Kristen's Queries

[Kristen Bitting]

Congratulations Rachel and Enzo. You both defied the odds and made it to the end of one of the longest, and arguably the toughest game of this series and for that I give you credit. Having watched the game closely from its inception until now I have a pretty good idea what happened and I have read all your answers carefully but there are still a few loose ends I would like cleared up before I cast my vote.

Rachel

1.I don't see any similarities between the game that Amy played and the one that you were carried through but you seem to think they are comparable, so if the final 2 had been Amy and Enzo who would you have voted for and why ?

2. I would like you to go through the jury and tell me how you expect each of us will vote and why.

3. What would you have done differently if Big Brother Enzo wasn't here to carry you ? Would you have stepped up and competed in the comps , or reached out to people and been more social, or would you have just sat back and let your ass get booted ?

Enzo

When I left you promised me that you were going to fight your way to the end of the game and make me proud, and that you did. Week after week you threw yourself into the comps and came out on top. I sat back and watched in awe as you sent each and every one of your competitors to the jury house and ended up in the final HOH with two people that would take you to the end. At that point you could have sat back and let Rachel and James battle it out, but once again you decide to take control and you stayed up for an amazing 20 hours to take part 1. James deserves credit for his Goliath effort, but once again Rachel did not even compete . I will be honest Enzo. I am totally amazed at how you totally controlled this game from start to finish but you haven't got my vote just yet.

1. You are one of, if not the best ORG player I have encountered, so I would have liked to see you take the most deserving player to the end and fight it out for the win . Why did you not take the better player( James) and will you take any responsibility if jury gets it wrong and makes Rachel the Poster Child for BBRAS ?

2. Describe your ideal F2 partner.

3. I always had your best interest at heart and when you discussed options with me I always advised accordingly, but I was truly baffled and apprehensive about your decision to nominate Amanda. I admit that after the fact I told you that you could blame me, but for the sake of clarity here I would like this addressed.
Did I tell you to nominate Amanda ?


Thanks for a great game Julie. I am looking forward to those polls, and of course I can't wait to see who wins !!! Good Luck Rachel and Enzo

[Enzo Palumbo]

Hey Kristen, thanks for the kind words. I appreciate it and it means a lot to me. It's always awesome to hear when people think so highly of you. Not even from a standpoint that I need my ego boosted but just to hear this recognition is really nice.



1. You are one of, if not the best ORG player I have encountered, so I would have liked to see you take the most deserving player to the end and fight it out for the win . Why did you not take the better player(James) and will you take any responsibility if jury gets it wrong and makes Rachel the Poster Child for BBRAS?

I think I touched on this in some other questions but I will go more in-depth here.
I did not take James because while I did back him up in the game on many occasions, my true loyalty at that point belonged to Rachel. If I had taken James and evicted Rachel, then that would be the same thing as if James were to evict Brian at Final 3. I wouldn't expect him to do it, and as much as I would want to say "Yes evict him, James and take me!", I wouldn't say that. Here is an analogy:
I have referred to Rachel as my little sister. Well let's say that my friends wanted me to go out with them and party or do something that I know I probably shouldn't do but really wanted to. But I had my little sister there and I was supposed to be watching out for her and taking care of her. In that instance, I could not in good conscience ditch my sister to go hang out with my friends. She needed me and that's how I looked at it. The fact of the matter is, it didn't matter who was "easier to beat", but moreso that I knew what the right thing to do was.

Now, will I take responsibility if the jury were to vote Rachel to win? NO, I will not. You all have your own minds and will do what you want and I just hope you know what the right decision to make is based on the facts of how the game played out and who had more of an impact. There are things that I do regret in this game but if I lose, one thing I will not regret is taking Rachel to the final 2. I stand by my decisions because all of them, no matter if there were personal feelings involved in them or not, were all cemented by strategy and logic.



2. Describe your ideal F2 partner.

My ideal F2 partner is someone that will be loyal to me no matter what. My final 2 partner and I don't have to always see eye to eye but we must be able to enjoy one anothers company outside the context of the game. Someone that I never have to question or think twice about their motives. Someone who will work just as hard as I do to achieve their goals and always have both of our best interests in mind. A final 2 agreement is a mutual partnership that should never be broken. If it does get broken, then it wasn't a true final 2 alliance to begin with.



3. I always had your best interest at heart and when you discussed options with me I always advised accordingly, but I was truly baffled and apprehensive about your decision to nominate Amanda. I admit that after the fact I told you that you could blame me, but for the sake of clarity here I would like this addressed.
Did I tell you to nominate Amanda ?


No you never told me to nominate Amanda. In fact, the closest you came to it was telling me to do what I thought was best. If I remember correctly, you were saying to nominate anyone else but her because we did have an alliance with her. The fact remained is that I had to put my personal feelings aside and do what was best for me in the game to get further. I was amazed and so appreciative that you wanted to take the blame for me. It also goes along with Amanda's question on the virtues. You definitely exemplify charity, especially when I am concerned.



Thanks for your questions Kristen and good luck with your vote [/b]

[Rachel Reilly]

1.I don't see any similarities between the game that Amy played and the one that you were carried through but you seem to think they are comparable, so if the final 2 had been Amy and Enzo who would you have voted for and why ?

I would have voted for Enzo, because umm well he is my best man and was my true and total ally through practically this whole game. =)

2. I would like you to go through the jury and tell me how you expect each of us will vote and why.

I am pretty sure everyone is going to vote for Enzo, because everyone can respect a person who wins competitions and makes risky moves that in the end pay off for him. I would appreciate a vote since I mean I really didnt just sit here in the game and do nothing, I was nice to everyone, I was pretty strategical in how I placed myself in this game, and in the end I made it to the end while the rest of you didnt.

3. What would you have done differently if Big Brother Enzo wasn't here to carry you ? Would you have stepped up and competed in the comps , or reached out to people and been more social, or would you have just sat back and let your ass get booted ?

If Enzo was evicted early my strategy would obviously have had to change since he was my final 2 partner and the person I practically told the majority of my strategy and things of that nature in the game. So I would have had to find myself another rock, stepped it up in more challenges, and set myself up for another final 2 =)