Week 14/15/16

[krystal]

I think it's due that this series gets another male winner

[estelle]

I'm glad that they are (most likely gonna be) f2 lol. I hope Zach doesn't get cold feet and take Neda for an easy win; though I do predict he will win regardless. Both deserve it and I hope Nick doesn't get shat on. I'd be happy with either winning!

[Kat]

That video definitely needed some poop but lol @ Neda going in

Some of the stuff that she said... eek

[David Lane]

Sept 7, 2015 20:24:20 GMT -5 heather said:

Neda sorrz

Was not expecting that after watching Neda's video

[Brian]

Aug 27, 2015 23:01:01 GMT -5 Colby said:

Please never cast him again. I know the game is irrelevant at this point, but this is just ridiculous. He does this every time he plays and it drives us nuts. Four times is enough.

I've gotta address this. First off, I WAS campaigning when I was up next to Nick, and I was spending a bunch of time doing so and making a legit effort to do so. The only time I talked to Kat or whatnot and joked around was between waiting for people to reply to my IMs and when people weren't on. There's nothing wrong with enjoying myself, and for you to be mad at me when all I've been is respectful and nice this season is ridiculous. I'm sorry that "oh no" I didn't wind up in positions to be super flashy, but I don't deserve the hatred I'm getting from you and others. I haven't even read most of HCs yet, but I can tell the tone of it. To say I don't try to campaign and act like I took this game lightly and not seriously is completely insulting and not true at all. Just as it's completely untrue that I was spineless.

I know I'm venting and sounding a bit rage-y, but considering the things I'm seeing and reading from people I respected and people I considered "friends", what the hell do you expect me to say/feel?

[Colby]

Sept 12, 2015 23:20:02 GMT -5 Brian said:

Aug 27, 2015 23:01:01 GMT -5 Colby said:

Please never cast him again. I know the game is irrelevant at this point, but this is just ridiculous. He does this every time he plays and it drives us nuts. Four times is enough.

I've gotta address this. First off, I WAS campaigning when I was up next to Nick, and I was spending a bunch of time doing so and making a legit effort to do so. The only time I talked to Kat or whatnot and joked around was between waiting for people to reply to my IMs and when people weren't on. There's nothing wrong with enjoying myself, and for you to be mad at me when all I've been is respectful and nice this season is ridiculous. I'm sorry that "oh no" I didn't wind up in positions to be super flashy, but I don't deserve the hatred I'm getting from you and others. I haven't even read most of HCs yet, but I can tell the tone of it. To say I don't try to campaign and act like I took this game lightly and not seriously is completely insulting and not true at all. Just as it's completely untrue that I was spineless.

I know I'm venting and sounding a bit rage-y, but considering the things I'm seeing and reading from people I respected and people I considered "friends", what the hell do you expect me to say/feel?

I wasn't gonna really comment on any of this since Shir/Archer hit the nail on the head already, but I'm thrown into the mix now so why not!

I'll reiterate what Shir said earlier by saying this isn't personal! It may feel that way but it's not! Your gameplay is just very frustrating to watch from a Housecalls point of view. I mean come on Brian! We saw no conversations or diary rooms of you campaigning when you were nominated next to Nick. What were we supposed to think while you're messaging Kat about nonsense? People are posting DRs about how convincing Nick is, and no one is saying a word about you. Of course we're going to be under the impression you're just dicking around.

As for saying you shouldn't be cast again. Sorry, but I stand by that. You've played four times and pretty much nothing has changed in any of your appearances. It was cringeworthy watching you blindly follow the lead of power players who didn't give a damn about you, and openly disliked you. I can't think of any decision you made all game that was your own decision. It was always someone else's. The one time you got an HoH reign in this game, you caved into the pressure of the house. Every vote you cast you caved into the desires of Zach or someone else. It's not enjoyable to watch, especially when you had the ability to make move after move all game and passed up the opportunity. It was the same old song and dance in S8 and S3. Not sure about S7, but sounds that way for that season too. Maybe when you decide to play a game where you're not afraid to make your own decisions, I'll feel differently.

Also ftr I respect you as a person. I just hate the way you play this game.

[Brian]

I'm sorry you feel that way, but the truth is, I've NEVER been afraid of making my own decisions in this game. It may come across that way...somehow, but that's never been the case. The votes I cast were decisions that I made on my own because I thought they were best for me, not Zach. It's always bothered me that people insist I'm just a follower to people when that's just not the type of person I am and I don't have it in me to be that even if I'd wanted to. All four of the times I've played, I've played and approached it entirely differently each time. While I can kind of see criticism being there in S8 since I was playing a character and didn't translate things well, I was never "blindly following someone" in S3 or S7.

Hell, the one time in S3 I got HOH I did entirely what I wanted with it, for better or worse (probably for worse looking back), regardless of what people said. You have to understand from my perspective that it at least comes across as somewhat hypocritical when say...Heather or Boog trying to align with Zach or Nick would be all "oh that's good of them to go for it", but Matt or I trying it is met with "eww, they're just doing it to be dragged". I mean, trying to align with someone and "going for getting dragged" are different things. I legit tried to align with people through my own decisions.

It may not sound it, but I DO appreciate you taking the time to respond to it and this is more on clearing things up and not about me being mad at you like it may come across. However, you've gotta get that there's really no way to have the whole "I'll respect you when you grow a pair" thing come up with what comes across as "you don't deserve the chance to try", and have it not be viewed as personal. I've always liked, enjoyed, and respected this series and have always tried/worked/put in a lot of effort/whatever you call it every time, so I'm sorry, but being told to stay on the sidelines is probably always going to be seen as personal.

Anyway, I've gone on too long, but thanks for voicing your concerns up front, even if I may disagree on a number of them for either personal or strategy-related reasons. And you're right that Shir/Archer covered a bunch of it too.

[kevin]

Why did you think voting out Mike was best for your game? Sorry if i missed it earlier.

[Brian]

Sept 13, 2015 12:10:47 GMT -5 kevin said:

Why did you think voting out Mike was best for your game? Sorry if i missed it earlier.

At that point Neda hadn't quite fully gone into how she was at the end of the game. For me I thought "there's no way I should take out the only person in the game I can beat if I make the end and lower my odds of winning from 'slim' to 'none'". I figured Keith, Neda and Candice had at least personal connections, and that regardless of whatever I did, there was never going to be a scenario that existed where I could've beaten Nick/Zach/Boog/Heather/Memphis. I felt with Matt around, I could at least possibly work into positions where I'd have had a chance. Yes, Mike staying would've likely led to some fireworks down the line, but I figured the only people those fireworks would make look better in people's eyes were people that weren't me.

Hopefully that clears some things up.