Why does everyone seem to think that... because a player sucks at competitions/hardly ever wins any... they are a floater?
NO. A floater is not someone who sucks at competitions, a floater is someone that has no strategic value/input into the game whatsoever. They don't make alliances, they hardly ever talk game and are told how to vote each week.
They usually follow the majority of the house and "glory-hunt" (support whoever is in power e.g.. the HoH)
A perfect example of a floater is Adam and Shelley from BB13, they were constantly up the HoH's ass, they didn't overly suck at challenges, Adam won one HoH i think, and Shelley came 2nd in a couple.