Pot Calling the Kettle Black
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Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Gail | Saturday, February 03, 2001 - 11:34 pm  Yes, the Game 1 players had the same thing done to them. Thank god! It was the only area I enjoyed reading after I left the game. It is the first thing I read each day in the game discussion area. Besides the reading the game players area, the redroom is the best thing and most entertaining part of the game experience. |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, February 03, 2001 - 11:56 pm  That's sad, since you're saying you prefer reading what is fake to what is real. |
Digilady | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 12:30 am  Saying we enjoy a bit of humor with some, erm, otherwise flat stuff is =not= saying we prefer falseness. Does JuJu really drag her tail in? So, we shouldn't enjoy that either. Sawwy! I think the Gator makes the Game that much more enjoyable for most of us. He does it at great personal cost, to boot. Lighten up! (Erm, and when you light up, pass it my way LOLOL) |
Tukuul | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 08:18 am  My tabloids are very much real, thank you very much. LOL!  |
Adven39 | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 08:57 am  Sorry, I'm with OI on this one - mostly. I think the format the interrogator uses is a good one and his asides are funny and don't usually interfere with or manipulate what the BG is saying. The dog jokes in reference to JuJu, for instance, were light-hearted and done in fun. The last few for Ocean, though, struck me as a little condescending, mildly judgemental and vaguely mean-spirited. They also distorted what he was saying and created a negative tone that I don't believe he conveyed in his original e-mail to the interrogator. I would have been inclined to let it go and not make an issue of it, but I respect his stance - particularly in light of the predictable "lighten up" , "get over it", "stop being a baby" posts that invariably follow someone taking exception to something they feel strongly about. |
Digilady | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 09:29 am  Ah Adven, we just don't want this all =taken so seriously=. OI knows what I think of him; in no way does he think I think he's some kind of druggie. Save the shrinkly stuff for them that needs it. This is, after all, a GAME. Folks become very sensitive in that house. They come out, they're inclined to over-react. I'm kinda glad we have OI on this side: been missing his astute observations on the Game. |
Ocean_Islands | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 09:40 am  Thank you, Digilady. It doesn't matter what you think; isn't it about the voters and what they are led to believe? Yes, it is. If you feel my observations are astute, then trust that my first observation is astute: Flint is attempting to influence the vote and compromising its integrity. Yes, it is a game. Games are run by rules. |
Digilady | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 09:52 am  You are welcome to think that, OI. I am also welcome to disagree. Mister Gator actually had =fun= with the Red Rooms. Post after post points out that the Red Rooms are one of the most popular parts of the Game. We won't mention I hadda beg him to do it, as he's in constant pain. Flint could care less about the vote. He doesn't read the board, didn't you know that? Speaking of rules, remember the "Do you have a thick skin yada yada?" |
Juju2bigdog | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 03:19 pm  <Juju2bigdog pops out from behind bush, nips Spam in the tush> Ha! Didn't disappear! |
Spamgirl | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 07:34 pm  OK, OI... you brought it up... everything here is read by the people on the outside, and therefore it all impacts the opinion of the voters... indeed, your own BEHAVIOUR is what impacts the voters most... What about Tukuul's Tabloids? Or Moon's Memoirs? They're both biased in their own ways (somethings more than others) and in that way both do affect voters... indeed, Moon's Memoirs are purported to be "reports and quotes", a recap of the daily happenings in the game, but each memoir is really based on her opinions. Since it's opinion, it's also obviously biased... No one really reads the red rooms thinking "Gee, OI told Gator he's a junkie!" but I'm sure many people read Moon's Memoirs thinking "Boy, I can't believe that!" even if it's an opinion they read and not a quote... So OI, I think you got off easy... and if you're wondering WHY you were voted out, I'd recommend rereading what you posted in the game and in chat in the last few days... it says it all. |
Wink | Sunday, February 04, 2001 - 07:59 pm  The difference between Moon's memoirs and Tuk's tabloids and the Red Rooms are very simple. The memoirs and tabloids are based on actual printed words that were said in the game in full view of all posters and game players. Whether the writers' bias accompany those is irrelevant. We've all seen the "words and actions" they are based on. We can draw our own conclusions. The red rooms on the other hand are private emails sent to admin. We have no idea what was originally said in any of them, how long they were, whether they answered all questions posed or when they were sent. As a poster I have no objections to Gators comments . Those are his. I don't have objections to his descriptions of how someone walked in the room. Those have no impact on how I will vote. What does have an impact on me are what I have to "assume" are the actual words of the BG. If Ocean feels his Red Rooms have been misused in some way then he is surely the one who would know that since he wrote them in the first place. |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, February 05, 2001 - 06:09 am  I have now read my onw red rooms but not others. I only saw one instance of excessive literary license on gator's part. On one of the questions about who I now liked least, I used a little trick I learned from Ronald Reagan, which worked well for him, and which I used to advantage in years of dealing with media inquiries. That is, if you don't want to answer a question, you answer another question, and most likely the questioner will go away, thinking you have answered his question when in fact, you did not. Instead of answering the specific question about who I liked least at that point in time, I said some meandering stuff with Merlin's name in it. I never did answer the question. The red room had gator asking me a question like, "so then it is Merlin?" And then gator, not me, supplied my answer of "yes." Which is not what I meant. I fully intended not to answer the question, and Merlin would not have been my choice of least like people at that time. As long as I can set the record straight, which is what I am doing here, I am not going to condemn gator. He did the best he could with a difficult subject, and by that I mean me. I really did come into the red room snarling sometimes and thought some of the question were somewhat stupid. Not all of the doggie humor was created by gator. I did some myself. |
Twiggyish | Monday, February 05, 2001 - 08:07 am  lol I laughed at the doggie stuff Juju.. It was fun to read. |
Spamgirl | Friday, February 09, 2001 - 11:50 am  Elitist banished in style. As he was throughout the game, Elitist had the decorum and style of a gentleman. Even when he came out and saw the BS some people spewed about him, and learned of the underhanded behaviours that may have conspired against him, he's being calm, cool, and collected. What a guy! Final banishment... but a winner came out instead of a loser this time. |
Wink | Friday, February 09, 2001 - 12:18 pm  Yes calm, cool and collected. A lesson for one and all. |
Tukuul | Friday, February 09, 2001 - 12:58 pm  I sense a bit of sarcasm. |
Spamgirl | Friday, February 09, 2001 - 06:54 pm  Gee, ya think? |
Whit4you | Friday, February 09, 2001 - 07:11 pm  I'm still totally convinced this entire thing is a CASE STUDY. |
Mishamisha | Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 07:05 am  LOL a study in head cases? |
Ocean_Islands | Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 07:17 am  Yes, my laboratory is working on the final publication right now, which will be authored by Jade888. ..... just kidding just kidding hello just kidding! |
Twiggyish | Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 08:48 am  Wow OI, Jade888..lol That is funny. Wasn't she the woman who was claiming to write a book about BB? |
Digilady | Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 09:17 am  ROFLMAO OI! Jade... jeez I had totally forgotten that. Keep an eye on your bookstore, though. In about 6 months I fully expect "The Red Room Expose" by Long Thong Silver. |
Willi | Saturday, February 10, 2001 - 06:10 pm  lol I do remember that Jade888... She was going to write a book about the discussion board during BB if memory serves... (Gulping my Ginko Biloba & Ginseng) |
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