The Strategy Guide and Dictionary
This season, I shall introduced a strategy guide and dictionary. This post can help you win this season. I believe all veterans have not won this game yet (including you Turner. I know you felt you should of won, but you still haven't technically won). Read these posts, and you can possibly win this game.
Just for the record, this is on-topic just because this is a post that can help you win this season of TBAM.
For of all, hese are words you will hear quite a lot! Pay close attention, because some words have misleading definitions.
Alliance- A group of people who have your trust in the game and have your back
Backdoor- When a replacement nominee gets mummified WITHOUT PLAYING IN THE SEMI-VETO ABILITY COMPETITION
Cocktail Rider- Somebody who rides someone else's cocktails and listen to everything they want to say
Diary Room- A room where houseguests can say whatever they want without the other houseguest knowing
DQ- When somebody doesn't turn in a competition that I need
Floater- A person who is going from one alliance to another depending on who in charge
Head of Mummification- The most powerful person in the game! He or she is free from the threat of mummification, but must put two people up for mummification
Mummify- How a person will end up doing if they get eliminated from the show
Mummy Jury- The Last 7 Mummified Contestants who will cast his or her vote to win this show
Nominee- A person nominated for mummification
Physical Game- A gameplay in terms of how well someone did in competitions
Showmance- A romantic relationship in the game
Sidedoor- When a replacement nominee gets mummified but plays in the Semi-Veto Ability competition
Social Game- A gameplay in terms of the strategic things someone did socially (like make up a lie, form an alliance, convincing someone to nominate someone else, etc.)
Strategic Game- A gameplay in terms of the strategic moves someone made
The Room of Decisons- A room that Head of Mummification can open sometime in the halfway point. If open, then something good can happen to the Head of Mummifcation and something bad can happen to the house or vise versa
The Semi-Veto Ability- This power can save one of the two nominees
Throw Under the Bus- To sell-out an ally of yours to get further in the game
Vote- A formal indication of a choice between two nominees for who should be mummify
I also want to clear up some clarifications about some of the words have misleading definitions
1. Backdoor- Many people feel as if the replacement nominee goes home, then they get backdoor'd. However, this is definitely not the case. In order to be fully backdoor'd, that person must NOT compete in the Veto competition as they had their chance to win the Veto competition but failed to do it. If they competed in the Veto competition, I considered this a sidedoor. However, if they do ended up competing not in a Veto competition, they didn't get backdoor'd.
For example, a Big Brother 10 houseguest named Michelle Costa considers the biggest move of her season to be backdooring a certain houseguest but actually that certain houseguest was actually sidedoor'd as he or she actually played in the Veto competition at the week where he or she was evicted.
2. Floater- People considered a lot of cocktail riders floaters but in reality, they aren't. Instead floaters have no true alliances, and they go around from alliance to alliance depending where the power is at. Where as cocktail riders don't really do anything, but they have an alliance.
For example, many people considered the winner of Big Brother 11 to be a floater, but he or she was actually a cocktail rider as he or she was loyal to many people in the house.
3. Social Game- I feel as if there is a difference between socializing and social game that needs to be recognized. Socializing is just them talking about something non-stragetic. A social game is a gameplay in terms of the strategic things. I shall use examples of Big Brother winners for this one:
The winner of Big Brother 6 convinced someone from opposite alliance that he or she wasn't a part in to nominate two people that were on the opposite alliance. That was part of his/her social game.
The winner of Big Brother 10 formed a secret alliance with the runner-up. That was part of his/her social game.
The winner of Big Brother 11 talked about his/her family at home. That was just plain socializing.
The winner of Big Brother 13 talked about the past houseguests he or she is currently friends. That was just plain socializing.
Now, please understand the difference between social game and socializing.
I just educate you guys to prevent from you guys from being one of those people who believed in the misleading definitions of those words.
I also highly suggest if you watch some American Big Brother seasons as they can help you with your strategy. I recommend these seasons:
Big Brother 6
This season changed the way Big Brother is played as in the first 5 seasons, there wasn't a lot of fights. This season, it had the most polarizing and divided house to this day causing a bunch of fights and drama. It also had a Big Brother legend who made it to the final 3 despite being a target since the start of the season.
Big Brother 8
This season definitely had a crazy cast. It also features an unlikely dynamic duo who made it to the final 2 that eventually returned to the game for a future season.
Big Brother 10
This season is a back to the basics season meaning that was very few twists. The winner of that season also probably played the best game I have ever seen.
I also suggest you do not watch these seasons:
Big Brother 1- This season had a different game as it was like the internationals season. It was just plain stupid popularity contest with 0 strategy. I consider this season the worst season of all.
Big Brother 9- Had a terrible twist and an arrogant cast
Big Brother 12- had an unlikeable cast and a very predictable ending. It also had an epicly failed twist
Big Brother 13- Was majorly rigged, and had returning players in it. I felt this season should have been an all-stars season
Some general advice:
Do not betray your alliance. On Survivor, people like Jonathan Penner, John Cochran, and Twila Tanner all ended up betraying an alliance that they have, and they all ended up losing. Once you betray your alliance, you basically have no shot at winning.
Do NOT align with every single person in the house. You will be consider playing all sides, and you can't be trusted.
Try to have friendly relationships with everyone. There will be competitions that will test out how well you know the previous mummified contestants, and if you have friendly relationships with everyone, you have a better chance at winning them.
If you really want to get someone, then be sure you actually had the votes to get rid of someone before you vote to mummify them. if you don't, the other houseguests could of easily vote to mummify the nominee who you don't want to get rid of, and you could cause a target on yourself for voting with the minority.
If you think about it, the beginning of the game is the most important part of the game where you form alliances and stuff like that. The moves you make early on will determine how well you will do at the end.
Also, here some useful strategies in the house:
The Alliance Strategy: Forming an alliance is an useful strategy as they shall always stick together. Unless someone decides to be like Cochran, and betrays you, then an alliance is always good.
The Lay Low Strategy- This strategy is basically a strategy where you lay low in the beginning by throwing competitions, and start winning competitions and make bond moves at the end. This always an useful strategy as one winner of Big Brother won by an unanimous just by using that strategy.
Have No Strategy- Sometimes having a certain set strategy can mess up your game or it can be ruined by twists. For example, I remember a houseguest named Keith came into the house by forming an alliance called Keith's Angels. That strategy was ruined as 6 former vetrans came into the house causing an immediate divided house.
Here are some strategies I suggest not using
The Honor and Integrity Strategy- This strategy is when you tried to play the game with honor and integrity where you want to take the best to the end. That is a terrible strategy as you may be caught in moments where you have to lie. Also, taking the best to the end is also bad as the best could ultimately beat you.
The Unlikeable Contestant Strategy- This strategy is where you tried to be unlikeable so that people could take you to the end just so that they can win. Well, if you turned out to be a jerk, then people could not want you around anymore, and they could kick you out of the show. Also, you may get banned for trolling, and I may have to put you on the banned from this show list along with cuddles, and Cooklez. Though even though your contestant may be unlikeable, you shouldn't act unlikeable.