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More than being a complete sore loser, the thing that bothers me most about Russell's interviews are when he says he wouldn't have done anything differently. That shows how unflexible he was as a player. His strategy was to play hard as this character, everyone else be damned. I'm not attributing his game to luck, but it worked out for him. The moves he made worked when they needed to and he was playing with a bunch of people who sucked at the game. He seemed, though, until the bitter end to not want to even think for a second that there was something else he could do.

This is just my opinion, but when there are jury members telling other finalists "give me a reason to vote for you so I don't have to vote for Russell," there is a huge flaw in your game. Don't get me wrong, I completely understand that there are bitter people on the jury, but I can't attribute Natalie getting 7 votes to people being bitter simply that they lost. People have played big and won. People have been jerks and won. Others have pointed out Rich and Brian. Kelly was unliked by some and Clay was not a good alternative vs. Brian. It's key to have people around you that others don't like to, especially if you're going to play like Russell.

I also think the social aspect goes beyond making friends and being liked. Other than the scene where he said he would want his daughters to date someone like Brett, we didn't see much in terms of sincerity from Russell (not saying it wasn't there; we just didn't see it). It seems that Russell, especially when interacting with Galu, was all game. Building relationships is important for the jury, and not just to say "I know about you and your family, etc, etc." Look at Russell's answer to Laura's question. He said that he needed to get rid of her or she'd be sitting up there. That's your typical jury answer. Most of the jury won't buy it, though, because they'll just think it's Russell trying to be sincere when he's not. Finalists have given bullshit answers before, but because of relationships formed or knowing how to say things to certain people, it worked. Look at China. Do you think Todd really believed his biggest move was getting out Jean-Robert? He said that because that's what JR wanted to hear. And because they had a relationship, JR believed him (or at least voted for him, I believe).

Russell doesn't get that you can play the game the same way 5 times and have 5 different results. People can be pissed about losing, but still respect your game.