Post by Johnny Knoxville on Feb 17, 2011 18:08:51 GMT -5
Almost at the Finish Line
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[/center]Seeing Drew leave was a big moment for me. Drew was alright, I guess, but he would have been a horrendous winner. Now that he is gone, I know with certainty that the winner of this series will be a deserving one.
He was also marked the last person I actively wanted out of the game. Everyone else left I legtimately like, which meant that this was guaranteed to be a hard round for me. I never feel good about eliminating someone I like, even if it benefits my personal position within the game.
When I saw the HoH challenge, I was really excited because I usually excel at puzzles. But, like always, Adam was too fast for me. Goddamn that guy is a beast at challenges. He beat me by three minutes and I ended up with second place once again. Him winning was good for me though, cuz it did basically guarentee me safety.
Anyways, I was not envious of his position. Nominating two people from this bunch was guaranteed to be difficult. Everyone has worked hard to get where they are, and there are no douchebags or assholes among us. So Adam actually ended up calling us all into a room and asked us what we would do. I don't really know what he thought would happen because there was no way people were going to agree to being nominted, but whatever I understand he was in a tough spot and didn't want to hurt friends. His nominations were Sean and Lindsay, which is exactly what I expected he would do. Those nominations just made sense for him.
Anyways, veto happened almost immediately after. I was actually trying to help Lindsay win. We exchanged answers and stuff, but Sean ended up winning with a perfect score. If she HAD won, my plan would have been to have her and I mutually vote out Nicki, who I perceive to be the biggest jury threat. But with Sean winning he took himself off, and Adam had to replace him.
After what I know was a super difficult decision for Adam, he chose to put up Nicki as the nominee.This basically indicated that there was a final 2 between me and Adam, but we are both in the final 4 round, so it doesn't really matter.
Choosing between Lindsay and Nicki is no easy task. I have gotten close to both of them and the LAST thing I wanted to do was to lie to one of them out the door. That would be such a shitty thing to do. So I was non-committal.
Sean and I exchanged PMs about what we were gonna do with the votes. I guess Nicki told him that Adam and I had a final 2, and this was the exchange.
got this message when i got on this morning,
i missed it last night.
you: if its you and me voting
can we talk over our decision tomorrow and vote then?
I dont wanna split votes and let Adam have control
well, i was also informed this morning you're in a final 2 with Adam..
hmm...there's something i didnt know about.
which makes me wonder johnny, how much should i really trust you?
i mean, i thought we were close and i trusted you.
and while i didnt assume that we were final two, i thought we were close enough to possibly think that.
and now you want to know who im voting for so Adam DOESNT have control, yet you two are in a final two?
hmm....somethings not adding up here.
are you not being faithful to Adam?
or are you trying to figure out who im voting for, so you can vote the opposite so Adam, DOES have the control to see who will be kicked.
just seems awful fishy Johnny.
an explination would be nice before i decide who im really voting for.
i missed it last night.
you: if its you and me voting
can we talk over our decision tomorrow and vote then?
I dont wanna split votes and let Adam have control
well, i was also informed this morning you're in a final 2 with Adam..
hmm...there's something i didnt know about.
which makes me wonder johnny, how much should i really trust you?
i mean, i thought we were close and i trusted you.
and while i didnt assume that we were final two, i thought we were close enough to possibly think that.
and now you want to know who im voting for so Adam DOESNT have control, yet you two are in a final two?
hmm....somethings not adding up here.
are you not being faithful to Adam?
or are you trying to figure out who im voting for, so you can vote the opposite so Adam, DOES have the control to see who will be kicked.
just seems awful fishy Johnny.
an explination would be nice before i decide who im really voting for.
I meant exactly what I said to you. I wanted to vote with you so that we don't split our vote and have Adam break the tie. It seemed silly to me that we would let the decision fall into another person's hands when you and I have maintained open communication since basically week 1.
And since the cat is out of the bag, yes Adam and I have had a final 2 agreement for quite a while (week 3 I think). But it has been a rocky road for us with lots of legitimate disagreements about who should go when. I think the last time we sincerely agreed with who should be evicted of the two nominees (not including last week when he was nommed) was when it was you and Mike on the block, so that is to say, we usually disagreed with eachother about voting.
Aside from flat out breaking Adam's trust and telling you about the final 2, I don't really know what more I could have done in this game to show you that you were a priority to me. When it was you/me/Mike in the beginning and I caught wind of him potentially going home week 2, I informed both of you about the circumstances. The following week, I voted to keep you over him. Then, you were safe for a while... but last week I knew Drew was going to go home no matter who he was up against but didn't say anything because I knew that if I did it would be you and Adam on the block beside each other. If I was solely playing for me and Adam and didn't care about you, it would have been wise to try and get you evicted because you are a much bigger threat in the game than Drew ever was. But that's just not the person I am so I never considered it an option.
Anyways, to me, a final 2 agreement is about doing what you can to keep someone safe. Adam is safe this round, so I didn't see my obligation towards him as going any further than that. But I have to head out to work now and I'll be off at 5ish. We can talk more then.
But for what its worth, I truly did plan on taking you to the final 3, and if Adam had happened to be evicted I for sure would have gone to the end with you. I'm not saying that because of anything related to this vote, its just the truth and I think you deserve the honesty.
Peace,
Johnny
And since the cat is out of the bag, yes Adam and I have had a final 2 agreement for quite a while (week 3 I think). But it has been a rocky road for us with lots of legitimate disagreements about who should go when. I think the last time we sincerely agreed with who should be evicted of the two nominees (not including last week when he was nommed) was when it was you and Mike on the block, so that is to say, we usually disagreed with eachother about voting.
Aside from flat out breaking Adam's trust and telling you about the final 2, I don't really know what more I could have done in this game to show you that you were a priority to me. When it was you/me/Mike in the beginning and I caught wind of him potentially going home week 2, I informed both of you about the circumstances. The following week, I voted to keep you over him. Then, you were safe for a while... but last week I knew Drew was going to go home no matter who he was up against but didn't say anything because I knew that if I did it would be you and Adam on the block beside each other. If I was solely playing for me and Adam and didn't care about you, it would have been wise to try and get you evicted because you are a much bigger threat in the game than Drew ever was. But that's just not the person I am so I never considered it an option.
Anyways, to me, a final 2 agreement is about doing what you can to keep someone safe. Adam is safe this round, so I didn't see my obligation towards him as going any further than that. But I have to head out to work now and I'll be off at 5ish. We can talk more then.
But for what its worth, I truly did plan on taking you to the final 3, and if Adam had happened to be evicted I for sure would have gone to the end with you. I'm not saying that because of anything related to this vote, its just the truth and I think you deserve the honesty.
Peace,
Johnny
Later on, we got to talk on AIM and we came to an agreement on the right decision to make. Which you will see shortly in my voting thread.
