Big Brother watchers: how can you explain . . .?

Question

How can you explain the way Chill Town is able to manipulate everyone in the house? In Season 2 their game play was new. But everyone on this show has seen them play. How can they all believe that Will and Boogie are being sincere with them and lying to everyone else? What makes these people each think that THEY are one ones Chill Town is really being honest with? I don't get it. Do they want to believe they are part of the cool clique? Do the girls think they have something real between themselves and the guys? Are they all just unbelievably naieve? Are they arrogant enough to believe that they are somehow special or different to two men who have openly declared an alliance of 2 and are openly backstabbing everyone around them?

Are there any thougths from a psychological or group dynamics point of view that could explain this behavior?

Answer 1

Unfreakingbelievable!!! I could not BELIEVE Erica fell for that crap. They could have gotten rid of Will this week. It just goes to show how easily women are manipulated.(and YES, I am a woman!) Why no one has tried harder to break up Chill Town is beyond me. Those guys are master manipulators! They make each person feel "special" and "chosen" and they have all fell for it hook, line & sinker.

Answer 2

Both Ericka & Janelle are the epitome of attractive with no brain cells. Yes, their hormones have put them under that spell...with Will & Boogie who not only have been stroknig the girls ego's but actually making some physical contact, whether under the sheets or not. Those two girls have given the veiwing audience proof that not only is love blind but its sometimes stupid If they really were smart they would have banded together with the other women in the house and gotten rid of the testosterone! Once those two "GIRLS" veiw the entire season they will feel the humilation of their stupidity. Will & Boogie ---, God bless them they are in constant pursuit of the prize $$$$$$$ and I applaude them for pulling the wool over the dumb sheeps eyes every week. As far as thier tactics again they are constantly "in" the game. They are probably the only two who are intelligent enough to remember it's TV and the prize is real. Nothing else inside the house is real as far as freinships and meaningful realtionships where they will keep in touch after the finale. The most enjoyable part of this season has been when Will & Boogie are together in the confessional room and they do thier shlick.. Group dynamics have been minimal from the start, they broke up into sub groups, (alliances) and continued to fracture themselves from the group as a whole which is the nature of this game,,individual strength is what allowed one or two persons to manipulate other allainces, The power of persuasion by Will and Boogie took it's strong hold when the two, ( in this case weaker sex)..Ericka & bimbo beleived all the stroking they got from the boys..."Oh Janelle I think you are one of the smartest people who has ever played this game...you rock!! you are an all star" Stupidity, and luck winning the POV is the only reason Ericka & Janlle are positioned this far into the game, They have let the boys set them up for the final hard blow which is to be so close to the prize they can smell it just before the rug gets pulled from underneath thier feet! For me the most interesting part of observing the behavior of the Big Brother 7 behaviors is the glaring ignorance of two above average looking women who can allow any man to take their power away simply by complimenting them on how smart & pretty they are.

Answer 3

I think some are very naive.

But then again, they're not at the final five. At this point, Erika should make final 3 and then she should have at least a 1/3 chance at the final 2.

Janelle, kind of knows now what the deal is, but she also knows that she's survived this far and that they did help her stay by getting rid of James.

So she or Georgie'll go next week. Then the other. Then, Mike'll need to man up.

If I were Mike, I'd lose the competition when it's down to three and let Erika and will fight it out. That gets him final two no matter what and no hard feelings with either Will or Erika.

If Erika got rid of Will instead, then Danielle almost certainly wins. Janelle or Danielle will off the other next week. Then it's a free for all down the stretch. At least this way, Erika should slide into a top 3 spot, almost guaranteed, with a decent shot at the final 2 considering that even though Will has thrown many competitions, that he's still not that good.

Answer 4

Big thoughts require direct answers.

Will and Boogie are the people you fear least to win the contest because nobody wants to give them the money and that is the only way they can win the money, so; if you want to win the money you keep them around knowing that you can beat them in the finals. They are not clever. They are not manipulative to the extent people give them credit for, they are just not going to win the money.

In specifics, Erika is engaged to Boogie and has been his girlfriend since before they entered the house.

George is playing his same game of just wanting to be in the house and hoping no one will take offense to his being there.

Danielle plays angry and is extremely vane.

Janelle plays crafty and she knows neither Will nor Boogie will get more votes than her.

Going Back to the those who left the house.

James, Jase, Diane, Nakomis, Allyson, and Howie are like Danielle, easily taken advantage of.

Kaysar is like George only he plays the challenges better.

The only thing to question about chill town is which fool is going stab which fool first. Erika is Boogie's ace in the hole. Will's ace is his recognition that this is the week to make his move on Boogie. He need to get Will and Erika up on the hot seat and the best way to do that is to do it himself. He may let Janelle do it but he knows he can't trust her.

I expect George to win this thing because the strategy has been stupid from day one. You don't get rid of the floaters who might give you the money. You get rid of the people you know will never give you the money. So far the jury is full of people who will not give chilltown the money unless they have no other choice. Chill town overplayed their hand.

Answer 5

Will and Mike Boogie are just that smart, or what most people would call it, manipulative. Big Brother isn't about playing nice or fair, and they've mastered the game. If you notice, even the ones who claim that they're gonna "take Chilltown out" , like Janelle, have fallen under their spell.

So really, Will and Mike are just the best players in the history of the show. That and the fact that certain players, like Erika and Howie, are pushovers.

Answer 6

I think you said it...they want to think they are part of the "in Crowd" of chill town. I am hoping that it comes down to boogie getting the win. He deserves it being Wills shadow for both seasons...will is in it for himself.
I also heard that Erika and Boogie were together before the house. I don't know how true it is, but if so then they are playing together for real and everything else is pretend...if so, they are the best actors and Erika is a genious for playing the "fooled" girl so well.
I am embarrassed by how additcted to the show I am this season!

Answer 7

They all want to be apart of the group because they know if they are that they will make it far because they are very dangerous. The group consists of Janelle, Will, and Boogie. Erika thinks that she is part of the group but she isn't simply because of the fact that she is being used. Janelle is a part of the group because Will likes Janelle and Janelle likes Will. Erika thinks that Boogie really likes her but in reality he is just playing her like he played Danielle, James, Marcella's, Howie and Kaysar. Will and Boogie were the reason for all of the evictions in the house. Will is not playing Janelle because he really does like her. Most of the players in the game are really stupid because they trust Will and Boogie.The girls are stupid for falling for the men because once Erika leaves the house and finds out Boogie played her she will be really upset. She put up Danielle because of him and Will. She will loose a friend for a boyfriend. Will and Boogie are smart for backstabbing everyone. Wonder who is going to win the game.

Answer 8

Re watch everything and look close you will see CBS has either favored or outright fixed BB7 to allow both Janie and Erika (eye candy) to win. Its about ratings and sex sells! Here are my examples of CBS fixing BB7

Most contest require memory (most every in any BB) any memory contest favors Janie she is a VIP waitress and uses her memory everyday its a requirement!

HOH malfunction. Janie was going to go no doubt if James had won or Dani maybe some others. Malfunctions happens. OK you have a redo but why give others who lost fair and square (like Janie) second shot?

POV assault. When is it legal to maul another contestant to win? If James had ripped doll from Janie CBS and house would have cried foul! Janie even admitted to Boogie she cheated!!

HOH Erika won. Erika won HOH but re watch her win. She pauses on stairs takes step up (wrong step) an pauses again watch her head she "almost" seems to be listening to something. She then steps down......but wait I am not done. Julie says "Erika" before Julie says she won (she could have been being told she lost) she jumps for joy and removes her blindfold!? How did she know sh won "before" Julie told her!?

Last POV last night two highest scores were .....you guessed it Janie and Erika both their scores were near impossible. did they have prior knowledge of answers one can only guess but a one minute time finish get real!!

Answer 9

I think everyone in the BB house are stupid, I loved Janelle in season 6 but my liking for her dwindled as she's dumb enough to believe Chilltown. Erika is pretty much useless and I still have no idea why the hell she's there, what did she even do in her season??? The only ones I like are Chicken George and sorta Danielle ( I feel bad that Erika is betraying her for Chilltown).

Answer 10

I think Janelle is playing both of them. Especially Will.
She is not stupid. If she takes Boogie to the final 2, with the players in the voting house, she will win. She needs to eliminate Will first.