Board 8 > Survivor: David vs. Goliath Discussion Topic 2: Gerrymandering? In MY Survivor?

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Naye745 posted...

i swear in 10 seasons i'm still gonna be irritated by the ending of HHH

Wrong change. Michele's win is the reason we no longer have jury questions. ADAM/SARAH'S wins are the reason we have bullshit fire-making.
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I think Brad probably finds a way to still take Sarah. I dislike Adam so much that I wish the fire challenge was there to make David win MvGX
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It's less Adam's win than David getting eliminated at the final four when he would've beaten any of the other 3 at fire.
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i still love mvgx :( :(
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I want Dan to get blindsided with two idols in his pocket more than anything
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eaedwards6400 posted...

I think Brad probably finds a way to still take Sarah. I dislike Adam so much that I wish the fire challenge was there to make David win MvGX

You dislike Adam that much? Yeesh. He seems like a genuinely good guy in real life. And his story is super heartbreaking.

Cant say I was rooting for him to win at F4 but I certainly wouldnt want the fire-making installed at any point regardless.
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Also he was the first player to reach out and support my channel back when I had like 3-4 videos. Was really cool.
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yeah adam might have had his flaws as a player but he seems to be super awesome within the survivor community

honestly one of my favorite winners as a person, not gonna lie
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I don't like his game. When I hear his voice I cringe. When I listened to his deep dive with Rob he made it seem like all of the things he did wrong worked in his favor so he is unwilling to admit his faults/when he is wrong and that is like my biggest pet peeve. I think he thinks he's smarter than he actually is. Overall, he just irritates the hell out of me.

He seems like he does good things for people and just because I don't like him doesn't mean he's not a good person. I just cannot stand him and really do wish David won MvGX.
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The black guy in me is super happy Angelina and her amazingly thick thighs survived the week
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So is it merge next week or just a tribe swap into two tribes?
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Merge at 13 seems normal in these 20 person seasons now.
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It's a round earlier than normal because of the mediquit.
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No, it's been at 13 in every 20 person season since Cambodia.
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it's an episode earlier, at least
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Just finished Big Brother 9. That one was rough. It was not very exciting and a lot of the characters I did not care for. And like I really liked Adam in the house and I occasionally Google people to see what they did after and man that was really disappointing to read. This season is near the bottom with BB19.

Season Ranking
7 > 2 > 4 > 18 > 20 > 8 > 6 > 5 > 3 > 19 >= 9

Player Ranking (one person/group per season)
Dr. Will (2) > Danielle (3) > Victor (18) > Dream Team (4) > Drew (5) > Eric (8) > Brett (20) > Josh(19) > Adam > Chicken George (7) > Janelle/James/Howie (6)

Winners (in terms of game, then likeable)
Will > Drew > Dick > Nicole > Jun > Boogey > Kaycee > Adam > Josh > Maggie > Lisa
Will > Drew > Boogey > Kaycee > Nicole > Josh > Adam > Dick > Lisa > Maggie > Jun

Where I have Adam in the ranking is based on him in the house not what happened after.
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Why do you have Maggie at the bottom of your game list? She successfully ran her season like a cult-leader and managed to manipulate Howie into blowing up his side of the house to her benefit.
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If I recall correctly I viewed Ivette to be the real ring leader there. Though the Howie thing is a good point. Their inability to get rid of Janelle hurts too. Those are good points I may have to rethink it. She may need to be with in the Boogey, Kaycee, Adam, where the sum is bigger than the parts.
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I'm rewatching a lot of BB right now. Have rewatched 2, 3, and 6, and am just starting 7.

Not sure if we really need to put spoiler tags here, but to rank some of your winner list so far on gameplay:
Will > Maggie > Kaycee > Lisa > Josh

I went into BB6 intending to make a video about Janelle, but instead I'm likely making it on Maggie. Her story is way more fascinating.
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Peridiam posted...

I'm rewatching a lot of BB right now. Have rewatched 2, 3, and 6, and am just starting 7.

Not sure if we really need to put spoiler tags here, but to rank some of your winner list so far on gameplay:
Will > Maggie > Kaycee > Lisa > Josh

I went into BB6 intending to make a video about Janelle, but instead I'm likely making it on Maggie. Her story is way more fascinating.

I just remember Ivette being more involved. Is it Maggie? Cause outside of the Howie thing I thought I remember her drifting and avoiding blood.
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Peridiam posted...

I'm rewatching a lot of BB right now. Have rewatched 2, 3, and 6, and am just starting 7.

Not sure if we really need to put spoiler tags here, but to rank some of your winner list so far on gameplay:
Will > Maggie > Kaycee > Lisa > Josh

I went into BB6 intending to make a video about Janelle, but instead I'm likely making it on Maggie. Her story is way more fascinating.

I just remember Ivette being more involved. Is it Maggie? Cause outside of the Howie thing I thought I remember her drifting and avoiding blood.

She does a lot. I'll try to sum it up week by week:

(Spoilers for entirety of BB6 below)

Week 4: Wins HoH, takes out Kaysar.
Week 5: Flips Howie. Prevents April/Jenn from flipping on Ivette.
Week 6: Leads the charge on Jenn targeting Kaysar. Gets him out the second time.
Week 7: Despite this, Sovs target Jenn out of spite. Crazy. Sovs so dum.
Week 8: Everyone vs. James. Not much to say here.
Week 9: Partners up with April at F6. Wins veto. She debated keeping Beau/Ivette as a strong duo with her in the middle at F5, but she went with her heart (she says this). She was positioned the best of anyone here anyway, as she notes Ivette/April are much closer to her than each other.
Week 9 x2: Throws HoH to Ivette so she can play F4 HoH, also her loyalty to Ivette proves true as Maggie avoids the block when Janelle wins veto.
Week 10: Doesn't win HoH or veto, but she was safe regardless. Amusingly this gets remarked upon by everyone - April would vote out Ivette, Ivette would vote out April (which happens). Maggie was locked into F3.
Week 11: Doesn't win HoH, gets lucky Ivette wins. In regards to Maggie, it's a straightforward F3. If Janelle wins HoH, she cuts Maggie almost assuredly. Maggie was 1 question away in Part 2 from locking up (pun intended) her win.

Overall Maggie consistently reminded us that her main strategy was to listen, not talk. Her commanding demeanor wins her brownie points as a strategist. She's constantly given credit for any move the Friendship makes, is viewed as their leader (which she was). Despite this, she's still always positioned better than anyone and gets taken again and again to the next week.

She's also the only winner to not win part 1 or 2 of the final HoH! I consider that a positive.

A major key difference between Maggie and Ivette is that Ivette made such easy-to-avoid blunders again and again. Spiting Rachel, blowing up at April, not throwing the final HoH to Janelle (this move is probably a bit too 4D chess for her but still). I can't say the same for Maggie at all.
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that is very much a good reason to move her up my ranking though. I guess I didnt pick it up as much in a first watch.
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https://twitter.com/meeshfitz/status/1059093722959433734

Michele trolling Jeff is amazing.
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I like Aubry as much as the next guy but Michele is a great and deserving winner
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bro i know
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Michele is v. good
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I wish Aubry lost at four so she can at least have the left at the door syndrome as opposed to losing outright
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then we would have firemaking early, maybe
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if we're talking about how aubry was robbed, we should bring up how game changers robbed her from even having a storyline when she almost won that season too
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GTM posted...

then we would have firemaking early, maybe

But Aubry would've lost at firemaking to go out at 4.
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then we wouldve had sheltermaking
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Finished Survivor: New Zealand 2. I'd recommend it if you want a really good season. One of the players is a major RHAP fan.

Ranking the international seasons I've seen: AUS2 > NZ2 > SA6 > AUS1 > NZ1

Still need to watch AUS3 and maybe I'll look into SA1-5 (although I heard 6 was a reboot of the franchise).

Overall AUS2 is like Top 5 worthy including all of US. NZ2 is top 10. SA6 is up there too. AUS1 feels underrated, binging it makes it much easier to watch. NZ1 is pretty terrible.
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merge time
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Merge!
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Wow, that merge came up FAST.
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how many idols will be in the merge feast
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XD Christian confessionals.
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not watching live, sad
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Alec is SO hilariously dumb.
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Angelina annoys the hell out of me.
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I dig Alec
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Also, I like that merge buff
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I'm getting Sarah merge vote vibes from Alec, lol.
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So we're at the immunity challenge...is Davie the only person who's been completely irrelevant so far?
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I at least without a confessional I believe.
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huh

this is interesting
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Whoa, cool new challenge.
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Yeah challenges have been unique this season
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You know what. Based on the edit I think Elizabeth wins. That throws a wrench into everything.
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