Thread:BarBar/@comment-1734566-20150622202242/@comment-1734566-20150622213513

I really do think that a lot of things about this year's Ozcars were complete WTF's that can only be attributed to trolls and/or the brand of casuals and rabid feminists who love Shirin, and therefore, hate everything against her (like Dan, Will, and the season in general). I mean, you look at crap like Dan and Mike Borassi ranking so highly in "Sexiest Male," Dan getting "Best New Villain," Shirin getting "Best New Jury Player," and this season ranking so lowly, it's pretty obvious that there was a strong troll/agenda-driven casual-based presence in this year's voting that honestly makes this the worst Ozcars yet.

However, I do firmly feel that this is the result of recency biase - a sort of reversed version of it, actually - in that people always feel MOST strongly about something (be it bad or good) IMMEDIATELY after it happens. As time goes on, tempers simmer and opinions moderate. As time goes on, and especially with Cambodia determining whether or not Shirin will retain her "quasi-popular" status OR continue her usual brand of self-righteous obnoxiousness, therefore bringing her back to earning the ire of the fanbase once more, I think opinions will change to the exact opposite in regards to both S29 AND WA. Because really - if you take out the ONLY TWO "negative" moments of the season (Will's tirade against Shirin, which, again, wasn't really that bad and was honestly rather justified; and Dan's criticism of Shirin's game, which WAS strictly game-related and is thus severely blown out of proportion by the feminists), and you have a solid season with many different alliances and rivalries, strong gameplay in both the pre-merge and post-merge, THREE perfect idol plays, some great blindsides, an awesome finale, and, of course, a great winner - I think Worlds Apart will ultimately stand the test of time and get better and better in these polls, while at the same time, the Natalie/Josh/Jeremy hype of S29 will die down, and that season will fall.

In other words: https://survivoroz.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/survivor-worlds-apart-oztopsyepisode-14-reunion/

^I point to the top comment on this post on Survivor Oz, by "20below," and the equally-fine response by "RB Liljestrom." With any season, one can take the few negative moments and make it out to be that the WHOLE season was dominated by that. But of course, there are plenty of cases where a season's positives FAR outweigh the negatives. Again, I do strongly think WA is one of those seasons. As Liljestrom says: "...on the whole it was a better than average season. I may be wrong but I think this season will stand the test of time like Vanuatu and get better with age...There’s no such thing to me as a bad season of Survivor. Only ones not as good as others."

We can only hope.