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05-11-2024 , 09:26 AM

#4151

Didace

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Ben seemed to perk up after he ate.

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05-11-2024 , 11:28 PM

#4152

housenuts

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Wonder if contestants see Charlie as a threat. Feel Venus should've targeted him there. Bring in Kenzie, probably all she needs, 2 votes on Charlie + idol = he goes home. My feeling is as viewers we see him having a strong game, but people on the island may not feel that way, at least not yet.

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05-11-2024 , 11:29 PM

#4153

housenuts

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Originally Posted by King~of~Diamonds

The Ben thing is wild. I can’t tell if he’s beaten down or editors are burying him

He has nothing of value to add. The confessionals and quotes he gets are so mid, and I'm guessing editors are including his best content. Might be tired and lack of food, but he's boring AF

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05-12-2024 , 12:08 AM

#4154

King~of~Diamonds

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At the beginning, he was Mr. Good Times!

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05-12-2024 , 11:49 AM

#4155

Rizzeedizzee

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Originally Posted by housenuts

He has nothing of value to add. The confessionals and quotes he gets are so mid, and I'm guessing editors are including his best content. Might be tired and lack of food, but he's boring AF

Ben is definitely checking the "oh yeah.......them" box for this season.

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05-13-2024 , 12:45 AM

#4156

ArcticKnight

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Originally Posted by BringbckMichelleYi

Venus should be a new era lock for S50 but wouldn't be suprised if her twitter antics have unfortunately soured her too much with production and instead we get one of the interchangable gamebots instead

A lock?? How is she even in the discussion.

Pros
She was cute for a week

Cons
She lacks self-awareness, as in having a poor read on how others perceive her
She imagines herself as a decision maker, yet the others mock her for not being aware that she initiated nothing
She is disruptive, but not in a purposeful way
She is arrogant, which can be an acceptable (and even desirable) trait in bright and aware contestants, but if you want to recruit people who are not smart enough to be condescending then the pool of past contestants fitting that bill is pretty large.

I would think (at this point) Kenzie, or Charlie would be far better choices.

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05-13-2024 , 12:51 AM

#4157

metsandfinsfan

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Kenzie or charlie will likely win this year tho

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05-13-2024 , 03:45 AM

#4158

BringbckMichelleYi

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Originally Posted by ArcticKnight

All your 'cons' are exactly reasons why she should be brought back. Its a cast for a reality tv show not a super high roller bowl.

Charlie would be a total waste of a spot on a returnee season, unless if he's being brought back as a winner. But even then Yamyam and Gabler are both far better character new era winners than Charlie would be

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05-13-2024 , 07:24 AM

#4159

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Originally Posted by King~of~Diamonds

At the beginning, he was Mr. Good Times!

He reminds me of one of those guys who's fun to hang with for a night, and the next night you realize you've seen the full extent of what he is in terms of fun and it gets boring fast.

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05-13-2024 , 09:39 AM

#4160

Didace

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Originally Posted by BringbckMichelleYi

All your 'cons' are exactly reasons why she should be brought back.

The problem is she wasn't even very good at the cons - she was just somewhat mildly bad at them. Very uninteresting contestant IMO.

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05-13-2024 , 11:02 AM

#4161

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Originally Posted by BringbckMichelleYi

I see your point regarding entertainment value and ability to create chaos adding value and watchability to the season, but imo she hardly even moves the scales on the valuable negative attributes. Is she a villian or sorts? Yes, I guess, but was she chaotic enough, memorable enough, influential enough......?

I personally wont remember her 2 seasons from now, but this is down season so few of them are leaving any lasting impact.

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#4162

BringbckMichelleYi

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Originally Posted by ArcticKnight

I just feel that S41-S46 are lacking so severly in anyone remotely villanious or chaos inducing that Venus and Q are the best choices we have so far for your above criteria.

I completely agree that old school Survivor had fantastic villians basically every season, who are much better casting choices than Venus but it's been completely lacking in the last 6 seasons.

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Yesterday , 12:41 PM

#4163

revots33

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Originally Posted by Punker

He reminds me of one of those guys who's fun to hang with for a night, and the next night you realize you've seen the full extent of what he is in terms of fun and it gets boring fast.

Ben seems like a very nice guy who is not well suited to this game. Very unathletic, anxiety issues, etc. I feel like he's been worn down by the conditions and lack of food. The editors aren't showing him because he has no chance to win and hasn't given them much to work with.

Don't get me wrong just going on this show at all takes some balls so I'm not knocking Ben... I just don't think he's well-suited to it.