Amy's Analysis

[Amy Crews]

*Takes out more douchey questions*

^_^

[Casey Turner]

IMO a juror can ask as many questions as they want but they should realize that there is nothing obligating the finalists to answer them.

And LoL at this thread already having like 10 posts, none of which are from Kristen or Jessie.

[Amy Crews]

Well I hope they will answer them now that I took out the more asshat like ones after Enzo slapped me across the face .

[Jessie Godderz]

1. It may just be me, but it seems to me, that you never took the initiative to get to know people. If my memory serves me right, I initiated many of our conversations. Were you just busy, or did you take a "let them approach me" view of things instead of being an initiator?

You're right, I did pretty much resist reaching out too often. I know at the very beginning, through grapevines, I already heard rumors of Hayden warning people about me (not sure how he knows me still), and there were some mini-players in here who have probably seen me win said minis through talking to everyone in the chats. Sure, those are very different things than truth and ORG's but I already knew schemas that were created in this game relating to me early on, especially the first week, and I decided from then, it would just be foolish for both Kristen and I to be reaching out all over the place, and be an obvious power duo that everyone would realize needs to be chopped out.

I decided, it was a wiser move to be more of a "let them approach me guy", than an initiator, but I still made sure to initiate something whenever neccesary. For me, at most events I either won a challenge myself, had Kristen won who I had continuous contact with, or had someone win who almost always would just approach me right away, tell me I'm completely safe, or start discussing other targets, or go to Kristen and assure her that I wasn't a target.

By being quieter, surely my game was less impactful and visible at times than Kristen, but it made it easier for me to ensure my safety should people rise up and realize one of us needs to get taken out, and I also knew I would be able to manuever myself into situations where I wouldn't have to ever risk getting myself too tied up. For the most part, regardless the level of contact I had with people, I feel confident they were able to feel quite protected with me in the game, and even better, since I wasn't notoriously running around too much, it meant they would have less doubts that I had greener grasses elsewhere, regardless if I did or not.

2. Was I a pawn this entire game to you? Or did you think I had a head of my own?

Yes, and no. I enjoy you, and I enjoy Kristen, and I've enjoyed other people as well. To me though, once you bring relationships too deep into the game, it gets messy. If you say "I'm keeping her, because she's a good friend", that actually is to me a really insensitive thing to do. That might sound backwards, but to me, setting that precedent only means that a same individual who plays by those means, by eliminating someone from the game without too much emotion, is almost saying "Well, you weren't such a good friend".

I think it's important to have separation, and to me, you, Kristen, and everyone for the most part, from what I know or can tell, are pretty cool people BESIDES the game. But WITHIN the game, and just as a game, I certainly try to do what I can to get to the end, to behave in a manner that I think the jury won't be too disatisfied with my role in their elimination getting myself there, and if possible making an ally who without a doubt is the best person to have by my side the whole way, and Kristen is undoubtedly the best person I could find. Regardless though, at the end of the day, because it's a game, and you are doing whatever you can within the game to manuever it to be fun, and to increase your chances of winning, then yes, in that sense you were a "pawn".

To me though, you had a head of your own, absolutely. You always were thinking what could get you ahead, regardless of how you felt about people, like when you kept Enzo, regardless of the impact it would have on me and Kristen who you admitted to liking a great deal. You even came to me, apologizing, and saying you still appreciate our friendship, and I told you there's no need for you to even say that. You have your own head, we are making moves and playing within a game to make it to the end with various strategies, so in the end I completely understood why you did what you did. You were participating in this game, and doing what was best for you, regardless of how you felt, to better your game, because this afterall is a game. I was essentially doing the same thing, and I think many of us were. So yes, in ways, I did see you as a "pawn" just as I'm sure you were assessing how we could all be, or not be of use to getting to the end, and without a doubt I knew and saw you have a will of your own.

3. Did you make any moves in this game without the approval of Kristen?

I think everyone expects me to try to say "yes", and then come up with some roundabout explanation of how I had incredible independence from Kristen, but that isn't the case. I always knew Kristen was going to be my final 2 ally. From the beginning, we would generally make an alliance, someone within the alliance would become close to both of us, and then around the time that person either seemed threatening toward me, or perhaps threatening to her too (but I think it was more about if they were threatening to me), they went, and she helped to make sure it happened. Lane was never going to be a threat to her, or Amy at that point, but he went pretty early. Casey certainly would have done a whole lot for Kristen in this game, but she and I discussed how he could be threatening, mainly to me, and he went. Even toward the end, I believe Enzo and Amy were trying to cut deals with her, but I knew she'd stick with me and do what was best for me.

I'm not saying that in any cocky or controlling manner, but in a manner of how awesome an ally she was. She truly was there for me, willing to cut her own limbs off to replace any prosthetics I might have had. To me, I could have gone behind Kristens back to get her own allies out if I wanted to, but it seemed easier with the larger moves to just argue why I want people out, or allow her to discuss with me why she wants people she's closer with out, and then just let it go down. To me, if it was a bitter jury, I was confident they would vote me to win at the end since it was her cutting the ties, and if it was a jury voting based on who truly in the relationship was benefitting from the relationship, and who was using who, there would be an interesting debate in both directions, and it would be a fair and nice battle.

I for one, from a game point of view, am sad to see this isn't a very bitter jury, but am happy for Kristen and myself that we can battle it out, and prove who of the two of us who always planned on making it to the end together anyway, used each other the best, and handled outside situations in the manner people liked the most.

4. How did each player getting evicted benefit you?

Brittany- She went while I was HoH, and I was able to nominate and evict people who were pretty quiet, and I was also able to not nominate or put anyone in danger during that eviction, thus already putting me on a nice first page with any who would emerge as power players. Plus she was a girl, and the moment that "all-girls" alliance happened, I knew I wanted the first elimination or two to be girls, just to make 100% positive that is wiped out of this game.

Diane- Diane, immediately showed her colors during the first veto to be pretty sneaky. She approached me and told me she "Foe'd"
me, essentially requesting that I "Friend" her since she told me before I put my answers in. So I knew I was safe that week as HoH anyway, and that her winning meant nothing, "Friended" her, and moved about my business, knowing she basically showed me she should go soon, lol. And she did week 2. Plus, it was another girl, and as I said, I wanted the first eviction or two to be women, so it was nice to have that continue.

Kathy- Kathy just up and quit the game, and I guess this was okay with me, just because she was someone that I know people were planning to nominate as a "placeholder" or "easy" nominee. I wanted people to make tougher decisions, so her leaving meant more people would draw each others bloods, and make more enemies.


Lane- Lane definitely thought he was running this game. He was trying to weave alliances with Kristen, Casey, and Amy, and I basically was acting like I had no clue (as I was to Casey and Amy too, since Kristen would just relay whatever was going on in those groups). Lane was someone who apparently wanted to consider targetting Amy, but was also trying to rank Kristen and others above me, which knowing both Kristen and me would make it deep into the game, and he could easily win some conversations, it just was nicer if he just went, and people in his group would become closer to me, and be a little more lost in the game, and maybe turn to Kristen, which also just meant I'd gain more information and safety.

Brendon- Brendon getting evicted, or quitting (he was gonna go anyway) was an easy choice. It was once again, me being able to show a lot of people that I was really caring about their games. I kept trying to put it in contexts that it was me doing what people wanted me to do, when really, I cared less about who went anyway. I felt confident no one was looking in my direction as a threat, so I wanted to make my HoH week as smooth as possible, and be behind the tumultous weeks of other HoH's, as I had in the past, and basically have no one feel the need for backlash on me, since they couldn't see my role in it too well. Brendon going was as simplistic as I wanted it to remain, and it was.

Mike .D- Him leaving actually didn't benefit me, because he wasn't targetting me from what I knew. If anything though, him leaving, finally allowed him being a "default" nom to go away, and as I said, when I knew I was keeping myself safe, it would just leave more room open for problems amongst other people to be born.

Casey- Casey without a doubt would have led to my elimination if he stayed around too much longer. He cared above all about Kristen, and his attempts to keep her and him safe could have indirectly led to my danger, and if Casey knew he and his girl were safe, that wouldn't be of significance to him, and I kinda knew that. Sure, maybe he would have defended me some...but no where near the way he would have Kristen and himself, who I think he would have defended adamantly. It was easier for me if people who seemed less polarized remained in the game, and Kristen knew Casey would become a threat to me too, and reacted accordingly. Him going was simply better for me, since he powerfully ranked others higher than me, and was a force in this game. Kristen allowed me to see how close they were, and I knew that was a threat if he would do whatever he could to get her and him to the end, and try in anyway to take me out of the equation.

Alison- Alison is another case of a player who had an ally of mine higher in her priorities, and this time, it was Boogie. It seemed to me that those two were close, from the moment that I directly asked her during my 2nd HoH some questions, and she said that she just wants me to keep her and Boogie safe. She then backpedaled a bit, but I knew from that moment on, I had to get her out before her and Boogie got too close. She also was threatening Kristen a little bit, and while getting people who were too close to Kristen out, would benefit me, it was also significant to not have someone around who was too against an ally who would be as helpful to me as Kristen. Her going at this point was pretty solid timing.

Boogie- Boogie definitely was someone I knew was totally playing his own games in ways, from the moment me and Kristen joined with him. Even during the period of time where people were trading clue cards all around, me and Kristen tried to almost stifle his personal progress, because we didn't like how clearly paranoid he was in his behavior regarding it. He continually was asking for our clue cards, in a selfish manner that told me he didn't want me or Kristen to piece anything together before he was. I totally get wanting to be a part of it, and wanting to make sure you are, cause I'm JUST like him too, lol, but the fact that I saw him playing his game, even amongst his close allies, I knew he was as much of player of this game as I expected from early on. Boogie sticking around as long as he did, and me being supportive of him gave me a back up person in case anything caught up with Kristens dealings that I knew she had going on. He also had the coup, and he would keep Enzo busy. Him going at this point, before he made a run to the end of the game was probably better, I think he would have been a bigger threat than people expect if he progressed further, and I just knew his continuous searching for who was the final 2 in this game to worry about would lead him to the obvious conclusion that it was the 2 people in his final 3.

Hayden- This round, I actually completely preferred Enzo to go, because he was the largest threat to me, but as a close second was Hayden. He was someone I think would have logically considered nominating me had he been able to won for nominating him in the past, and he was also the only person besides Enzo who wasn't in my final 3 deal. I knew Kristen wanted to give Enzo a pity vote, and I decided it would be wise to earn more respect from you, Amy, by not badgering you to evict Enzo, when you and I both knew anyway it was probably more logical for you to keep him since he wouldn't evict you. Instead, I think I made a better impression on you, by accepting you had your own head, letting you do your own thing, and just telling Kristen that she can throw a vote on Hayden if she wants, even though I'm pretty certain she wanted Enzo to go for me anyway. I knew if you were lying to Kristen, it would just strain your bond a bit, so it was win-win, where I would either have an easier road to getting our final 3 to the end with Hayden, or I would have a more difficult road getting us to the final 3, but increase my lot in respecting you going into the upcoming phases.

Enzo- Kristen and Amy both were simply and obviously the better options to take to the next phase. Explanation is pretty obvious.

Amy- Kristen evicting you, meant I was going to the final 2. If I won, I would have likely done the same to you, because I would have felt I had better arguments of me playing a good game in comparison to Kristen than you, and I also wanted to keep my word. You definitely had showing of free-will, and thinking of yourself above all in this game, that would have been really difficult for me to argue against, and I also never made a final 2 deal with you, and would have felt okay, and alright evicting you since we made it all the way to 3, and all three of us knew one of us were gonna get screwed anyway.

5. Do you consider me a legitimate friend, because I'd hope you do.

Yes, I consider you a friend. We had understanding between us, and I enjoyed the conversations we did have. I definitely don't like making friends with people too tight and getting it intertwined in game talk and game-situations, cause of the danger of that, as I've already mentioned. I think we definitely can get to know each other better, and be much better friends than I consider us now, and I'd like that, but without a doubt, I cetainly would say you are a legitimate friend.

6. Why do you deserve my vote over Kristen's?

I always was thinking what was best for me, as you were as well. I was also trying to make people think what was best for me, and I think I did this pretty successfully with Kristen. Aside from that though, I think I still was able to avoid making pointless deals, or making moves that would either be regrettable, or could haunt me at any time. I think through out the game, that was something I maintained, that Kristen may not in your opinion be able to say as confidently. I know you were definitely closer to Kristen, but as I said, I like trying to separate that out, and I think you can, and look at the game, what we found to be neccesary, how safe we truly kept ourselves over anyone else, and maybe, regardless of quantity, how we treated people. Either way, you'll be voting for an awesome person ( ), so don't sweat the vote whatever it is.

Talk to you soon, thanks for the questions, and the congrats!

[Mike Malin]

Amy, you fuck off.

[Enzo Palumbo]

LOL

[Amy Crews]

Dec 11, 2010 19:07:47 GMT -6 Mike Malin said:

Amy, you fuck off.

M'kay, I still did nothing to you, so quit being a douche for no reason.

K Thanks

[Mike Malin]

I'm a douche? Takes one to know one I guess. Fuck You, Amy.

[Amy Crews]

Dec 12, 2010 8:04:47 GMT -6 Mike Malin said:

I'm a douche? Takes one to know one I guess. Fuck You, Amy.

Well, I wouldn't think this of you if you didn't get on my back here in this topic over random shit and in the jury house. I had no issue with you in the house but you clearly do with me so who struck who first?

[Mike Malin]

It's so easy to rattle you, bitch. Calm down.