Woooo. I gave so much commentary during Season 3, why not make it official and try out this blogging this. I will say it’s hard to get full insight on anything because we don’t get to see private rooms. But I do hope that they will be ACTIVE in the public chat and give us viewers what we need!
As I type this post, we don’t have an HOH. And also, we have a 34 person cast so I can’t be out here blogging about everyone. But similar to last season I must choose a winner pick.
This season I’m going with...CARTER!! From what I’ve seen, she’s social, engaging, people respond to her in the public chats and most importantly, she’s online! I also think playing as a black woman may give her some bonus points with ppl being aware of biases, especially since that is a major conversation within the Survivor/Big Brother community. I’d like to think she’s making jury atleast.
I know the winner of the first HOH is about to start, so I’ll look forward to watching the night play out and come back with some thoughts. Then I’ll be able to talk about more ppl. 3,000 on the line. I better see some good gameplay.
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Villanelle
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:46 pm
Your commentary for season 3 was Rose the Hat should win ^_____^
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:31 pm
I atleast has Rose The Hat locked in for Final 3. I was wrong lol
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Tue Jun 30, 2020 2:56 am
LMAOO sorry Cameron
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:04 pm
Patrick Star wrote:
LMAOO sorry Cameron
You did what you had to do to get the win! No need for apologies. I don't need all that love you gave your housemates haha
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:20 pm
I was so scared I wasn't being nice and then everyone is saying this like damnn i guess I was too nice HAHA
Cameron Van Buren
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:38 pm
Round 1 is done! So much to digest.
Another Messy HOH. This house essentially exposed who everyone is working with and who is perceived at the bottom of a 32 person cast. Everyone wanna bring Layla Keating to the end (HOH #1) and would of wanted to evict Heather this round if they could (HOH #2). I wonder if there was some strategy that went behind this. For Layla to get 5 votes I'm assuming that was a collaborative effort. It's so early to perceive who your Final 2 is going to be at this point. I think Heather's votes was truly genuine though. I believe she was one of the later registrants to the forum. Anyways, on the block is Leslie, Alycia, Bulma, and Blair. I wanna say interesting choices, but I don't have time to dissect a 32 person cast haha. I was sure thought that no men were going to get nominated. Heather wins veto and chooses not to use it (makes sense) and in the end, Bulma and Leslie are out of here in an 11-7-5-4 vote. These set of first boots is a bit more harder to watch because everyone is active for the most part. This is probably just an unfortunate luck of the draw for them. Will there be a battle back though like in the previous season? I selfishly hope not. I was also surprised that Arisa and Saiorse were still waiting on votes when there's an opportunity to win BBQ dollars for these prizes.
In regards to the elimination. Bulma was an absolute flop. How in the hell do you go to sleep SO EARLY when you're on the block? Did she think she was so good with this cast that she felt like she didn't need to campaign like that? I saw her eviction a mile away. And when there's an incentive to submit your vote early!? Those early hours imo are the most crucial to save yourself and to get people thinking and know where you're currently standing. Sorry girl.
Leslie...how did you screw up so badly to get the majority of the votes? I can't pin point it from what I see, but my only assumption is that you were a late registrant and didn't really converse that much with people. I can only imagine how that must feel to get so many votes, but hopefully you enjoyed your short time in BBQ4.
30 players remain, but here are the players so far that have intrigued me...
Carter: You are my winner pick so you will always be my first person lol. Didn't win the HOH. Still actively engaging in the forum. Nothing has been exposed of you yet. I think you're in a good spot. Keep this up! Don't disappoint me please lol.
Heather: If there wasn't a fire under her before, having 10 people say you were going to be the first boot should have been more than enough to ignite it. She definitely has something to prove, and I think she's making a statement with also winning the veto and calling ppl out on the forum asking who voted for her. If I was playing, I would want to work with her and take advantage of this. But how is this going to affect her moving forward? Did she just delay her eviction by one vote? I hope she used her power as HOH to create relationships.
Layla: O% chance of winning this game. It was exposed that 5 people were willing to bring you to the end after a day and a half. You're working girl. And this cast is too big. I couldn't let you get that far. I see you being pre-jury for sure!
Alycia: I thought on everything you were going home this round. I was proven wrong though! I don't know if Bulma and Leslie just bombed, or if you put in that work to make sure that it wasn't you. I want to give it to you though because 7-5-4 was a close split for the 2nd elimination spot. Way to save yourself coming through in the clutch.
Nottie: You can't help but think this is the actual Scottie from BB20. He's engaging, people respond to him. He's funny. Could work to his advantage! Definitely someone to keep an eye out for.
Shirley: I thought this character choice was interesting to begin with. Then inquiring about pronouns was also something that hasn't been done in 3 seasons of BBQ. Could she be a fellow #SAPro? That's just something someone in my field would do lol. But I think that gave her a lot of social capital to ask and will entice people to work with her. Go Miss Shirley!
Marianne: #GayRights
Sunflower: The fact that your name is sunflower, and your avatar isn't even a fuckin sunflower, but instead a triangle and power combination?, is more of a reason for me to target you because honestly what is that!? Your days are numbered Madison/Hailey.
That's all I got after round 1. But as always, with new people in power comes with new craziness. I can't wait to see how Round 2 shakes out!
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:43 pm
Patrick Star wrote:
I was so scared I wasn't being nice and then everyone is saying this like damnn i guess I was too nice HAHA
As an outsider it was really something to watch. If you're in to polyamory and just out here loving everyone, I get it lol.
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:55 pm
Patrick Star wrote:
I was so scared I wasn't being nice and then everyone is saying this like damnn i guess I was too nice HAHA
You showed us all love in season 3 where I thought you were going to adopt us all xo
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:59 pm
This is the redemption arc mess I crave and desperately need in my big brother games! And the fact that we got it in week 2 was great...but also anti climatic because it was so early haha.
"Started from the bottom, now we're here" Alycia played as she went from surviving the first eviction to becoming HOH! I was very excited and happy for her to have this moment. Curious about what this means for her threat level. But I'm sure she will create alliances from this. Our second HOH is Tyler. Didn't have an opinion about him after round 1, but all eyes were going to be on him. Noms come in. Alycia nominates Michael and Aang. Why? Who knows because she didn't explain it haha. Tyler nominates Shirley and Penelope. I was honestly taken back with the Shirley nomination. I thought she was good socially. But I'm sure she's going to survive. Alycia wins veto (come on comp beast!) and chooses not to use it). So two people are leaving out of the four...
Shirley...what in the hell were you thinking causing a public fight with the HOH!? And to then be wrong on top of that! I really thought you were good socially. Just needed to sit there and eat your food and I'm sure you would of been fine. Then she went on the whole campaign trail in both the eviction thread, and creating your own thread in the kitchen. You couldn't even change what you said in both? Literal copy and paste? What laziness. And to do the same thing AGAIN in the morning? Make it make sense. How was that good strategy? What is the incentive to keep you? Maybe one of the worst types of campaigning to save yourself I've seen on this thread. If you felt the need to do all of that, then you're probably screwed to begin with.
Penelope. Did you even try? lol
Results come in. 10-10-2-2. Goodbye Penelope and Shirley *pretends to be shocked* These results are interesting though. Tyler got both of his noms evicted and it was an even 10 for both. Comes off a bit calculated and intentional from the outside point of view, but only time will tell. Those four people that voted in the minority needs to be WORRIED... Now off to the players I see.
Carter: Another week safe. Another week of strong activity online within the public forms. I can only assume that means she's working privately as well. Let's go Carter!!
Alycia: YOU DID THAT THIS ROUND! Even if that means that you're noms didn't get evicted. I think this round sent a warning shot to the house that you're not one to be played with. I do hope that you were able to create some good alliances with the power that you had.
Tyler: A lot of eyes were on you this round. Shirley did not make it any easier for you. But both your nominees got evicted with an overwhelming majority. I didn't like Penelope's chances, but I want to give you credit for the Shirley eviction. Doesn't make sense to keep a clear enemy in the house.
Aang and Michael: Congrats knowing that all you needed to do was breathe haha.
Megan Fox: You're someone to keep an eye on. I'm pegging you to get really far!
Daphne: Lucky you not playing with me and my traumatized ass because the fact that you even picked Sarah Michelle Gellar is enough of a reason to get targeted. Let's see how far you'll go!
Sunflower: Change your picture or go home. There better be a good explanation for these shenanigans!
Here's to hoping round 3 will show what the dynamics of the house are with some new HOHs and noms. Oh wait... There's still like 30 more ppl here haha.
I'm going to start analyzing this cast at final 20. Simply too many people to keep track of.
All I know is Sunflower is my winners pick.
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Thu Jul 02, 2020 3:28 am
Daphne: Lucky you not playing with me and my traumatized ass because the fact that you even picked Sarah Michelle Gellar is enough of a reason to get targeted. Let's see how far you'll go!
Sunflower: Change your picture or go home. There better be a good explanation for these shenanigans!
Round 3 and I'm realizing that the way things are going this is going to be LONGER than I anticipated when I signed up for this lol.
Lots of feelings with these results. Audrey and Susie are HOHs. Don't have any particular feelings. Seemed like people that played in the middle and staying quiet. Audrey nominates Heather and Idris while Susie nominates Nottie and Rae. I see Heather didn't do too much with her HOH if got nominated two rounds later lol. Rae has been inactive so it makes sense. I am shocked that Idris and Nottie were nominated. Again, it's so hard with such a large cast to reach out to EVERYONE! Nottie wins veto which forces Susie to nominate Alycia as a renom. Again, what were you doing girl that you got nominated for a second time after an HOH win and surviving the block!?
Idris and Alycia arguing publicly on the forum! Chile couldn't be me lol. What was the intention behind this? This couldn't be handled via DMs? Doing all of that on the public forum for everyone to see could give more people a reason to evict one or both of you. Although as an outsider this is feeds goal, this doesn't make sure for either of your game.
I had no clue how this vote was going to go, but for the first time in BBQ history, everyone voted SUPER EARLY! By a 9-8-7-0 vote (WHAT A NAIL BITER!) Idris and Alycia are evicted. Not the house voting out the two ppl that were arguing haha. Let's continue to trim the fat. It's still crowded in this house! lol.
Idris and Alycia publicly arguing and then getting evicted:
As always, here are some players that are peaking my interest. For the good and the bad.
Carter: You survived another round not getting nominated. YAS QWEEN!
Susie and Audrey: Uneventful noms and evictions. But I totally get it.
Heather: Girl what are you doing? First you get told you were going to get eliminated round 1 if given the chance. Then you get nominated again, and survive by literally 1 vote. How do you recover from this? I don't think you can. Days are numbered.
Tyler: Calling a "house meeting" to essentially say that you're too busy/lazy to take 5 seconds to congratulate/wish someone luck is a waste of EVERYONE'S TIME and for me comes off a bit pompous. What was the reason behind this?
Rae: The way my eyes rolled for the excuse of not being online. It worked for your fellow houseguests to get you 0 votes. I'm hoping to see more from you now.
Tinashe: I already have my winner pick in Carter, but I need Tinashe to stay in this game at all cost. Her meme/gif usage is TOP NOTCH! I am a fan!
Sunflower: I'll literally sell ass on the corner just so you can change your picture. Bare minimum. I'm not asking for much right?
I think that's all I got for this round lol. Loving the consistent change of power. Always curious about how these rounds will move forward.
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Subject: Re: Season 4 Blog! Sat Jul 04, 2020 2:25 am