Especially the last couple of noms when Veto essentialy dictates who goes home.
I've never understood the thinking behind this.
I've never understood the thinking behind this.
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Why the rule that HOH can't vote?
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Why the rule that HOH can't vote? |
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The SovereignOne |
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Posts: 943 (09/04/08 7:07 PM) Registered user |
Why the rule HOH can't play for it in consecutive weeks?
The HOH system is as flawed as the BCS |
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Posts: 273 (09/04/08 7:28 PM) |
Tiebreakers suck
See: Survivor I think that it works a lot better with the HoH voting only for a tie, Yes it is flawed but hey. |
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Posts: 8137 (09/04/08 8:15 PM) I need a life |
The no consecutive HOH rule and the HOH can't vote rule add some vulnerability to being HOH, which keeps the game interesting.
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Quiddity |
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Posts: 3493 (09/04/08 8:38 PM) Registered User |
catspasms wrote:X. HOH is both a risk and a reward. You play it right, you can go very far. You play it wrong, you're toast the next week or soon after (see Alex & Amanda, BB6 Jen, Kail, and many others who handled their HOH completely wrong). Letting them play each week would really screw things up and lead to more boring Survivor-like seasons where you have challenge whores. And the fact that there will never be a tiebreaker on this show unlike Survivor is certainly nice. |
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kmill |
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Posts: 1648 (09/04/08 8:49 PM) Registered user |
I find it very interesting that as the game goes on, HoH essentially loses power while PoV gains power, in the form of a vote as well as being the most
important factor in who leaves the house (See Memphis at F5 for the best example).
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Posts: 36103 (09/04/08 10:41 PM) I'm an ugly Yeti King |
I find it nice that once F4 hits, the person who isn't on the block or HOH can't use the POV if they win it.
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Licorice |
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Posts: 90 (09/04/08 10:48 PM) |
kmill wrote: Yes. Essentially HOH becomes little more than immunity from eviction. POV bestows executioner status. |
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IReallyHaveNoIdea |
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Posts: 4126 (09/04/08 10:58 PM) Registered user |
star jumper wrote:The HoH can use it. If Dan goes through with nominating Memphis and Jerry, but then wins PoV, I could see him using it on Memphis, as he trusts him the most to vote the way he wants. |
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Polgara |
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Posts: 2 (09/04/08 11:00 PM) |
Good question. I wondered that too.
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star jumper |
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Posts: 36104 (09/05/08 12:22 AM) I'm an ugly Yeti King |
IReallyHaveNoIdea wrote: Shit, you're dumb. |
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Riff |
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Posts: 1912 (09/05/08 12:54 AM) |
star jumper wrote: What's the difference then, though? Either way, they're the one who decides who's leaving. If Cowchips hadn't been able to use his veto, Nakommie still would have gotten evicted. I mean, unless the houseguest who finishes 4th place has the general intelligence level of Cowboy, I think it's patently obvious to anybody that a vote to veto the other nominee is a vote to evict them. (Yes, I'm aware they changed things after BB5.) |
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Posts: 36106 (09/05/08 1:00 AM) I'm an ugly Yeti King |
The difference is that you're a douchebag and you should get out of my sight.
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Riff |
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Posts: 1914 (09/05/08 1:19 AM) |
star jumper wrote: Go jejune yourself. |
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Posts: 24138 (09/05/08 5:13 AM) |
Everyone's jejuning everything.
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mrnoluvstill |
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Posts: 465 (09/06/08 9:47 PM) Registered User |
I don't understand the power of veto either, why isn't it like Survivor, if you take someone of the block (give up immunity), than you can be put up?
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Posts: 1452 (09/06/08 10:10 PM) |
mrnoluvstill wrote: Because then no one would use it on anyone else, for fear of getting nominated in place of the person they saved. |
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Mypoody2 |
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Posts: 7819 (09/06/08 10:16 PM) Registered User |
I think that the POV balanced the game so it is fair that you can't be HOH back to back. The not voting rule is perfect.
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kmill |
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Posts: 1656 (09/06/08 10:58 PM) Registered user |
I've often pondered how a rule allowing for back-to-back HoHs would change the game. Let's face it--MANY (not ALL) HoH competitions are crapshoot trivia games. But overall, I think the current HoH system is fine. It's the veto that is flawed. |
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finishthemoff |
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Posts: 10041 (09/07/08 12:05 AM) Registered user |
star jumper wrote: Yes! |
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Posts: 349 (09/07/08 12:14 AM) |
I think immunity in Survivor is like POV, they just don't know it.
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