How did you find TVCH (Big Brother Fan Club) - and any USA today readers here?
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How did you find TVCH (Big Brother Fan Club) - and any USA today readers here?
Katbee | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 07:33 pm     That's probably how I found it too, Jhonise. I honestly don't remember. It seems like I've been here all my life (at least as a lurker). I've talked more this year than I ever have. I guess it takes a few years for the shyness to wear off. Anyways, I'll probably be here for awhile longer. I'm rambling (still shaken up from Jee's ceremony). I'm gonna shut up now. |
Tobor7 | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 08:30 pm     Found TVCH during BB1. (A google search I think.) Been here ever since. I think I was just a lurker for the first 2 years. |
Amari | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 08:55 pm     I got hooked on BB1 and in my lust to find even more info, I went to an alt.tv big brother discussion board. Oh, I was so innocent. I posted a few nice comments about Cassandra and was immediately hit with a stream of "n" lover responses (even some to my e-mail). Well, I immediately stopped posting but continued to read occasionally. Someone there posted a link to BBFan Club and I fell in love. Lurked for quite a well, then came out of the closet. The whole experience here has been great and I so appreciate all the interesting and intelligent members and especially appreciate the moderators for keeping it all civil. TVCH rules! |
Daisy | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 09:18 pm     I too am an AAADDist (thank you Foliage) and found this site through a poster who caught my post wherein I said I didn't like that site and was aching for a better one to view BB1 (or BB2). I then was referred here and have been here ever since. I will stay here even if I boycott CBS for their handling and scheduling...or rather lack of it just to read your wonderful posts. |
Spwisc | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 09:22 pm     I didn't find this site until BB3 and only lurked until this season. Love the LF posters and their hard work and like reading other peoples thoughts on BB |
Aus10 | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 09:50 pm     I found this site during BB1. I remember the Curtisism's thread, the angels, the will George bolt thread. Funny thing, I rarely posted....but then again I still post in small doses compared to others here I'm getting more brave as the time goes, perhaps by BB8 I'll be a more prolific poster. Prolific in no way assumes that my posts will be more intelligent, humorous, or containing any more content just full of more BS in greater quantities.. |
Jane_Bond | Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 10:59 pm     I came here during BB1 (when a bunch of us at my work watched compulsively! Was that why I was laid off?) and had a different nick, tho I can't for the life of me remember it. I can't remember the referer, though. Probably a link at a fan site or a google result. |
Kimmo | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 12:28 am     I found the Clubhouse during BB2...I was totally obsessed then! I think I either linked to it from RealityTVFans, or my sister told me about it....That would have been from Googling for BB2 live feeds. |
Mzcruella | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 02:33 pm     I came to TVCH during BB1 from a link on the AOL BB boards. I never went back to AOL's BB boards after finding this one! |
Jan | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 03:18 pm     I came near the beginning of BB1 pre Bomis...and I think I found it on a search engine but I also suffer from OFD (old fart's disease) ...My memory is shot so I don't really remember. Year 1 (and maybe year 2?) I posted as Jasper but someone else has that username now so I came back as Jan. Year 1, I visited all kinds of BB sites but I found this to be best by far..so now I pretty much stick to this site. It is so well moderated and the other posters are great. |
Beruthiel | Wednesday, August 06, 2003 - 03:35 pm     I also found this site during BBOne, after doing a search. I went to some of the sites that came up and some of them were so disgusting, both in their gross crudity and vicious bias, that I nearly gave up. I found Joker's site then, and that wasn't so bad, but once I found the Clubhouse, that was it, I stopped looking, and never go anywhere else, except occasionally to the CBS site, or Joker's, when I can't find out some info that I'm looking for here. I'm a big fan of the club's rules and the moderators, not to mention the members! If it wasn't for the Clubhouse, I'd have been only a viewer of the show, and would have known nothing of depth! |
Jan | Sunday, August 10, 2003 - 10:40 am     bump because it is just about to fall off the bottom |
Onlyhuman | Sunday, August 10, 2003 - 11:16 am     Back during BB1, I was flipping through the channels and I happened to stop on Jordan's reaction to her first nomination. It caught my attention, but I didn't understand what was going on, so I went online to find out more about these people. I first found the "Survivor Sucks" board and was appalled at the venom in the posts. Someone posted a link to this board (in its first incarnation) making fun of the posters here because they actually liked the show and the people. I found the posters here to be interesting and thoughtful, so I stayed around. The one thing I found difficult to do was break into the "cliques" here on board. I found that I had an amazing talent for bringing a thread to a screeching halt just by posting in it. After some reactions to some opinions I offered, I retreated mainly into lurk mode. I was determined NOT to watch BB2, but the posters here drew me back in, so I ordered the feeds. I was one of the few that tried to defend Will and Chilltown, and boy did I get roasted for it. I became a much more prolific poster and managed to make a few friends along the way. After 9/11, the bond was even more heartfelt, as we came together as a group, putting aside all of our petty arguments regarding the HGs and supporting each other. I will never forget the posts asking for information on those we knew were on the East Coast, trying to determine if all of our family was still intact. I've continued to follow BB mainly because of this board and the wonderful posters. I even love how creative people can get in expressing their boredom with the show. Everyone gets something different out of BB, but it's great to have a place to come where you will be able to find a kindred spirit to laugh, cheer, debate, commiserate, celebrate and complain. Chances are, if you are feeling or thinking something, at least one other person is as well! |
Costacat | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 07:27 am     Bellinis! (And a triple one for Onlyhuman!!!) |
Bonnyswan | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 07:38 am     As embarrassing as this is to admit, I came across this site because I thought David was wicked cute and was looking for his fan sites ...the one I was on shot me here...and Im SO glad it did... |
Marameko | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 08:37 am     I found this site 2 years ago July during BB II via a search for more info on the show. Having the feed summaries makes such a difference. I visit more often during BB, but I do return if only read up on other shows. Part of my am routine is to purchase USA Today which I sometimes do not read until I get home in the PM. I am a news junkie, CNN, 60 Minutes, so reading the paper is somethng I enjoy doing. |
Mummy | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 09:04 am     I was sent to this site by a chatter while watching live feeds during BB2. Now I send other chatters here. I posted a couple time back during BB2, but then just watched. |
Frogichik | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 11:43 am     I found the BBFC early on during BB1, but truly I don't remember how I found it. I want to say there were links to BB fansites on the Big Brother Website itself. |
Laisey | Monday, August 11, 2003 - 12:05 pm     I think I did a search on Yahoo at the beginning of BB1 and lurked through that season. When BB2 started and we had to pay for feeds, I decided to register and voice my opinion on that. The next thing I knew my first and only (up to that time) post was quoted on an internet news site. I was really embarassed that a newbie was quoted, but I guess it went to my head, because I haven't shut up since. |
Timewaster | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 03:26 pm     I found this site the other day, after reading commentary and recaps on sirlinksalot, and running across one of Bunny's articles. As a member of another site that has heavy traffic flow, but limited amounts of opinionated posters; this happy place is like a treasure trove. I don't know how I overlooked it, but I am happy to have found it now; particularly seeing as you do not isolate yourselves to discussing one show only. |
Halfunit | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 03:36 pm     Timewaster - #1 - Welcome!!! #2 - If it's opinions you want, make sure you check out the News & Views section. At the top of this page, click on Topics, and then on News & Views. We are opinionated, but we play fair. Enjoy your stay ! |
Theowl | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 03:37 pm     Welcome TimeWaster!! You found us just in time!! We really are the BEST site around, and we are here all year 'round with ALL the reality shows. If you need any help navigating the board, just ask. Everyone here will pull their eye teeth out to help you. Well, maybe not, but we do have fun here, just ENJOY!!  |
Ryn | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 03:42 pm     Well crud - I think the "history of TVCH" was somehow archived - I was just going to point people to that for my story..... Some of you have been here longer than me I am sure, not by much, but I know it was right around when mega was evicted that I found the original site. Then I posted so much neil asked me to help, and the first "mod" was created - lol. Bomis is the 3rd "host" and a free one at that (Bomis is a board member and a BB fan). Anyways - welcome to the new faces, I read all the posts and most of you already know my story I'm sure |
Zachsmom | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 03:51 pm     But do we know the REAL story Ryn? Or are you stickin to the one you told? Welcome to the de-lurkers! |
Ryn | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:43 pm     A fellow mod helped me find it - so here it is from the October 2002 Archives.... Re-posting this for the newer folks wandering in, I originally posted this in April (edited & updated it a bit): The original board was located here: http://boards.eesite.com/board.cgi?boardset=enbcom (the link will just take you to an error though eesite still exists). That board was fine when it was small, Neil had about 5 topics it seems and they were each a "thread" - one thread was something like "News" where Neil asked folks to post whats happening NOW - when I happened across the site there might be one or two posts a day in that area, then others started posting more and more updates (myself included). Problem was after like 20 posts, the thread would die (crash) and another would have to be started. Neil (and Lisa I assume) were the only ones with any moderating ability. I basically hung out in what had slowly become the "Live Feeds" area and would try to keep the things runing smoothly. One day Neil asked me to drop him an e-mail and suddenly I found myself the 1st "Moderator" - soon after a couple others Joined the ranks including Gail (who works a MILLION times harder than me on the board). I stuck with the live feeds for the most part and let the other mods keep the rest of the board in order. Then we hit a wall, the original site had some limit - maybe 1000 posts, then it would start dumping the old ones (which is why we lost the 1st few weeks of the original BB from the archives). Neil went off and coughed up some $$ for a hosted site, and got the new software as well (the software used for the BBoard). I think we lasted a week on the "new" hosted site and they basically told Neil they were shutting him down, just WAY too much traffic. Along came Jim from "Bomis," a member of BBFC who volunteered to host BBFC. And its where we have been ever since. Now, the Live feeds....... What more to say about those? They were not the only ones during BB I - but of course I think they were the best. Jokers site was probably the 1st, or at least the most detailed early on, of course the format was/is completely different from BBFC. I was one of the main live feed posters at the beginning, much to the detriment of my "real life" lol. Those of you only here for the end of BB I or just BB II might think I didn't post much on the live feeds but trust me I did. There were times in the beginning when I was the only poster and would go for 3 or 4 hours straight, and thats when we had the "Quad Cam" - not just 2 basic feeds. Being as I was sorta "in charge" of that area I guess I kinda shaped the way it developed, we adopted "BB Time" as the standard time (it just kinda happened I think), and Neil eventually got the whole board to reflect BB time (it used to show his local time). The majority of the posters at the time really wanted to be accurate, and keep personal opinions out of the live feeds as much as possible and for the most part we succeded. Some folks did leave the site because they didn't like the way the live feeds was run, sux to lose good posters, really does. But those things happen and you will never please everyone all of the time. BB II was pretty much like BB I, except people were ready and the posting was hot and heavy from the get go! I posted very very little in the live feeds this past BB, but mainly because we had so many great posters, and my duties of moderating and keeping things organized were much more involved. (adding a bit more now) Thus BB III came upon us and the posting was again fast and furious, alas the old server we were on at Bomis started giving us fits and for a few weeks it was going down every other day. Once again Jim (and Jason!) at Bomis to the rescue and they moved us to a new server the 1st week of August. Unlucky for us the move also came at the same time as the changing of the set up, we moved from http://www.bomis.com/tvclubhouse/ to http://tvclubhouse.bomis.com/ seems minor but it gave us (and a lot of you) fits because, as it turns out, an OLD provider of Bomis still listed itself as the system to contact for Bomis urls and it did not update itself. So many proplr from AOL and RoadRunner (and a few others) had nightmares reaching the site. Thankfully Jason finally got ahold of the old provider (thanks to all the faithful members helping him troubleshoot it) and FINALLY everyone could again reach the site (remember - this was posted in late 2002) We are in the last few weeks of BB III, membership is again over 3000, and with the ratings of BB this year I am sure there will be a BB IV - until then hang out with everyone and discuss all the other Reality shows of just life in general BTW, the other moderators work a ton harder than me, and I am proud to have worked with every one of them past & present. This board is what it is because of everyone involved. |
Ryn | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:44 pm     yikes - maybe thats a bit much to take in in one post... |
Zachsmom | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:52 pm     Thanks for posting that Ryn! Gosh..that brings back soooo many (good) memories! It's why I love this site..we have grown sooooo much! Not just as a board (software/hardware wise) but as a community! Again...thanks! |
Zachsmom | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 07:53 pm     and thanks Jim & Jason @ Bomis!! |
Halfunit | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 08:17 pm     I LOVE BOMIS ! But I have to wonder if Jim and Jason still post here under different names?? |
Ryn | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 11:31 pm     Jason hasn't ever posted here I don't think - he was the technical person that was so helpful when we changed the domain name. I honestly must say that I think Jim is not posting - I don't know if he ever did - I think he was just a big time lurker |
Cute1073 | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 12:16 am     great stories! I found this site during BB2 after I read on some site that 'one' of the houseguests had been kicked out (Justin and the knife incident). I just had to know what had happened and searched the web and somehow ended up here! I was amazed that I could read all day long what was going on plus i caught a glimpse of a screen cap of the Justin krista incident. After lurking for a season I just knew I needed the feeds for BB3 and even started posting! And the rest is history, cause here I still am |
Hoosiergirl | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 06:51 am     Guess I'm the newbie on the block. I was directed here from the USA Today blurb (is that right? I'm a info junkie, so it could have been from elsewhere). I had been visiting televisionwithoutpity.com, but they are limited in the shows they recap. Since I found you guys, I'm on here all the time, taking part in the discussions of all my favorites. I only wish I had found you sooner. Most of my friends severely lack an interest in the study/observation of human nature and I had no one to discuss/debate my love/hate relationship with reality shows. I'm so glad I landed here. I have watched BB since the beginning and always wondered what went on in the house that we didn't get to see. Now I'm totally addicted to the LF summaries. On the flip side, I was naive and a tad disillusioned to find out that the producers manipulate the HGs via the DR. Although it has dampened my enthusiasm a bit, I'm still a fan. I've enjoyed the insightful, intelligent posts I have come across here and hope to become part of the family and be around for a long time. |
Beetwine | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 07:30 am     My sister, who lurks while she does her laundry, told me about this site. I love sifting threw the live transcripts! |
Pghparrothead | Friday, August 15, 2003 - 07:34 am     I have been here since BB1. I think I found the link on the CBS site? I really don't remember, but I have been back every year, mostly lurking but sometimes joining in. The first year I didn't have a computer at home so I would print the whole day's Live Feeds (when my boss wasn't looking) and take them all home. My family thought I was nuts and it didn't do much for the enviroment considering how much paper I went through but I became hooked. Every morning during the BB season I am here to find out what happened the night before. I leave work at 4:30 ET and that is just when they are getting out of bed. I finally signed up for the live feeds this year since we have DSL at home and the kids and my boyfriend took the computer up to our summer home so I am AGAIN just reading what is going on. Thanks to all you live feed posters! Don't know what I would do without you. |
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