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TV ClubHouse: ARCHIVES: Big Brother USA 2003 General Discussions Part 1: 8/8 POV/Fomerly Playing GB: Archive through August 05, 2003

Hamsterlady

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oooohhhhh....I'm so excited!!! :)

Please let this be some real excitement and not hype!

Seanflynn2003

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This would explain why US BB4 is on in the UK as well

Maris

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Do they have to get visas? I dont know how easy it is to come to this country anymore. Dont think you can do it on the drop of a dime anymore.

Hamsterlady

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Maris, like they can't take care of that. :) Push some visas through for some multi-million dollar entertainment/media companies. I don't think it would be that hard for them.

Seanflynn2003

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
UK citizens don't need visas normally for tourist visits
This mightcome under heading of work, but presumably BB took care of the details some time ago.

Maris

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Except that Arnie is a <LC>. Last year he probably put all those hgs in his relatives winter homes.

Seanflynn2003

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It would be awfully funny though if they came in under tourist visas but then were seen on the feeds and the INS staged a raid!
Now THAT would make the live feeds fun

Hamsterlady

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just smile Maris! :) Be happy. :) hehehehe

Maris

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rofl, or if they refused to leave and disappeared into LA somewhere, hiding out as bartenders at Bellys. Fast forward a month, Homeland Security Alert for escaped hamsters.

Hamsterlady

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFLMAO @ Maris :)

Seanflynn2003

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
More grist for the mill about why an ex-FBI agent is in the house....

Maris

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
he will be cleaning the pool as they make their escape.

Seanflynn2003

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The clash of accents between the Brits and Nate should be fun

Hamsterlady

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
An overhead shot of the game as Jun & Erika were clearing it and getting ready for next game...

BBUK game

Charvie

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Erika just said they aren't playing GB. So it's a face off between em.

Maris

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
John just told Erika they are not playing BBUK. He told her, you are thinking a little big arent you.

Hamsterlady

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No twist yet again. :(

Wapland

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just visited the UK site. It sure looks like they have much more interesting things for the hgs to keep busy doing. They call them weekly tasks. We definately need to have something like that here. BB1 did I think. John could be a task master....

Seanflynn2003

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Damn they shouldn't have shown the US BB in the UK -- they must have refused to come!

Dan

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You guys are worst than the HGs themselves. You see new twists everywhere. I am sure this is only a new game the people from Endemol intend to market and they put the logo of BBUS and BBUK for marketing purposes. Something like the game played by BBUS and BBUK. It would be nice if some of our British friends could confirm that they played that game in BBUK.

We will most probably see a yard version of this game next Saturday in a Luxury competition were, contrary to the HOH comp. They are not press for time.

Dan

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I see from the capture above that this game requires 9 rows and 9 colomns plus the side tracks. How many squares are there in the yard? 8 by 8 like in a chess board?

Cinder

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is because we WANT a twist. Also, it was fun watching the HG's get excited. Some of this could also go under the "Delusions" threads for both us and the HG's.

Wilsonatmd

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 09:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Actually, this game, Quoridor, has been around for a few years....It won "Game of the Year" in both MENSA and Games Magazine when it first came out in 1997, both pretty prestigious awards when it comes to board games.....

here's some information about it:

http://www.gamereport.com/tgr16/quoridor.html

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/viewitem.php3?gameid=624

http://www.gigamic.com/jeuxanglais/quoridore.htm

http://kumquat.com/cgi-kumquat/funagain/01060?G3dmajAx;;24

Also, this isn't the first game by this company that Arnie has used....This game was used last season for a food competition.

http://www.gigamic.com/jeuxanglais/ballaste.htm

Wendo

Monday, August 04, 2003 - 10:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Wilsonatmd, thanks for posting the info about Quoridor. It looks like such a cool game. I wonder if there's a computer version; or online. Anyway, thanks a bunch.

Tissy

Tuesday, August 05, 2003 - 06:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It would be nice if some of our British friends could confirm that they played that game in BBUK.

No the game wasnt played in the BBUK house.

In fact they didnt have any games given them,
no chess set,no playing cards, no gym equipment
no b/ball.
The UKbb hgs/hms had to create their own entertainment 95% of the time, which was pretty tedious :(
Their weekly task was given to them on a Sunday to practise - and they were tested on Wednesdays.
weekly tasks consisted:
hand bell ringing, keeping a pedaloe at 60rpm constantly from sun - wed, superhero, equestrian - where to had to make their own horses and jump a course set for them, will try and remember more.