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Post by KC on Sept 10, 2009 22:43:19 GMT -5
Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, KC is free at last.
So this has quite possibly been one of the lowliest Housecalls since....ever. If Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, and Brian Peppers had a threesome and you mixed their leftover semen in a cauldron, this is what would pop out. I'm not pointing the finger here either, I know I'm a big reason for that due to my angry outbursts and individial problems with people that has not been solved. This Housecalls - in it's simplest form - is a bash party. That's what it's turned into and I'm sick of it. There are people here using this place as a simple pedestal to bash people they're having personal beef with and praise those they like for really no logic or thought. Once again, not pointing the finger, I've been doing the same thing by venting my SBB frustrations in here after the fallout.
So on that note, this is my thread. I have de-admined everyone and I will be using this week to do repair work. This entire week I'm going to attempt to be as insightful and unbiased as I can. When the thought of Housecalls came up between Kevin Whine & I in URTV2, the idea was that it would be a place where the hosts would discuss who is playing the best and worst games and give our thoughts and suggestions for how they could improve their game. This Housecalls has been about who is annoying, who is amazing, and who would I like to tittyfuck.
*poof* Time for a redo. Let's begin.
Also, I'll take this time to apologize for my immature behavior here to both houseguests and staff alike. I don't necessarily mean everything I say as I did say a lot of shit out of spite and out of anger. As for what pertains to the game, my thoughts stand minus the insults and jabs. If you disagree, that's your right.
Psst... Just kidding. I don't apologize for anything. Suck it up, buttercup.
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Post by KC on Sept 10, 2009 23:20:39 GMT -5
Onto more pressing issues...
Now that I'm alone here and am not saying things out of spite, let me give my true feelings about everyone left in the game unbiased and uncut. There's no bullshit here now that I have no urge to say something out of spite or just to insult someone.
Carol - I think Rhonda is playing very well and has been consistently in "the middle" since the start of the game. Do I think she has what it takes the win? Probably not. Why? Because I don't think she planned anything like this to happen. Typical with Rhonda, circumstance just lead her where she is. But I'm not going to discredit her, she still had a hand in keeping a low profile and causing minimal drama in her HOH run to keep her safe for several more weeks. I don't think she's even been nominated. On that note, she's a big time third place or even runner-up contender. She just has to make sure that both sides take a hit each week. An ideal final three for her would include her, one of Jessica/Joe/Nick, and one of Eric/Nick. That would guarantee her final two, or even a win depending on the jury.
Eric - I'm not sure why or how Eric is still around, there were many opportunities to take him out and nobody took it. I could realistically see him getting all the way down to the final three, where he would have a big chance at winning. Why everyone seems this guy as such a minimal threat is beyond me. He always ponders and ponders why I always go after him, and his conclusion is always cause I have personal beef with him. No, it's because this is what people do. They let him slip all the way down to the end and he's won games using this method. Now from what I see so far, he's been true to his alliance as usual and is getting side deals left and right. Though the odd thing is, he's getting approached for those said deals. I don't know what makes him so appealing, but whatever. If he makes it down to the end again, these people got nobody to blame but themselves.
Jessica - Jenna has been playing a very good game. Since the start she maintained an excellent spot in the middle. Going against the "Soda" group was in her best interests as she was quite low on that totem poll. While Jen & Crew weren't exactly keen on taking her to the end, she still stayed in the middle portions which let the sides go at it and increase her totem poll position as the head of the alliance went home. She's kept a very good social game with both Joe & Nick which have both of them falling head of heels to keep her around. Now her position now, she's a target. If Mike or Eric win HOH and Nick wins veto, she could be going home. But it's the end game, everyone is at risk of this and I wouldn't put her at fault for it. She has a very realistic chance of getting to the end of this thing.
Joe - Joe has been playing an OK game, sort of a typical low-end member of an alliance that increases his position as stronger members are taken out. He's kept a low profile, but has made some poor choices. In Week 2 when he kept Kail over Zach, I was extremely perplexed and still don't understand that to this day. His HOH run of taking out Jameka was abysmal and a golden spot in the Hall of Shame. Right now he's in a position where he isn't a direct target, but could become one soon. We'll see how he plays off these next few weeks, if he can last that long that is.
Mike - Similar to Eric, I'm surprised he has made it this far due to him usually being labeled as a big threat. But other than do amazingly well in an endurance competition that he lost and getting Rhonda's vote against Jameka, I can't think of anything else he's done. He's sorta just been sitting pretty and letting the clouds pass without lifting a finger for his social game. Yeah, yeah, I hear the excuse that there's no reason to be fake to people or make fake deals with people you don't like...but he's been playing like this since Week 1. It seems he already knew who he was taking to the end in the first week and left it untouched...I'm not a big fan of that gameplay. I know other people had pre-alliances as well, but they did attempt to expand and keep social games active. From what I can see, he didn't.
Nick - Has played amazingly well. I had Mr. America's Player pegged as pre-jury at the start of the game and the guy has just absolutely amazed me. He's been dominating in competitions, has had a great social game to escape clutch situations, and now is currently my favorite to win. There have been a few bump in the roads here and there, plus he now has to deal with this currently 3-on-3 situation that he'll have to fight to survive through. Either way, he has worked his ass to get here and is the most deserving of winning this game.
There you have it. My thoughts as unbiased as I can say them. If you still think otherwise, go shove a chicken up your ass.
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Post by KC on Sept 11, 2009 18:48:32 GMT -5
The happening, pre-HOH
Rhonda apparently has sent a PM to Jessica, Nick, and Joe about not trusting Eric and Mike and vowed to put them up if she won. My best guess is that she knows she did lousy in the HOH and is just trying to ensure that Mike/Eric are the nominations should Joe or Jessica come into power. If that's the case, good on her. I don't think it really changed anything, but it does get their hopes up and makes them feel a bit more cocky. Cockiness at the end of this game kills you. I know this first hand. You get comfortable that you're going to get to the end and just like that - bam - you're evicted. Carol is still in a great position either way.
As for this Head of Household...simply on paper, it looks like Mike is going to take the win. Once again, this is an example of people underestimating others simply because of their activity. Mike is not the most active in this game for presumably personal reasons, but doesn't mean he's still a big competition threat. While Dick was strong at competitions, it's possible to psyche someone like him out and play outplay him mentally. There's no use to even attempt that on either Mike or Eric.
Right now, I predict Joe will be leaving this week. Power of Veto is Morph-o-Matic which is a competition Nick has been studying for since last week. He wants this and looking at his resume, I think it's up his alley. Though really, this competition could be anyone's game. If Nick comes off, Joe goes up next to Jessica. Nick keeps Jessica, and if Carol was smart, she would too. Joe is coming straight after Carol and has made it known he will target her over both Mike & Eric for evicting Jameka.
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Post by KC on Sept 11, 2009 18:58:09 GMT -5
Simply scanning through...
Well take that off the record, Mike fucked a huge part of this competition up by never filling his cup. While normally I would let it slide in competitions as these, I can't because it would give him the unfair advantage of only having to cut & paste one line. The challenge of this competition was juggling two threads and two lines of text. He should have done a practice run with me if he wasn't sure of the rules, I would have pointed it out to him.
Eric also did very well, but failed to start at an even time which means he loses four posts. With a competition that is as close as this, this could cost him the entire competition.
Unfortunately, but alas, simple mistakes like that are crucial in a close-race challenge like this. I already know Carol & Joe lost. That leaves Jessica as the last one to count, which means she could win this completely on a fluke.
This is almost identical to the two errors Kathleen made in her clutch HOH competitions against Will. Small mistakes, but at this point it's all or none.
Now, I'm going to actually count up the scores.
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Post by KC on Sept 11, 2009 19:12:57 GMT -5
HOH Scores
A look at the way I'm tallying scores. [ | ] represents the number of times they filled each even minute, [ # ] represents the number they poured. Sometimes they poured more times than it shows, but they can only go up until the number of times they filled. You can't pour something that's empty.
Eric's score
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Total: 39
Would have done a lot better had he started at the right time, also completely missed one of the odd minutes which cost him quite a bit since he did well on it. In total, he lost about 8 or 9 cups, which is huge. His score is about a cup per minute + 5 more...which ain't too good.
Joe's Score
||| = 3
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Total: 13
Joe started out strong getting 3/3 for the first few, but then...I don't know what happened. I'm assuming he had to leave or something interrupted him. Probably could have had a decent score, but alas.
Carol's Score
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X = 0
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Total = 43
Carol did very, very well in this challenge. I actually kinda expected her to be all over the place here but she was very consistent. She had a few hiccups here and there and missed out on one of the fill phases, but other than that - strong score.
Jessica's Score
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Total: 51
Jessica did amazing in this competition, very consistent and you can tell she was actually paying attention to her posts. I don't think a lot of people did that, they were just focusing on posting every 15 seconds. Either way, she is the new Head of Household since Mike did the competition incorrectly.
But just for the sake of argument, let's just see if Mike would have beaten her if he actually filled his cups.
Mike's Score
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Total: 51
Interesting, they would have tied. That actually makes me feel a little less bad, but nonetheless.
Listen, Mr. Mike & I are not on the best of terms right now and I've made some cheap shots at him here while he's done the same to me. But at the end of the day, he's human. And when someone puts dedication to something and a lot of effort, it's hard to see it go to nothing. The endurance competition was pretty heartbreaking to watch. I was very happy for Meow, but even though I had ill will towards Mike, I still felt really bad for him going 24 hours straight in a competition only to get nominated that same week and have his best friend sent home. In this last HOH competition, he puts a lot of effort in and is obvious he studied, but he loses in a tiebreaker. Now here, you can tell he put a ton of effort into this and did an amazing job, but one mistake in the rules and it's worth nothing.
Just because Mike & I don't like each other doesn't mean I want to see the guy suffer. I feel really bad for him and this is pretty brutal to watch.
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Post by KC on Sept 11, 2009 20:57:06 GMT -5
So what will be going down?
With Jessica in power, it means that the Joe/Nick/Jessica alliance have all won HOH's back to back to back. Very impressive clutch wins for these guys. It's kinda sad though that I have to consider all their HOH's clutches. In all honesty, I don't think Joe & Nick got a whole lot done. Joe's HOH run is obvious, it was terribly run and he didn't think things through. Nick, he thought he made a good move. But looking back, this was a fluke. Jessica won this competition on a mistake that Mike made. Now am I saying she doesn't deserve it? No, she did an excellent job. But had Mike just payed a litttttle bit more attention to the rules, the turnout of this competition would be very, very different. I personally think Tyler would have flopped at this competition, speed comps are a weak point of his.
Something that HAS to come into strategy is upcoming competitions. That's the advantage of having a season that is mimicking one that was on TV. Pay attention to what competitions are coming up next and it would be very wise to base evictions off them. This was done in the past, people keeping Meow around to have her face head to head with Mike in HOH. However, I don't think people are really paying attention to it anymore.
This week should be very straight-forward. It would be the ultimate facepalm if Jessica screws this week up, it's so easy. She's going to put up Mike & Eric, one of them leave guaranteed. I personally see them both as equally threatening and both having a great chance of getting to the end. But who I think the stronger threat is....I'd say Eric. This is simply because Mike is not liked. Eric would have a much stronger chance at jury questions and he also has a much stronger chance at swaying either Joe or Nick. Albeit a small chance, it's a risk to think about.
However, there is one HUGE hazard this week and that is how much can you trust Carol? Is Carol just saying what needs to be said to keep her ass safe? Probably. And the big problem with this is the upcoming veto competition. If Mike & Eric are nominated and Carol wins veto, she could save one of them. What does that mean? Joe goes up, Mike & Carol vote him out, and Jessica wastes her HOH week. I think this is a week where you have to stay on your toes and keep a watchout for that.
So Mike & Eric, if I was in their shoes, what would I do? Offering safety and the like is pointless at this point. But I think they need to stage a full fledged argument. I don't know how they could do it without looking obvious, but one on the board would be a bit too easy to see through. Some sort of subtle hint to show that the chances of veto usage are minimal to try to trick Jessica in making stupid nominations could be crucial. Hey it's a long shot, but are you going to just sit and watch the clouds or fight? I think Dick's fake conversation with Joe was really bad, but even so, it got in Jenna's head and planted a huge seed of paranoia. Another good example is the LML in BB11 with Kevin & Natalie getting Jeff to backdoor Russell. That's what you gotta do in these stages of the game. Don't just rely on competitions.
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Post by KC on Sept 12, 2009 23:07:39 GMT -5
Well nominations are up and what was to be expected happened. But one thing did stand up to me.
Did Eric just throw Mike under the bus there or is Jessica trying to stir up trouble? Either way, I'm not sure if that was completely smart on Eric's part. Yes, campaigning to stay is essential at this point, but Mike & Eric are going to need to work together. Mike takes things like that personal, so adding fuel to the fire before nominations are locked could turn out bad between them.
On the other hand, it is good that he is trying to campaign to keep himself in. None of this dropping out or no campaigning bullshit. And I think Eric could easily say that Jessica is making shit up if Mike confronts him about it. The point is exactly right. People have been underestimating Mike this whole game, but he keeps getting very close to winning with just one mistake preventing him from doing so. That little reminder could be the big factor in taking him out this week.
Veto should be interesting, though with it being morph, Jessica made the right selection. Rhonda has been doing really good in the competitions this season, but I still doubt her capabilities in this upcoming one.
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Post by KC on Sept 13, 2009 1:07:03 GMT -5
Morph MemoryLink to the picture: i29.tinypic.com/21nppiw.jpgWell, this should be fun. I switched things up this season instead of liquifying the pictures up, I used filters since they're a bit harder to guess. Photoshop was lagging big time so I couldn't really do much more than what I already did. Hopefully it isn't too obvious. Answer key: Zach Joe Amber Jameka Eric Daniele Mike Carol Jen Nick Dick Kail Dustin Jessica
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Post by KC on Sept 13, 2009 1:22:03 GMT -5
Results as they come
Jessica came first.
I think she was doing pretty good, but got caught up on the last two which is going to cost her this competition.
Now Nick:
Once again, Dustin gets someone messed up. I'm not sure if that one mistake will cost him the entire competition, but if anyone gets a perfect run, these two are out of contention.
Now comes Eric
Di...Diane?
Probably would have won had he not fucked that up.
Joe up next
He's the only one to get it on his first try so far, but he took two minutes to figure it out. He's the fastest time, but I don't think it'll stay.
Carol
-.-
This competition has been like this since URTV3, she should know by now what separate lines means. I'm going with my original decision, but, I will cut out the time since it took me forever to respond (Phone rang) and the banter inbetween.
Oh, and nice to know Mike & Eric think this game is rigged. I expected Eric to, but not really Joe. I felt sorry for him too. *shakes head*
But in all honesty, I think it's a plan. Mike & Eric are probably telling her to say this shit so I think that she's going to be in Taylor's alliance. So, if I give her veto, I think it's helping Taylor alliance. But, she swerves me and saves Mike and sends Joe home. WELL HOT DAMN, I JUST CAUGHT.
Yeaaaah....no. Not really. I'm flattered to be included into this strategy though, really am.
Well, he just raped the fuck out of this competition.
Mike will win the Power of Veto.
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Post by KC on Sept 14, 2009 7:36:06 GMT -5
This was right after Joe did his POV
CrazyCanucksKid 8:25 am
ughh
i hope i won
if carol wins and uses it
im going home
KCizzleDub 8:26 am
nothing you can do?
CrazyCanucksKid 8:26 am
convince jess that she wont beat nick in the f2
but she would make f2 with nick
with me and her, we'd be weaker
but we'd be even in the f2
know what i mean?
me and jess are good, just nick is better at comps
I honestly think getting in Carol's head is a better route. Carol did promise this week that she'd vote to evict either Mike or Eric, so pressuring her about that as well as jury votes wouldn't be a bad move. Also, fake fights and arguments always seem to peak Carol's interest, so doing that would be a good move as well.
The thing is though, Jessica needs Nick no matter what. While Joe has a good point that Nick is going to be tough to beat in the Final Two, he's someone that you need around to try to help win competitions. Also, if there is ever a time where someone comes into power that isn't friendly, Nick would be the bigger target. If it was Joe vs. Jessica, anyone would evict Jessica.
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Post by KC on Sept 14, 2009 17:53:23 GMT -5
Veto Results
Well the veto competition was certainly interesting. Pretty much everyone struggled with it except Mike & Carol. Mike did a great job though just as I expected and he will win a clutch Power of Veto as he was leaving this week. This means that his #1 ally will leave this week unless Joe gets a little hungry for revenge. I will say this - if Carol leaves this week - Jessica/Nick/Joe get a big LOSER stamp on the forehead. All three of them. Joe for actually doing it and the other two boneheads for letting him.
This week will also be a double eviction. I'm doing the eviction live on AIM, which should be a big enough clue. Veto will be the veto balls shit and HOH will be Step Up/Step Down. Honestly, both of those are anyone's game. But Mike is a big threat in both of them.
Update:
Well Mike is trying, I'll give him credit for that. Unfortuantely, it's final five ya mofo. I don't know what you expect. You can't start your social game this late in the game and expect anything to come out of it. And I know this from personal experience. ESPECIALLY with Jamie.
Joe has made it known he's evicting Eric, I like his plan going into the endgame. He does seem to know what he's doing, but can he execute it? Keeping in touch with people you're not aligned with just to be nice will be appreciated if they do so. Of course with Eric & Mike...yeah, let's just not go there.
So Eric will leave and Mike has to fight for his life. Can he do it? Certainly.
Update 2:
Eric's doing a good job so far of campaigning. It's not going to work, but he got in Nick's head and ultimate lead him into a guilt trip which is a good sign. I honestly think he was working on the wrong person though, Joe was the weak link here I believe. Carol is his #1 target, she caused Jameka leaving, and Eric could vow to put up Jessica/Nick. There's a lot of promises he can make to him that could sound a lot better to someone who knows they're in a weird position in the end game rather than someone who knows what he's doing.
But, there's a lot of time still left. Mike's holding off veto for campaigning time I assume and they're both making the most it. But, this is what happens when you don't maintain your social game throughout the game, it becomes a bitch to handle when the time comes.
Update 3:
Hats off to Eric again, he's doing a fucking good job but it's still not getting him anywhere. I just wish he post a goddamned confessional so I can see what he really thinks and if he really wants to stick to that deal or not.
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Post by KC on Sept 16, 2009 0:53:13 GMT -5
Eviction Results and Aftermath to come?
Votes are locked now, Eric will be evicted 2-1. I will commend him for his efforts, he did a hell of a job campaigning. But, at the end of the day, it still didn't work. So what's up now? Mike is on his own. Carol has clearly stated she won't be loyal to anyone at the later breeches of the game and Joe/Jessica/Nick aren't going anywhere. So Mike is going to have to fight and win to stay in the game. HOH is up his ally with questions. He's been doing consistently well in these types of competitions, but always loses due to a fluke or a mistake. Instead of complaining about judgment calls, thinking the game is rigged, or otherwise - he needs to crack down, study his facts, study past comps, and study numbers in the tie-breaker scenario. He can do this if he tries, but complaining about it will just add frustration and get you nowhere.
I'm a bit clueless as far as predictions go right now, but I think Joe is guaranteed final three. He's been kicking his social game up this week which gives him an edge over Nick & Jessica if the vote comes between him and them. I really can't see any scenario where they would want him gone. While it does look like it's 3 vs. 2, I think it's 2 vs. 2 with Joe in the middle.
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Post by Britti on Sept 16, 2009 13:02:06 GMT -5
i am proud of you and this thread kc  this is what housecalls SHOULD be. *thumbs up* |
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Post by Sheila Kennedy on Sept 16, 2009 14:16:31 GMT -5
Hurray for HC!!!!!! I like it a lawt <3 And I missed it.
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Post by KC on Sept 16, 2009 21:13:10 GMT -5
No matter what, Mike is coming off the block. Apparently Joe wants to use the veto to save him to keep him in the game. He's been expanding his social game a LOT with him, I guess in hopes of using his usual endgame strategy of taking the hopeless people who won't win in the end with him. Gotta say, while it's risky, it's a smart move. Nick & Jessica got this game in the bag if he just lets them go. He's been saying he's third place and recognizes where he is in the fold. Sitting on your ass when you KNOW you're low man on the totem pole is the dumbest thing you can do. I give my props to him and if he can pull this off, win veto, and backdoor Jessica, I'd say he's turned his game around tenfold.
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Post by Sheila Kennedy on Sept 17, 2009 13:51:47 GMT -5
That would be an AMAZING move, and the second season in a row where someone gets backdoored at the final 5 <3 Maybe Joe will make it to the end and win and start a new f5 trend |
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Post by KC on Sept 17, 2009 21:22:42 GMT -5
Well, this sucks. Guess we'll have to wait till Sunday which fucks the double eviction.
I may try to do another "double eviction" after this one to make up for it, but I dunno.
Anyway depending on who wins, Jessica or Carol will be leaving this week. Big stars to Joe this week either way.
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Post by KC on Sept 17, 2009 22:30:53 GMT -5
Whaaaat? Did he find out or something?
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Post by KC on Sept 19, 2009 21:50:40 GMT -5
I'm going to start de-admining people that aren't doing anything/haven't logged on cause overloaded HC sucks.
POV ends tomorrow yay.
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Post by Cody on Sept 19, 2009 23:25:30 GMT -5
I'm going to start de-admining people that aren't doing anything/haven't logged on cause overloaded HC sucks. Hi. |
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this is what housecalls SHOULD be. *thumbs up*
