MVP Ceremony #5

[Kat]

Welcome to the fifth MVP ceremony. 

 nominated

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so Drew, Christine & Dan are nominated.

[ika]

wow thanks mvp for not putting me on the block whoever you are I know Drew & Christine have been in your ear ..


you might even be in an alliance with them ... aren't we all

Good Luck Dan

[Drew Anthony]

It was me, hun.

[ika]

Mar 4, 2015 9:04:15 GMT -5 Drew Anthony said:

It was me, hun.

 well thanks Drew  I guess

[Drew Anthony]

ash christine christopher craig

dan ika Ivette Corredero Rachelle Diamond Shilpa Shetty

Guys... I have an announcement.

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Rachel Reilly is my sister! JK. But I was the MVP week 3 as well.

I do feel like the Elissa of this game. Anyways, I've been able to talk with both Rachelle and Craig, the two nominees that were put up by me, as the MVP week 3. I know there has been much speculation and accusations about who was MVP that week. And, given the state of the game now and since I was betrayed by someone I thought I could trust, I see no harm in explaining my decisions that week. It was honestly not selfish nor vindictive. Allow me to explain...

As everyone knows by now, there was a 9-person chat created week 1. Actually, I think I invited even some of the OTHERS into the chat, but they weren't online or whatever. Anyways, this chat slowly grew into an alliance kind of, with the mentality to take out the players who didn't seem to be as dedicated to the game. That has truly been one of my main missions since I entered this game. I wanted a fun, active game (and yay, we've made that happen... go us! lol).

So when I get HoH week 3, I know that I don't want to target Ash and Chris, despite being outside of the group chat, I felt they deserved to be in the game. I feared that if anybody from the group won MVP, they would target them, so even though I was safe as HoH, I fought to find the images and I did. Then, came the tricky part. While I didn't want any of my friends from the chat to leave, I also knew that I needed to cast some doubt within the group. The last thing I wanted was the group to take floaters to the final 9 when there were others who I felt deserved more of a chance to at least play the game. So, I nominated Rachelle, figuring she was 100% safe since she was friendly and people liked her. When she won, Craig seemed like a good option, and the vote proved that he had the support he needed. My intention was never to take one of them out, but more to show the group (and those outside of the group) that this game wasn't about some mega-alliance, but it was more about giving people a fun, fair game. At that point, I wasn't even in any alliances myself, and so I saw this is a noble thing to just even the playing field.

Well, clearly the drama from that move grew, and as it grew, I became more and more afraid to reveal that it was me. Chris all the sudden outed the group, and it kind of spun out of control. Accusations flew left and right, and I didn't know where to turn, so I kept building my relationships (I genuinely like all of you in this game). From there, alliances were obviously made, and while, yes, I was involved in some of them, I know that I was not involved in all alliances. Clearly, while Christine and I got caught, someone is playing an even better game than us, or at least playing a double-agent game as well.

So there you have it. I hold no grudges against anybody. This is a game. We are here to play, and I believe that there are 9 amazing players who have shown cunningness, skill, and strategy (no offense Dan, I just don't think you've given as much as the other 9). No matter what happens this week, I can stand proud to know that we have worked as a unit (sometimes better than others) to make the jury phase of this game one to remember. I realize I come off as a huge threat, but you'd all be kidding yourselves if you can't look around and find a handful of other threats in this group.

I wish everyone the best of luck as this round continues, and I will be fighting my hardest to make it to the jury, because I would LOVE a chance to have a hand in awarding a win to someone in this group at the end of the season.

xoxo ~Drew

[ika]

[craig]

Ah so you let me believe the MVP was Ash/Ivette and let us all fight amongst each other just because you wanted to test my support against two inactives?

I think there were things going on aside from just seeing how much support I had on the nomination block, like you wanted us to all play against each other which you successfully did for a few weeks. Of course I would gain support against individuals who weren't very active so I think that it was a given. Rachelle would have aswell, I'm sure.

[craig]

I think you're reasoning is... a complete lie, honestly. You didn't want to see how many people would be willing to save me/Rachelle. You wanted to heap distrust amongst several individuals and be the person that they go toward for reconciliation. I thought the MVP was Ivette/Ash for the longest time and you definitely didn't stop me. I'm sure Ash/Ivette think some things of me aswell that aren't true. I already know of a few things that I"ve been told that is completely false.

Testing support would probably be a legit answer if I was against others who also would have support. But naw, your goal here was to heap distrust between a group of people and then play the middle man. and THEN heap alliances around the side you inevitably chose so that THEY would fight against each other after myself/Rachelle/Chris/Dan were gone.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that you wanted to be in a great place in the game, Drew. And that's fine, but when you get caught, you'll make people a little angry and bitter about it all. I want to make jury just as much as you did but there would be a decent chance that I was gone this week because of you. Fight as hard as you'd like for jury, Drew, but I don't feel like rewarding it at this moment in time. That should be obvious.

Again, no blame on you for playing the game, but you're being played AGAINST aswell P:

[craig]

Also I'm sure Dan/Christine would love jury too, so some reasoning change would probably help your cause.

[Drew Anthony]

Craig, I don't know that you understood my reasoning. I never said I was testing support. I took a risk with your safety, of course. But I WANTED you guys to stay. I put you and Rachelle up there as people who I figured had little chance to go home. I even considered putting Christine up, and obviously I have a good relationship with her too.

This statement: "Craig seemed like a good option, and the vote proved that he had the support he needed." Was saying that the vote proved that I was correct to assume that putting you up didn't backfire and send you home. It wasn't a way for me to test how many votes you or Rachelle could get.

I made a move under the benefit of anonymity, and I understand why you'd be upset to find out who it was the nominated you. Of course that makes sense! I just was explaining my intent, which wasn't to take you out.

And I'm not diminishing anybody else's desire to make jury. Just stating my desire to keep fighting despite this turn of events.