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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 8:19 pm
How often do we hear a HG say that she or he isn't in it for the money? I suspect most of us (including myself) have at one time or another snickered when hearing that. However, in thinking about it, this show is a lousy way to win prize money. These people are stuck in a house for weeks and weeks and then get excited if someone wins a TV. What made me think of this was Amber on Power of 10. She was on there for a few minutes and with one lucky guess she could have made $100,000 right there! These people are on the show for weeks and have a one in thirteen chance at either $50,000 or $500,000. Not great odds and not great money for the effort. So why do these people go on BB? Why would you go on BB? Is it the slim chance at $500,000? Or are they truly there for other reasons than to win the money and I should stop laughing when they say it?
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 8:26 pm
I want to try out for BB (I'm might actually get the courage and actually do it this year) just for the experience. Honestly, the money is a big thing, but I think the experience...something most people will not be able to do. I think it would be awesome to have to play a game like that...mentally tough and exhausting nd yet making some real connections with the people in there. But...the money...let's just say if there wasn't money involved...I wouldn't try out for it
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Pamplemousse
Member
09-28-2003
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 8:34 pm
it is a way to have about three months of total down time, no going to work etc. i think the last time i had a summer totally free was the summer between my junior & senior years of high school. other wise it has been school & work (and during college BOTH) since 1981. I'd love the extended break, lol. of course i'd be one of the first out if not THE first. i am "too old" to fit in. my saving grace would be I like to cook & do kitchen duty. the money is an incentive of course...so much could be done with it....
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 8:41 pm
I think a lot of them do it hoping to launch a career in the public eye, in Hollywood etc. They want to be "stars", they want to be famous.
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Smrtass
Member
09-11-2000
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 8:43 pm
Everytime I buy a lottery or Powerball ticket, I tell myself I'm not in it for the money, just the experience.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 8:54 pm
Jimmer, to answer your questions directly... 1. I have no idea why these people go on BB. I suspect it's more about the "exposure" than anything else. I mean, don't a lot of 'em have agents either right before or right after the season? And how many each year wanna move to LA afterwards, to become rich and famous? 2. I would never ever go into the BB house as a HG. I actually have a life, and I love my life! I can make $500K in a short period of time (yeah, so it's slightly longer than three months, but the odds of me making that money in a few years is higher than the odds of my winning $500K). 3. I think you should continue laughing, because the real reasons ARE wannabe reasons. They wanna be discovered (Jen). They wanna become something they aren't (Amber). They want the exposure for their business (Zach, Kail). Honestly, I could not imagine giving up my life, my job, for three months for a 1 in 13 chance at $500K.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 8:58 pm
After being in Game 1 at TVCH, there is no way that amount of money would get me in that house. It just wouldn't be worth the emotional stress. Survivor I'd be more apt to do for the experience, the travel, the cultures. BB---I don't think I would go on for a larger prize. not me.
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:03 pm
What do you mean, Game 1 @ TVCH, Kearie? Was there a BB game played on the board in the first season? I think they do the show for exposure as well. I'm not sure about Jen, because she's already had exposure. She was in the Survivor file. I don't think I'd do it. It's too controlled according to what the producers want.
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Kearie
Member
07-21-2005
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:13 pm
Yes Cricket, Shortly after BB1 ended....actually I think two games were run.
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Blair
Member
07-28-2005
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:27 pm
If I remember correctly, Hardy started that whole I'm not in it for the money crap back in Season 2. Maybe it is the exposure or whatever, but if I were in the house and someone said that to me, I would probably laugh in their face. It just sounds so phony to go on a show where the prize is 500k and say the money isn't the reason. Every single person that goes on BB or any other show like it is in it for some type of personal gain.
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:34 pm
Right on, Costacat! I would never go on BB unless it was for some sort of exposure and even then the chance would be slim to no. Besides, I'm more of a listener and you all would think I was boring.
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Stopthemadness
Member
07-15-2005
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:39 pm
I would go for the fun. The fun of trying to change clothes under a towel, showering in a bathing suit, crapping under a camera, and mostly controlling my temper and not opening a can of whoop a$$ on the others.
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:44 pm
ITA with Kearie, even though it was just online, and for 30 days, it affected all of us, more negatively than positively. I don't think any of us knew or could have anticipated how ugly it would have unfolded. Each of us had our own personal and individual scars from it. Each of us did or said things, which in hindsight, I think we each, wish we hadn't. On the positive side though, there were some fun moments. Of course in that game, the initial top prize was a Tshirt lol, so I'm pretty sure we weren't in it for the money! lol
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Spunky
Member
10-08-2001
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 9:44 pm
When Jen said she went for the experience everyone ganged up on her... I would go for the experience but if luck is with me... I'll take the money too.
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Ambi
Member
08-11-2007
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 10:19 pm
What is wrong in being in it for the money? Why else would a person expose themselves to such naton wide scrutiny? To be bashed on the boards all summer and have your entire life exposed? They'd have to pay me plenty and I would only shower in my bathing suit.
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Lancecrossfire
Animoderator
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, September 05, 2007 - 10:33 pm
I applied for Survivor 3. In my tape I said I was in it to win--the money was a bonus. I'd do Survivor or BB to just get the win. If they offered no prize money I'd do it if offered the chance. I came away with no scars from Game I and don't remember saying anything I regretted. I think the worst of the stuff happened outside of the house. The way the real BB is set up there are some people it wouldn't be good for. Too much crap can happened based on the rules. I'll use Krista as an example--I don't think BB was good for her.
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Loppes
Member
07-12-2002
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 12:21 am
Lance , you are right, and ITA the "worst of the stuff happened outside of the house". The best thing out of it for me personally, was that for 8 years, I've considered you as a friend, even though we've yet to meet in real life. Anyways, back to BB8 people. I think its as you've said though, and for some of them, the "worst" of their experience will come to them when they are outside of the house too. People like Amber I wonder how it will impact her, or Jen, who most definitely has taken the worst verbal abuse I've witnessed in all seasons. D/D I'm not even get into to....but I do feel for some of them....and hope they can get through any negativity they will certainly face once reality hits them. I think in terms of doing it for money or experience, both are fine. I applaud any of the winners on Survivor, TAR and BB8 when they win, regardless of whether I like them, and I think money is definitely an incentive. On the other side of it, there is a show I have watched last year on Canadian tv called ManTracker. Its about a guy who goes in the wilderness with a guide, and tracks down 2 people who have a time limit to get through the wilds to an end point. What I love about that show is the 2 people who are being tracked, don't win any money at all, and the total purpose of this reality show is the satisfaction that they can get to the destination, and outsmart, outwit, outplay, the expert Tracker. I liked that, a win with no money, and the show is still interesting to watch. The money as a goal is fine imho as long as it doesn't destroy the person who wins it in the end.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 1:15 am
Ok, two things... I just have to say I read every word with a weird fascination every time I hear about Game I (or Game II, for that matter). I wasn't around these parts back then, but I've been around long enough to read enough anecdotes about it... and it fascinates me in a strange way to think an online forum managed to pull off something of such magnitude, and I'm in awe of the way people describe how it affected them. On a totally different vein, Loppes, I can't believe you pulled out Mantracker!! My fiance laughs at me that I watch that show. I don't actively go looking for it, but if I find it on OLN, I can't turn it off. I love it the way I love TAR or Solitary; there really IS more to it than just the cash, that you're not out until YOU decide you're out. I don't know if I can say BB has the same appeal.
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Ambi
Member
08-11-2007
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 1:29 am
Lance, what did you mean about Krista(BB2)? What happened to her outside the house? I think it's fair to ask because you made mention of it. Karen, sorry you missed BB2, it was great.
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Darclyte
Member
07-11-2005
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 4:52 am
If I was in the BB house, and someone said that they weren't there for the money...I'd make every effort to see that person gone ASAP. Hopefully before Jury House. If you're not in it for the money, get out of the way of someone who would be (especially someone who tried out but didn't make the final cut.)
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 5:39 am
I'm a teacher and I have the summer off without pay so I'd rather do BB than summer school. The stipend is probably more than I make anyway. I would make this promise: "I will cook all of your meals and do anything the house wanted including voting as long as I get to go to the jury house. I will take into consideration game play in my final vote and not vote personally. I will not wear a bathing suit and I will not have a showmance. I will not give advice unless asked for and I will just be the Mrs. Doubtfire of the house. I will not expect to be in the finals so I am no threat to any of you." This way I get a nice relaxing vacation and still continue to earn a living. Not a bad summer as far as I'm concerned.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 6:11 am
Jen was pretty specific about wanting the exposure. I think she was hoping to jumpstart her career (I don't think her cheesecake modeling was getting her to where she wanted to be). I really believe her when she said she wasn't there for the money. I dunno what Kail was doing there. She didn't want to be stuck in sequester, so she obviously didn't need or want the money. I'm guessing she wanted something but cannot imagine what. Earthmom, if you went into the BB house, and America had a vote, I'd ensure that you made it all the way thru, at least to the jury! Personal note to Jimmer and/or the mods: Thank you!!!!
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 7:15 am
I guess a more important statement for me would be "I'm here to play the game, to strategize, to compete, to outwit and outlast." I like to watch competitive people play and I like a good fight. Whether they are motivated by money or not doesn't really bother me, as long as they are motivated!
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Kimsue
Member
07-08-2005
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 10:25 am
I wouldn't do it for money, I would do it for exposure. After all it's about time this country had another loud mouthed, funny Rosanne / Kirsty Alley type, in the industry. (NOT!!) The stipend IS more then I make too. If nothing else I see it as a high paid vacation.
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Just_gail
Member
08-25-2007
| Thursday, September 06, 2007 - 11:52 am
I think they want exposure. You'd have to be a bit of an exhibitionist to sign up for something like this. And a lot of them seem to have started acting/modeling/entertainment careers that haven't gone anywhere. The show gives them a chance to build a fan base so they can get work in their chosen field.
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