Board 8 > ~ Big Brother 13 [Live Feed] topic & discussion 2 ~

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DSRage projects never finish satisfactorily. Don't trust his lies.

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If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE]
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I'm aware. I was apart of his Survivor game that he abandoned.

Luckily through his failed game I gained the inspiration to host a successful one of my own!

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what are challenges like?

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Either held on the boards on GameFAQs or on AIM. A majority of them are online-friendly versions of challenges from BB seasons.

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for example? obviously physical and endurance challenges wouldn't translate very well

i was thinking something like trivia and that's way too easy to cheat in

i guess before or after could work

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I'd be interested

and you know that while DSR f***ed up royally and that I in turn f***ed up taking over for him, I at least put a better effort into it especially considering he had time to prepare and I didn't really know what I was getting into... right? >_> Also sorry about not doing a better job >_<

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(about wearing sunglasses to stare at boobs without girls noticing)

I'm not gonna reveal what challenges I have in store!

Just trust me on it. They'll work.

Also it's no big deal Caelus. You did a good job with what you had.

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how will the social game work

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Well, obviously there are a lot of elements in the show that simply can't translate online. From what I can tell, BB online is a lot like Survivor online, only it's an individual game right off the bat instead of existing tribes.

While there will be a topic dedicated to the "house" - a general chat of sorts - there will be a big emphasis on communicating with one another outside the boards as well. PM'ing each other is fine, IM'ing each other is perfect. It's almost like whispering. I have to heavily encourage everyone to talk to everyone, because unlike Survivor, BB is an individual game (unless some twist occurs!), so doing nothing doesn't necessarily mean you'll get taken out right off the bat (whereas in Survivor if you do nothing right off the bat you'll probably get voted out first or second).

Much like when I hosted my board Survivor in early 2010 (went from April to July), there were tribe boards, and a merged tribe board, but a good majority of the social game existed outside of them on the chat clients and whatnot. Likewise with BB (even moreso actually), I heavily encourage talking to everyone whenever you can. Have one-on-one chats, have group chats, do what you gotta do to socialize, because outside of that, you're not really in a locked down house where you're forced to talk.

Challenges would also be twice a week. Maybe a Thursday night for HoH, and Sunday night for PoV. Nominations are made by the HoH by a certain time on Friday night (with the key order too!). HoH will message me the order/nominations, I'll then reveal them, and then the talking begins, building up to the veto on Sunday night (since I doubt many would want any Saturday night comps). PoV ceremony happens probably on Teusday at some point - the PoV winner tells me if he/she wants to use the PoV. If a replacement needs to happen, I'll have the HoH message me with who they want to have replaced in either situation (depending on who gets removed). Then, come Thursday night, votes are PM'd/email'd/IM'd to me at any point before the eviction. No votes are set in stone until a certain time hits, so you may retract your vote if it's before the final time. Also, having a live eviction may happen sometimes, though it gets kinda difficult when some people don't show up. This may change depending on activity.

Those are some of the rough draft details that I explain once I greenlight the game and make a separate topic.


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Oh, also, I have nearly all of the challenges already set in stone, so unlike Grodner, I won't be winging them, or rearranging them on the go to favor certain houseguests. I do my damnedest to be as fair as I possibly can for everyone.

Also, unlike Survivor, where I preferred not to talk to the players outside of challenges/tribal councils, I don't mind you guys talking to me whenever you want! I'll basically exist as production, as "Big Brother". And Julie Chen too.


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ok i'm excited

thursday nights wouldn't work for me unless it was around this time though

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From: Naomi_Diamond | #310
Oh, also, I have nearly all of the challenges already set in stone, so unlike Grodner, I won't be winging them, or rearranging them on the go to favor certain houseguests. I do my damnedest to be as fair as I possibly can for everyone.

oh god i can only imagine "board 8's favorite" FFD

FFD is on the block

veto competition: RESIDENT EVIL TRIVIA

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Yeah, the biggest gripe when I hosted board Survivor was finding an even middle ground for when to host the competitions. I want everyone to be able to attend, so it gets difficult trying to adjust it for everyone.


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i'm good after midnight monday thru thursday and all day sunday

would prefer no challenges friday or saturday night!

you could just do it like the show does

thursday: eviction announced (possibly live) and hoh
sunday: nominations announced
wednesday: veto

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When I do the sign-up topic I'll ask for what times people are available, as well as in which timezone. I live on the east coast, but I stay up late most of the time, so I can work with later times. I had challenges at 11PM EST for my Survivor game.

The edited show uses those days of the week for the episodes, but the actual days of the week is what I was looking for more.

Thursday: (Live) Eviction/HoH comp
Friday: Nominations
Sunday: Veto comp (this actually happens on Saturday in the show)
Monday/Tuesday: PoV ceremony

I think Wednesday for veto ceremony is too late given a Thursday eviction. Those on the block need time to campaign.


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oh and there may be prizes for winning the thing too (maybe also runner-up)

because everybody likes stuff and i have stuff to give

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Also Shelly will probably be going home this week.

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yeah shelly's a lock

she really did get screwed, she was never gonna win, but she had a decent shot at 50k

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At least Shelly had an impact on the house, unlike Kathy from last year.

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Oh man, Kathy.

Her getting stuck in that honey and being completely unable to get out of it pretty much cemented her as one of the worst competitors in BB history, if not the worst.

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at least she didn't fake an injury afterwards like kalia

but then again kathy is a police officer so it's probably a bigger deal that she's useless than kalia the sex advice columnist

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TimJab posted...
oh god i can only imagine "board 8's favorite" FFD

FFD is on the block

veto competition: RESIDENT EVIL TRIVIA

It's cool that comp was totally planned in advance. Before the season started. Before I was cast even.

Obviously.

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If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE]
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just curious when would you be looking to start the BB game? I may have already asked that I'm not sure.

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ya right you are case the sunglasses have 3d so i can see right threw their clothes -ertyu
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Naomi, if you do host a BB, make sure you get people that a) will compete and not just show up for challenges (like people who will actually make alliances and whatnot) and b) people who you know will be interesting.

When I hosted BB on Board 8 (these actually finished fyi, because they were fun to host) I made sure the people playing would make the game interesting, and it was. I had Vlado and Inviso who were like a power couple back then, and then other kind of interesting people. You can't just accept everyone because there will be too many people and the early stages of the competition will be boring. If everyone competes out of the gate, it will be good times.

Also, *Presign*. Any night works for me. :D

I am excited. I think you will be a good host for this. I wanted to host one and I know I would have trouble commiting myself as a host nowadays, which is why co-hosting with rammtay would have been good, but I would rather play in one, to be honest!

Also I would suggest a Thursday/Sunday/Monday thing, with votes being due any time on Thursday before the ceremony. I also don't think votes should be allowed to be given ahead of time (like mon-wed) because you want people to be able to be persuaded!

noooooo

mondays and thursdays are the only days I have night classes

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If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? [HERO'S PLUNGE]
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Caelus, I'll be starting it soon. I'm still ironing out the details, but I've got pretty much everything set. I may put up the sign up topic at some point over the next couple days. From there, it's just a matter how quickly I can gather a decent group of people.

I'm definitely thinking HoH comps will be Thursday night, with PoV comps on Sunday. Nominations/Veto ceremony doesn't really need to have attendance. And yeah, I'll rarely allow votes to be cast before the ceremony (usually if a person won't be able to log on during that time period will I allow it, but I'm hoping that doesn't happen).

FFD, when does your class finish?

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9:30 on Mon, 8:45 on Thur

So I'd be back like 10 and 9:15 respectively. EST of course, the superior time zone.

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I generally set the time for comps around 11PM EST.

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i can't be here thursdays at 11 FWIW

From: 3DSRage | #324
Naomi, if you do host a BB, make sure you get people that a) will compete and not just show up for challenges (like people who will actually make alliances and whatnot) and b) people who you know will be interesting.

wouldn't it be more realistic if we had a few uninteresting people and people who only showed up for challenges (to lose)?

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What about 11:30 or midnight EST?

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midnight would probably work

more like 12:15ish

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I'll be putting up the sign-up topic tomorrow.

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Assume I sign first, because I won't have internet access tomorrow.

Sign-up topic is up:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/60189743

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Apparently Shelly has been working Rachel hard to the point that she's now trying to convince Jordan to keep her.

Doesn't seem like Jordan's having any of it, but if Rachel votes to evict Adam, then he'll be gone.

Still, this sounds like exactly what happened last week with Daniele and Rachel will just end up voting out Shelly anyway.

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I hate it when that happens. Not that I necessarily want Shelly to stay, but we have a much higher chance of getting Rachel off my TV if she does.

But I hate it when they tease (which is what they'll do tomorrow). Like when Dani was trying to convince Rachel to backdoor Jeff in Week 3 and it seemed like she was completely on board with it until "Whoops, I nominated Adam and Dominic!"

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this just in from Allison Grodner:

@agrodner22
The fortune teller might not have spoken tonight, but rest assured, she will be in the near future #BB13

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Obviously she's not going to speak to Shelly.

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Support Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII) for Character Battle IX!
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More twists!

or just for a challenge

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or to save Jorchel in case something goes wrong.

So do we know who won yet?

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no

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I'm just waiting for the inevitable worst possible news that Rachel won, and she's not going to target Adam.

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Rachel's in a good mood. She probably won.

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Yeah Rachel won

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Brendon makes some pretty boss OJ

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What's your compete level at?

lolz

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it was pretty obvious rachel was gonna win, the other three had literally given up before the show even went off the air

we'll just ignore the fact that they essentially redid the challenge that kalia was so bad at earlier in the season that she had to fake an injury

the screwjob trifecta is complete

congrats rachel and jordan!

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god damn it rachel is gonna win isn't she

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