I wasn't going to complain about this while I was using it in our Rookies game to perfection, but I certainly did feel it was unfair to the other players and it didn't give anyone a chance to make a comeback, no matter how often they posted.
If you're HoH, all you have to do is nominate the people that COULD win HoH that aren't allied with you. Since you've nominated them, they can't win the HoH, and thus are safe for another round. If you've allied yourself with all of the strong players, your alliance shares the HoH AND the PoV back and forth, until you get rid of everyone except yourselves.
No matter how much someone actually deserves the HoH, they can't get it because everyone in the opposite alliance is working together so they're always nominated until they are finally evicted.
You're rubbing elbows with the strongest houseguests (according to the algorithm and if you're not nominated) and you're carrying each other to the final 4. There's no way for anyone else to make a comeback and rattle up your alliance. You have everyone under your thumb. Even they can't come to you and say "if I win HoH or PoV, you'll be safe next round" or some other deal, because they WON'T win.
They would need a mole operative in your alliance from the very beginning so that if they win HoH they can make a single stab at your alliance. But frankly, that's more preparation than most people think they would need, until they find out it was too late. Plus, if the mole is already a trusted member of the final 4 alliance, chances are high that they'll just screw the other alliance over.
Now, it was hilariously fun to take control of the game from the very beginning, and everything managed to fall into our hands with PoV and HoH continually circling between our alliance.
But how is that fun for the other players if they know they'll be screwed over and over every round until they're finally evicted, with no chance of coming back?
Sorry, but there needs to be a change so nominated players can fight back. The PoV should go to any of the houseguests regardless of whether they're nominated or how active they are. A nominated player throws a dominant house's plans off for a loop, and a somewhat inactive player can actually be approached with deals and made more active with all the intrigue.
That, or they just don't use it, which = LOL.
But the point is, there needs to be an added layer of unpredictability to make the dominant houseguests quake in their boots and give the underdogs some hope.
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I really agree with you!
I have been lucky enough not to meet any of these allianses yet. (at least I think so..) But there's definitely a need for some unpredictability that can screw up any alliance.
It shouldn't be just to make an alliance of four people, enter a game and then win the whole thing. That's just too easy!
I think the PoV _can_ go to nominated people though, but that is probably not enough, it's still only between the 3 most active people. (Maybe it should switch between the five most active ones?)
So I guess the Rookies game needs to be rethought a little, cause otherwise the strongest will become even stronger..
I have been lucky enough not to meet any of these allianses yet. (at least I think so..) But there's definitely a need for some unpredictability that can screw up any alliance.
It shouldn't be just to make an alliance of four people, enter a game and then win the whole thing. That's just too easy!
I think the PoV _can_ go to nominated people though, but that is probably not enough, it's still only between the 3 most active people. (Maybe it should switch between the five most active ones?)
So I guess the Rookies game needs to be rethought a little, cause otherwise the strongest will become even stronger..