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Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Ahh this is so good

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Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Ethan :(

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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... from the Raro Tribe??

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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I liked how it was an obvious failure of strategy since they put all the bigger/taller people on swim duty, which meant short people trying to reach the keys. Poor planning!

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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I've got no love for Rob generally, but I was actually sad to see him go. Maybe just because it sucks all the older players are getting bounced.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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This season my God

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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I'm pro-Sarah but a tribe made up of Ben, Sophie, and Adam, yikes.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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That was awesome. Kim is GOAT.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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I don't think I have the energy to pursue foreign Survivor, but thank God it's Wednesday my dudes.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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God Ben sucks

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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I've gotta think the way that was edited, with essentially over eyerolls all over the place, shows that production thinks the whispering is as stupid as we do.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Jeremy vs. Ben in fire making would be everything I could hope for.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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God I don't like Aubry at all, but some of that is post-KR appearances, I guess.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Could Natalie not buy two idols for herself? Can't be a surprise for anyone on the jury to see it's them and Michele and that's it. Would love a double idol play at 6.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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That's a good point. I don't understand why they don't have them come back at 9 or something. The finale is absurd, even though I would laugh forever if she convinced them to take out Sarah and Tony and won the game.

e: Gotcha, thanks.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Michele ripping him was loving great. His legacy has nosedived.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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They're taking a break from EoE after this right? Maybe because both late returnees have won so they can't deny problems with the concept :tinfoil:

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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One of my favorite things about last night were both of Michele's reads: (1) to Nick, yes Jeremy is a jury threat, but how the gently caress are you getting to the end now? (2) to Sarah, you know Tony is going to beat you right?

This isn't a situation where you are thinking it's unfair to judge the players too harshly because the audience has so much more information, etc. At least one of the players sees it too!

I'd love to know what Ben thought the result of a final three with him, Sarah, and Tony would be.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Inject this straight into my veins.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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I love Tyson.

Also I thought the portion where Natalie sent the cops to fire was really weird. She said something about breaking up the pair, and whether that was good strategy aside, it was definitely the result of her choice. Then Sarah started to pretend cough her water for some reason?

Sarah sucks I guess is my point.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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It's actually astonishing that everyone let Tony and Sarah go so far as a pair anyway. I wouldn't expect anything from Ben so I'm not surprised he sort of glommed on to them, but pretty disappointing out of Denise and Nick (and those who went before). Jeremy must have figured he could beat anyone so whatever.

I've come around to Natalie blowing her two chances, which is too bad. She needed to take the chance of using the idol on Michele (oops Tony was immune, still should have done it to boot Sarah) or making fire against Tony. She did neither, and she had no shot with Tony at the end.

Popero fucked around with this message at 16:53 on May 14, 2020

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Fast Luck posted:

Ben was so weird this season. Like, he has the tight social bond with two people he could never beat, he protects them and ends up sacrificing himself for one of them, but then he also spends the rest of his time giving Jeremy the silent treatment, yelling at Adam, and being basically unlikable to everyone else. It's like the ultimate antisocial social game.

I love this take of his selfless act actually costing Sarah the game too (they vote out Michele, Ben beats Tony in fire, Sarah beats Ben and Natalie in FTC)!

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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IcePhoenix posted:

And alternately, Natalie's best (and possibly only) path to victory at that point was idoling out Sarah and having Ben beat Tony in fire so she could go against Michele and Ben in FTC

Lots of bad strategic play in the finale of a winners' season.

Except for Tony.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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These takes are no spicier than people who now claim Sarah is the second best of all time.

Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Cast looks fun, though I'm kind of worried this is going to be a different show now. I have no idea what the hell Jeff is talking about in his pregame press.

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Popero
Apr 17, 2001

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Nihonniboku posted:

26 days. No food rewards, and I think they're not even given any food? The season is supposed to be pretty back to basics in terms of survival.

Honestly that focus really isn't that interesting to me. I'll certainly give it a shot, and hopefully it's great, but I didn't generally have a problem with the core gameplay of most of the seasons in the 30s. Some sucked and some were good, but I don't need a huge overhaul of the show.

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