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Onlyhuman
Member
08-04-2001
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 7:41 pm
Nickovtyme...how about not being a Will/Janelle shipper last season?? I posted that Will was playing Janelle and I got blasted. I thought my argument was quite reasoned and logical, but that's not what people wanted to read or believe. I decided not to post my thoughts again. 
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 7:41 pm
All I would like to say is I think TVCH would be much better WITHOUT the Current House Happenings Discussions (Chatters) thread. ETA - I think it would be a very interesting experiment for TPTB to shut it down for 48 hours. The site will survive. And posters will find the appropriate thread to post in. Just an idea.
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Geri
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 7:46 pm
I've always found the Clubhouse to be more fun than BB. I don't get the feeds because I think my husband would divorce me for spending so much time on the computer, so I learn everything here. I get frustrated by the show or houseguests cuz I think $500k is a lot of money and I want it earned for playing a good humane game. Having this place to come to has been good for venting when I see perceived injustices on tv or read what a HG has done that I don't like. I don't try to start fights, heck, I am ignored most of the time but I post to make myself feel better not to make someone else feel bad. I do try to convince others that I am right but I don't think that is putting anyone down. This board is actually tame compared to the boards around the internet when Rosie and Elisabeth had their fight on the View. That was red state/blue state all over again. Enough from me.
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Geri
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 7:48 pm
Hamster, I appreciate the idea but I am too lazy to read the live feeds and use the current happenings as my way to catch up on what is going on.
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Hamsterlady
Member
07-03-2003
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 7:50 pm
But Geri, that's why there is the Current House Happenings (NO DISCUSSION) thread. It's just that many people choose not to post in it.
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 7:52 pm
Try posting that you were a Dani fan or a James fan during All-Stars.. Wow! I do Nick. It got to where I stayed solely in the Danielle Fan Thread after a while and that was not always safe. Ended up I pretty much just left here for the better part of this last year after being called a hater or referred to as one of the haters one to many times. This year doesn't seem as bad to me. My biggest thing is I don't like viewer interference of the game and I don't like it when HG's lives outside the house are being messed with. I guess that is what bothers me the most. I just don't speak up about it much.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 7:56 pm
But it's fun to talk about what is happening as it's happening and talking about what is happening often includes talking about what lead up to what is happening. That's why I think we need a place to be able to just talk, without it being about a specific topic. I see it as lively debates as opposed to trouble on the board. I just love it when people talk about things whole heartedly and vibrantly. And I like staying in one place as opposed to bouncing from topic to topic. But, hey, however TPTB here at TVCH want to do it, I will abide.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 8:00 pm
HL, if that was done, there would be tons of threads made to comment about every little negative thing about certain HG's (D/D)....more than there are now. IMO Nick, I was a BB3 Dani fan also. I remember being banished to posting in the I love Dani thread only. This year reminds me of that. I feel, again, in the minority for liking some HG's more than others. Kar, thank you for posting that. I will do that instead of feeling like taking the bait. lol Oh well, there is always next year. 
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Shopstomuch
Member
07-09-2007
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 8:15 pm
LMAOOOOOO... I got told on this very board how "pathetic" I was for liking James in two seasons and how is was "probably abusive to his gf Sarah" etc etc etc. So, I figure I have seen it all at this point. There are a few posters on here that I just do not and will not respond to period. It does not matter what is said, they always have this black/white, I am right opinion and frankly I really got tired of my words being twisted. However, for the most part these people are fun on here and I enjoy being on here. I have lupus, so at times I cannot just go out and discuss etc etc w/ someone in person and this is a good outlet. The mods do a wonderful job doing what they have to do. They volunteer to be on the forum and don't get paid a dime. Many work, have families etc. I have been an admin on a site before and it is hard work trying to deal w/ ppl's egos and opinions. They do the best they can to difuse something when it's headed in a bad light. Some people just don't have the ability and become so tunnel blind they cannot even think their "favorite" is wrong in a situation... and I don't mean any specific HG.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 8:24 pm
quote:Nickovtyme...how about not being a Will/Janelle shipper last season??
You mean you survived? ;) Yeah...All-Stars was the worst for anybody willing to say a disparaging remark regarding certain hg's. This season doesn't bother me so much because I care little, if any, for the hg's. C'mon BB9!
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 8:44 pm
i do not think it has anything to do with what is going on in the house. i think it has to do with some people put their own past experiences on what is going on in the house as reality. they get pissed about seeing it. there are people like that and YAY for them that they have a forum to say so. then there are those who just see this as entertainment. because we are the sick and twisted ones who enjoy watching something we would never do, never say and never put up with in 'real life'. when these two different types of poster share the same community there are bound to be problems. some want fun, others want to dig deeper and analyze. one side gets pissed at the other. nothing to do with what is currently going on in the house. just people being people.
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 9:42 pm
17652 posts have been posted in the Current Happenings Folder as of 9:02pm. What does that say to me? It tells me that is by far the most popular folder for posters to go to. It tells me regardless of differing opinions expressed in there, that people still keep coming back to it. So why would anyone even consider the idea of getting rid of the most popular folder during BB season? It just doesn't make sense to me. Do I agree with everyone who posts in there? Of course not! Do I attempt to change someone's mind with my post and my opinion? Of course I do! Do I at times even agree with a regular poster in there, who I know has opposite views from me? You betcha! Do I like when the moderators come in and remind us of the rules in the folder? Of course I do! Do I like when they shut down the folder for 30 or so minutes to give us a cool down period? Absolutely! Its the best idea the moderators have come up with!!! Do I want to go to a folder where absolutely everyone agrees in the same way? I'd rather not, how dull would that be? My point is this, a huge part of me is drawn to the Current Happenings, because 1. We can chat in a format, other than a chat room, but by post. 2. I absolutely LOVE the posters who actually have a different view of the game or a specific player. Why? Because it makes me think! And believe it or not, it sometimes makes me realize my view may not be the best view. Do conversations sometimes get a tad heated in there? Without question, but that is when the Moderator Mechanism comes into play, and after 8 years I think the Mods here do a BRILLIANT JOB. They give us a warning - almost like the BB Vortex or Triva ones, and if we continued, they come and shut down the board. I love this part, because it makes all sides of an issue, stop, take 5, regroup, and return to respectful posting. I have learned not take any offense when the mods stop us from posting for awhile. In CH I have noticed this happen every morning, when the HGS are sleeping, and those of us posting, wait for something to happen so we use this time to rehash recent events in the house. I think thats a perfect time, for the mods to shut the board down. For one thing, it gives me a chance if anything to go brush my teeth, take deep breaths and then return to the conversation and feeds. I think this is all that is needed in any folder. I also think, we as posters, have to really try not to take things personally, unless the attacks are clearly personally, then as has been said it could always be reported to the tvch mods via email. But, to even consider eliminating a popular life line of this website for posters would be very sad. This is the whole balance when all is SAID (by the posters) and DONE (by the mods), of that folder. I try to take the position when I post in CH my views, that: If I want someone reading my perspective, to be given a level of respect, then I MYSELF, have to give the same level of respect, to a poster I absolutely disagree with. The reason I don't want every single poster in a folder to agree with me, is because I don't want to get so self righteous that I think My Way is the High Way! That is why I love those who disagree, who make me stop and think and rethink, their differing views challenge me. And that is a good thing, it is not bad. Its what makes us as humans grow and expand our minds, instead of polarizing ourselves. Having probably read every single post this season in the CH folder, I clearly know who disagrees or agrees with my views. There is not one poster in there, that I dislike. None! At certain times of the day or night, I have a sense of which regular posters will be on. I smile when I open the folder and see them there, because put aside all the differences, all the sides taken, We all continue to come back to each other and by the end of the BB season, its a feeling of accomplishment, and a strong sense of Unity in the end. We are all adults in there, I think we are all mature. Because on the last day of BB, when the Winner is announced, we all take a Deep Personal Sigh of Accomplishment and Gratitude, that we got yet another year to parse and dissect, unlimited issues, of a TV Reality Show. And on that last day of each Season, We are all, no matter who we cheered in the house, United in the Main Fact of it all, and that is no matter if I want Amber to win Top Prize, or some other opposing poster wants Jen to win Top Prize: The One absolute fact is that: WE ALL AGREE 100% THAT WE ALL LOVE BB WITH A PASSION - (After all, we are a "cult following" no longer divided as opposites, but united as one, on the last day of BB season, and we can't wait till the next season begins) (My apologies if I rambled, but I drove a total of 10 hours today, and the first thing I did was load this website when I got home, and come catch up on any minute thing I may have missed in 10 hour withdrawl from my favorite Summer Reality Show and Website).
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 9:50 pm
I don't think this year is a whole lot different from previous years. Every year I get really, really, really sick of the blinders-on partisanship that goes on in a lot of the threads, and I usually just quit reading the BB threads and wait patiently for BB to be over. I haven't quite reached that stage yet, but I have reached the stage where before I read a post I will look at a poster's name, and I might skip the post because I know it is going to be same old, same old, bashing and trying to get away with it. You folks who get disgusted and leave for a year, try doing the opposite. Leave until BB is over and then come back and discover what a fun place this message board is the rest of the year.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 9:52 pm
So very well said, Loppes. Hear! Hear! (dang...you sure do write well)
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Bluejaxrock
Member
04-23-2004
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 9:58 pm
I love driving (it relaxes me) so next time call me, Loppes. I'll be your driver and you can keep us both "up to the minute"...lol
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 10:10 pm
Topic of this thread.... "Is it true that the uglier the house gets, the uglier we get? There has been talk about "Mob mentality" in the house and there is talk about villianizing a player. Does anyone on the board see this happening with the posters? Do we villianize the gamers we don't like? Do we ignore the faults of our favorites? Do we bash other posters because they bash our favorites? Is the dynamics of the BB Board reflective of the dynamics in the house?"
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 10:29 pm
Kearie, sorry my post was so long winded. I think it was a great idea that you set up this folder. I actually read every single post in here and thought the discussion was great. And I posted in here first, (though I should probably be doing some live feed posting lol). Bluejax rofl (actually I had to take my 77 year old mother along, and she drove for the first hour, after which point, I nicely DEMANDED that she let me drive the rest of the way and back LOL.) (I may be open to opposing views of BB HGs, but I get so anal at being the driver LMAO).
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Deeva
Member
07-26-2006
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 10:33 pm
Well said Loppes...ITA They should shut'er down every morning so we can get our day started without missing anything. 
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:07 pm
Deeve ROFLMAO (btwn you and me, I have also come to depend on the mods shutting that folder down in the morning, so I can at least get a pee break in too - there is nothing worse than starting a new BB obsessing day, with a full bladder)
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Lafatme
Member
06-23-2005
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:34 pm
personally, i find the posts this year to be less interesting than in prior years. there is less discussion and more people KNOWING what's going on than asking what's going on. people are TELLING their side of an issue rather than ASKING questions, as kearie did when starting this thread. i'm not interested very much in the opinions of others, i like my own, thank you. this does not mean i have no interest in discussing the show or the HGs, just that i realize that it is a tv show and we don't really know these people regardless of 24/7 feeds (which are edited at the will of the producers). i'm disappointed in the lack of live feed posters this year, <SG> other than that stuff, the board is still okay with me after 7 years...hi to all of my old friends! chin up people, just a month to go!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:54 pm
Great post, Loppes. LOL on the chin up, Laf.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 3:22 am
LMAOOOOOO... I got told on this very board how "pathetic" I was for liking James in two seasons and how is was "probably abusive to his gf Sarah" etc etc etc. I feel ya there Shop....this year its been suggested that I am a woman abuser and my thought processes leave much to be desired....all because I like Dick... ...and I USED to be one of the "good people"...
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 5:55 am
I am with Juju - Surprise! - and just stay away from threads where I know there will be controversy. I watch BB SOLELY to be entertained - as I do the other reality shows that I watch. To me this is no more "real life" than "Sesame Street," so I can't take it seriously. JMHO!
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 6:19 am
I think once we get through today, everything will be a little better. It's been an emotional week for a lot of reasons here, and after this eviction is over, it will calm down some as we get back to "the game"; if this is a double eviction week, who will be HOH and the noms, and how well Dani or Amber did on Po10 and the others' reactions, among other things....
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 6:27 am
Is it true that the uglier the house gets, the uglier we get? i don't think so. There has been talk about "Mob mentality" in the house and there is talk about villianizing a player. Does anyone on the board see this happening with the posters? sometimes. Do we villianize the gamers we don't like? of course! it's fun. Do we ignore the faults of our favorites? you betcha. Do we bash other posters because they bash our favorites? i try not to because i like to hear what they say even if i don't agree - it makes me think to see both sides. Is the dynamics of the BB Board reflective of the dynamics in the house?" certain threads may be, but not the whole BB Board. JMO
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