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Ryn

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I dunno - someone tell us!!!

http://www.realiiity.com/bigbrother/

There is the site..

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
All I could figure out is that each person gets an individaul score, then the teams scores are all put together for the team score. Confusing, but I'm going to try anyway.

Kit66

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 03:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, Ryn, that was my thought--HELP! Kaili's idea sounds more practical than the whole team collaborating on who to choose for each answer (which is what I thought we had to do!) Guess I'll go make my own choices too!

Emjaycue

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 04:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rules are here:

MediiiaWh*re: Big Bro Rules

They say this:

Mediiia Wh*re: Big Brother Rules

Mediiia Wh*re is like fantasy football, except without the football. And really there's not a whole lot of fantasy either. Okay then. There are two ways to get points in Mediiia Wh*re:

1. Answer questions correctly about the show to come. Flex those spoiling muscles. Every round you'll be asked questions like "Who will be evicted?" and "Who will win Head of Household?" (you'll get used to those) along with more random questions like "Will Gerry pick his nose?" Every question you get right, you get points, it's that simple.

2. Have a high scoring team. You get to pick a team of several contestants (the exact number goes down throughout the season) and after every show the gods that are the Mediiia Wh*re webmasters will score each contestant on The Seven Deadly Sins. You get a point for every point your team rakes in. Bonuses are awarded as seen below.

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS:

*Dumb/Smart - How good is a player at figuring out the challenges and other people?

*Crazy/Sane - Being cooped up in a house can make people start to lose their marbles (ahem, Chicken George). The eventual winner always seems to be one of the contestant that remains the most sane (relatively speaking, of course).

*Jerk/Pleasant - Houseguest who are mean and nasty to other houseguests tend to get nominated and voted out. Who knows why?! It helps to be nice... or at least not OPENLY hostile!

*Outcast/Social Butterfly - Some houseguest like to "spread the love" (in more ways then one... wink wink) which is useful for forming voting blocks. Others like to sulk in the corners. The sulkers usually end up with an early date with Julie Chen.

*COA/UTR - As in most reality games, Mediiia Whores just HATE it when fellow contestants are the Center of Attention. The key is to remain Under the Radar and hatch a winning plan... once he or she wins, then the UTR player will get the attention they so deserve, right Vecepia?

*Follower/Leader - Taking charge gives you a position of power to make people win or lose. Leaders, if they don't win the Head of Household might be able to sway the nominations nevertheless. Followers usually are fairly short-lived.

*Also-Ran/Mediiia Wh*re - NEW for Big Brother 3! All realiiity show contestants are on TV for one purpose. No, not to win the money, but to become a Mediiia Wh*re. How do we decide this? You, the viewing public, get to decide this score through a call-in vote... well, not call-in... more like post-in. Look on the message boards in the "Polls" section of our forums and find the poll for this round, it will be in bold. The best part? Unlike CBS, we won't charge you for having your voice heard.

BONUSES:

Head of Household Bonus: Winning the Head of Household competition nets a houseguest a nice +30 bonus.

Nomination Bonus: Getting nominated for eviction will cost a houseguest a -15 point slap on the wrists.

Votes Penalty: For each vote a nominated houseguest receives he or she will receive a -5 point penalty.

Eviction Penalty: If a player is evicted, that player gets a -50 penalty and we take their key.

NOTE: If a player is disqualified for doing something stupid, like pulling a knife on someone, the penalty may increase.

NOTE: If a player VOLUNTARILY walks out (bribed or no) this penalty may decrease... it might even go positive, depending on the circumstances.

Webmaster Wildcard: This is a place where the webmaster can award/penalize a player for actions that aren't covered above or just out of pure whimsy. There is no questioning any webmaster wildcard. The webmaster is always right. These scores can be worth anything from +50 to -50.

That's the gist, the rest you'll learn as you play. The person with the most points at the end of the season wins. "What do they win?", you ask. Bragging rights and the chance to defend their title during Survivor 5, that's what!. Isn't that grand?

Ryn

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 05:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
TY emj - I knew you were about - ty for clarifying :)

pssst - can you put a link back to TVCH somewhere on your site? maybe huh huh? I could not see a links area but I didn't look to hard.

Emjaycue

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 08:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry about the off-topic tangent ;-) but you started it :c) :

How's this for a link :-D

We actually JUST resurrected our links section and it needs some work... I'll make sure that we get an official link in there for you somewhere :-) but we are very busy with games right now so i can't promise how soon that will be.

And it's not "my" site... I'm just one (in fact the lowliest) of the moderators there.

--M

Kaili

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 - 09:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Argh! I missed making my picks! I thought we had until Thursday!

Muse

Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 01:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm a bit confused. When is the deadline for each round? And is there a new round after every episode, or is it just once a week?

I checked, and I don't see scoring up. Obviously, it's really early yet, but I was wondering if I'll have to get new picks in sometime tomorrow.

Emjaycue

Thursday, July 11, 2002 - 07:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Muse,

The earliest they'll be scored obviously won't be until this weekend since the scores are based on who is nominated, among other things.

--M

Halfunit

Friday, July 12, 2002 - 09:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
WOW - TVCH team has 65 members... the team with the most following us has 17....

I am feeling the love.....

Discoinferno

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 04:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
what's the tv clubhouse password?

Cathie

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 04:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The password is angels.

This week we have until Wednesday at 8pm EST to make our picks. This is great because some of the questions we can answer correctly by watching the live feeds before Wednesday's show (like, "Who will Gerry veto") and it will give us a better chance to vote for the Thursday evictee after we know who else (if necessary) Lisa nominates.

We are the largest league and have the potential to climb in the scores after we get settled in.

Emjaycue

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well Cathie , the veto score is only 8 points for that very reason... and we're currently working on a way to implement locking specific questions once live feed spoilers get out :-P

--M

Kaili

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Emjaycue- Then how would we know the deadline to vote? I missed the last one because I didn't think the deadline was until Thursday when they actually nominated.

Emjaycue

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 05:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You just wouldn't be able to vote for specific questions where the answer was already out there :-P The other alternative is when we find out what stuff is released while the game is OPEN (e.g. if the veto is always prematurely on the feeds) then we won't include that in the questions....

And for the deadline for when picks close, it is generally one hour before the first show of the week (wednesday). The deadline is listed on the welcome message on the front page as well as the "Picks" page.

--M

Kaili

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 05:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, I saw that after it was already closed. :) Oh well- so I missed a week. Maybe I should just vote now and risk it since you lose 8 points for changing a vote and the veto vote is worth 8 points anyway. Better than 0 points again when I'm too late!

Emjaycue

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 06:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
you don't lose points for changing the answers to your questions you only lose points for changing the houseguests on your team :-) (unless someone on your team is evicted in which case you get to substitute someone new in for free)

--M

Kaili

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 06:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh, well even better. So it is safe to vote then change if you hear new info that might make a difference! Thanks! I was kind of confused but I think I have it now!

Cathie

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 07:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Emjaycue, I should have known y'all were way to smart to let that go on for long... :)

Muse

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 09:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Emjaycute - one more question. Is it okay to change the HGs on my team each round? I'm assuming that I'd only get penalized if I changed them after I submitted my answers for the round...but that there's no penalty for changing them round to round, right?

Just want to make sure, because there's at least a person or two that I want to get rid of. :)

Emjaycue

Sunday, July 14, 2002 - 10:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
no... you will get penalized ANY TIME you change your houseguests... 35 points for each change... this rewards people who choose good houseguests early and makes people think hard when choosing new people since it can hurt to drop someone who you don't want. Choosing team members is an investment :-). the ONLY time you get free changes to your houseguests are when 1) someone on your team gets eliminated you can replace them for free 2) as there are fewer contestants the team size gets smaller, so when it goes from 4 per team to 3 per team you can remove one person for free.

However, keep in mind that the eviction penalty is -50 points in addition to -5 points for each vote the person receives (and the -15 for nomination, but that comes the week before) and the fact that evictees tend to have negative "7 sins" scores -- if you make wise "substitutions" now they will hurt short term but might pay off long term if you choose wisely.

Look on the "Results" page to see how scoring was done last week... Look on the "Rules" page to see how scoring works in general (but we haven't yet added the way vetos figure in on the rules page (too lazy :-) )... Basically, the veto winner gets +10, if the veto is used the un-nominated person gets +10 and the HoH gets -5)

Theowl

Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 02:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Emjaycue, I hope you're still hanging around this thread. I was wondering if it is just me, or has anyone else mentioned that the "list" on the top left corner covers the first question. It also interferes with anything in the top left corner. Also, I can only see the left half of the "message". I know I have problems here, but I was thinking it's a WebTV thingy. It's like that with the Mole game, too. Can it be fixed? or is it something I have to live with? I hope I explained that OK. If not, let me know. Thanks!!

Emjaycue

Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 02:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Do you mean the little menu thing? What does it do, stay out and cover parts of your screen?

--M

Emjaycue

Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 02:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just a reminder for people that MW:BB will be locking up sometime between 8 and 9 pm EST tonight and won't unlock until sometime Sunday or Monday with a new round. So get your picks in or you will miss your chance for this round :-)

--M

Theowl

Wednesday, July 17, 2002 - 03:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, that was quick!! Yes, the little menu thingy covers the whole left corner. It never moves. On the "picks" page, all I could read was eto. I wasn't sure what it said until I read it here. On the other side, the whole right side of the message is off the page. Get it? I guess it is just me if you haven't heard of it before now.