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Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
Well I wasn't gonna join in the what I don't want to see (as I was looking forward to some new INTERESTING twist that maybe they could steal for all our benefits lol). But after thinking about it there are a few things I TOTALLY do NOT want to see, but with some thoughts on what I would like in their place;

I want them to scrap all the old house stuff that didn't work. I say toss out that stupid PB&J idea. It may have made folks pissy, but I never once saw it affect game play or alliences in any way. And I'm so over it. If they want to do something with the food make it something TOTALLY NEW. And mix it up each week. I'm so sick of seeing the same old stuff week in week out, year in year out.

Now here is an example as it is a NEW element to take its place. Have them play for a pass where the winner (ONE WEEK) has a choice. Either everyone in the house gets food but they have to eat the same meal all week. And the pass holder gets whatever choice they didn't choose for the house. Make things strategic so they effect the game. And I think after a week of say Meatloaf and potatoes morning noon and night for 7 days folks would MISS PB&J. But then the next week if you win the pass you get your choice of a gourmet dinner that you can share every night of that week plus some sort of high value prize, like a plasma tv. Make it something where it is either gonna really benefit you or hurt you, and you'll never know which.

Nuke the same games that we all know what to expect, including the HG. Get creative....make some stuff fun to watch. Remember the sumo wrestling from BB1? Tell me that wasn't more fun than step forward step back.

And give Julie the power again to stop reading coldly off the cards and ask them questions that will stir the pot and make them squirm. Look how well that has served Probst and Survivor at Tribal. It would here too.

Just lose all the tired old stuff..if they have done it more than twice then I don't want to see it again! And that's being generous.

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 7:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Loki should be in the house

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
OMG I just had a brainstorm!!! This would SO mix it up and keep it exciting, and completely change the game. Inside the house there are enough "safe from nomination passes" for each HG. Everyone can win only one per season. Being a new brainstorm I haven't thought through how they would win it, but I like some hard, multi-task idea where each one has a series of clues, like a mini scavenger hunt. It would give em something to do all day but tan! Make it so they can't help each other, and if they reveal to ANY other HG they have it, then it is taken away from them.

Now the real twist. If a HG uses their pass, then they are responsible for naming the HG to take their place. It would totally mix up the power and change the game all the time.

With time to think about it I'm sure all sorts of interesting twists could be added to this. But what I like the most is it would totally change the game and remove the predictability that annually sets in. I'm kind of thinking this would be most interesting in addition to Veto. Then the house would always be rocking and rolling, and virtually eliminate the 6 finger plan ever working again--or at least greatly reduce the odds. I hate when one side gets a hold on the house and just bullies their way through the season like last year. Gee wasn't that fun and exciting to watch?

Someone call Arnie please with this one!

BTW Rosie, who or what is Loki?

Aabeepbeep
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01-27-2006

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aabeepbeep a private message Print Post    
Lurk, LOVE IT! Kind of like the hidden immunity idol on Survivor, they don't reveal they have it until the vote!
oooh, and if they use it and the person with the second highest votes has to go (other on the block) that would stop decoys, not to mention if 'so and so' swore they wouldnt vote for them but did, they would now know about it and could retaliate Best idea yet!!!
Lurk, I think I love you....

Aabeepbeep
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01-27-2006

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 9:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aabeepbeep a private message Print Post    
Ok, now I see you meant safe from noms and I meant eviction, but either could work.
Yes if it meant safe from noms and they got to nominate replacement that could be excellent.
Maybe not one for everyone in the house though, just a couple, maybe an undetermined amount. They could have to find it, like Sarah found the gold room last year? Or when stuff is missing, maybe in the place that the missing item was.

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 11:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
Taking a curtsey...tyvm Aabeep. Now if we could just get Arnie on board lol. And yes the reason I decided safe from noms is because I wanted that person NOT THE HOH to have the power to choose the replacement. That is IMHO needed to shake up the power, truly twist the game, and make it so just cause your alliance has won HoH, it's not guaranteed to rule (especially when game is close and I think this could keep it constantly close!).

I could live with there not being one for everyone BUT if there's only one or two it won't impact the game, or make it fun to watch the hunt. I would set it up so finding each one would take a lot of time and work (and interesting stuff to watch VS cards, chess or tanning. But with what I have in mind, everyone only has the potential to have one. If they set it up right not everyone will find theirs. The one thing I-nicely of course-disagree with you about is how they find it. Missing stuff is way too simple for this major a reward. I see it as a series of things they have to do, as I mentioned some type of multi-part scavenger hunt. One clue leads to another. Make it challenging, and fun to watch. HEY another idea they could even tie it in with TV as a way to hook more online paying viewers. Every show the home viewer gets a clue about someone's hunt, so when watching we know if they are getting hot or cold. Would involve the viewer, since we'd have inside knowledge.

If they really wanted to make it interesting, if they have a computer in the house again, make it so one fan a week wins the chance to "help" the HG of their choice find it. Set up some boundaries of what the limits are, like they obviously can't tell the person where it is, but they can give them 1 to 3 clues that will help them, that BB has to approve ahead of time.

This would make it totally unique to BB and MUCH more powerful than the Survivor immunity idol. That only factored in for one player. I'd love to see have the potential to be game altering week in week out. And if done right it even would get those that get the feeds/watch the show involved.

Arnie can you hear me???? Oh please hear me. The more I think about this the more I think this could be the best twist in BB history (not that that would be so hard lol) but maybe in all reality tv because it would rock almost every facet of the game, keep it changing PLUS make the viewer an active part of helping their fav!

Well I gotta go tuck myself in before my brain wakes up from getting excited over the possibilities here. This is just the kind of thing I had in mind when I started this thread...I think BB needs some major totally new stuff. Why oh why can't TPTB come up with ideas like this, versus their boring useless stuff????

Nynana
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05-31-2005

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 4:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nynana a private message Print Post    
I love the immunity medals! Someone on here has Arnies personal email addie, or did, maybe someone could email the ideas to Arnie?

My idea's are not really new, I want to see them lose things. Knock out the gold room walls and make them all sleep in close enough proximity that whispering doesn't work.

I like the idea of the internet people being the HOH or having us vote and it counts as one vote each week.

I think *we* should get to name one nominee each week and HOH names only one. And do away with POV or make it everyone plays.

I also think BB needs to get tougher on them. If they are breaking the rules, the money goes down. No talking to the HG unless in the DR where they are getting reamed out and we get to see/hear that.

One new thing I came up with is DR mail, not just for challenges and maybe make it so they can not speak about what they were given or what the mail says.

I do think if they want this to be successful, they have to shake things up and make it new. To many of those coming back have the game figured out to a tee and the only way to make an all-star season work is to throw them off their brains. Lots of things they don't know that involve *us*!

Hope they take your idea Lurk!

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 5:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
I think it should be a rule that whoever wins POV, they HAVE TO use it!

Tk27
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07-04-2004

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tk27 a private message Print Post    
I would also like the rule to have the person who is taken off the hotseat is the person who says who goes on it next. Not the HOH

Lake_gal
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06-09-2004

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 6:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lake_gal a private message Print Post    
I agree that the person taken off or the person that won the VETO and does the taking off should be able to replace the nommed person. HOH would be immune from being nommed so that could be the way that it doesn't take all the power away from the HOH. TPTB always said that it would take away the HOH's power if someone else got to replace the nommed person. But if the HOH gets to do the original noms and is immune themselves, isn't that enough power?

And I also like the idea that everyone is not allowed to go in the HOH room. I like the Aussie version of their Rewards Room where only the winner of the room and their one chosen guest get to go in the room. I hate the big Sleep Overs in the HOH room. The HOH isn't even in the room and half the others lie around in the HOH room. They should have to earn it or be invited.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 11:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
I think whole areas of the house should be offlimits.

This would force people to interact regardless of their "alliance".

Nick
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07-31-2004

Friday, June 09, 2006 - 9:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nick a private message Print Post    
maybe when they win the veto medal they have to wear it at all times and if they take it off or are found to be without it they will lose their power to veto... hehs

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Friday, June 09, 2006 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
....... and the medals could be made out of soap. They'd get more use out of them that way.

Kalekona
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06-12-2005

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kalekona a private message Print Post    
how about intruders..adding an unknown into the mix and nominations should be based on a points system (as in AUS BB) if they break rules they get points....the two with the most points are nominated and you have to have a vaild reason to vote to evict someone...

i know these are not new ideas but would be new for us and would change things from the whole alliance mode we are use to.

Callasin
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06-21-2005

Sunday, June 11, 2006 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Callasin a private message Print Post    
I like the AUS BB point system as well and sometimes more than one person gets nominated if they all have enough points. I also like the 3 point twist better than the golden vetos. The person who gets to use the twist to remove 3 points from one of the nominees has to use it. Sometimes it saves someone and sometimes it doesn't help them. It can also cause someone else to go up for eviction including the person who used the twist.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
How about, once they get down to the point where they make the eviction votes live, they have an audience poll....and they announce the results before they vote. This would tie into my other idea...The home audience gets 2 votes in the final decision (eastern and western time zones have seperate votes)..so you need five votes to win, not 4....

Meme9
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07-30-2001

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Meme9 a private message Print Post    
I'd like to see no more "America's Choice".
No player leaving the BB house for any reason.
No blacking out of feeds for any reason.
And last, but not least, no voting by the public. It should be a game with only the BB players playing. No...No...outside contact.

One thing I'd love to see is the diary sessions on the feeds....although I know that will never happen.

Poker7card
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07-07-2005

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 12:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Poker7card a private message Print Post    
Meme9...I agree with you..I don't think the public should be able to vote..We watch the feeds and see what other players may not..We would be to much of an influence on the game...And we all know we have our favorites...

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Monday, June 12, 2006 - 10:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
no one should be allowed in the HOH room except for the person who won HOH.

put all gals in one bedroom and all guys in the other.

no PB&J this time. make them eat crackers with sardines and hershey's chocolate syrup. that i could live on! :-)

no implants, unless sheril is there and had reconstructive surgery.

no MIKE BOOGIE!!!

i don't think we should be able to vote, either.

bring back the banners. let the hamsters get paranoid wondering if the banners are true or not.

i'd still like to see (if we have to have former contestants this round) the people who were first and second to be voted out as the hamsters. they really didn't get to play the game and (maybe)won't have pre-formed alliances.

Sheilaree
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07-19-2002

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 4:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sheilaree a private message Print Post    
I like your idea, Tabby the HOH should just be for the HOH

Caligirlinga
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08-25-2005

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caligirlinga a private message Print Post    
I agree with the no slumber parties in the HoH room. Make the HoH "work" his/her own mind to choose the evictee.

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
no sequester! I hate this part of the game. Let the hg make a decision based on EVERYTHING!

just think if there was no sequester last year. Maggie would not have won. Ivette would have. Out of the two, I would have preferred Ivette to Maggie. At least Ivette has a heart.

Therlin
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05-13-2005

Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Therlin a private message Print Post    
I dislike the HoH idea. I wonder if the point system they used in BB1 would work if they still let the HGs vote for eviction.

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
Cali I don't think a HoH would make their own mind up even if no one else was allowed in the HoH room. And I think we are all just thinking how the friendship lived in there like a pack...I don't recall having a problem with folks staying in that room in the past, so I am thinking it will be ok again without that group.

I had another twist to my earlier idea about immunity (which I still LOVE btw lolol), but didn't have time to come post and now I can't remember it. GRRRR I just hate when them brain cells stop functioning while I am still using em!

Aabeepbeep
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01-27-2006

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aabeepbeep a private message Print Post    
I don't like the idea of noone in HOH because there is so much scheming and planning going on in there, especially at night. Not to mention the fact if anyone does decide to get 'freaky' in there we wanna see (ok it was only once and not that great but hey...)

Lurk, *pop* that was that braincell....
next time, make a note!!!