Sorry for the delay (wow, I feel like that's how most of my blog posts have started this season), but it's tough to post while enjoying a wonderful vacation. Actually, I'm not really sorry about that. As Bag mentioned in the comments from my last post, Dachui did manage a come back win, although that's not why I haven't posted. Congrats to Richey & Danielle! Getting their first Survivor Pool win must be the cherry on top of what has already been a great year, what with the wedding & Italian honeymoon.
Final Standings:
Team Blonde Bimbos: Dachui - 142 points
1. Chase (53 pts)
2. Jimmy J. (0 pts)
3. Fabio (89 pts)
Team Black Snake Widow: Me - 87 points
1. Brenda (32 pts)
2. Alina (28 pts)
3. Holly (27 pts)
Team Sanity Crushers: Courtney - 75 points
1. Jane (28 pts)
2. Benry (34 pts)
3. Kelly (13 pts)
Team Klepto: Moon - 72 points
1. Jill (11 pts)
2. Dan (19 pts)
3. NaOnka (42 pts)
Team Cactus: Doug/Bri - 44 points
1. Marty (17 pts)
2. Purple Kelly (25 pts)
3. Yve (2 pts)
Team SuccoSash: Baggins - 40 points
1. Sash (38 pts)
2. Tyrone (2 pts)
3. Jimmy T (0 pts)
The final score was actually a lot closer than it looks. If Fabio hadn't won the final immunity challenge, he certainly would have finished in 4th place. I believe that in a final 3 of Holly, Chase & Sash that Holly would have won. So let's say that Chase won the final challenge instead of Fabio - Dachui would still get that 6 points, but Fabio would have only gotten 10 points for making the jury. If Holly wins & gets the 45 points for 1st place, even if Chase still comes in 2nd, the final score would be Dachui 107 and Me 122. Pretty crazy!
Survivor: Redemption Island
Next season is season 22 - Redemption Island. They're going back to Nicaragua, and the premiere airs February 16, 2011. I'm still fuzzy on the details of how this will work, but essentially every time someone gets voted out they go into a one-on-one battle with someone else who got voted out. Whoever loses gets booted from the show permanently. I don't know if the person who wins gets to immediately re-join the other contestants, or has to stay in exile and keep battling others who show up. I'm guessing it's the former or else this wouldn't be too big of a twist.
So, if my guess is right, Survivor has basically just ripped off The Challenge (formerly known as the Real World/Road Rules Challenge). I'm pretty okay with this since I think The Challenge is a great show, but that it gets dragged down by the drunken shenanigans of the twentysomethings who all have serious emotional problems. There will probably be more of that than in a typical Survivor season, but without the booze I think it will make this season much better.
The other "surprise" is that they're bringing back Evil Russ & Boston Rob to be the captains of the different tribes. Since Evil Russ is the most entertaining player of all time and he and Rob despise each other, I think this will be awesome.
Future Rule Changes
As always, my mind turns to the future of the Survivor Pool, and what fun new twists (or minor adjustments) we can make to our own game. I've put a few of the suggestions below, but please feel free to comment with other suggestions too. If you don't write it down, I'm not going to remember it. So either write it here, remember it yourself, or hold your tongue when your brilliant idea didn't get added to the newfangled rules.
- Bonus points for having the player picked as fan favorite
- Not losing points for "mis-playing" the immunity idol at the last tribal council when you can. Possibly losing points if you don't?
- Definitely need a rule for their Battle Royale thing that's happening next season. Should the winner of the challenge earn points? Or should we just start making players lose points for getting completely voted off the show?
- Point deduction for owning a pony that quits. Possibly doing the same for Medevacs.
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Medevac shouldn't be penalized imo, or not nearly as harshly as someone who quits.
Good Job Mr. and Mrs. Dr. Coins!!!
I actually think that Medevacs should be given "pity points" b/c that player just got totally screwed. No one else seemed to sympathize :(
i actually think its the other scenario. that the person who goes to redemption island has to stay there permanently. and will continue to battle peeps to stay there. although your version sounds better. but i had thought it was the other way. who knows!
can i pick evil russ now??? 0:)
Are BR and ER eligible to win the game? I hope they have them pick teams schoolyard style.
I thought it was just one oustee that winds up getting to come back, only by battling through everyone else who comes to Redemption Island to battle them.
I like those rule updates. I think a small bonus for winning a Redemption Island challenge is in order (but has to be small so that castoffs don't outscore players who stay in the game...or maybe not?)
Congrats to Dachui for picking the two top dogs and pulling off a nice win. Good thing Fabio won those last few immunities - Chase would have been the tooliest champ since Chris in Vanuatu.
As the expression goes, "I don't have a dog in this fight" (or in your parlance a pony in this race), but as a keenly interested by-stander, I will opine on the "mis-playing" an idol category: I don't think playing the idol at the last possible council is a mis-play. Not playing it would be stupid or maybe just an oversight. I wouldn't give or take away points either way.
Tell the Wolf that I'm waiting with bated breath for his first Bahama Blog entry!
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