Lawon's Questions

[Lawon Exum]

Hey ladies

First off, congratulations on making the final two.

Lisa, we were in a tight alliance together, so I have somewhat of a feel of how you played the game. So, I'm gonna ask you to tell me how your strategy evolved with the twists of the game. Like how you wanted to play going in, the how you reacted to each major event in the game like the mass expulsion and the superpowers.

Rachel, I have no idea how you played the game other than under the radar. Obviously, you were never a primary target, so I'll give you props for that. However, I want you to give a little more into your decisions to act, or not to act. Show me a point in the game where you directly influenced what was happening and advanced your position in the game.

Also, would both of you please compare your game to an actual contestant on Big Brother. They don't necessarily have to be a winner, but just to give more insight into how you thought you played.

Again, congrats ladies, and good luck.

[Rachel Reilly]

Rachel, I have no idea how you played the game other than under the radar. Obviously, you were never a primary target, so I'll give you props for that. However, I want you to give a little more into your decisions to act, or not to act. Show me a point in the game where you directly influenced what was happening and advanced your position in the game.

At the start I tried to be social on AIM, that came to an end a few weeks into the game then I resorted to PM for communicating. I was kind of under the radar for a lot of the game. I started off throwing comps as I didn't want to be seen as a threat, I think I won 1 competition? I started trying towards the end and came very close in a lot but obviously I'm not as good as the rest of you guys.

I had a few allies with Dom, Steven, Jeff, James, Lisa.

At the beginning I only talked to Jeff/James so I was shocked that James nominated me, which was a wake up call and I went elsewhere to find people I could work with. When I find out the big alliance in the game and "sub alliance" I tried to get an alliance together of Steven/Dom/myself to go against you guys. With the major twists coming into play and Steven leaving screwed all my plans up. Had Lisa not nullified my vote she would have been gone and Steven/Dom/Myself would have still been in the game.

That's one reason you prob don't know much about my game, because my allies got voted out all in a row basically and I had no HOH power to show my moves, they were all done in the background. I then went to Lisa to create a Final 2 alliance and she stuck to it. Now how much convincing was it on my part that she brought me and backstabbed you and James? I have no idea, but my plan, ideas, strategizing worked out in the end.

While most people won competitions "to show their moves" in the game, I really did end up playing a more social role where I was making alliances to stay safe and move me forward. If I won a few comps in the middle I would be on the jury, now I'm not saying I lost all of them on purpose but I did some and me being "a non threat" in your guy's eye helped me move forward.


Show me a point in the game where you directly influenced what was happening and advanced your position in the game.

So I would say aligning myself with Lisa to take you and James out of the game. I wish I could have said bringing Dom/Steven/myself together but someone had to screw that up!

Also, would both of you please compare your game to an actual contestant on Big Brother. They don't necessarily have to be a winner, but just to give more insight into how you thought you played.

Erika

Both won like 1 comp? Wasn't seen as that much of a threat. If I can remember right, she played a loyal game and stuck by her allies. She also made a lot of deals from week to week trying to get her into a good position. Although the deals I made with people worked for a little bit then they all got evicted. And left me with you. x.x

[Lisa Donahue]

Lisa, we were in a tight alliance together, so I have somewhat of a feel of how you played the game. So, I'm gonna ask you to tell me how your strategy evolved with the twists of the game. Like how you wanted to play going in, the how you reacted to each major event in the game like the mass expulsion and the superpowers.

Coming into the game I never have a strategy because if you come in with one set idea, 9 times out of 10 it will be crushed. I say that because if you come into the game and the first twist of the game doesn't go the way of your plan, you're already not going to be able to do what you wanted. So I come into the game prepared for bumps along the road, so twists don't really faze me, because I'm expecting them. However the 2 major events you mentioned really didn't go my way, but I turned it around for my benefit.

The mass expulsion was actually really hard for me. No one actually knows this, but my first two allies of the game were not James and Lawon, but they were however Daniele and Amy. And I was also close to both Jase and Janelle... That is 4 people I lost from the game. They could have been allies of mine, but they were all gone, just like that. So I had to move forward and luckily I did get fortunate to be in another great alliance, and I am so thankful for it, because it did help me get here.

Now, the superpowers. It became most crucial at the final 6, when it literally was You, James, and myself against Steven, Dominic, and Rachel. So one wrong move could have destroyed everything. We had no idea who held what power, so that could have seriously messed up my game. So it was good for our side that we used the 3rd nominee to put Steven on the block, and my power to cancel Ray-Chel's vote. That was an extremely pivotal point in the game because it was make it or break it at that point. But you just have to go with the flow and make the hardships work for your game, and we did that, and I did that.

Also, would both of you please compare your game to an actual contestant on Big Brother. They don't necessarily have to be a winner, but just to give more insight into how you thought you played.

Diane Henry during Big Brother 5, not All-Stars. We both played a really good game. We won competitions, we stayed in strong alliances, and we did what we had to do. There came a point in Diane's game when she had to go against her allies (Karen & Nakomis) who she worked with the entire game, in hopes that the other side would benefit her (Drew & Cowboy). It didn't work for Diane, but it worked for me. It was just my time to play selfish and I had to do what I had to do, despite who got hurt in the process.