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Originally Posted by Roy Mars III
True. Though one could argue that Brian Heidik is probably one of the biggest assholes to ever play the game, but he still won. Of course, he was against a 'supposed' racist in the final 2, and still only won by one vote.
And Chris Daugherty, as another example. Though those are really the only two, if I remember correctly.
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Right. Brian was pretty much a sociopath, but at the end of the day, he was still respected. The three votes for Clay were partly because Brian made no attempt to get to know the Jurors on a personal level. It also helps that Clay was even more unlikable than Brian.
I don't think Chris was really much of an asshole, but that's all debatable. Twila was hated by all the females and Chris read them perfectly. Seriously, Chris's Jury performance was one of the best ever, IMO.
But yeah, what I was really trying to get at what that when it's a nice, inoffensive player is teamed up with abrasive assholes, it's common sense that the nice guy's gonna win. You let the abrasive one take all your bullets and use them as a smokescreen. Ethan did with Lex, Vecepia did it with Sean, and then Amber did with Rob and Natalie did it with Russell. It's not hard to understand, unless your name is Russell Hantz, I suppose. He didn't get that he knowingly brought a Jury threat (he even acknowledges it) along for the ride with him, and she was smart enough to play a strong social game and let Russell make his own mistakes. It may not be cutthroat, some people may say it's boring, but it's sure as hell effective and respectable.