Hello all. We made it. We're in the final 18. Horray!
When I was in the end of my last game, I started thinking about this whole tengaged thing, and the timezones, etc. And I started wondering... Can I do anything to make this game feel more like a real big brother house? Can I find some theme or something that would bond us all? Don't get me wrong, alliances will be made, people will do what they gotta do, and 14 of us are gonna shamefully go home before the final four are up. But in the meantime I really want on some level to make us one group of 18, and feel like a real big brother game, in a way.
We all got lucky, as this is a very diverse house. People from all sorts of countries, religions, and backgrounds. Islam, Christianity, Atheism, Agnosticism. UK, US, Israel, Ireland, Brasil, Italy, Russia. And I think also the phillipines. Correct me if I'm wrong. Adopted people, and at least one bisexual.
So that's the material we got to work with. Now, what about the timezones? What about work and school and the fact that we're on in different times?
Well, my idea is this: We each come up with themes that we introduce to the rest of the housemates. This way people can respond to one another or talk about things that were discussed 10 hours before.
Like religion, politics. Etc. We already had several discussions about politics and adoption.
Today happens to be April 19th. That's the date of the attack on Wacco, if you're familliar with that. It's also the date of the attack in Oklohoma City. Timothy McVeigh, who was in Wacco, was disgusted by it, and decided that it is his duty, as an "American Patriot", to attack the US government. So he and his friend, Terry Nichols, blew up an FBI building. Since then there were all sorts of conspiracy theories involving white supremacists and Islamic fundamentalists who cooperated with McVeigh and Nichols.
You guys have any thoughts on US domestic terrorism? Terrorism in general? The government?
I'm freaked out, in this day and age, of people monitoring the net and getting the wrong idea about stuff I write. So let me make it clear: MCVEIGH IS SCUM! I'M GLAD HE'S DEAD!
If it's too heavy, you can put my topic aside, and come up with one of your own. This is not me trying to make the forum political. This is me trying to make the game into something that will connect the surviving husemates, and make the game more exciting.
Tell me what you think. Here, or in the game itself. Check out this forum for more topics, a lot lighter and cooler than the one I just suggested. Again, the only reason I suggested this topic, is because today is the 19th.
