Board 8 > Survivor: Game Changers Topic 5: At Least It's Better Than Cambodia

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Yeah, if there's a complaint I have it's that the death matches are reused too much, and most of them just aren't interesting to watch.
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IIRC Tactical Yutnori only shows up once in S2, once in S4, and never in S3. Which is a blessing.

I think S4 does it best, there is a different death match each episode, never to repeat. I think 2 & 3 only have one repeated DM.
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I didn't mind Yutnori the first time but yeah, one was enough.

I could definitely do without Dixit again.
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Which episode was that?
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Oh, Yuram vs. Eunji.

Yeah, that never shows up again.
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What should I watch first - Genius 1, or Australia Survivor 2016?
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I went back and looked up future death matches. Turns out Yutnori doesn't show up again until S4.

There are more repeats than I remembered in 2 & 3, but they're all better than S1's pattern.

AdmiralZephyr posted...

What should I watch first - Genius 1, or Australia Survivor 2016?

Ha. I just watched the premiere of Australia last night. It's a lot like US Survivor, except the cast is super bloated. And despite being 2 hours they still don't manage to get everyone a confessional!


Personally I recommend Genius. It's fantastic, has such a great cast. Only difficulty is the culture differences that I didn't always understand. But then I also found them fascinating, and began trying to understand some basic Korean/Googling the figures they reference.
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I think the culture things are pretty easy to pick up on after a few episodes.
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Maybe. I just assume most people aren't familiar with foreign cultures and can be turned off by it.
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I'll give it a shot. If I find it difficult I'll put it down and pick it up again later.
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Back to watching Season 1. Kyungran is my favorite thus far.
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How far are you, Inviso? Do you know any spoilers?
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Just finished episode 3. Through three episodes:

1. Kim Kyung-Ran
2. Cha Min-Soo
3. Lee Sang-Min
4. Kim Gu-Ra
5. Kim Sung-Gyu
6. Kim Poong
7. Kim Min-Seo
8. Hong Jin-Ho
9. Cha Yu-Ram
10. Lee Jun-Seok
11. Choi Chang-Yeop
12. Parl Eun-ji
13. Choi Jung-Moon

I don't HATE anyone. But it's definitely hard to keep track of who's who. In fact, I'd say the bottom 6 are all at the bottom because I legit cannot remember anything unique about them.
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You didn't get the RHAP cheat sheet?
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http://www.purplerockpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/The-Genius-season-1-cast-cheat-sheet-by-Angie-Caunce.jpg

Use this to follow along.
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I may be late, but I've gotta say watching Australian Survivor 3 is a pretty good idea, especially since we're on a hiatus now. It has a pretty good cast, and although there's a couple of early merge episodes that feel like a little bit of a drag, it really gets better. Plus, I'll be honest in saying I really really liked the winner too.

to 500
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Genius Season 1 finished.

The ending was sort of anticlimactic. The games weren't super interesting, but I'm glad Jinho ended up winning.

Final faves rankings for the season.

Jinho > Sangmin > Kyungran > Sunggyu > Gura > Poong > Teacher Cha > Yuram > Eunji > Junseok > Changyeop > Jungmoon > Minseo

Looking forward to Season 2. Need to find where to watch it first.
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StormTR posted...

I may be late, but I've gotta say watching Australian Survivor 3 is a pretty good idea, especially since we're on a hiatus now. It has a pretty good cast, and although there's a couple of early merge episodes that feel like a little bit of a drag, it really gets better. Plus, I'll be honest in saying I really really liked the winner too.

I did feel as though the jury should have started 2 placements earlier given the merge and the 24-person cast, but juror #1 did have a very juror #1 sort of storyline. In fact, one of my favorite moments was when said juror was practically speechless when voting, perfectly displaying how the winner's ftc really changed perceptions among the jury and gained their respect. If I ranked all winners including all non-US seasons, I'd probably put AU 3's winner at #2 overall, possibly even the top spot maybe if I rewatched.
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Hunted beated
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The Mana Sword posted...

Genius Season 1 finished.

The ending was sort of anticlimactic. The games weren't super interesting, but I'm glad Jinho ended up winning.

Final faves rankings for the season.

Jinho > Sangmin > Kyungran > Sunggyu > Gura > Poong > Teacher Cha > Yuram > Eunji > Junseok > Changyeop > Jungmoon > Minseo

Looking forward to Season 2. Need to find where to watch it first.

S1's ending is the only anti-climactic one, given how dominant Jinho is and the overall narrative of the season not being super strong. It's good, but it wasn't as strong as many of the episodes throughout S1.

Some good rankings though. Appropriate top 4. Sangmin was my #1, but still good stuff.

S2 is easy to find. I'd just google genius s2 e1. Dailymotion has the videos.
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Peridiam posted...

Dailymotion

discovered this site during bbcan5 and it's my go-to site now
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zee 'ead of 'ouse'old
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Rumor for BB19 cast, might feature 4 Survivor players with a mix of new players.

The names brought up:
Ozzy Lusth
Malcolm Freberg
Cirie Fields
Russell Hantz

There's always pre-season rumors, so don't buy it. But I'd totally watch it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ
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that seems far fetched but I'll be honest, it would get me to watch BB
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Not sorry to say at all, but even something like half of that wouldn't likely get me to watch BB again, while the other half of it makes me feel like not watching anymore would be a good idea.

Also, apparently BBCA's on like some extended hiatus now. I know I should be sad since it's a Canadian show, but man, with all the massive twists, interference, and bailouts the show kept doing, I really could care less. Just give us more TARCAN and our own Survivor, and I'll be good.

RHAP people so those rumors are false lol
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Yeah looks like BBCAN isn't delivering to the higher-ups.
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Hey the last season had very few twists!
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GTM posted...

Hey the last season had very few twists!

I didn't watch it but, are we talking few twists as in "BB10 and pre-BB8 levels", or "few twists for BBCA"?

StormTR posted...

Also, apparently BBCA's on like some extended hiatus now. I know I should be sad since it's a Canadian show, but man, with all the massive twists, interference, and bailouts the show kept doing, I really could care less

I actually didn't watch this season, and after looking up the winner I'm glad I didn't waste time on it. With such an awful result, I'm not surprised it's on hiatus now.
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well i've only seen BBCAN 4 and 5 and BB 17-18, I think it's at least the least twistiest of the four

also the season was great despite the end result! the journey was amazing with great feeds


Lastly, Aubry
http://oddwithaubry.com/owa-episode-1-troyzan/
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I can't imagine that BB would put another Hantz on given what happened last time. Even Survivor seems to be avoiding them at this point.

Though it would be nice to see BB get some Survivor/TAR players given how many BB players have been on those shows.
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I think it's kind of weird for people to go from Survivor to Big Brother because in my opinion Survivor is pretty generally agreed upon to be the better/more respected game
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I want to continue watching S2 of Genius. Any cheatsheet?
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Squirrelgate posted...

I think it's kind of weird for people to go from Survivor to Big Brother because in my opinion Survivor is pretty generally agreed upon to be the better/more respected game

I did and it is
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GTM posted...

Squirrelgate posted...

I think it's kind of weird for people to go from Survivor to Big Brother because in my opinion Survivor is pretty generally agreed upon to be the better/more respected game

I did and it is

You went on Survivor and then BB???
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I misread "go from survivor to big brother" but now I guess I understand why it's in spoilers >_>;
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er misunderstood
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2 minutes in season 2 of the genius and I'm already BLINDSIDED

Had no idea they brought Jinho and Sangmin back to play again right away. As much as I love them both I hope they don't end up completely overshadowing the newbies
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The Mana Sword posted...

2 minutes in season 2 of the genius and I'm already BLINDSIDED

Had no idea they brought Jinho and Sangmin back to play again right away. As much as I love them both I hope they don't end up completely overshadowing the newbies

BLINDSIDE

dundudndudndun

they make the season better
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also hongchul is the weird dancing elevator guy from gangnam style
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hey maybe we'll get canadian survivor now that bbca is on hiatus
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pretty good first episode. there was a lot of information to process with the main match so that was kinda tough to follow.
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survive the arctic winters, gotta see those secretly smart bikini babes in parkas

also if we're creating a new topic, do it now and link it here!
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https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/75433875
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Gonna close this then
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This season sucked.
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Cambodia was better
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