Holy **** those picks were BAD.

Lololol starting off the show immediately with a challenge. LETS GO

Theo seems to be an elite athlete. This Ashley guy may be the most rounded up guy we’ve ever seen. Love it

Hunter with a puzzle. Let’s see how this ends

Lol gus is a massive idiot

Lol wowwwwww JOSH wanted it so bad he’s CRYING

Man ct is fat as ****. He doesn’t have a chance

Lol hunter roided up with absolutely no definition. Arms look like massive sausages

NANY on the prowl

Sick episode. Picks were indeed lol. Got THEO as being pretty elite. Track studs always do well on this show. Picking cara also smart. They seem to be the favorite no? He’s at least 5 inches taller than everyone

It was a much needed break but was happy to see NANY.

Can’t wait to see how Ashley does. He either wins or goes home first Dunbar style. Hard to see an in between.

First episode delivered

Rivals 2 first ep was elite too.

he always cries. it doesn’t take much. I’m guessing we’ll see a lot more of it

not only is Zack massively overrated and underachieving, but his partner had to take into consideration the chance he would randomly throw themselves into an elimination b/c of muh pride

definitely needed one of tony, nelson, Joss or cory to top off this amazing cast.

I feel like Joss could be amazing. He has some of the best endurance for the big guys and is really physical. I want to see him in some physical eliminations vs bananas/ct/ashley etc

I would also enjoy watching Joss murder Ashley.

ashley (f) is so ****ing annoying

Eltbus GOAT poster on 2p2.

West GOAT Challenger.

TEEJ GOAT reality host, and possibly top tv personality.

Turbo and CT lollygagging in to the house together had me laughing.

Male vets are a strong bunch. Zach being last pick is weird but it's kind of tough to come up with someone who should have gone after him. History points to Roy, Lee being a WOAT swimmer, but other than that it's pretty tough to find an automatic choice who is clearly worse. There are pretty much only beasts this year on the men's side. Kyle, I guess? Zach is classically dumb and lost a sledgehammer challenge to a guy with one hand whose only advantage was understanding leverage.

Cara needs to stop. Ashley needs to relax a lot. I'm wildly attracted to Amanda until she says stuff. Kam would be good tv if she weren't always yelling. I assume the name Nany is short for something, but I can't decide.

Jenna is back from a broken ankle; I think I can comfortably take multiple people before her. Not Davonne, mind you. Pre CvsS I think Jenna is probably a top 2 or 3 on this cast for girl vets, but Cara, Kam .

Glad Marie is not involved. Glad Nelson is not involved. Wish TONYTIME was in.

Best part of the episode was Nany and Chase hitting it off, and then Chase immediately getting jealous...

Sooner Ashley f gets off the show the better. God damn gutter trash.

Dunbar seems like a good comp for guy Ashley

Tiers for drafting

Kam
Jenna/Cara
Natalie
Amanda/Nany/Davonne
Ashley

BANNANS
Hunter/Zach
Wes/Paulie/Leroy
CT/Kyle

Any contests we can run? I'd be in to peak my interest...

I’d go:

Cara
Jenna/Cam
Natalie/Ashley/Davonne
Nany
Amanda

Bannans/hunter
Paulie/CT
Wes/Leroy
Zach
Kyle


Difference in tiers between the males is much smaller than it is for females. Felt like there’s not a lot of weak spots between the guys.

I feel like they've taken a lot of the endurance out of the finals lately, maybe giving Zach and CT a bump up and Bananas not quite such a big edge as I originally thought.

I also think the rookies didn't really factor in political stuff at all. Getting Bananas/Zach/Leroy as a partner is huge because it's pretty likely they'll have numbers on their side for a good part of the game.

On top of the game being less about endurance, I feel like the mental/psychological advantage CT has over others, especially Zach and Kyle, brings him up in the rankings (in terms of performing under pressure, brain puzzles, and not melting down or blowing up because of the house politics).

He’s far far from his peak though in terms of speed and raw power.

There’s 16 teams in the house - without knowing the rules, not sure Bannans is gonna have the numbers advantage (team U.K. is already bigger than his team, plus seems like Wes is out for blood).

Pumped for CHALLENGE day!

holy **** theo is a monster

lol Bannans and Cara just killed Amanda in that deliberation.

edit: Dumb move by Hunter to choose Ashley but hard not to be emotionally invested in that spot so I get it.