Hwest14/Houston Jury Questioning

Jaded1 hour ago

Houston, it's true that I had pre-existing relationships, but I think people acting like I have inseparable bonds with players in the game is just untrue. Not touching the block aside from you nomming me week 1 is not a mistake. We saw many people betray allies and it was never me. I did rely on relationships I had coming in, but I didn't sit back and just know that I'm safe, I used them to my advantage. As we saw week 2, I basically forced Tylor to take out DK because I was closer with Tisha. When I thought I was going up from Gabs, I guilted Maxi. When Ben and Tisha won, I still went out of the way to protect the other or throw comps to make sure they were not mad. Ben and Tisha are both people with tempers so the fact that I managed to make it to the end with them with never pissing them off was not by luck. I was telling everyone what they wanted to hear and giving info when needed (Squisha) and held info to myself when needed. The only thing that did not go my way was Tisha not nominating Glitter over Cristi because I really preferred Cristi to go, but I knew to shut up because I did believe that no matter what happened, Tisha would protect me over both you and Glitter. I ran to you and Ben and told me you all I needed and threw HOH to you and purposely chose poison so that I could try to protect both you and Tisha at Final 4 (because my goal was to go to final 3 with you and Tisha) So although I did not agree with him not, I knew it was still okay because my only goal was myself being safe. Additionally, Tylor getting evicted was bad for me. Tylor was a true ally for me and when he left I did think we were fucked, but I think my transparency always kept me in a good spot with people. I told LQ instantly I was saving Tylor against her wishes and I constantly told other people the truth because I felt like if they knew I was transparent for certain people then I would also be transparent for them. Did I play passively? From an outside perspective, I can see why people think that way, but there was never a round where I did not know what was going on. I was never worried about my safety and I always pointed things in the direction that I wanted them. Yes, I knew people before the game 100%. However, I was able to make sure everyone I was "friends" with got to the end even though they were not necessarily friends with each other. I think I played behind the scenes, it does not necessarily mean I played passively. I think people expected to play with game with the Lemjam6 they knew 10 years ago cussing people out, but we're supposed to grow up aren't we? I'm a different person now and I played with my brain rather than playing in your face. I didn't make the biggest moves, I made the right moves to keep myself in a great position all game.