Thread:Fedora Kid/@comment-2091662-20141212112658/@comment-1734566-20141212190423

Kim had only ONE obstacle to overcome who was intellectually equal with her, and that was Troyzan. Unfortunately, her blind followers booted him merely because he was one of only two males left.

A lot of people have played three times though. At least Tyson didn't have to return FOUR times to win, unlike a certain someone whose name starts with "B" and ends with "oston Rob." :p

And One World is terrible primarily because its entire cast - even the winner - was just so FORGETTABLE. The one truly memorable person was Colton, who is memorable for ALL the wrong reasons. Although with that said - as I mentioned before - One World is better than the current season because, well, I'd rather have a completely forgettable cast than a downright infuriating and unlikable cast.

Statistically, sure. But that really doesn't mean nearly as much when you compare all the circumstances that led to both Sandra's wins AND Russell's losses. First off, Sandra has more or less admitted that her strategy is to just float to the end, and then make a great jury speech. OK, that's your plan, sure. But that can be - and has been, historically - flipped on its head SO many times to simply say, "Oh, you just rode coattails here; you don't deserve to win." Mick in Samoa, Sash in Nicaragua, Natalie in Redemption Island, Albert in South Pacific, Sabrina and Chelsea in One World, Dawn and Sherri in Caramoan, Gervase in BvW...you get the picture? So how did this work out so well for Sandra? Well, I'd point to the SAME factor that led to Russell's loss in Samoa - a bitter jury. Every now and then, you get a season with a jury full of idiots that votes based on their emotions rather than their logic. This, of course, should NOT be how Survivor is played, but again, there are bad apples in every show. Sandra even essentially ADMITTED in HvV that she did nothing, but that she should win because she wasn't Russell or Parvati. And several jury members even AGREED that this was the reason. They acknowledged that she didn't play as good of a game as the other two, but because she wasn't as "evil," she was automatically the winner. That is really stupid logic when you think about it. This was emphasized by what happened when Natalie won Samoa, which really ONLY happened because of a moron named Erik Cardona, who made a loud and ridiculously over-the-top speech for Natalie, throwing his arms around, screaming, etc. But when you actually broke it down, his argument, word-for-word, literally was: "You did nothing, so you did everything. You're not a threat, so that makes you a threat." I mean, WTF? That could be said for ANY of the floaters I mentioned above, but for some reason, it wasn't.

And again, I bring this up for Russell because when you look at Boston Rob in Redemption Island, Tyson in BvW, and Tony in Cagayan (among others), it's been proven time and time again that you CAN play a very Russell-esque game - aggressive, dominating, lying, and backstabbing - and still win. Tony especially played the Russell game verbatim, right down to the bitter lies that he told that got him grilled in the finale, yet he admitted to it JUST as boldly as Russell did. And he won all but ONE of the jury votes - which the dissenter, Tasha, even admitted that she did strictly out of distaste for him rather than for gameplay reasons. And it hasn't happened to just Russell - Parvati in Heroes vs. Villains and Coach in South Pacific were similarly robbed of a victory in those respective seasons, to complete nobodies, because of bitter juries that voted with their hearts rather than their heads. So emotion-driven juries are rare, but DO happen. So when you break it all down, Sandra's strategy is basically based on an idea that, more often than not, fails miserably in the finale, but COULD win if you HAPPEN to get a RARE case of a bitter jury. So in all honesty, Sandra's victories and Russell's losses were all based on one thing: Luck. In a strategic game like Survivor. And as Colby himself said; you are DELUSIONAL if you think luck is a factor you should rely on in this game.