OPENING STATEMENTS - SO FAR

[chima]

JURY, NOW THAT YOU HOLD ALL THE POWER, IT'S MY TURN TO ASK YOU FOR ONE LAST FAVOR: TO GRANT ME THE TITLE OF WINNER! I LOVED EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF THIS GAME, DEDICATED MY TIME TO THIS, AND I CARED ABOUT THIS GAME LIKE NOBODY.

I CAME INTO THIS GAME AS THE STRANGER PERSON. THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T SPEAK LIKE OTHERS. THAT LEFT ME IN THE DARK FOR THE VERY FIRST WEEKS UNTIL I COULD FINALLY GET CLOSER TO EACH ONE OF YOU.

MY OVERALL STRATEGY WAS TO BUILD A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AND HAVE THEM TRUST ME TO MY BEST ABILITY. THE LAST THING I WANTED WAS TO PICK A 'SIDE', AND POSSIBLY END UP ON THE WRONG END OF THE STICK. IN BIG BROTHER, POWER CAN SHIFT WITH JUST ONE COMPETITION, SO YOU NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE TO CHANGES. I PREFERED KEEPING MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE AND RECEIVE GAME INFORMATION FROM MORE PLAYERS. I WOULD THEN CHOOSE CAREFULLY IF THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE KEPT FOR MYSELF OR TO BE SHARED WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

THE REASON I SIT HERE IS BECAUSE I KNEW WHERE I STOOD, AND I HAD A GOOD GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WAS NEXT ON PEOPLE'S AGENDA. I USED THAT KNOWLEDGE TO MAKE SMART DECISIONS. I KNEW WHO HAD TO STAY IN THE GAME SO THE HOUSE REMAINS BUSY AND I DON'T END UP GETTING BLOWN AT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE NO TARGETS LEFT.

MAYBE I WASN'T LOYAL TO EACH ONE OF YOU, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU FELT BETRAYED BY ME IF YOU EVEN DID, BUT I WAS ONLY LOYAL TO ONE PERSON, AND THAT WAS TO MYSELF, AND ERIC OF COURSE BECAUSE WHAT'S THE POINT OF COMING INTO THE GAME AS A PRE-GAME IF IT'S JUST TO TURN ON HIM...

I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT EACH WEEK OF THE GAME BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IT WOULD TAKE A MILLION PARAGRAPHS, WE ALL VIEWED THE GAME ON DIFFERENT ANGLES, AND I DON'T WANT MY DEAR JURY TO END UP SLEEPING ON MY SPEECH. PLEASE.

I'M READY TO ANSWER EACH ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED FROM ME. BUT DON'T TRASH ON ME, NO! NO! NO!

[chima]

BEST DISPLAY OF PHYSICALITY

I THINK MY BEST DISPLAY OF MY COMPETITION SKILLS IS HOW I WON THREE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD COMPETITIONS AND THREE VETO COMPETITIONS.

I HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN MY 110% IN EVERY COMPETITION. FOR INSTANCE, THE FIRST PART OF HOH, I SPENT OVER 12+ HOURS BUILDING A 832 BLOCKS HIGH TOWER AND IT ALL CRUMBLED IN MY FACE HALF WAY DOWN (WE HAD TO UNSTACK IT FOR IT TO COUNT). I DID NOT TAKE A BREAK, I IMMEDIATELY STARTED OVER AND BUILT THE HIGHEST ONE I COULD. I DIDN'T JUST THINK 'WELL BETTER CHANCE NEXT PART' NO, IT'S WIN, RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S LIKE THAT IN EVERY COMPETITION.

I AM ALSO ALWAYS GUNNING FOR PERFECTION. IN THE ARTS CHALLENGE, I DIDN'T HURRY UP AND RUSH LIKE EVERYONE DID. I LOOKED AT EVERY PICTURE AND MADE SURE I WAS RIGHT ABOUT EACH ONE OF THEM BEFORE I SUBMIT. THAT TOOK ME THE LONGEST TIME, BUT IT PAID OFF WITH A PERFECT SCORE. SAME WITH THE ZINGBOT COMPETITION.

ONE MORE THING THAT HELPS A LOT IN COMPETITIONS IS WHEN YOU'RE USING "TECH WHIZ" TACTICS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SAFARI (OTEV) CHALLENGE, I OPENED A NOTEPAD, AND WHILE THE HOST WAS COUNTING RESULTS FOR THE FIRST ROUND, I HUNTED DOWN EVERY SINGLE OTHER PLAYERS FOR THE NEXT ROUNDS TO COME.

IN THE "CATCH FISH" CHALLENGE, RATHER THAN LOOK AT EVERY POST OR "QUOTE THEM" TO FIND THE FISH, I WOULD JUST OPEN THE THREAD, PRESS THE TAB BUTTON, AND IT WOULD LEAD ME ANY LINKS EXISTING ON THE PAGE, AND I WOULD LOOK UNDER MY PAGE TO WHAT LINK IT LEADS TO, THAT LEADS TO TINYPIC? GOOD, IT'S A FISH!

I GUESS I CAN'T DETAIL PHYSICALITY MORE THAN THAT.

STRATEGIC MOVES THAT DEFINED MY GAME

I THINK THAT ONE STRATEGIC MOVE THAT DEFINED MY GAME IS PITTING NICK & HELEN ON EACH OTHER ON THE BLOCK. I THINK THIS NOMINATION WAS REALLY UNIQUE BECAUSE VERY FEW PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING SO BIG, OR WOULD HAVE WAITED WAY TOO LONG BEFORE DOING IT. I TOTALLY EXPECTED THAT NOMINATION TO DRAW THE LINES IN THE SAND, AND I WANTED TO SEE WHO STICKS WITH WHO, START SOME DRAMA. AND AFTER ALL, THERE WAS TRIPLE MORE DRAMA THAN I HAD EVER IMAGINED. HELEN WAS ALSO THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST POTENTIAL TO SURVIVE AGAINST NICK. WITH HIM WALKING OUT THE DOOR, IT ELIMINATED MY BIGGEST THREAT IN THE GAME.

ON WEEK 7, WHEN WE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ELIMINATING SAM & HELEN. FOR SAM TO STAY, HE NEEDED THREE VOTES. ERIC + ME & GINA. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH GINA WOULD HAVE BEEN INTERESTED INTO VOTING HELEN, BECAUSE I DIDN'T ASK HER TO, BUT FOR MY GAME, IT WAS BEST TO VOTE SAM. BEFORE I EVICT EITHER OF THEM, I EACH ASKED THEM WHAT IS NEXT ON THEIR AGENDA, AND HELEN'S PLANS WERE MORE INTERESTING. SHE CLUED ME IN THAT SHE WOULD GET RID OF THE TWO GUYS & GINA BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE. AND HELEN & ELISSA BOTH STAYING WOULD KEEP A TARGET ON THEIR BACK AND FORCE PEOPLE TO GET RID OF THEM AT ONE POINT. KEEPING SAM WOULD ... OPEN THE DOORS FOR TOO MANY UNPREDICTABLE MOVES FOR OTHER PLAYERS. SAM GOING HOME FORCED THE GAME TO REMAIN ON A STATUS QUO. I PICKED TO EXPLAIN THIS DECISION BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT REFLECTS HOW I WANTED TO PLAY THE GAME.

MY FINAL SMART MOVE WAS TO BRING ELISSA WITH ME TO THE END. HER TEMPER MADE IT REALLY OBVIOUS SHE WOULD TALK HERSELF INTO A PIT COMING INTO THE FINALES, SO I DID NOT EVEN HESITATE BRING HER HERE. OR MAYBE IT WAS DUMB MOVE? BETTER NOT BE.

SOCIAL BONDS THAT HELPED ME GO THE DISTANCE

I THINK THE TWO MAIN SOCIAL BONDS THAT HELPED ME GO FURTHER IN THE GAME WERE YOU & IVETTE. WE DID NOT TARGET EACH OTHER AND WON MANY COMPETITIONS SO OUR SOCIAL BOND DID HELP ME.

AND FOR IVETTE, HER SOCIAL BOND DEFINITELY HELPED ME AS WELL. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME PAGE ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAME SO WE COULD BACK EACH OTHER'S PLANS EASILY.

I ALSO HAD GOOD BONDS WITH HELEN, SAM, POOPDECK, BOOGIE, JANELLE, WILL & ERIC. BESIDES HELEN, THEY NEVER CAME STRONG IN HOH COMPETITIONS SO THEIR BONDS DID NOT HELP ME DISTANCE SO MUCH, AND I WAS NEVER *OFFICIALLY* ON THE BLOCK, SO I NEVER NEEDED THEIR HELP WITH EVICTION VOTES, BUT I COULD OF NEED IT!