User blog:SC Heerenveen/Why Sam isn't terrible inclusion in All-Stars

I've heard it a thousand times over, why is Sam in All-Stars? Most people think that

A. He didn't deserve his place since he wasn't an All-Star.

Or

B. He was completely useless in the entire season.

While I can't deny that Sam was not a very active member of the cast and was meant as a filler character, this role would've been given to literally any character that they would've replaced him with. I think that Sam might be the last character to join the cast, being a replacement fo4 Brick., but I don't think they changed a lot about the role Brick had in the story.

Brick was a fan-favorite in ROTI because of his loyalty, kind personallity and cool interactions with Jo. But he wouldn't have been given any more devlelepment or arger role then Sam had in the original story. In ROTI Brick was suffering from constant misfortune and was the seasons main Pain Magnet. In All-Stars, all Sam really did was get injured at the beginning of challenges and be a burden to the team. If I were to put Brick in the script I would't change a thing because it seems like a plot that was meant for him. Another thing is that Sam might've had the least amount of focus and screen-time(with the sole exception being Lindsay). But if Brick was in the season, some of Sam's lines would've been interactions with Jo. But since she was on the opposite team, that wouldn't have been satisfying enough to please most of the fans. Also, the sole reason Brick/Sam was on All-Stars was because they needed a simple filler charcter without much devlelopment. Sam was an easier charcter to understand. He was a nice guy who loved gaming. Brick was a little more complex and would've taken up a little bit more screen time to finish his relationship with Jo and introduce his personality to the viewer. And lastly, there's this:

They needed 5 boys to compete against the 5 girls from the original cast.

Cameron

Lightning

Scott

Mike

the next obvious choice would be Brick, who came further then Sam. But if you look at the season plot wise, Sam had a much larger role, more screen time and more lines. And even though Brick finished higher. Sam was brought back the episode after he was eliminated.

Brick: 126 lines, 8 episodes

Sam: 153, 8 episodes

I personally think that BRick's inclusion wouldn't have matered at all. In fact, I think that people would then be complaining about the fact that Sam, who was also a fan favorite, wasn't in the season. Personally I think they should've done another season with the ROTI cast before making an All-Star.