Erika

[erika]

Corey, Porsche, did you have any relationships with the remaining 18 houseguests before the game began, how did they hurt or benefit your game?
Porsche, I think you're nonchalant and kinda ruthless so I'd want to know whether your social game was all part of your strategy or you actually cared about the cast.
Corey, you truly turned into a clipart this season and I wish I could stay calm and play like you did, I want to know if you had to remove someone from the jury, who would it be and why?

[corey]

Hey Erika! I am not sure how to take the ClipArt comment so I am going to take it as a compliment.




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I will try to run through the list of relationships. Some people such as Jen and Becky I knew a little bit of and they were kind of aware but I don't think they really affected my game that much, so I will stick with people I feel impacted the game.

Tiff - Didn't effect the game much because she couldn't set her feet early, but she was my #1 at the start of the game because of our original season.

Shelli - Shelli is probably part of the reason I ended up with the group of Jen/Porsche/Kelsey. Shelli and I have a pretty good friendship out of the game and was very excited when I got cast. I was hoping to work with her closer but it didn't work out.

Jackie - I had a good relationship with Jackie and have known her for years. I think it helped me rebound after targeting her when she was up with Tiff. We never worked super closely but I do credit her for lighting a fire on her way to make me think about how I am going to win this season.

Natalie - Natalie and I actually found out who eachother were right after she nominated me. That changed our relationship quite a bit for the positive. We worked fairly closely together as we had in the previous game we played. However it ended a little sour, so I think there was always a little bit of hesitation. She's also in love with me.

I think those are the major ones. I think I did a good job using them to my benefit. But also letting them go when I had to.

I want to know if you had to remove someone from the jury, who would it be and why?

Well the easy answer for me is I would remove Zach. Because he has already said he's leaning towards Porsche and thats one vote that is already against me! If you were to ask me before that I would probably say Howard. I did not handle his eviction well and I am not very confident that I will get a chance to change his mind.



Thanks Erika!

[porsche]

Corey, Porsche, did you have any relationships with the remaining 18 houseguests before the game began, how did they hurt or benefit your game?

I barely had relationships with anyone coming into the game. I'm used to PM games, and the only experience I had with IM style games was RNF 13. The only relationships I had coming in were with people from that season.

I had made the final 2 with Sarah, but she was the first one out of this game.
Two of my closest allies were Jen and David. I was allied with both of them in this game and the relationship I already had with them probably helped us become close. That said, both of them left prejury.
Howard wasn't really an ally in Season 13, but we had a good relationship and watched Netflix late at night. We had a pretty similar relationship in this game, where we were never allied but I enjoyed talking to him and found him a chill dude and then towards the end, found him an adversary. I think we would have had the same relationship in this game even if we hadn't played together though. 
In Season 13, me and Cody had spent most of the game on opposite sides, and we started this game off by nominating each other. We quickly put that aside though and he ended up being one of my closest allies.

Other than those people, I played at the same site as Kelsey and Michael. We had never played together though, and I hadn't interacted with them before this game.

Overall, I would say that I had very few connections coming into this game and had to build my relationships from the ground up.

Porsche, I think you're nonchalant and kinda ruthless so I'd want to know whether your social game was all part of your strategy or you actually cared about the cast.

I think ruthless is a good description of me. Whenever I had to make a decision, I tried to always think of what was best for my game, and how loyal that person would be moving forward, instead of what they had done for me before.

I did care about the cast though. It's impossible to have a good social game if you don't genuinely enjoy talking to the other players, and I did. My allies were great to talk to and made the game enjoyable. And even the people who weren't my allies, I still enjoyed talking to and shooting the shit, even if I knew we had different interests.

At the same time though, I played this game to win. One of my qualities as a player is that I'm able to separate my emotions from the game. With someone like Kelsey, both of those things could be true. I could care about her, really love talking to her and tell her we were a duo and mean it. But at the same time, when it was in my best interests to cut her, I could take a step back, recognize that and do it.

I hope that clears it up.

[erika]

Thnx gl.