Eric's Questions

[Eric Stein]

hi hi. congrats on final 2

prior to the finale i didn't know that much about either of your games (besides the fact that nick dominated competitions lol), so much of what i base my vote on may come from how you answer my (and other jurors') questions.

firsttt id like to know what each of you two did that was strategically unique compared to the other. so for nick, what did you do (strategically) that jessica didn't and jessica, what did you do (strategically) that nick didn't?

next is the same question from URTV6:

May 10, 2009 0:16:00 GMT -5 @ryan said:

Both of ya’ll, I usually hate this question so I never ask it, but this time I’m really curious as to what you guys have to say, so I’d like you each to give a list on who played the best game over all, and provide in-depth reasoning for each of your answers. [Please include yourself and your opponent. Do not include Pre-Jurors]. Now, make a separate list and write 1 positive aspect of each jurors' gameplay and 1 negative aspect. You should include yourself and include your opponent on this list as well.

^{*Note- Your lists should include the two of you, plus; Joe, Mike, Carol, myself, Dick, Jen, and Zach.}
aaand i wont make you do anymore, so good luck and thanksssss

[Jessica Hughbanks]

Hi Eric.

I think the only unique thing i did different then nick without sounding rude was I made friends.
I avoided the block every week. Never had a free ride. I always had to make sure I was talking to everybody and being nice. I wanted to make it far by being liked. I know thats pretty hard but I'm thinking I did a good job of it, I hope i did anyway.


So heres my order I guess.


Best Game-
Carol- Always seems to work with the right people and still maintain a low profile. On the other hand she flys off the handle sometimes and acts without thinking.

Joe - Was like by a lot of people and was very much hiding out and doing decent in competitions. I think by him putting up Jameka and not you eric was a mistake.

Eric - Most people liked you and you where a fierce competitor but you where alligned with mike.

Mike- You where super good at competitions but I think being in a big group/alliance right from the start didnt help you.

Dick- won two HOH's but he was with wrong people.

Jen - Great person in my opinion, great game player but makes it known when she dislikes you which didnt help her

Zach - I cant say I remember exactly too much about your game play! I know you where super nice though ! hah


i hoped this answered your questions.

[Nick Starcevic]

Hello Eric

I'll do your first question first and the second one when i get home .

Alright so basically I tried playing this game as strategically as possible. I didn't let my personal feelings about anyone get in the way of the how I played the game. For example, despite what others may think about you personally I love you as a person. You are a real cool guy . The week you were evicted you were campaigning very hard for my vote which I respected. Carol really didn't campaign for my vote so it was really tough to make the decision to keep her just because I thought it was a better move since you were a stronger competitor. So basically even though we are friends I didn't want that clouding my judgement and screwing me over in the end. There were a few people in this game i don't really like and I wanted them out because of my dislike for them, but I always was in game mode and excepted the fact that strategy should come before personal feelings.

I was able to leave my personal feelings for people out of the game and focus on my strategy. Jessica however would come to me and say she wanted certain people out of the game just cause she hated them. There were many times where I would have to talk her out of playing the game personally and thinking about how we should go about it strategically.

Also, Jessica, from what I could see, wasn't making alliances and deals all over the place. More so for me early on I had an alliance with almost everyone at one point except for Amber. So I had more of a gameplay in my head although most of them never worked out, lol.

Good?

[Nick Starcevic]

Here's my rankings:

1) Joe: Did a good job playing both sides. Fooled me and Jessica into thinking he was actually with him, which I give kudos to. Although we thought he could possibly have alliances with the other side he played it off well and continued to act as if he still cared about our final .

2) Me/Jessica: I can't really rank us one over the other just because we were together for such a long time and we both made our important moves. We both agree she was the more social one and I was the more strategical one. I think we played a good games since they got us here, right?

3) Carol: She was overlooked in this game. No one saw Carol as a threat and I was quite angry that I got her out on my HoH. I don't think anyone carried her necessarily, but she did a good job nudging her way into this game and taking herself deep.

4) Eric: He was good all-around. He wasn't afraid to go after people but still remained likable, which are two qualities that can get you far. He did a great job trying to save himself with some killer campaigning but it was who he aligned himself with what got him.

5) Jen: Very determined, which is why I aligned myself with her. Although she was out early in the jury she deserves to be up for her dedication to the game. She went 30 hours to take someone out, she flipped the votes around to save herself and she
wasn't afraid to grow a pair and throw people under the bus. Yay.

6) Dick: Other then win 2 HoH's and taking strong people out I didn't see so much from. His abrasive personality got to some but it just made me lolz. Lied alot apparently, at least he played the game!

7) Mike: I didn't see much from him at all. Won a couple POV's to save himself when he needed it most and he did have some alliances that kept him in the game, but nothing major. Ehh but it's obvious I didn't like him much so this could be biased.

8) Zach: I wish I got to see more from him. He had the potential to do well but was taken down early for defending himself. I really liked that fact that he wasn't afraid to call people out on their shit in public.


Other list:

Zach:
Positive: He had some feel on what was going on and took action.
Negative: Called people out in public, even though it took balls, it hurt him.

Jen:
Positive: Determined as fuck and did what she could to eliminate her enemies.
Negative: Wasn't really well liked? I still don't understand why.

Dick:
Positive: Made the right moves and lied his ass offf.
Negative: Showed true colors which people didn't like.

Eric:
Positive: Great socially and was not to shabby at competitions. More then meets the eye.
Negative: His alliance caused some to target him.

Carol:
Positive: She made herself not look like a threat, but I secretly think she was.
Negative: Sometimes I thought she lied for no reason.

Mike:
Positive: Made people he was up against look like the bigger threat.
Negative: Didn't even try to be social with his enemies.

Joe:
Positive: Played both sides well.
Negative: Cocky as fuckk. Yes this applies to strategy.

Nick:
Positive: I had a back-up plan for everything. Constantly made an alliance.
Negative: Won too much. I'm naive , I'll believe almost anything, lol.

Jessica:
Positive: Sweet like sugar . Stayed off everyone's radar.
Negative: Like me, naive. When we talked scenarios she only agreed or disagreed never gave input.


I hope that's good. Thanks for reading

[Eric Stein]

eek thanks guys!

[carol]

Carol:
Positive: She made herself not look like a threat, but I secretly think she was.
Negative: Sometimes I thought she lied for no reason.



its called did not trust NICK

[Jen Johnson]

You lied to jessica too lol.

[carol]

You lied to jessica too lol.

who me

well after jess found out who i was i felt it was a matter of time that she will take me out lets just said i choose the wrong side