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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 10:58 am
I am literally seething mad here. I think BB should remove Eric as soon as possible. He is using his role as OUR PLAYER to win his personal game, while not doing what we voted for, as he is required to do. That is just plain wrong, and I think BB needs to stop this NOW. I am dying to see what laws govern game shows, as I can't believe he isn't violating some of them. Had Eric, who has repeatedly stated is playing for us and doing what we vote (as has CBS, the web site and BB production execs), went directly against our wishes, regardless of how they attempted to spin the edit on TV last nite. If anyone missed it, prior to that chat we saw with his lame attempt to convince the LNC to out Kail not Nick, he went to each and every person who would be there except D/D and told them to IGNORE what he was going to say, and it was just to appease D/D since they seemed to want to flip. So not only didn't he make a legitimate attempt to do what we voted, he directly played against it and told folks to ignore it and he wanted Nick gone, for HIS PERSONAL GAME. But his job is to be America's Player and play OUR game. So why is this permitted?? From reading various LF boards, I now see that near dawn he and Jessica finally spoke and she spilled the entire beans. So now Eric's plan is to gather the entire LNC without D/D, blame them for all the stuff he did as AP, say that they are the liars and troublemakers and they need to band together and get them out next. Sorry, I have a HUGE problem with him using the AP role, not performing his required tasks, lying about it, and advancing himself in the game by ignoring what his job was via our vote, and blaming innocent folks. If he just did what we voted, he would be fine, Nick would be there, and none of this would be going on. I think he is like a bug in that house now (hence my icon). I can't believe BB can let him destroy the game of so many HG by using his AP role. Especially since he is blatently refusing to do what we voted. He took that role, agreed to do the tasks, not to ignore the ones he didn't like, then blame innocent HG for his actions. We have long questioned the integrity of BB, but this is SO blatent it's amazing. I can't see how BB can't intervene, and I hope that every HG that gets booted out due to Eric sues the hell out of CBS, since their employee not doing his job and lying cost them their shot at $500k!

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Angelicfairies2
Member
07-19-2004
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:06 am
I think CBS is doing everything possible to keep Eric in the game which is why he's gotten overly cocky. blah I want him gone.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:08 am
Bo..yeah it's a game..a game show. One I am paying to watch the feeds on. One that I really believe is breaking the law. One that I KNOW has a CBS employee not doing the job he agreed to, and is getting farther in the game by using that job and lying about what he did and blaming others. I don't think that's what CBS/AG had in mind when they created AP. I'd love to see HIS contract in addition to game show laws. And yuppers I be VERY mad cause I think he is ruining this year for all of us, and will skip to victory by abusing his job. Mara....lol don't disagree though. You have my full permission to dump an iced tea on my head. (Would rather you hand me an iced coffee though...am dying for one and no ice here! lol). But bet I would still be this mad!! This is just wrong to me and is, as they say (and I say with tongue firmly in cheek) ruining the integrity of this game. LOL ok what integrity, but this is a new all time low for how BB interferes in the house, and Eric has no right to do it IMHO.
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:08 am
No, no dumping, drink the tea !!!
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:12 am
Ah Mara tea will just make me crankier cause I want an iced coffee, to sip while I read game show rules and regs hehe. Just need both! Seriously though, does he have a right to take the jobs he is assigned to do, not do them, them blame what he did as a BB/CBS employee on the folks he is personally targeting for eviction?? He is using his AP role only to advance his game, and ignoring fulfilling his job. Totally bogus IMHO!
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:17 am
If you don't like the way Eric's playing, stop voting for his tasks. If you've already stopped voting (or never have), then you're not part of his AP alliance anyhow. You are not required to play along with the AP twist if you don't like the way it's going. Just opt out of his 10,000,000 person alliance and simply regard Eric like you would any other player.....as a HG that is in an alliance that doesn't include you. Demanding that CBS remove Eric will only ruin the AP for viewers that actually like the idea of this twist. Why ruin others' enjoyment of the AP twist just because you don't like it? Isn't that kind of selfish?
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Boberg
Member
10-04-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:17 am
Let's see...how many people do we know who take a job and then don't do it in the manner we think is appropriate???
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:19 am
"And yuppers I be VERY mad cause I think he is ruining this year for all of us" No, he's not. He's not ruining it for me.
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Yoda
Member
08-11-2005
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:19 am
Well said Sanfran
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Marameko
Member
07-15-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:19 am
True,true. When Richard Hatch won Survivor I was very unhappy. The funny thing is he is now in a minimum security federal prison for tax "issues" less than 5 miles from where I am sitting now. ( I don't wiah misfortune on anybody but we all have to pay our taxes)So I should not "preach" at you !
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Nancyp
Member
07-04-2006
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:20 am
Curious,what is America's game? Is it to lead Eric to the end, or someone else? I want Eric/Jess final two, guess that's why I am not mad at him. lol
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:21 am
I noticed on Joe's exit, he thought it was funny when Eric appeared on the screen and outted himself. I don't remember if Mike was even told on his exit. Nick did not look pleased. Was he on the Early Show? Did it come up? I could really care less about the AP (unless he doesn't do what I want..then I don't like him)hahaha. I may like one hg more than the other and if their game was ruined because of him I might get annoyed. Everyone knows I like Dick's game and have high expectations that he will calm down and play the game a little closer to the hip, but watching him beat himself up for realizing he got played cracked me up. I love watching the overconfident fall off their big fat egos..
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Missyb
Member
07-28-2004
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:22 am
I think this is exactly what CBS had in mind with Americas Player. Trust the public to give Eric tasks that will put him in jeopardy and see how sneaky, lying, competitive he can be and stay in the game. He is allowed to stay in the game. He must attempt the tasks but he still gets to decide to what extent he should push thingsand stay in the game to continue to attempt americas tasks. DId AP lure anyone into getting the feeds ? You can cancel if your not happy and just read updates. Not feel so ripped off. I don't really care what Eric does, but I do think he has fulfilled the role CBS wanted. Stir stuff up.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:23 am
SanFran that's only cause his lies are helping the folks you like and going against those you don't. But bottom line is he is not doing his job as advertised for US. And Bo...he's not selling widgets..he is on a national gameshow using insider info, ignoring his job and ruining the game unfolding as it would without him while not doing what he is required to do. To me that's a little different than someone who plays games (or watches BB) during work hours. If this was RL and an employee did something on the level Eric is, he would have had major warnings by now, and would likely been removed after his latest actions.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:24 am
I like the twist too but I have always thought that he cant win, dont see how that would be fair since he had outside influence...but then came along the banner..and now the others have outside influence....so if he wins so be it
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Marksman
Member
05-04-2007
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:26 am
I agree that there needs to be a way for us to punish Eric for his violation. He is not doing what he is supposed to be doing, and there should be significant consequences. He could have easily sustained his position in the house while carrying out the will of the audience. Instead he let his inferiority complex get the better of him and he went for Mike and Nick. We need to be allowed a way to expose him in the house, now that he has decided not to play.
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Yoda
Member
08-11-2005
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:27 am
I don't know how we can blame Eric...he doesn't even get a vote; WE get his vote.
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Jenf66
Member
08-11-2006
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:27 am
Well, it is just a game... And, AP is just a job and as with most jobs if you don't do it you don't get paid. Erik only gets paid when he completes the tasks that America votes him to do. He did not have a choice of being AP. CBS put him in the BB house to be AP. If he had refused he wouldn't be there since he could not have been in the house knowing about the twist.
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:29 am
I agree Pamy. One of the complaints has been that those names he is getting are not really everyone's choice. Banners are just another way for players who don't agree have their say. It provides a lot of drama in and out of the house, which for my money is a lot better than endless chess.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:29 am
Ok one more then I am taking a break...can't believe you guys are ok with this. And I agree it was funny at first. It's not now that Eric stopped doing what we voted and what was widely advertised as what he must do. I believe he was put in to give us fans a voice...that vote back we have long asked for. But rather than doing what we want, he only did it when it suited his personal game. He said he gave up his game to play for us, and that is a lie. And Erin, we've all gone off over the long 8 years of BB. But in BB history I feel this is the clearest breaking of laws on many levels. If they let this happen they might as well just script the entire thing and let us watch them running lines IMHO. Anyway that is how I feel, and based on my TV knowledge, BB could be in some serious legal problem this time. Not to mention if any HG decides to be ticked, they could get some seriously bad press for BB and what they are permitting. Heck, I'll get em on TV if they want! After 20 years of doing PR I know what story will play, and this is one. And while they might like the scandal at first, I think it could end up being a pricey one for CBS. My bottom line is I love BB but HATE what AG/AS have done via manipulations and this is a new all time low in my eyes.
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Sidecar
Member
07-23-2007
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:29 am
Lurk, I will jump in and support you on this point. I think the concept that Eric forgets, is that we may know more than what he does. For example, I think one aspect of the fervor to evict Kail is that America knows she has a huge secret...she has money, and along with her behavior in the house, this has made up want to vote her out. So for him not to do this, and to try and persuade us to go with his strategy is short sighted. Perhaps he felt that he would have a better chance with Nick evicted. However, if he remembered that he had the backing of America, perhaps he could have worked on getting himself aligned with Nick, and we could have helped him along more. I think that BB has attempted to show that Eric is working for America for the viewers that dont watch the LF. But it is going to get harder and harder--- and now, with D/D on to him, I dont know how the producers are going to spin it, and still make it seem like he is working for us.
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Lucas
Member
07-01-2005
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 11:30 am
I am not sure sure that he needs to get booted, but...I do think his role is unfair to the rest. I mean Nick is out because Eric did not do as he should have. Kail and Jen are being treated unfairly due to Eric knowing they are not liked. It is interesting how they will spin it. It is not possible CBS can have Eric win the game, I think there would be an outcry.
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