Pleasant

The key thing is that IF she leaves, will be go alone, or be joined by her new love? Interesting to see how things play out. Maybe she'll move into Nelly & Bodgan's - Now that would not surprise me in the least.

With their place often being the audition apartment, and the amount of vacation time they have, they must have a lot of disposable income.

We don't know the reason(s) of course, but whatever it is, playing this soap opera out in public view hardly helps matters! I get what you say about Dasha taking her friends man, BUT one thing we do know is that what goes on there only happens with one person's approval - So if D&S fell in love, fair play to them, because it has taken its course thanks to someone giving them her blessing!! How can anyone argue against that? And yes, once this became a real thing, they should have moved out, that is surely common sense (All of them actually are intelligent people, yet worringly naive in other areas).

Trying to catch up, it looks as if this situation is passed saving. Dasha seems down - perhaps unwell, or something else is on her mind. The gap between her and Masha seems huge now, has the whole thing messed everything up? The arrival of familiar faces Nelly & Bodgan could perhaps be a calming effect, but you never know. How long can this go on for? If people get into a sharing relationship, someone somewhere will eventually do something the others doesn't like, and that wrecks the friendship they had. And what about the man in the middle - What is going through Sasha's mind in all of this. Has it gone too far, has what they all had been spoiled for the sake of the 'Project'?

Thanks, it never occurred to me that it would alter the author's name, but thinking about it, it makes perfect sense that it would of course - It's a good idea to check in future that i grab a quote from the original post, not a re-post!

AH!! You know what's happened here? It's because i took the quote from the post at the top of this page, which although was posted by you, it was replying to Rubberman's previous post - So, although i took the line using "Quote Selection" from Rubberman, it's been credited to you in my post because it was in your post. I would never have known until you pointed this out! Apologies, i didn't do anything on purpose, i didn't realize it would change the person. I wondered why Rubberman didn't see it, now i know it was because the wrong person was quoted!! I'm more than happy to point out it was my fault, and it was not you who originally wrote it! But it was all done accidentally.

I think, from watching how people act, that Masha would easily adapt to life elsewhere, maybe the time away from the apartment recently is helping to 'wean' off being in front of cams all the time, who knows. But she is someone who wants her own way, so if she goes, it will be on her terms. I think however, that it would be Sasha & Dasha who would be the ones to struggle initially back in the real world. I can't explain it, but it just appears to me that they would find if harder. He looks like he is too used to this life now, not working etc, and as for Dasha, we now have to say, what was the whole 'Behind the scenes' deal when she came to Rome - She was obviously moving in, although we viewers didn't realize it at the time. I can't see, even as mad as this place is, that the deal was to become his new partner, even for rlc that is plain bizarre, but she came to live there, not just as a guest. Therefore, she didn't last very long on the outside did she, maybe the deal was sorted to go there even before she left her original place. So she too it seems relies on this 'Project' as much as he does. Have they been told they have a job for as long as the site exists? It wouldn't surprise me however if, if they left here, that they then got offered a contract on another similar site..... Then again, i could be totally wrong with everything i've written. Hey Ho.

Come on man, we all know why!! 1. Online 'fame'. 2. FREE RENT/NO BILLS. 3. The possibility to do this again somewhere else. THAT'S why!!!!

Clutching at straws again is she i see. The apartment that kick started the whole demise of the site with BS has gone a long time ago*. Whatever will happen - S&D moving to another apt/S&D moving off the site/M looking for a new regular partner/M moving elsewhere/MSD continuing as it is, well only time will tell, but it looks like they are all squeezing whatever currency there is left in this whole charade, clinging on for dear life (Maybe it's not even their idea, maybe they are being encouraged). But they only have themselves to blame for creating such a silly, over the top and inevitably 'viewer-turn-off' situation. They only have themselves to blame. And yes, M will no doubt come out with the better deal. They had it good. They got greedy. They've had their day. (* - I know you count the GPs as the creators, but they are there for other reasons aren't they)

Yes, the traffic amount will play a big part i'm sure.

I agree, but i have to be fair to them because i reckon it's to do with the 'power' of the system. They will no doubt be using the best streaming quality, so therefore if you have a lower powered processor (like i have), it will be problematic. If you have an i5 or i7, then it will be fine i bet. It's all well and good providing the top draw quality, but at home viewers also have to have the best, otherwise it holds it back. I can't watch YT on 720p as it stutters and slows down everything.

Funny you say this, a few weeks ago, Maya's guy was, shall we say, 'Downstairs having breakfast' and all the time he was at it, she was looking at her phone!! Even she - One of the very few still fairly realistic residents - Was occupied by the tweet monster. The tragedy of millenials eh?

What you see regular, particularly in GPs, is the 'Modern' definition of Real Life. In the past, we would call it "Fly On The Wall" - Gritty, maybe even boring, but showing what people did. Arguing, making up, etc. Now, 'Real Life' is Made In Chelsea/The Real Housewives Of.... - Manufactured real life - Chosen for how they look, how much cash they have/can make, how they can be manipulated to act/provide what and how people want them to. And, if offered enough money/exposure, they will deliver. They give an audience what they expect to see. And the audience get sucked in and believe it. And even if they don't believe it, they still watch as they find themselves drawn too far in. Now, which one sounds more like rlc?

I think what it all boils down to is the attitude and descriptions. I don't watch VH, never have and never will, but it at least makes no attempt to hide the agenda, it's basically saying "We know what you all want and we deliver it". And that's fine. But rlc still insist on pushing out this whole "It's all real, no acting, no created scenarios, nothing like that at all". That's what annoys a lot of us. Many people can spot BS a mile off.

Not that i'm bothered in the least believe me, but there is one glaring omission in all of this. No doubt that she was hugely satisfied by Dick, but since then, why hasn't she/they gone to visit them? They've been there for eleven months, plenty of people staying in both apartments, yet no hooking back up. You would think the bosses would have this at the top of their wish list. Unless, one person out of the group is against it. It only takes one, whoever it would be. Or, was it all just for an audition, and there was never any intention of going back? There's been plenty of opportunities for her to go, especially recently but no. The one thing you thought was inevitable when they got their own place is the one thing that hasn't happened!

Change a twenty?

Excellent point - How many watch for the pleasure, opposed to watching just for 'Pleasure'?

Until they post a message saying "Masha/Sasha/Dasha has left the project" i won't believe any of them are going anywhere. It will take a big shift in their lives for any of them to give this up.

Spot on as far as i'm concerned. This is a symptom of modern times - Follow the leader, someone does something that works so let's all copy, until it becomes one after another doing the same thing. Absolutely. Any big boss hates being proved wrong, it shows weakness in business. BUT they behave exactly how they want don't they? There is no longer any natural duration for the newbies to settle in - They HAVE to perform right from the start, that's the reason why they are hired. Unless they deliver the goods from the moment they step inside, they are no use to them. Even the guests are like this - Come on, how ridiculous is the DG from jane and dick? If that showing off is not put on for the cams, i don't know what is. However, we can all complain until the cows come home. They are clearly successful, and with what i read on both here and CC, with how many watching genuinely adore these women & this behavior, nothing therefore will change. *LC will go on like this for a long as they wish.

A major problem in a sense is that fact that some tenants act as either go-betweens or actual recruiters for the 'project'. Bogdan, Nelly, Masha, Dasha and of course Nora (And i reckon possibly Illona too) have had a hand in people getting places - J&D, F'him, Kai, maybe E&S too. Now, if they are not recruiters, then they are faking it by pretending to be friends - Would you have a range of total strangers staying in your place for several nights at a time? There can only be the 2 options, it's either one or the other isn't it? So if they are helping others get places, that means certain ones will be exempt from expulsion, as opposed to others for the same thing. They are higher up the pecking order, they help the bosses. Unless there is a direct gap between 'Us and Them' i.e Bosses and tenants, then a problem will always lie there. That's why the same types turn up, same behavior, same old shit. It's a conveyor belt. And whenever N&K, L&P and Maya leave, you think they will be replaced with similar? No, it will all end up the same. One long list of copycats, without any sense of reality at all.

Considering the "Online Showreel" aspect of these apartments, it's obvious many of them don't get any work outside from it, otherwise why are so many returning? If a model got successful, the last place she would be is on here.

Anna returns - Woopee! This is getting just silly now, a revolving door of the same faces. Maybe it's hard for them to find work elsewhere hence the answer to the question "It's short notice but are you available" must be "Yes".