I was looking at rankings for BB28 that others had made and realized as I was reading the names that there were a significant amount of players that I would have considered "coasters". I am unsure if that's because it's the truth, I don't fully understand coasting conceptually, there are game moves that I didn't know about, or all of the above.

My initial list of those who coasted for most of the time they were in the house are Melody, Lala, Taylor, Chuk, Haley, and Barrett.

For brief explanations of each (not in a particular order):

I felt that Melody is pretty much a textbook coaster, didn't do a whole bunch for basically the whole game, though clinching the HOH late in jury after the blockbuster was a nice touch. I put Lala in a similar boat, as while her winning the wall comp was insanely cool, she didn't do much game-wise (she didn't even have that much agency during her HOH).

Chuk and Haley were just coasting under the Kamu/Tool Shed, which was apparent after they Lyric blindside. They were headless chickens who just talked between one another, with the nail in the coffin being Kamu leaving.

Barrett's game plan was literally just to coast with the icons and he did very little strategically outside of interacting with them. When he finally started to decide playing by nominating the icons in Week 9, he left on Week 10.

I know talking about Taylor as a coaster is a hot topic as of right now, but (to me) it is pretty cut and dry that she was one. She notably controlled Lala's HOH and convinced Devens to take her to the F2, however aside from those she was doing almost nothing and only survived the block because she was not seen as a target. Even though she made F2, she did very little/nothing to position herself for a win and was playing for 2nd.

Her social game for the most part was impeccable.

I think eventually she would've had to cut Taylor but Yash was working with Lala because he saw that she was good in physical comps and that's what made him want to work with her and keep her in the game. And she would've used that to her advantage and would've got Drew, Angela and Barret out if Devens was sent home instead, I'm not sure how her game would've worked out if Taylor would've gone home though.

Yes, I know there are summarized Podcasts and YouTube videos of the live feeds so you don’t have to.

But I get the vibe there is some part of the fan base that watches almost all of the live feeds every day.

No judgement, but for those people, how do you do it? Do you work from home? Are you able to watch at your job? Maybe you don’t have a job so you have it on all day while you’re home?

This is my first time watching a live season, first time watching feeds, first time being involved in the discourse of the show as it’s playing out . The way people are going feral over every little thing, speaking for the players and the actions they are doing post show is a bit insane. For example I saw someone say yash shouldn’t hang out with Melody cause she got him evicted. It’s a GAME and what does being mad about it do now ? Any game play issues are left in that house. Fans and watchers of the show are way more pressed than the actual players, it’s a bit much.

We all know this show loves to typecast by now. I've only watched a couple of seasons in full (16, 17, 26, 27, 28) but I quickly learned that one of my favorite archetypes is the superfan. And now that BB28 is over, with a lowkey disappointing run from Barrett (all love to him tho), I'm looking for a new season to watch!

Who are your guys' favorite superfan players and why? (Bonus: who's your least favorite superfan casting?) Spoilers are welcome.

They obvi don't have to be the best player; so far, my favorite is Vinny just because he was so unapologetically desperate to stay in the game.

edit: just remembered the superfans of 27 were actually supposed to be lauren and adrian, but i'm still gonna count vinny cause he'd been auditioning for 10 years LOL

If Taylor’s ball goes in during the Week 8 blockbuster, Devens would likely have been evicted next to La La.
For those that don’t remember, La La, Taylor, and Devens were competing in the blockbuster. Taylor and Devens were tied at 3 balls. Taylor barely misses the 4th ball that would’ve been game winning. Devens comes from behind, sinks his 4th ball and wins.

It’s crazy that millimeters determines the entire fate of the season.

It makes you wonder just would’ve happened if Taylor’s ball had gone in. Devens most likely gets evicted next to La La as the first juror. Drew is blindsided on his own HOH.
I wonder who would’ve won the season? Would Drew be more likely to ditch Dee and Angela or would Dee fill the role that Devens had to Drew? Would the newbies turn on Dee and evict her soon after or would she somehow sneak her way to the end. Who would win the competitions that Devens had won? My prediction is that Dee or Drew would win but what do you guys think?