adam

[adam]

my vote is still up in the air. this is a tougher decision than when i had to figure out what to have for lunch today. fight for my vote like i fought for my lunch.

yoooo whats up final 2? been a while playas. first i wanna give a shoutout to godfrey who played like a champ (for the most part) and should be here on the jury with us but were just happy to hear hes doing better now. this is for you my nigga.

so i just wanna say congrats to the both of you. making it to the end is not easy and you both should be proud of ur games for getting here. making it to the end is like surviving the hunger games. ur basically katniss and peeta (idk if thats how you spell it) and were all the people that have fallen during the games one by one. yeah i like that comparison so ill roll with it.

anyway so yeah this is a pretty chill final 2. wouldnt say it was my top choice while watching the game after i left but itll do. i had good relationships with both of you during my time in the game so thats good. i have some stuff to say to you both which i will touch on now 

penny

penny im actually pretty disappointed in you. you were someone that i always stuck up for in the beginning of the game. there were times where alot of people would say you were never around and a good person to go on the block and i always said that i really liked you and didnt think it would be a good idea. and then when ur name was thrown around as a possible nominee the week that pilar won hoh i immediately told you when you came online. i thought we had a good relationship. hell we even had a name for our duo as the ninja and the dancer. so the round when we were on the block together and we made an agreement that if either of us were to end up as the tiebreaker vote that we would make sure the other one stayed and then that same day you broke that promise and you were the reason i was out of the game. that stung alot because im someone that gives my word and sticks with it. you showed you were not. 

so if you could please tell me how getting rid of me helped ur game. i dont want you to say that it was because i was close with people that wanted you out because as i said i had ur back up until that point and was going to continue to have ur back even if someone i was close with wanted you out. so please tell me why me leaving was beneficial to ur game and do not use that reasoning. 

zach

zach you and i had a weird relationship. i always thought close with you but its clear that we both had people that we were closer with. but we did always have a good relationship with each other and one thing i appreciated about you was that you were always real and i respect that in a man. a man is only as good as his word and from what i saw you were quite the man in that regard dude. but it did seem like you never really tried to get close with me and i know its a two way street but i just never felt like you cared about making a stronger connection with me at any point. it seemed like most of our conversations was me initiating it and asking you more questions about urself and all. but even though i never knew where you stood i still trusted you and i think that has to do with ur demeanor and persona throughout the game. it was dope as fuck dude and i mean it.

my question for you is where did i stand in this game for you? did you intend on ever trying to make anything official with me? was i someone that wouldve been a threat to you at some point? i would also like to know why you kept me the round i left. was it because its what ur allies wanted or did you actually want me to stay that week?

so i have addressed you both now. sorry if it was harsh or anything like that. i dont like being overly mean or stuff and i dont think i really was. im a man of the people and ur both people so i am a man of you both. with that being said i am a man of the jury and everyone that was in this game as well. so because of that i have to ask you both a question about my niggas that have been with me since i left. 

the OGs.
the real GOATS.
the squad.
the jury fam.

anyway so what i want from both of you is to tell me how each person on the jury was an integral part of both of you getting to the end. please include godfrey in this as well cause hes my nigga and the black brothas gotta stick together. (im sure ur reading this man and i gotchu) big brother is ultimately a social game and with the people making the game what it is i would like to know how each of us played a part in you both getting there. if someone didnt really play a part than you can say that but again my vote is gonna be decided based on these questions.

aight well im done now i think. its been real getting to know you both and everyone else in the game. ur all rad people and i am excited for someone to win and for the game to come to an end.

peace out

[Zach]

Hey Adam!

Yeah I’m really not sure why we had such an odd relationship. I thought you were cool but for some reason I never felt like I connected with you a lot in convos. Quite obviously this is a two way street and I do genuinely think I was getting lazy after trying to talk around a lot at the beginning, that I was almost socially burnt out lol. Not an excuse but I think that’s probably the reasoning for it. I just wasn’t sure what questions to ask you tbh, which is weird.

As far as your other questions…..

"my question for you is where did i stand in this game for you? did you intend on ever trying to make anything official with me? was i someone that wouldve been a threat to you at some point?"

I was actually kinda worried about your position. You had told me that you trusted me and I saw no reason NOT to trust you, but at that point I was with the Frozen 5. It’s not that I DIDN’T want a closer relationship with you (because it’s dumb not to want a closer relationship with anyone in the game) but it just didn’t really happen because I think around that time coincided with me getting more busy irl and trying to catch up on things. At the time I didn’t have any intentions to make something official only because I didn’t want to spin TOO many webs, but I had also assumed that we would be more or less aligned after choosing to save you over Jackie.

Which brings me to your next question.

"i would also like to know why you kept me the round i left. was it because its what ur allies wanted or did you actually want me to stay that week?"

At the start of the round when the noms were you and Michael, I was closer with Michael and therefore I probably would have voted to keep him over you. THEN when Aisha was being talked about as a possible nomination, I probably would have saved her over you as well because of a closer individual relationship. I think you had asked me that night what I would do if Aisha was nommed and I THINK I was fairly legit with you when I said that my relationship with Aisha would probably prevent me from voting to keep you over her. HOWEVER, after I heard everything about Jackie, combined with the fact that yes we were in an alliance but I felt a lot closer with the other 4 members of it even though she was the one who formed it, I was more okay with the thought of voting her out over you. She seemed like she’d be more threatening and the possibility of playing multiple sides seemed to be more likely with her over you. Was I the one who said “Hey guys we should vote to save Adam instead of Jackie?” Nah, I wasn’t. Almost positive that was Michael/Vanessa. However I did agree with the points they were making about keeping you so I of course went along with it.

Now for how each person on the jury was helpful to my game……

Jackie – was the founder of the Frozen 5 and got the people I really wanted to work with all together. I feel like I EVENTUALLY would have put in the effort to have asked Michael and Vanessa about adding Aisha to the alliance, but I was glad that it happened the way that it did.  

Adam – you were essentially a martyr for being associated with the Frozen 5 for some reason lol. Had you not nommed Pilar and made her think that you were working with us, I think I would have been nommed by her and sent home because I had lied to her that round about the existence of an alliance.  

Vanessa – great ally, had her in various alliances. She was a fun person to talk to and I felt like she was always being legit with me. After the round you got eliminated she was the one who stood up for me saying that I would never have voted to evict you over Charlotte. She was able to cool Michael down and get me back in good with everyone. She was also eliminated in a spot I should have likely ended up had it not been for an opportune veto win.  

J-Mac – like I’m not even going to lie, I think at the very start of this game I felt the very closest with J-Mac. We were both pretty similar in personality, interests, and stages of life and because of that it was easy to talk to each other. Eventually he ended up becoming disinterested in the game and our relationship weakened a bunch. Had he been more active in getting Kevin to want to keep him, then he would have survived and Charlotte would have been eliminated (at least I think it was Kevin who voted with Michael and I to evict J-Mac that round, not 10000%).  

Charlotte – had she been closer to Pilar I would have likely been toast. Because she was nommed so many times she became what I called a “super pawn.” Eventually pawns DO go home and that happened at F8 after not having a strong relationship with Pilar and being nominated like 3 or 4 times in a row before that or something.  

Godfrey – Towards the beginning of this game I loved the guy. I thought he was hilarious and that we had a pretty close relationship. It wasn’t until later where he, understandably with Pilar and Kevin, were a part of the counter alliance that was against the Frozen 5. However had he not gotten sick towards the end of the game, I feel like he would have posed as a giant threat to win. As awful as it was that he was so incapacitated by the sickness, it meant he couldn’t participate in key comps that allies and I needed to win.  

Pilar – saved my ass when she likely should not have. Had it not been for her I would be eliminated, but I think I’ve talked about that enough in my various other responses. She was always fairly open with me from what I could tell, even after I lied to her, and I DID think that we were pretty close even if game wise our plans did not match up. Still nice to talk to someone you like.  

Aisha – well closest ally all game so there’s that for you lol. I felt like I was able to talk about just about anything with her and I was pretty sure she felt the same way about me. She was a big threat and had great social relations so she also updated me a lot on the happenings that she noticed, like I tried to do with her. We were an open space of info and thanks to that we were able to get really close. She was also a big threat and because of that status she was targeted over me late in the game. It gave me just enough time to turn on the comp beast inside of me (lol) and win out on the comps that I needed to win.  

Kevin – At the very beginning someone who I enjoyed talking to. Had he put up Aisha over Charlotte at F8 I think I would have been in a lot more trouble. Also after that round he won HoH and was the reason why Pilar and Penny were put on the block next to eachother. He could have very easily turned it around on us and nommed me again, but he chose to stick to his word and nominate Pilar and Penny, even though we were ready to vote to evict him over Godfrey the previous round :X 

Michael – yet another friend so he served as someone I could talk to and just simply hang out with. We had a fun time in the Frozen 5 gc hanging around and doing w/e. His comp wins helped my game about as much as his, because we had basically the same goals for the majority of the game. His HoH saw someone who was against me go, his PoV wins kept him, someone who would vote with me, in the game. He would be a target over me in a lot of situations because he wouldn’t hide his feelings about certain people  

I think that’s everything! If you have anything else just be sure to lmk!

[adam]

thanks man. i appreciate the answers. good luck homie.

[Penny]

Thanks for the questions Adam!

As to why I voted you out:

I was very torn about this decision. I felt like I did have a solid connection with you, and I knew that you had my back. I recognized that I was blatantly stabbing you in the back that round, and it didn't feel good.

Before that vote, Pilar had come to me, exposing the Frozen Five alliance and inviting me to join an alliance with her, Godfrey, Kevin, Charlotte, and, later, Johnny. While I had an individual connection with you, an individual connection with Vanessa, and believed I had the Team Australia alliance with Michael and Aisha, I didn't have as solid of an offering on the other side of the house. I wanted to ride both sides of the side vs. side style game that was emerging, and if I had evicted Charlotte at that point in the game, I would have had absolutely no traction with anyone from Team Canada. 

I do not believe that you would have sold me out to work with Vanessa and others. You had been a strong advocate for me throughout the game up to that point, and to this day I am very appreciative of that. My choice at that round was to betray you, ingratiating myself to a strong alliance while still hanging on to Team Australia, or to evict Charlotte, instantly becoming persona non grata to Team Canada while hanging on to some disparate, weak ties with the remnants of the Frozen Five. As Michael and Aisha have made clear during this jury questioning, I was never on good footing with them, so clinging to that side of the house and evicting Charlotte would have been foolish, and would have almost certainly resulted in me asking questions during the final two round instead of answering them.

Evicting you was difficult, but it was one of the best moves I made that allowed me to navigate the two warring sides of the house safely, and I hope that you can appreciate that. It was truly nothing personal.

As for how each member of the jury helped me get here:

Jackie - I covered this in my answers to Jackie's questions, but it was the creation and undoing of the Frozen Five that gave me an in to working with Team Canada. Without that little story arc, I probably would have had a double digit placement.

Adam - You spoke up for me when others wanted me gone, helping to keep me safe in the early rounds, and it was also your eviction that propelled me forward to working with Team Canada. See above for a more detailed explanation for how important your time in this house was to me making it to the end.

Vanessa - Early on, Vanessa was one of the players here who was most open about discussing the game. She provided me great insight into how other players were feeling about each other (clueing me into the fact that Audrey wasn't particularly liked, or that there were very clearly alliances being made, something that was later confirmed to me by Pilar).

Johnny - Johnny's vote for you, Adam, was integral in getting that vote to tie. If he had not flipped on Michael and company, Team Canada would never have been a viable option for me.

Charlotte - Charlotte was a member of Team Canada and was one of my ideal final two partners. I had plans to work with her more individually much deeper into the game, but that got cut short when Pilar and Kevin had a falling out during the live round. Regardless, we were aligned for the lion's share of the game.

Godfrey - From the outset, I had the tightest personal connection with Godfrey. My chats with him were sunshine, and I think that was a very important part of making Team Canada a palatable option. Had he not fallen ill, I think we could have really made some magic happen in the late game.

Pilar - Pilar was the leader of Team Canada. Not only did she first extend the offer of membership to me, but her confrontational playstyle made her a bigger target. When a vote came down to me vs. her, there wasn't much of a chance that I would leave over her because she had already painted herself as a much larger target. She both provided me with an alliance and a safeguard for when that alliance was not in power.

Aisha - On a personal level, conversations with Aisha were some my favorite parts of the later rounds. On a strategic level, Aisha helped maintain the facade of Team Australia by never nominating me, and set herself up to be such a large target that I was able to convince Michael to turn on her, helping make my path to the end very clear.

Kevin - Kevin was one of the Team Canada members who helped to keep me safe during Adam's eviction round. His fight with Pilar helped secure Pilar into one of my closest allies throughout the game, and he was fully on board with helping me to evict Aisha. 

Michael - Michael refusing to veto Aisha was key, allowing the elimination the biggest jury threat this side of Tina Wesson. Michael also maintained a consistent interest in working with me, despite our differences. He never allowed our relationship to fully end, and his constant fighting with Pilar helped provide a distraction that I was able to hide behind. It should also be noted that he evicted Kevin over me at final four, which quite obviously helped me get to the final two.

Let me know if you have any follow-up questions! It's been a pleasure getting to know you, Adam.

[adam]

thanks and good luck to you both

[vanessa]

Penny, I would like to clear something up here. I did not say that " Audrey was disliked " I said she would be easy to get votes against since a lot of people seemed to want her out pre-jury because they perceived her to be a social threat ( opposite of disliked  ) or didn't know where they stood with her.

[aisha]

"biggest jury threat this side of Tina Wesson" MY QUEEN this is such a compliment pennifer you don't understand