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The TVClubHouse: Big Brother 7 All-Stars ARCHIVES: Big Brother 7 All-Stars Part 3: Why do people hate floaters?: Archive through August 13, 2006 users admin

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Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
I've read it so many times that so-and-so is there to play the game and isn't a floater. Aren't the floaters there to play the game too? I think they are playing a much harder game than the non-floaters because they have no alliance and they are weaker. They don't have a voting block, and they don't have a power base. They have to avoid being targeted for eviction because they have nobody watching their backs.

Obviously this game is revealing that there are hidden alliances from before the players were actually chosen to enter the house, but I don't think that "floaters" aren't there to play the game.

What555456
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06-14-2005

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send What555456 a private message Print Post    
The HG's hate the floaters because they cannot control them and can't figure them out.

To me, the ones who are really playing the game are the floaters.

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sanfranjoshfan a private message Print Post    
When are they going to realize that Will and Boog are the biggest floaters of all? They make deals with Dani and with Janie. They don't try to win HOH or Veto comps....and if they do win something, it's invariably a prize that has nothing to do with game play. They realize that if they openly honor their deals (such as winning the POV to keep Janie on the block last week), they will no longer have the option to float back and forth between Dani and Janie.

They should go after the floaters...starting with Will & Boog.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
LOL! I agree with both of you. Why they can't see Will & Boogie for what they are is just stunning!

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
To me, a floater is someone who sits back and waits it out before they really start to play the game and this summer started out with many of the HG's taking that route. But to then play the victims, like so many of the floaters are this summer, is absurd considering they have far outnumbered the sov's from day one. In the end, it really doesn't matter unless the jury cares about how they got there. If it hadn't been for Lisa of BB and Amber of Survivor, most fans probably wouldn't care either.

This is all just a different variation on "I hate the sov's, therefore I respect the floaters play style" vs "I hate floaters, therefore I respect the sov's play style". Flip a coin and you'll have a winner.

Poppy
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07-21-2006

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Poppy a private message Print Post    
To me it is simply a matter of what an individual chooses to think of as being a strategic player and proactive - it's all from an individual point of view. I don't hate anyone in the game. I hope noone else hates anyone in the game. Somebody might not respect or agree with the way one or more of the HGs is playing the game, but to actually hate a specific person is using way too much of anybody's energy on someone that isn't in their real life. Life's way too short for that.

Idolworship
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05-07-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Idolworship a private message Print Post    
I would thoroughly resent anyone who just sat back, watching everyone else play their hearts out, and waiting for a strong player to take me to the final two.

Ark
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07-10-2001

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ark a private message Print Post    
IMHO, the floaters are playing the game but playing it differently than the big players are. They tend to be more boring and generally try to hide for as much of the game as they can get away with. They don't step up, by winning competitions, to do any real work. They let the big players do it for them. Floaters will eventually have to lie more than the big players do too.

Cocobean
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07-23-2006

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cocobean a private message Print Post    
I think the floaters make the game interesting. I love watching Will and Boogie go back and forth just to see how they are able to pull it off. It's pretty amazing they can do this. If there were just "us v. them" it would get old real fast, in my opinion.

Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
I've never had a problem with floaters. There's an argument to be made that James is a floater. He's showed his hand but he still runs back and forth like he did last year.

The floaters wouldn't have been a big deal this year...but Kaysar made it a point to try and make them pick sides. It didn't work and mostly people hate floaters this year because they didn't side with S6.

UTR people annoy me...at least floaters are playing their own type of game. People under the radar and add nothing to game is what bugs me.

Mickiej
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07-26-2004

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 2:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mickiej a private message Print Post    
Actually there aren't really any floaters anymore. They have all really aligned themselves into their own alliance, or been secretly aligned with others all along. I think they wanted the illusion of floating free, but they haven't really been that way. They do have their own style of game.

Love_my_pug
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08-16-2005

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 2:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Love_my_pug a private message Print Post    
I agree with SanFranJoshFan...Will and Boogie ARE the biggest floaters in the game, any everyone wants to believe whatever they say, even when Will says he lies...

I just sit back and watch the show, as long as I am entertained (and Will IS pretty entertaining) I am not here to place any judgements on any of them. It's just a TV show

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 2:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
If you flush you won't have floaters :-)

Redpen
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07-24-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 2:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Redpen a private message Print Post    
Floating is a perfectly legit way to win BB. Jun mastered the tactic. Lisa wasn't as good at it, but she did win. Anyone who wastes their breath trashing the concept doesn't understand the game.

Missyme
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07-12-2006

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Missyme a private message Print Post    
Amen, Redpen, just as lying, backstabbing, and deceiving--may the best player win!

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
Floaters are fine with me as long as they're playing the game by actually floating. I don't like the boring coat tail riders or under the radar players & we've seen some (mainly Erika) play this way from the get go. Diane played this way too & deservingly she is gone. Chicken George started out playing this way but turned up his game when he won his veto & put himself on endless slop. Woogie floats as a team. Danelle really doesn't float - she had James from the start. James & Marci are the true floaters playing the game. The only exception is that James IS considered valuable in both alliances & Marci is just a spare until they get farther down the road.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 2:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
There are floaters and then there are skillful under the radar players.

What I mean is that there are some people on BB who passively sit around and let things happen to them. They are the true floaters.

However, I don't think you can say that Will and Boogie fit into that category. While they don't win HOHs and POVs, they are anything but passive.

Bluefield
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08-09-2006

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 3:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluefield a private message Print Post    
Why do people hate floaters? Well I guess for starters that some viewers have a hard time understanding how you could associate with bad people in the first place? Why not recognize the enemy at the start of the season and drive them out? Yes it's a game but you don't talk to the devil and make deals. You band together and drive the bad out. How do you know they're bad? If they start issuing orders, acting like a leader and are super bossy, that's a giant clue. In the end, usually, if you insist on floating, it only leaves you standing there <MG> wondering what happened.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Blue, I swear I keep trying but you lose me everytime.

Bluefield
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08-09-2006

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bluefield a private message Print Post    
Sorry, I thought I was pretty clear. Most people want the game to progress in a timely manner. Floaters slow it down or can even bring it to a direct stop.

Cocobean
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07-23-2006

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cocobean a private message Print Post    
Blue, I don't get your post. George seems like a floater to me... but I don't see him "acting bossy, issuing orders" (and I wouldn't call him a "bad" person--he's probably the nicest guy in the house). So I don't quite see what you're getting at.

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 4:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cliotheleo a private message Print Post    
I don't hate floaters ............... just these in particular (ha ha.)

WoodpeckeŽ
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07-16-2002

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send WoodpeckeŽ a private message Print Post    
Mocha....hahahaha.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
If getting bossy and issuing orders and demanding things makes someone bad, then Kaysar was bad by demanding to know why Danielle wasn't going to nominate one of Chilltown instead of him. I loved her answer, that the S6 alliance had four weeks to do exactly that, and they didn't do it so why should she. As one of the floaters, she was one of the people Kaysar's alliance had targeted.

I don't think that Kaysar is bad, just as I don't think Dani is bad.

I don't understand the hands-off mentality that everyone has had for Chilltown. I am glad that Will and Mike are still in the house, but they are the two guys I would have been trying like crazy to get rid of. There would have been no way in the world that I would have ever tried to make an alliance with them.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, August 13, 2006 - 4:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Hi Woody! I've missed you! Been busy playing Iron Chef the home game and have been too exausted to post much. Glad Dani knows who you are! Bet you just felt amazing when she said hi didn't you?