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bergdogg469 wrote:

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I do have to bring up how much I hate people talk about Eric's game and completely forget that the entire game would have been different if Eric wasn't America's Player.

Without the first vote that went against the house (the 2nd vote to evict Kail when she was up against Mike), the entire game becomes a different game. Look at how much it messed up Nick's game, and quite frankly, it lead to him being evicted. I'm almost positive that without that vote in the air, Zach would have been put up as a veto replacement, and voted out unanimously.

Any of this "well, he would've been out in week 5" or "well, he saved Dick" talk is all moot because if you take those things away, you have to take away everything before that, and we are talking about a completely different game where, quite possibly, Zach leaves the game pre-jury, Nick stays longer and Dick probably doesn't win.

Eric let his personal feelings get in the way of the game.

bergdogg469 wrote:

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The mystery vote is what pushed him a lot more heavily into the shady category though. Without it, who's to say that Dustin doesn't get the rest of the house to go with him on getting Zach out instead? Nick outcasted himself, sure, but the vote only added to the case to get him out, and possibly made more of an impact to get him out right away instead of waiting for at least another week.

I do agree that America voting for him was difficult but it was an interesting aspect to the game that he could have used to his advantage. He knew what America was seeing (somewhat) and based on that should have been able to determine who he could trust and not. Had he not sat back as much as he did and tried winning HoH he could have won but he threw competitions and never wanted to pick a side even though he knew what and should have expected how America was going to vote.