Big Brother Canada Season 6 - Help Save Ryan! - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

Mathgod · 04-08-2018, 06:16 PM

Hardcore Flames and Stamps fan Ryan Ballantine is on the block this week, and we have a chance to help him out!

https://www.bigbrothercanada.ca/news...ves-bombshell/

Be sure to visit that page on Wednesday, April 11 starting at 6PM MT (8PM ET) to vote and help keep Ryan in the house!

Jiri Hrdina · 04-08-2018, 06:27 PM

Ryan is a buddy of mine and a great guy. Let’s bring the power of cp to help him

CaptainCrunch · 04-08-2018, 06:30 PM

Save a fellow horseman and all around great guy.

Erick Estrada · 04-08-2018, 06:59 PM

I haven't been watching. Is he the target for eviction? Is he in the cross hairs of a power alliance or is it simply a case of two people had to go up for eviction? Will seems to be getting a lot of support in the comments section.

CaptainCrunch · 04-08-2018, 07:00 PM

Yeah he was on the block last week and managed to completely split the house and survived. I'm sure he's on again because he's become a threat.

Eric Vail · 04-08-2018, 07:28 PM

I think Ryan is going to need our help to be saved this week. He is losing a popularity contest. It would be nice to have one of our guys see our support.

CP Jihad?

OutOfTheCube · 04-08-2018, 08:30 PM

He’s up for eviction because he’s been a condescending know-it-all and has become socially ostracized as a result. Even if he’s saved this week he’s on borrowed time — didn’t go out last week because Merton was just a complete dud.

Jiri Hrdina · 04-08-2018, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

I haven't been watching. Is he the target for eviction? Is he in the cross hairs of a power alliance or is it simply a case of two people had to go up for eviction? Will seems to be getting a lot of support in the comments section.

Doesn’t seem like he has a lot of alliances
The house is really young and he just hasn’t clicked with them

TheAlpineOracle · 04-08-2018, 08:36 PM

I can’t stand this Alejandra. She’s absolutely useless but thinks she runs things.

OutOfTheCube · 04-08-2018, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Doesn’t seem like he has a lot of alliances
The house is really young and he just hasn’t clicked with them

I just think he really botched his early HOH — could’ve leveraged that into some solid gameplay, instead ended up evicting an ally and really rubbing people the wrong way. Like, trying to convince three people to throw a Veto competition in week 2 is just not going to go well. I think he thought he was so knowledgeable in the game that he thought he was gonna be like Paul in the last US season, people would just do whatever he says. But it didn’t work out that way.

Mathgod · 04-08-2018, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube

He’s up for eviction because he’s been a condescending know-it-all and has become socially ostracized as a result. Even if he’s saved this week he’s on borrowed time — didn’t go out last week because Merton was just a complete dud.

I think this season was a particularly bad one for Ryan to be on because there has been an 'in' crowd (females in their 20s or any male that those females perceive as attractive) and an 'out' crowd (anyone else).

The in crowd has stuck together and voted out all the outsiders.

In my opinion, the show has turned into a complete joke because unless you are in correct demographic, you have no shot at winning. My guess is that Ryan recognized this and decided to go for broke. He has got this far by outlasting some of the others but his time is running out. That said, we can still try to help him stay for an extra week and then hope for a miracle of some sort.

TheAlpineOracle · 04-08-2018, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Mathgod

I think this season was a particularly bad one for Ryan to be on because there has been an 'in' crowd (females in their 20s or any male that those females perceive as attractive) and an 'out' crowd (anyone else).

The in crowd has stuck together and voted out all the outsiders.

In my opinion, the show has turned into a complete joke because unless you are in correct demographic, you have no shot at winning. My guess is that Ryan recognized this and decided to go for broke. He has got this far by outlasting some of the others but his time is running out. That said, we can still try to help him stay for an extra week and then hope for a miracle of some sort.

On top of that, there’s just far too many gimmicks on the Canadian version of big brother. They basically completely disrupt people’s gameplay 4-5 times a season. This Canada saves someone is total BD. Hottest contestant wins.
Someone like Ryan doesn’t even have a chance.

Erick Estrada · 04-09-2018, 07:00 AM

This is to an extent the same problem as the US Big Brother in that they typically throw in a couple of middle aged adults in a house filled with 20-something year old's and it's tough to fit in as you either try the mother/father figure angle or you try to get into an early alliance and ride it as far as it goes.

Mathgod · 04-09-2018, 01:29 PM

https://twitter.com/BBCANRyan/status/983405847526035456

Cali Panthers Fan · 04-09-2018, 04:07 PM

I've known Ryan Ballantine for about 20 years now. When I heard he was going to be on this show, all I could think to myself was, "yup...makes sense". He lives for these things.

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He’s up for eviction because he’s been a condescending know-it-all

Sounds about right. That's why I love the guy and it's also why he grates on everyone's nerves at some point. He's not shy about having an opinion on literally everything, whether he's an expert or not. We've had quite a few healthy debates over the course of our friendship, but if you're not used to his personality, you're going to dislike him almost immediately.

At any rate, good luck Ryan! I'm pulling for you!

Weitz · 04-09-2018, 04:59 PM

Big brother Canada is trash.

Too much interference in the game for it to be any good. They should have left it cancelled.

Literally they only need to stay out of the game to make it better haha.

Mango · 04-10-2018, 08:09 AM

I hope Ryan can win POV/get the online vote and stick it to this high school "cool kids" clique. Hearing Kaela's little speech about why she was putting Ryan on the block was cringeworthy and then going back on her word to Will.

There should also be a drinking game for every time Maddie cries. Sweet mercy, the constant waterworks.

https://twitter.com/user/status/983549099034071040

Oling_Roachinen · 04-10-2018, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

He lives for these things.

That's why I love the guy and it's also why he grates on everyone's nerves at some point. He's not shy about having an opinion on literally everything, whether he's an expert or not.

I have not seen any of this Big Brother, but how can one live for this type of thing and not realize that a big part of the game is the social aspect? If he grates on everyone's nerves and he's not going to change his approach in the game then he's either strategically inept or socially clueless.

Cali Panthers Fan · 04-10-2018, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

I have not seen any of this Big Brother, but how can one live for this type of thing and not realize that a big part of the game is the social aspect? If he grates on everyone's nerves and he's not going to change his approach in the game then he's either strategically inept or socially clueless.

Meh, he just can't help himself sometimes. Part of his strategy is to mess with people psychologically. Sometimes people pick up on this as a deliberate strategy, but other times they don't and he ends up getting what he wants from them. He's a pretty crafty guy, and often people don't realize they're being manipulated by him. He's actually quite approachable, but does have this tendency to be a know-it-all that rubs people the wrong way. If you don't mind him being opinionated, he's pretty good to get along with.

I haven't watched at all because I can't get it down here, but I'd be pretty curious to see him in action.

Jiri Hrdina · 04-10-2018, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

I have not seen any of this Big Brother, but how can one live for this type of thing and not realize that a big part of the game is the social aspect? If he grates on everyone's nerves and he's not going to change his approach in the game then he's either strategically inept or socially clueless.

I think the mistake he made was telling other house guests that he was a genius of the game. There's no upside to that - only risking that people will view you as a target.

And then he miss-managed his first HOH putting himself in a scenario where he was voting out one of the two guys that he actually had ties with.

So he hasn't played a great game so far.

But I also think the make-up of the house is about as bad as it can be for him.

I can tell you he's a great guy who will do anything for his family and friends.

But I also figured he would either establish some close relationships early that he could ride with, or he would perhaps have a hard time finding those connections. Too bad it's been the latter.