What A Bunch of Lame Fans!
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Guruchaz | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:30 pm  Where is everyone? Are they off throwing a temper tantrum and boycotting the board just because they didn't make The Game? What a bunch of selfish pu$$ies. How about some interaction on here? |
Chatman | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:36 pm  Weekends are always slow around here. Hang in there... It was a long weekend in Canada and Columbus Day here. Nominations and banishments are coming up this week.  |
Norequerdo | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:39 pm  you also forgot to mention that today is Yom Kippur. And being on the computer is a big no no. |
Guruchaz | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:40 pm  Oh, I'm not going anywhere. I'll support the board. |
Guruchaz | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:41 pm  Noretardo: Not for the whole world. |
Ocean_Islands | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:42 pm  Yea! Where are all tho$e $elfi$h pu$$ie$! |
Guruchaz | Monday, October 09, 2000 - 05:45 pm  LOL! You can always be counted on Ocean Islands. I swear that most of the people who regularly post to this board are all in a huff for not making the cut. I think it's funny. |
Affinity | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 05:24 am  I, and I'm sure other people, don't usually visit the board on the weekends. |
Guruchaz | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 06:53 am  You're kidding? I thought you all lived here. I was wondering why the support was waivering. |
Jenhavins | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 08:23 am  I am here, however, I have started to actually work at my job (which my boss loves). I read the live posts and, as always, enjoy reading the responses. Sometimes, I don't feel like I have much to contribute as far as opinions are concerned, but I do like the rhetorical comments by the great posters!  |
Jana | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 02:19 pm  Let me give you my input here...I did apply for the game, and i did not make it...but that was no biggie (kinda glad cuz it seems time consuming)....here is my take: i got really into it at first, but frankly (and i am just being honest here because i am a what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of person) i just can't keep up! i think you would have to be online about four hours a day to read everything about the game and who is who i don't feel a particular bond towards the characters, some who won't even send in a real picture of themself (looks don't matter, but a cartoon picture etc. doesn't make an impression in my mind) there are too many topics and then people go off-topic. example: after the challenge, people would talk about other things on the challenge thread another example: in the request are..they just go off on their own topics by the time i get one topic read (which often includes a lot of repeated stuff and unimportant posts) there are three more started if it was a simple game, i would keep up and participate, and i really would love to... but it is taking more time than it took me to be involved in BB..and i even read all the live feeds!... i am going to be out of town this weekend and i will miss two days....if you miss two days and come back there is NO WAY you can catch up....and once you are behind, you are behind plus it doesn't even give me time to catch up with the interviews and such of the BB gang maybe it is just me, i'm not saying it is anyone else, but i just can't keep up |
Ocean_Islands | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 02:22 pm  The live feeds should help you to keep up. They need to be a bit more concise instead of play by play. |
Jana | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 02:23 pm  maybe it is just because i am into reality, but not role-playing....i can't get into people "pretend making dinner" etc.... a plain ole contest would be ok, but all of the pretend stuff just gets in the way for me but that is just me....Neil and Lisa have put together a wonderful contest and i am sure many enjoy it...i just don't think i can keep up! |
Guruchaz | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 02:28 pm  That's ok, Jana. Just ask around. You haven't missed much except for a really interesting confrontation on Monday. It started in the Embarrassing Moments posts, went to the Hot Tub area, some in the Kitchen, and then into the Improv. It was mainly between Zeb, Xenia, HiMay, and I think Arreal stuck her nose in it a little. It was hilarious! HiMay made a shit and run. Xenia made a hit and run. Zeb was just a hit. Also, you can also just skim the Live Feeds like a table of contents. That's what I do then I go to the stated rooms where the events happen. |
Jenhavins | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 02:40 pm  I try to go and read the daily discussion topic and all the responses. I read the red room conversations. I read the Challenges and I read the General Discussion area. I also try to keep up with the live feeds. This gives me a general idea of what is going on. However, when you go into the Virtual House, there is too much going on for my little brain to comprehend. I don't check in the boy's room or girl's room anymore (or the kitchen or bathroom). I did the first 2 days, but I was missing out, cause I was having to skip all over the place. I read the Spa yesterday, but don't know if I will go back and peek in or not. I can only keep up with so much, and I do appreciate the Live Feeders (more than words can say). |
Wcv63 | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 02:41 pm  Guruchaz, for some reason every time I see one of your posts I have this urge to disagree with you just to be contrary...even if I happen to agree with you. I will try to resist, as I see you are now on a pacifist path. |
Jana | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 02:48 pm  I also am a little upset at the nasty side that this game is bringing out in some people....i guess maybe some of that occurred on the show...but it is kind of upsetting to me for this reason: Wendy (Xenia) and i were friends before the game started and often emailed each other and i really like her....but she has been a total b1tch during this whole game... she has no feelings for others and is so self-centered that i don't have any desire to talk to her after she gets out of the game and that is sad of course on the other had...i was all about banishing Kearie/Arreal when the game started, but she has done a really good job maybe after we get Xenia out it will be better....also , maybe it will be better when there is less people and so it won't be so hard to keep up with i am just really disappointed with some of the BG's behaviour during the game, they have had a nasty attitude and i assumed that this game was to bring us together as a group. not divide us. also, it makes me mad that some of them like mantastic don't even hardly participate...not just because i wasn't picked, but why should he have such a strong support base just because he is Snave and did good live=feed posts...his effort in this game sukks (maybe i just have pms today folks...it was just building up and i felt like venting...please be more patient with me than Xenia would be) |
Misslibra | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 05:22 pm  I'm here as well, but will have to agree with Jana about the pretending aspects. It's kind of hard to get off into it when you know they are pretending, and role playing. The game concept is great ! I just wish there was a little less role playing. That is a little bit of a turn off for me. But I'm not going anywhere. I will continue read the live feeds, and the challenge discussions. But going from room to room trying to keep up with what everyone is talking about, is a little to much for my brain also, to handle and remember. I also wish there was some way their pictures they submitted were put across the top of the page so we can remember whos who, and give us some kind of visual on them.I keep getting them confused ! |
Whit4you | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 05:44 pm  Do you folks honestly think these people are professional actors hired by Neil??? NOT LOL There's no way a simple group of people - dealing with their own lives + hundreds of posts a day - could work together behind the scenes to get these "situations" happening. I can understand why some people might feel they are "acting" because of the metephors they are using, but the thing you need to understand - or grasp I guess is that these metephors are *real* under the circumstances. When they say things like "I'm going to the living room" or "I'm heading outside" Those might seem like BB lines to you, but to them - they can't "communicate" via the telephone, IM's (instant messages) or whathave you so what they are DOING is saying "I'm leaving this thread, going to the thread called Living room, to see who might be actually on their keyboard, and posting to that area, because I am not enjoying the conversation in this area" See that's what they are saying but they are using metephors, rather then type out that entire paragraph. I wonder sometimes when I see how surreal this is and I hear most others watching - go on about how "Is it all acting" if the reason I really understand this better, is that I've met over 120 of my online friends live, a few who've since died, a few who married friends who I introduced them too online, and so on and so forth? These are REAL people, with REAL feelings, who chose to partake in this Beta test (The Game) not knowing what it would involve. They are trying to play the game, learning as they go, with no clear understanding of what it involves. There emerges a few who try and "take charge" a few who try "not to rock the boat" and many other aspects of each persons personality. They really ARE getting the BB experience - and because I am now a contributor in a way in the "control room" I feel that I truely am as well. This is a game I agree and "just for fun" but feelings WILL get hurt and anyone joining into this thinking otherwise - are about to really learn a few things here. You can NOT play any game that pits player against player, based on WHO they are without feelings getting hurt. The BB players spent 3 months trying to avoid doing that, and the total-and-complete disgust of the American Public because they find people getting along and trying NOT to hurt one another "boring" should show you that. Anyone here who was NOT "popular" at any point in school should know how it feels to be "last one picked" by the captains of the team during P.E. or what-have-you. Watching the interaction there without being able to TALK to any of them - bugs me only because there are some things they REALLY need to think about during this. If any one of them can truely say they were not "against" any of those houseguests - then they are the exception. The rest of them are now getting or will get when they get out - a taste of their own medicine, perhaps understanding how Jordon, or Jamie, or George might be feeling, only Jordon, Jamie and George are feeling this on a NATIONAL level. What comes around - goes around? But anyhow - All I can say is based on what I am reading - these people ARE being "real" based on the circumstances, just as with Survivor the NEXT group (should Neil decide to do this again) will have some advantages that THIS group didn't have. They started without a clue- and are taking it from there - the best way each of them knows how. Watching it grow, and develop. I can imagine, and have alot of empathy for these players - I only hope that they all gain in some way - from this - even if they walk out of their being Disliked (based on OUR perception of them during this game) I hope in their own personal lives they gain *something* and I think if they all think hard they will each have gained something from it. (P.S. - PLEASE I think US chatting WITH them during the 7 pm chat will TOTALLY change the game and I really really think it'd be a bad idea, PLEASE think about that) Whitney |
Guruchaz | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 06:29 pm  By the way, this was just a "shock value" posting. I think it's important to help support the board and The Game even if we didn't get chosen as one of the ten. It seems a lot of regulars are not participating and that's sort of lame. |
Misslibra | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 06:34 pm  Of course we didn't think they were professional actors hired by Neil, which is all the more reason role playing should be out of it. They are not actors, playing a role. They are real people, and should be keeping it real. JMO |
Wcv63 | Tuesday, October 10, 2000 - 09:08 pm  I think what Jana may feeling is the experience of pitting friends against friends. These are not 10 anonymous people introduced to the "fans" at the beginning of the game. They were all integral members of this "community". And preconcieved opinions are bound to exist because how can you separate one experience from the other? Maybe part of what we on the "outside" are experiencing is similar to what the BB HG felt when they had to mark people they had come to know and like for banishment. Even though it was just a game, it still felt personal. And maybe some of that is spilling over because of the pre-existing dynamics going into this game. We as fans pick those whom we (a) feel closest to (b) identify the most as favorites. On the flip side, it's hard to totally change one's point of view. Just like the HG in BB, we are basing our likes and dislikes on "moments" in the game. Douple dipping the chip, making me feel stupid, etc. Anyway, I am fascinated by the interactions and the outside responses. And that feeling of unease, not knowing what's real and what isn't, what's percieved and what's being manipulated is probably just a small taste of what BB really feels like. Anyway, sorry for rambling...I know how some of you despise long posts and I apologize for the tome. |
Lafatme | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 01:33 am  i haven't been posting much because i'm spending way too much time jumping from room to room to try to make sense of the many conversations. i agree that the logistics leave a lot to be desired. maybe one room called "the house" would have been easier to follow. i have the advantage of not knowing most of the people in the game because i seldom read who is posting something just what is posted. i rarely am so impressed with a post, or so angered by it, that i look to see who wrote it. i don't have any strong sense of who to vote out but i'm looking forward to the population there being reduced. it's hard to follow 10 people around all day. anyway, i'm here. |
Flint | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 06:18 am  Some of us are still around, just lurking. Or in my case, due to injury and time constraints not posting as much as we used to. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with not being selected. For my part, it is actually a good thing that I wasn't selected. My arm is still injured, and I recently decided a pinched nerve in my neck would go along well with a crushed nerve in my arm. So I would be spending even less time online. At least less time typing. Add to that an uncle visiting, and an upcoming trip. So my time online is sort of limited. If I were in the game I would feel obliged to be more prolific than I have been in regards to posting. Personally speaking, I say that because it doesn't appear that some of those selected feel the same way, if I were in "The Game" I would feel obliged to be there, posting because I would have made that commitment. Mind you I did get a consolation prize of sorts in the clip art. That is just my attempt at evloking sympathy, err I mean ... My 2 cents. |
Sbw | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 08:18 am  Hmm... this sounds a lot like BB Don't like the fluff stuff (the house), like the discussion topics (when they get intense or confrontational), watch the challenges to see how they do and everyone wonders what the RR stuff really means. I know the house stuff (role playing) I just don't have time for but I enjoy a lot of the discussion and challenges. |
Wcv63 | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 09:54 am  I was a regular during BB but I had an "undesirable address" and therefore was not allowed to join and post. Being from the wrong side of the tracks is a hard thing to swallow. When I saw The Game I sent an email to Admin "begging and pleading" for the opportunity to join in with the discussions. Needless to say, he took pity on me and here I am! I'd rather be on the outside looking in as regards The Game. Being judged is a hard thing to handle. It's not like a sporting event, talent contest etc. You are being judged on YOURSELF, your personality, etc. I don't know if I'm secure enough to handle mass rejection. |
Digilady | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 10:40 am  And some of us are spending ALL our time in the members chat, at 7:00 (I think) Board time. We're a rowdy bunch, be forewarned! Check back on the hour if we're not there. |
Nance | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 11:06 am  I am still here too. Just trying to get a better understanding of The Game, so many rooms, many different topics and 10 people who are aka from here on the this board. Just gets very confusing and hard to keep up with. |
Fruitbat | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 12:16 pm  I stopped by today to check things out and see how they were going. I did not apply to be in the game and I doubt that any, who did, are out there sulking. I was sad when BB ended as I enjoyed the entire experience. The simultaneous truth: I was glad to join my life, already in progress. The game does not call to me. Too much time needed to keep up and I agree with Jana on the pretending aspect. I speak of "cooking dinner" not going from room to room. That is just a way to say, changing threads. It is just not my cup of tea, if you will. No criticism, just stating the facts, for me. I'm glad to see that some are enjoying it. Guruchaz said <<<<<I think its important to help support the board and The Game even if we didn't get chosen as one of the ten. It seems a lot of regulars are not participating and that's sort of lame. >>>>>> Supporting the board and participating in the game are two different things. Not contributing at the BB frenzy, in either, is not lame nor an indication of withdrawal of support. Just an illustration of the changes taking place. I was a regular and still am but things are different since BB has ended and most of us are posting less. That will be in constant flux and flow as Reality TV comes and goes. I think it is safe to say that all regulars love this board and are here checking in on different levels of interest and new time constraints. I'm here and not going anywhere. Something will catch me and pull me in again, and others may drop away for awhile. Just the way things tend to go. Can someone please tell me what the phuck these things are? Tell me or I will withdraw support.  |
Noslonna | Wednesday, October 11, 2000 - 04:52 pm  Fruitbat please don't withdraw your support!
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Katie | Thursday, October 12, 2000 - 06:33 am  I like this one! Go S |
Fruitbat | Thursday, October 12, 2000 - 01:35 pm   |
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