[Ghoulish Delight]

Russell lost because he got arrogant and it showed through. He went too far. It's one thing to look at the jury and say, "I'm the best that's ever played this game and I should win," it's another thing to come at them with the attitude of, "I'm the best that's ever played this game, and you're all morons." I do think he was a brilliant player, but from the beginning his attitude was that not only was he a better player than everyone else, he was a better person than everyone else.

He lost, he therefore by definition was not the best player. Part of the game is making people on the jury WANT to vote for you, and nothing in the rules say that they are obligated to vote for the best strategic player. And as annoying as Eric is, I think he made a valid point. Who says that coat-tail riding is automatically a "bad strategy"? She picked the right person to latch onto, she did all the right things to make sure he would trust her and keep her around. Whatever gets you to the end is a valid strategy.