Ocean_Islands | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 04:46 pm  Here is your chance to propose a discussion topic for The Game Players, or TGPs. The administration has shown itself open to influence, so let's think of some good ones! |
Katie | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 04:49 pm  How about discussing the Presidential candidates. Politics always good to get some good discussion going. |
Ocean_Islands | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 04:51 pm  Hmmm. I bet they won't jump on that. But wait -- there are some in The Game that can't keep their mouths shut! They must be dying in there, not knowing what we are talking about . . . and certainly not being able to join in. |
Katie | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 04:54 pm  If they are assigned to that topic they wouldn't have any choice or would lose by default. |
Ocean_Islands | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 05:24 pm  I think they should first discuss why they think they were chosen. |
Ocean_Islands | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 05:35 pm  Actually, I don't care what topic it is. But give them something to do fast, because they're just doing bad "Big Brother House Guest" impressions. And we can't wait for everybody to arrive, either. |
Bunny | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 05:41 pm  OK, well lets get this game on the role and start off with a bang sort of speaking. Lets find out what they are all about. Question for the choosen ones: Do you think orgies are ok, and if so, would you participate in one if given the chance? |
Ocean_Islands | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 05:51 pm  Bun, hon, you've got to avoid topics that have a yes or no answer. I'll rephrase for ya: If you were participating regularly in orgies, and the people at work found out, what would you say to them? Why or why not are orgies acceptable or unacceptable? |
Bunny | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 05:57 pm  Well... maybe they are free spirited. Sounds to me like a couple are already. They are already talking about iols and such, but then again, I would sure not want to have the old man involved. OK, how about consensual foreplay? and whatever, oh, geesh Ocean you just messed up my whole Friday night! My one and only chance to be a voyuer and all. OK, well time for another drink! |
Adven39 | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 06:19 pm  How about quantum physics? |
Digilady | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 06:20 pm  Ask them their most embarrassing moment. Or what drew them into a Reality Game. |
Digilady | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 06:21 pm  LOL Adven... dammit, I think we'd be watching several hours of dead silence! Maybe we should come up with a question which might reveal who they =really= are? |
Host | Friday, October 06, 2000 - 06:30 pm  The first discussion topic has been posted... |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 05:36 am  I think that the first topic was necessary, but on second thought it's not really a discussion topic. There's no opposing sides to this. I also think that topics can run concurrently, and more than one topic per day may be necessary. After all, the game is short; it's not 'live' like the live feeds were. There's not much time actually to get to know who is who and who should be banished. Here's another topic: How can one poster 'trust' another poster they have never met? Why do people go to a bulletin board and reveal their problems and place emotional trust and intimacy in people who are just leaving messages on a board? |
Host | Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 07:47 am  You have some good ideas Ocean - keep them coming... all will be considered. |
Voyeur | Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 08:52 pm  How about: State recognized gay marriages have been in the news lately. Do you think the state should even be regulating marriage? Do you think people should be free to arrange whatever marriages between consenting adults they please, without regard to numbers or genders of those involved? |
Bulltwinkle | Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 09:13 pm  What is your favorite fantasy? If you could redesign the Earth, what new features would you include? Since there are Canadian player as well as American, how about a discussion of Parliment vs Congress? |
Digilady | Saturday, October 07, 2000 - 11:07 pm  Should the govt. restrict the Internet so that children won't see porn, or for any other reasons? |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, October 08, 2000 - 05:32 pm  You are a high school psychology teacher, and your class this fall is with seniors who will graduate the following spring. It's a small school and you only have ten pupils in this class which meets every day at the last period of the day. As part of the psychology class, you've taken the ten students and formed a pseudo "group therapy" for the purposes of learning about psychological principles. You're a bit worried because now that school is in its fourth week, the students have yet to open up and be honest with each other, as you were hoping -- not about their past histories, but about their feelings about each other, in real time. Should you take an active hand in getting them to open up and say what they really feel about each other? Why? If so, how? Or should you stand back, and see what happens -- and that if nothing happens, so be it? Why? |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, October 08, 2000 - 07:53 pm  Here's another topic: Which is a better place to live, on the East Coast or the West Coast? Why? |
Wcv63 | Sunday, October 08, 2000 - 10:05 pm  What's your biggest regret in life? What would you do to change the situation if you could? |
Whit4you | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 02:58 pm  I propose a topic - "What three things have you done/ or would you like to do, that you hope your Momma never finds out about?" Also - for us voyeurs - one challenge should be for them to describe their day in painstaking detail (Winner is the one who left NOTHING out - if you get my meaning ..example color of socks, # of times they went to w/c ..." the stuff we watched on BB. |
Whit4you | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 03:06 pm  Ok a few more ideas .... "Which BB houseguest are you most like and why?" "Tell us 5 truths about YOU and 5 lies" - the other BG's will have to figure out which are truths and lies (they should send the answers to the Host before the challenge starts) I'd guess this one would be best left for the 2nd or 3rd week (after they all get to know one another better) Also would be fun for US to figure out which answers WE think are true false in our own discussions) Another challenge idea I think would be fun is a "internet" treasure hunt. List of say 15 or 25 things they have to find on the net. We could all come up with one of the things. (and a link to the host to confirm that it does actually exsist at least somewhere on the net) An example Someone submits "Bugs Bunny on a tractor" - as one of the treasure to find and sends the host a link to a site with a pic of Bugs bunny on a tractor. (This isn't to say that there aren't many other places with the same treasure that the BG's might use as their own URL, it would just be good to confirm that there is at least ONE example of said treasure before sending them to search for it) I think personally the # of treasures for them to search for should be relative to how hard the admin thinks they will be to find. |
Whit4you | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 03:12 pm  Ok one more before I go.. I'd like each BG to discuss their feelings on the paragraph below (in essay form) Do they agree with it? What obstacles in their own life can they forsee? How might they overcome those obstacles? How do they define success? And so on. "You can become as successful, as the most successful person ever. The only thing holding you back are your obstacles, overcome them." |
Digilady | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:49 pm  You've only known each other a few days, but: who could you see yourself being attracted to, and why? Who do you think you might have problems with, ultimately, and why? |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, October 15, 2000 - 02:10 pm  I really think we need some light-hearted topics. How about: What would you do if you won $500,000 on a game show? |
Digilady | Sunday, October 15, 2000 - 02:40 pm  Make it $5,000,000 (inflation, ya know) |
Guruchaz | Sunday, October 15, 2000 - 03:59 pm  What is the secret of the universe? Discuss. |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, October 15, 2000 - 04:26 pm  Oh, that's too easy: Life's a b!tch, and then you die. |
Digilady | Sunday, October 15, 2000 - 04:46 pm  What's the most upset you've been in the house, and why? |
Wcv63 | Thursday, October 19, 2000 - 03:04 pm  Host, how about a debate? Give them an issue and divide the BeeGees into two camps. Pros and Cons. I think this would generate a lot of heat and would give us outsiders the controversy we crave. |
Digilady | Thursday, October 19, 2000 - 04:39 pm  Debates legality of drugs Dr. Kervorkian - yea or nay? Censor the Internet - yea or nay? |
Wcv63 | Thursday, October 19, 2000 - 04:50 pm  All good ones Digi! ...and don't let the Beegees pick the side of the issue they want to be on. Assign them the pro or con stance. They might have to argue a point diametrically opposed to their personal viewpoints but it will force them all to dig deeper and see another side. |