re: I won't lie, I miss the Hunger Games

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Was by far his biggest flaw. He ran it like the dude running the dart game at the fair. House has all the advantage. If it was a bad week for house, no eliminations. If house did well, off with their heads.

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It was a fatal flaw. It was as if the dude running the dart game at the fair was also throwing darts and making up the rules as he went a long. And he could change the rules however he wanted, whenever he wanted, and it behooved all of the other players to "be his friend" so when he changed the rules, he would do it in their favor or at least so it wouldn't hurt them. And, of course, he wins in the end.

And the other dart players revered him for it. Kind of amazing to watch, actually. Heckuva scam to have the patsies love you even as you sucker them right out of the game.