Finale

[Nicole Schaffrich]

So here I am…in the final two. A part of me - the modest part - wants to say that I never thought I'd get this far. But another part of me knew all along that I'd be sitting at the end. Now it's down to me and Porsche. I am up against the one person I absolutely, positively did not want to be sitting next to in the finals. What's so disappointing is that I really believed Renny and I could win this last HoH and cement our place in the final two. And when I realized I had submitted the wrong answer for my tiebreaker (which dawned on me hours later), I was honestly devastated. I like Porsche very much, but aside from a stellar social game, I really don't believe that she deserves to be sitting in the final two, let alone actually win the game. But convincing the jury that I'm a better player than Porsche is going to be one hell of a tall order. I think that all of Porsche's weaknesses as a player - and there are many - are overshadowed by people's relationships with her. And hey, that's a completely valid and respectable element of playing the game, so I certainly don't hold it against her. But it's my job to show these seven people that, when it comes to playing the game in its entirety - from socializing, to strategizing, to performing well in competitions - I am the total package while Porsche is, at the end of the day, a one-trick pony.