User blog comment:Raised By Wolves/CYOA: Total Drama Revenge of the Island - Bigger! Badder! Brutal-er!/Truth or Laser Shark/@comment-27157772-20160413195548/@comment-27157772-20160413212825

"But there's a difference between being competitive and being an antagonist. Remember Owen in Dodgebrawl? And if you value Mike's loyality, then why do you want to use/blackmail him like the antagonists do? Obviously competition is important, but when you reach the finale with friends, you can be at least happy in all cases. Definitely better than making no friends at all, even if winning. You'll spend the entire money someday, but friends will remain. And at the point where there are only friends left, it's "who's better now" rather than "who's more disliked/targeted now" type of elimination."

If it helps, my primary setting is "Manipulative little competitive (insert vulgar language here)." But I can change my reasoning in an instant. Talking to you made me think of another, or better, reason to use Mike. I value loyalty and Mike is loyal. We don't have to blackmail him about his MPD, but we can use his loyalty.