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It's kind of cool that Carson prepared for these challenges but the show highlighting it and intentionally making a point of reusing the same challenges just so people can do exactly that kind of ruins it. Sort of like how someone making a fake idol, even if I'm not that keen on it, is sort of cool, but just handing them fake idols is dumb, or like how a successful idol play is good TV but sending someone alone to a tribe of new people with an idol in their pocket to force an idol play is stupid. The show is continuously forcefeeding all things instead of just letting them happen. I'm not out on the season or anything but it's so funny that the best content so far came from the "journey" that was just a lunch and not some grab bag for advantages, and from the dynamics between Carolyn, Yam Yam, and Josh after Josh's idol was out of the game, and ahead of a TC that got cancelled.
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Apr 6, 2023 17:06
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IcePhoenix posted:Carolyn is from here so I am legally obligated to pick her as my Pony look at this excellent Pony/Poison pick what a great poster
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Apr 6, 2023 18:33
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Interesting tidbit from Josh's exit interview - apparently Matt already knows his idol is fake.
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Apr 6, 2023 19:15
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TheCenturion posted:I'm going to be really curious to see, during the after show, if it turns out that her entire thing was an act she adopted, or if she's really that manic pixie in real life. Her entire thing is being a former addict and a current drug counselor, so it's pretty mean of me to say it but she seems like she did so many drugs back in the day her face just got stuck that way.
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Apr 6, 2023 19:28
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Leatherhead posted:Interesting tidbit from Josh's exit interview - apparently Matt already knows his idol is fake. Do you have a link to that exit interview?
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IcePhoenix posted:look at this excellent Pony/Poison pick what a great poster Gonna copy your merge redraft so we stay tied at #1
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Apr 6, 2023 19:49
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nexous posted:Gonna copy your merge redraft so we stay tied at #1 I will enjoy our race to the bottom
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Apr 6, 2023 19:53
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The demon Kane survives again.
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Apr 6, 2023 20:30
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I do think this was a case where Carolyn’s own baggage is part of the equation. Like they did listen to her because they did still vote Josh. But they were also concerned that he had an idol. And Carolyn confirmed he had one. So then it became down to them not being sure if they trusted this lady they just met’s evaluation that it was fake. They clearly didn’t dismiss it out of hand the way other people have with Carolyn, they just didn’t accept it on faith because who the hell is Carolyn to them? So even though I’ve been totally pro team Carolyn and thought like those bros or her tribe were dicks go her I think that was just Carolyn having the baggage of “here we go again” when the others were just being careful.
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Apr 6, 2023 20:45
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JesusSinfulHands posted:Do you have a link to that exit interview? It's the RHAP one: https://robhasawebsite.com/survivor44-episosde6-exit-interview/
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Apr 6, 2023 21:48
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TheCenturion posted:I'm going to be really curious to see, during the after show, if it turns out that her entire thing was an act she adopted, or if she's really that manic pixie in real life. When I was in the emo/rock scene in high school, basically every band had one member whose mom was a recovering drug addict or alcoholic who was just like her. Always loud, always super supportive of their kid, always a little out there (sometimes more) but friendly enough and loyal.
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Apr 6, 2023 22:32
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I think its safe to say Carolyn is legit but obviously the experience is stressing her out and ramping her personality up.
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Apr 6, 2023 22:34
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Take home that million, Carolyn. I kinda respect Carson’s try-hard. Everyone else sucks pretty much.
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Apr 6, 2023 22:36
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Joshua just couldn't stop with the unforced errors huh
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Apr 7, 2023 09:58
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Fast Luck posted:It's kind of cool that Carson prepared for these challenges but the show highlighting it and intentionally making a point of reusing the same challenges just so people can do exactly that kind of ruins it. When Evvie does it in 41 they ban the puzzle ball-pyramid, never to be seen again. When Carson does it in 44 they fuckin love him for it. Wonder what's different
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mp5 posted:When Evvie does it in 41 they ban the puzzle ball-pyramid, never to be seen again. Well so far we've never seen the tree puzzle again... Jeff loves it that someone went that far to 3D print their puzzles at home. But the producers probably loving hate it because now they realize they got to actually make new puzzles every season instead of rehashing the same poo poo. mp5 posted:Joshua just couldn't stop with the unforced errors huh "I'll just tell different lies to different people, I'll also lie about my profession. I'll go super far in the game!"
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Apr 7, 2023 11:23
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Yeah I massively enjoyed Josh's entire gameplan depending on no-one talking to each other.
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STAC Goat posted:I do think this was a case where Carolyn’s own baggage is part of the equation. Like they did listen to her because they did still vote Josh. But they were also concerned that he had an idol. And Carolyn confirmed he had one. So then it became down to them not being sure if they trusted this lady they just met’s evaluation that it was fake. They clearly didn’t dismiss it out of hand the way other people have with Carolyn, they just didn’t accept it on faith because who the hell is Carolyn to them? mp5 posted:When Evvie does it in 41 they ban the puzzle ball-pyramid, never to be seen again. njsykora posted:Yeah I massively enjoyed Josh's entire gameplan depending on no-one talking to each other. Fast Luck fucked around with this message at 14:18 on Apr 7, 2023 |
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Apr 7, 2023 14:10
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Just watched this episode last night and haven't engaged with any discourse yet but I'm kind of getting irritated by everybody but Carolyn and Yam Yam. Everyone else is acting like a gamebot. Matt's analogy at tribal when he didn't even have a vote made my eyes roll out of my head. Also, if we're at the point where these people can make their own puzzles and memorize them then it's time to construct some new ones. It's not fun to watch.
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Apr 7, 2023 16:17
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Fast Luck posted:retiring a challenge Evvie already solved dosen't affect Evvie though, so as long as the show/Jeff still positively highlighted it (which I can't remember for sure but i think they did) then the only thing different is that Jeff is now leaning more into "making" this happen in the future, which seems to be his new M.O., trying to script moments On the 41 episode where this happened Jeff asked Evvie about it and did his whole "I'm really paying attention to you and i love this" thing, going so far as to talk directly to the camera and encourage this. Then, according to Evvie's post-game EW interview: quote:And they didn't show this, but Jeff [Probst] at Tribal Council that night was like, "Just so everyone knows, we're retiring that puzzle." So sorry to you Survivor fans, practice other ones. It's only been a couple of days and I haven't read Josh's post-game stuff but I do think this reinforces what we know about Probst and the kind of contestants he likes Shneak posted:Also, if we're at the point where these people can make their own puzzles and memorize them then it's time to construct some new ones. It's not fun to watch. This is correct. Whoever runs the challenge department must really be stoked that they've come up with a system of modular challenge components that can be mixed and matched without making more new ones since they can just do that, tell the Dream Team to run it, and keep getting paid. Good for them tbh, but less ideal for us watching at home "oh, great, they're doing the iconic Fish Bone puzzle Thingie challenge" as if we're watching someone get to play Plinko on Price Is Right wanna win survivor? better buy a 3D printer first lol mp5 fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Apr 7, 2023 |
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Apr 7, 2023 17:45
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mp5 posted:On the 41 episode where this happened Jeff asked Evvie about it and did his whole "I'm really paying attention to you and i love this" thing, going so far as to talk directly to the camera and encourage this. Then, according to Evvie's post-game EW interview: And apparently they didn't actually try to retire their old puzzles since we've seen that tree puzzle a ton. James from last season said like half the cast had bought it on Etsy and studied it.
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Apr 7, 2023 18:23
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Hope springs eternal. What could this mean https://twitter.com/xoxocaitlyns/status/1644377589123883008
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Apr 7, 2023 22:18
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If it's still a newbie season then a new location would be the thing that makes the most sense to me
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Apr 7, 2023 22:30
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Finally, another race wars season.
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Apr 7, 2023 23:53
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Apr 8, 2023 00:03
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Apr 8, 2023 00:32
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Poque posted:Hopefully 39 days STONE COLD 64 posted:i wonder if they'll be using australia Hopefully 49 days in Australia with JLP rather than Jeff and also getting rid of all these twists and horrible casting But that’s just me
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Apr 8, 2023 00:44
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Just bring back opening credits is all I ask.
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Apr 8, 2023 03:32
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auction and cursed car prize are back baby
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Apr 8, 2023 03:39
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Island of the Idols but the Idol is the fire that burned Skupin
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SweetJahasus posted:Just bring back opening credits is all I ask. The absolute tease of giving us a few seconds of olay-olay-olay music at the beginning of this ep!
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nexous posted:Hopefully 49 days in Australia with JLP rather than Jeff and also getting rid of all these twists and horrible casting Yes, this sounds great. Possibly the worst part of the last few seasons of US Survivor. They've had decent casts with more or less real people, but the focus is on advantages and idols so the cast ends up mostly completely forgettable. This past season of Australian Survivor didn't even have any immunity idols in play for most of the post merge, and it was fantastic... No advantages, no idols, just letting the cast carry the season.
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I hope it's a new location but I would take different tribe setups. I am so sick of three tribes of six with no swaps (this seasons rotate 1 person from each tribe barely counted) 4 seasons in a row. There is so little room to maneuver with numbers that small especially when people lose their votes. I'm hoping for 2 10-person tribes next season.
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Apr 8, 2023 09:35
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Green Matt grates on me too but I think he made an astute play this week to step back and say “okay, I don’t have a vote, let’s get all the numbers here and I can just hide that” and it worked flawlessly. Not gamebreaking genius or anything but a spot where it was definitely somewhere he could have made an unforced error and didn’t. If Carolyn, Yam Yam, or Danny (or Carson…) don’t win, what are we even doing here edit-wise? So many other players have had near-zero screen time (aside from Matt and Frannie as a pair and then bizarro-Carson Kane this episode only. Brandon got some shine at the center of ep 1 but it’s been nothing since then) Anyhow, what I want most is to see one of Matt or Frannie betray the other but I can’t see that happening (though I’d love to be surprised!) I haven’t loved this season but the pre-merge has been better than average for post-40 so I hope they stick the landing.
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Apr 8, 2023 11:09
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Lol carson https://twitter.com/TysonApostol/status/1644429043520147456
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Apr 8, 2023 17:34
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My take is that they're finally bringing back the auction.
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Apr 8, 2023 23:10
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Apparently it's 90 minute episodes https://www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/12fv0y7/some_information_on_season_45_according_to/
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Nihonniboku posted:Apparently it's 90 minute episodes That would actually own. Between 3 tribes and 60 minutes I feel like I don’t know anyone at all, especially the women. Carolyn is the only one I can name. Why is that Jeff.
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nexous posted:That would actually own. 
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