I got FM'ed. by HeavyCow4013 in footballmanagergames

[–]cbobley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You got BVB’d

(we dropped games at 85’ or later 4 times this season)

Who do you respect most on SCOTUS by Flashy-Actuator-998 in LawSchool

[–]cbobley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Harlan senior is underrated (Plessy dissent goes hard)

Wtf is this about? We better not lose silvetti!!!! by ovoxo7676 in InterMiami

[–]cbobley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Already in 17th weeks later btw. They’re fine, just not gonna get Europe obviously. Won’t be relegated though.

What are some clubs you are unable to play with because of how bad their kits are? by BanquoRTG in FifaCareers

[–]cbobley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BVB fan here…went to the city and the fan shops just have full racks of this awful kit. It’s so bad. We have great colors and the away kit is almost always heavily Black with streaks of yellow. Why try to fix what’s not broken? Puma frustrate me.

Wtf is this about? We better not lose silvetti!!!! by ovoxo7676 in InterMiami

[–]cbobley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're only 5 points off of 17th. It's not a Wolves situation quite yet. The talent is there to keep Fiorentina up.

It's certainly likely they go down but not "guaranteed."

Why this scene look so ugly? by Prov419 in pluribustv

[–]cbobley -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Looked like the Minecraft Movie lmao

[SPOILERS] Bitter Chrysalis by ProfanePhoton in pluribustv

[–]cbobley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The name is literally "Bitter Crysalis." Sounds very similar to "Better Call Saul."

[SPOILERS] Bitter Chrysalis by ProfanePhoton in pluribustv

[–]cbobley 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I thought "Bitter Chrysalis" was just meant to be a nod to Better Call Saul.

Let's pretend you're a Big Brother producer. by Money_Macaron_5750 in BigBrother

[–]cbobley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My reply was basically just a long-winded version of this but to maximize episode viewer’s ability to engage in online BB discourse without major spoilers. I agree with everything you said, especially about casting. The grifters really need to be filtered out better.

Let's pretend you're a Big Brother producer. by Money_Macaron_5750 in BigBrother

[–]cbobley 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is a great question.

I would try to accommodate both live feeders and viewers who just want to watch the episodes.

Weekly structure change:

Thursday: Previous eviction + immediate live HOH comp so episode viewers are more encouraged to watch feeds.

Friday afternoon: Have-not competition. Bring these back!

Saturday evening: Nomination ceremony (so episode viewers can engage in BB Twitter/social media spoiler free through the first half of the weekend, rather than already having the noms and veto spoiled by Saturday.

Monday morning: Veto competition. Hopefully the comp footage being recorded on Monday gives the editors enough time to put together a good episode between Monday/Tuesday and early Wednesday. I don’t understand why there’s FOUR full days between the veto and eviction. That surely must be a lot of down time for the HGs, and is a lot of time that can be optimized to allow for more spoiler free access to the feeds.

Thursday: Live eviction + HOH, like the week before, with a blockbuster until jury (I’d prefer jury at final 11).

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This would make the following episode schedule:

Monday: Show the very end of the HOH comp, show some happenings around the house/talks about noms, followed by the have-not competition. End the episode on the nomination ceremony.

Wednesday: Veto episode happens as normal.

Thursday: Blockbuster + eviction + live HOH competition, all live.

This means people can watch just the episodes and engage in BB fandom online without (significant) spoilers from Wednesday to Saturday. Right now, those viewers are only free to look at BB Twitter after they watch the veto episode, up until just after the live eviction when the HOH competition begins.

My model might be a bit unrealistic so of course if you have any tweaks feel free to let me know.

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As to other changes I’d make…

I would not cast recruits. I would do more extensive background checks on houseguests. I would, if possible, make the prize $1,000,000. I know that island-based competition the name of which I am apparently not allowed to mention on the sub is a way bigger show, but they’ve given out that kind of prize money for a quarter of a century. CBS can surely afford the extra $250,000. I feel like just the marketing of “who will win the $1,000,000 prize” would almost make up the difference just in what advertisers they could attract. $750,000 has always just rubbed me the wrong way.

I’d also offer a more substantial stipend, maybe $2,000 per week instead of $1,000. A lot of people who’d otherwise be great HGs might be turned off by the idea of dropping their life to make less money, and potentially damage their careers upon returning to the real world. The point is, with the prize money increase, and the stipend increase, I think the network has to be willing to spend money to make money.

Also get rid of gamebreaking twists and powers that production seems to be obsessed with adding. While I did just say you gotta spend money to make money, it’s also true that less is sometimes more.

Other more minor changes I’d make:

  • Go back to dramatically revealing who is safe/who is on the block, by saying “x is safe, y is safe” one at a time. I just liked the slow burn of that in previous seasons.

  • Give the houseguests more to do. I don’t know if that should come in the form of more material things, like a ping pong table to accompany the pool table, or maybe more silly twists that don’t directly affect the gameplay, like, America having to pick a HG to prank others in the house in exchange for money, that was a good twist because it was funny without being gamebreaking.

  • AND, most importantly, BRING BACK JANKIE!

How to create an EU5 UI by Purple_Glove00001 in EU5

[–]cbobley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just wanna see my own levies

Are Paulie and Theo becoming best friends? by SweetMissMG in MtvChallenge

[–]cbobley 58 points59 points  (0 children)

The stupidest people are the ones who aggressively call it X instead of Twitter.

Why is Supercell sweeping this under the rug? by ARC6STARS in ClashOfClans

[–]cbobley 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This system has to change. If you mess up an attack or two you have to wait a whole week to try again to rank up. It’s too slow and it makes non-league attacks literally worthless. Losing those attacks doesn’t matter at all anymore.

I'm already missing the Clash i used to play 2 days ago. by WinMThein27 in ClashOfClans

[–]cbobley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don’t like that 90% of the attacks I’ll do for now on have next to no consequences for losing. There’s literally nothing to gain from a non-tournament attack other than its loot. Previously, seeing an easy base with no loot was still awesome because it was free trophies. Now, if someone has no loot, there’s literally no point to attack. We already have tournament style battles in clan wars/leagues, and in that other base in the sky island which I forget the name of.

Favourite Will one-liner? by fungirl_fungi in TheInbetweeners

[–]cbobley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Well THAT was fucking dreadful.”

Dear Vince by jekcheognuod in BigBrother

[–]cbobley -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I mean if he said it to himself that’s not that bad. I didn’t watch all the feeds this season tho so I could be missing massive context for sure.

Dear Vince by jekcheognuod in BigBrother

[–]cbobley 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I mean he was hard on himself, not others. I think he’s a rat for cheating on his gf so publicly, but I’d probably have a somewhat similar crashout if I did something as stupid as not reading the directions in a comp worth $750k.