Jury House

[crystal]

Amanda FTW

[jacob]

oh boy this looks like a fun little situation

[Brett]

Jury questioning is now open. Ask and vote at your leisure, but the deadline to vote is Thursday night at 7.

[Spideynerd]

Howdy ya'll! What a whirwind turn of events today, huh? It took guts for Jake to come clean about his inside information. My goal in this game had been meant to help Jake get his win, I admit that... But it quickly turned into something else. Amanda is just as good of a friend to me as Jake is. This is the final 2 I wanted to see from the moment I realized how much Amanda was actually caring for this game. I knew I did nothing in this game, and I did that on purpose, I didn't want the win, never did. I didn't want to play this game at all, and only did so because I was tired of Jake asking me to do so.

Also, if I hadn't suggested us being the Bullet Club, I certainly wouldn't have joined. The idea of playing with an alliance (which almost always happens in these games, a pre game alliance tries to make it far) of some what close people (I only actually knew Jake, Adam, and Carleen) sounded like fun. I knew it would be something the jury would hate, but I didn't care. I wasn't trying to get people to like me, I'm use to being hated.

With that said, I would like to apologize to Crulex. I'm not sure if he'll see this. But I'm not entirely sure what Amanda told you about what I said, but I apologize for it. That day I wasn't in a good mood, and I said some things I shouldn't have. Amanda not wanting to vote you out is still something I don't agree with, but I do feel bad about how I handled the situation. I hope you realize this is a game, and I feel bad that you might not quite like how I handled things. I know I don't like it.

That's all I have to say for now, I think. If I think of something later, I will say something. Also, be as harsh as you want, I really don't care. I'm just glad the final 2 is two people I know deserve to be sitting there, because I sure as hell didn't deserve it. Oh, and Ryan, if you get in here before questioning and what have you, I'm sorry you had to go. Getting you nominated was all because of the Diamond Power of Veto. I had to actually nominate you, not just get votes your way like I had to with other people. I wanted to have you nominated first, then get you off before the final eviction comp... But Jake figured putting you up with Veto would be the way to go. I really didn't want you to go. Yes, I was Bullet Club, but I was ever so close numerous times to go with you, Taylor, and Amanda to make something else. If Amanda hadn't been brought into the Bullet Club, that alliance probably would have happened.

[crulex]

Jul 24, 2016 19:55:42 GMT -5 Spideynerd said:

With that said, I would like to apologize to Crulex. I'm not sure if he'll see this. But I'm not entirely sure what Amanda told you about what I said, but I apologize for it. That day I wasn't in a good mood, and I said some things I shouldn't have. Amanda not wanting to vote you out is still something I don't agree with, but I do feel bad about how I handled the situation. I hope you realize this is a game, and I feel bad that you might not quite like how I handled things. I know I don't like it.

I'll tell you like I told Issac when he apologized. If you are sincere, then we're cool. And since I actually know you, I know you are, so we're cool. I don't fully know what happened between you and Amanda, aside from you convincing her to evicted me as she told me before she voted, but I don't really need to know now because it's over and it seems you made up with her anyway. If anyone knows that it's a game and isn't a butt-hurt monkey around here, it's me, as I'm usually the one telling people to chill out anyway, so I'm not upset about it.

The only thing I don't get is why you were so adamant that Amanda vote for me. If she voted Carleen and you voted me, Jake would break the tie as HOH and send me off anyway. And if he didn't and changed his mind to Carleen, I was still probably going out the following week because the competitions would have been in the middle of the week where I would not have been able to win. You were safe and Carleen and I were on the way out one week or another, so how she voted probably didn't matter.

[ryanb34]

Dare I poke my head in here?

I must say this is coming as a big surprise. I was pretty invested while playing but the fact that I was evicted like six weeks ago and told I wouldn't be jury I had totally checked out. I've logged on out of curiousity to see how the game has progressed but I've definitely missed a lot. I just kind of skimmed over the big Bullet Club reveal because those posts were so long.

Would someone mind giving maybe a sparksnotes UNBIASED summary of what's happened since Red's eviction? 10 Sentences or less.

And Casey/Cody, I know that you were just eliminated so the game is still so fresh for you. But I am so far removed that there are absolutely no hard feelings. I was pissed at the time but mostly at Carleen for using the veto when I considered her one of my tightest allies. And of course I had no idea she, Trent or Amanda were in the Bullet Club so it made a lot more sense afterwards. So Carleen if you're reading this, no hard feelings either.

[Spideynerd]

Crulex, the reason I didn't want her to evict Carleen over you is because I saw it as her thinking ahead and trying to make the jury like her even more. She feels as though the jury isn't necessarily pro her for some reason. She says that isn't the reason, and I believe her, but it just seemed like the wrong move when she was okay with everything in the past up til then (she was okay with the nominating Trent, Red, and Ryan, all people she really liked at the time, knowing it was a game at the time and it had to happen).

As for Ryan, it is hard to sum up this game. I could easily give you an unbiased summary, but my mind is blank on what truly happened between Red's eviction and what happened yesterday. Other than you being nominated because of me playing for the Diamond Power of Veto, and Jake revealing the Club far too early, nothing really exciting happened. Both Amanda and Jake deserve to sit there in the Final 2 spot. I've known both of them for a very long time, but I've stayed in a constant friendship with Jake. This game brought Amanda and I back together.

The biggest take away is this. While Jake really wants to win this game... Of all the people he could lose to, he is glad to lose to Amanda.

[taylorg8]

Ok. I kist got out of the hospita;. What happened at final 3z? People should give me like week by week comp winners from final 6 onward. This is the best final 2 we could've had w/o Jacob imo, but I mist admit I am sad for Jake bc I really wanted to vote for him, but Amanda and jacob were the only two that could possibly steal that vote from him. He can still get my vote, but I think he lost the gae by letting Amanda get this far.

[taylorg8]

Oh dang. He cheated... ehhh. I think Amanda gets my vote then.

[Spideynerd]

Yes, Jake cheated. However, he still made it to the final 2 for a reason. If you guys have questions about this, ask Jake. Don't have your mind made up before the questioning phase.

Both of them played brilliant games, jury thing aside. They both deserve to be sitting next to each other in the end. What they accomplished together is truly amazing. Congratulate the two of them, and be civil to them, just like you would expect from them if you were in their shoes.

In the end, vote for the person who played the best game based on what you learn from them, not what you think you know now. They both played beautiful games that I really can't wait for you guys to hear, but from them, not me. Knowing all I know, I pretty much have my mind made up, and my mind isn't going to change. My vote is going to the person who made the best move in this game hands down, without a shadow of a doubt. To me, this person deserves this slightly more than the other (because they both deserve this). Since we are all kind of laying our hands out... Amanda has my vote. Take that how you will.

[Brett]

We've got ourselves another unforgiving situation, but this wouldn't be the Big Brother ORG without a controversial final 2. Feel free to send your votes now in without asking a question if you already have your mind made up. The deadline is still Thursday night at 7pm Eastern time. If I don't have all 9 votes by the deadline, whoever has the most votes by then will win.

[taylorg8]

I'm asking him about it before I vote. I want to give him a chance, but I think he messed up.

[lassidoggy]

Basically, Jake had like a 1% chance of getting my vote. By cheating, that's gone away. He's the weaker player strategically, socially, and he may not have been able to win that competition had he not cheated.

[Spideynerd]

If you really believe that then I'm glad you decided to be a quitter. Jake played just as good of a game as Amanda did. I'm not saying he played a better one, but he played it better. Also, who knows how that comp would have gone. He was given inside information by Trent, he didn't ask for it, mind you. Trent just figured he was helping. Jake actually had a break down when he got the information. I remember that day well. He was telling me he was unworthy of this game, and that he didn't want to win this game without the respect of you guys. Eventually he snapped back into his old self. I'm not saying what he did was right, because he could have prevented it, but when even Amanda wants this whole "cheating" thing shoved under the rug some everyone will vote based on the answers of the jury questioning, that should tell you to knock this off.

My mind is still pretty much made up, however, and I've told Jake that. Amanda made the best move in this game, and whether she meant to or not, used it to her advantage to get her exactly where she is now. Jake's mind was set in stone of who he was taking to the end, but had I won the Final HOH, I would have seriously considered taking Amanda, because I truly do see her as the person who played the better game in the long run. Mind you, it is really close though. They both played excellent games, and the fact that you guys can't see that, it is effecting both Amanda and Jake in different ways. Amanda feels bad that Jake is going through all this, because she wanted to believe you guys would actually treat Jake with respect like you treated her with, while Jake... He is finally truly accepting defeat. He hadn't quite before, and now he is coming to terms with it.

[lassidoggy]

Jul 25, 2016 18:14:06 GMT -5 Spideynerd said:

If you really believe that then I'm glad you decided to be a quitter. Jake played just as good of a game as Amanda did. I'm not saying he played a better one, but he played it better. Also, who knows how that comp would have gone. He was given inside information by Trent, he didn't ask for it, mind you. Trent just figured he was helping. Jake actually had a break down when he got the information. I remember that day well. He was telling me he was unworthy of this game, and that he didn't want to win this game without the respect of you guys. Eventually he snapped back into his old self. I'm not saying what he did was right, because he could have prevented it, but when even Amanda wants this whole "cheating" thing shoved under the rug some everyone will vote based on the answers of the jury questioning, that should tell you to knock this off.

My mind is still pretty much made up, however, and I've told Jake that. Amanda made the best move in this game, and whether she meant to or not, used it to her advantage to get her exactly where she is now. Jake's mind was set in stone of who he was taking to the end, but had I won the Final HOH, I would have seriously considered taking Amanda, because I truly do see her as the person who played the better game in the long run. Mind you, it is really close though. They both played excellent games, and the fact that you guys can't see that, it is effecting both Amanda and Jake in different ways. Amanda feels bad that Jake is going through all this, because she wanted to believe you guys would actually treat Jake with respect like you treated her with, while Jake... He is finally truly accepting defeat. He hadn't quite before, and now he is coming to terms with it.

You're telling me that he had a damn mental breakdown because of this game? Why does this mean THAT much to him? After all, this really is just a simple computer game. It's not for money, it's just for bragging rights.