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Milosmom
Member
06-10-2006
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:13 pm
I am asking Mssas "ooooooooookay!! Dick acknowledged it and Vincent acknowledged it. Does that mean it's true???? Can they be any dumber? hahaha I would say that's a big ole YES~ ooooooooooooooookay!"
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:13 pm
I think this discussion is much more civilized than what was going on in other threads. I hope we can keep it that way.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:14 pm
Perhaps the contract/rules say something to the effect that BB has the right to look through all HG mail to check for inappropriate material or things that could influence the game. They have the right to with hold all suspicious mail. If there wasn't a clause that said..."IF a code gets in, you will get....." Then it's all up in the air. And BB can decide add or change the contract/rules for next year. We don't know. I'm sure by tomorrow night we will have some idea about what BB decided.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:14 pm
Okay, gotcha.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:15 pm
Making changes to next year's show won't remedy the fact that Dick has been allowed to cheat, and even brag about it, this year. The thing is, Dick has already gotten away with so much this year that he now seems to be taking that penalty-free, slap-on-the-wrist he got as permission to do whatever he wants with NO meaningful ramifications....and it seems he is correct because BB is allowing it. This is no more of an actual "competition" than the WWF.
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Typingfool
Member
06-07-2006
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:16 pm
I agree with you SanFran, I was just saying it's going to be just like the 5 finger plan, they changed the Veto because of it, now they will change HOH because of it. I highly doubt CBS will do anything, and it ticks me off!
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Milosmom
Member
06-10-2006
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:16 pm
Woo hoo!!!!! Feeds are back!
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Mssas
Member
08-04-2006
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:17 pm
Dani won Veto..
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:18 pm
If it wasn't stated in the rules that "Getting a coded message in a letter" is cheating...then they can't apply this.... Especially if BB assumed they would catch all coded messages and didn't have a specific rule apply. WE don't know the specifics of the wording.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:26 pm
There's the rule of no outside influences in the game. It's what the game is based on. That's like saying, there's a law that you can't stab someone, but there's not a law that says you can't take a paperclip and slice someone's throat using that paperclip to slice their throat again and again. Does it say that in the law? No. Is is against the law? Yes.
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Shopgirl00729
Member
08-24-2007
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:29 pm
Show us the rule

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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:31 pm
Well, excuse me for noticing a trend, Jen.
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Tvwatcher
Member
04-17-2004
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:31 pm
you know as well as the rest of us that there's no rule book available - why even ask that? show us the rule that says jen couldn't eat - show us the rule that says someone can't beat the crap out of someone....that's just as silly
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:35 pm
I don't know if the US rules are the same as the UK, but here are the UK rules: There are 14 basic rules regarding life inside the Big Brother House. They are set out in their simplest terms below. In agreeing to take part in Big Brother, the housemates are agreeing to abide by the rules. There is no contact with the outside world. Housemates are filmed 24 hours a day and must wear personal microphones at all times. The Diary Room is the only place in the House where Big Brother will acknowledge housemates individually. Visits to the Diary Room are compulsory. Nominations are compulsory. Housemates must give frank and honest reasons for nominations. It is not permitted to discuss nominations, or try to influence anyone else's nominations. It is not permitted to discuss details of how they'd spend the prize money (if they were to win). Eviction is decided by public vote. All tasks and challenges are compulsory. Housemates must not act violently towards any other housemate. Housemates are free to leave the House at any time. If any housemate breaks the rules they may be asked to leave the House. THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL: Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time. Personal Belongings The housemates are restricted as to what personal belongings they can bring into the House. Housemates will be allowed to take one suitcase and one small bag into the house. The suitcases will be the same size for all participants and no additional bags or baggage will be allowed. The Big Brother team will check the contents of the suitcases before the housemates enter the House and inventories will be compiled. As in past years, housemates will be allowed to take up to six bottles or cans of beer, or two bottles of wine into the house. Housemates are allowed to bring in a reasonable quantity of toiletries, but they will need to prioritise which items they want to bring in. Any additional items needed during the duration of the stay must be purchased out of the joint weekly food budget. Items banned from the house include; musical instruments, books, games, writing materials, mobile phones, radios, walkmans, CDs or CD players, computers, PDAs (Psion, Palm Pilot, etc), calendars, clocks and watches, drugs and narcotics, personal medication (except in consultation with Big Brother), weapons, any electronic equipment or items requiring batteries and clothes with prominent logos. Other House Rules Participants must wear their radio-microphones at all times during waking hours. Microphones can only be taken off in bed, in the shower and in the pool. Housemates are responsible for changing the batteries in their mics at regular intervals. If housemates attempt to communicate without the cameras or microphones recording the communication (e.g. tampering with microphones, writing secret messages, mouthing words off-camera) or if they try to tamper with, or cover recording equipment, then Big Brother reserves the right to expel them from the House. Prior to entering the Big Brother House, the housemates are not allowed to talk to the media. Neither are they permitted to know the identities of their fellow housemates. Food, Housekeeping, Weekly Tasks and Challenges Food and alcohol in the House is supplied only by Big Brother. The housemates will participate in compulsory weekly tasks to determine their weekly shopping budget. If the housemates fail the weekly task, they will each lose an amount per head to spend on shopping that week. If they pass, they have the luxury of spending more money per head that week. The housemates will be set weekly tasks and will have a few days to resolve them. As soon as the nature of the task is announced by Big Brother, the housemates will have to work together as a team to complete it and they will find outif they have successfully completed the task, later that week. Leaving The House/The Eviction Process Housemates can leave the House in three ways: They may be evicted, they can leave of their own free will (and may do so at any time) or in exceptional circumstances they may be asked to leave by Big Brother. At the end of the series viewers will then vote for the winner. Voluntary/Involuntary Departure If a housemate wants to leave they must first report to the Diary Room and give their reasons for leaving. Big Brother may ask a housemate to leave the House if they behave inappropriately, for example, if they engage in violent or abusive behaviour, or damage the House or its contents. Housemates leaving voluntarily or being asked to leave may be replaced at Big Brother's discretion. The Eviction Process Housemates are required to participate in the much anticipated, and often equally dreaded, nominations process at a time chosen by Big Brother. Any housemate refusing to make a nomination or failing to provide Big Brother with a satisfactory reason for their nomination will be reprimanded by Big Brother. Housemates are not allowed to discuss their nominations with each other or to try to influence anyone else's nominations. The Diary Room nominations will be announced to housemates at a time chosen by Big Brother and will be included in the Channel 4 highlights show the following evening. Viewers will be able to watch Big Brother announce the results of each week's nominations live on Big Brother's Little Brother. The housemates who receive the most nominations are then subject to the public vote. Viewers and housemates will later learn who is to be evicted during Channel 4's live evening eviction shows, presented by Davina McCall, and the evicted housemate will leave during the second live show. Big Brother reserves the right to change the frequency, times and details of nominations and evictions at any time. REMEMBER: Big Brother reserves the right to change the frequency, times and details of nominations at any time.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:46 pm
I'm sure the U.S. rules are different. There are some things that I like about the U.S. game but in some ways I would like it better if they had stuck to the international version of the game.
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Tobor7
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:54 pm
"THE MOST IMPORTANT RULE OF ALL: Big Brother reserves the right to change the rules at any time." Do they have the right to change them for ONE player and not the others? Once they rule in a certain way for/against a certain rule break, they really should do the same for the others.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:55 pm
BB is going to be hurting big time for ratings next year if this many people are that upset.
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Tobor7
Member
07-19-2002
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 4:58 pm
"BB is going to be hurting big time for ratings next year if this many people are that upset." Not really. The general viewing audience really expects so little. They will watch anything. Just look at what is on while surfing through 300+ stations... 80% of it is crap. Yet it is still there.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:00 pm
But to have this many people so upset, surely they will all quit watching. Rules were broken, people are sending in emails that has to equal down viewership
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:04 pm
No I don't think so. This happens every year. Their ratings are better than ever.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:09 pm
BBUK is completely different than BBUSA. BBUK is closer to the original intent of the BB series. Note the bits about the weekly tasks and the food budgets... that hasn't been part of BBUSA since the beginning. Also of note is that viewers vote for the evictions and winner.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:09 pm
I won't stop watching I love it. But I am also not this upset as I see here, I can't imagine continuing if I felt that deceived by a show
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:13 pm
I absolutely hated most of the winners the past few years. Maggie and Boogie for starters. I am absolutely ecstatic that someone I wanted to win may actually win. And yes, I still watched after those two won.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:20 pm
I agree on the winner thing I have rarely had fav win. But, this is really different in my eyes, to truly believe that a show you enjoy or like is either one handing the game to certain people or two allowing cheating that would I assume change people viewing. If I thought that it would change mine.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, September 08, 2007 - 5:24 pm
I don't think they are allowing cheating in the sense that Dick put one over on them and they aren't happy about it. But they did let the letters get through. As far as handing them the game, I do think it was slanted for a D & D win, however, given the lousy track record of other BB twists in past years, having BB help you may not be as helpful as some people would think! If the other HGs were determined that D & D be evicted - they would have been gone.
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