deterministic Big Brother: Mariyta wins the game!

[Cubsfan4ever]

yeah right, then why is everyone pissed at Raj and nobody's mad at you?

[Mariyta]

Wait, you didn't even play.

[Cubsfan4ever]

that's beside the point

[rajrhcpfreak]

i played the perfect game cubs. so if i dont win because people are holding grudges then so be it.

and i really dont know why kleb is so mad. i gave him 4 more weeks. he knew he was one of the next to go. if i just went with the crowd and waited until roland, mari, std, and i had a majority then we still would be in the final 2.

[Kelly Chen]

I am happy to report that I have at least a tentative vote from all seven members of the jury!

[Cubsfan4ever]

but I haven't voted yet!

[rajrhcpfreak]

Letting everyone know that I'll be leaving for Cuba on Saturday. SO i wont have internet access the following week. I'll return on the following Sunday.

[Mariyta]

And I just got back! Have a miserable cold though, possibly bronchitis.

[Kelly Chen]

I can wrap this up by the tenth. Maybe Thursday afternoon I'll name the winner. If people want to change their votes they have to tell me by then. (I already have a few PMs out on this subject.)

[Kelly Chen]

Mariyta wins the whole game!

The vote was 5-2, though I consider 1 Mariyta and 1 raj vote still just the tentative vote (asked at the time of eviction). It's not enough to change the result.

I have other information but not time to post it right now.

Congratulations Mariyta!

Thanks for playing everyone!

[Mariyta]

Raj is gonna be mad at me now.

[rajrhcpfreak]

fuck yes. who was the other person that voted for me? because i knew roland had my back.

and congrats mari. you made me enjoy playing the game so much i turned on STD. even though STD didn't really help by never being around.

[ZeroSum]

I'd like to tell you all that, yes, within the context of the game I'm kind of angry that I was "played". But outside of the game, I have no grudges. I trust that you only did it for the sake of the game.

To Mari, raj, STD, and roland, you guys did a good job! And to anyone who I nominated, I hope you don't take it personally, either.

Congratulations, Mariyta, and thank you Kelly Chen for hosting this game so well.

(p.s. I'm curious... during which week did your alliance start?)

[Mariyta]

At the very beginning, day one. The entire game was played as if we'd be the final 4 (but Roland screwed it up a teeny bit by getting mod-voted )

[Kelly Chen]

Karma strikes: No one ever got more than one. raj, Mariyta, chamber, and I think ZS got strikes. I'll edit and fix this list at home.

From a modding/rules perspective the most astonishing thing was how basically nobody ever spent points on the veto competition with the intent of keeping the nominations the same. Much of the time people didn't even send me moves. So the POV comps were little more than a huge drag on the game.

Actually, another very striking thing is that in this game, it seemed very much to be the case that if a few players put a plan together for the week, they can almost certainly accomplish it. Towards the end of this game the evictions were as predictable as some of the worst Survivor seasons...

Early game, it was striking how several players thought to adopt the strategy of throwing all the competitions, or at least not spending on them. I thought this was a particularly inappropriate strategy for say SL, since he was a very visible player and perceived to be an alliance leader. But the strategy worked fine for STD, who easily had the most points left in the final 3 HOH.

[rajrhcpfreak]

From: rajrhcpfreak
To: Mariyta
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:47 pm
Subject: BB
hello beautiful.

i think i need you.

and i think you need me.

how far do you think me and you can get in Big Brother?

that was my first message in this game. STD was an obvious choice since we went to the final 3 together in BerrySurvivor. We really lucked out with Roland replacing in the game. im glad i didn't cut him sooner because i wouldn't have gotten two votes in the finals.

and thank you Zero. and of course thank you kelly. great game.

on the subject of predictable boots, we just dominated the game. if we come back for all stars we'll make it closer, or you'll have to created twists.

[ZeroSum]

Oh man, thinking back to early on in the game, I made a really retarded mistake on a POV: I spent hundreds of points on

3

people!

I wonder, what would've happened if I chose to throw that first HOH. Here's why: from that win, I could no longer fly under the radar and just try to hide in a corner for the rest of the game... unless, I'm wrong about that too.

So chamber would've won that HOH. Would the course of the game have been different?

[Kelly Chen]

The problem I see is that early in the game, you're likely to get nominated for no more reason than "I dunno who he is." At the time, I suspected it was really a good thing for you to win that HOH.

[ShadowLurker]

From: rajrhcpfreak
To: Mariyta
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:47 pm
Subject: BB
hello beautiful.

i think i need you.

and i think you need me.

how far do you think me and you can get in Big Brother?

that was my first message in this game. STD was an obvious choice since we went to the final 3 together in BerrySurvivor. We really lucked out with Roland replacing in the game. im glad i didn't cut him sooner because i wouldn't have gotten two votes in the finals.

and thank you Zero. and of course thank you kelly. great game.

on the subject of predictable boots, we just dominated the game. if we come back for all stars we'll make it closer, or you'll have to created twists.

um roland voted for mari, me and chamber voted for you