Game twist ideas for BB4...
MoveCloseDeleteAdmin

TV ClubHouse: Archives: Big Brother 4 General Discussion Archives through July 28: Game twist ideas for BB4...
 SubtopicMsgs  Last Updated
Archive through May 28, 2003 25   05/28 12:30pm
Archive through June 04, 2003 25   06/04 02:17pm

Lurknomore

Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 11:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm gonna assume the Nicole thing is a joke...but here's a twist idea that I would like to see. How about NO OUTSIDE CONTACT like they keep alleging.

Over the years we've had Survivors in there, we've had Sheryl Crowe, Will Mega massaging, we've had Banners (I like em shoot me lol), tennis balls, our beloved Miss Megaphone (ok loved her too) and lots more...BUT if the alleged premise of the show is NO outside contact than that's what it should be.

And I think they have WAY too much contact with the production team. Even though Arnie cuts to the blasted FOTH now whenever they start talking we've all heard them casually refer to different people all on a first name basis. Certainly for TV prep they need contact, but DR entries seem to have been pushed in certain directions, info seems to have been given them and so on. Instead of Big Brother constantly chatting with them how about a BB message chute where they get incoming directives..no tone, no personal chat etc.

OH and one more idea. If they do that stupid bring a HG back idea, how about letting America vote on THAT...let it be by popular choice NOT HG choice to bring back someone they already voted out. If they had something like that for BB2 we might have seen Sheryl at the end not Nicole!

Wilsonatmd

Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 09:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How about this....a no vote competition. Everyone execpt the HOH plays, the winner can choose someone who won't be able to vote that week. You could twist that with a double vote competition...winner gets to pick someone who's vote will count double.

And how about "intuders", like what have been done in other countries, people who come in later in the game, instead of having people who are voted out come back, once they eliminate 4 people, 3 new "intruders" come in. Instead of HOH nomming people to evict that week, HOH picks one of the three to keep in the house, the other HG's vote on one of the remaining two to evict. That means instead of 10 votes at the end, there are 13 votes....so there would be no chance of a tie at the end.

Bastable

Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 10:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am still in love with the idea that says the person who doesn't get voted out becomes HoH the next week. That could lead to some brutal political rumbles. (Although it also threatens to make politics very predictable.) Who had that idea originally? It's gorgeous.

Peepinagain

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 07:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I had the idea! For me it would definately test loyalities. You would definately have to trust you wouldn't be the one voted out. You would also have the ones who would never want to be nominated because they wouldn't want to be on the block, which in turn would make them look manipulating.

Lurknomore

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 12:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think someone should print this thread out and send it to CBS and Arnie's production office. I'm really not kidding. I would include the inquiry that if true fans and students of this game can come up with such interesting twists and creative ways to make the game both more interesting and generate more money for CBS, then we would respectfully suggest they evaluate and consider them.

PR woman in me comes out...it would be a GREAT twist for CBS to publize the use of fan input and interaction. They could get some great coverage in a tight reality market for it.

TVCH powers that be...have any interest in doing this?

Whoami

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 01:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lurk, you could always send it in yourself you know!

Lurknomore

Friday, June 06, 2003 - 02:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah...but thought since our gracious hosts here have invested so much making this wonderful forum they might want to do it. Seems more their place than mine...not that I'd mind. I could send it on my letterhead (not your average fanmail...coming from Pres of a PR agency). But seriously I thought perhaps it should come from the TVCH since this is their forum...even though they've always made it our home (which is why I LOVE this place!).

C1mag

Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 01:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Let America do the nominating of two hg's each week and then make the house decide who gets the boot based on Americas nominations.

The position of HOH would DEFINITELY be faught over instead of avoided because HOH could not be nominated by the public. This would really bring a new edge to the game. We'd see two things going on in front of us. A lot of sucking up to the cameras so that they don't get nominated by the viewers and yet still a lot of whispering and alliances forming in the event someones bud gets nominated so they can save one another. The viewer would get to see it all. Just how much would they work the viewers to avoid being nominated and just how much lying would go on between themselves in order to avoid being voted out by the other hg's in the event that America has nominated them? They'd be exhausted with all the headgames they'd have to come up with.

The power of veto could work well also but could be much more of a curse if the person using it messes with Americas nomination. America may not like that person changing the nominees and America might decide to nominate that person next time around if they didn't get HOH.

To me this is like merging bb1 with seasons 2 and 3. They'd be on their toes for sure. The only glitch would be to make sure there was a control on the voting procedure so that no one could load the votes durring nomination. Internet polling for an hour or two with cookie control could work.

C1mag

Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 01:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I read on here someone didn't like the idea of strategy talking. That is the best part of the whole thing. I live for those moments. Thats when you get to see just how devious these people are. Thats the whole point of this thing. It's a game! I would give back the feeds real fast if all I heard was just daily ramblings from someone locked up in a house. The best example of that type of boring crap is Jamie from season one. All she did was walk around the house wearing a ton of makeup flipping her hair and avoiding any conversation that might challenge her to reveal too much about herself. I wanna see who wants it the most and what they will do to get it. I was a big time fan of Dani's last year just for the fact she was constantly playing the game out. Didn't always like her approach but loved her game face. Couldn't stand Roddy and how he messed with all their minds but he is another that made the whole thing worth watching. Making Amy feel guilty for not saving him in the end was a brilliant week of mind games and strategy talk. Lisa on the other hand was boring as hell. Every time I saw her and Eric laying in bed ( she was in bed for at least the first month) I turned that feed off fast. Thats what you would have if there was no strategy talk. I could care less who is hooking up. Can you imagine a whole house of Gerrys just rambling on about nothing for a couple of months or a whole house filled full of Chiaras talking sleaze 24/7? That is a big YAWN to me. Give me someone like Dani freaking about the money and the vote. Constantly over strategizing. Give me someone like Roddy that I can hate for his mind control in order to have the others hand him the money. Now that is what I'm watching for.

Starfire

Wednesday, June 11, 2003 - 06:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree C1mag. It would be alot more interesting. Give me game players.

Lurknomore

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 07:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Did you all see the ad after The Amazing Race where they said there will be a "scandalous TWIST."

LOL maybe Arnie or his flunkies have been reading us. We'll see. Of course if they came up with it on their own this huge twist might be Bologna sandwichs replacing PB&J hehehehe.

The commercial was cute they way they used scandalous from last year. For those that missed it they only showed characters from the past (not BB1 of course because to Arnie that never existed SIGH), not any new faces. Ok I have to go pray for some interesting people now at the thought :)