Post by Genie Lilly on Nov 7, 2010 20:15:24 GMT -5
Marketplace officially closed.
Last time in Agrabah…
• Eric/Mike/Michael/Ryan continued their game of musical alliances
• After whining about the word filters for the better part of the last six rounds, Eric fails miserably in the challenge concerning them
• Stacey becomes the tenth person evicted from BB Agrabah
Nothing happened before HoH, so quick recap!
Instructions: You will be tested on your knowledge of this game. You will see two pictures, one with the faces of all 10 previously evicted houseguests - i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/Roxee203/f4names-a.jpg - and the other will be a circle of 10 different descriptions. You must place each person in between two descriptions. Don’t move the descriptions around. You must upload it onto an image hosting site and post it in your journal in a thread titled HoH #11 where I will check and see if you are correct. If you are incorrect you may try again. First person to get this completed will win the final four head of household, guaranteeing themselves a spot in the final three.
Results: After half an hour, Ryan reigned victorious.
Mike is not a happy camper.
Mike and Eric have a quick chat.
Mike: Ryan won. -_-
Eric: Ugh. It’s me vs. you I bet.
Mike: I’m so fucked. Lmao, he’s gonna make you promise to evict me, I think.
Eric: Yeah, I know. I'm not responding. Lol.
This revelation improves Mike’s mood a bit.
Mike and Michael talk as well.
Mike: Ryan’s gonna make you or Eric promise to evict me.
Michael: Should I promise? And then backstab? Idk...lol.
Mike: Lol, I don’t want to tell you what to do. It’s gonna get complicated either way.
Michael: Ryan basically told me I’m going up with you.
Mike: Wow he’s breaking his Azn bond, so messed up.
Michael: One of us is leaving.....
Mike: Come on Ryan, cut us some slack, just put Eric up lol.
Michael: He’s forcing me to promise too....
Ryan gets a hold of Michael to make sure he’ll be evicting Mike.
Ryan: Can I tell you exactly what I'm thinking?
Michael: Yes, won’t go outside of us 2.
Ryan: We are evicting Mike this round right?
Michael: That’s what you wanted right? Me too. Mike will win against anyone here.
Ryan: Ok this is exactly what I'm thinking, I really hope you won't get mad. I want Mike out of this house. And I know you do too. And I know Eric does too. I trust you and Eric. But I know Eric has less of a relationship with Mike than you do, and even though I know for sure you'll evict Mike, you still might have some "temptation" to keep him... or rather, you'd have slightly more motive than Eric does to keep him, however minute that might be.
Michael: I whole heartedly agree.
Ryan: So I'm going to nominate you and Mike...and Eric has PROMISED to keep you. I made him PROMISE. I am quite sure you're safe.
Michael: But I don’t trust Eric....as much as you, but if he trusts you then that’s enough for me.
Ryan: If I keep you safe, will you evict Mike?
Michael: Like keep me off? Yeah, but you can put me up if you want. I really won’t hold it against you. Your logic is perfect.
Ryan: I don't know because Eric is not agreeing to vote out Mike!
Michael: Omg, really?
Ryan: Will you vote out Mike? I dunno.
Michael: .....I don’t trust Eric......Mike will lose to us in F2. So I will take you F2. But he IS the favorite, so I want him gone too.
Ryan: Eric will lose to us in F2…what are you talking about?
Michael: Exactly, Mike is the favorite so he has to go.
Ryan: “Mike will lose to us in F2. So I will take you F2?”
Michael: I meant HoH challenge for that.
Ryan: Oh ok.
Michael: Those are my thoughts. I see pro and con for both, but do what YOU want.
Ryan: if I keep you safe, will you evict Mike?
Michael: Yes if that’s what you want. I owe you that much. Mike told me he has F2 with Eric...
Ryan: Do you fucking promise me??? Lol…PROMISE BITCH!
Michael: Yes, promise.
Then he pounces on Eric.
Ryan: We are evicting Mike this round, right?
Eric: You’re HoH. Who's going up? Me or Michael? Just keep me safe, I trust you.
Ryan: Will you vote to evict Mike? If I keep you safe.
Eric: What does Michael think?
Ryan: Will you vote to evict Mike?
Eric: He won't promise to evict Mike will he? Ugh…I would’ve kept you safe, fyi. My noms are already posted.
Ryan: You won't evict Mike will you? Jesus Eric! I'm keeping you safe and you can't do that for me? Will you evict Mike if I put Mike and Michael up? Why are you not answering this question?
Eric: Idk. I'd need to talk to both of them. I just want to go to F2 with you. So I'd rather not have any blood on my hands. If you put me up vs. Mike will Michael send me home? Lol, Idk what is going on I've been drinking. Just make sure I don't go home and we'll talk tonight.
Ryan: Jesus Eric.
Eric: I can't make any calculated risk. I want to go to f2 with you so whatever is best for us.
Ryan: I cannot believe you won't evict Mike!
Eric: Congrats on winning, btw.
Ryan: Shut up I'm pissed.
Eric: Don't we have time man? Noms due tomorrow?
Ryan: I have to decide in 30 minutes! NO! THEY ARE DUE TODAY AND YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN LIKE 40 MINUTES!
(Editor’s Note: This just became my favorite conversation ever.)
Eric: Oh. Did you ask Michael about eviction? Will he not evict me?
Ryan: He won't evict you.
Eric: You’re making it seem like he wants me gone.
Ryan: You're fucking driving me nuts.
Eric: Put me up
Ryan: WHY? NO! I don't know. ARG!
Eric: Cause Michael won't evict me.
Ryan: did you talk to Michael?
Eric: Yes, but, Idk can we beat him in F2?
Ryan: I don't know.
Eric: Tough call. Who would Mike vote? Make a F2 with him if he keeps me and then throw the F2 HoH? If you want to get rid of Michael. It was your turn to win though.
Ryan: I'm putting you and Mike up.
Eric: The 5 of us won last 4 HoH and you were first in that series. I'm so proud of you. I'm so drunk lol.
Ryan: Why are you playing Big Brother, you should just enjoy the night.
Eric: Lol, okay.
Ryan doesn’t seem excited, just very methodical.
Ryan finds Mike to muse about his insane likability.
Ryan: LOL no one wants to evict you!
Mike: What? Lol.
Ryan: I just fucked up my HoH run, lol. It's so retarded.
Mike: What do you mean?
Ryan: They both have so much loyalty to you! I respect that in you, that you were able to do that.
Mike: Lol they both said they’d keep me? Cause I asked both of them and didn’t get much of an answer besides "I think I’m going up."
Ryan: Yeah, it's absurd how much loyalty they have towards you...I wish I was as good a game player lol.
Mike: Wtf lol. Just make them promise to evict me. Tell them they have to in order to be safe.
Ryan: HAHAHAHAHAHA! You're the only one that's campaigning for you to leave.
Mike: Lol, I don’t want to leave. I just knew had you won HoH it’d be me in the hot seat since we never promised each other anything beyond F4.
Ryan: And vice versa right? Yeah.
Mike: I would have put you/Michael up.
Ryan: And it's all completely strategic, not personal at all. I have absolutely no problems with you, we just somehow ended up on opposite sides.
Mike: Just because I feel you guys have something.
Ryan: We did... after you told me to make the Asian bond, I tried hard to make that relationship work...and it’s kinda worked so far.
Mike: Lol, that’s the only reason I would have put you both up had I won tonight.
Ryan: Did you and Eric have something too? Lol
Mike: Not a promise, but a "I’ll watch your back if you watch me" kind of thing. I had no promise to anyone besides Stacey and she’s gone sooo…
Ryan: I always thought you and Michael were close after he saved you with veto.
Mike: No. After he won he asked me if I’d keep him safe if I won HoH, and I said yeah. I think it had more to do with taking Jordan out.
Ryan: Yeah I'm a little murky on what happened that eviction...it was all your fault!!
Mike: Lol I’m sorry.
This greatly improves Mike’s mood.
Nomination time!
Welcome everyone to the Nomination ceremony. I just want to say that it's so unbelievably refreshing to be in a Final 4 where everyone joined the game for the same reasons as me: because it's fun! I'm honored to be among you four. With that, I'll pull out the first key, and that person will be safe.
[MICHAEL]. You are safe.
I have put up for nomination: [ERIC] and [MIKE].
Good luck to the both of you.
Michael is sort of optimistic.
Before eviction Michael appears to have made his decision and goes to Mike with it.
Michael: Would you kill me if I evicted you?
Three words from Mike says it all.
Eviction!
Mike: Alright. I apologize for this being so lengthy, but I don’t want to regret not saying it. I've been loyal to one person 100% this entire game. I’ve done whatever I’ve had to do to make sure this person was always taken care of. I realize that this is a hard decision for all of us because we all had to make a decision in some way tonight. If this person is involved in me going home tonight, it will take me time to understand it but I will even if its after this game. I just want this person to know that I’ve gone way above and beyond to make sure things were good for them, even having to lie to people I honestly love talking to. Like I said, I hope you aren’t part of this decision, but it’s a game and I do understand that. Eric, Ryan and Michael, its been fun. I have no regrets, and well see how the cookie crumbles. Oh and thank you of course to Alex and Lilly, who I wouldn’t be here without. <3
Host Alex: Thanks Mike. <33
Host Alex: And Michael. If you could please stand up and cast your vote here.
Michael: Wow, so this decision was not easy by any means. But now I have to make a decision that I don’t want to make. Mike's last minute plea with that last statement just changed my entire plan. Sorry I have ended up lying, but I changed this literally last second. I should play logically, since Mike will win hands down..However, a game is not worth winning over friendships I have made. I have no regrets if I don’t make F2 let alone win. It was never my plan, haha. This was an interesting experience for me. With that said, I vote to evict....I can’t believe I'm doing this...but I vote to evict [ERIC]
Mike is in shock.
Michael shocked even himself with the vote.
Ryan’s parting words to Eric…
Ryan: Omg, the vote is in. FUCK MY LIFE!
Then he turns his disbelief onto Mike.
Ryan: Wow, lol. Good fucking job. I'm honestly astonished. Wowowowowowww, LOLLLL.
Mike: Oh my god. Seriously, like...I’m…wow lol.
Ryan: I honestly don't know how you did that. It was pretty fucking amazing. LOL!
Mike: He told me he was evicting me and everything. o_0
Ryan: Ultimate guilt trip…did he really?
Mike: Yeah he said "Sorry, but I have to evict you."
Ryan: Lol, so you actually had a deal with Michael all along. You tricked me!!
Mike: He had one with Eric too though.
Ryan: Michael did?
Mike: Not an alliance, but he told Eric he was keeping him.
Ryan: Yeah he told me that too. He claims he changed his mind last second.
Michael tells Mike what saved him.
Michael: Wow you just literally saved yourself with that speech. It better have been about me.
Mike: Of course it was about you, but I didn’t mean to guilt trip you. It was more of a “I’ll understand it eventually, but it sucks,” lol.
Michael: If I find out later it was lies....you’re so dead.
Mike: Lol, I had my box of Kleenex ready to cry with Alex.
Michael: Omg I can’t believe I did this. I literally evicted you in my DR. No joke, haha.
Mike: When you told me you were evicting me my heart sunk.
Michael: And Alex let me change.
Mike: And I was like whoaaaa.
Michael: Alex is just as surprised as I am, lol. I don’t know what I just did. I’m in shock, lol.
Mike: I guess my journalism classes paid off. God bless them.
Michael: Btw you are gonna win now.
Mike: Did you at least write me a goodbye speech
Michael: Yeah, lol. Wanna see?
Mike: Lol, sure.
Michael: You get to see some secrets....don’t go ranting it all to everyone.
Mike: Lol, promise.
Michael: THE WORST VOTE EVER. I VERRRRY REGRETTABLY vote to evict: [MIKE]
GOODBYE MESSAGES:
Mike - I'm speechless. I hate breaking my word, but I have some things that I haven't told you about. So I will tell you now, perhaps shooting myself in the foot. Unfortunately, I have been in cahoots with Eric from pretty much when I started working with you. We went from the outs to getting here to F3--it's pretty amazing. I did pretty much EVERY move with him. If I had won HoH, I swear that I would have kept you safe, but alas the cards weren't right. My target this week was Ryan- our Azn bond wasn't really THAT strong. I really did try my best. This is my longest goodbye ever, so take that as a compliment. I am truly sorry and sad for this. Peace.
Mike: Wow, so touching, but guess what? Me/Eric had an alliance Day 1.
Michael: I had no alliances day 1 haha.
Mike: Me/Eric/Steven teamed up, but my speech was 100% sincere. It’s always been you/me in my eyes.
Michael: Lol, cool beans.
They go on to talk about all the alliances they’ve had, in which it is revealed that no one was ever really aligned with Ryan and Eric really was aligned with everyone. Michael also reveals that he was friends with Travis and was pissed about his eviction. Mike can’t believe it. This is just funny.
Mike: Do you know who David Choi is?
Michael: No.
Mike: Ok lol.
Michael: Who is he? Haha.
Mike: He’s some Azn singer who does covers of popular songs.
Michael: Oh, lol, I listen to English music.
Mike: He’s like a youtube star. He does it in English lol.
Michael: I’m so white washed . >.<
Mike: That’s good! Americanized Asians!
Michael: LOL!
Mike celebrates his life in the game.
The next morning we get this from Mike.
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Michael prays for a final HoH win.
Mike is hoping for the same thing.
Mike and Ryan discuss their previous alliances in the game, as well as the fact that the jury hates both of them.
Ryan: See how good you were? you had two people that considered you their number 1 ally.
Mike: Lol, Michael chose Eric over me though. Until this last second apparently…
Ryan: Lol, cuz I made him promise. He broke the promise. We all knew you were unbeatable in the F2.
Mike: I don’t get why you guys think that.
Ryan: He broke the promise "last second."
Mike: You guys must see something I don’t.
Ryan: Sooooooooo dumb, but I'm not mad, lol. It was actually funny that I got played so badly.
Mike: Lol, believe me...I was completely shocked. When he told me he was evicting me, I had bug eyes.
Ryan: Haha, but yeah it was a shock to me that my two closest allies in the F4 were actually closer to another person. Sucks for me, but oh well.
Mike: It doesn’t suck for you. You get off easy in a way. Since there’s now issues between me/Michael/Eric.
Ryan: Eric is going to vote for you to win, he told me that and if Michael evicts me, I'll vote for you to win too. It'll be a 7-0 KO hahaha.
Mike goes on to reveal that the last round made him feel like his alliance with Michael was a little more one sided than he had previously thought. Ryan doesn’t see the problem with this as he feels Mike had a million other people on his side too.
Final HoH time! As always, the final HoH is a hideous combination of all the prior challenges. 22 legs in all. The option was given to use fifty dollars to skip legs...
Ryan ($233): Legs 3, 8, 9, 16
Michael($279.01): Legs 3, 9, 15, 16, 18
Mike ($365.01): Legs 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20
Ryan incurred an hour long penalty for not completing leg 18. Keep reading to see who reigned victorious. And if you’d like to try your hand at the final challenge…here you go!
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The beginning password is ilovealex. To get to each leg replace “hohfinal” in the board link to “leg1,” then “leg2” and so on.
Mike isn’t happy with his performance.
After all is said and done, the amount of money each player had played a hand in the rankings…
Michael: 9:55-11:34 = 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Mike: 8:21-10:48 = 2 hours, 27 minutes.
Ryan: 8:03-10:32 + 1 hour penalty = 3 hours, 29 minutes.
MICHAEL wins final HoH!
Michael is ecstatic. And has his endgame planned.
Mike isn’t any happier knowing who won.
Ryan prays for his answers to have been good enough.
Michael’s decision…
After watching Mike leave, Michael appears to be having some second thoughts.
And now for the final two to battle it out! Everyone wrote like a book, and it was the same stuff over and over. So here’s my recap.
Opening statements here…
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Eric tells Ryan that everyone thinks he played a weak game and that he doesn’t really agree, he asks Ryan what he thinks of this. He also asks him to rank his alliances and give him a “what if” scenario for how the game would have gone if he’d gone home one of the first times he was nominated. Ryan tells him the he intentionally tried to play a weak game to keep people off his back. Go read the thing if you would like to see his rankings/alternate boot list, it’s long.
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Eric tells Michael that he played a fantastic game but doesn’t really understand why he evicted him and lied about it. He also asks him to rank his alliances and give him a “what if” scenario for how the game would have gone if he’d gone home one of the first times he was nominated. Michael tells him that he simply trusted Mike more at that point. Again, read the thread for rankings, same link as above.
Jake inquires about Michael’s alliance with Ryan, wanting to know who ran it. Then he asks five, yes five, more questions. More rankings of alliances, best worst/strategic moves, who was his biggest threat and what strategic moves did Michael make. Michael credits Ryan with running their alliance, says he credits himself with working with Jordan/Jake to get Jay out, his biggest threat was Stacey, and his worst move was not winning the F4 HoH.
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Jake inquires about Ryan’s alliance with Michael, also wanting to know who Ryan thinks ran it. Five more questions, yay. What strategic moves did Ryan make, biggest threat, how is Ryan superior to Michael, why did Ryan make so many alliances and why should Jake vote for Ryan to win. Ryan also feels that he was running his alliance with Michael, says he credits himself for aligning with Michael and Eric, Stacey was his biggest threat, he’s superior to Michael because he was forced to play the game from day one, he made alliances for self preservation, and he should get Jake’s vote because he was dedicated to the game.
Jay commends Michael on being good at being bad behind the scenes and asks him to rank the houseguests for most deserving to be in the finals. He also asks him to tell him why Ryan should not win. Michael feels he should win because he played the game and Ryan did not. Go look at the thread if you want the rankings.
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Jay says he doesn’t know much about Ryan’s game but feels he’s not much of a ruthless person and then poses the same questions he did to Michael. Ryan feels he should win because he had a more difficult path to the end and has made every decision strategically.
Jordan admits to being annoyed at his eviction, but tells Ryan he blames the voters more so than him. He also blasts Ryan for not being social in a social game and tells him he doesn’t even really have any questions for him. He does, however, ask him why Ryan thinks Michael took him to the final 2. Ryan thanks him for his comments and admits he’s not sure why Michael told him as the story has changed many times. The latest version is a combination of previous reasons and Michael/Mike’s friendship cracking in the final three, which Ryan makes clear he does not believe. He does believe that Michael felt he could beat Ryan more easily than Mike and wishes he’d admit it.
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Jordan tells Michael that he needs to figure out if he played dumb or was a mastermind, because he has many conflicting reports. He asks him that if he won’t own up to what he did, why should he get his vote? Michael feels there have been miscommunications because they didn’t talk much. He also says he feels that he was definitely not a strategic mastermind, he just got lucky.
Mike tells Ryan he respects him and will be focusing his questions on Michael.
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Mike asks Michael what part of their friendship was authentic and why he evicted him. Michael tells Mike that their whole friendship was authentic. His reasoning for evicting Mike is really long so you can go read that.
Stacey asks Ryan to define his game play, asks if she hadn’t given up if that would have changed anything and asks if she really was his target when Jordan went home. Ryan tells her he labels himself as UTR, doesn’t really answer the second question and says that, yes, she was his target.
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Stacey asks Michael to define his game play, asks if her different placements in rankings was based on Michael noticing that Ryan had ranked her higher and was now sucking up and what his real reason for nominating her was (on one of the occasions she didn’t leave). Michael defines his game play as unpredictable, says he had different reasons for being threatened by her and that has affected her in the different rankings and acknowledges that he knew his reasoning was total bs for putting her up.
Closing statements here…
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WHO WILL WIN!?
Last time in Agrabah…
• Eric/Mike/Michael/Ryan continued their game of musical alliances
• After whining about the word filters for the better part of the last six rounds, Eric fails miserably in the challenge concerning them
• Stacey becomes the tenth person evicted from BB Agrabah
Nothing happened before HoH, so quick recap!
Instructions: You will be tested on your knowledge of this game. You will see two pictures, one with the faces of all 10 previously evicted houseguests - i26.photobucket.com/albums/c102/Roxee203/f4names-a.jpg - and the other will be a circle of 10 different descriptions. You must place each person in between two descriptions. Don’t move the descriptions around. You must upload it onto an image hosting site and post it in your journal in a thread titled HoH #11 where I will check and see if you are correct. If you are incorrect you may try again. First person to get this completed will win the final four head of household, guaranteeing themselves a spot in the final three.
Results: After half an hour, Ryan reigned victorious.
Mike is not a happy camper.
Ryan just won HoH. My cheat sheet that I had did nothing to help me.
This is like both worst case and best case scenario. I wanted Ryan out, but with him as HoH...it could be a blessing. I would love to think Michael would keep me if he's safe, and then me/Eric have kind of had this alliance from the beginning so I think he would keep me too.
But....there’s also a possibility Eric/Michael have been lying to me this entire game and they’re actually aligned. I don’t know 100%, and I won’t know until the vote and nominations are in. For all I know, both Michael and Eric are asking to be nominated so they don’t have to be the ones to evict me. I don’t know.....seriously. And that’s why this is also worst case scenario, because you never have an idea in this game. You may think you have something figured out, but you really don't.
This is like both worst case and best case scenario. I wanted Ryan out, but with him as HoH...it could be a blessing. I would love to think Michael would keep me if he's safe, and then me/Eric have kind of had this alliance from the beginning so I think he would keep me too.
But....there’s also a possibility Eric/Michael have been lying to me this entire game and they’re actually aligned. I don’t know 100%, and I won’t know until the vote and nominations are in. For all I know, both Michael and Eric are asking to be nominated so they don’t have to be the ones to evict me. I don’t know.....seriously. And that’s why this is also worst case scenario, because you never have an idea in this game. You may think you have something figured out, but you really don't.
Mike and Eric have a quick chat.
Mike: Ryan won. -_-
Eric: Ugh. It’s me vs. you I bet.
Mike: I’m so fucked. Lmao, he’s gonna make you promise to evict me, I think.
Eric: Yeah, I know. I'm not responding. Lol.
This revelation improves Mike’s mood a bit.
Eric is ignoring Ryan. That makes me feel somewhat good.
Mike and Michael talk as well.
Mike: Ryan’s gonna make you or Eric promise to evict me.
Michael: Should I promise? And then backstab? Idk...lol.
Mike: Lol, I don’t want to tell you what to do. It’s gonna get complicated either way.
Michael: Ryan basically told me I’m going up with you.
Mike: Wow he’s breaking his Azn bond, so messed up.
Michael: One of us is leaving.....
Mike: Come on Ryan, cut us some slack, just put Eric up lol.
Michael: He’s forcing me to promise too....
Ryan gets a hold of Michael to make sure he’ll be evicting Mike.
Ryan: Can I tell you exactly what I'm thinking?
Michael: Yes, won’t go outside of us 2.
Ryan: We are evicting Mike this round right?
Michael: That’s what you wanted right? Me too. Mike will win against anyone here.
Ryan: Ok this is exactly what I'm thinking, I really hope you won't get mad. I want Mike out of this house. And I know you do too. And I know Eric does too. I trust you and Eric. But I know Eric has less of a relationship with Mike than you do, and even though I know for sure you'll evict Mike, you still might have some "temptation" to keep him... or rather, you'd have slightly more motive than Eric does to keep him, however minute that might be.
Michael: I whole heartedly agree.
Ryan: So I'm going to nominate you and Mike...and Eric has PROMISED to keep you. I made him PROMISE. I am quite sure you're safe.
Michael: But I don’t trust Eric....as much as you, but if he trusts you then that’s enough for me.
Ryan: If I keep you safe, will you evict Mike?
Michael: Like keep me off? Yeah, but you can put me up if you want. I really won’t hold it against you. Your logic is perfect.
Ryan: I don't know because Eric is not agreeing to vote out Mike!
Michael: Omg, really?
Ryan: Will you vote out Mike? I dunno.
Michael: .....I don’t trust Eric......Mike will lose to us in F2. So I will take you F2. But he IS the favorite, so I want him gone too.
Ryan: Eric will lose to us in F2…what are you talking about?
Michael: Exactly, Mike is the favorite so he has to go.
Ryan: “Mike will lose to us in F2. So I will take you F2?”
Michael: I meant HoH challenge for that.
Ryan: Oh ok.
Michael: Those are my thoughts. I see pro and con for both, but do what YOU want.
Ryan: if I keep you safe, will you evict Mike?
Michael: Yes if that’s what you want. I owe you that much. Mike told me he has F2 with Eric...
Ryan: Do you fucking promise me??? Lol…PROMISE BITCH!
Michael: Yes, promise.
Then he pounces on Eric.
Ryan: We are evicting Mike this round, right?
Eric: You’re HoH. Who's going up? Me or Michael? Just keep me safe, I trust you.
Ryan: Will you vote to evict Mike? If I keep you safe.
Eric: What does Michael think?
Ryan: Will you vote to evict Mike?
Eric: He won't promise to evict Mike will he? Ugh…I would’ve kept you safe, fyi. My noms are already posted.
Ryan: You won't evict Mike will you? Jesus Eric! I'm keeping you safe and you can't do that for me? Will you evict Mike if I put Mike and Michael up? Why are you not answering this question?
Eric: Idk. I'd need to talk to both of them. I just want to go to F2 with you. So I'd rather not have any blood on my hands. If you put me up vs. Mike will Michael send me home? Lol, Idk what is going on I've been drinking. Just make sure I don't go home and we'll talk tonight.
Ryan: Jesus Eric.
Eric: I can't make any calculated risk. I want to go to f2 with you so whatever is best for us.
Ryan: I cannot believe you won't evict Mike!
Eric: Congrats on winning, btw.
Ryan: Shut up I'm pissed.
Eric: Don't we have time man? Noms due tomorrow?
Ryan: I have to decide in 30 minutes! NO! THEY ARE DUE TODAY AND YOU HAVE TO VOTE IN LIKE 40 MINUTES!
(Editor’s Note: This just became my favorite conversation ever.)
Eric: Oh. Did you ask Michael about eviction? Will he not evict me?
Ryan: He won't evict you.
Eric: You’re making it seem like he wants me gone.
Ryan: You're fucking driving me nuts.
Eric: Put me up
Ryan: WHY? NO! I don't know. ARG!
Eric: Cause Michael won't evict me.
Ryan: did you talk to Michael?
Eric: Yes, but, Idk can we beat him in F2?
Ryan: I don't know.
Eric: Tough call. Who would Mike vote? Make a F2 with him if he keeps me and then throw the F2 HoH? If you want to get rid of Michael. It was your turn to win though.
Ryan: I'm putting you and Mike up.
Eric: The 5 of us won last 4 HoH and you were first in that series. I'm so proud of you. I'm so drunk lol.
Ryan: Why are you playing Big Brother, you should just enjoy the night.
Eric: Lol, okay.
Ryan doesn’t seem excited, just very methodical.
I won HoH. It would have been embarrassing to not have, equipped with my spreadsheet of statistics. I needed Mike gone in order to guarantee my seat at Final 2. It was difficult to get either one of Eric or Michael to agree to evict Mike. What a BEAST.
In the end, I had to promise to take Michael to F2 (if I win HoH), if he were to evict Mike this round. Whether or not I actually keep this promise is still undecided. However, I'm inclined towards throwing the final HoH competition since I know both Eric and Michael will take me to the Final 2.
In the end, I had to promise to take Michael to F2 (if I win HoH), if he were to evict Mike this round. Whether or not I actually keep this promise is still undecided. However, I'm inclined towards throwing the final HoH competition since I know both Eric and Michael will take me to the Final 2.
Ryan finds Mike to muse about his insane likability.
Ryan: LOL no one wants to evict you!
Mike: What? Lol.
Ryan: I just fucked up my HoH run, lol. It's so retarded.
Mike: What do you mean?
Ryan: They both have so much loyalty to you! I respect that in you, that you were able to do that.
Mike: Lol they both said they’d keep me? Cause I asked both of them and didn’t get much of an answer besides "I think I’m going up."
Ryan: Yeah, it's absurd how much loyalty they have towards you...I wish I was as good a game player lol.
Mike: Wtf lol. Just make them promise to evict me. Tell them they have to in order to be safe.
Ryan: HAHAHAHAHAHA! You're the only one that's campaigning for you to leave.
Mike: Lol, I don’t want to leave. I just knew had you won HoH it’d be me in the hot seat since we never promised each other anything beyond F4.
Ryan: And vice versa right? Yeah.
Mike: I would have put you/Michael up.
Ryan: And it's all completely strategic, not personal at all. I have absolutely no problems with you, we just somehow ended up on opposite sides.
Mike: Just because I feel you guys have something.
Ryan: We did... after you told me to make the Asian bond, I tried hard to make that relationship work...and it’s kinda worked so far.
Mike: Lol, that’s the only reason I would have put you both up had I won tonight.
Ryan: Did you and Eric have something too? Lol
Mike: Not a promise, but a "I’ll watch your back if you watch me" kind of thing. I had no promise to anyone besides Stacey and she’s gone sooo…
Ryan: I always thought you and Michael were close after he saved you with veto.
Mike: No. After he won he asked me if I’d keep him safe if I won HoH, and I said yeah. I think it had more to do with taking Jordan out.
Ryan: Yeah I'm a little murky on what happened that eviction...it was all your fault!!
Mike: Lol I’m sorry.
This greatly improves Mike’s mood.
Ok, now I definitely feel a little bit better since both told him they’d keep me. I feel special.
Nomination time!
Welcome everyone to the Nomination ceremony. I just want to say that it's so unbelievably refreshing to be in a Final 4 where everyone joined the game for the same reasons as me: because it's fun! I'm honored to be among you four. With that, I'll pull out the first key, and that person will be safe.
[MICHAEL]. You are safe.
I have put up for nomination: [ERIC] and [MIKE].
Good luck to the both of you.
Michael is sort of optimistic.
I am NOT nominated, so I can sigh with relief. However, the worst case happened, I am stuck between my two closest alliances/people--Mike and Eric. Although I have previously said that I would keep Mike around to F2, he does have the highest chance of winning. If I keep him until F3, everyone HAS to avoid taking Mike. He's so popular I wish I was like him. On the other hand, Eric has been involved in pretty much EVERY decision I have made. This may be the only chance to evict him. So THIS BLOWS.
Before eviction Michael appears to have made his decision and goes to Mike with it.
Michael: Would you kill me if I evicted you?
Three words from Mike says it all.
I am devastated.
Eviction!
Mike: Alright. I apologize for this being so lengthy, but I don’t want to regret not saying it. I've been loyal to one person 100% this entire game. I’ve done whatever I’ve had to do to make sure this person was always taken care of. I realize that this is a hard decision for all of us because we all had to make a decision in some way tonight. If this person is involved in me going home tonight, it will take me time to understand it but I will even if its after this game. I just want this person to know that I’ve gone way above and beyond to make sure things were good for them, even having to lie to people I honestly love talking to. Like I said, I hope you aren’t part of this decision, but it’s a game and I do understand that. Eric, Ryan and Michael, its been fun. I have no regrets, and well see how the cookie crumbles. Oh and thank you of course to Alex and Lilly, who I wouldn’t be here without. <3
Host Alex: Thanks Mike. <33
Host Alex: And Michael. If you could please stand up and cast your vote here.
Michael: Wow, so this decision was not easy by any means. But now I have to make a decision that I don’t want to make. Mike's last minute plea with that last statement just changed my entire plan. Sorry I have ended up lying, but I changed this literally last second. I should play logically, since Mike will win hands down..However, a game is not worth winning over friendships I have made. I have no regrets if I don’t make F2 let alone win. It was never my plan, haha. This was an interesting experience for me. With that said, I vote to evict....I can’t believe I'm doing this...but I vote to evict [ERIC]
Mike is in shock.
TONIGHT WAS CRAZY, amirite? This will go down as the most hectic night of this game for me, and the most emotional rollercoasterish. Just wow.
Michael shocked even himself with the vote.
Wow. I might have just made the stupidest decision EVER (or the SMARTEST). But that doesn't matter. In light of everything, I think I made the right one, while finding out some crap I didn’t know beforehand. So that being said, thanks Ryan for keeping me safe and letting me choose my own fate. I don't get why Ryan trusted Eric enough to keep him. He was dealing with everyone, especially Mike from day 1.
Eric did a great job of concealing his day 1 alliance with Mike, so props to him. Mike did a great job too, and now that I have saved him, I think he will go on claiming to have had my back the whole time. That being said, I am now loyal to Ryan only and will take him to Final 2. I am COMPLETELY surprised at myself for changing the vote last second, but it was a gut feeling. I don’t like it when people tell me what to do. My how the tides have turned. I am still in complete shock--because I literally chose at the last second. Screw what promises I made. Nobody's word means shit in this game. Given this, who knows whether I will change my mind later. Nobody knows--not even me.
Eric did a great job of concealing his day 1 alliance with Mike, so props to him. Mike did a great job too, and now that I have saved him, I think he will go on claiming to have had my back the whole time. That being said, I am now loyal to Ryan only and will take him to Final 2. I am COMPLETELY surprised at myself for changing the vote last second, but it was a gut feeling. I don’t like it when people tell me what to do. My how the tides have turned. I am still in complete shock--because I literally chose at the last second. Screw what promises I made. Nobody's word means shit in this game. Given this, who knows whether I will change my mind later. Nobody knows--not even me.
Ryan’s parting words to Eric…
Ryan: Omg, the vote is in. FUCK MY LIFE!
Then he turns his disbelief onto Mike.
Ryan: Wow, lol. Good fucking job. I'm honestly astonished. Wowowowowowww, LOLLLL.
Mike: Oh my god. Seriously, like...I’m…wow lol.
Ryan: I honestly don't know how you did that. It was pretty fucking amazing. LOL!
Mike: He told me he was evicting me and everything. o_0
Ryan: Ultimate guilt trip…did he really?
Mike: Yeah he said "Sorry, but I have to evict you."
Ryan: Lol, so you actually had a deal with Michael all along. You tricked me!!
Mike: He had one with Eric too though.
Ryan: Michael did?
Mike: Not an alliance, but he told Eric he was keeping him.
Ryan: Yeah he told me that too. He claims he changed his mind last second.
Michael tells Mike what saved him.
Michael: Wow you just literally saved yourself with that speech. It better have been about me.
Mike: Of course it was about you, but I didn’t mean to guilt trip you. It was more of a “I’ll understand it eventually, but it sucks,” lol.
Michael: If I find out later it was lies....you’re so dead.
Mike: Lol, I had my box of Kleenex ready to cry with Alex.
Michael: Omg I can’t believe I did this. I literally evicted you in my DR. No joke, haha.
Mike: When you told me you were evicting me my heart sunk.
Michael: And Alex let me change.
Mike: And I was like whoaaaa.
Michael: Alex is just as surprised as I am, lol. I don’t know what I just did. I’m in shock, lol.
Mike: I guess my journalism classes paid off. God bless them.
Michael: Btw you are gonna win now.
Mike: Did you at least write me a goodbye speech
Michael: Yeah, lol. Wanna see?
Mike: Lol, sure.
Michael: You get to see some secrets....don’t go ranting it all to everyone.
Mike: Lol, promise.
Michael: THE WORST VOTE EVER. I VERRRRY REGRETTABLY vote to evict: [MIKE]
GOODBYE MESSAGES:
Mike - I'm speechless. I hate breaking my word, but I have some things that I haven't told you about. So I will tell you now, perhaps shooting myself in the foot. Unfortunately, I have been in cahoots with Eric from pretty much when I started working with you. We went from the outs to getting here to F3--it's pretty amazing. I did pretty much EVERY move with him. If I had won HoH, I swear that I would have kept you safe, but alas the cards weren't right. My target this week was Ryan- our Azn bond wasn't really THAT strong. I really did try my best. This is my longest goodbye ever, so take that as a compliment. I am truly sorry and sad for this. Peace.
Mike: Wow, so touching, but guess what? Me/Eric had an alliance Day 1.
Michael: I had no alliances day 1 haha.
Mike: Me/Eric/Steven teamed up, but my speech was 100% sincere. It’s always been you/me in my eyes.
Michael: Lol, cool beans.
They go on to talk about all the alliances they’ve had, in which it is revealed that no one was ever really aligned with Ryan and Eric really was aligned with everyone. Michael also reveals that he was friends with Travis and was pissed about his eviction. Mike can’t believe it. This is just funny.
Mike: Do you know who David Choi is?
Michael: No.
Mike: Ok lol.
Michael: Who is he? Haha.
Mike: He’s some Azn singer who does covers of popular songs.
Michael: Oh, lol, I listen to English music.
Mike: He’s like a youtube star. He does it in English lol.
Michael: I’m so white washed . >.<
Mike: That’s good! Americanized Asians!
Michael: LOL!
Mike celebrates his life in the game.
I’m sewwwwww happy to be here. My BFF this entire game, MICHAEL, told me he was evicting me. I was really upset and hurt. I’ve had his back since like Week 2. WTF? So I was all prepared to go out, and I wanted my speech to just be sincere and from the heart and I wanted Michael to know just how loyal I've been to him this entire game. It wasn’t meant to guilt him or make him feel bad. It was just to get it off my chest.
And apparently it worked. He said that speech changed his vote, and changed everything. Soo....maybe being a GOOD person does get you further in this game I dunno. I was so shocked, and I think Ryan and Eric were too. Eric thought he was safe because Michael told him he was and Michael promised Ryan he'd evict me. So yeah, crazy night, but I’m just glad to still be here. And I’m glad Michael changed his vote obviously. I would have been hurt, but like I said, I would have understood it eventually. He still would have 100% had my vote to win in the F2.
And apparently it worked. He said that speech changed his vote, and changed everything. Soo....maybe being a GOOD person does get you further in this game I dunno. I was so shocked, and I think Ryan and Eric were too. Eric thought he was safe because Michael told him he was and Michael promised Ryan he'd evict me. So yeah, crazy night, but I’m just glad to still be here. And I’m glad Michael changed his vote obviously. I would have been hurt, but like I said, I would have understood it eventually. He still would have 100% had my vote to win in the F2.
The next morning we get this from Mike.
How do I feel the morning after? ![]()
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Michael prays for a final HoH win.
I'm still in shock from the last eviction. That was crazzzzzy. Now that I have had time to think over the mess I have created, I figure that I did the right thing--no regrets. I live day by day in this game. Again, things in this house just seem to happen to me and I take it as it comes. I really don't plan out what happens as other people may believe (they give me wayyy to much credit, but w/e I'll take it). Lucky for me, the hands I'm dealt are always pretty damn good. I have been lucky enough to vote pretty much EVERY round.
From what I can gather, Ryan wanted Mike gone, yet me and Eric were both close allies of Mike. As such, we both volunteered to go on the block, not wanting to get our hands dirty. The catch--whoever went up (between me and Eric) was, in reality, NOT safe. Kinda ironic. Neither of us knew this at the time? I guess Mike was safe no matter what. That kid has 9 lives and TOO MANY friends haha. By chance, Ryan decided to trust my "promise"--at that time genuine--so I was granted the sole vote to evict. Wow, major luck for me, I think.
I am hoping lightning strikes twice and I get to cast the final vote to evict by winning the last HoH and choosing my own fate, while making F2. I am confident that I have the best chances of the three people left for a final 2 spot so I am not TERRIBLY worried but you NEVER know. However, imho, I have played an A-MAZING game for my first ORG ever. It would be nice to have the 100% track record going
From what I can gather, Ryan wanted Mike gone, yet me and Eric were both close allies of Mike. As such, we both volunteered to go on the block, not wanting to get our hands dirty. The catch--whoever went up (between me and Eric) was, in reality, NOT safe. Kinda ironic. Neither of us knew this at the time? I guess Mike was safe no matter what. That kid has 9 lives and TOO MANY friends haha. By chance, Ryan decided to trust my "promise"--at that time genuine--so I was granted the sole vote to evict. Wow, major luck for me, I think.
I am hoping lightning strikes twice and I get to cast the final vote to evict by winning the last HoH and choosing my own fate, while making F2. I am confident that I have the best chances of the three people left for a final 2 spot so I am not TERRIBLY worried but you NEVER know. However, imho, I have played an A-MAZING game for my first ORG ever. It would be nice to have the 100% track record going
Mike is hoping for the same thing.
Tonight is going to be HUGE. It’s absolutely pivotal for me to win this final Head of Household. If I lose, I’m done. There’s no way I’m making it to the final 2 without winning, so I’ll do whatever I have to do in order to hang in there. Ryan definitely isn’t going to take me to the final 2. He wanted me out last round. He thinks I’m a threat to win too, so he’s already gunning for me.
Michael is a wildcard. He thinks I’m gonna win this game if I’m in the finals. He’s said that. While he says his bond with Ryan isn’t that strong, if he really wants to win, maybe he’ll see Ryan as being easier to beat. I really just don’t know.
So I have to rely on me, and only me at this point. If I win, I have to decide which of the Asians I’m gonna take. Do I take Ryan, who the jury might not like or do I take Michael, who I think is harder to beat? For me, this game has always been about me and Michael. There’s no question that he’s been my most important ally and despite what happened during the final 4, I still love and respect him tremendously. He’s one of the few people here I can see myself talking to after this is all said and done, so for me, it’s not really a question. I would take Michael yesterday, tonight and tomorrow.
So Michael is sitting pretty. He knows both of us are gonna take him. So if he's smart? He tanks the competition and lets me and Ryan battle it out. And that's all I can say. Its gonna be one hell of a fight.
Michael is a wildcard. He thinks I’m gonna win this game if I’m in the finals. He’s said that. While he says his bond with Ryan isn’t that strong, if he really wants to win, maybe he’ll see Ryan as being easier to beat. I really just don’t know.
So I have to rely on me, and only me at this point. If I win, I have to decide which of the Asians I’m gonna take. Do I take Ryan, who the jury might not like or do I take Michael, who I think is harder to beat? For me, this game has always been about me and Michael. There’s no question that he’s been my most important ally and despite what happened during the final 4, I still love and respect him tremendously. He’s one of the few people here I can see myself talking to after this is all said and done, so for me, it’s not really a question. I would take Michael yesterday, tonight and tomorrow.
So Michael is sitting pretty. He knows both of us are gonna take him. So if he's smart? He tanks the competition and lets me and Ryan battle it out. And that's all I can say. Its gonna be one hell of a fight.
Mike and Ryan discuss their previous alliances in the game, as well as the fact that the jury hates both of them.
Ryan: See how good you were? you had two people that considered you their number 1 ally.
Mike: Lol, Michael chose Eric over me though. Until this last second apparently…
Ryan: Lol, cuz I made him promise. He broke the promise. We all knew you were unbeatable in the F2.
Mike: I don’t get why you guys think that.
Ryan: He broke the promise "last second."
Mike: You guys must see something I don’t.
Ryan: Sooooooooo dumb, but I'm not mad, lol. It was actually funny that I got played so badly.
Mike: Lol, believe me...I was completely shocked. When he told me he was evicting me, I had bug eyes.
Ryan: Haha, but yeah it was a shock to me that my two closest allies in the F4 were actually closer to another person. Sucks for me, but oh well.
Mike: It doesn’t suck for you. You get off easy in a way. Since there’s now issues between me/Michael/Eric.
Ryan: Eric is going to vote for you to win, he told me that and if Michael evicts me, I'll vote for you to win too. It'll be a 7-0 KO hahaha.
Mike goes on to reveal that the last round made him feel like his alliance with Michael was a little more one sided than he had previously thought. Ryan doesn’t see the problem with this as he feels Mike had a million other people on his side too.
Final HoH time! As always, the final HoH is a hideous combination of all the prior challenges. 22 legs in all. The option was given to use fifty dollars to skip legs...
Ryan ($233): Legs 3, 8, 9, 16
Michael($279.01): Legs 3, 9, 15, 16, 18
Mike ($365.01): Legs 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20
Ryan incurred an hour long penalty for not completing leg 18. Keep reading to see who reigned victorious. And if you’d like to try your hand at the final challenge…here you go!
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The beginning password is ilovealex. To get to each leg replace “hohfinal” in the board link to “leg1,” then “leg2” and so on.
Mike isn’t happy with his performance.
Well....that was just miserable. I’m really annoyed with how horrible I did at the final HoH. I really deserve to go home after that. I even knew what the challenge was gonna be, and I still epic failed.
I feel like I used my money on the wrong ones. I made stupid mistakes like not reading the questions. I fucked up at the end with posting passwords. I overlooked something big on the last portion of the challenge. Just...bad. I know I started after Ryan, but it looked like he finished pretty quickly. Hats off to him. Whoever wins this definitely deserves to be in the final 2. It was reallllllyyyy just so involved. My only *hope* is Michael. I really hope he doesn't throw it. And even if he wins, I’m not entirely sure he'd keep me. Our conversations have been very short lately and aren’t involved. I will be annoyed about this for days. >.<!!!!!! Damn you Ryan for winning the F4 HoH.
I feel like I used my money on the wrong ones. I made stupid mistakes like not reading the questions. I fucked up at the end with posting passwords. I overlooked something big on the last portion of the challenge. Just...bad. I know I started after Ryan, but it looked like he finished pretty quickly. Hats off to him. Whoever wins this definitely deserves to be in the final 2. It was reallllllyyyy just so involved. My only *hope* is Michael. I really hope he doesn't throw it. And even if he wins, I’m not entirely sure he'd keep me. Our conversations have been very short lately and aren’t involved. I will be annoyed about this for days. >.<!!!!!! Damn you Ryan for winning the F4 HoH.
After all is said and done, the amount of money each player had played a hand in the rankings…
Michael: 9:55-11:34 = 1 hour, 39 minutes.
Mike: 8:21-10:48 = 2 hours, 27 minutes.
Ryan: 8:03-10:32 + 1 hour penalty = 3 hours, 29 minutes.
MICHAEL wins final HoH!
Michael is ecstatic. And has his endgame planned.
WHAT UP WORLD!??!? I won the LAST FUCKING HOH. And Made F2!!!!! So How am I gonna decide? EASY. I already have F2 with both so that's a tie. But now I asked them to tell me 3 reasons why I should take them. The most deserving answers get it- I am fair.
-RYAN-
1) You have a way better chance of beating me than Mike. Mike automatically has Eric (Eric told me himself), Stacey, and Jay. Jordan may hate you more than Mike too. Also if you evict me I'll be so sad!!
2)I PROMISED to take you to final 2 (back when I was Final 4 HOH)... I was intending to keep that promise
I even told mike I wasn't taking him, and he was fine with it.
3) Asian Bond. This is what we dreamed of man! Alex would be so happy. I will honestly be crushed if you don't take me. Those are my reasons, and I think they are pretty damn good reasons. I've been so loyal to you, watched your back through the whole thing...we both came into this game with nobody... we weren't ORG veterans that play with the same people each game. We both came with little and got to the same spot where mike is. Mike and Eric made an alliance and eth only reason was cuz they played together before. We were both Cinderella stories... underdogs the whole fucking time. Mike came into this game knowing Steven, Eric, possibly more... why would you want someone like that winning??? Mike WILL beat you. I know I'm becoming longwinded, but I'm so nervous!
-MIKE-
1. I’ve been your biggest fan this entire game and in my eyes, it’s only been you/me.
2. I know you/Ryan both think I’m a threat to win, but I’m not. I’ve lied to a lot of people when they asked if we were together. Stacey is the only person who "might be" a vote for me, but I lied to her too so it’s not guaranteed
And if you take Ryan, it could backfire which is why I wouldn’t have taken him.
3. The Azn-Azn thing is predictable. The Italian-Chinese duo sets a new tone for everyone around the world.
and we’re a cuter F2.
-RYAN-
1) You have a way better chance of beating me than Mike. Mike automatically has Eric (Eric told me himself), Stacey, and Jay. Jordan may hate you more than Mike too. Also if you evict me I'll be so sad!!
2)I PROMISED to take you to final 2 (back when I was Final 4 HOH)... I was intending to keep that promise
I even told mike I wasn't taking him, and he was fine with it.
3) Asian Bond. This is what we dreamed of man! Alex would be so happy. I will honestly be crushed if you don't take me. Those are my reasons, and I think they are pretty damn good reasons. I've been so loyal to you, watched your back through the whole thing...we both came into this game with nobody... we weren't ORG veterans that play with the same people each game. We both came with little and got to the same spot where mike is. Mike and Eric made an alliance and eth only reason was cuz they played together before. We were both Cinderella stories... underdogs the whole fucking time. Mike came into this game knowing Steven, Eric, possibly more... why would you want someone like that winning??? Mike WILL beat you. I know I'm becoming longwinded, but I'm so nervous!
-MIKE-
1. I’ve been your biggest fan this entire game and in my eyes, it’s only been you/me.
2. I know you/Ryan both think I’m a threat to win, but I’m not. I’ve lied to a lot of people when they asked if we were together. Stacey is the only person who "might be" a vote for me, but I lied to her too so it’s not guaranteed
And if you take Ryan, it could backfire which is why I wouldn’t have taken him.
3. The Azn-Azn thing is predictable. The Italian-Chinese duo sets a new tone for everyone around the world.
and we’re a cuter F2.
Mike isn’t any happier knowing who won.
Oh god....Michael is HoH. I don’t even know what the hell to think. He's crazy. And he had a bloody mouth. He's not thinking clearly. I think I’d rather Ryan have won...
Ryan prays for his answers to have been good enough.
Last minute plea to Michael. He better fucking take me. God. Please let him take me to the finals.
Michael’s decision…
My man Mike. I've got some explaining to do, don't I? Everyone has given me too much credit in this game, calling me "smart" and thinking that I plan everything out. You should know that this isn't the case and I take things day by day and as they come to me. This decision was no different--I had no idea I would be evicting you until you did. You know that singer Mike Posner and his song "Cooler Than Me"? Well, I am dedicating that song to you because YOU ARE COOLER THAN ME…and everybody knows it! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise--especially yourself. This is where the 3 reasons came in. I gave you pretty much 3 chances to save yourself (I did not care at all what Ryan had to say in his 3 reasons, to be honest). What I had hoped you would say--and I promised myself I would take you if you did-- was that you would be able to beat me in the F2. It's a hands down win for you against me so give yourself some credit!!!! My life goal is not to win some ORG (though it would be nice) so I was COMPLETELY open to taking you to F2 knowing what was ahead for me if I took you. I would never in a million years mind losing to you, I would be grateful in fact. So even if you were not wrong about not having any guaranteed votes in jury, please know that I am still drinking YOUR kool-aid today, even if nobody else is….and I made a HUGE mistake… so I give you permission to feed me Godiva's chocolate. Nonetheless, I really hope we can remain friends after this is all over. Peace.
P.S. That F3 pic of me was inspired by one of yours I believe so I hope you didn't copyright it.
P.S. That F3 pic of me was inspired by one of yours I believe so I hope you didn't copyright it.
After watching Mike leave, Michael appears to be having some second thoughts.
I am really regretting having evicted Mike. I should have trusted him ALL ALONG. I CANNOT BELIEVE I FUCKING MESSED THIS UP.
And now for the final two to battle it out! Everyone wrote like a book, and it was the same stuff over and over. So here’s my recap.
Opening statements here…
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Eric tells Ryan that everyone thinks he played a weak game and that he doesn’t really agree, he asks Ryan what he thinks of this. He also asks him to rank his alliances and give him a “what if” scenario for how the game would have gone if he’d gone home one of the first times he was nominated. Ryan tells him the he intentionally tried to play a weak game to keep people off his back. Go read the thing if you would like to see his rankings/alternate boot list, it’s long.
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Eric tells Michael that he played a fantastic game but doesn’t really understand why he evicted him and lied about it. He also asks him to rank his alliances and give him a “what if” scenario for how the game would have gone if he’d gone home one of the first times he was nominated. Michael tells him that he simply trusted Mike more at that point. Again, read the thread for rankings, same link as above.
Jake inquires about Michael’s alliance with Ryan, wanting to know who ran it. Then he asks five, yes five, more questions. More rankings of alliances, best worst/strategic moves, who was his biggest threat and what strategic moves did Michael make. Michael credits Ryan with running their alliance, says he credits himself with working with Jordan/Jake to get Jay out, his biggest threat was Stacey, and his worst move was not winning the F4 HoH.
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Jake inquires about Ryan’s alliance with Michael, also wanting to know who Ryan thinks ran it. Five more questions, yay. What strategic moves did Ryan make, biggest threat, how is Ryan superior to Michael, why did Ryan make so many alliances and why should Jake vote for Ryan to win. Ryan also feels that he was running his alliance with Michael, says he credits himself for aligning with Michael and Eric, Stacey was his biggest threat, he’s superior to Michael because he was forced to play the game from day one, he made alliances for self preservation, and he should get Jake’s vote because he was dedicated to the game.
Jay commends Michael on being good at being bad behind the scenes and asks him to rank the houseguests for most deserving to be in the finals. He also asks him to tell him why Ryan should not win. Michael feels he should win because he played the game and Ryan did not. Go look at the thread if you want the rankings.
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Jay says he doesn’t know much about Ryan’s game but feels he’s not much of a ruthless person and then poses the same questions he did to Michael. Ryan feels he should win because he had a more difficult path to the end and has made every decision strategically.
Jordan admits to being annoyed at his eviction, but tells Ryan he blames the voters more so than him. He also blasts Ryan for not being social in a social game and tells him he doesn’t even really have any questions for him. He does, however, ask him why Ryan thinks Michael took him to the final 2. Ryan thanks him for his comments and admits he’s not sure why Michael told him as the story has changed many times. The latest version is a combination of previous reasons and Michael/Mike’s friendship cracking in the final three, which Ryan makes clear he does not believe. He does believe that Michael felt he could beat Ryan more easily than Mike and wishes he’d admit it.
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Jordan tells Michael that he needs to figure out if he played dumb or was a mastermind, because he has many conflicting reports. He asks him that if he won’t own up to what he did, why should he get his vote? Michael feels there have been miscommunications because they didn’t talk much. He also says he feels that he was definitely not a strategic mastermind, he just got lucky.
Mike tells Ryan he respects him and will be focusing his questions on Michael.
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Mike asks Michael what part of their friendship was authentic and why he evicted him. Michael tells Mike that their whole friendship was authentic. His reasoning for evicting Mike is really long so you can go read that.
Stacey asks Ryan to define his game play, asks if she hadn’t given up if that would have changed anything and asks if she really was his target when Jordan went home. Ryan tells her he labels himself as UTR, doesn’t really answer the second question and says that, yes, she was his target.
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Stacey asks Michael to define his game play, asks if her different placements in rankings was based on Michael noticing that Ryan had ranked her higher and was now sucking up and what his real reason for nominating her was (on one of the occasions she didn’t leave). Michael defines his game play as unpredictable, says he had different reasons for being threatened by her and that has affected her in the different rankings and acknowledges that he knew his reasoning was total bs for putting her up.
Closing statements here…
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WHO WILL WIN!?