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I have to admit, Natalie has had a pretty good strategy. She hasn't won much, but she hasn't needed to. The problem is that she couldn't pull off the one win she really did need. And though her lying and manipulation has gotten her this far, she hasn't pulled it off with the charisma needed to get taken along that last step. In fact, Kevin and Jordan see how well it's worked with the jury (or at least they think it worked) and that could be what keeps her out of the F2. And she's just so darn irritating that I really don't want to see her win.
Kevin has also had a pretty good strategy. He basically made friends with everyone, won comps when he needed to, including a BIG win with the F4 veto, and pulled off his lies without being as icky as Natalie was. He was a big part of getting out some big threats through those lies. His reneg'ing on the deal with Jeff sent him packing, and the True Lie sent Russell out. And of course, his vote kicked Michele.
Jordan's strategy was kind of one of those non-strategies. She came into the game knowing very little about Big Brother, so she didn't have the whole thing planned out. But that may have served her rather well. Her alliance with Jeff was a big part of how she got so far, and one of the reasons it worked was because it was real. They became friends/allies early on when they had no power, and stayed loyal to each other once they did. On top of all that she won comps, despite all the doubts the rest of them had about her, including the key win in Part II. If she pulls of another win in Part III, it will be hard to argue that she's a weak player. And she's just so darn cute that I really do want see her win.
Over the next two weeks, the winner of Coup D’etat will have the ability to overthrow the Head of Household and replace the nominations right before the August 6th or August 13th live show evictions. The winner of this power can only use it once and only the winner will know they have the power.
Which house guest do you want to receive the Power of Coup D’etat?
Normally with these "America's Vote" things I go through all the options and tell you my thoughts, but this one is pretty simple. Vote for Jeff. Jeff and Jordan need the power...they've been the underdogs the whole game, with all their allies going home. And now Jeff has given up HOH to Russell, on the hope that he'll stick to a deal. And why Jeff and not Jordan? Well, she said herself she doesn't like making decisions. So, there you go.
P.S. Grammar police note to CBS...it should be Coup d'État.
Auto-Voter Saga
It seems most people are able to submit unlimited web votes, though some people are having issues with Internet Explorer. My guess was that it's supposed to only allow 10 votes per IP. My complaint about that was that nowhere on the site does it say there's a limit on web votes, just says 10 txt votes per phone. Because I'm like this, I read through the source code of the America's Vote page and discovered this:
There is a "Terms and Conditions" section that includes the following:
"Free Method of Voting Online: To submit your vote without using text messaging go to www.cbs.com/bigbrother during any of the Voting Periods and follow the instructions to complete the voting form. There is a limit of ten (10) free online votes."
The problem is that the T&C section is still associated with the "Voting Period" of 7/26-7/29, so it's not displaying. The code for the current poll doesn't reference it. So technically it is somewhere on the site, it's just pretty darn hard to find. There's also no indication of how the limit is imposed. It could be that they're already silently dropping votes after 10, or it could be that the bad coding is also not displaying a "max votes reached" message and they're going through. This is one we'll probably never know....but, whatever, I'm just happier now that I understand it....because I'm just that way.
I'm not going to post any of the CBS site's source code, because a.) most people don't care, b.) it may very well be copyrighted and c.) it just seems rude. Everyone makes mistakes (I know I sure do....), though you'd think CBS could get this stuff right.
Jeff did in fact win. Julie didn't let us know any percentages, just that we voted "in record numbers" of approx. 12 million.
Now we're just waiting to see if he uses the power. Moments after HOH, Natalie was already psst-psst'ing to everyone that whoever had the power shouldn't use it unless they themselves are nominated. Ha. Nice try.
Jeff did stand up, and wizzed Russell and Lydia off the block, and Jessie and Natalie right on. The least shocked was Jessie. He finally gets that America wants him D-U-N-done (©BB9 Natalie), only he thinks it's because he's a "winner" and we root for the underdogs. Like Jeff and Jordan, who, in Jessie's words "didn't feel like winning." Whatever. Obsolete.
Jessie: Good job, America!