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Originally Posted by Kos13
These people are all idiots. All of them. How do you let Brenda and Sash, the two biggest power players, wedge themselves in between two alliances? How does pretty much every single player screw up the reward challenge strategy-wise? How are Benry and Fabio dumb enough to split off into their own, smaller alliance without a majority? Why does Brenda think it's smart to basically say, "Yeah, there is zero chance I take Jane to the end!" when she's in her ****ing alliance?!?!?!
This is like watching third graders play Survivor. At this point, if anyone but Sash wins, I'll be disappointed (purely from a fan-of-the-game POV). He's made a few mistakes, but they pale in comparison to the collective terribleness of everyone else.
EDIT: And Jane is unbearable. She's "hidden" somewhat because NaOnka is HOF-level crazy, but I want to punch Jane in the face. I HATE when people use the "I hope the good people prevail" line, especially since the person saying that is almost always a bad person (and a horrible player, but that goes without saying).
Where to start? I think I'll go with the untraditional, in the middle. Re the bolded: I'm a little surprised that you've lasted this long as a fan of the game given the requirements that you have for enjoyment. It's pretty standard for any random season to be populated with
maybe one guy who plays the game in a way you can respect. Then, from a shear numbers perspective it's hard for that guy to overcome the masses and win. His task is made that much more difficult when he's either an @$$hole or he does a very good impersonation of one. And, no offense, but you seem to be drawn to players who are widely percieved as jerks (which might not be a big deal if they didn't have to win votes from the people they play with, but they do.) So all of these obstacles keep piling up for your guy, and you have a hard time enjoying the season if your guy doesn't take the win. Seems like a recipe for constant frustration.
Now back to the beginning. During China, pretty much the whole time, I was thinking, "Todd is going to win this unless they vote him out." So, as the game wound down, every week I found myself thinking, "Okay, they are going to vote Todd out now... Now... Now..." but it never happened, and Todd won. I admit, I'm having some deja vu, EXCEPT Brenda is no Amanda so I'm hoping things might be a little more interesting this time around. Anyway, the moral of this story is that it's fairly standard for Survivors--even grown up non-third-grade Survivors--to NOT do what is in their best interests. It's generally because they don't know what their best interests are until it's too late. But it's standard. What show have you been watching all these years?
Re Brenda's comments about Jane vs. Naonka: I'd have to call BS if Brenda tried to say that taking Jane to the end sounded more attractive to your average bear than taking Naonka. What Brenda said makes perfect theoretical sense. The question was a trip wire. I thought she handled it okay. If I was going to put someone on edge about my loyalty to her, I'd certainly rather it be Jane (because Marty has a point and everyone surely knows it) than Naonka (who is crazy and has an immunity idol). Besides, it was okay for Brenda the same way it was okay for Marty, and Brenda was much more diplomatic about it. Brenda needs someone to be a target other than herself and Sash. Why not Jane? 'She will win the vote.' Why not Benry and Fabio and Chase? 'They might win IICs.' This stage is all about throwing other people under the bus.
Benry and Fabio were the same guys that were not in a very good position with Old La Flor, but were more than content to remerge right back into that same position instead of attempting to hook up with some old people following the tribe switch. Jane and Holly kicked that portion of the game's ass. The kids who were on the outs missed the boat.
Things can always change, but somebody is going to have to grow a pair in order to overthrow Sash and Brenda. I can't think of who it would be. The guy who I thought was capable of mounting a counter force was (finally) voted out.