"Christmas, you have the power to replace anyone in the Veto so you can compete instead!" Christmas and her crutches:

I actually consider the ring of replacement to be one of the show’s best balanced powers. Yes, it was useless in comparison to the other two powers, but that speaks more to how OP those powers were. Yes it was less useful since Christmas had a broken leg, but that’s not really the advantage’s fault. Like you said, it can be used both to prevent a backdoor plan against you or to make backdooring someone else much easier. It also can be used at any point in the season, which is rare, as most powers have an expiration date of 4 weeks or less. In other words, it lacks raw power, but compensates with sheer versatility. Daniele’s “replay” power is another I think is decent overall but was just situationally useless. The ability to play two HoH’s in a row doesn’t mean much when your alliance is already sweeping comps, but it is something everyone would clamor towards in seasons 4, 6, 11, 13, or even 17 and 20 My picks for the most useless advantages would be the ability to remove votes in both 17 and 18, Corey’s bribe in BB18, and Mark’s “save a friend’ in BB19. All of these can be useful in specific situations, but were limited in the fact that they could only be used the week they were earned, which significantly reduces the chance of you finding yourself in those specific situations. They’d all be fine if they could be held on to and used in the next 3 or 4 evictions

@staceynainlab888

Жыл бұрын

I had forgotten the save a friend power. he couldn't use it on himself, he had to use it on someone else. since he was completely without allies at that point, it was rendered completely useless. the bribe power has some usefulness in theory but it is hard to find the right way to use it. it ended up being used to get someone to do what they were going to do anyway

@nicjoy4407

15 күн бұрын

Yeah the ring of replacement actually sounds balanced, maybe even a bit strong on paper. It just sucked in that extreme situation, and is 100 times worse than the other powers it was paired with.

But Christmas's Ring of Replacement power did deny Cody and Jessica the opportunity to win veto and possibly take control of the game.

@totaldramatyler4484

Жыл бұрын

I think it's unfair that she was able to use it, and then not even participate in the comp because of her broken leg.

@raheemfielder-bey998

Жыл бұрын

Jess and Cody were NEVER gonna flip that house past week one. But I do agree it still screwed them.

@familybroakajonny

7 ай бұрын

@@totaldramatyler4484fair reason backup

It's crazy most of these twists came seasons apart from each other

The most useless power is the Backstage Boss as that twist went nowhere because Paloma quit & Pooch got evicted unanimously the week after due to Taylor Hale karma!

@bencalebrod

Жыл бұрын

Pooch easily could've been a Week 1 nominee had he not been immune from having that power, so it's definitely not totally useless.

@-rizen

Жыл бұрын

@@bencalebrod true, but the week 1 nominees were void anyway after paloma left so in this specific case it was totally useless

@Maw0

Жыл бұрын

The most embarrassing thing is that BB24 was only 10 months ago, but it feels like 2 years ago, so I don't even remember it at all.

@TheLegendaryMovieCritic

Жыл бұрын

@@-rizenPlus that twist turned from an elimination competition to a part of a HOH competition where Taylor Hale crushed Alyssa with ease!

i remember watching BB21live and watching jack's obviously scripted reaction to the power and how clearly whelmed he was

Love that you quoted Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz

Could you talk about the most useless TWISTS? I feel like the backstage boss is one of the most useless ones because it didn’t amount to anything because of Paloma leaving the game. I don’t blame her, but it just made what could’ve been an awesome twist into such a useless twist in the long run.

@richiemorgan8601

Жыл бұрын

i feel like if it wasnt intended to stop after week 1 it would have just been another battle of the block and become boring and unnecessary

@madysonandres9571

Жыл бұрын

@@richiemorgan8601 They didn’t specify it is was going to be a battle of the block kinda situation, but I can definitely see where you’re coming from!

@creativename7230

Жыл бұрын

imo the backstage twist was actually pretty bad, we just got lucky that it was bb24 and the twist basically saved taylor

@richiemorgan8601

Жыл бұрын

@@madysonandres9571 well i meant that it would go on for so long and become boring because the houseguests would try to "game" it in a sense

@madysonandres9571

Жыл бұрын

@@richiemorgan8601 Ah ok. Yeah that makes sense it would be pretty boring.

The ring of replacement wasn't a terrible power. Cody was a strong competitor and having him sit out stunted Jessica's ability to win the veto. They were huge targets so Christmas swapping herself with Cody and being injury-handicapped was a big F U to Jess and Cody.

7:42 I wished that they took the chips of the houseguests that were drawn out of the box before the chaos power was used. It would have made it fair.

I actually kind of like the useless powers because they don't break the game but they can be used very well if you're creative with it

@tajneeley

6 ай бұрын

Coup d’etat *cough* *cough*

In BB 23, there was this one power that relates to the Replay Power, but it makes the current HOH(which is Tiffany Mitchell) win another HOH competition and become HOH again for the second week in a row after being dethroned by a secret HOH(Claire). And this power is called the Coin of Destiny.

@creativename7230

Жыл бұрын

well, the coin of destiny is basically the invisible hoh from bbcan9, so its kinda powerful but it didnt rlly change much bc claire was close to tiffany

@DVal-bl7hm

Жыл бұрын

What I found weird about the Coin if Destiny power was that you apparently had to "flip a coin" in order to actually dethrone the HOH, or something. Think about it. Dethroning an HOH sounds amazing in theory, but if the coin flip doesn't work out, the whole power could lead to nothing. And the show hyped up The Coin of Destiny twist for several weeks beforehand, as well.

@creativename7230

Жыл бұрын

@@DVal-bl7hm i mean, at least with bbcan9 it was garenteed that the hoh was invisible, but with bb23 it was kinda weird, idk how to describe it

@staceynainlab888

Жыл бұрын

@@creativename7230 it was like the invisible HOH combined with coup de tat. you overthrow the HOH but get to stay anonymous. but you only have a 50/50 shot at overthrowing the HOH so it had a 50% chance of doing absolutely nothing. it did next to nothing anyway cause they nominates the same people again.

Silver veto was a stupid idea that the producers should’ve known wasn’t going to work

@dantheman8103

Жыл бұрын

I think they intended it to just be a dramatic prop and like the almost never used ability to "give someone else your immunity" in Survivor never expected it to be used.Then when Gerry used it then to some extent Marcellas they realized it could truly affect the game and changed it.

@clam379

Жыл бұрын

I think they didn't want the Veto to be OP and wanted the nominees to talk the Veto winner into saving them. But after Gerry used it on Marcellas and it tanked his game it scared everyone else from wanting to use it

I feel like the S3 Vito strategy production was looking for was, if you're on the Block AND win Vito, you replace the other nominee with someone who you know you can beat for Eviction, or give you a better shot at staying.

the purpose of the ring of replacement was to stop someone from playing. Christmas didn't get to play in the veto but she got to stop Cody from playing and that helped hers and Paul's game. I found the halting hex more useless. It cancels a round in the game but you are no further ahead. In order to be further ahead, someone else has to get eliminated. the halting hex meant she stayed another week but still is in the same position as before, no closer to winning because nobody else got eliminated. a power I found useless was the chopping block roulette. No wonder only one person chose to play for it. You get to take someone off the block and then the replacement nominee is chosen at random and could be one of your allies, which is what happened. You have no control over the replacement and you are forced to take someone off the block, the only part you have a say in is which nominee comes off the block. the pick a veto reminds me of the power that allowed the player to upgrade the veto to the diamond power of veto, but the player wasn't guaranteed to win the veto and the power was only useful if they or an ally won the veto. the silver power of veto was a great screwup on the part of production. to this day, the veto is rarely used for any reason other than to take oneself off the block. occasionally it is used by someone on the block to take the other player off the block, usually for personal reasons rather than strategic because there is zero strategic advantage to keeping yourself on the block if you don't have to. sometimes it is used by someone who isn't on the block to save a friend but not very often. the majority of the time it is only used if someone on the block wins it to save themselves. if they can't save themselves, they have no incentive to win. the only way taking the other person off the block might be strategically advantageous is to get a bigger target put up next to you. in general, people on the block are not incentivized to win the veto if they can't directly save themselves with it. I think production realized they mucked up by not allowing players to save themselves with the veto, so they upgraded to golden veto and never looked back. the replay power in the hands of someone who may or may not get to use it as HOH was dumb. I think a better way to implement this power would have been to have three weeks where each week the HOH got a chance to win it.

you forgot to include bb22's 'The Neighbor's House' twist.. no idea what that did at all.

Haha yeah not every power is great, but a lot of the time it’s circumstantial, like the Scott example. Props for mentioning the Silver POV since that immediately came to mind for me.

I noticed that for the most part, the topics you focus on covering in your videos all focus on the positive aspects of Big Brother ( best blindsides, best double evictions, best downfalls, best prejuries, best players, etc. ) I've always thought that there were an abundant of video topics you could make simply by focusing on all the bad aspects of the show. lol

I feel like an honorable mention should be the veto replacement on bbcan2, adels power was basically what the ring of replacement was, so it deserves a mention

@bencalebrod

Жыл бұрын

Him being able to bluff about its power (something generally prohibited with all powers as it's "using production as a strategy") made it far more powerful when used creatively, though.

Eradication would NEVER put a veto redraw in its game! Wait there’s no veto in Eradication…

I think the replacement and shuffling of veto players is a decent , low-game breaking power that SHOULD be thrown around a lot more in early game

Jack’s face… priceless.

@aranci-nick6302

Жыл бұрын

Still the biggest 🔧 to ever play the game

@zaniahsims

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@colecole640

Жыл бұрын

Ethanimale make a video about people that's the same gender never works out long term🤷‍♂️

I'm still dead at Christmas not even getting to play in that veto

15:13 just makes me realize how much I miss the “Slow Escape” veto music 😩

The Replay Power could be good on putting a target on an enemies back imagine Dani giving it to like Janelle (if she won an HOH on BB22). Or Kevin?

After seeing the first two useless powers, all it's making me think is how great Big Brother 20 was 😂😭 Josh Martinez's win is still one of the most iconic moments ever, but seeing clips from seasons 19 and 21 back to back makes me miss season 20 more and more

@DizzyedUpGirl

Жыл бұрын

For reals, it was like a lovely filling in a shit bread sandwich. One of my favorites. 17 and 20 were the best in those 5 years and they're also the only 2 where someone wasn't sent home in the first day or two (Glenn, Cameron, David)

@janejones7638

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Paul probably thought he had Cody's vote in the bag. Josh had irritated him all season. But Josh gave a good pitch and basically apologized.

@Spidercola

11 ай бұрын

@@janejones7638Paul said “you won you won” to Josh when it came down to Cody

@random_jae5886

7 ай бұрын

​@@SpidercolaUh, no...Josh said it

1:28 this power is so useless that I forgot it was even there. And I remembered Jessica’s power, as redundant as it was, and Paul’s power, as frustrating as it was.

I feel like a replay power would be better if you could force a comp to be replayed … hoh or POV (but that’s a prod nightmare)

I would love a video on explaining how paul lost big brother twice when he was that close each time!!

@NYChica23

Жыл бұрын

The explanations for both seasons are pretty simple...first time, they just failed to calculate potential jury votes and took the wrong person to the end with them, because if they'd done the math beforehand, they would've realized that Nicole had 4 locked votes to Paul's 2, so it would've been the smarter strategy to take James instead...second time, questionable jury management did them in

I hate that BB won't start until August. Is the season going to be shorter or will it end later?

That end clip is *chef's kiss*

Not the doofemschmirz referance 😂

the replay wouldve been good tv had someone who everyone wanted out next week used it. Like imagine if they angered the house in some way. This gives them one more week to mend relationships if they win

I forgot about that boomerang veto from OTT

I kind of think this is what all big brother powers should be. I don’t want big game shakeups. I don’t want a second veto comp for no reason. I sure as hell don’t want this weeks HOH to be at a huge disadvantage for no reason. Just small little boons here and there that the players can use in circumstantial situations to help them out just a little. Especially the ring of replacement, that ones like perfect. Same with pick a veto but everyone knows that one’s good. Also it’s kind of weird to me the powers are always focused on the gameplay side of the game and not like… surveillance stuff. Seems like it would be more balanced but also dramatic in a way production would like. “Pick a player, then pick from a numbered list of their diary room entries in chronological order” would work really well.

In regards to Christmas’s power, I was pissed because that effectively ended Jessica’s game and she was evicted that week. Part of me was hoping that Cody would get a coupe d’etat power of some sort but it never happened.

@janejones7638

Жыл бұрын

I was pissed too because I really couldn't stand Christmas and Paul. I could tolerate all the others but those two.

@reidcraig3739

Жыл бұрын

@@janejones7638 I think for me it was probably Raven but also I would like to know how many are challenges was Christmas forced to sit out due to her injury. I know it’s been a couple years since I watched this season.

@monib111

Жыл бұрын

​@reid craig She sat out of 8 comps (1 HOH, 4 Vetos & 3 Temptation Challenges) and sat out week three completely.

@reidcraig3739

Жыл бұрын

@@monib111 thank you. I’m kind of curious about if she would have won this season if there might have been a change in the policy to how they would handle this type of situation in future seasons. I know each tv show has their own set of rules. I know big brother is always changing it’s rule book however this may be a non issue for the producers. With with her being forced to sit out each time I saw this happen during the season and then she won a race with a broken foot for the HOH (thanks to everyone false starting intentionally), this added more fuel to the fire on why I hated this season after Cody and Jessica were evicted.

“Oh here’s a power that can get you off the block! But if you win it you can’t use it on yourself and guarantee that you’re staying on the block! Don’t you wanna win it?!” What in the world made the producers think that was a good idea? Then again though how many times have we asked that question about the producers lol

Favourite part of Big Brother are the shitty special effects. This is what they were truly made for.

I'm so excited for BB25 this fall!!

Dani’s power was kinda good imo, she was known as a comp beast could you imagine if Dani got this power in BB13? She easily beats Jeff

You need to do more videos. I know you have a life but there needs to be someone to give Rob some competition

Hey can you make a video on how Andy won big brother

The ring would have been better if prevented a nomination from competing.

J"A ck syaing lets go lets no XD

Because of the Writer's Strike, Big Brother is being delayed

Dani deserved better :(

I would definitely say the silver veto is one of the weakest.

I like power twist on big brother

Hot take here: I’ve always loved BB21 and have always hated how the Whacktivity powers played out. Christie and Ovi’s powers had so much potential to spice up the game but neither got used. The only power (of the 3) that got used was by far the worst :(

nah, throw jabs and shade when necessary

Sorry but anyone actually named Christmas has to automatically be completely insufferable

Seems like this list isn't so much useless powers, as it is powers that didn't really have use in thr situations they were won

F Ame hunter playe rintro xD

The silver power of veto would have worked except nobody knew each other. If you had like dick and Danielle or Brendon and Rachel then it would have mattered more.

I think America gave Xmas the power for shits and giggles after her injury

The Virgin King!!

@Ethanimale

Жыл бұрын

!!!

Is BB over the top on paramount?

@Ethanimale

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but you can't search it up for whatever reason. Here's a link to the first episode if you or anyone else want to watch: www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/8v2GPBtQbsiwk2AqQYcX48miVdgP7u3Y/

@ashleyorcutt9344

Жыл бұрын

@Ethanimale thank you, I love your videos! 💙 I've watched everything but BB otp because I've never been able to find it, that makes sense now.

Analyze is cute without her makeup.

Ethanilander

This show has been going downhill for the past 10 years

This comment may be useless to you since you never do it but rank every BB Comic.

season 19... Josh should NOT have won that season. I mean Paul controlled the game the entire season. Easily the saltiest jury of all time. They didn't vote for Josh to win, they voted for Paul to lose. I mean you got outplayed, you trusted a snake. He is on the same level as Dan and Will. He did not touch the block (Albeit, that was due to a power) he got a girl with a broken leg to win a veto, he got a guy who was on the block to throw, he got the whole house listening to EVERYTHING he said. He has proven to be one of the best players to ever play the game. Yet you get a sour jury and it does not come down to who played a better game, it came down to who do you hate the least. I hope some of them regret not voting for Paul to win. Josh was his lap dog.

@NYChica23

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't have regretted not voting Paul if I was on the jury, because whether you like it or not, the fact of the matter is that BB is ultimately a social game, and how you manage the people you put on the jury matters, which was the one huge flaw in Paul's game that season, plus I do have to give credit to Josh for figuring out that he could use the goodbye messages offensively in order to expose Paul's game to the jury on their way out. Not to mention that Paul feigning innocence even in the goodbye messages...yeah, I know Jason wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but even he wasn't going to buy that Paul suddenly went from having full control of the game to mysteriously being in the dark during his eviction, so why bother to lie about that even in the goodbye messages? All that accomplished was to piss Jason off by assuming he really was that dumb as to believe Paul's lies, therefore losing him one vote before he even got to the end

@squeakyelbows

10 ай бұрын

Paul gave the worst attempt at getting votes at the finale I've ever seen. From the obnoxious face pulling to not taking responsibility for what he did. His answers weren't even coherent. Josh meanwhile gave a professional performance. It's like Josh and Paul swapped personalities during the jury questioning.