Tibb Does The Apprentice 4. Vote Closed. Loukas wins! x

[Shaun]

just realised I missed a bit of Entry A's critique, have added it on now (it previously ended at "to tie in with the Big Brother theme...")

[Vanessa]

I'm always here. :laugh:

[Loukas]

I'm Here!

[Mitchell]

I don't have a life, I'm here...

[Kate!]

Ok here we are on a new page.....

Candidates!

The poll has closed and winning their first task Victory are Team Elite. Congratulations Elitists. :) I'm sure ShuGrr has something nice in store for you.

So normally :pipe: we'd be revealing the Project Managers choice for the Boardroom right about now.... But wait! I mentioned a TWIST.

Here it is ..

You were all asked to rate your team members before this task ended. Not everyone did so, those who didn't have missed out on their say as I've now verified the results. Points were awarded based on your decisions and now 2 players only (the ones with the lowest scores from each team) will now face Lord ShuGrr in the Boardroom

[Vanessa]

:eek:

[Loukas]

:shocked:

[Mitchell]

Haha it's like Face Off version 1!

[Vanessa]

:joker:

[Pete.]

TiBB Apprentice > TV Apprentice

[Kate!]

Lord ShuGrr I have pmd you :)

[Loukas]

Good Luck everyone!!

[Black Dagger]

Oh bollocks, I knew I shouldn't have just let everybody take over </3

[Kate!]

:laugh: Lucas!

[Vanessa]

Oh bollocks, I knew I shouldn't have just let everybody take over </3

:laugh2:

[Mitchell]

Oh bollocks, I knew I shouldn't have just let everybody take over </3

:joker:

[Kate!]

I'll reveal who will be facing Lord ShuGrr shall I?

He's popped out on business.

[Mitchell]

Yes please.

Is ShuGrrr out with Nick Hewer again?

[Kate!]

From team Elite......

Black Dagger

And

From team Enterprise.....

JackF

[Jake.]

:o

[Vanessa]

:suspect:

[Mitchell]

Good luck boys

[Vanessa]

Good luck.

[Josy]

Good luck you 2

[Kate!]

What's that for Ness :joker: xxxx

[Shaun]

Hi.

[Vanessa]

:douf:

[Josy]

This was my thoughts on the latest task btw

Just a few thoughts

Team Elite.

I think this team worked together a whole lot better this time round apart from one not appearing much at all (yes Lucas again), they were very organised in getting everything done once they had decided what they were aiming for. The Monopoly idea never really grabbed my interest much when I first read what they were planning but after seeing how they redesigned the board, had their own logo and new set of rules and so on I completely changed my mind, all in all I think they done fantastic with this compared to previous tasks and they have designed a game that I would love to take part in.

Team Enterprise.

Worked well coming up with ideas at the beginning of the task then finally decided on a quiz type show that was a little bit of a let down IMO (A quiz on TiBB is not really a new thing tbh) some of the members came across to me as not being 100% happy with what they were doing, One never took part that I could see, I think they have problems in RL though, new ideas were flung around quite late on in the task too. I do love the logo design..that looks really good.

So if I had to make a choice between taking part in either of the games then it would be Team Elite's TiBB-Monopoly

[Kate!]

Thanks Josy

[Drew.]

Cheers Josy

[Mitchell]

Well done Elite, personally I didn't feel it translated onto a forum well, but you won so obviously people disagree :)

[Shaun]

Lucas

You're fired.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JLSgrIxXzbU/UuUs2peLrjI/AAAAAAAAAFM/ALvoLzpYYOY/s1600/rupaul.gif

[Shaun]

Longer explanation: tired of giving out chances to be honest. I said I'd have fired you regardless of the task's outcome, in the boardroom with Kate and Josy. I don't think another player should be sacrificed for your failure to commit.

[Mitchell]

Unlucky Lucas

[Vanessa]

:(

[Jake.]

Unlucky Lucas

[Kate!]

I think there'll be a few shocked faces but hey ho !

Inactivity sadly has to result in firings as the other players apart from this bottom two have all contributed. :(

Jack......I don't know if you'll survive another boardroom if you don't do a little bit, sorry sweetie I know you've got an awful lot on your plate but equally we can't let anyone who puts effort in go over someone who hasn't time to take part.

:love: x

[Kate!]

Farewell Lucas, thank you for agreeing to play, :hug: you've made me laugh as usual.

[Vanessa]

It's very hard to juggle the game with work. Mine is vey demanding, but i do try my best.

[Lewis.]

Elite win, still lose a team member...

http://media0.giphy.com/media/11wsZr0jbXc15m/200.gif

[Vanessa]

Elite win, still lose a team member...

http://media0.giphy.com/media/11wsZr0jbXc15m/200.gif

:tongue:

[Ammi]

..very well done Team Elite..:love:..it's definitely a fun/game that I would want to play, it would be good if someone could actually do it...also Team Enterprise, Face Off looks interesting too but I went for Monopoly because it was something completely different to any game there already is here....



..sorry to see you go, Lucas...

[Kate!]

Vanessa are you off work tomorrow?

[Black Dagger]

Oh well nvm. I understand. You run a flawfree game and sorry I wasn't committed. ,

[Vanessa]

Vanessa are you off work tomorrow?

Yes! http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liqnr3tUu91qiunvpo1_500.gif :amazed:

[Loukas]

Elite win, still lose a team member...

http://media0.giphy.com/media/11wsZr0jbXc15m/200.gif

:laugh2:

[Kate!]

Task 5 : TiBB Is Your Life.

Candidates ..... you must choose a forum member to research and present a Tibb version of 'this is your life' about them. Firstly you must ask their permission to feature them in case they'd rather not. Choose wisely and there's a wealth of information available to you if you pick well and do your research. You may recall a while back I posted a selection of threads about schooldays, childhood photos and memories. This was to get people talking about those topics and hopefully give you some material as a starting point but apart from that you are allowed to approach your chosen person and ask them whatever you need anyway. You may also ask other forum members who have friendships and connections with your subject to submit stuff to be featured, maybe share memories/write a little speech/anything really.... Be imaginative.

Please also design a front cover for a TiBB Is Your Life book and personalise it.

You have 48 hours to submit your finished presentations, the task ends at 9pm on Wednesday. Vanessa and Natalie, you are Project Managers.

[Kate!]

And remember ..... Jake and Jordan are immune from Boardroom selection on this task.*

* participation still expected

[Drew.]

Can we pick someone within the team?

[Vanessa]

That's what i want to know. In that case i don't mind being that person.

[Kate!]

Can we pick someone within the team?

You can pick whoever you like :)

[Vanessa]

:amazed:

[Jake.]

Why are jordan and myself immune Kate?

[Shaun]

because I deemed you the best performers of your teams last time :pipe:

[Jake.]

okay sorry I must have missed, thanks Shaun :)

[Me. I Am Salman]

bit rude

[Mitchell]

Salman, this is your life. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciara)

[Pete.]

Ciara Princess Harris
http://www.breatheheavy.com/exhale/uploads/profile/photo-88081.gif?_r=1375566858

[Jake.]

so is this task done as a team

[Shaun]

From what I can tell, they're individual efforts and the team that produces the best collective of entries wins?

[Benjamin]

Salman, this is your life. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciara)

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[Jake.]

From what I can tell, they're individual efforts and the team that produces the best collective of entries wins?

so why would we need PMs lol

[Kate!]

No it's a team task :D

[Jake.]

right okayyy

[Kate!]

When you've chosen your subject please let me know

[Benjamin]

Subject :laugh:

[Vanessa]

Our lab rat! :joker:

[Kate!]

Person then :D

Is desperate for one team to choose a certain person :laugh:

[Kate!]

Person then :D

Is desperate for one team to choose a certain person :laugh:

[Benjamin]

Is desperate

Really? Could never tell :pipe:

[Jordan.]

Just caught up, ty for the immunity Shaun

http://media0.giphy.com/media/11wsZr0jbXc15m/200.gif

[Kate!]

Really? Could never tell :pipe:

Good job I saw this before I made your final offer in DOND.

Mwahaha.

[Jack.]

Thank you Shaun for not firing me. My mum seems to have improved a lot so I'll be able to put more effort in this task

[Shaun]

Glad to hear that Jack :)

[Kate!]

Announcement.

Candidates .....

Unfortunately Lewis has decided to quit the Apprentice out of the blue due to pressures of Uni.

The game will continue exactly as it is, with 4 on each team as it stands.

[Vanessa]

:(

[Shaun]

That's a big shame. Lewis, I had you pipped as the one to beat. Everyone else still left in the game, it's now all to play for :spin2:

[Jake.]

Announcement.

Candidates .....

Unfortunately Lewis has decided to quit the Apprentice out of the blue due to pressures of Uni.

The game will continue exactly as it is, with 4 on each team as it stands.

Oh :(

[Kate!]

:(

[Kate!]

On This Is Your Life, this is the basic format....

Introduction (on the show they surprise the subject so yours won't have that element)

The show progresses logically from birth through childhood, school years, college/uni/work. Right up to present day. Include prominent life events, special birthdays, pets, friends, achievements..... And so on. Once you reach the time they signed up to tibb, that's when you'd get other members to contribute stuff, talk about the person, share memories, funny stories. Things they've won/achieved on tibb. There are endless possibilities with this task, just interpret it how you think best. You're basically telling their life story in a nutshell and I'd probably base half the entire presentation on their Tibb life and times as this is where you'll get most material.

You can use a soundtrack if you like? Pics/vids/speeches. Entertain us.

Any more questions?

[Natalie.]

Aw that's a shame Lewis :(

[Kate!]

Both teams have now confirmed their 'subject' for the task, so work should be commencing :p

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[Loukas]

:shocked:
Lewis is had you down as the winner man! Sorry to see you go like this!

[Mitchell]

It's a shame Lewis has now left, cos now it's really 2 against 4 XD

[Cherie]

It's a shame Lewis has now left, cos now it's really 2 against 4 XD

No, the whole point of the Apprentice is that you are working for yourself, even if on a losing team, if you put in the effort you won't be fired!


aw Lewis, still at least you got your priorities right :laugh: I did have you down as a winner though.

[Kate!]

That's right Cherie :pipe:

- makes mental note to headhunt Cherie for next time I do this -

[Vanessa]

I thought the deadline was at 9 pm. :suspect:

[Kate!]

It is Ness.

[Kate!]

Candidates......

After this task you will be merged into a team of 7. Please individually and without discussing it with each other send me a suggestion for the new team name. Deadline for this is 7pm. The task itself will end at 9pm. Anyone who doesn't submit a name by 7pm misses out on the chance to win an advantage on the next task.

You have approximately 2 and a half hours. Any questions?

[Mitchell]

Team trap door as you lot are going down

[Kate!]

Still three candidates to submit an entry for the team name challenge?

20 minutes.... Tick tock

[Kate!]

No more entries will now be accepted.

[Vanessa]

Team trap door as you lot are going down

I love that! :joker:

[Jake.]

aw I'm really looking forward to this

[Vanessa]

Good luck everyone! :hugesmile:

[Kate!]

Both teams please post your Tibb is Your Life entries in here at 9pm. Thanks.

[Vanessa]

Candidates......

After this task you will be merged into a team of 7. Please individually and without discussing it with each other send me a suggestion for the new team name. Deadline for this is 7pm. The task itself will end at 9pm. Anyone who doesn't submit a name by 7pm misses out on the chance to win an advantage on the next task.

You have approximately 2 and a half hours. Any questions?

I didn't see this until it was too late. I've been so stressed about the task i missed this post. Oh well. Nevermind. :(

[Kate!]

I posted on everyone's wall Ness, and in the team rooms. Not to worry chick, it's no biggie.

[Vanessa]

How did i miss it? OMG! :bawling:

[Kate!]

Candidates ....

Should team Elite win the task then Vanessa, JackF and Pothuthic will be going to the Boardroom

And if team Enterprise win the task then Natalie, Drew and Loukas will be on the chopping block.

This evening you may, if you wish, present a brief case as to why you should not be fired and who should be? If your team goes to Boardroom you'll get your chance to plead later. Just letting you know in advance.

See you at 9pm

[Vanessa]

No. I leave this decision to Lord Shugrr.

[Cherie]

No. I leave this decision to Lord Shugrr.

Good strategy Ness!

[Vanessa]

I'm enjoying playing this game and i want to stay. But i'm not the kind of person to shaft others just to get ahead.

[Loukas]

Do we present the brief case here or do we PM you Kate?

[Vanessa]

http://logos.textgiraffe.com/logos/logo-name/Benjamin-designstyle-summer-m.png

http://i.imgur.com/LptHoll.jpg
Ben favourite artist : Alanis Morisette

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It's a great pleasure to introduce a great friend of mine. The very hilarious, wonderful person : Benjamin Tristan Foster!

He was born in Croydon from a wealthy family and had quite a good childhood.
But there was sadness as well. He lost his father and two brothers before he was four, saw his mother try to take her life and also saw her beaten by his stepfather and dragged down the road on a car.

At around 11 years of age he learnt to throw himself into reading to escape his life and at 15 he got into poetry.
Ben has very fond memories of his school days.
He went to a Grammar School to start with , then to a normal school, because he moved to Hastings.
He fell into a crowd who smoke, drank and did drugs, so he ended up doing those things as well.
But he always tried to do well at school, because he knew the importance of education.

He was deemed intelligent by his teachers, but easily distracted.
He once made his french teacher cry by taunting her with a toy doll pretending it was a german baby.
He got kicked out of home at 15 and went to Scotland to work with his aunt, then went travelling for a bit.
When he came back he worked three jobs to put himself through college and went to uni in Devon.
He loved his uni days, because it was nice to be down in Dartington, away from city life.
There were a lot of parties outdoor he used to love listening to music by the river.
His course was good. He once reduced his group to tears with one of his performances and it was a great moment for him.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/373_40151896470_5201_n.jpgBen graduation

He went and studied in Portugal for three months and at the time he had a fiance' back in the UK, who he was missing very much.
Ben has also lived in Melbourne, Australia, for six months; there he met other backpackers and had the most amazing time.
One time he made a sheep costume for the nativity play, had too much to drink and woke up on the beach with some penguins.
He also travelled in the Outback of Australia for three months and really enjoyed living immerse in nature.There was a lovely creek with kangaroos and crocodiles.

He also lived in New Zeland for a year, where he got a job in the travel industry.
This gave him the opportunity to travel and do some amazing things for free, like bungee jumping and canyoning.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/528699_10151069319981471_315950867_n.jpgBen doing a bungee jump Auckland, New Zeland.


He really enjoyed living in New Zeland, because everyone was so laid back and he made a lot of friends there.
One night Ben had drank too much and threw his work shoes out of the window (it was on the fifth floor).

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/t1.0-9/76594_453942196470_7169326_n.jpgBen in Darwin, Kakadu, Katherine, Mitchell Falls, Australia.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1/313303_10151386897402982_541918936_n.jpgBen in Auckland, New Zeland

He went and studied in Portugal for three months and at the time he had a fiance' back in the UK, who he was missing very much.
Ben has also lived in Melbourne, Australia, for six months; there he met other backpackers and had the most amazing time.
One time he made a sheep costume for the nativity play, had too much to drink and woke up on the beach with some penguins.
He also travelled in the Outback of Australia for three months and really enjoyed living immerse in nature.There was a lovely creek with kangaroos and crocodiles.

He also lived in New Zeland for a year, where he got a job in the travel industry.
This gave him the opportunity to travel and do some amazing things for free, like bungee jumping and canyoning.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/528699_10151069319981471_315950867_n.jpgBen doing a bungee jump Auckland, New Zeland.

He really enjoyed living in New Zeland, because everyone was so laid back and he made a lot of friends there.
One night Ben had drank too much and threw his work shoes out of the window (it was on the fifth floor).

Ben now works in travel. He enjoys trying to get people to leave their comfort zone and do something new.
It also gives him the opportunity to travel more.
He just got back from Amsterdam and has trips to Denmark and South Africa planned.
He loves pizza and enjoys listening to most kinds of music, especially Ludovico Einaudi and Alanis Morisette.
His favourite movies are Eternal Sunshine of the spotless Mind and Grave Of The Fireflies.

Ben has been a member of the This is Big Brother forum since July 2008, where he has won TiBB Next Top Model 4, Darkwood twice, In Cold Blood, The Mole and The Pub quiz twice.
He has run a few forum design competitions and created many popular games, like Elimination and The Mole.
He also brought back the The Hot Seat, where a member answers questions from other forum members to get to know each other better.
The most popular threads he has created are : The Ambience Lounge, where people can listen to soothing music, the Poetry Hut, a place to post poems members have read or written and The Avatar Graveyard, a galley of old avatars.
He's currently planning to bring to the forum a new game called The Amazing Race, based on a successful tv show.

[Kate!]

It'll be in here Loukas, if your team goes to Boardroom.

[Jake.]

really nice guys :)

[Drew.]

Good job guys :)

[Kate!]

There's more to come ....

[Loukas]

love it guys :thumbs:
Nice work, easy to read and it's really well presented

:)

[Jake.]

There's more to come ....

http://i.imgur.com/lTUVatls.jpg

[Drew.]

I'll wait until they've sent all of theirs until we do ours then

[Drew.]

-assumes thats all-

[Drew.]

Part 1 -

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Zee



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Hello everyone and welcome to TiBB this is your life, we hope you enjoy this. It's about celebrating and learning more about the many great members of thisisbigbrother.com and our first guest is today! You may think you know a lot about the members of the forum that we speak to daily so let's see if you're right? We will be looking at the life (so far) of one of our most loved members! From the highs to the lows of his real and TiBB life. It was hard to pick out of all the interesting members but I'd like to introduce to you Greg , Z, Zee and other names we know him by!

http://i.imgur.com/oVT4laN.png

Little Zee or Greg as we know him was born on the 20th of August 1991, he was his dad's first child and his mum's second. When his younger brother was born a few years later, making it a family of five they moved to a house, which his family still live in to this day. Sometimes primary school wasn't very good to Greg as he was a very nervous and easily upset child but he had his friends. He saw secondary school as a fresh start and loved every bit of it, gaining lots of friends who he still speaks to now!
A proud moment for Greg was getting 5 As on his highers because it meant getting unconditional offers to go to university. The best thing he has achieved in life so far is after finishing 6th year he won a trophy for being a sound sort of bloke.

http://i.imgur.com/SspjjnN.png

There have been some low times in the life of Greg, acne medication affected him quite badly with mood swings and made him feel quite low. Even after he stopped the medication it was still bad for a while.He got in to his first relationship at 19, after spending the summer with him the person went back to their native country, Germany. It didn't end very well as the person in the end, wasn't very nice. It took ages to get over it. He's about to finish his degree at the Uni of Glasgow and is excited about the possibilities of the future and what could happen as he isn't tied down to anything. He has plans to see the world and visit lots of countries! He has done a lot on his short time on earth and we are sure he will do very well in life!

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Zee joined this site on the 19th of June, 2005 because he had a lot of opinions of Makosi that he wanted to share! He googled Big Brother forum and this site popped up, luckily for us he clicked it! The reason he has stuck around this site for years, as he was 13 when he joined was because of the people. He thinks online friendships unique and captivating and finds there are things he can talk about on TiBB that he couldn't with his other friends. From personal problems, jokes, to great music and cool websites.

http://i.imgur.com/bW9zWic.png

His favourite TiBB memories are the ridiculous threads, where there is lots of silliness and nonsense involved that sometime gets him crying with laughter! He loved Jake's thread just recently asking about first date advice and the fact that it turned in to ridiculous suggestions. Also loves the forum games like, Elimination and In Cold Blood but his favourite is the TiBB Eurovision competition because he gets to combine his love of puns with his love of parodies and pop music! - ' Where else but TiBB could I rewrite The Saturdays' hit single What About Us? to be about infamous politicians punishing their respective populations?' He says that he loves doing Most Loved, carrying on from recent members because people have so many nice things to say about everyone and it's nice to read good things about you. Though he admits it can cause a few squabbles! It takes a lot of work to do and to keep up with but he loves it and thinks it's worth it in the end.

http://i.imgur.com/xmHSgl0.png

He has made lots of friends on TiBB. too many to name them all! So he will just limit it and mention one forum member, lily. She has watched him grow up and even though they haven't met yet they are good friends and have been for almost a decade now and have never argued! He hopes to eventually meet her..
He has already met 3 people off TiBB and soon to be 4 as he will be meeting Firewire! The others were GhettoSuperstar, MarkWaldorf and Shaun. He says Shaun was the coolest dude ever but was glad to meet him in person because they'd been best TiBB friends for years!He admittedly said Shaun found it a little awkward because Zee was meeting his actual mates and Shaun had to explain that he wasn't a weirdo because he was from the internet but he loved every second of meeting Shaun.

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This is Greg's final word on TiBB this is your life: I'll draw the line there because I really don't want to start naming more people because then I'll feel like I've missed someone out! But I've known so many of you for years now... and I really do consider so many of you to be friends of mine. I'd happily come visit any of you if we can set aside time and money and make plans, so many of you have changed my life in so many ways. This is a constant in my life when I've lived in different cities, the people on TiBB have always been here for me even when my own friends haven't been, and even though memories fade and little in jokes get forgotten over time, the overall feeling that the community on here is somewhere that I belong to is one of the best feelings in the world, and I couldn't care less about what anybody else thinks of that, I've been here for such a long time that it would be weird if I didn't feel that way!

[Drew.]

Part 2 - A few words from some of Zee's closest friends.

Ammi:

..so I was asked if I could say a few words about Zee in this tribute to his life, which hasn’t been easy just because I don’t really know him that well, other than to chat on the forum. I remember when I first started posting more regularly off season, I didn’t even know there was a moderator called Zee because he was in Germany at the time and didn’t post that often. Anyway, the first few times that I ever interacted with him was when he posted a few real life ‘dilemmas’ from his time in Germany and I remember thinking..poor guy, he finds himself in a few awkward situations but life has a way of balancing out so he’ll have a bit of good luck as well...yeah, Like I say, I didn’t really know much about Zee at the time...

anyway, over the last year or so, he’s become a huge poster on TiBB so like many others I’ve learned a lot more about him and he seems an ok kind of guy, other than the fact that he always excludes me from Most Loved. I don’t really mind that though because I think it’s probably because his quirky username was less relevant than my ellipsis, although obviously he’s changed that now..and I understand that names are obviously a very sensitive topic to him anyway, his parents having named him after Arista’s favourite pasty shop...not really the most glamorous of things.. I’ll always think of him as Zee though, I just think it has a better ring to it than something that rhymes with dead. It was also made famous by the BB housemate Josie Gibson when she used it as the analogy for her basic philosophy in life...something that picks her up whenever she feels down...’whenever I feel down or sorry for myself, I always think of the woman who got her face chewed off by a chimpanzee and realize there are people much worse off than me’...obviously as huge BB fans, we knew exactly who she was talking about even though she tried to guise it in a well-known news story...


..that’s Zee really.... Lemony Snicket's very own serious of unfortunate events....

Livia:

I stumbled across Zee quite by accident, in a thread about vampires. It turned out we shared a love of vampire fiction and although I’d seen him around the forum, we weren’t what you’d call friends before that. I didn’t study literature, and between discussing and recommending stories for me, and showing me a presentation he was working on for Uni (which was brilliant, by the way…) he taught me to look at the stories in a totally different way. It’s not every day you bump into someone on an Internet forum who can teach you something valuable, but Zee definitely did and I’ve treasured that.

Zee’s the unluckiest person I’ve ever met. If it wasn’t for bad luck, he’d have no luck… and yet he’s one of the most positive and upbeat people on the forum. I adore him, and if I could have him stuffed and mounted and sit him on my mantelpiece, I would.

Kate:

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And finally..

Jake:

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Thanks for all your help and for participating Zee, From all of us <3

[Kate!]

I'll give a brief critique of the Enterprise Team performance. Vanessa carried this task. There was minimal input from Poth and JackF and Jordan barely put in an appearance.

The immunities were meant to test integrity. Of the two immune candidates Jake stepped up and fully participated in the task. Jordan didn't. :(

I'll comment on Elite further shortly....

[Jake.]

Jordan not stepping up, what a surprise

http://i.imgur.com/4WIqqFQ.png

[Josy]

Great presentations guys.

I don't think Vanessa was finished posting btw :suspect:

[Shaun]

Hmm. I've made my decision :pipe:

[Kate!]

Vanessa, where's the rest of your teams hun?

[Drew.]

Great presentations guys.

I don't think Vanessa was finished posting btw :suspect:

I had no choice, i waited to as close as the 9pm deadline as i could

[Vanessa]

Ben favourite songs

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Videos Ben posted over the years

DnWr6abMoGM

jSWmGDFP3TA

gEm4i6XxD_4

Speeches from fellow posters

Ammi
..just before he went to NZ, I sent Ben 100 random questions to answer and even though he had been out celebrating/saying goodbye to friends and came home very late, very drunk and probably a bit high, he still replied and answered all of them and a lot of them with serious answers as well...he spent a whole Sunday morning helping me to design my first profile wall and we talked about poetry and writing a lot..he showed me a few lines of a novel he hoped to write while he was travelling, I don’t know if he ever did..but yeah, ain’t no turtle like a ukturtle....

AnnieK
I first became aware of TiBB games by following Ben's Elimination game and thoroughly enjoyed it. I then played the Mole with Ben and he drove me mad in the potato task to the point where I wanted to throttle him- I don't think I've ever encountered someone as competitive as Ben - one of his most endearing and annoying qualities if I'm honest (particularly if you are in a game with him - the boy is ruthless)! His tales of travelling are interesting - even if they do make me a bit jealous.

Joeysteele
Ben has been in the past the traveller of tibb, it has always been interesting and also educational to learn of his travels, where he has been and what he got up to.
His humour is a tonic when he is on form and also it is quite funny when you realise he is getting irritated at something too, the way he races in and can put down in an instant.
An ex mod who was a really good and fair one, in many ways supportive without being intrusive.
He has made me pull back a couple of occasions and with his humour and identifying with how I was likely feeling at the time,defused the situation.
Probaably my favourite reporting from him on his travels was when he was in New Zealand,even though he didn't get round to answering my question I put to him.
He is however one of the good guys.

Niamh
Ben, This is almost your life
http://www.buzzfeed.com/justinabarca...-your-thirties

Cherie
Ben was one of the first people I remember from when I joined TiBB back in 2011. At that time he was known as UKTurtle, I didn't really know what was going on as he was in New Zealand and some people commented on his presence on the forum even though there had been a big leaving party, and he still worked as a mod. It soon emerged Ben's leaving party was the stuff of legends, due to him not doing the one thing most people do when they have a leaving party - leave! Ben , when he is not indulging in knitting potatoes and being a poet (who knew!) does the occasional bit of travelling , and to his credit despite moving around a lot, he always has a job which is no mean feat in the current climate.

At some point over the last three years Ben stepped down as Mod, however he continues to be as annoying as ever He has reinvented himself during that period from UK Turtle, to Ben to his newest reincarnation Benjamin, however changing his name cannot change what he is which is a rather sweet guy (most of the time )!

Congratulations Ben enjoy your evening.

Kate
http://i.imgur.com/oaMXX1p.png


From Saph:
I remember when me and Ben were young spirited kids, running through the tall corn fields on a bright mid-summers day then as we got older we started experimenting with hard drugs, but after my OD we both decided to choose the path of God. We were very devout, Ben even became a Monk for a month or two. Then we decided that the path of God wasn't the right one for us after I went through my lesbian phase with my girlfriend Chaz. Ben was best man/bridesmaid at our wedding, but then my former sisters from the nunnery performed an exorcism to rid me of my homosexual sins and I decided not to pursue with the wedding, Ben was distraught. After that we trained for NASA but got bored so joined tibb and now we worship Orangu

Livia
Ben's man of the world. Everyone on the forum knows that. He's been about a bit, his travels have taken him all over the place. I know he's off to some lovely places this year to celebrate his birthday, so there's something I'd like to give him that he'll always be able to use :

nKeuucjpckA


All he needs now is an Aston Martin, a Walther PPK and he's good to go... Liv x

Pothuthic
"Ben, Ben, Ben! I don't even know where to start with you, you are one of the funniest, most caring and welcoming people I know.
When I revived myself on TiBB last summer, you welcomed me back and helped me in my transition.
When I did coach trip, you helped me a lot and let me into your clique (before we betrayed you, but oh well )
I hope you've enjoyed this presentation as it shows how popular you are and how many people's lives you've made better by just being you,
Thanks for helping us out with this task Big Ben (your pornstar name btw) and I hope you like this
Mitchell (you know I'm serious when I use my real name )

From me, Vanessa
Hi Ben! I just wanted to say it has been a pleasure to do this task. You were the first person i had in mind, because you have such an interesting life.
I love listening to your stories after you come back from one of your trips. Australia and New Zeland look really amazing. Love all the pictures!
Your heart is in the right place and you never fail to make me laugh.
I consider you a good friend and i hope you like our tribute to you. :hug:

[Kate!]

I love these two presentations very much. Well done guys.

:)

[Kate!]

I love these two presentations very much. Well done guys.

:)

Team El

[Vanessa]

I had problems posting. I was getting confused. :bawling:

[Benjamin]

Aww, that was really nice. Thank you guys, was a pleasure to be part of the task and I love the presentation. Good luck Vanessa and co. :love:

[AnnieK]

Well done both teams....:love:

[Jack.]

Ness you did a fantastic job :)

[Vanessa]

I messed up! :bawling:

[Kate!]

Team Elite.

Brief summation.

You demonstrated team work to a high standard on this task. Natalie was a very good project manager.

I'll leave it to Lord ShuGrr to expand on both teams efforts.

[Ammi]

..really well done guys, both of them are excellent..:love:...

[Drew.]

To do all that on your own is impressive Vanessa, good job.

[Ammi]

I messed up! :bawling:

..Vanessa, you didn't at all, you did a great job..:hug:...

[Vanessa]

I'm so useless! :bawling:

[Jake.]

good luck Ness's team..

[Josy]

My thoughts on this task

This ones a really hard decision as to who the best team was during the task, both teams done amazing jobs but Vanessa really stands out as putting in a huge amount of effort from as soon as the task began, both teams picked good forum members that gave them a wealth of information to work with.

Elite I would say worked the best together as a full team, I'm not too keen on the logo this time round, just looks like an altered version of one of the forum theme logos? but I think that was the plan although I do think it would have been better to come up with their own original design. I love the personal touch that was added like the hand written paragraphs and Jakes drawing of Greg and I also like the way it was all presented to the forum

Enterprise hasnt worked great as a team this time round, I know it sometimes can't be helped due to rl commitments and stuff but Vanessa carried this team and I dread to think where they would be without her, but they have come up with a really nicely done presentation, mostly like I mentioned thanks to Vanessa, again I like the personal touch of the handwritten notes and Jack also done a good job on the cover.

Stand out players during this task definitely Vanessa and also think Nat put in a good amount of effort too.

[Benjamin]

V, that was a fantastic effort. The questions you asked me via the social group and PM were perfect. You got the info from me that you needed and collated it all together really smoothly.

[Loukas]

I'm so useless! :bawling:

:shocked:
you are FAR from useless if you done all of that pretty much on your own!!! Well Done Vanessa!! :hug:

[Vanessa]

I was jut getting so confused when i posting the presentation in here. :sad:

[Drew.]

Would agree that Nat was our stand out player too

[Ammi]

I'm so useless! :bawling:


..you're a shining star, Vanessa...

[Benjamin]

I was jut getting so confused when i posting the presentation in here. :sad:

You did well, it wouldn't have fit all in one post anyway because of the word/character limit. :love:

[Kate!]

Ness you did great :hug:

I'm pleased I made you and Nat project Managers for this. You didn't disappoint. Doing it for the girls :love:

Thanks again to Ben and Zee you adorable lil muffins.

[Glenn.]

**** sorry Ness. I meant to do a little something last night.

[Shaun]

I was quite happy to discover that all three of the judges/gamemakers are in agreement about this decision as it's always hard going ahead with a firing when there's so little in it. That said, the team we've decided is "the losing team" had a stand out performer across all players.

Elite

I don't know if it's because Lewis dropped out of the competition, if because Jordan held back (whether out of complacency regarding his immunity, or other commitments), or you just really upped your game, but this time you've surprised us all. Natalie, you did tremendously well as a team leader and were quick to fire off all sorts of questions at Greg. I actually pictured you guys having problems because you were a couple of hours behind in securing Greg to your team than Enterprise were in agreeing to Ben.

I was not impressed with being asked to comment about Greg by two of your team members though :bored: I am your boss and I am not being reeled in to pretending to be nice about that walking STD.

Jake, I thought your drawing was a nice touch and something totally different to what I was expecting from the game. Loukas and Drew, I'm not sure what you two were having a bit of an exchange of words over, I'm just catching up now :laugh: but I think you both contributed well and this was a real team effort.

Enterprise
If only Vanessa had someone to work with!

I'm quite looking forward to this boardroom to be honest :hugesmile:

The problem I had with your entry is that it read more like a file-a-fax (or whatever those bloody things were called) about Ben rather than something that would be presented to an audience about him. It was very well researched though and I really must commend Vanessa for grilling him like a bit of halloumi.

Vanessa, I'm pleased to say you're the star performer of this task.

But - as all three of us said - the winning team is Elite

[Vanessa]

I'm the star performer? :amazed:

[Jake.]

aw yay, commiserations Ness :)

[Drew.]

Good stuff team, and unlucky Vanessa, you did a really good job.

[Vanessa]

:amazed:

[Loukas]

Well Deserved Vanessa :thumbs:

[Benjamin]

Well done Vanessa, I agree somebody from your team needs to be fired though.

[Vanessa]

I really tried my best. I wanted to make something nice for Ben.

[Benjamin]

I really tried my best. I wanted to make something nice for Ben.

It really was lovely. Thank you so much. :love:

[Vanessa]

It really was lovely. Thank you so much. :love:

:hugesmile: Glad you like it!

[Jack.]

Well done for Ness for the SP :)

[Vanessa]

I never thought i would get it! :D

[Kate!]

Kudos Team Elite. Impressive work.

Ness, you deserve star performer fully.

Great stuff.

[Vanessa]

I should have posted the entries earlier. I didn't think i would have so much trouble copying things. :umm2:

[Kate!]

Pothuthic can't be here for the Boardroom, sends his apologies.

[Vanessa]

I think some people are at work.

[Shaun]

So, since Jordan. luckily has immunity the final three facing me in the boardroom shall be project manager Vanessa, and her two remaining team members JackF and Pothuthic.

Well I can quickly do away with some pointless tension and say that Vanessa...

http://allaboutjohnmcblain.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/that-bitch-turned-it-out.gif?w=560

Go back to the house you sexy thang.

[Kate!]

Looking hot tonight ShuPaul. :lovedup:

[Vanessa]

Thanks. Lord Shugrr! :hugesmile:

[Shaun]

JackF. I was pleased to see you contribute towards the beginning of this challenge and mock up a very nice-looking book cover. It was a nice relief after saving you against Lucas (who had been contributing, however minimally), but after that... well, Vanessa dominated the task. To be fair to you both, her performance would have made most of the Elite team's work look sub-par, but I think I have the right bottom two in front of me.

Pothuthic, you were alarmingly absent most of the time I tried to go through the team rooms (and it was made all the trickier for both teams to find contribution on account of Ben and Z being absolute motormouths...

[Benjamin]

:idc:

[Vanessa]

:laugh:

[Shaun]

But ultimately my decision came down to this: who's been a consistently good performer, and has a "star performer" title under their belt and probably just had an off-task this time, and who is someone still to find their bearings in this competition?

Therefore, this decision was quite easy in the end, and that decision is...

JackF

http://allaboutjohnmcblain.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/mf-olympics.gif

and right now, you're in the amateur leagues. I'm sorry, my dear, but you're fired. Mitchell, I hope to see a return to form in the next task.

[Vanessa]

:(

[Jake.]

Bad luck Jack!

[Kate!]

Jack, thank you for taking part in Tibb Apprentice :hug:

Congratulations final 7.

I need Natalie online for the next bit. (Prays)

:laugh:

[Jack.]

Thanks for the opportunity :) I expected to go :)

[Vanessa]

Thanks for the opportunity :) I expected to go :)

:hug:

[Benjamin]

gEm4i6XxD_4

ha2

[Vanessa]

:hugesmile:

[Kate!]

Ben :hugesmile:

[Vanessa]

The Mole sounds really tough as a game. :eek:

[Shaun]

BTW Kate...

http://i.imgur.com/E2C9GvO.png

don't say I never treat you...

[Vanessa]

:amazed:

[Jake.]

what happens now

[Kate!]

BTW Kate...

http://i.imgur.com/E2C9GvO.png

don't say I never treat you...

:worship:

[Kate!]

what happens now

Next task is ready to go. Just need Natalie.

It'll be a two day task.

[Vanessa]

Are the task individual ones from now on?

[Kate!]

No Ness.

[Drew.]

Not sure if Nat will be around tonight, Can't remember what times she said

[Vanessa]

No Ness.

So it's just me and Mitch? :suspect:

[Kate!]

Candidates.....

Congratulations Jake, Jordan, Drew, Vanessa, Natalie, Loukas and Pothuthic. You are the final 7 and teams Elite and Enterprise are no more. (I'll open the social groups after the game so you can have a nosy at each other's 'stuff')

Earlier this evening you had the opportunity to submit potential new team names. You are now merged into one team.

The new team name is.....

Team Grandeur

And the creator of Team Grandeur is

Natalie

[Jake.]

Great name!!

[Vanessa]

:amazed:

[Natalie.]

Well done Vanessa you did really well!

[Drew.]

Well done Nat :)

[Vanessa]

Well done Vanessa you did really well!

Thanks! :hugesmile:

[Kate!]

Team Grandeur. You will work together in this thread from now on.

I need a quick decision from Nat once I've explained the task, if she doesn't mind waiting a few minutes :)

[Kate!]

Task 6 : Pitch Perfect

You must work together in small sub teams, two teams of two people and one team of three people. Each sub team has to create a Pitch to present to a group of 'investors' (forum members) for a new feature to replace the defunct Music Box in the Fun and Games part of the forum. At 8pm on Friday when the task closes, Pitches will be presented and the 'investors' will each vote for the idea they like best. Whichever group wins this task moves automatically on to the next stage. The remaining 4 or 5 Candidates will ALL face the Boardroom. D:

I'll be recruiting for 'investors' and will need people who are willing and able to be online Friday evening from 8 to 9pm approx? If you want to be involved pm me. I'll also be asking people, feel free to tell me to bugger off, I'll still love you :laugh:

Natalie...... You here?

[Vanessa]

Does it have to be a music feature or can it be something else?

[Natalie.]

I'm here Kate!

[Kate!]

Does it have to be a music feature or can it be something else?

Anything at all you think is suitable for the Fun and Games section.

[Drew.]

Sounds good (nervous about these pairings though)

[Kate!]

I'm here Kate!

Natalie, as winner of the Name The Team challenge, you win the advantage of being in a team of three. Please give the names of the two candidates you'd like to work with on this task. Choose wisely.

[Vanessa]

:amazed:

[Natalie.]

Do I say in here KatE?

[Kate!]

Yes please Nat

[Natalie.]

Jake and Drew please

[Jake.]

The dream team

http://i.imgur.com/4WIqqFQ.png

[Kate!]

:laugh: I didn't really need a crystal ball for that :grin2:

Natalie, Jake and Drew you are the 3 person team.

I'll just go into conference room B and let you know the other pairings ASAP.....,

[Drew.]

Exxxcellent

[Kate!]

Jordan and Loukas

Vanessa and Pothuthic

You are the two player teams

The task starts whenever you are ready.

As we will need to see you at work, please could each team set up a private social group to brainstorm in and invite myself, Shaun and Josy.

The tasks ends at 8pm on Friday when you will present your pitches to the 'investors'.

[Vanessa]

OMG! YESSSSSSSSSSSS! :dance::dance::dance:

[Vanessa]

Oh, ok. I'll try.

[Drew.]

How do i invite people to these social groups

[Drew.]

Nvm, got it

[Kate!]

Vanessa, do you want me to set up your social group?

[Vanessa]

Vanessa, do you want me to set up your social group?

I created the group, but i don't know how to send invites. :bawling:

[Shaun]

Bottom of the page there should be the text "manage/pending members" or something like that, click that and type our usernames in

[Vanessa]

Thanks, Shaun. I've done it! :amazed:

[Vanessa]

My group name! :joker:

[Kate!]

Great stuff Ness :)

Now, Mitch has family commitments tonight but he said he'll be around tomorrow so have a rest, it's a two day task so you don't need to rush. Or put some ideas down. Up to you Ness.

Good luck teams.

[Vanessa]

Great stuff Ness :)

Now, Mitch has family commitments tonight but he said he'll be around tomorrow so have a rest, it's a two day task so you don't need to rush. Or put some ideas down. Up to you Ness.

Good luck teams.

Ok. Thanks, Kate. :)

[Kate!]

Secured 3 'judges' for the Pitch task.

I've asked loads of forum members so come on people, help out. Judging is fun :D

[Vanessa]

Secured 3 'judges' for the Pitch task.

I've asked loads of forum members so come on people, help out. Judging is fun :D

How many do you need? :hugesmile:

[Kate!]

How many do you need? :hugesmile:

Doesn't matter. A few or loads. However many we end up with is fine. They'll all be voting.

[Vanessa]

Doesn't matter. A few or loads. However many we end up with is fine. They'll all be voting.

Yeah, i agree. :hugesmile:

[Z]

Sorry I'm late! I just want to say thank you so much to the wonderful Team Elite for asking me to take part, I was really honoured that they asked me and I'm so pleased that you guys won! Part 2 really made me smile, thank you to all of the beautiful people who wrote nice things about me, you're all brilliant :D XXXXXXXX

[Jake.]

:love:

[Kate!]

A lovely 'crew' of 8 investors assembled.

Also for clarification, as always please read the task description carefully.... It's a pitch not a finished product/presentation that you're meant to be producing. Like giving a 'Talk' to the investors and selling your idea(s) There are plenty apprentice eps when they've done pitches for reference.

[T*]

btw kate...

http://i.imgur.com/e2c9gvo.png

don't say i never treat you...

you terk ma jerb!

[Jordan.]

I haven't even been invited to my own social group

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr01/17/3/grid-cell-24742-1384677362-11.jpg

[Loukas]

I haven't even been invited to my own social group

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr01/17/3/grid-cell-24742-1384677362-11.jpg

i'm new to making groups, i thought i invited you.
calm down :laugh:

[Loukas]

i did invite you :laugh:
http://i60.tinypic.com/2qwdm36.png

[Jordan.]

I haven't had a notification for it :huh:

[Loukas]

ill try again lol

[Mitchell]

Dunno what's happened there

[Black Dagger]

You've not put the . in his name Loukas, that's why :laugh:

[Jordan.]

Someone trying to sabotage http://i.imgur.com/i2BFVD2.png

[Jordan.]

You've not put the . in his name Loukas, that's why :laugh:

okay maybe not

[Loukas]

ahhhhhhhh Thanks Lucas LOL
Sorry Jordan :laugh:

[Jake.]

I haven't even been invited to my own social group

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2013-11/enhanced/webdr01/17/3/grid-cell-24742-1384677362-11.jpg

after your last 'effort' I'm hardly suprised http://i.imgur.com/LaaPE6ws.jpg

[Kate!]

I did that as well Loukas when I set up the original social groups, put the wrong Jordan in. Easy done.

[Loukas]

i'm chuffed with what me and Jordan have done! Roll on tonight!!
https://31.media.tumblr.com/260de74729475dce1ec30461800bf627/tumblr_n2ghchC89S1rsqppao1_400.gif

[Kate!]

if at least one person from each subteam could try and be online for 8 that'd be good, but if you can't then it's fine, no worries.

[Loukas]

Kate can you forward the PM i sent you back to me please? :)

[Kate!]

Yes Loukas, it'll be with you shortly. Are you able to post your own pitch then? :)

[T*]

What time is this at because I'm having tea rn :D

[Pete.]

rocks up like http://exhalecdn.breatheheavy.com/public/style_emoticons/default/xf3.gif

[Kate!]

CANDIDATES........

At 8pm the Investors will arrive and the pitches can begin.

Here is the evenings schedule.

8pm Loukas and Jordan's Pitch
Investors discuss among themselves, give their opinions and ask any questions they have.

8.20pm Drew Natalie and Jake's Pitch
Investor discussion as above.......

8.40pm Pothuthic and Vanessa's Pitch
Investor discussion as above......

9pm - 9.30pm Investors have 30 minutes to pm me with their votes. They should award 5 points to the pitch they like best, 3 points to their second choice and just 1 point to the weakest pitch. All these results will be posted in this thread at around 9.45pm.

The winning pair/or trio will automatically progress to the next stage, the other candidates will all go to the Boardroom to face Lord ShuGrr. One of them will be fired.

See you at 8 Investors and Candidates.

Please note. Only votes received by 9.30pm from investors will count. Thank you.

[Kate!]

Could Investors please arrive just before 8pm.

Fancy outfits are optional. Thank you.

:love:

[Shaun]

http://img.pandawhale.com/47777-Rupaul-gif-I-cant-wait-to-see-czuJ.gif

[Benjamin]

-arrives punctually-

http://www.visualphotos.com/photo/1x7793281/businessman_on_mobile_sitting_in_the_back_seat_of_ a_limousine_096MPO02420.jpg

[Mitchell]

Good luck guys

[Livia]

I have arrived... with a briefcase full of cash to invest.

[Vanessa]

Good luck everyone! :blush: