It was a fairly ho-hum episode this week, I thought. I liked the challenge, but the players' strategy was so terrible they ruined it. If a guy is holding 200 lbs already & is trembling & looking like he's about to fall over, why would you bother adding another 20 lbs to his load? He's going to fall in a couple minutes anyways. They should've started loading up the ladies way sooner than they did.
I was also disappointed in both tribes' strategy for voting out players. Let's start with Upolu: Stacey is obviously already on her way out, and has no manueverability within the tribe. Sure, you want to get her out before the merge, but in the meantime she's a strong competitor who's going to lay low for a while. So what's the rush? There's no need to get rid of her now. Why keep someone as shady as Brandon around who's an obvious threat to the tribe's unity? Sure, he's claiming he's "reformed" now and trying to make amends, but all he's really doing is making things worse. He told Edna that she's the 6th person in their alliance - but did he tell the rest of his alliance that he told her that? Seems pretty doubtful to me. If he was really trying to play this game honorably, he would've told them what he'd said.
Now on to Savaii: I like that Jim & John are gunning for Ozzy already, but let's cut through the collateral damage crap. Vote out Ozzy! Dawn has it right - they need to get rid of him soon or he's going to run over this game. I'm also seriously disappointed in Ozzy & Elyse. They should know better than to cuddle up like a couple. It's the fastest way to get your name written down in tribal council. Even if they do actually like each other they should hide it a lot better.
I was also disappointed in both tribes' strategy for voting out players. Let's start with Upolu: Stacey is obviously already on her way out, and has no manueverability within the tribe. Sure, you want to get her out before the merge, but in the meantime she's a strong competitor who's going to lay low for a while. So what's the rush? There's no need to get rid of her now. Why keep someone as shady as Brandon around who's an obvious threat to the tribe's unity? Sure, he's claiming he's "reformed" now and trying to make amends, but all he's really doing is making things worse. He told Edna that she's the 6th person in their alliance - but did he tell the rest of his alliance that he told her that? Seems pretty doubtful to me. If he was really trying to play this game honorably, he would've told them what he'd said.
Now on to Savaii: I like that Jim & John are gunning for Ozzy already, but let's cut through the collateral damage crap. Vote out Ozzy! Dawn has it right - they need to get rid of him soon or he's going to run over this game. I'm also seriously disappointed in Ozzy & Elyse. They should know better than to cuddle up like a couple. It's the fastest way to get your name written down in tribal council. Even if they do actually like each other they should hide it a lot better.
The Standings
Team Top 3: Moon - 42 pts
1. Ozzy (22 pts)
2. Sophie (8 pts)
3. Jim (12 pts)
Team Dungeons & Dragons: Me - 32 pts - 28 pts
Team Baseball, Belts & Bibles: Doug/Bri
1. John (12 pts)
2. Elyse (12 pts)
3. Coach (8 pts)
2. Elyse (12 pts)
3. Coach (8 pts)
1. Albert (8 pts)
2. Rick (8 pts)
3. Dawn (12 pts)
2. Rick (8 pts)
3. Dawn (12 pts)
1. Keith (12 pts)
2. Brandon (8 pts)
3. Stacey (8 pts)
Team Hide Yer Kids, Hide Yer Wife: Bag - 23 pts
1. Mikayla (8 pts)
2. Christine (9 pts)
3. Edna (6 pt)
2. Christine (9 pts)
3. Edna (6 pt)
[1. Papa Bear (7 pts)]2. Whitney (12 pts)
[3. Semhar (2 pts)]
Power Rankings
1. Top 3 – In the war of the Savaii Alpha Male, the score remains Jim: 1, Ozzy: 1. But if Jim really does take out Elyse, this battle will really begin! How will this happen? So far it's John, Jim & Dawn v. Ozzy, Elyse, Whitney & Keith. Who will be their swing vote? Maybe it'll be easier to convince Whitney & Keith to swap sides since they know Ozzy has the hidden immunity idol. If they tell the others that I hope they have the sense to go straight for Ozzy; if they take out his closest ally instead they'll be stuck in the "will he play his idol tonight?" conundrum and probably lose their nerve.
2. Dungeons & Dragons – So Cochran dodged his bullets, but suddenly Elyse is in danger. I'm strangely okay with that. I'd rather have Cochran than Elyse stick around - he's far more interesting. Coach is doing okay but he's started to get a little too controlling... and also obvious about his controllingness. He should back off for a little bit & let his alliance choose the next to go.
3. Baseball, Belts & Bibles – Rick's face when he was asked to say something negative about Albert was priceless. I've never seen a man so scared by such an easy question. He powered through it okay and gave a reasonable answer. I'm getting more and more impressed with Dawn. I like that she took on the weight challenge, and she's obviously not afraid to make moves. Keep it up lady!
3. Baseball, Belts & Bibles – Rick's face when he was asked to say something negative about Albert was priceless. I've never seen a man so scared by such an easy question. He powered through it okay and gave a reasonable answer. I'm getting more and more impressed with Dawn. I like that she took on the weight challenge, and she's obviously not afraid to make moves. Keep it up lady!
4. Hide Yer Kids, Hide Yer Wife – Bag's team is a really fun one to watch. They all seem to be in danger all the time. I don't think a single Upolu tribal council has passed where one of his team was in serious danger. But somehow they're holding it together & could actually do well. Christine is winning me over with her determination on Redemption Island. I hope she wins a few more!
5. ICRWYTNISTB – Stacey on Redemption Island doesn't really change Dachui's situation too much. They were already in a bad spot. Everyone knew Stacey wasn't going to make it much longer, so this was rather inevitable. Brandon continues to be the main excitement of the season, but he's a poor man's equivalent of Phillip. Phillip was awesome crazy, Brandon's just creepy crazy.
6. Country Bears – Well, Courtney's pretty much screwed here. Whitney will probably hang around for a little while, but she's not a contender & now she's all alone. I'm sad Papa Bear didn't make it longer.
3 comments:
GORBAG nomnomnoms country bears!
Good thoughts Pickett. I didn't realize that idea during the challenge - that definitely would have been a smarter strategy.
yeah, my team is just giving bag a chance to not completely suck 0:)
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