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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I agree. I wish CBS would show an official list of tasks with succeeded and failed. They have the wiki but I don't think it is reliable as anyone can update it?

Nutsy
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08-14-2001

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nutsy a private message Print Post    
You say mess with Eric, some others say give him a wake up call. Potato, patato.

Sminger
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08-03-2007

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sminger a private message Print Post    
I voted for Eric to get Jess nominated. I want Eric to know who is in charge! I do not like Jess. Her game is simply as a floater. Tonight was the first and only move she ever made and that was not without Erics approval. She reminds me too much of Holly.

Accalia
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09-07-2006

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Accalia a private message Print Post    
It sucks that the AP twist is benefiting Dick/Daniele and not Eric who it's intended for.

Oh it's benefiting Eric as well, he's well on his way to his next 10,000. And he did have to work for this last one, if he hadn't convinced Jess I don't think Zach nor Jen would have voted Dustin out.}

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
I vote for Amber or Jameka to go. More Amber, so I don't have to look at her crying anymore. Honestly, I prefer people like her to be "out of sight and out of mind". I'd rather forget that she exists in this world. She grates on me.

Smrtass
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09-11-2000

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smrtass a private message Print Post    
Sminger, I don't think Jess is a floater. She has had defined alliances. Floaters, um, float.

Govols
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07-19-2005

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Govols a private message Print Post    
I think I will vote Jameka ~I want to see her game.

Also, easy one for Eric. I owe him for getting Dustin out.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
I think when Eric gets his directive tonight, I think it is going to hit him like a ton of bricks that it isn't that most are against HIM, just his old alliance.

Kearie
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07-21-2005

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kearie a private message Print Post    
I agree Naja...my votes are going to nominate Amber.

Eric is finally playing the game the way the majority of people want. Amber will be easy.

If I wanted to do what I thot was best for DICK or Dani, I would say nominate Jen and Zack. But that won't happen.

I think the best thing for JEDD is Amber.

Naja
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06-28-2003

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Naja a private message Print Post    
It was a toss up for me between Amber and Jameka, but I opted to send my ten votes to Amber since Jameka can't win HoH.

Onlyhuman
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08-04-2001

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 9:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Onlyhuman a private message Print Post    
I hope that Eric realizes that he is now playing for Dick to win. As long as he does everything to ensure that Dick is golden, Eric's jobs will be easy.

Since Eric clearly can't win at this point, given his handicap, he might as well go for the money from the tasks and do everything he can to help America get the winner it deserves.

Kearie
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07-21-2005

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 9:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kearie a private message Print Post    
ONLY---well, it's not Dick fans asking for Eric to try to get Jessica nominated. Dick fans are going to help Eric this week.

I say when it gets down to the line...we will have less say in who is nominated and voted because the numbers continue to dwindle.

Dick fans need Eric to get them to the final four...just as Eric and Jess need Dick and Danny to get to the final four.

By that point it's all about who wins HOH and Vetos.

Onlyhuman
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08-04-2001

Thursday, August 16, 2007 - 10:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Onlyhuman a private message Print Post    
Kearie-
I would argue that Dick fans have an advantage in that they can use Eric to play for Dick while Eric can't even play for himself. So Dick has two votes in his pocket, even if he doesn't know it.

Eric can't get to the final 4 because Dick and Danielle, who Eric can't vote out, have every intention of taking out Eric before then and America will help them do it.

Don't get me wrong. I'm glad all you Dick fans have decided to stop torturing Eric for now. I just hope he can complete enough tasks to be able to compensate for being forced to help another person win the game.

I guarantee that's NOT what he thought he was signing up for when they forced him to be AP.

Beruthiel
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08-07-2000

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 2:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beruthiel a private message Print Post    
Since I've never bothered to vote, I haven't been torturing Eric, I've just been criticising him for not following the directives given to him by AMERICA.
Whether anyone likes it or not, Dick is popular, and Dustin wasn't, and Amber and Jameka aren't exactly favourites either, so, now that Eric is cottoning on to that fact, he is going to find life in the BB house a lot easier, because he's playing for US - the majority.
I strongly suspect, and expect, that from now on he'll find that if he continues to listen, and think, he'll get farther than he would have had he continued with his previous attitude.
America was disapproving of his actions, and was trying to let him know, but now approves, and will help him along, as long as he follows the rules of his position.
Too bad that the BB "Gods" were tentative at helping him out and giving him more guidance with this new concept - now that they're figuring it out, and obviously giving him some rules to live by, he should do just fine in the game.
I don't want him gone at all, I just want him to do what he was put in the House to do, act according to our wishes.

Klaw73
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08-21-2006

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 3:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Klaw73 a private message Print Post    
Since the game started, America has targeted Carol, Joe, Kail, and Dustin for eviction. They are all gone. Eric got Jen nominated per America's direction, but she either saved herself or was saved each time. I still hope he got credit for that :-).

Eric was between a rock and a hard spot with Nick and Mike. Dick and the LNC (majority) wanted them both out and America still voted for Kail. I just don't see how Eric was supposed to know that Dick was America's favorite and the LNC5 was the least favorite with that in mind. IMO, America has been sending Eric mixed messages until this week. I believe he gets it now. I just wish people would give him more credit. It cannot be easy being in that house, playing the game, trying to figure out what America wants, and being put under the radar b/c of our directives. JMO.

IMHO, Eric is doing a great job!!! He is so close to earning another $10,000. He must be doing something right .

Lainee
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07-19-2005

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 3:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lainee a private message Print Post    
Brilliant post, Klaw!

In scanning the boards this morning I have come across several people that are saying they were going to/did vote for Eric to get Jessica nominated...any ideas who he is to target for Daniele to nominate?

Klaw73
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08-21-2006

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 3:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Klaw73 a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Lainee. Eric and Jess are safe as far as I know. Amber was AC, which is an easy task for Eric since Dani plans to nominate her and Jameka. If either one of them win POV, she plans to backdoor Jen (yikes). Here's hoping that Amber goes this week .

Lainee
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07-19-2005

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 3:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lainee a private message Print Post    
I hope it is Amber...am soooooooooooo tired of her tears and I don't even have the feeds! LOL

Cousin_jake
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07-04-2002

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 4:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cousin_jake a private message Print Post    
It must have been Amber. (Eric went to the HOH after leaving the DR and suggested Amber)

Caprica
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02-10-2007

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 4:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Caprica a private message Print Post    
Eric thought that America was going to help him stay in the house and make good moves but now he knows he is not their player(stand in) but their puppet.Eric is going to do what he has to do to earn his AP prizes because he knows America does not know how to play Big Brother

Cousin_jake
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07-04-2002

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 4:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cousin_jake a private message Print Post    
I disagree - we know better than he does. We see much more of what's going on than he does. He should follow our lead and since he did this week, it will be all good. If Dick had been evicted, who do you think Dani would have nominated today? Why Eric and Dustin, of course. How is that good for America's player?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 5:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
If Eric really pays attention, he'll do better in the game. I don't think America messes with his game intentionally, but America is definitely sending him messages about who we like and dislike. He needs to also notice that Jen hasn't been America's vote lately, and neither has Zach. America has been targeting people in his alliance.

We all have our reasons for whom we vote on each task. I'm just glad Eric finally decided to listen what America told him we wanted... and managed to get Jessica to agree!

Malaka
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07-05-2007

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 5:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Malaka a private message Print Post    
The title "America's Player" says it all. That ('s) tacked onto America makes "The player possessed by America." He is our player and is to do as we tell him.

It looks like he has finally recognized that; however, given his total lack of integrity, it really remains to be seen.

Klaw73
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08-21-2006

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 5:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Klaw73 a private message Print Post    
ITA, Caprica. As I said in another thread, I believe it was BB/CBS's original intention for us to play the game with Eric based on Julie asking: "Will you be able to lead Eric to the end of the game and the ½ million dollar grand prize" during the first episode.

If Julie asked: "Will you be able to lead the your favorite player to the end of the game and the 1/2 million dollar grand prize through Eric," I could understand why people would be upset with him. IMHO, Eric is being used to help Dick's game. Should he make it to the F4, I hope BB/CBS releases him from his obligation to America and lets him play his own game.

JMO.

Carmil
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07-17-2005

Friday, August 17, 2007 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Carmil a private message Print Post    
I wrote a long post yesterday about BB USA vs BB worldwide, so I won't repeat it now.
But the truth is, thanks to Arnold Shapiro, BB USA was turned into a game played within the house with the houseguests making all the moves in the game.

Big Brother, from its very conception, is all about manipulation from, well, Big Brother. In other countries, where the show is EXTREMELY popular, it is viewer interactive and the production staff/viewers completely calls the shots, not the houseguests.

Mr.Shapiro didn't trust America to keep the game interesting, when in fact the opposite ended up happening and we ended up with winners like Jun, Maggie, Boogie, etc.

Let's play the game the way the rest of the world does, and see how it goes. Allison G. put her little toe in the big pond with the AP this year. And lo and behold, what did they discover? America does not want to keep the most boring players in the house! So this is America's first taste of the real Big Brother game. It's viewer interactive... big brother is watching. We call the shots in what happens.. not the hamsters.