The pool's landscape is rapidly changing from week to week. Two weeks ago we were first in Doug's power rankings and now we're clearly in last place. Last week's first place A to Z team has slipped to third after an unfortunate negative-scoring week, DouBri is in the mix despite a recent loss and a negative player and the Greenbergs top the list despite one of the shakiest non-Sanders, non-Richey drafts in pool history.
Power Rankings:
1. Jennicide - 55 points
1. Shirin - 13
Say what you want about Shirin (and virtually all the other castaways do, and
they're not nice things), but she plays hard. For the first time, it
appears that Shirin may actually have a shot at winning it all - 60% because
of her scrappy performance and 40% because she could get to a Final
Tribal with other disliked players. Last week she was listed in the "Hopeless" category, so that's a huge step.
2. Jenn - 25
Jenn is either going to go down as a disappointing
character or as a heroic one. If she can summon everything she's got and
get through at least one more episode she'll be remembered for her
tenacity and resiliency. If she quietly bows out without a fight she'll
be the girl who wanted to leave, who all Survivor fans revile because
it's such a rare privilege to be a castaway. It's hard to imagine her
actually winning at this point, even though the first two jury members
would give her their votes. Shirin is now Team Jennicide's #1 horse.
3. Joaquin - 8
4. Dan - 9
On
a week with unclear options, I'll go with Dan as my Douche of the Week.
Which reminds me - I have not edited the spreadsheet because mine is
view only. I have just been updating on here.
2. Jacked For A Reason, Bro - 43 points
1. Tyler - 19
The question remains for the Big Man and Mama C - can they eventually flip a couple Blues against each other? Or will they link up now with Jenn, Will and Shirin and take out the Blues from here on out?
2. Hali - 20
3. Rodney - 9
Rodney's fantastic impressions were especially entertaining because they came from such an unlikely source. At the end of the day though, Rodney is still a douche that no one will vote for.
4. Nina - -5
3. Maximillion - 19 points
1. Max - 3
2. Carolyn - 11
Carolyn didn't accrue any points this episode, leaving Maximillion with just 22 points because
3. Lindsey - -1
4. Mike - 6
Oh no. We have the makings of a controversy here. Our
rules state "Plays a fake immunity idol" is worth
-10 points. Mike played it in a no-lose situation, humorously, and voted for idol-creator Joe anyway. Maximillion were already facing a huge points deficit and an unforgiving
-10 would cripple their team. It seems unfair, but we follow the rules in this pool. The other thing is that A to Z won't be commenting on this matter for quite a while, as they are way behind on the show (and thus the blog). I've given Mike the -10. To further taunt A to Z, I've put their team name in the blog title for the second straight week.
4. Livin' On A Prayer - 74 points
1. Joe - 42
Jeff
Probst stated the obvious when he said "Joe, for the first time since
the merge, vulnerable tonight at Tribal Council." Give the Blues credit
for sticking to their alliance and ousting him without incident, and
give Joe the Survivor Fantasy Monster credit for hitting a five-pointer
at the buzzer by creating a fake idol. The Blues may not be a brilliant
crew of players, but none of them made the mistake of making moves just
to make moves. We'll see if they carry it out for two more episodes and
take Jenn and Will out. If that happens, that will be four straight
weeks of Blues + Whites > Nos.
2. Kelly - 9
3. Will - 11
4. Sierra - 12
It doesn't seem Will has a real friend in the game. He's just playing out the string. And watching this week's episode, I actually forgot what Sierra's name was
for a moment. She's invisible, except for
the time she was hanging around Mike while he was talking about a "a
group within our group" with Shirin. We finally have some clarity in this pool: Livin' On A Prayer is just that.
