Survivor: Nicaragua
03-10-2011
, 07:35 PM
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, 01:59 AM
I literally just finished watching Fiji so it's nice to see some recent chat about it.
Yau-man def one of the best players ever imo. He's very smart, plays the social game really well, reads people/situations well, outperformed everybody in challenges (while being underestimated), and was so generous, happy-go-lucky, and non-threatening. He for sure wins for best player that season, unfortunately not the winner though. He, like Earl, didn't have any enemies and the only reason people ever wrote down his name was to vote him off because he was too powerful.
Which leads into Earl, which I'm very happy he won. He and Yau were so great together because they were both just jovial, genuine guys that performed very well while keeping good ties with everybody. Sure Earl didn't do any GOAT big-time moves, and he may not have specifically chosen to align with Yau, but he and Yau getting along as best buds really worked out well and was a great plan for each of them since they both had a solid partnership to offer.
Earl also spoke very well and with great tact for the entire season. You could argue that he should have been pushing Dreamz harder to reneg, but Earl really is that genuine of a guy, and that's part of the greatness of the Earl+Yau combo. Neither person ever said it, but you could tell that those two were just the most stand-up and genuine guys out there, and they trusted eachother 100% (except for the obv F4 decision, but I think Yau understood and Earl would understand as well if the situations were reversed)
Dreamz impressed me as well. Normally I just eyeroll when the stereotypical poor black guy that grew up on the streets is making big fusses about race/being white like he did in the very beginning. Not going to lie, I started out thinking he was a bit of a joke. But Dreamz did a great job at manipulating the conversations, especially at tribals. He did a great job at slyly pushing his own agenda while not looking slimy or desperate.
Unfortunately Dreamz was a bit nearsighted and hastily agreed to Yau's offer which may have been appealing at the time, but once it came to F4, it sealed his fate with a lose-lose situation. There was no way that he was going to stick around if he gave immunity up to Yau, but also no way he was going to win after scumbagging up the deal.
And totally agree that Alex was underrated. He seemed like a super crafty and smart guy. When he read the situation correctly and voted Mooki to save himself, I was pretty happy to see someone with foresight. On the other hand, it was pretty stupid for him and Mooki to stick together laughing at everyone else on the 2-passenger sinking ship. I did a super cringe when they were giving Yau an ultimatum about the HII like it was some game-changing event. But I guess when you're backed into a corner you'll do dumb stuff (which Yau played that situation down perfectly and made them look far worse). Also once Alex survived that vote with Mooki and they were at F7, he seemed to really pitch himself as the F7 swing vote sooo poorly. He was trying to put all the wrong people against eachother and he really came across as some sneaky evil guy just trying to stir the pot rather than the crucial F7 swing vote. Seriously, how do you not approach the weakest 3 people and say, "look, this is what's going to happen if you vote me out, or..." He tried, but not very well imo.
The entire FTC was pretty lol. Like everyone on the jury minus Yau was PISSED when asking questions. Like, such bitterness and animosity that I've never seen at a FTC before. Especially the one chubby white chick, who I can't remember her name. She didn't even have her heart in the game and was even fine with quitting at one point, and then she got up there and asked the most non-sense questions in the bitchiest way. Made me lol. good TV.
And it seems like some posters were speculating what would happen with Yau at a F3 instead of Dreamz, and obv this isn't definitive, but at the reunion Jeff asked who the jury would have voted for, and 6 said Yau.
In before tl;dr
Yau-man def one of the best players ever imo. He's very smart, plays the social game really well, reads people/situations well, outperformed everybody in challenges (while being underestimated), and was so generous, happy-go-lucky, and non-threatening. He for sure wins for best player that season, unfortunately not the winner though. He, like Earl, didn't have any enemies and the only reason people ever wrote down his name was to vote him off because he was too powerful.
Which leads into Earl, which I'm very happy he won. He and Yau were so great together because they were both just jovial, genuine guys that performed very well while keeping good ties with everybody. Sure Earl didn't do any GOAT big-time moves, and he may not have specifically chosen to align with Yau, but he and Yau getting along as best buds really worked out well and was a great plan for each of them since they both had a solid partnership to offer.
Earl also spoke very well and with great tact for the entire season. You could argue that he should have been pushing Dreamz harder to reneg, but Earl really is that genuine of a guy, and that's part of the greatness of the Earl+Yau combo. Neither person ever said it, but you could tell that those two were just the most stand-up and genuine guys out there, and they trusted eachother 100% (except for the obv F4 decision, but I think Yau understood and Earl would understand as well if the situations were reversed)
Dreamz impressed me as well. Normally I just eyeroll when the stereotypical poor black guy that grew up on the streets is making big fusses about race/being white like he did in the very beginning. Not going to lie, I started out thinking he was a bit of a joke. But Dreamz did a great job at manipulating the conversations, especially at tribals. He did a great job at slyly pushing his own agenda while not looking slimy or desperate.
Unfortunately Dreamz was a bit nearsighted and hastily agreed to Yau's offer which may have been appealing at the time, but once it came to F4, it sealed his fate with a lose-lose situation. There was no way that he was going to stick around if he gave immunity up to Yau, but also no way he was going to win after scumbagging up the deal.
And totally agree that Alex was underrated. He seemed like a super crafty and smart guy. When he read the situation correctly and voted Mooki to save himself, I was pretty happy to see someone with foresight. On the other hand, it was pretty stupid for him and Mooki to stick together laughing at everyone else on the 2-passenger sinking ship. I did a super cringe when they were giving Yau an ultimatum about the HII like it was some game-changing event. But I guess when you're backed into a corner you'll do dumb stuff (which Yau played that situation down perfectly and made them look far worse). Also once Alex survived that vote with Mooki and they were at F7, he seemed to really pitch himself as the F7 swing vote sooo poorly. He was trying to put all the wrong people against eachother and he really came across as some sneaky evil guy just trying to stir the pot rather than the crucial F7 swing vote. Seriously, how do you not approach the weakest 3 people and say, "look, this is what's going to happen if you vote me out, or..." He tried, but not very well imo.
The entire FTC was pretty lol. Like everyone on the jury minus Yau was PISSED when asking questions. Like, such bitterness and animosity that I've never seen at a FTC before. Especially the one chubby white chick, who I can't remember her name. She didn't even have her heart in the game and was even fine with quitting at one point, and then she got up there and asked the most non-sense questions in the bitchiest way. Made me lol. good TV.
And it seems like some posters were speculating what would happen with Yau at a F3 instead of Dreamz, and obv this isn't definitive, but at the reunion Jeff asked who the jury would have voted for, and 6 said Yau.
In before tl;dr
03-12-2011
, 07:05 PM