[Jamesy]

One thing that has always baffled me about the UK version of Big Brother is the term "Game Player". In most cases it means someone who is lying and being fake to win the show/get to the final. Although this year the term has been used to describe housemates who are quite the opposite, Chris being the main example and Ashleigh shortly behind that. Both have generally be nice people and not done anything to harm others or viewers.

"Game Player" doesn't seem to have a direct definition for BBUK, people who are nice get accused of it, people who are horrible get accused of it. Generally it's only referred to in a negative context. BOTS is just as bad adding onto the negative context of "game player" we already see on the main show.

I just don't get it. Why is being a game player so bad? Isn't the whole point of a show like Big Brother you "playing a game" in order to get through each week?

I know the UK version doesn't quite play out as a 'game', like BBUS does for example. Although it's a term that has been used so much for BB14 and BB15 that you wonder whether the show would benefit from evolving to a kind of format like that (not talking in the literal sense here of copycatting the US format). Instead of "game player" seemingly being a cop-out argument against a housemate you/someone else doesn't like.

Thoughts?