My Final 2 speech:
Firstly, I would just like to say thankyou everyone and Tbart especially for making this such an enjoyable and entertaining game. It was certainly a long ol’ ride, but I’m glad to have taken part, and I had a really fun time playing. Now onto the meat of my argument on why I should win this game.
I’m going to break this down into the three key components that are necessary for any winner to win the game of Big Brother.
=Physical Game and Competitions=
My physical game is something that has sometimes left alot to be desired, but I was also self-aware and knew that my physical game was never going to be the component that I could rely on and fall back on in this game. Some competitions, particularly from the final six until the final four I took more of a back seat on, purely because I didn’t want to show my hand and I wanted the two pairs of Sam and Robbie and Oliver and Zach to think I was on their respective sides. By doing this, I never let on that I would’ve nominated Oliver and Zach in a heartbeat and got them to take me to the final three.
Also, I did manage to win 2 Head of Household’s and 2 Power of Vetoes throughout the course of this game, which I think is an impressive feat. I used my HoH’s to eliminate massive targets from the game, which I will talk more about in my strategic aspect of the game. I also won a vital veto to make sure what I wanted to happen on my HoH week did happen, and then again used the veto to save my ally, Zach which was again a strategic move that I will get onto.
Possibly my biggest physical play was my win in the final 3 Head of Household competition. Nobody gave me a shot in hell at beating two proven challenge beasts, and I did it. I persevered, through everything I had at it and came out trumps, eliminating the biggest threat in this game in the process to get myself to the final two. Something Oliver had passed up the chance on doing in the final four, because he played this game for Zach and not for himself - meaning I had to take matters into my own hands.
==Social Game==
I believe my social game was a very strong aspect of my overall game. Generally I’m a social person and like to get to know people. I’m a journalist in my everyday life, asking questions and finding out about people is inherently what I do.
I tried my utmost to get to know every cast member in this game. I think I did it adeptly, and made sure that I was never anyone’s number one target. I had big social relationships with Oliver, Ambrose, Robbie, Kevin, Joey, Johnny and Landon, they are people I really got to know and knew would have my back the entire way through this game.
Even the people I wasn’t especially close with, I formed social relationships that would cover me. My relationship with Sam whilst strong, was solidified by the relationship I made with Landon, and the relationship I’d made with Oliver, solidified Zach with me in the endgame so that he would vote Robbie out at the final four.
==Strategic Game==
This is the aspect of the game that I really want to focus in on because I think alot of my moves got forgotten due to the sheer length of the game and went under-the-radar.
My first and potentially biggest move in this game came in week three when I won both the HoH and the PoV to completely control the week and send Steve packing. At that point of the game the Ben vs Steve divide was evident. My ‘blow-up’ in the general chat was completely calculated to blow this entire notion up. As I was getting caught in the cross-hairs as being deemed as being on ‘Ben’s side’ I knew Steve had to go so he didn’t get anybody else subscribed to that way of thinking.
Not only did i successfully nominate him, I gathered 6 votes against him and landed the final blow to evict him in the tiebreak. He was the only person at that point that I had any bad blood with, and getting rid of him was integral for my game. Additionally I managed to reel in Robbie and our relationship got stronger despite the fact that I was nearly the cause of him going home.
Another strategic move I made was using the Power of Veto on Ambrose at the final nine. I knew that if I saved myself, I was going to have to evict either Oliver, Landon or Zach from the game. That was something I did not want to do as I would be majorly burning someone that I had made a genuine social bond with. So I took the risk of using it on Zach as he would always be a shield for me to strategically maneuver behind in the game.
In the end I was shocked to see Landon beside me, but once again my social relationships prevailed to save me.
Then, at the final 6, I managed to talk Robbie into re-nominating Chandler when he was initially going to name me as the replacement. Not only did I manage this, I then convinced him that if I evicted Chandler that it would be the best move for him. Initially me not going up for nomination came with the condition that I evict Oliver. But as Oliver was someone who would have my back down the line, I knew Chandler needed to go, but I also needed Robbie to trust me going forward. So the move at the final 6 to not only eliminate a threat, but then keep the trust of Robbie was VITAL for my end game.
Lastly, my strategic maneuvering in playing both sides between Sam and Robbie and then Oliver and Zach was what sailed me through to the end. I strategically messed up competitions so that they would take shots at each other and leave me with a guaranteed spot in the final three where i would hopefully win the HoH, which I did.
I hope this speech has convinced you, the jury, on why I am the deserving winner of Tbart’s Big Brother 1, and I’d be more than happy to answer any questions.
GL Oliver.