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You guys can help me, if you would please.. as you make your rounds of the various Big Brother sites, blogs, MySpaces, et cetera this year, please be on the lookout for my work posted elsewhere. If you read it here and then experience déjà vu on another site without credit or a link back here, or if you find my daily recaps or ratings being reposted elsewhere on a regular basis, please notify the site owner(s) and/or post a message that the material in question is from www.Hamsterwatch.com

There are so many BB sites anymore, I can't keep up with reading them all let alone chase down offenders, but stolen content has become epidemic and a real problem for everyone. The same goes for reposted/uncredited material you find from any site, Big Brother or not. All site owners, writers, choppers, updaters and cappers could breathe a sigh of relief if all the online communities pitched in to self-police the rampant plagiarism.

Huge thanks in advance!

Disclaimers


This site may contain spoilers! The outcomes of nominations, evictions, competitions and other info is likely to be posted here before CBS airs the same.. be warned.

I make no claims to report everything that happens on the Big Brother 8 feeds, and while I strive to be accurate with what I report and to be clear about what's fact and what's opinion, I make no guarantees as to accuracy or thoroughness.

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Privacy policy


Hamsterwatch.com collects no information about you when you visit and read the site. A valid email address is required to register and participate in the forum and chatroom, or to send a donation through Paypal. Your IP may be recorded and/or posted when using the forum or chatroom, and you may need to accept cookies to use these areas or when clicking on sponsor links.

Your email address will never be sold, rented, shared with third parties or otherwise distributed. You may receive occasional emails from me if you've sent a donation or registered for the forum and/or chatroom but as of this time I haven't sent any bulk emails to all donators or registered users.

If you wish to receive bulletins from me with news and/or special offers, please sign me up as a friend at my MySpace (linked at the bottom of each page).

Take care when providing any personal information in the forum or chat. These areas are accessible to the public. Remember too that not everyone online is who or what they appear to be.

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Twitter


Get Hamsterwatch feed updates to your cell phone by texting follow hamsterwatch to 40404 (or 21212 in Canada, or +44 7624 801423 in UK/Europe). Provide a user name, and that's it! These updates are free but you may be charged by your cell service provider to receive text messages so check your service plan. To stop receiving updates, text leave hamsterwatch to the same number.

My latest Twitter message will usually be shown on the daily linkage section at the bottom of most pages. You can see them all at my Twitter page.

You can also receive my updates via Gtalk, Jabber or LiveJournal instant message (AIM is currently being worked on), temporarily turn updates off or on, or set times to block updates by completing your account if you're already receiving my text updates, or by creating an account if you aren't. Twitter accounts are free.

Note if you hit Reply to one of my updates, your message will go out to all of your own Twitter followers.

MY TEXT UPDATES WILL CONTAIN SPOILERS so don't sign up for them if you want to wait for the air show to see what happens. I can't promise to send every bit of news as soon as it happens but will do my best to send updates about nominations, evictions, competition outcomes, and so forth. I'll also keep you updated about endurance comps and other "big stuff" as it happens.

I'll also let you know when the feeds come back if they're off for more than 15 minutes or so - you can be free to leave the computer this year!

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Chat help


Please read and abide the guidelines posted on the chat page.

If you're having problems registering or joining the chatroom, be sure you have Java installed. It's free and can be downloaded here. Also you may need to disable your pop-up blocker, especially to register or retrieve lost password: holding Ctrl key while clicking either link will usually work.

The chat should work with all browsers but if you have problems using Vista or Firefox, try using MSIE.

Right-click a user name in the room list to ignore that person. Please do not announce to the room when you've ignored someone as that defeats the purpose of the ignore function.

Click another chatroom to move to it. User names in the room list will show when that person is typing or when they are on Away status.

Use the toolbar to add emoticons, change font size, clear the chat screen, toggle timestamps, launch this help page, or log out.

Right click anywhere in the chat area to access the toolbar commands, change the font face, or toggle audio.

Click another person's nick in the chat area to copy that nick to the typing area. When someone else types your nick, it will show in red to get your attention.

The chatroom has a copy/paste function but it doesn't always work properly.. check that what you've pasted is what you wanted before hitting Enter.

Please use the "screenname rule" when chatting: refer to people by their chat nick even if you know their real name, as they have chosen to use a nick instead.

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Forum help


Please read and abide the guidelines posted in the forum as well as any board-specific guidelines

You have to register to use the forum, and you'll have to respond to an email that your registration request generates before you can post.. please check your spam folder if you don't receive it

I hope to write up a basic how-to here later, but the forum is really easy to use.. it's intuitive and has quite a few options you can set for thread layouts, your accounts preferences, and so forth

If you have questions, for now please ask them in the Off Topic/Help section of the forum itself.. thanks very much

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Contact


For donations, link requests, and advertising info you can email hamster(at)neonpages(dot)(com) - insert appropriate punctuation - or send a private message to dingo in the forum.

While I greatly appreciate the many nice emails and kind words I've received over the years, I just don't have the time to respond to them all when the season's underway.

As much as I'd like to, I can't get involved in one-on-one email exchanges about the hamsters or happenings on the feeds. Please use the chat and/or forum - that's what they're there for :)

I haven't yet participated in friend-adding on my YouTube, and I generally don't accept video responses since most of them are essentially spam.

I gladly add friends to my MySpace provided the requesting profile doesn't suggest spam will follow. If I don't accept your friend request, please send me a MySpace message and let me know you're a Hamsterwatcher.


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NEXT SHOW
Here we go again! Big Brother 9 premiere is February 12, 2008 at 9pm. It will also air on Wednesdays & Sundays at 8pm. They are really hustling the casting process: if you are twist-free and want to air your dirty laundry for us, fill out the application - or better yet, just get signed at one of the actormodel agencies they use.



BBQ SMACKDOWN SCORECARD
Round 1: BBQ 1, Dick 0
Round 2: BBQ ½, Zach 0
Round 3: BBQ 0, Dick 1



AMERICA'S PRODUCERS' PLAYER
Task list and results
Final AP was Who do you want Eric to campaign for and vote to win BB8? Dick



RATINGS WATCH
Tuesday's finale placed second for the hour with a 5.5 rating and 9 share, behind the 2nd hour of "The Biggest Loser" with 5.7/9. (Note the first hour of "Biggest Loser" was second to CBS's "Power of 10".)

Rating = % of all TV households
Share = % of households watching TV




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IT'S A WRAP
Another edition of Big Brother is put to bed, but the first half of BB8 dailies will remain here plus the season recap page, along with BB7, BB6 and BB5. Stay tuned for more diverse hamsterwatching on the way.
HUGE thanks to TD/Mooman for another great season of BB8 Park toons!
Super big ups also to Jen & Sean, hoxharding, ajsaleens7, ati_tv, Attw x, LilTiger, Aldav, Wayne, Luckie, GG Jeffy, Piper, ABT, Jules, Zoo, Zack, each and every visitor to this site, to the forum and chatroom, and to my MySpace, YouTube, and Twitter, and particularly those who made donations and/or signed up for the feeds from here or made other purchases, Loosee, Norman, and Bckslash as always. Hamsterwatchers are the best - you guys rock!
Biggest ups to all the hamsters once again, for putting themselves out there for our amusement.



Editors
EditorsLatest show review is in the Forum.
Wow, lots of viewers & feedsters are questioning authority lately. As long as the fights keep going on they'll keep airing them, and people will watch them. That'll probably get translated into 'success' by the accounting department and we can expect yet another installment next year even though most fans realize BB jumped the shark with All-Stars. Maybe Canada will do a real 'Big Brother'? Meanwhile there are all the other countries doing it right and making good tv, and more web shows are starting up all the time.



Dick

$500,000 and Plasma tv
Volatile & confrontational like no other, you loved him or hated him (or switched between). He provided fights & fireworks galore, easily making him star of the season, plus father/daughter blow-ups and make-ups as bonus paydirt for CBS. The Dick at Night Show, hide the bunnies and redecorating were usually a treat for overnighters (loogies aside).



Daniele

$50,000
She whined and cried and laid around with Nick, but once she got in the game she played the hell out of it. Her stuff with Dick was intense and should have stayed private but she was the only one who could shut him up. She was too young for what they dropped her into but they did have some fun. I'm glad she found out she has a dad who cares.



Zach

Much maligned, often shunned, usually absent, and sometimes depressed, he built a strategy structure and an M&Ms calendar. He played BB and chess by himself, he was a good sport and came into his own first in a bunny suit and again in the final comps. He provided his share of fun including a weird food fight with Dick.



Jameka

She went from one of the most liked by fans to one of the least (mostly due to excessive religious zeal and tears that harmonized with Amber's) and back. She was a lot of fun at times but usually seemed like she'd rather be anywhere else. She'll be remembered for "mmm-hmmm" and the holy wars with Dick.



Eric

$40,000 as AMERICA'S PLAYER
He fell hard for Jessica but didn't know what to do about it, and watching him with her showed he could use a puberty re-do. His behind-the-back trashing, extraordinary persuasive and filibuster skills suggest a career in politics. He played hard and well (the game and the buffoon) but mostly gave up way TMI.



Jessica

She was a desperately needed spark of fun in there until Eric sucked the life out of her. She was in good standing with all of them and might have gone all the way til Eric took over her game and she sent out two of her own. For pure hamster fun, she was usually the one to watch.



Amber

$1,000 on 'Power on 10'
Yea, she cried a lot and brought emo to a new level but she also got around game-wise and was a good sport more often than many realize. She said way too much way too often, and CBS punished her mercilessly but she let Eric have it when many thought he had it coming. She'd have done better at summer camp, and I wish her well.



Jen

Underdog deluxe, she put the show in Showtime and stood up to hate campaigns by the others and CBS, death wishes, mustard, catsuit, bunny suit, and iced tea without batting an eye. It would have been good to see her in final HOH BB8 trivia & endurance since she's a machine in both (not to mention angry sex potential with Dick).



Dustin

$5,000 and Barbados trip
King Dustin's HOH blew open the backdoor and he pawned himself right through it. He was never busted for outing his alliance and he stuck with Amber too much but he led abs class, shouted at a closed door, and was an outstanding game show host.



Kail

BB8's professional pawn artist didn't contribute much but she stuck longer and hung 'like a bat' longer than anyone expected. Some thought she was a mastermind but she needed a diagram most of the time.



Nick

He went from designated pretty boy to badass with pink nails but remained ambiguous. He got blamed for just about everything but spent most of his time laying around with Daniele so missed his chance to get in the game.



Mike

He was on Big Brother 8. Barely. His game was like Drew's but without Diane, and without winning anything.



Joe

His & Dustin's part in the 'twist' felt legit and disturbing to eavesdrop on. Joe was chatty and catty, he told stories and entertained, and will be remembered for Amber from Vegas and gonorrhea.



Carol

She & Jessica didn't fulfill the 'twist' as advertised so off she goes. She wasn't prepared for this, she moped a lot and was barely around, but she gave a good show when she had it out with all the cameras watching her.



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This site was never necessarily thorough: it's what I caught and/or what interested me. It also wasn't necessarily about who should win, who will win, who I'd be friends with or who is cute. It was about watching hamsters: which ones are doing what and why, which are fun and which are dull. If they aren't entertaining, get rid of 'em! Thanks for encouraging my behavior.






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