Watching from the "Outside"

[Van]

11-23-16 (HOH Nominations)

Whew, been a while since I stopped by. Just chilling for Thanksgiving Break, tried to save my life in that side season with no luck. I did use that idol I found and made it to F5 but this guy refused to flip to take out the true threat to win the game (who by the way, ACTUALLY WINS CHALLENGES UNLIKE ME) so I was voted out! Then the same guy refused to flip yet AGAIN last round and the only decent person was voted out at F4. He's literally done like nothing all game and I'm just bitter he placed better than I did. My first time sitting on a jury in over two years and I wanna throw up at the F3. It's gonna be a F2 and if that guy who refused to flip makes it to the end I already have my jury speech planned for him if y'all want a preview.

like this is all i'm gonna put down for him

and i'll still vote for him over one other person which sums up my feelings towards this endgame pretty well i'm actually really petty when i wanna be

So, that's my real life rant update! I decide to check who the nominees are! Maybe things are going better in BB10? NAH, JONER AND JAMES ARE ON THE BLOCK. Goddamn, I hope those two can get some Chens to buy that Care Package. I hope one of them wins the Veto. Goddamn, I'm just so upset. ORG's are ruining my life, man.
....and I STILL applied for that side season All-Stars season. Why do I do this to myself?

Anyway, I'm just gonna keep observing and try to stay positive for James and Joner's sake! There's way bigger threats floating around in the house (*cough*JAKEANDDEREK*cough*) still so hopefully one of them wins the veto, and the HOH nominates one of the returnees (preferably not Cody) and my boys can pull out another Week 3 miracle!

[Van]

Honestly Joner winning the Veto just made my entire night. It sucks that Matt is on the block now, but hopefully my Sitting Duck boys can pull off another miracle. I'd much rather see James stay.

Joner's a fighter, and I know he'll fight like hell for James. 
My boys made the jury, and hopefully now they can just kill it to the F2 together. :')

[Van]

11-25-16 (Eviction Results)

NOOOOOO JAMES NOOOOOO
ugh, that sucks to see. I'm pretty sure that ONE vote for him to stay was Joner too. There HAD to be a fight to keep James in the game from Joner, but it sucks that these people won't do anything. I would've been upset either way though. :/

Oh well, at least next week is a new week. Since Joner and Matt were on the block I'm pretty sure neither of them were HOH. Hopefully they can win the HOH and keep themselves safe! And hopefully they can make it through DE night in one piece!

Ugh, having to watch my alliance get voted out from the outside sucks.

[Van]

11-29-16 (Nominations) 

MAN, I'm so sad that I won't get to be in the House for Zingbot. But it'll be fun to watch from out here to see what Zingbot has to say about everyone.
Hell, I might as well laugh at all the Zings and say something about all of them.

Joner - How's it going spreading that friendship taught by your boy Paul? I'm guessing not so well because it seems your best friend in the house is... No one. Ziiiiiiiing!
ouch. MAN I MISS JONER

G'Day Matt - I didn't want to say anything but your game is gradually going... down under. Ziiiiiiiiiiing!
yikes
ain't that the truth

Gabe - You may fancy yourself a big-shot football player. But if your Big Brother skills are any indication of your performance on the gridiron, we all know you will...fumble. Ziiiiiiiing!!!
Gabe plays football? A silly joke here, but I loved it.

Derek, the lawyer - You are my favorite contestant this season to... hold in contempt. Ziiiiiiiiiing!
same tho

Jake, do you plan on being the runner up again this season? You know what they say that third time's a charm. Oh... my bad. Ziiiiiiiing!
BURN omg I love it

Christian - did you leave your brain on Broadway? Because between my challenging puzzles and Jake's running circles around you, you seem to be stumped by a couple of... Jersey Boys. Ziiiiiiiiiing!
okay, this one actually made me chuckle quite a bit. That was good.

Bryson, I understand you are a big fan of Drake. I hear he wrote a song about you and it describes your BB game. It's called Started from the Bottom and... remained there. Hotline Ziiiiing!
OMG. The "Hotline Ziiiing" really killed this one. My favorite Zing honestly and not just because Drake is one of my personal guilty pleasures

Cody, my spidey senses are tingling perhaps it is because I am so impressed with your game. Oh my bad, it's actually caused by how bad... you stink at this game. Ziiiiing!
oh gosh poor Cody. Hope he's managing okay in the game.

So, looks like Gabe and Matt are on the block together. Now, I have NO idea what's going on in the House right now (like I knew while i was in the game lmao) so if I had to take a wild guess, Gabe is currently on the block to be a pawn. He killed Veto last time he was on the block. If he wins it, it'll give the HOH an easy Joner backdoor. If someone wins it and doesn't play it, then they could just take Matt out. Ugh, I hate this. 

c'mon guys. I already watched BB18 once this year. I don't need to do it again. Get these returnees out of here and have a newbie win it!

[Van]

12-1-16 (Veto Ceremony Results)

Ugh it's so disappointing to see that only two people competed in that Chen competition. Granted I know I wouldn't have won because I have no idea what I would've joked about. Maybe I could bash Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi for Joe? I could've made a joke about Brett being from Illinois too? IDK they would've been terrible Zings but I would've at least tried! And freaking Jake admitted that he was the winner, so NOW he has an additional 50 Chens! These newbies are about to hand the returnees a win and I'm disappointed in them.

So, Gabe and Matt are the final nominees and that's that. Now, I'd prefer to see Matt stay because we spent some time working together. But I don't know if that's gonna be the case. :/

[joepetz999]

Any predictions for the DE?

[Van]

The thing that I'll predict and hope that happens in the DE is that if one of the returnees doesn't win HOH, then someone will finally take a bigger shot at them while they can take advantage of the chaos of DE night.

Will the Covert Affair twist and the Chen shop still be in effect during DE night?

[joepetz999]

Covert Affairs is officially over. Chen Shop still in play.

[Van]

12-3-16 (Eviction and DE Night Results)

So, like how I expected, Matt goes. :/

BUT, then I was able to follow along for most of DE night and see everything happen live! Watching that tag comp was honestly nerve-wracking, especially since Jake and Christian were just GOING after Joner. I was sad when Joner got out, and I had a bad feeling about how things would go. Christian ended up winning HOH, which is better than a returnee I guess. So, to my pleasant surprise...CODY AND JAKE WERE PUT UP ON THE BLOCK! I honestly began cheering out loud (sorry neighbors) like YESSSSSS

The veto comp was played, and of course Jake bought a veto advantage and won it. He took himself off, and Joner was replaced, which put a damper on my mood a little bit.

Oh and before I forget I was laughing at this so hard (ilu Cody but still)
"I have so much to say when I get off work. If I'm still here that is."
To be honest I was CACKLING when Cody said that. I was just thinking "DUDE, if you got the time to write while at work, start typing the receipts before you get evicted!! I wanna see the drama!!

At this point I headed out to go grab dinner and hang out with friends for the rest of the night, so to my pleasant surprise when I checked my phone while I was out, I saw that the vote was a tie. Gabe didn't vote. And Christian voted to evict Cody!!!

I love Cody and if a returnee had to win, then I wanted to see him win it the most. But these people are finally making their moves! It's F6 and there's still 2 of them out there so I'm hoping it's not too late for them. And I'm so proud of Joner for making it to F6 despite everything! I've honestly lost track how many times he's been on the block this season. I came to a realization the other day after my Survivor side season finished, that my own game in ORG's tend to be with me in the minority for most of the game, balls to the wall to survive. And that's how it appears that Joner is playing this game too, at least from what I can gather out here. Out of everyone in the F6 he honestly deserves it the most and I hope he makes it to the end.
this ended up being a Joner fanclub rant oops

AND the one thing I'll thank Jake for is bringing up the drama in the Living Room by calling Derek the fuck out. Hopefully these returnees work on taking shots at each other so Joner (or any of the other newbies) can make it to the end! You know times are kind of bad when you're rooting for Gabe over Derek and Jake. 
(i love you Derek/Jake but mannnn I don't wanna see a returnee win)

[Van]

12-4-16 (HOH Comp and Nomination Ceremony)

RIP Chen Shop, you'll be missed.
But at least it went out in a massive bang with that cool auction! Sure it's all luck based but it was a pretty cute comp. Thankfully, Joner ended up buying the "sin" with Immunity! So I don't have to worry about the fate of Joner this week, yay! 

And honestly (even though it was luck based lmao), after losing two of his allies and just having a rough time, Jake coming back to win that HOH? You couldn't write a better plot twist than that. But it turns out that it's Christian and Bryson are on the block, rather than Derek. I was about to say something about a possible backdoor for Derek, but then I remembered that it's F6 and all of them can compete, and with Derek having a disadvantage in the veto anyway....what's the point?

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM
This should be interesting to watch~~~~~

[Brett]

Dec 5, 2016 5:08:06 GMT Van said:

Jake coming back to win that HOH? You couldn't write a better plot twist than that.

This has happened the same way every single season since season 7. I don't know if it's fate or poetic justice.

[joepetz999]

Jake always has the best luck. Literally all the time when he needs it, the next challenge is either luck based or something he excels at. Van, you should have seen us try to plan competitions last season with trying to not be anti-Bullet Club. It was so hard.

[Van]

12-9-16 (Eviction Results)

Welp, Derek's gone. Jake got him out, and now he's the only returnee left in the game. Good for him on surviving this long. Maybe at this rate he will make it to F2 again. It'll be interesting to watch.

And Christian is this week's HOH! Honestly, I can't even remember the amount of times that he's been HOH at this point. My eviction week? The DE night? Now? Idk, but I feel like he's won it a lot and I'm too lazy to go back and check how many times he did win it. Plus with the Covert Affair twist who knows. I just wonder if Christian is gonna try and finish what he started during DE night and nominate Jake. He'll probably nominate Joner at his side since that's what he did during DE night since Christian said he didn't know Joner that much.

Nothing I can do about it right now though. Hopefully my buddy survives this week. F5 now. Can't believe this game is almost over. 

[Van]

12-12-16 (Eviction Results)

me when Jake got evicted which means a returnee won't win this season



we avoided seeing BB18's ending from happening in this game :')
Though, there IS some truth to what Jake said. Honestly, Christian's been killing it in HOH's and everything this season. He has the physical game but people seem to like him and he's hardly been on the block from what I remember. I like the dude personally and he's the one who put me on the block when I was evicted lmao

What a final 4 though.
We got Christian, who's apparently the frontrunner to win this game...
We got Joner, who in my opinion has had a tough road getting here, but could be a dark horse to win this...
We have Bryson, who I honestly don't know where he fully stands. But if he makes a good arguement, he could have a shot of winning too.
And, uh, we have Gabe. Who, is apparently still never here unless it's to talk trash about me or Derek. Does he have a chance to win? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Can't wait to see what this endgame brings!

EDIT: And one last tidbit I just noticed. The three returnees? Cody, Derek and Jake? They were evicted back to back to back. Ain't that something.

[Van]

12-13-16

and ONE last thing before I go to bed and bomb my finals tomorrow

I would honestly be SHOCKED if Gabe was voted out at this point. He's just been....I don't know...so openly nasty to people??? First me, then Derek, and now Jake? And that's just been what's been out in the open. Honestly, what's his damage? It's not strategy, it's just....ugh??? He's such a massive goat honestly between hardly being here and just trash talking people. It makes me sad, and I hope Derek and Jake have been able to shake it all off too. and i could say something about being a tad bit bitter about placing much worse than him but that's life man

You can make it to the end of the game all you want, Gabe. But you still gotta win. I don't think he can pull that off with this attitude of his.