Brad's Answers to Shambo

Hey Sham.  Let me go ahead and answer your question/request.

So based on a personal standpoint...

Ami should personally vote for me because I think we really bonded a lot on a personal level.  During the same time of the game, we played a lot in Battle Royale 2 together and had frequent and long conversations with him.  I felt like I really got to know a lot more about her than I had before and I hope he feels the same about me, because I was being very genuine with her as well.
  I think within the course of this particular game, she and I had some of the more in depth and personal conversations when it comes to myself, Brandon, and JP.  At the least, I know she talked to me far more than she did to JP.  I'm not sure about how much she bonded with Brandon.   My friendship with Ami was one that was real from start to finish and I hope she recognizes that.

Christy should vote for me because while ultimately, it didn't make sense for me to make a move with her, I did take the time to IM her.   Shawna referred to this method of mine as being fake, but I considered it being common courtesy.  Christy is a great player and I respect her (15 hours or something in an endurance challenge...damn).  No, I didn't get to know her super well in the 2 rounds we were together (particularly while my internet access was limited), but I did try.  I think and respect the fact that Christy is probably going to base her jury vote on a strategic basis, but I did really try to interact with her and be friendly at the same time.

Ryan should vote for me because we are brothers from another mother <333   We were sort of members of the Clique way back when <333 I had an avatar based on the Bird animal at one of those Chucky Cheese/Safari Sam's places that we talked about years ago.  We both enjoy playing and doing well as castaways with big boobs (Ashlee/Sarah <333) and despite being a tad dishonest with him at one point in the game, I really do care about him.  I wanted him to go far.

Shawna should vote for me because like with Christy, I did try to get to know her, despite us strategically being on different planes.  It would have been easy for me to just ignore her because I was in the majority alliance, but I wanted to talk to her not only should I make it to the finals, but so that the game could be as comfortable as possible.  I wasn't into intense drama throughout the game and despite the fact that I was in the majority, I didn't want the minority to be excluded.

Heidi should vote for me because I too had enjoyable conversations with her.    I know she has a better relationship with JP because she has known him for far longer, but like with some of the previous women, the fact that I didn't have real intentions of flopping to her side does not mean that I didn't enjoy speaking to her.  I didn't get a hold of her much for the first few rounds due to my limited internet access, but I think the last few rounds she was in the game we did get along at least reasonably well.

Jenna, well it's hard to make a case about personalness with Jenna, because Jenna was very much game oriented.  She was close lipped about talking about real life stuff, and while that is completely and totally fine, it's hard for me to give a real personal reason.  I did try to talk to her, but it was generally about some deviation of the game at the moment.  I think she is definitely going to vote on a strategic basis, because that is sort of the mantra she has been following the whole game and that's a respectful way to do it.

Shambo should vote for her, because I really did bond with her at points throughout the game.  I had difficulty trusting her because of certain things I had heard from Ami, as well just knowing that she wasn't in my original Final 3 plan and she was a big threat to the result I wanted.  We did bond about both being from Pittsburgh (and actually going to rival high schools lol) so there was definitely things that we could talk about.  Our relationship did go down hill a bit with my limited internet access and then me having to vote her off, but I do think we created a solid bond from the early stages of the game.

Todd should vote for me because I really did take the time to get to know him as well.  I did lie to him a few times, but the same thing happened in reverse.  I think he is a very sweet guy with a very genuine spirit.  I know he is hurt that I lied to him and voted for him, but ultimately JP did the same thing.  We had a good relationship throughout and whether or not he believes it now, he is one of the other people that my friendship with was completely genuine.  I did get frustrated with him on occasion, but I know he is a great person and I'm glad he got this far.

Thanks Sham for your question.  Good luck with your decision.