Board 8 > Survivor/Big Brother/TAR Summer Topic - Heroes vs. whatever else they think of

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eaedwards6400 posted...

It was possible for someone else to get those advantages it just wasn't very likely.

Ding ding ding!

Welcome to Big Brother! /Chenbot

But first, here's your slightly fishy but not completely provable production manipulation that conveniently always rewards veterans and fan favorites -- coincidentally, of course.

They don't break the law, they just work around it.
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I'm honestly surprised that Cody, knowing he's fucked, doesn't just punch Josh the fuck out.
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Battleback baby!
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that's pretty ridiculous

I'm not sure how to feel about her still being in the game from the hospital

Trying to think if anyone has been medically evacuated before
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Jess is making some serious victim noises.
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Oh, so Christmas didn't make it back into the house before the eviction?
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Nope!

Kinda weird.
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I guess to be fair, the surgery was originally scheduled for Monday, so this shouldn't have been a problem. Still weird of course.
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XD

Cody is wonderful.
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Peridiam posted...

eaedwards6400 posted...

It was possible for someone else to get those advantages it just wasn't very likely.

Ding ding ding!

Welcome to Big Brother! /Chenbot

But first, here's your slightly fishy but not completely provable production manipulation that conveniently always rewards veterans and fan favorites -- coincidentally, of course.

They don't break the law, they just work around it.

I don't recall Nicole winning America's care package until later?

Also, Cody is totally coming back into this house.
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I really want to see an entire Cody DR session unedited.
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Peridiam posted...

eaedwards6400 posted...

It was possible for someone else to get those advantages it just wasn't very likely.

Ding ding ding!

Welcome to Big Brother! /Chenbot

But first, here's your slightly fishy but not completely provable production manipulation that conveniently always rewards veterans and fan favorites -- coincidentally, of course.

They don't break the law, they just work around it.

I don't recall Nicole winning America's care package until later?

Also, Cody is totally coming back into this house.

The care packages came late into the season, and though Natalie won the first one, it was the most useless from a game power perspective. After Natalie, the next two actual powers went to returnees James and Nicole.
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Well maybe edited to add sound effects.
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Peridiam posted...

eaedwards6400 posted...

It was possible for someone else to get those advantages it just wasn't very likely.

Ding ding ding!

Welcome to Big Brother! /Chenbot

But first, here's your slightly fishy but not completely provable production manipulation that conveniently always rewards veterans and fan favorites -- coincidentally, of course.

They don't break the law, they just work around it.

I don't recall Nicole winning America's care package until later?

It doesn't happen every opportunity.

But it absolutely has happened. Particularly in dire situations.
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After this episode I'm probably gonna rank the top 5 rigjobs in BB history. Separate topic.
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cody "don't be a beta" omg
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ramses what is happening!
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JetJaguar posted...

Its hard to take your complaints about rigging for Paul seriously when you think BB13 is an excellent season.

Okay, so take it seriously from me then. I agree with Inviso's entire post about this season and Paul 100% but to me, BB13 was unwatchable. I never finished it and never will because I know how it ends.
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Peridiam posted...

There is so much off in that post about BB13 and I wish I had the energy to correct it.

BB13 is what happens when 6 Paul's enter the house and undeservedly dominate the season. It's rigged to hell and back and nothing redeems it.

Maybe I'll take the time soon to flesh out my thoughts on why it's a horrible season start to finish.

you need to stop with the incorrect apostrophes even if that's just autocorrect bullshit >_>

but I agree with you completely except that it was nice to have Evel Dick back and might not have been garbage if he had stayed.
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The vast majority of BB8
The guinea pig question in BB9
The Coup d'Ejeff in BB11
Pandora's Box in General
Matt's DPOV Pandora's Box in BB12
Brendon's Return in BB13
Porsche's Rigged As Fuck Pandora's Box in BB13, Plus The Ensuing Rigged Veto Comp
Frank Is Saved by a Non-Eviction Week in BB14
The MVP twist in BB15
Denying Caleb the Chance to Throw the BotB Comp in BB16
Giving Team America a "Make Your Own Task" Task in BB16, Most Likely to Try and Protect Donny
Everything for Paul in Week 1 of BB19
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Inviso posted...

(and you cannot deny that Paul getting every possible advantage in the game these past two weeks was producer manipulation at its finest)

I'm not one to buy into conspiracy theories, but yeah, it is so transparent. The best they try to do to cover it up is "but america vote..." which yeah, fucking viewers led like lemmings first to Paul then his ally. Production taking moves out of trump's playbook lol
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When everyone was handing Paul their tickets during the HoH competition, Cody knew INSTANTLY that they wanted Paul to win.
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That was a great exit interview. Hope Cody wins.
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Blah production cheats.
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Wait wait wait wait fucking WAIT.

Next week is the LAST Den of Temptation? You're fucking telling me that you hyped up this "Den of Temptation" shit and made a point that a houseguest couldn't win more than once...and you only have THREE fucking temptations? Gee, how fucking convenient that Paul already got his over-powered temptation out of the way in week one. This way they don't have to risk their precious producer's pet getting fucked by a twist.
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Wait, you're complaining that there aren't going to be more twists? This is good. Like however many seasons ago when they claimed it was the big season of twists but ended it quickly when they realized they actually had an interesting cast.
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mnkboy907 posted...

Wait, you're complaining that there aren't going to be more twists? This is good. Like however many seasons ago when they claimed it was the big season of twists but ended it quickly when they realized they actually had an interesting cast.

I'm complaining because the sudden and abrupt cancellation of the twist (when they already built it up as "a houseguest can only win once", implying there would be quite a few different temptations) makes it come across as an even MORE rigged twist in Paul's favor than it already was.
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They're skipping one week because of the missing house guest (meghan) was against their original plans. The den will continue
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Notice that voting is going until the 19th
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Notice that voting is going until the 19th

Right. But they said the den that ends the 19th is the last one of the summer.
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HOH: Alex won, final three were her, Elena, and Jason. Safety deals were made of course.
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Top 5 Worst Rigjobs in BB: https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75563182
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Inviso posted...

JetJaguar posted...

Its hard to take your complaints about rigging for Paul seriously when you think BB13 is an excellent season.

BB13 is a goddamn miracle season in that in SPITE of near-constant rigging, the season turned out okay. Like...there are two major riggages that completely benefitted one side of the house (one of the WORST fucking alliances of all time...plus Rachel Reilly who was the sole saving grace)...but both of those riggages were completely countered by the other side of the house basically winning enough of the major competitions to balance things out. Brendon got rigged back into the game, but Daniele won the next HoH to send him right back out. Rachel/Jordan got rigged to shit at the final 6, but that's okay because the newbie women utterly fucked Jeff out of the game the round before, and went on to have Porsche in the finals.

Plus, in spite of all the rigging, I have to think that Rachel was the LAST veteran the producers wanted succeeding, given that they had the previous fan favorite Donato family, plus fan favorite couple Jordeff and reasonably less obnoxious Brendon in the house. If a veteran had to get rigged a win, I'm glad it was the one the producers wanted to win the least (and only really got because they were trying to rig it for a second Jordan win.)

Danielle winning HOH to send Brendon right back out doesn't really justify the rigging when you realize that it would have been Rachel.
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Again, I'm not saying the rigging wasn't bad. I'm saying that the fact that the underdog alliance was able to counter or overcome said rigging multiple times is what saved the season.
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Espeon posted...

Again, I'm not saying the rigging wasn't bad. I'm saying that the fact that the underdog alliance was able to counter or overcome said rigging multiple times is what saved the season.

I can follow and appreciate your logic, but nothing can justify awarding half a million to someone who is that infuriating, even if production had 4 other people they were trying to rig in favor of.
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So far nominations are looking to be Jessica and Dominique, with Dom as Alex's target. Mark or Christmas as replacement noms if Veto is used.
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If you target is not Jessica, why would you nominate her against your target?
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JetJaguar posted...

If you target is not Jessica, why would you nominate her against your target?

She feels like she has to not make it super obvious she's targeting the big alliance, plus I guess it's something she told people she would do if she won and she doesn't want to be a liar or something. If she gets the votes to eliminate Dom (and as of now she very well could, since Paul's already working on it), then great. If not, then hey she can feign innocence or something.
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And those are officially the nominations.
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not reading spoilers this week hopefully

Week 1 was amazing, week 2 was the worst

if people dont like this season, stop watching! i understand the frustration and hopefully they do better next year (if you're still watching)

(go watch bbcan5!, no more ;( )
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Veto (held a night early for some reason): Jason won, and he'd previously said he'd use it on Jessica, so oh snap this will be a good week.
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Wow! Go Whistle Nut! Too bad that's not great for Codys game when he comes back.
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House meeting early this morning went off the chain. Dominique may have screwed herself completely. You don't call people snakes and/or rats when you're on the block and don't have a Veto.

This season is going to be great if this keeps up.
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new topic no spoiles please
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GTM posted...

new topic no spoiles please

here ya go
https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75570228
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bump2
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I can't believe this was about to purge at 498. >_>
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Paul sucks.
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