Post by Roddy Mancuso on Mar 24, 2010 13:17:07 GMT -5
F3
WOW. I did it AGAIN. I made it to the final fucking 3 round
. I honestly am shocked that I was able to make it this far. Its almost unbelievable.
Coming into this round I am VERY nervous. This is where I failed last time, and I really don't want to have that happen to me again. My game plan for most of the game was to get here with Lydia and Eddie so to ensure that I would get taken to the finals even if I didn’t win the final competition. But Sarah making it through last week ruined that. Although I don’t think she really wants to go with Eddie (she would look like his bitch), she doesn’t want to go with me either. So she could really go either way.
I am in a situation where I feel I need to win if I wanted to be guaranteed to make it through to the final 2.
F3 HoH
The first part of the HoH competition was HORRIBLE for me. By FAR my worst of all of the season. I have no idea why, but I just froze. That’s the only way I can explain it. I totally psyched myself out and couldn’t pull myself together – I think because I kinda have a history of failing at this competition. But 1 out of 7 correct was brutal and extremely embarrassing. And to make things worse, Sarah won over Eddie. The only silver lining that I saw in this was that it was only the round 1 competition… had that been part 3 of the HoH things would have been MUCH worse.
I kind of redeemed myself in the second round – I mean, the first round is still embarrassing but at least I am playing in the final round. I love puzzle challenges because they are what I excel at. I wasn’t really that surprised when I beat Eddie.
In between round 2 and 3, there was a little bit of last minute scrambling. I knew that I could make a deal with Sarah to take me to the final 2 if I took her, but I didn’t really want to do that because it kinda just seemed unnecessary considering I had no intention of following through. My initial inclination was to just not really talk to Sarah about my plans and win the last comp.
But then Sarah decided to approach me with that very deal, and I found myself in a bit of a hot pickle. Obviously I want to go with Eddie to the end. We have been together from the start and he has been a phenomenal ally to me. But if I was to turn that deal down from Sarah, I would basically be telling her that she should vote me out, and I am sorry but I am not willing to literally take the bullet for Eddie. If Sarah was destined to win the competition, I would still rather it be me in the final 2 than Eddie, despite how good of allies we are. So I accepted the deal, but I knew I was never gonna keep it.
The final round of the HoH felt SO good to win. I don’t know how Sarah took so long on the first password, but it gave me enough of a lead to get WAY ahead of her. Yeah, she did almost catch up at the end, but that last password was by far the hardest so I am not surprised she caught up to me. Anyways, not only did I beat Sarah at a speed based comp, but I was guaranteed final 2 with my best ally. I finally got Sarah out of the house, and it is a made up of the sinner’s division of Hell’s Angels..
One Final Note
One final note that I want to make is about my decision to keep Eddie over Sarah. I bet tons of people are thinking that it was a completely stupid decision to do that. And although I will end up looking stupid if Eddie ends up winning, I really don’t think people understand the decision at all.
First off, turning on Eddie would have been a huge betrayal for me. Just as big as turning on Lyd would have been. I know a lot of people disagree with me on this, but I don’t think evicting Eddie would make sense strategically. There was a very good chance that Eddie would not have voted for me to win after that, and he knew about ALL of my game. If I betrayed him in that way, there was a chance he could have a big influence over the jury to turn against me.
Secondly, even though Sarah was hated by the jury, I still think she could have won. She played a very aggressive game, where she won multiple HoHs and multiple Vetoes. She was in a strong alliance of 3 people (very similar to Hells Angels), and also was able to get her hands on a power. Not only that, but had I kept her she would have been able to say ‘I got Roddy to turn on his ally by making a deal half an hour before the comp’. So yeah, the jury might hate her, but she was an underdog at the end and would have had a lot of material to make a jury speech from.
Finally, I just am not that type of person. When I give my loyalty to someone in a game, I don’t revoke it unless they do something to fuck it up. Eddie followed through with the votes at F6, F5 and F4 for me, and I was not about to turn on him at F3 for someone that I don’t even like.
So if I end up losing, so be it. I mean, obviously I want to win, but either way I am glad that Hells Angels has been such a dominant alliance, and I am thrilled to go with a great friend and ally to f2.
WOW. I did it AGAIN. I made it to the final fucking 3 round
. I honestly am shocked that I was able to make it this far. Its almost unbelievable. Coming into this round I am VERY nervous. This is where I failed last time, and I really don't want to have that happen to me again. My game plan for most of the game was to get here with Lydia and Eddie so to ensure that I would get taken to the finals even if I didn’t win the final competition. But Sarah making it through last week ruined that. Although I don’t think she really wants to go with Eddie (she would look like his bitch), she doesn’t want to go with me either. So she could really go either way.
I am in a situation where I feel I need to win if I wanted to be guaranteed to make it through to the final 2.
F3 HoH
The first part of the HoH competition was HORRIBLE for me. By FAR my worst of all of the season. I have no idea why, but I just froze. That’s the only way I can explain it. I totally psyched myself out and couldn’t pull myself together – I think because I kinda have a history of failing at this competition. But 1 out of 7 correct was brutal and extremely embarrassing. And to make things worse, Sarah won over Eddie. The only silver lining that I saw in this was that it was only the round 1 competition… had that been part 3 of the HoH things would have been MUCH worse.
I kind of redeemed myself in the second round – I mean, the first round is still embarrassing but at least I am playing in the final round. I love puzzle challenges because they are what I excel at. I wasn’t really that surprised when I beat Eddie.
In between round 2 and 3, there was a little bit of last minute scrambling. I knew that I could make a deal with Sarah to take me to the final 2 if I took her, but I didn’t really want to do that because it kinda just seemed unnecessary considering I had no intention of following through. My initial inclination was to just not really talk to Sarah about my plans and win the last comp.
But then Sarah decided to approach me with that very deal, and I found myself in a bit of a hot pickle. Obviously I want to go with Eddie to the end. We have been together from the start and he has been a phenomenal ally to me. But if I was to turn that deal down from Sarah, I would basically be telling her that she should vote me out, and I am sorry but I am not willing to literally take the bullet for Eddie. If Sarah was destined to win the competition, I would still rather it be me in the final 2 than Eddie, despite how good of allies we are. So I accepted the deal, but I knew I was never gonna keep it.
The final round of the HoH felt SO good to win. I don’t know how Sarah took so long on the first password, but it gave me enough of a lead to get WAY ahead of her. Yeah, she did almost catch up at the end, but that last password was by far the hardest so I am not surprised she caught up to me. Anyways, not only did I beat Sarah at a speed based comp, but I was guaranteed final 2 with my best ally. I finally got Sarah out of the house, and it is a made up of the sinner’s division of Hell’s Angels..
One Final Note
One final note that I want to make is about my decision to keep Eddie over Sarah. I bet tons of people are thinking that it was a completely stupid decision to do that. And although I will end up looking stupid if Eddie ends up winning, I really don’t think people understand the decision at all.
First off, turning on Eddie would have been a huge betrayal for me. Just as big as turning on Lyd would have been. I know a lot of people disagree with me on this, but I don’t think evicting Eddie would make sense strategically. There was a very good chance that Eddie would not have voted for me to win after that, and he knew about ALL of my game. If I betrayed him in that way, there was a chance he could have a big influence over the jury to turn against me.
Secondly, even though Sarah was hated by the jury, I still think she could have won. She played a very aggressive game, where she won multiple HoHs and multiple Vetoes. She was in a strong alliance of 3 people (very similar to Hells Angels), and also was able to get her hands on a power. Not only that, but had I kept her she would have been able to say ‘I got Roddy to turn on his ally by making a deal half an hour before the comp’. So yeah, the jury might hate her, but she was an underdog at the end and would have had a lot of material to make a jury speech from.
Finally, I just am not that type of person. When I give my loyalty to someone in a game, I don’t revoke it unless they do something to fuck it up. Eddie followed through with the votes at F6, F5 and F4 for me, and I was not about to turn on him at F3 for someone that I don’t even like.
So if I end up losing, so be it. I mean, obviously I want to win, but either way I am glad that Hells Angels has been such a dominant alliance, and I am thrilled to go with a great friend and ally to f2.