Final Vote

[Sarah]

PSYCHE!

Coming into jury, I knew two things. First thing being that I was convinced that Amy evicting me was a terrible move. No ifs, ands or buts about it. The second thing I knew was that Amy hardly played the game whereas Nakomis had her hands involved in almost all things that went on in the game.

I'm gonna start off by saying that I really do love both Andii and Lorii [omg, they both spell their names with 2 Is, that's retarded and a sign, obviously]. I think they have amazing personalities and people you can talk to for hours and never get bored. Whoever I decide to vote for, it's nothing personal.


I was sure that Nakomis must have played an amazing, behind the scenes game, but in reality, nothing she has done was of any surprise to me because I knew about everything. Even her taking credit for Janelle's eviction is wrong. She wanted Amy gone and I not only spoke to her for probably over an hour about why it was a good idea to nominate Janelle next to Amy, but then I went ahead and won veto and ensured Janelle's eviction.
On the other hand, Jean Jordan's backdoor definitely helped set her up quite nicely with both sides. She did have a lot of knowledge about what's been going on in the game and played a great social game.

Being impatient, being bias and being a bitch is due to me being quite bitter to the fact that someone I held so high in my rankings and someone I liked so much, ended up evicting me.
Although at the time, evicting me couldn't really be seen as the smart choice, Amy did make it to F2 despite it and probably wouldn't have if I wasn't evicted.
She claims her biggest move was evicting me. It was her biggest move because it worked out, but it would have been her downfall, had it not. It was risky on so many levels, but it did pay off because 3 out of the 6 other remaining houseguests all really liked me and probably wouldn't have evicted me.


I'm going to cast my vote after reading Amy's reply to Nathan's questions and both their replies to Roddy... but I have a pretty damn good idea how I am voting.

[Sarah]

kidding... I'm back to being unsure. I want to make the right decision. I'm afraid of voting for someone for the wrong reasons. In some ways, I think I should vote for Amy for her social game and her ability to make quite a few very strong relationships... but then when you think about it, it's because I knew she was Andii that she wasn't evicted over Danielle. Really. Everyone else was evicted over Danielle, but not her and it has to do with us knowing her.
And as much as I was impressed about her and Justin's secret relationship, when talking to James about it, it really isn't that impressive, considering she met him last year and she made a F2 with him based on that fact.
I was seriously considering voting for her and now I'm back to not knowing. God.

[Sarah]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Okay, so I've finally come to a decision. It's completely not personal and taking everything into consideration, I think I'm voting for the right person. Both did play good games, but nothing really stands out from either of them, so I have to rely on a few other things. They both played good social games, they both had many allies, but one of them did a little more and that's the person I've decided to vote for.
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I was very close to voting for Amy because her jury answers were very good and she obviously did put a lot of thought into them. I was impressed with some of the things she said and some of the relationships she's had in the game, which is why I was starting to rethink everything. Before voting, it's all about discussing things with other jurors and after talking a little bit with James and Nathan, I realized that the two things I've credited her with, aren't really much to be credited for. Justin was to her what she was to me, only more because she actually met him. She trusted him so much because she knew him prior to the game. The second thing is that I thought she did a pretty damn good job at "fooling me," but really, I'm just a sucker for these things. I'm friends with her outside of the game, so I'm the one who just assumed that it meant she wouldn't vote me out. It wasn't so much of a strategy on her part as it was me being naive. Had I not known her outside of the game, she would have been evicted the week before because there wasn't a strong reason for me to keep her besides for the fact that I knew her.

On the other hand, I never knew Nakomis and I went through a whole lot of ups and downs with her throughout this game and I never knew if I could trust her 100%. Towards the end, I put a lot of trust in her, but never to the full extent. In fact, when the vote to evict me came out 2-2, I was sure it was Nakomis who evicted me, not Amy. So despite the fact that I never fully trusted her, she still came out on top. I also made a complete 180 as it related to her and it had NOTHING to do with knowing each other outside of the game. Had she been the one nominated next to Danielle, I most definitely would have evicted Danielle... even though Nak was someone I met IN the game.

I mentioned how Amy evicting me was very risky, but did pay off in the end. This is still true. She evicted me and therefore paved an easier road to get to final 2, but I can't help but think that other people factored into this, as opposed to her making the right moves. She wasn't evicted at F6 because Erika was the bigger threat and she wasn't nominated at F5 because James was the one who arranged it. She got herself to F3 and arranged a F2 to ensure she got there, but it seems to me like it was too little too late. Don't get me wrong, they both deserve final 2 and both kicked everyone else's asses, but I firmly believe that Nakomis had to do a lot more and got involved with a lot more than Amy did in order to set herself up for F2.