Originally Posted by MatthewS (Post 5311314)

They aren't really getting punished though...

If Conor breaks the rules x 1, then hot water gets shut off.
If Deana breaks the rules x 3, then hot water gets shut off.

If anything, BB is protecting the outsiders here, should be a lot worse.

Originally Posted by The Mockinator (Post 5311257)

Wrong as all The Insiders are ahead of her it's just that BB won't punish the bastards at all.

Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 5312259)

But everyone influences noms to some extent, everytime one housemate goes up to another and has a bitch about someone else then that's influencing their perception of that housemate and could alter their decision. The problem is it's a bit of a grey area, if Caroline steps up her bitching about a couple of people in the days leading up to monday is that considered influencing them?

And yeah I am more likely to see it that way being a Conor fan, and obviously the Outsider fans will see it in a different light, I don't see what the big deal is about that

Originally Posted by boomoo (Post 5312596)

Well as a Moderator perhaps you could influence BB. After all the housemates called insiders are playing BB.
Why not have Caroline have some of her convos played back. She starts on a Tuesday and systematically influences the weaker housemates. This might be seen as clever but it had ruined this years BB. No wonder people are switching off in droves.

Originally Posted by MatthewS (Post 5312012)

I'm not talking about what time lines are opened at, I'm referring to putting a housemate up for eviction after voting has already started. Which has happened in the past, but I think isn't something BB will do anymore...

Example: Lauren and Luke A are up for eviction and voting begins. A few days later another housemate breaks the rules. I really think that regardless of the rule breaks Big Brother won't put that other housemate up for eviction, because it creates a legal and accountability issue. Because a) people already spent money voting based on only two nominations, and b) it creates an unfair advantage as two of the nominees will have a few extra days of votes. The only way BB could probably actually get away with it, is if they refunded all the money and cancelled the initial votes, and started again from scratch once the punished housemate went up. Which I doubt they really care to do.

Think about it, we've had a crazy amount of rule breaks this series. Not once has one been put up.

Originally Posted by MatthewS (Post 5311314)

They aren't really getting punished though...

If Conor breaks the rules x 1, then hot water gets shut off.
If Deana breaks the rules x 3, then hot water gets shut off.

If anything, BB is protecting the outsiders here, should be a lot worse.

Originally Posted by Jords (Post 5312251)

Insiders have gotten away with a lot more with all their influencing that has gone unpunished. Obviously their fans will make that its not true but I really dont care about that. I think its a shame the show is losing its integrity.

Originally Posted by Marmalite (Post 5313005)

Let's face it they certainly weren't going to do anything to stop the subtle yet blatently obvious nominations talk this week. They knew exactly who was going up and probably even helped it along by allowing face to face noms to go ahead - BB was listening to all the conversations and knew that most of the HM's would nominate Lauren and Luka A. But they had to make this weeks eviction night an exciting one as they're up against the Olympics opening ceremony and need to compete to get viewers.

Look how much of a stir and publicity it's caused already... and you think Channel 5 were going to give that up?

Originally Posted by sampvt (Post 5313050)

Did I have a longer nap today than usual. ??????