Matt's impressive questions

[matt]

Hey! Congratulations to both of you! It's been a hella long summer with drama around every corner, both of you 100% percent deserve to be here. I am leaning a certain way, but obviously I want to hear everybody out. The entire game I was kind of like a fish on land. Just sort of, floppin' around, trying to get back to water as soon as possible lol.

Nick
Yooo! First of all, we had sort of a weird relationship in the game. We were cool and would chat about whatever, but like, never talked game really. I’m still fairly new to these so I know I probably wasn’t the ideal person you would want to talk to, but it would’ve been nice. You did talk game with me on a few instances, but it came across as you just wanted information and my vote and that was it. You would not talk to me when I was on the block, then two days later when I stayed you messaged me trying to make sure everything was cool. Also, what did you NOT like about Zach’s game? What do you think he failed at that you were successful with?

Zach
We’ve had a strained relationship over the course of this game lol. After the trio left, you essentially just dominated the competition all the way to the end, in comparison to Nick, who had to fight a lot more to stay here. Here’s my question for you, after seeing three people for most of the game dominate round after round, then after they got ejected, to see someone else who was close with them to go ahead and just dominate round after round until the final two, what makes you stand out? With the game on autopilot towards the end, what do you think your biggest mistake was in the game, if any? Also, which jury members do you think you would’ve lost to, if they were up there with you instead of Nick?

[Zach]

Sept 9, 2015 23:26:27 GMT -5 matt said:

Zach
We’ve had a strained relationship over the course of this game lol. After the trio left, you essentially just dominated the competition all the way to the end, in comparison to Nick, who had to fight a lot more to stay here. Here’s my question for you, after seeing three people for most of the game dominate round after round, then after they got ejected, to see someone else who was close with them to go ahead and just dominate round after round until the final two, what makes you stand out? With the game on autopilot towards the end, what do you think your biggest mistake was in the game, if any? Also, which jury members do you think you would’ve lost to, if they were up there with you instead of Nick?

Heyyy Matt! We certainly did lol

I disagree that Nick had to fight a lot more to stay here. And here is why: Me winning my way to the end was me fighting to stay alive. If you recall, I told you I had spent time studying and preparing the Days before that live final 6 POV. Luckily for me the challenge involved days. I put a lot of time into preparation and notes and went through a lot of stress during each of those competitions. I wasn't just logging on and doing a competition..I was working for it. And as far as fighting to stay like he fought to stay while on the block? I fought to stay off it with my social game for all the times I didn't win a competition before the reset.

For Heaven/Sofia/Ryan to dominate the beginning and for me to dominate the end in competitions...I think what makes me stand out is
1. I'm real.
2. I wasn't cheating like them and was actually winning the competitions myself
3. I am here in the final 2 and they are not.

I think my biggest mistake in the game would have to be the way I handled my relationships with members of Brodown Showdown, most specifically Mike and you. Of my alliance with Heather/Nick/Memphis I had the best relationships with you guys and I could have utilized it better. Instead I let it fall apart. Obviously it didn't hurt me getting here, but I could have had an easier time in doing so if I kept you guys close. I pretty much just kept Brian in my trust circle and dismissed trusting you and Mike.

If it was me vs other Jurors...

I think I would have beaten Neda
I think I would have beaten you
I think I would have lost to Boog
I think I would have beaten Brian
I think I could have beaten Candice
I think I could have lost to Heather (It'd be close)
I think I would have beaten Keith
I think I would have beaten Memphis

For the PreJurors turned Jurors.. it's a bit tougher to say as they missed the final phases of the game and if they were there perception of their games would have been different but:

I think I could have beaten Mike
I think I could have beaten Hayley
I think I could have beaten Rachelle (May have been tough)

I think my toughest opponents would have been Boog and Heather. When you have people telling you that you're going to win as they leave the game you take what they say to mind and you know it also puts a target on you as well. I can tell this Jury is undecided and I obviously would have had a much easier time vs Neda or yourself but this is the route I chose. If it doesn't work out for me I tried my best, but at least I can say I was confident enough in myself to take this route instead.


Thanks Matt!

[nick]

Yooo! First of all, we had sort of a weird relationship in the game. We were cool and would chat about whatever, but like, never talked game really. I’m still fairly new to these so I know I probably wasn’t the ideal person you would want to talk to, but it would’ve been nice. You did talk game with me on a few instances, but it came across as you just wanted information and my vote and that was it. You would not talk to me when I was on the block, then two days later when I stayed you messaged me trying to make sure everything was cool. Also, what did you NOT like about Zach’s game? What do you think he failed at that you were successful with?

Ah Mateo. I agree, our relationship was definitely a bit different. We gelled pretty effortlessly when talking about movies/tv and I always enjoyed those talks - in perhaps a more laid back/less stressful game we might've been good allies because of it. But yes, we did have a hard time talking game as much as it seemed like others did

However, I definitely had a reason for that. Rachelle told me that you came to her about wanting to backdoor me when she was HoH. I believe you said because I was "likable as fuck" (ty!). While I definitely didn't take that personally (it was hard to for your reasoning), it did make it a lot more difficult to wanna approach you with much game related stuff. That quote was stuck in the back of my mind a lot of the time we were talking, so it created some awkwardness. I heard about you wanting to go against me again a few rounds later, and then again at the f7 when Zach showed me your conversation about it

With these situations popping up every so often, it was certainly hard to trust you and thus hard to talk major game stuff with you. Because of that, I did keep it brief when talking game and I did get straight to the point in some of our chats. If our game relationship was gonna be limited to talking about our favorite directors or netflix movies or mr robot, then that sounded perfectly fine with me

To answer your second question, I didn't like Zach's over confidence at times. One quote that always stood out to me was when he said "I'll take out the trio when the time comes.". It was absolutely never going to be that easy, and I truly feel like the trio was gonna fill the end game because of it and the rest of us would pay. Another instance was when I was HoH. I told him I was pretty sure you would keep Boog over Keith, but he said "I can control Matt's vote" and LO AND BEHOLD! Once he said that I was just like alllllllllrighty! and let things play out without caring too much who ended up leaving anyway. Conversely, I felt I was a lot more successful in seeing where people were coming from and was very realistic about people's motivations as opposed to thinking people would just play into my hand because I told them to. He seemed to be a bit overbearing (especially towards you and Brian) in his strategy talks whereas I absolutely never acted that way with anyone

And of course the other major thing is the fact that Zach simply had no crafty way of staying in the game had he lost one of those last comps. We've talked about this a lot in other questions so I don't wanna beat it to death, but I feel this was critically lacking from Zach's game where as I was successful at it. I was very well prepared for those crucial situations and Zach simply wasn't, which kept me two steps ahead of him whether he sees/admits it or not

Thanks for the questions!

[Zach]

Matt, I never felt I could actually control your vote. Heather and I were campaigning to Nick to ensure you were not the replacement the round you lied to us. (lol) We did trust you and felt we could rely on your vote, but I did not think I could control it. I don't remember if I told Nick that as he stated but we probably told him we (Heather and I) could get your vote. I think you know I never thought I had you in my pocket. Just wanted 2 say that

[matt]

Nick:
I did talk about getting you out, That's 100% correct. That stemmed from the fact that you were in fact, likable as fuck (yw!), and at that point we already didn’t really talk too much aside from general chatting (i missed a ton of windows to talk about the game with you, so it’s more my fault), so I figured there was some hesitation from the get go, hence the naming you as somebody i WOULD’VE gone after (“would’ve” being used because i won like one botb the entire game). I think you could have been a little bit more direct with me, but eh, I don’t mind that much.

Also lol @ nick saying zach is overconfident and zach immediately commenting about how nick was incorrect with his answers.

I think both of you absolutely have a shot at winning this. Zach seemed a bit overconfident, but to his credit, he did get here on his own merits, by aligning with the right people to winning challenges, so for all intents and purposes, he backed up the giant ass ego lol. At the same time, I do believe Nick had the more interesting game. He wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty while Zach was afraid that if he didn’t have some specific reason to get someone out, it would’ve been horrible. It’s like again, not saying anything at all, or saying way way too much, which one is better? Ya know?

Anyways, congratulations to both of you. You two are a dynamic final two that is a satisfying end to a weird, crazy, tainted, stressful, rly rly long game. I wish the best of luck to both of you, and congrats again, guys!

[Zach]

I admit I was overbearing at times but I didn't say Nick was incorrect, the wording just made me look bad....like I was cocky saying I had you under control. The only reason I said I had your vote to Nick was to keep him from putting you up as I felt you would be evicted if up against Boog/Heaven. Heather can confirm that if it's even a big deal. I never thought I could depend on your vote as we were always on opposite sides of the voting especially early on.

Sorry if you are annoyed by my quick responding and defense. I'm just trying to fight to win as I can tell Nick is a favorite. At least it's not boring? As far an my ego, I don't love or like myself for the record. Maybe I had one in this game because it feels good to win out when everyone wants you gone. And if you don't like me on a personal level then that is fine!

[matt]

"I don't remember if I told Nick that as he stated but we probably told him we (Heather and I) could get your vote."

"The only reason I said I had your vote to Nick was to keep him from putting you up as I felt you would be evicted if up against Boog/Heaven."

Your wording is sometimes weird lol. I'm not upset with you or anything like that lol. I do like you on a personal level, I think you're a really cool person and I loved us getting to chat and talk. I also like you on a game level, I think you played an absolute home run of a game, and if you do win, you completely earned it. My vote was always all over the place lmao, so I don't think you felt like you could control it. I'm not trying to discourage you from fighting or anything like that. On the contrary, I love open discussions and not by any means am I trying to belittle you or anything like that. I just found it funny.

[Zach]

Sept 10, 2015 18:21:53 GMT -5 matt said:

"I don't remember if I told Nick that as he stated but we probably told him we (Heather and I) could get your vote."

"The only reason I said I had your vote to Nick was to keep him from putting you up as I felt you would be evicted if up against Boog/Heaven."

Your wording is sometimes weird lol. I'm not upset with you or anything like that lol. I do like you on a personal level, I think you're a really cool person and I loved us getting to chat and talk. I also like you on a game level, I think you played an absolute home run of a game, and if you do win, you completely earned it. My vote was always all over the place lmao, so I don't think you felt like you could control it. I'm not trying to discourage you from fighting or anything like that. On the contrary, I love open discussions and not by any means am I trying to belittle you or anything like that. I just found it funny.

I don't remember if I told Nick that "as he stated" are the key words. Meaning I don't know if I said it in that exact way. Because when I read that from Nick I thought it didn't sound like me. I never talk about controlling people. I can manipulate as part of the game but I do not brag or boast about controlling people. I hated when people said that about Neda and I in our original season. So when Nick phrased it that way I thought it would give you a bad impression of me and how I acted. lol but clearly you already had one But 4real, I'm sorry that I am confusing you with the way I type. I am not as eloquent as Nick. I wish I was a better typer ;o typist?

[matt]

I'm not saying you did control people, I'm just saying you had a lot of influence and for you to do that WHILE being a threat the entire game is commendable. I can't stress that enough. You're not confusing me! Lol

Thank you for your time though! Good luck to both of you!