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Captain.Remy 16-09-2010 07:43 AM

Favourite runner-up ?
 
Out of the 12 runners-up, which one is your favourite/deserved to win the most, and please explain why. :hugesmile:

lostalex 16-09-2010 09:02 AM

Danielle without any question. Danielle was absolutely brilliant from start to finish, and also hilarious and likable. She definitely should have won.

Danielle was brilliant.

Marc 16-09-2010 02:44 PM

Daniele.

Dunno how Dick won!

Captain.Remy 16-09-2010 03:23 PM

Daniele / Memphis / Lane.

But I voted for Lane. Great guy, he deserved to win.

Macie Lightfoot 16-09-2010 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain.Remy (Post 3793937)
But I voted for Lane. Great guy, he deserved to win.

:joker::joker::joker::joker::joker:

Raph 17-09-2010 05:12 AM

Memphis!

Callum 19-09-2010 02:04 AM

Daniele. She definitely should have won over Dick.

Raph 19-09-2010 08:45 AM

I did vote Memphis, but looking back upon it, I did really like Lane; was a good guy!

lostalex 20-09-2010 11:12 AM

I meant Danielle from BB3, not the anorexic blonde bimbo from bb8.

smartalec2718 20-09-2010 12:35 PM

I voted Alison. Everyone always throws Danielle a pity party for a bitter jury, but I think Alison got stiffed for the exact same reason. She played a better game, competition-wise and socially, from back to front. She stabbed the right people in the back at the right time and managed to make it to the F2 never having been nominated ONCE. Her only vote came from Nathan. Dana, Justin, Erika, and Robert (not so sure about Jack and Jee) were definitely bitter about things Alison did to them that were just good gameplay (Alison avoided getting evicted by Dana then evicted her the next week, she lied to Justin and got him to look bad in front of the house, she singlehandedly evicted Erika at F4 after winning the last veto, and singlehandedly evicted Robert at F3 after winning the last HOH).

lostalex 20-09-2010 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by smartalec2718 (Post 3801558)
I voted Alison. Everyone always throws Danielle a pity party for a bitter jury, but I think Alison got stiffed for the exact same reason. She played a better game, competition-wise and socially, from back to front. She stabbed the right people in the back at the right time and managed to make it to the F2 never having been nominated ONCE. Her only vote came from Nathan. Dana, Justin, Erika, and Robert (not so sure about Jack and Jee) were definitely bitter about things Alison did to them that were just good gameplay (Alison avoided getting evicted by Dana then evicted her the next week, she lied to Justin and got him to look bad in front of the house, she singlehandedly evicted Erika at F4 after winning the last veto, and singlehandedly evicted Robert at F3 after winning the last HOH).

i'm sorry, but i disagree. Jun played a much SMARTER game than Alison, and she didn't have to be a slut to get to the F2. Jun definitely deserved that win IMHO. Both Jun and Alison played nasty and ruthless, but imo, Jun was far more dignified and more intelligent in her gameplay.

Jun was a very deserving winner.

Macie Lightfoot 20-09-2010 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by smartalec2718 (Post 3801558)
I voted Alison. Everyone always throws Danielle a pity party for a bitter jury, but I think Alison got stiffed for the exact same reason. She played a better game, competition-wise and socially, from back to front. She stabbed the right people in the back at the right time and managed to make it to the F2 never having been nominated ONCE. Her only vote came from Nathan. Dana, Justin, Erika, and Robert (not so sure about Jack and Jee) were definitely bitter about things Alison did to them that were just good gameplay (Alison avoided getting evicted by Dana then evicted her the next week, she lied to Justin and got him to look bad in front of the house, she singlehandedly evicted Erika at F4 after winning the last veto, and singlehandedly evicted Robert at F3 after winning the last HOH).

:joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker: Sorry but Alison's social game was horrendous, don't try to fool anyone. She's really the Russell Hantz of Big Brother, just without the self-entitlement and disrespect for the game. She'll get to the end all the time, but will never win a Jury vote. And you can't use the bitter Jury argument because every Jury is bitter, that's just the reality of life. Nobody's going to vote 100% unbiased, because everyone's biased, it's human nature. People just use the bitter Jury argument to make their favorite runner-ups look like they were robbed, when in reality they weren't.

smartalec2718 21-09-2010 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by troynuncdicit (Post 3803057)
:joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker: Sorry but Alison's social game was horrendous, don't try to fool anyone. She's really the Russell Hantz of Big Brother, just without the self-entitlement and disrespect for the game. She'll get to the end all the time, but will never win a Jury vote. And you can't use the bitter Jury argument because every Jury is bitter, that's just the reality of life. Nobody's going to vote 100% unbiased, because everyone's biased, it's human nature. People just use the bitter Jury argument to make their favorite runner-ups look like they were robbed, when in reality they weren't.

Ummm...no.

Jun and Alison both played smart. The difference was that Jun played nice-smart and Alison played slutty-smart. They had equally effective but very different social games. Just because she acted like a ho doesn't mean she didn't play a shrewd and effective social game. Sure, she got in spats with people, but those were unrelated to strategy and were more based on personal reasons.

And I CAN use the bitter jury argument, as a matter of fact. Here's a couple of case studies that prove not all juries are bitter:

1) BB2. Will was the villain of that season - he was undoubtedly the mastermind behind eviction after eviction and he made it to the end by ruthlessly lying and backstabbing. He did much more to inspire ire that Nicole did, yet the jury recognized his gameplay was bulletproof and they rewarded him for it.
2) BB7. Chilltown screwed over literally every member of the jury (Marcellas, Howie, James, Danielle, George, and Janelle) that wasn't Will, and yet even those who were so angry at their evictions at the hands of Chilltown (Howie, James, and Danielle especially) were able to put their feelings aside and vote to reward Mike's role as a member of Chilltown over Erika's nicey-nicey floating strategy.
3) BB10. Think about Dan's relationships with various members of the jury - I'm thinking especially of April, Michelle, Ollie, and Jerry. He either had major fallouts or was responsible for the evictions of each of them, and they all said some awful things about him. But in the end Dan won with a 7-0 vote because EVERYONE on that jury saw that Dan had played a flawless game.

There you go. Not all juries are bitter, so thank you very much, I CAN use the bitter jury argument for BB's 3 and 4.

Macie Lightfoot 21-09-2010 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by smartalec2718 (Post 3803194)
Ummm...no.

Jun and Alison both played smart. The difference was that Jun played nice-smart and Alison played slutty-smart. They had equally effective but very different social games. Just because she acted like a ho doesn't mean she didn't play a shrewd and effective social game. Sure, she got in spats with people, but those were unrelated to strategy and were more based on personal reasons.

And I CAN use the bitter jury argument, as a matter of fact. Here's a couple of case studies that prove not all juries are bitter:

1) BB2. Will was the villain of that season - he was undoubtedly the mastermind behind eviction after eviction and he made it to the end by ruthlessly lying and backstabbing. He did much more to inspire ire that Nicole did, yet the jury recognized his gameplay was bulletproof and they rewarded him for it.
2) BB7. Chilltown screwed over literally every member of the jury (Marcellas, Howie, James, Danielle, George, and Janelle) that wasn't Will, and yet even those who were so angry at their evictions at the hands of Chilltown (Howie, James, and Danielle especially) were able to put their feelings aside and vote to reward Mike's role as a member of Chilltown over Erika's nicey-nicey floating strategy.
3) BB10. Think about Dan's relationships with various members of the jury - I'm thinking especially of April, Michelle, Ollie, and Jerry. He either had major fallouts or was responsible for the evictions of each of them, and they all said some awful things about him. But in the end Dan won with a 7-0 vote because EVERYONE on that jury saw that Dan had played a flawless game.

There you go. Not all juries are bitter, so thank you very much, I CAN use the bitter jury argument for BB's 3 and 4.

Clearly you need to rewatch because Jun was from far nice-smart. In fact, she won because she was up against Alison and Alison was hated more than her. Alison's poor social game garnered her one Jury vote. One out of seven. That pretty much means that she played an ineffective social game, or at least less effective than Jun's, which is what matters when she's against her. And you're last sentence is ridiculous, because personal reasons effect Jury votes and make Alison less likable, so of course the Jury won't vote for her. They might not have been related to Alison's strategy, but they certainly effected her game whether you want to admit it or not.

1) The BB2 Jury was bitter against Nicole, so they voted for Will. That's a major reason why Will got the votes.
2) The BB7 Jury didn't like Erika because she was fake, so they voted for Mike.
3) Renny and Keesha were bitter in the BB10 Jury, Dan got their votes.

You can't use bitter Juries as an argument for robbed winners. If you make it to the end and you get the most votes, you deserve to win, you DID win. Every single Juror has voted, at least partially, based on their own personal emotions, that's just human nature. You can't get around that no matter what, it's how people operate. A good winner can play to the emotions of the Jury and foresee who will be angry about being evicted and who will be a good sport and know how to deal with them individually. What you're doing is saying that the BB3 and BB4 Juries were "bitter" because you're upset Danielle and Alison didn't win. In that case, then the BB2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 Juries were bitter as well and Nicole, Cowboy, Ivette, Erika, Daniele, Ryan, Memphis, Natalie, and Lane were all robbed too right?

smartalec2718 21-09-2010 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by troynuncdicit (Post 3803285)
Clearly you need to rewatch because Jun was from far nice-smart. In fact, she won because she was up against Alison and Alison was hated more than her. Alison's poor social game garnered her one Jury vote. One out of seven. That pretty much means that she played an ineffective social game, or at least less effective than Jun's, which is what matters when she's against her. And you're last sentence is ridiculous, because personal reasons effect Jury votes and make Alison less likable, so of course the Jury won't vote for her. They might not have been related to Alison's strategy, but they certainly effected her game whether you want to admit it or not.

1) The BB2 Jury was bitter against Nicole, so they voted for Will. That's a major reason why Will got the votes.
2) The BB7 Jury didn't like Erika because she was fake, so they voted for Mike.
3) Renny and Keesha were bitter in the BB10 Jury, Dan got their votes.


You can't use bitter Juries as an argument for robbed winners. If you make it to the end and you get the most votes, you deserve to win, you DID win. Every single Juror has voted, at least partially, based on their own personal emotions, that's just human nature. You can't get around that no matter what, it's how people operate. A good winner can play to the emotions of the Jury and foresee who will be angry about being evicted and who will be a good sport and know how to deal with them individually. What you're doing is saying that the BB3 and BB4 Juries were "bitter" because you're upset Danielle and Alison didn't win. In that case, then the BB2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 Juries were bitter as well and Nicole, Cowboy, Ivette, Erika, Daniele, Ryan, Memphis, Natalie, and Lane were all robbed too right?

I'm going to respond to the parts of your argument that actually make sense, and are relevant.

1) Please explain exactly how and why the BB2 jury was more angry at Nicole than Will, because I definitely don't agree with that assessment.
2) The BB7 jury "not liking Erika" was not because she was fake, it was because she floated. She didn't do anything wrong to anyone, but she never made any big game moves. Mike did, and though that resulted in several evictions, jurors were able to put aside their anger at Chilltown and vote for Mike, who was the deserving winner, though they could have had every right to vote for Erika out of bitterness because they were angry at being played by Chilltown.
3) In BB10, Renny and Keesha may very well have been bitter towards Memphis, but that doesn't change the fact that the jury as a whole put aside its dislike for Dan as a person (and I'm really just talking about April, Michelle, Ollie, and Jerry) and chose to reward him for his gameplay, which was strategically sound but responsible for quite a few evictions. So this argument doesn't make sense.
4) While I understand and see why you believe that if you did win, you deserve to win, you can't honestly think that Lisa played a better game end-to-end than Danielle did. She was nice, and didn't piss anyone off. Those were the only things she did better than Danielle. Besides, the show's producers agree with the bitter jury argument, and how do we know this? Because they created the jury concept the very next season!
5) You seem to be saying that a good player will foresee the emotions other HG's will experience upon eviction and will know how to play off those emotions to come out looking good in that HG's eyes. While that holds true for some winners (Dan especially), neither Lisa nor Jun was strong in that regard - it definitely doesn't hold true universally for all winners.
6) I'm not upset that Alison and Danielle didn't win, but I believe they should have won because I believe they had better gameplay than their F2 opponents.
7) And finally, you're putting words in my mouth. I never said anything about any of the other juries being bitter, and I don't believe that any one of the runner-ups you mentioned was "robbed." I think Ryan would have been a more deserving winner than Adam in BB9, and I think Daniele and Dick were equally deserving of the win in BB8, but for the most part I think juries have been pretty good about awarding the top prize to the right person over the years.

So yeah, there's no need to be all condescending and 100% positive that your viewpoint is the one and only correct one. Nor is there any need for you to invent pieces of my argument and then put words in my mouth.

Gemmachi 21-09-2010 08:36 PM

Kent/Krista/Monica were all extremely bitter at Nicole because she backstabbed them. They never really had deals with Will so they didn't feel betrayed by him. I always say the BB2 jury was bitter against Nicole but no one ever agrees with me. Which surprises me, because if you rewatch it it's clear after all their evictions that those three would have voted for Charles Manson to win before they ever voted for Nicole.

Macie Lightfoot 21-09-2010 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by smartalec2718 (Post 3803456)
I'm going to respond to the parts of your argument that actually make sense, and are relevant.

1) Please explain exactly how and why the BB2 jury was more angry at Nicole than Will, because I definitely don't agree with that assessment.
2) The BB7 jury "not liking Erika" was not because she was fake, it was because she floated. She didn't do anything wrong to anyone, but she never made any big game moves. Mike did, and though that resulted in several evictions, jurors were able to put aside their anger at Chilltown and vote for Mike, who was the deserving winner, though they could have had every right to vote for Erika out of bitterness because they were angry at being played by Chilltown.
3) In BB10, Renny and Keesha may very well have been bitter towards Memphis, but that doesn't change the fact that the jury as a whole put aside its dislike for Dan as a person (and I'm really just talking about April, Michelle, Ollie, and Jerry) and chose to reward him for his gameplay, which was strategically sound but responsible for quite a few evictions. So this argument doesn't make sense.
4) While I understand and see why you believe that if you did win, you deserve to win, you can't honestly think that Lisa played a better game end-to-end than Danielle did. She was nice, and didn't piss anyone off. Those were the only things she did better than Danielle. Besides, the show's producers agree with the bitter jury argument, and how do we know this? Because they created the jury concept the very next season!
5) You seem to be saying that a good player will foresee the emotions other HG's will experience upon eviction and will know how to play off those emotions to come out looking good in that HG's eyes. While that holds true for some winners (Dan especially), neither Lisa nor Jun was strong in that regard - it definitely doesn't hold true universally for all winners.
6) I'm not upset that Alison and Danielle didn't win, but I believe they should have won because I believe they had better gameplay than their F2 opponents.
7) And finally, you're putting words in my mouth. I never said anything about any of the other juries being bitter, and I don't believe that any one of the runner-ups you mentioned was "robbed." I think Ryan would have been a more deserving winner than Adam in BB9, and I think Daniele and Dick were equally deserving of the win in BB8, but for the most part I think juries have been pretty good about awarding the top prize to the right person over the years.

So yeah, there's no need to be all condescending and 100% positive that your viewpoint is the one and only correct one. Nor is there any need for you to invent pieces of my argument and then put words in my mouth.

No, what you're doing is responding to the parts of my argument that you think you can fight against, and then just ignoring the points that you know are right, not the ones that don't make sense or are irrelevant.

1) How and why? Because Nicole pretended to be nice to all of them and then backstabbed them. If you don't agree with that assessment, you need to rewatch BB2 because Will's a charmer and Nicole's a snake. Nobody likes a snake, especially when they're up against someone who can charm their way out of almost any situation. Emotions matter.
2) Janelle doesn't like women and Howie and James just never really liked her. The only people who actually liked Erika were Danielle and Marcellas, and then Erika backstabbed Danielle. Who was Erika's one vote? Marcellas. Once again, emotions matter.
3) Jerry didn't dislike Dan as a person, he voted Dan because he was kind and said good morning to him everyday, alongside with the fact that he argued with Memphis all the time. Dan, like Will, is very charismatic and can talk his way out of just about any situation possible. He played to the Jury's emotions, and that's why he won. Yet again, emotions do matter.
4) Danielle was a better strategist but knowing that the Jury would watch the show, she should've monitored her DR sessions more than she did. No, the producers don't agree with the bitter Jury argument. If they agreed with it, then they'd get rid of the Jury all together. BB3 is a big anomaly because the Jurors weren't sequestered. If they were, Danielle would've won because of her social game. Fourth time, emotions matter.
5) Once again, BB3's an anomaly because Danielle would've won with a sequestered Jury. And Jun wanted to go the end with Alison because she knew Alison was hated more than she was, and was pretty much the only person she could win in the finale against. I think that's pretty good foresight. I'm not even saying that it holds universally true, so stop putting words in my mouth. All I'm saying is that if you can read emotions, you have a much better chance to win. That's pretty much a fact.
6) Alison and Danielle were good strategists and are masters at getting to the end. Once again, Danielle's case is an anomaly. Alison lost fairly because the Jury loathed her. Emotions matter in Big Brother, that's a fact. Jun understood this, and clearly you don't. Emotions are the main reason that a Jury votes for someone, so in that sense, every Jury is "bitter" and when people are pissed off that the so called "better player" lost, they just throw it on the Jury's bitterness, when it's just the loser's inability to read emotions.
7) No, I'm not putting words into your mouth because I'm not saying that you said that. I'm just illustrating my point, because every single Jury has voted based off emotions. Every single Jury will vote based off emotions. That's how it works. This is why you can't say that someone lost because of a bitter Jury. It's not the Jury's fault that they lost, they lost in their own right since they couldn't see the emotional side to the game. The bitter Jury argument is absolutely ridiculous and invalid.

I'm not being condescending about my viewpoint, I'm just giving you a much-needed education on how Big Brother works. I didn't invent any pieces of your argument, I just read your posts and pointed out your ignorance towards the game.

smartalec2718 23-09-2010 03:45 AM

My ignorance as perceived by you, I think you mean.

And I find it ironic that you claim you're not being condescending and then go on to say "I'm just giving you a much-needed education on how Big Brother works." Seems pretty pedantic and condescending to me.

I've seen every episode of every Big Brother season, including BB1. I consider myself very knowledgeable about the game, and it's clear we simply have different ways of interpreting what we see happen in the game. I respect your opinion and I'm not interested in continuing this argument/conversation/discussion/debate/whatever any further because it's clear neither of us are going to convince the other of anything.

reece(: 19-12-2010 05:23 PM

the runner ups are usually ****

but ryan should of won bb9 and daniele was better than the cretin of dick

LemonJam 20-12-2010 05:33 PM

As a character I LOVED Ivette, but Maggie was more deserving of the win.

IMO, Danielle, Daniele, Ryan and Natalie were the only ones robbed. Alisons social game was probably the most horrific there has been.

Jords 20-12-2010 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by CranberryJam (Post 4008647)
As a character I LOVED Ivette, but Maggie was more deserving of the win.

IMO, Danielle, Daniele, Ryan and Natalie were the only ones robbed. Alisons social game was probably the most horrific there has been.

Not Lane?

LemonJam 20-12-2010 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Elf Ears (Post 4008649)
Not Lane?

The only move he made was a sub-alliance with Britney, out of that final 2 Hayden definatley deserved to win. I was shocked that he got any votes for doing sweet **** all.

Jords 20-12-2010 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by CranberryJam (Post 4008669)
The only move he made was a sub-alliance with Britney, out of that final 2 Hayden definatley deserved to win. I was shocked that he got any votes for doing sweet **** all.

Oh sorry I thought you were a fan. :p

LemonJam 20-12-2010 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Elf Ears (Post 4008678)
Oh sorry I thought you were a fan. :p

Sorry :p As a character he was definatley one of the best of the season, but Ivette >

Braden 20-12-2010 06:59 PM

OMG. I thought I was the only Ivette fan on the forum!

Tell me you hate Kaysar too. :love:


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