Why does everyone think he was trying? He made it as obvious as possible that he was missing it on purpose.

i find it really hard to just throw assumptions like "he'll be next" out there 3 weeks in advance. Look at this past week. 3 days ago everyone itt was all "OMG Britney goes home 100%".

like brigade pretty much has to win HOH each week in order to get down that far (save this week with brendan being the most likely to go). This isn't like Survivor where the advantage of numbers can just pick off everyone else; the HOH truly determines who is at risk of going home. Since the non-matt part of the brigade has sucked at HOH challenges, I don't think it's farfetched to say that there's a good chance that there's at least one week in between now and F4 that has a non [Hayden/Enzo/Lane] HOH, and those people would probably put up brigade vs. brigade depending on who remains.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that despite how strong they are right now, it doesn't take much to get a F4 that isn't entirely comprised of brigade members, and even if that does happen, people negotiate, people's allegiances change, and most importantly, they need to finaggle their way to the F2 without angering anyone in to not voting them to win the game.

If Matt moves over then he loses at least 2 jury votes.

Of course. That's why I said more likely, not guaranteed. And really only Britney would have been a question mark. Ragan 100% puts up 2 non-Matt brigades and has the 3rd for a replacement, no way he puts up Matt or Britney. I still like this side more than the brigade-1 reeling off 3 perfect weeks. (This is all post-Brendon speculation of course - he's the first target.)

comments like this make me wonder if ppl actually watch the show, or have it on in the background while multi-tabling.

at what point is the brigade considered a success. Does it have to be f4 or will 4/6 do?

People think it's okay to watch The Wire and Sopranos while multi-tabling, so they probably take Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes while watching BB.

same goes for Mad Men, I tend to skip the thread for Mad Men now, so full of fail.

I enjoyed watching the entire series of 24 while I multi-tabled.

nominations and related strat

I'm not in favor of uneccessarily eliminating allies and making oneself public enemy number one at the same time. There is too much game left to purposely paint the bullseye on your own back when there is a decent chance many will still be gunning for Brenda. Eliminating Kathy might not seem very sexy, but I think it was surely his best move this week. Kathy was an enemy and not a potential target for others to train their sights on. Keeping her really does nothing for Matt. He's a target. I believe it behooves him to keep other potential targets around even it they are more dangerous from a control/competetive standpoint than Kathy. And especially if they are also potential allies. If I am a powerful player, I prefer powerful allies to a worthless person whose vote I don't control. Kathy was the anti-Matt. I don't blame him for going that route at all.

If by 'running the house', you mean barely outlasting Kathy in endurance comps and riding Matt's coattails, then carry on. They are the biggest voting block for sure, but they've shown little ability to win anything in order to be in control of who gets nominated...which tends to matter as the game winds down. Matt kept his options open at a time when it seemed like the best thing to do. I find it somewhat strange that he is being faulted for it.

They were successful two weeks ago imo.

Yeah it's already a clear success.

And Enzo is going to have to get a ton of credit for putting it together.

Nah I'm pretty sure they're running the house

The Brigade is by far the most successful early-formed alliance in bb history. They're already down to the final 7 without anyone suspecting them and without being public enemy number one when a non-brigade wins HoH.

Sometimes I feel like Matt can't do anything right according to this thread.

Early in the game he's accused of having FPS by not nominating Brenchel when he was HoH. Now he makes the ABC play of sending Kathy packing and it's not good enough.

I think the god damn reason why mo fuggas here are ripping him for nominating Kathy is that at some point the brigade (what a pussy name for an alliance. why not "the axis powers" or something) has to turn on itself, cuz only two can make the final two, and it was obvious that they had no problem sending him home when they believed they would have to choose between lane and him. nominating enzo (douchebag) would have sent the message that he is in it to win it.

FPS does not mean you make a non-standard play, and I think I'm the only person who disagrees with the Kathy boot. However...

Matt and Brittney need to team up with Ragan this week, and eliminate Hayden/Enzo if possible. (POV used on Brenda by one of their number in order to gain his trust.)

Brenda needs to win POV and try to insert himself in Matt's place in the brigade. If he could get down to competing with the non-Matt members of the Brigade in competitions his chances of winning some control increase dramatically.

Brigade just needs to keep itself intact and secret. If they get blown up, need to try to get rid of Matt or attempt to regain his trust.

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