyone this season. I played a strategic game where almost every week, someone that I had concerns or reservations about walked out the door, and even in instances where a week didn’t go my way. (Ex: Jun/Andrew) I still made sure the person walking out the door could have been a vote against me in an eviction situation. (For example if I was nominated next to Porsche since we, I felt Jun or Andrew would have evicted me, so while they were my allies, their evictions were somewhat beneficial to my game) In essence I had a greater plan, and then a backup plan for the week in order to increase my chances of surviving if I was unable to win a competition down the road. Finally I do believe I played a strong social game. I wasn’t nominated all game sans the F4 and F3, the two rounds where my strong social connections allowed me to survive. I had alliances/deals with most of the cast, deals that for the most part, I was incorporated into. This allowed me to have a plethora of options, and ultimately pick and choose which people I felt the most comfortable with going forward, hence how I ended up with an ideal F5 that allowed me to be where I’m at right now.
I guess to finish this off, I came in here to play the best game I could possibly play, in hopes of beating anyone I was sitting next to in the final two. I think this is already pretty long, so I’ll leave the rest of this for the questions. I’ll be a little sluggish on them tonight since I have school stuff going on, but should be able to hit them pretty hard tomorrow. Once again thanks everyone for the game. It’s been quite a ride. And good luck James! <3
To me in Big Brother, one of the best games you can play is a game where you leave your options wide open. My goal was to play a game, where I won competitions (as a means of making deals and pulling people into my corner) as well as forge social connections that gave me a wide variety of options. The greater goal of having a variety of options, was that I wanted to make sure everyone I was sitting next to as the numbers dwindled had a strong connection with me, so they would take me to the end, and in the event I won the final challenges, I could pick who I wanted to go to the end with. I’m characteristically horrific at challenges once I get to the final four, and this time around, I wanted to make sure I had close knit allies, so I didn’t walk out the door in fourth place again. This strategy worked as I had an end game deal with everyone in the final 5, and didn’t need to win any competitions after the F5 to be sitting here in the final 2 right now.
When you look at the bare bones that make up the game of Big Brother, it’s generally viewed as three parts, competitions, strategy, and social connections. When looking at my body of work, I had all of these things solidly in check. I won seven competitions, the most of anyone this season. I played a strategic game where almost every week, someone that I had concerns or reservations about walked out the door, and even in instances where a week didn’t go my way. (Ex: Jun/Andrew) I still made sure the person walking out the door could have been a vote against me in an eviction situation. (For example if I was nominated next to Porsche since we, I felt Jun or Andrew would have evicted me, so while they were my allies, their evictions were somewhat beneficial to my game) In essence I had a greater plan, and then a backup plan for the week in order to increase my chances of surviving if I was unable to win a competition down the road. Finally I do believe I played a strong social game. I wasn’t nominated all game sans the F4 and F3, the two rounds where my strong social connections allowed me to survive. I had alliances/deals with most of the cast, deals that for the most part, I was incorporated into. This allowed me to have a plethora of options, and ultimately pick and choose which people I felt the most comfortable with going forward, hence how I ended up with an ideal F5 that allowed me to be where I’m at right now.
I guess to finish this off, I came in here to play the best game I could possibly play, in hopes of beating anyone I was sitting next to in the final two. I think this is already pretty long, so I’ll leave the rest of this for the questions. I’ll be a little sluggish on them tonight since I have school stuff going on, but should be able to hit them pretty hard tomorrow. Once again thanks everyone for the game. It’s been quite a ride. And good luck James! <3
