Monday, November 03, 2008
Survivor: Gabon - 1707
I don't really like the weeks where they have to get rid of multiple people. Kota won the challenge, why are they forced to vote someone out. If they have to get rid of someone, maybe they should just have Fang vote out two. That seems more fair, but this game's not about fairness.
The biggest thing this week was seeing Sugar sell Ace down the river. Maybe it's because she's a pinup model but I really didn't see this one coming. Good for her. Of course now she doesn't really have any allies. As she put it "Ace may be a snake but he's my snake" Even if he would sell her out you knew he would keep her around for a while.
Dan was really not cut out for this game. He was pretty strong but didn't seem to dominate the physical challenges and was a lawyer and didn't seem to do well mentally. He was just out of his element. The quote from Corinne about his insecurity was a little over the top "I don't know if he was a former fatty". Come on Corinne, he may just naturally be this insecure.
Reward Challenge
The reward challenge was okay but not great this week. Of course the sausages they had for the picnic looked delicious. I liked Kota not sitting out Susie for the reward challenge and planning ahead to be able to sit her out at the Immunity challenge. How many times do we see tribes get stuck with their weaker players at Immunity challenge because they wanted to win reward. Again, Randy came through in the challenge but he is a very poor sport and I'm growing more convinced that he seems like a mean person. So, then even though Susie was competing in the challenge I didn't see her even once. Didn't they have to have everyone in the competition.
Sending to Sugar was the right move to keep their strategy alive. She's barely in the game as part of the Fang tribe. The reward was nice with some good scenery. Bob seemed pretty excited to have a front row seat in the chopper, but didn't he notice that everyone had a front row seat for the chopper ride?
Here's a little idea to make the reward challenge a little more interesting. If one tribe has to sit players out of the reward challenge because of extra numbers how about if the people who sit out don't get to participate in the reward. That could create some more internal tension and potentially tighten up the immunity challenges because the weaker members would be more likely to be in the reward. What do you think of that?
Immunity Challenge
When I saw the log roll I thought "This could be very cool. I was wrong, that challenge stunk". Dan goes in saying "it's important to win not just by a little but by a lot" and then promptly gets taken out in the first round. In the finals Ace seemed to be at a disadvantage vs Marcus since he was facing Sugar. That was probably a mistake in positioning on his part. No surprise that Marcus won again. It was a bad idea for Bob to say he was a log roll champion. Then when you lose everyone is proud to beat you. That's a tidbit you should keep under your hat until you take them all out and then you bust out that piece of prior experience. It did seem only fair to give immunity to Sugar since they send her to Exile every time.
Strategy Analysis
Going into the tribal the big question was would they get Sugar to take out Ace. I really didn't think that Kenny had it in him. I was very impressed with his lying to Sugar about Ace's behavior about manipulating her. Of course then when Ace comes up and says he needs her idol that does suggest that he is just trying to use her for his own purposes and makes her decision easier. And how does Ace plan on "borrowing" the idol. He's either going to play it or not. Kenny was also saying that he trusts Sugar to write down Ace but at this point it really didn't make any difference to him. If Sugar sticks with Ace they'll take out Crystal and he's done anyway. There was no risk for Kenny in trusting Sugar since they were on the outs anyway. Crystal was pretty aggressive at the tribal and they don't get along at all. She is still a woman though, since she made the statement that even though Matty and Ace asked her 3 times to eat rice that if they really cared they would have saved some anyway. That's a woman argument if I ever heard one - there's no way they could have won.
For the Kota tribe it was definitely Dan or Susie. I thought that Susie was done when she told Corinne she was going to vote for her. Corinne seems totally vindictive and as soon as she heard that it was like Susie was her blood enemy, her days are numbered. I think that it's a mistake for Marcus to trust Randy and pull him into their alliance unless he's really on the outside. It seems that Randy is very self-serving and would sell them out anytime he can. Randy's only an option because Bob is on the outs with them. They were talking about how annoying Bob is but I don't see it. Maybe that's because we spend almost no time with Kota since they were dominating. Maybe Bob is annoying.
My prediction: At tribal one I thought that Fang would get rid of Crystal. I did not see Sugar turning on Ace. I saw her just as naive as she was hoping. Congratulations, she really is playing the game. If the merge really is coming then Ace was a great choice to get rid of. Of course now Sugar is at risk because of the idol.
At tribal two I thought that they would get rid of Susie. Man I suck at predicting these votes. Dan was like a deer in the headlights.
Season total: 1-4 (.200)
Spell Check:
Right: 11 (again tough to screw up Dan or Ace)
Wrong: 1 (Suzie)
Other: 1 (The Suze)
Season total: 23-7-3 (.697)
edit: after correcting for Ace last episode we're at 22-8-3 (.667)
Quick hit thoughts
The biggest thing this week was seeing Sugar sell Ace down the river. Maybe it's because she's a pinup model but I really didn't see this one coming. Good for her. Of course now she doesn't really have any allies. As she put it "Ace may be a snake but he's my snake" Even if he would sell her out you knew he would keep her around for a while.
Dan was really not cut out for this game. He was pretty strong but didn't seem to dominate the physical challenges and was a lawyer and didn't seem to do well mentally. He was just out of his element. The quote from Corinne about his insecurity was a little over the top "I don't know if he was a former fatty". Come on Corinne, he may just naturally be this insecure.
Reward Challenge
The reward challenge was okay but not great this week. Of course the sausages they had for the picnic looked delicious. I liked Kota not sitting out Susie for the reward challenge and planning ahead to be able to sit her out at the Immunity challenge. How many times do we see tribes get stuck with their weaker players at Immunity challenge because they wanted to win reward. Again, Randy came through in the challenge but he is a very poor sport and I'm growing more convinced that he seems like a mean person. So, then even though Susie was competing in the challenge I didn't see her even once. Didn't they have to have everyone in the competition.
Sending to Sugar was the right move to keep their strategy alive. She's barely in the game as part of the Fang tribe. The reward was nice with some good scenery. Bob seemed pretty excited to have a front row seat in the chopper, but didn't he notice that everyone had a front row seat for the chopper ride?
Here's a little idea to make the reward challenge a little more interesting. If one tribe has to sit players out of the reward challenge because of extra numbers how about if the people who sit out don't get to participate in the reward. That could create some more internal tension and potentially tighten up the immunity challenges because the weaker members would be more likely to be in the reward. What do you think of that?
Immunity Challenge
When I saw the log roll I thought "This could be very cool. I was wrong, that challenge stunk". Dan goes in saying "it's important to win not just by a little but by a lot" and then promptly gets taken out in the first round. In the finals Ace seemed to be at a disadvantage vs Marcus since he was facing Sugar. That was probably a mistake in positioning on his part. No surprise that Marcus won again. It was a bad idea for Bob to say he was a log roll champion. Then when you lose everyone is proud to beat you. That's a tidbit you should keep under your hat until you take them all out and then you bust out that piece of prior experience. It did seem only fair to give immunity to Sugar since they send her to Exile every time.
Strategy Analysis
Going into the tribal the big question was would they get Sugar to take out Ace. I really didn't think that Kenny had it in him. I was very impressed with his lying to Sugar about Ace's behavior about manipulating her. Of course then when Ace comes up and says he needs her idol that does suggest that he is just trying to use her for his own purposes and makes her decision easier. And how does Ace plan on "borrowing" the idol. He's either going to play it or not. Kenny was also saying that he trusts Sugar to write down Ace but at this point it really didn't make any difference to him. If Sugar sticks with Ace they'll take out Crystal and he's done anyway. There was no risk for Kenny in trusting Sugar since they were on the outs anyway. Crystal was pretty aggressive at the tribal and they don't get along at all. She is still a woman though, since she made the statement that even though Matty and Ace asked her 3 times to eat rice that if they really cared they would have saved some anyway. That's a woman argument if I ever heard one - there's no way they could have won.
For the Kota tribe it was definitely Dan or Susie. I thought that Susie was done when she told Corinne she was going to vote for her. Corinne seems totally vindictive and as soon as she heard that it was like Susie was her blood enemy, her days are numbered. I think that it's a mistake for Marcus to trust Randy and pull him into their alliance unless he's really on the outside. It seems that Randy is very self-serving and would sell them out anytime he can. Randy's only an option because Bob is on the outs with them. They were talking about how annoying Bob is but I don't see it. Maybe that's because we spend almost no time with Kota since they were dominating. Maybe Bob is annoying.
My prediction: At tribal one I thought that Fang would get rid of Crystal. I did not see Sugar turning on Ace. I saw her just as naive as she was hoping. Congratulations, she really is playing the game. If the merge really is coming then Ace was a great choice to get rid of. Of course now Sugar is at risk because of the idol.
At tribal two I thought that they would get rid of Susie. Man I suck at predicting these votes. Dan was like a deer in the headlights.
Season total: 1-4 (.200)
Spell Check:
Right: 11 (again tough to screw up Dan or Ace)
Wrong: 1 (Suzie)
Other: 1 (The Suze)
Season total: 23-7-3 (.697)
edit: after correcting for Ace last episode we're at 22-8-3 (.667)
Quick hit thoughts
- I wonder what Dan is like in the courtroom. "Objection, what??? He's out to get me."
- After talking to Nick and Ben I wish that I had HD. That crater they went to was sweet
- I did like Dan sitting around in his suit all the time. Classy.
- Man, Bob was crying like a little girl after getting those letters from home
- At tribal council when they were having the argument about whether Corinne or Susie has more upper body strength there definitely should have been some impromptu arm wrestling.
- Corinne's shirt wasn't completely dirty on her breasts before we started. Does she spend a lot of time sleeping on her stomach?
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# posted by Andy Hejl @ 6:49 AM 
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Some thoughts from 1707 & 1706
- 1707 was an eventful episode, though I also dislike the ones where both tribes are forced to vote someone out. Usually, the Immunity-winning tribe gets to watch the losing tribe's council, but I think in this case, the producers figured that Fang was so pathetic that Kota gained no advantage from watching their tribal council. In any case, I think the produces turned to this trick just to even the odds once the merge comes.
Without the dual vote, Fang will probably lose again immunity challenge next week, making it a 7-3 Kota advantage at a potential merge, and it wouldn't be very suspenseful to watch Fang voted off one-by-one. Now, it's 6-4, and they can merge next week (as seen in the preview) and there's a good chance that Susie will flip to make it interesting.
- I am beginning to re-think my crush on Corinne:
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/survivor_gabon/2008_Sep_24_corinne_kaplan
Love the part about prescribing deadly drugs - what fun! Anyway, based on how quickly she turned on Susie (not saying Susie didn't deserve it, but she first she told Susie to her face that she likes her and didn't want her to leave, then she told the camera that she "hates, hates, hates" her), I'm starting to think that Corinne really is a vindictive bitch. She still looks good in a swimsuit.
- Bob is annoying? Never would have guessed it.
- Crystal is exactly two days older than me. Man, she's already won a gold medal *and* been on Survivor. What have I done with my life?
- Nudity in the preview!
- 1707 was an eventful episode, though I also dislike the ones where both tribes are forced to vote someone out. Usually, the Immunity-winning tribe gets to watch the losing tribe's council, but I think in this case, the producers figured that Fang was so pathetic that Kota gained no advantage from watching their tribal council. In any case, I think the produces turned to this trick just to even the odds once the merge comes.
Without the dual vote, Fang will probably lose again immunity challenge next week, making it a 7-3 Kota advantage at a potential merge, and it wouldn't be very suspenseful to watch Fang voted off one-by-one. Now, it's 6-4, and they can merge next week (as seen in the preview) and there's a good chance that Susie will flip to make it interesting.
- I am beginning to re-think my crush on Corinne:
http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/survivor_gabon/2008_Sep_24_corinne_kaplan
Love the part about prescribing deadly drugs - what fun! Anyway, based on how quickly she turned on Susie (not saying Susie didn't deserve it, but she first she told Susie to her face that she likes her and didn't want her to leave, then she told the camera that she "hates, hates, hates" her), I'm starting to think that Corinne really is a vindictive bitch. She still looks good in a swimsuit.
- Bob is annoying? Never would have guessed it.
- Crystal is exactly two days older than me. Man, she's already won a gold medal *and* been on Survivor. What have I done with my life?
- Nudity in the preview!
I finally posted on Episode 1706, but due to the vagueries of Blogger, it published below, with the posting date of 10/29, since this was when I started the draft. I gave up trying to figure out how to move the post to the top after a brief attempt. Anyway, check it out.
If you think that's why you shouldn't like Corinnne check out this link.
Also look at the wikipedia page for this season. They say on there that there is nudity of Marcus's wang in one episode. I didn't see that one, but I bet Charlie did.
Also look at the wikipedia page for this season. They say on there that there is nudity of Marcus's wang in one episode. I didn't see that one, but I bet Charlie did.
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