Survivor 14

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I loved how they did the challange last night. I hope they continue to work it that way. It is not often something comes along that completely changes the way the game is played. If the tribe will be randomly divided into two groups for immunity challanges and the losing group goes to tribal, it has the effect of severely crippling (if not almost totally eliminating the influence of) alliances.

Indeed, and I did enjoy the twist, but if they keep doing this it will make the game almost completely "random" and take out all the strategy.

Michelle was the most likable person there. Dreamz is messed up in the head and watching him play the mental game is like watching a mentally challenged person try to play chess - painful and embarrassing for all parties. Mookie is an idiot. Alex is sane but allied himself with "the Four Horsemen" and is scheming way too much. Stacy has been a total bitch. Boo has no friends and apparently is not interesting enough to garner camera time. The guy with the accent seems a bit on the clueless side. The remaining black guy is somewhat likeable but no matter who wins this, I will say the same thing - "eh."

Without good people that I want to root for, it's all about watching strategy. When the producers aren't taking away their strategic abilities, the players themselves are making stupid mistakes. End result - I'm going to root for serious starvation. At least that's pretty entertaining.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Indeed, and I did enjoy the twist, but if they keep doing this it will make the game almost completely "random" and take out all the strategy.

I disagree. I think it simply changes the strategy necessary to win.

Since Richard Hatch, Survivor has been about the forming of alliances and how well you do it. If this changes - even on just the occasional challange - it completely alters how you have to play the game. No more will it be just to be alligned with the greater number of people, it will be about the ability to manipulate the entire group of people. No longer will the stupid be able to just be loyal to the power brokers and continue on in the game by simply doing what they are told, and no longer will it be enough to be the most dominant in individual challanges. No longer will wenches like Stacy be able to treat other people like dirt because they have the numbers on their side.