User blog comment:VeryUnknownFan/The Worst Players of each generation/@comment-24971793-20140930202623/@comment-24971793-20140930222240

Amy succesfully manipulated (off screen) everyone in turning against Samey. But I don't know if it can be considered a game strategy, I don't remember her ever getting invested in the competition. It seemed to me like her sole purpose was to outlive Samey, and might have been perfectly satisfied with being eliminated next as long as she did better than Samey. The only reason she got into the competition was cause she discovered that Samey auditioned.

Sugar believed in Leonard shifting the blame, and I can imagine Ella might have as well. But yeah I agree I don't think it was meant to be strategic, more like something for the audience at home. To hint that maybe, just maybe he really is magical (like with Dawn). I think Leonard's strategy was just to apply what he knows from his LARP'er life, and what works there into the competition. Obviously it failed, but it's a slightly better and more long term strategy then Amy's "gotta get rid of my sister" one. IMO.

I think Lindsay, Katie, Sadie,... should have also somewhat been disgusted by Owen. I don't really get where their support for him came from. And his friendship with Noah always kinda bothered me, I like their dynamic but it's strange that those two polar opposites almost immediately connected. I feel like we didn't get to see much of his social game, he's often on his own. The writers just labeled him the most popular contestant since he's the mascot and all others where attracted to him like bees to honey. That always kinda rubbed me the wrong way, but that's just me. I respect having him in the middle, at least he's still better at the game than more then half of the Pahkitew cast.