[Liberty4eva]

Originally Posted by RST3K

At this point Janelle-wannabes like Rachel who go all-out every HoH at the start of the game are downright bad players.

Just look at the history of the game. No winner has won more than one HoH comp in the first half. Hayden won four last season but only the first (week one) didn't come late in the game. Drew in BB5 was similar with an early HoH pre-jury and the rest happening down the stretch. That bit of information is a striking argument for throwing HoH comps early on. I mean, we've already seen it work. Dan and Boogie both threw comps for the first half of the game and then turned it on in the second.

Winning multiple Head of Households and being responsible for sending people packing is begging for the target to be placed on your back. When you do it near the end of the game you have a shorter run where you may be required to win Veto to stay alive. When you do it at the very start of the game however, you're making yourself run a near-impossible gauntlet to the end. Rachel was stupid last season for never comprehending that (along with the fact that showmance = instant target), and as much as I like him, Matt was a dummy as well. He carried The Brigade and without his wins things may have fallen apart much earlier, but in the end all he did was make it easier for the alliance to squeeze him out and the house as a whole to target him.


And +1 for the group that despises Radon.

If only Janelle hadn't messed up during the final HOH comp in all-stars. That might disprove your theory but I hope there is a season some day where the ones that are good at competitions successfully gang up on the ones that are throwing them.