I came 10th in my first rookies game :s god knows why.
If the power of veto wasnt on then i would of stayed, but it is so weird why people chose to save a person who wasnt even active throught the whole 2 days when it started :S i would like an explanation for that. maybe most of the people knew each other from previous games. i dont know.
There does seem to be an alliance in that game. I also got stiffed. It was by boygenious, Cynapeper or whatever, and that makebelieve person. I believe they were all in on it. :\ but what can ya do.