Erika had more of a strategy then others give her credit. First off, she did have a secret allinace with Chilltown. Sure most did but her alliance actually was more long term than anyone else. Sure there was the LOD, CG, BB6, Janelle, etc. But this alliance did hold longer than the others and so it was much more concrete than the others.She was also partially responsible for having Will evicted while Will had everyone else in the jury evicted but Janelle. Erika figured out there plan while no one else did.
Also, About Erika's strategy at the beginning of the game. I believe she was in with Will and Boogie from the beginning and she acted has the person that stayed the closest to the enemy..kinda a spy. She managed the whole time to remain a non-threat to everyone in the house.
Erika also managed to do this while making no enemies with the possible exception of Danielle. But even there Boogie and Will were the catalysts.
Erika played a better game than the other give her credit for.
All, that being said I still think Boogie will win, but Erika got herself to the end and I think if the jury hasn't already made up their minds...which I think most have if she laid everything out correctly she should get serious consideration.
Erika's come this far because...well, because of a lot of things.Week 1: Who was scared of Erika at this point? Honestly.
Week 2: The war was against "floaters" but it was also against those whose game had garnered respect. Nakomis' brooding and BB5 past came back to bite her.
Week 3: Again, Erika wasn't on the radar, so she stayed. Chicken George saved himself, and Jase shot himself in the foot.
Week 4: Finally, she was a target, and she lasted because Janelle felt she had bigger fish to fry.
Week 5: The war was against BB6 now. No one was looking at Erika.
Week 6: Erika maybe should have been HOH, but this week was controlled completely by the Legion of Doom. And frankly, they weren't looking to get Erika. In the second of four evictions to bring down BB6, the LOD targeted the one person brought down in this spree who was not a BB6er. The target was Janelle's ally Marcellas.
Week 7: Erika again went up, but when James won the veto, the LOD kicked it into high gear, getting out another BB6er by manipulating Chicken George.
Week 8: The master plan was to get James out. Aside from that, HOH Boogie was a bit closer to Erika by now.
Week 9: Erika won HOH this week and wasn't going anywhere.
Week 10: This is Erika's savig grace. If she doesn't win the POV (and consequently, Will probably doesn't break his thumb,) Will leaves the noms alone, Erika goes to sequester, and George makes the F4. For all you keeping score at home, that means Chicken George and Janelle don't compare notes, Janelle evicts George, Boogie wins the last HOH, and Will goes to F2 again. There but for a broken thumb goes the best BB player ever.
So, here's how it shakes down.
For four weeks, no one thinks about evicting Erika.
For four more weeks, Operation Destroy BB6 takes precedence.
Then, Erika wins a key HOH.
After that, Erika wins a crucial POV, without which, she's dead in the water.
Oh yeah, and then Erika and Janelle compare notes. Without that, she's history as well.
(By the way, when I say "weeks," I mean "eviction rounds." So there could be more than two "weeks" in a week.)
Erika scooted by for long enough and turned it on when she needed to. Didn't BB3's Lisa sort of do the same thing?
LAST EDITED ON 09-11-06 AT 10:08 PM (EST)As much as I dislike the both of them...this is a game and they won. How they did it almost doesn't matter as they are the ones sitting there....
That said....my disgust with Erika is not that she's in the F2. It's that she KNOWS Booger played her and she comes out with 'I'm still attracted to him' What?????? God I hate stupid desperate women...gross. I couldn't get drunk enough for that piece of
shi$ and here she is slobbering all over him AFTER he screws her over....
I could care less who wins...I hope whoever does loses the money in a financing debaucle...better yet, let's have Skankika win, Booger talk her out of the money, then lose it on a bad investment deal....
*had to edit cause I wrote 'bed investment deal'....LOLOLOL!!