Thread:TDWTisAWESOME/@comment-1734566-20151210220222/@comment-1734566-20151213202325

Plus, again, we need to look further beyond just the basics of PLAYING an idol. Any old nut can play an idol and buy themselves 3 more days. It's how you USE the idol - i.e., how you either counteract the negated votes by targeting a major threat who didn't see it coming, OR use the mere influence of the idol to your advantage - that makes it a better move. Case-in-point: Mike Holloway at the Final 8 of Worlds Apart (not the one where he actually used it and booted Tyler; the one before that). He didn't actually PLAY the idol, but he used it beautifully. His goal was never to save Shirin; it was to expose the cracks in the majority alliance, and he succeeded in doing so. THAT'S using an idol to really help you out in the game, instead of simply using it as a get-out-of-jail-free card, like Jeremy himself did to save Stephen in the Ciera boot. It wasn't enough to JUST save Stephen. All that did was buy Stephen 3 more days.

What Jeremy SHOULD have done was not think "Oh, good, I just saved Stephen;" it should've been "Shoot, I just had to use one of my idols because Stephen got a majority of votes. How can I prevent that from happening again?" What he should have done was go out and start talking to people, get in their faces if necessary, and start getting his ducks back in a row to ensure that wouldn't happen again, while at the same time try to find out who the traitor was. Did he do either of those things? Nope. He didn't take the initiative to prevent that from happening, and he still blindly trusted Spencer because Spencer oh-so easily pulled the wool over Jeremy's eyes. Thus, Spencer was able to do literally the EXACT same thing 3 days later, even AFTER Joe was vulnerable. That's why Jeremy clearly doesn't understand the idea of USING an idol instead of just playing it. Like the Three Amigos' double-idol play in Caramoan - was that satisfying as hell to see Phillip go? Absolutely, you'd better believe it. But was that a GOOD use of the idol? No. If anything, they botched the chance to pull a Mike-type move and expose the cracks in the alliance - instead opting to just openly TELL them that they were voting for Phillip - and all they did was buy Malcolm and Reynold 3 more days in the game. They didn't change anything. And Jeremy hasn't changed anything either. So again, even IF he does play an idol at F6 or F5, and the result is either a Keith or Kimmi boot, then that obviously won't change anything.