Board Thread:Big Brother 2/@comment-24114312-20160327225702/@comment-25615280-20160328001725

Hey Jamie, it's refreshing to see you coming into this with an open mind and I appreciate it. Makes it more fun because it means there is still more to play for and that's what I enjoy doing. Let's jump into these questions.

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Chris - Helped: My strategy was to hide myself, so to have a loud, over the top character be around for the first vote meant an easy distraction. His attitude just meant less work on my part

Rhi - Hindered: Rhi was very good at being the social glue to keep together an alliance I feel. Her vote out over Ali was a very early move that set the tone for the season. Rhi was a threat to my game because I don't she had an interest in playing with me over the other side

Tom - Helped: Duh. A very polarizing figure, Tom was the figurehead of alliance that was the obvious target for most people. He was the shield that saved me during my only time up on the block.

Austin - Hindered: I did start in an alliance, but he was too much of Hannah's puppy to be of any help. Where she went, he went. That meant it would have been very hard to work with him individually

Jamie - Hindered: You were the biggest threat to me, but in the fun way. You were good even to the point where I thought you cheated to get ahead. It was a fun mark to try and overcome but you sure as hell hindered my game by being in.

Hannah - Hindered: Kinda like Rhi, Hannah was someone that would have rather worked with the other side than me. Hannah was my personal target after being betrayed by her, that after she made it through one vote, I really wanted her out the next one.

Andy - Helped: Andy was great at keeping tabs on all parts of the house. Not only was he fun to talk with about The Walking Dead or other things, he and I shared a lot of info on the game that helped get both of us further in the game.

Ali - Hindered: This one may seem strange. Why I say Ali hindered my game is because it seemed his being on the block made so many votes more difficult than they needed to be. When it came to the Rhi vote and Hannah vote, I wanted them out wayyyy more yet people were worried about letting Ali farther into the game. I wanted to keep Ali in the game so clearly in my mind.

Eddie - Helped: Another opposite one than you would have thought. While Eddie and I were on opposite sides for literally every vote, we had a good working relationship. We both were straight up with each other the whole time telling it how it was. The level of brutal honesty we shared made me feel safe with him and also helped me get farther because I knew he was someone I could count on as giving me the full truth. Even if he knew it was the truth I didn't want to hear.

Jaylen - Helped: Jaylen was another person I could fully count on. We got to the point where we were just on the same page with pretty much everything. We didn't have to talk. It was just like "You cool with this?" "Yep" and then done deal.

Nick- Helped: If he was sitting here at the end, he definitely would have been a hindered. However, Nick was the social threat that helped me get to here because he fit into my strategy of having bigger targets around me. The relation Nick and I had was also kind of like the one I had with Eddie. We had a base level of understanding that meant we could work together when needed.

Ry: Helped: It's no secret Ry and I have been working together the whole season. We traded HoH's to take control of the house and keyed in with each other on every decision. He also took some of the focus off of me when I needed it to.

2) The biggest decided move that I pulled off was the Hannah vote. That was the turning point for the whole second half. Going into it, Ry and Jaylen were firmly on voting her, while Nick and Eddie were firmly voting Ali. It was with Andy the key to turn the whole thing. During the conversations with Andy regarding the vote, I was just so firm and confident with my speaking of Hannah going, that I believed I swayed Andy. I said to him that Hannah had to go and that there were no other options. By pushing hard and being probably a little over aggressive on it, Andy decided to vote Hannah and with him, Nick and Eddie changed to. That made it a unanimous vote on Hannah and it also did put Andy in a pretty bad spot which led into next week most people being kinda angry with him.

3) Ry has had one fatal mistake that has affected him all game. He was disrespectful with you guys as you left the game. It happened with Andy. It happened with Ali. It happened with Eddie. It certainly happened with Jaylen. I also bet it happened in some regard to the other three of you. Once he had a position of power, he talked down to you guys and that is a fatal mistake in a game where you have to turn around and vote for someone in the end.