You know, I should tell you to stay away! But I think as long as you stick to the CBS shows, you'll be safe. lol I love Big Brother like crazy, but I also hate it a lot. It's addictive, and that's the best/worst part of it. So if you can stay away from the live feeds, you should be okay.
But why to watch it? Wow. Okay. I think you have to have a bit of a voyeuristic tendency to really like it. And that's where the live feeds get dangerous. You end up watching these people sleep, and eat, and argue, and cry, and compete and celebrate, and maybe even fall in love. Without sounding insane, you start to care about them. Not just in the game, but in their lives. It's very intimate, which makes it very addictive for that very reason. If you have a HG you adore, you find yourself pulling for them because you feel like you KNOW them. If you have a HG you hate, then you will be drawn to the show just to pull against them, you want them to lose and to fail like you couldn't believe. The love AND hate are magnified 100x more than usual, because you spend so much time with them.
Unlike shows like Survivor or The Amazing Race or even American Idol, you don't just spend 1 hour a week watching them compete, where strategy trumps any personal development. If you stick with the tv show, it's 3 hours a week, getting to *know* them, what makes them tick, because their personal relationships are what create the strategy to begin with half the time, so it's equally as important and it's what bonds you with them. In a way, it's just like any reason we watch any other scripted tv show.. to pull for our favorites and root against the villains. And some of the drama that happens on this show, with over a dozen people locked in a house together with nothing to read, nothing to watch, nothing to do but get paranoid and bond with/repel from people? It couldn't be *written* any better sometimes.
Now, keep in mind. CBS edits the show to death, and half the time, they don't edit the people properly or fairly. What you see on CBS could very easily be vastly different than what's really happening in the house. That's why I've been known to go ON and ON about things here, because I want people to know what's really happening. I advise people to get the live feeds if they really want to know what's going on, but if you're new and you're not sure you're gonna enjoy it, stick with the CBS show for a while and only subscribe to the feeds if you start to feel the addiction coming on.
The BB addiction is unlike any I've had or seen or been involved with before. It's all-consuming, which is one reason I hate it so much. lol But it's like crack, you just keep coming back, even if it's bad for you. ;)
I may have scared you off more than gotten you to watch. But give the first show a shot, maybe the first 3 (first week) and then re-assess. lol
Oh wow. I didn't know they didn't have any books or a tv. No wonder they fight. I'd get cranky without either of those things. lol
I forgot to ask this before. Is it like Survivor, only in a house? Where they vote each other off and whatnot.
They must edit people like they do on Real World then. Not that I haven't watched that in years, but I know they would edit certain people to look like all they do is drink or sleep around or bitch and whine.
The only thing I know from the live feeds is when (I think it was last year sometime) one of the guys went into that storage box to have some "alone time". lol
I didn't know they didn't have any books or a tv. No wonder they fight. I'd get cranky without either of those things. lol
As would I! Yeah, that's pretty much the whole point. It started out many years ago as a "social experiment" and is still that way in most of the countries that do this. The US was one of the first, if not the first, to institute a "strategy" to go with the cutthroat competitions and to truly call it a GAME.
Is it like Survivor, only in a house? Where they vote each other off and whatnot.
Kinda, yeah. Here's how it works.
They'll have an initial competition on the first night they arrive in the house, this is called the HOH Competition, to award a Head of Household. That winner holds that position for - usually - a week. It's their job to nominate 2 people to go up for eviction, and then the rest of the house votes to evict. If it's a tie, HOH breaks the tie.
During the course of that week, however, things can change. They have something called the Power of Veto Competition. In that comp, the HOH, two nominees and 3 other random houseguests (they pick balls to choose which ones) all compete to win the POV. If one of the nominees wins it, they can veto themselves right off the chopping block, at which time the HOH has to replace them with someone else.
Anyone who wins the POV can use it on either nominee or they can choose NOT to use it. Obviously, the nominees want to win it to save themselves and the HOH wants to win it to keep nominations the same. Usually. Sometimes, strategy comes along and bigger plans are made (ie, they throw the competition, so that someone will be taken off, and they can then nominate their TRUE target, which is loosely called "backdooring" someone).
Once the POV is played and either used or not used, the campaigning begins. Or doesn't, depending on who's up and what the situation is. From that time until the live eviction show (usually on Thursdays, but this year on Wednesdays), we watch feeds to try and find out how people are voting. So that by the time the live show comes, feed watchers aren't surprised, but CBS show viewers usually are.
After that person is evicted, they immediately go to the backyard and play another HOH competition and start it all over again. Of course, there are various twists and turns along the way that BB can throw at them. They've had double eviction weeks and stuff like that. And this year, it seems people are in pairs, so I'm not sure how that'll work, exactly. But that's the gist of it.
In addition, there is usually a food competition once a week where either whole teams or just individuals could end up eating something called "slop" all week long, which is supposed to be something like oatmeal. This causes more friction because people get grumpy and paranoid when they don't eat.
They once in a while have other tasks, Luxury Competitions and such, but those are rare. Usually only once or twice a season.
And the middle of all of that is seeing how they all get along. Good times!
Not that I haven't watched that in years, but I know they would edit certain people to look like all they do is drink or sleep around or bitch and whine.
Yeah, similar I would think. The producers know they have their "characters" in there to play their "roles" even if they're much more than that. It's frustrating, as a feed viewer, but it gives us the chance that we DON'T get with all those other shows. We really do get to see just about everything.
The only thing I know from the live feeds is when (I think it was last year sometime) one of the guys went into that storage box to have some "alone time". lol
LOL. That was Howie in Season 6 & 7, and also Boogie in Season 7. Yeah, they would go into the "Jack Shack" (aka the pool storage box) to have some alone time. lol Great memories. Those idiots!
But why to watch it? Wow. Okay. I think you have to have a bit of a voyeuristic tendency to really like it. And that's where the live feeds get dangerous. You end up watching these people sleep, and eat, and argue, and cry, and compete and celebrate, and maybe even fall in love. Without sounding insane, you start to care about them. Not just in the game, but in their lives. It's very intimate, which makes it very addictive for that very reason. If you have a HG you adore, you find yourself pulling for them because you feel like you KNOW them. If you have a HG you hate, then you will be drawn to the show just to pull against them, you want them to lose and to fail like you couldn't believe. The love AND hate are magnified 100x more than usual, because you spend so much time with them.
Unlike shows like Survivor or The Amazing Race or even American Idol, you don't just spend 1 hour a week watching them compete, where strategy trumps any personal development. If you stick with the tv show, it's 3 hours a week, getting to *know* them, what makes them tick, because their personal relationships are what create the strategy to begin with half the time, so it's equally as important and it's what bonds you with them. In a way, it's just like any reason we watch any other scripted tv show.. to pull for our favorites and root against the villains. And some of the drama that happens on this show, with over a dozen people locked in a house together with nothing to read, nothing to watch, nothing to do but get paranoid and bond with/repel from people? It couldn't be *written* any better sometimes.
Now, keep in mind. CBS edits the show to death, and half the time, they don't edit the people properly or fairly. What you see on CBS could very easily be vastly different than what's really happening in the house. That's why I've been known to go ON and ON about things here, because I want people to know what's really happening. I advise people to get the live feeds if they really want to know what's going on, but if you're new and you're not sure you're gonna enjoy it, stick with the CBS show for a while and only subscribe to the feeds if you start to feel the addiction coming on.
The BB addiction is unlike any I've had or seen or been involved with before. It's all-consuming, which is one reason I hate it so much. lol But it's like crack, you just keep coming back, even if it's bad for you. ;)
I may have scared you off more than gotten you to watch. But give the first show a shot, maybe the first 3 (first week) and then re-assess. lol
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I forgot to ask this before. Is it like Survivor, only in a house? Where they vote each other off and whatnot.
They must edit people like they do on Real World then. Not that I haven't watched that in years, but I know they would edit certain people to look like all they do is drink or sleep around or bitch and whine.
The only thing I know from the live feeds is when (I think it was last year sometime) one of the guys went into that storage box to have some "alone time". lol
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As would I! Yeah, that's pretty much the whole point. It started out many years ago as a "social experiment" and is still that way in most of the countries that do this. The US was one of the first, if not the first, to institute a "strategy" to go with the cutthroat competitions and to truly call it a GAME.
Is it like Survivor, only in a house? Where they vote each other off and whatnot.
Kinda, yeah. Here's how it works.
They'll have an initial competition on the first night they arrive in the house, this is called the HOH Competition, to award a Head of Household. That winner holds that position for - usually - a week. It's their job to nominate 2 people to go up for eviction, and then the rest of the house votes to evict. If it's a tie, HOH breaks the tie.
During the course of that week, however, things can change. They have something called the Power of Veto Competition. In that comp, the HOH, two nominees and 3 other random houseguests (they pick balls to choose which ones) all compete to win the POV. If one of the nominees wins it, they can veto themselves right off the chopping block, at which time the HOH has to replace them with someone else.
Anyone who wins the POV can use it on either nominee or they can choose NOT to use it. Obviously, the nominees want to win it to save themselves and the HOH wants to win it to keep nominations the same. Usually. Sometimes, strategy comes along and bigger plans are made (ie, they throw the competition, so that someone will be taken off, and they can then nominate their TRUE target, which is loosely called "backdooring" someone).
Once the POV is played and either used or not used, the campaigning begins. Or doesn't, depending on who's up and what the situation is. From that time until the live eviction show (usually on Thursdays, but this year on Wednesdays), we watch feeds to try and find out how people are voting. So that by the time the live show comes, feed watchers aren't surprised, but CBS show viewers usually are.
After that person is evicted, they immediately go to the backyard and play another HOH competition and start it all over again. Of course, there are various twists and turns along the way that BB can throw at them. They've had double eviction weeks and stuff like that. And this year, it seems people are in pairs, so I'm not sure how that'll work, exactly. But that's the gist of it.
In addition, there is usually a food competition once a week where either whole teams or just individuals could end up eating something called "slop" all week long, which is supposed to be something like oatmeal. This causes more friction because people get grumpy and paranoid when they don't eat.
They once in a while have other tasks, Luxury Competitions and such, but those are rare. Usually only once or twice a season.
And the middle of all of that is seeing how they all get along. Good times!
Not that I haven't watched that in years, but I know they would edit certain people to look like all they do is drink or sleep around or bitch and whine.
Yeah, similar I would think. The producers know they have their "characters" in there to play their "roles" even if they're much more than that. It's frustrating, as a feed viewer, but it gives us the chance that we DON'T get with all those other shows. We really do get to see just about everything.
The only thing I know from the live feeds is when (I think it was last year sometime) one of the guys went into that storage box to have some "alone time". lol
LOL. That was Howie in Season 6 & 7, and also Boogie in Season 7. Yeah, they would go into the "Jack Shack" (aka the pool storage box) to have some alone time. lol Great memories. Those idiots!
Hope that helps! :)
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They should hire you to promote the show. lol
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