Natalie's Nquestions

[natalie]

HI GUYS!

Long time no see. Sorry for not really trying with the title. I'm really bad at alliteration! I’m going to try and keep this short and sweet. Negative jury processes are more exhausting than fun to me, so despite any questions/criticisms I might have, I’m gonna try to keep this relatively positive.

Kalia, congrats on making it to the end! I’ve already mentioned this before, but I loved getting to know you throughout this game. I feel like we connected pretty well on a personal level, and I have a lot of respect for the game you played. I consider you a very well-rounded player, and I’m hoping your responses to the questions thrown your way will show that as well. You had some pretty high praises for yourself in your opening statement, and as much as I think that praise is earned, you were a bit vague. I think this was intentional on your part, and I understand your position on not wanting to bore us in your opening statement, but I would really like to give you a platform to explain what made Kalia’s strategic game so killer. What are some of the decisions you made in the game that make you feel you deserve this win over Mad Luna? Also, for a bit of closure, I’m curious: had you won Part 3 of the Final HOH, who would you have taken to the end? Don’t worry if you think it’s not what I want to hear, your answer to this question isn’t going to affect how I vote.

Mad Luna, congrats to you as well! Anyone that’s able to kick ass at competitions like you did deserves their spot in the end. I would say we clicked on a personal level as well. As frustrating as it was waiting forever for you to respond to my messages, it was usually worth the wait once you did. I enjoyed investing myself in your romantic life, and am still interested to see the outcome of your relationship with that British dude. Or New Zealand dude? I’ll be honest, I don’t remember who you chose. I do, however, remember loud and clear who you chose to bring to the end! And I still don’t entirely understand it! We talked a lot about this the night you cut me (well, I talked AT you, really), but I really wanna give you the chance to lay out a response for me and have more than a few minutes to do so. I think the way I’m leaning towards for this vote is pretty obvious, but I still want to give you the chance to sway others. I want you to tell me what votes you think you have in your favor next to Kalia right now, and I’d also like to know what votes you think you would have had if you had taken me to the end. Please give me some reasons as to why you would earn such and such’s vote. I don’t need an essay or anything, but some thoughtful details would be nice! Oh, and one more question. You mentioned that your secret alliance with Kalia paid off in the end. I’m curious, out of the two of you, who do you think benefitted more from the alliance?

Thanks, you two! Good luck!

[kalia]

Kalia, congrats on making it to the end! I’ve already mentioned this before, but I loved getting to know you throughout this game. I feel like we connected pretty well on a personal level, and I have a lot of respect for the game you played. I consider you a very well-rounded player, and I’m hoping your responses to the questions thrown your way will show that as well.

Thank you Natalie! As I mentioned to you as well, you were easily one of the people in this game that I got along with most. The conversations that we had were some of the best that I had throughout this entire game. Whether you ever questioned my loyalty to you as a player or not, you were certainly by far one of my favorites to speak to.

You had some pretty high praises for yourself in your opening statement, and as much as I think that praise is earned, you were a bit vague. I think this was intentional on your part, and I understand your position on not wanting to bore us in your opening statement, but I would really like to give you a platform to explain what made Kalia’s strategic game so killer. What are some of the decisions you made in the game that make you feel you deserve this win over Mad Luna? Also, for a bit of closure, I’m curious: had you won Part 3 of the Final HOH, who would you have taken to the end? Don’t worry if you think it’s not what I want to hear, your answer to this question isn’t going to affect how I vote.

The vagueness that was in my opening statement was completely intentional. Part of me didn't want to sound like a broken record when it came to answering the questions because I figured that a lot about particular moves in the game would have been brought up. If that wasn't the case, I was still going to indulge into why I think my game is more deserving of the win in one way or another, and requiring you all to read some long ass opening statement wasn't exactly how I wanted to do that. I was more interested in finding out what all of you wanted to hear as opposed to rambling on about things maybe nobody really cares about.

I think when you compare my game to Mad Luna, you will notice that I was much more successful socially. I think one of the strongest aspects of his game was his strength in challenges, but if I refer you to my response to Jee's questions, a lot of his wins and the things that he accomplished with those competition wins were to the benefit of me and my game. In his opening statement, he had high praises about his social game and how well he was able to connect with particular people and call them his allies. I don't think there was anybody who really did that better than I did. I was balancing alliances with most of the house for most of the game, and people didn't really question it. If they did question it or tried to oppose it, and often turned to their eviction or them not being able to do anything about it. In the early stages of the game, I was balancing my alliance with you, Jun and Frankie, I had a strong bond with Meg that I was upholding, I was staying close with Boogie and Mad Luna and despite not really having social or strategic relationships with the rest of the game, I was often in the loop on what they were thinking strategically because of the side alliances you and Jun had with Corey and Jee, or the alliance that Mad Luna had with the guys. It was rare that I wasn't at least told about something that was going on in the game.

If we want to talk about particular times in the game where I felt I benefited most, or the times in the game where I found I made the biggest moves, it mainly started when Erika attempted to backdoor me. When I went up with Corey, I figured I automatically had the votes of you, Meg and Jun, which I don't think was wrong of me to think due to how close we all were at that time in the game, and even for the rest of the game. I had a side alliance with Boogie and Mad Luna, and I had to find a way to explain to everybody else that they would be saving me without making it seem like I was playing all sides of the house. I wasn't entirely sure how close they both were to Corey, and I knew there was always that possibility that they would evict me over Corey, but I was pretty confident with my social standing with both of those players. The eviction of Corey did not benefit many of the people who evicted him, because I was a sort of double-agent and had a few people fooled on where my loyalty actually was. Obviously I adored you, Jun and Meg and I could not have seen myself evicting any of you easily, but I had to keep myself covered in other areas of the house too, hence the alliance with Mad Luna and Boogie which was a lot more beneficial to me than it was to either of them, since they ended up evicting their allies FOR me.

Erika's eviction is another prime example, she was pegged as the villain as I was coming off as some sort of victim, once again due to how people saw me as their friend and were confused as to why Erika would do that to me. It was because Erika had me figured out. Once again, her eviction was not really beneficial to many people in the house and it was still a unanimous eviction for her to go. She could have been used for a meat shield, and she could have been used as a way to get me out if people had known exactly what type of game I was playing.

Then you can add on when Mad Luna picked me over his allies such as Jee or Tiffany, or even when he chose me over you. I had to constantly re-assure people (such as Mad Luna) that I was with them until the end. Despite me being seen as one of the strongest players with the biggest resumes, I still sit here in the end despite not winning that last HoH. Luckily, I never was in a position where I particularly had to backstab people, but I don't think that was ALL luck.

I am not trying to say that I played a game that was SO SUPERIOR to everybody else, but I am more just explaining what sort of background strategy it took for certain things to be accomplished, and many of those things were to the benefit of me. And as for the final HoH, I had a pretty strong bond with Mad Luna for a while, and I would have certainly heard you both out, but I think you would have had a very, very strong chance at beating me in the end due to how likeable you were. I don't think anybody could sit here and say that they disliked you.

I hope that answers your questions, and if you need any clarification on anything, please feel free to let me know. Though a few people likely think that I was beyond fake this game, my relationship with you was one thing in here that was not fake, and I was very, very genuine about the fact that I would love to be friends with you outside of this game due to how much I felt like we got along and opened up to each other about different things in our lives. Love you, girl!

[Mad Luna]

Mad Luna, congrats to you as well! Anyone that’s able to kick ass at competitions like you did deserves their spot in the end. I would say we clicked on a personal level as well. As frustrating as it was waiting forever for you to respond to my messages, it was usually worth the wait once you did. I enjoyed investing myself in your romantic life, and am still interested to see the outcome of your relationship with that British dude. Or New Zealand dude? I’ll be honest, I don’t remember who you chose. I do, however, remember loud and clear who you chose to bring to the end! And I still don’t entirely understand it!

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Natalie, I adored you throughout this entire game. Probably my favorite person to talk to here. I wrote about how weird and frustrating and low key cool how we could still talk like we were complete friends, but still openly target one another. I feel pretty silly right now, because I had no idea I was so delayed on answering messages. I usually pride myself on being readily available on aim to chat with so I apology if you ever felt that way. I hope we can can kick it after this game is over and watch the finale of AHS while I chat with you about my catastrophe of a love life.

We talked a lot about this the night you cut me (well, I talked AT you, really), but I really wanna give you the chance to lay out a response for me and have more than a few minutes to do so. I think the way I’m leaning towards for this vote is pretty obvious, but I still want to give you the chance to sway others. I want you to tell me what votes you think you have in your favor next to Kalia right now, and I’d also like to know what votes you think you would have had if you had taken me to the end. Please give me some reasons as to why you would earn such and such’s vote. I don’t need an essay or anything, but some thoughtful details would be nice!

My decision had a lot to do with the pact I made with Kalia and my loyalty to her. I just felt like I couldn’t present my game here at the end without completing it to it’s core. On top of that, I think you were my biggest threat here. Your social game is on point and I think you would’ve win because of sheer likability. Anyone who can still make them like you despite targeting you has some true talent.

Kalia vs Mad Luna

Frankie - K - He had an alliance with you, Kalia and Jun, but him and I also had a cute little bond too. I think he’d vote for Kalia because they had a tight bond.
N - Frankie told me he was close with you and liked you a lot. I think I was close with Frankie, but you were probably closer. And you didn’t vote him out!

Corey - K - I was pretty tight with him up until I had heard his alliance with you and Jun. It made me reactive to the guys and I detached myself. I know him and Kalia never saw eye to eye, but perhaps he’d respect her game better than mine.
N - I’m not sure how close you two were since we both had an alliance with him. Since I did betray him, I’m going to say he’d vote for you.



Erika - K - Her and Kalia hated each other, but I destroyed her plans. This vote could really go either way if I’m not reading it to hard.
N - I think she’d actually vote for you to win considering Boogie and I were the reason Kalia stayed.

Boogie - K - He was my bestie and I think I would get his vote.
N - I would get his vote I think. :3

Jun - K- I think her votes going to Kalia. They were so beyond tight in this game since Day 01 and I can’t see that breaking. It’s one of the reasons I targeted her so hard in Final 7.
N - No question, this vote would go to you.

Meg - K -Unless she feels bitter by Kalia voting her out, I think she’s got her vote.
N - Another vote that I think you would’ve got. I think most of the girls were together and I just feel like you would’ve had a close bond with Meg.

Jee - K - He said that Kalia is utterly fake, but he called me extremely lazy. I would hope our personal game would be able to shine through and I could get his vote.
N - Again, if he could get over feeling betrayed by me, I think I’d be able to get his vote.

Tiffany - K -Tiffany and Kalia has a tumultuous relationship with one another. I think this is another toss up vote between the two.
N - I can see Tiffany giving her vote to me, but I also wouldn’t know if she’d be able to get over me voting her out when I was sitting next to an angel.

Natalie - You and Kalia were beyond tight and I don’t see you being a bitter betty so I know you’d vote for your bi-atch.

Kalia - I think I’d get her vote based off of our close friendship and loyalty if she would’ve forgiven me for voting her out.

Oh, and one more question. You mentioned that your secret alliance with Kalia paid off in the end. I’m curious, out of the two of you, who do you think benefitted more from the alliance?

I definitely think it benefited me more in the long run than it did her. Kalia was the most well connected character in the house and that fact that she covered an entire side of the house I wasn’t aligned with helped me immensely.