The difference between Paul and top players is the way Paul is playing. Im all for manipulation, backstabbing but Paul is just a dictator produced bybig brother. Week 1 he enters the house and is given power in the form of frienship bracelets and a week of safety. Each houseguest has to kiss his ass WEEK 1. Lets move to week 2. America gets to temp a houseguest, 3 weeks of safety is granted to Paul. Cody (the top player in the house at the time) tries to backdoor him. Paul says nope, safe for 3 weeks, EVERY OTHER TEMPTATION HAS A ONE TIME USE BUT THIS ONE, but we all knkw that (no. So in these 3 weeks Paul isnt regarded as a player, he is regarded as part of procution in the eyes of the houseguests. He is assoicated with POWER and now FEAR, fear that if you take a shot at him, he'll stay. Power in him telling people "this is the way to play." Paul has played he worst game ive ever seen. He has controlled everyones every thoughts, told people what to do, bullied, uses other people to bully for him. He has played the Charles Manson strategy. How in the fuck can anyone be entertained by this gameplay? Im assuming people like it because they like being controlled themselves. It is like a fucking cult in that house, all produced by BB, and reinforced by Paul. Dude pretends he is apart of production , everytime someone is evicted he yells "congrats on everyone making is to final *). Dont fucking talk abkut him being one of the best players when he isnt even seen as a player to these people. They still see the illusion of him being safe and FEAR his power that was reinforced since WEEK 1. (sorry if a lot of typos, typed on mobile)
Running the house like a dictator means he is a great player, though you may not be entertained by it.
And no, it is not just because he is a vet and was protected for three weeks. Do you think Liz Nolan (second in BB17) would be running house like this? No way.
And the friendship bracelets were pretty meaningless to his game. Josh and Christmas didn't even get one, if memory serves.