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[llehuty]

I chuckled at Debbie crawling the balance beam.

Also, I'm anticipating a very messy tribal with all the things going on (3 idols and 3 advantages), obviously some of them are going to be wasted, but 6, someones game going to get royally screwed. I could see it backfiring for Sarah. Also, I'm guessing the legacy advantage must be something new since there is already a steal vote advantage and a double vote advantage in play. I honestly don't know why they keep adding advantages with so many waiting to be played. Also, what was with the talk during the preseason that idols could be in the beach, challenges

Spoiler

or Tribal Council

? I wonder if it was just to threw us off.

Also, I guess the idols can only be played until final 6 then? (At final 5 we could potentially get 4 people immune, which would be super stupid)

 

[Belgian Dude]

welp if anyone asks me why i hate zeke in the show here's everything basically encapsulated in a single confessional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g-R9PVx2Wc

this was a secret confessional from THIS episode
after he was the only person to vote for Aubry and was shutdown by 11 people.

"being a smart person who knows a lot about survivor is very intimidating to the people in the power alliance who are maybe not as intelligent and not as well-versed in the game of survivor"
ughhh

Also, I guess the idols can only be played until final 6 then? (At final 5 we could potentially get 4 people immune, which would be super stupid)

Pretty sure they can still be played to the Final 5, which means, with the legacy advantage and immunity, 5 out of 6 people could be immune at F6 (and 6/6 if god forbids there's a merge idol). Can we PLEASE dial down on those too?

 

[kirblar]

There's a decent chance of a F6 where someone gets Duck Duck Goose'd out by 5 people with Immunity.

The Legacy Advantage + 3 Idols is way too much. (Kill the Advantage, not the Idols)

 

[llehuty]

Pretty sure they can still be played to the Final 5, which means, with the legacy advantage and immunity, 5 out of 6 people could be immune at F6 (and 6/6 if god forbids there's a merge idol). Can we PLEASE dial down on those too?

Ah, that's if the Legacy Advantage is the same thing again in this season. Also, I don't think there is any idol out there and I would bet that they are going to replace the 3 idols if they get played in advance, it would make zero sense.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Happy Debbie got booted. Hope Michaela goes soon too.

 

[Belgian Dude]

Ah, that's if the Legacy Advantage is the same thing again in this season. Also, I don't think there is any idol out there and I would bet that they are going to replace the 3 idols if they get played in advance, it would make zero sense.

Didn't the legacy advantage say it was straight up immunity at F13 or F6 this time around? I thought it did, at least.

 

[kirblar]

It did.

Kass not saying "Sure Sarah, we'll go along with you" then saying "Hey lets just boot Sarah next to avoid an Idol" was absolutely insane in Cagayan.

 

[bill0527]

I'm glad they're at least putting an expiration date on the advantages. Tired of people sitting on them and not being used or getting voted out with them still in their pocket. It's hard to get excited about a lot of these advantages and extra idols when they go to waste so often.

 

[llehuty]

Didn't the legacy advantage say it was straight up immunity at F13 or F6 this time around? I thought it did, at least.

Woops, I completely forgot. I thought the advantage wasn't revealed until she actually played it.

 

[Belgian Dude]

Woops, I completely forgot. I thought the advantage wasn't revealed until she actually played it.

I don't blame you haha, I actually forgot Troyzan had an idol for the past 3 or so episodes? The way the advantages are being edited/focused on this season is super weird.

 

[llehuty]

I don't blame you haha, I actually forgot Troyzan had an idol for the past 3 or so episodes? The way the advantages are being edited/focused on this season is super weird.

Yeah, I actually forgot when I did my count, that Debbie had already used the double vote, lol. Normally they insist on the idol situation in the "Previously on Survivor..." in every episode, but I guess it would take plenty of screen time for nothing.

 

[RepairmanJack]

welp if anyone asks me why i hate zeke in the show here's everything basically encapsulated in a single confessional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g-R9PVx2Wc

this was a secret confessional from THIS episode
after he was the only person to vote for Aubry and was shutdown by 11 people.

"being a smart person who knows a lot about survivor is very intimidating to the people in the power alliance who are maybe not as intelligent and not as well-versed in the game of survivor"
ughhh


Pretty sure they can still be played to the Final 5, which means, with the legacy advantage and immunity, 5 out of 6 people could be immune at F6 (and 6/6 if god forbids there's a merge idol). Can we PLEASE dial down on those too?

That's why no one seems to want to play with him, he seems to come off in every conversation as exactly this way. It'd be fine if this was just in a confessional, but we've seen it in other people's confessions that he comes off this way in regular conversation.

He just seems really bad at the game.

 

[peteykirch]

Awful strategy in them letting Culpepper run and have to be pulled up on the swing.

 

[BTM]

Nice hint Jeff lol

 

[UberTag]

Probst giving not so subtle clues about the 11-letter word. That was not "out of thin air", Jeff. Nice try.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

A puzzle like that would probably have been close to impossible if Jeff hadn't started dropping serious hints.

 

[UberTag]

Happy Sarah gets to enjoy this reward after pulling off that move last tribal council.
Worried for Cirie and Michaela for being left out of this group, though.

 

[UberTag]

This is just me being crazy... but wouldn't it make sense to take out Brad over Zeke? Morons.
Zeke can't bond with Brad if he's not there.

 

[Grexeno]

This is just me being crazy... but wouldn't it make sense to take out Brad over Zeke? Morons.
Zeke can't bond with Brad if he's not there.

People really don't trust Zeke and are actively looking for a reason to vote him off.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Clearly the thing to do if you have an advantage that literally no one knows about...is to tell Cirie.

 

[FaintColt388301]

Never tell your advantage. Why do people always insist on doing that? I get that it helps build trust bit there are other ways.

Cool, you built trust. You also gave yourself a bigger target now that you have a better chance to get farther than they do.

 

[UberTag]

Uh oh... Zeke wants to play Survivor again. This never goes well for him.
Watch him try to betray Sarah now.

 

[lamaroo]

I know somebody said it before, but the final five conversation really makes it sound like Zeke is on Big Brother.

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

And that's how every game of Survivor ever played by Zeke will end.

 

[vypek]

Seeing Michaela cry is so odd/surprising. Didn't expect that.

Debbie seems pretty salty

 

[UberTag]

Michaela with yet another priceless tribal council reaction. Girl gets so invested in this game.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Seeing Michaela cry is so odd/surprising. Didn't expect that.

Debbie seems pretty salty

Yea, that was shocking. I think it may be her being nervous about the alliance.

Debbie comes off like that too, glad she's out.

 

[smokeymicpot]

Nice. Good play. Thought Tai was going for a moment.

Michaela crying yet she voted for Zeke.

 

[FaintColt388301]

Nice. Good play. Thought Tai was going for a moment.

Michaela crying yet she voted for Zeke.

So did I. I was about to pull a Michaela and start crying.

 

[Unison]

All of those idols are making me more nervous than Tai catching votes after not playing his.

 

[Macka]

This is just me being crazy... but wouldn't it make sense to take out Brad over Zeke? Morons.
Zeke can't bond with Brad if he's not there.

It's more because of the Andrea-Zeke feud. She couldn't trust him at all.

I think it's a good move for her. Much less so for Sarah and Michaela though. No idea why they'd play along with that.

 

[Jack Scofield]

Nice hint Jeff lol

Probst giving not so subtle clues about the 11-letter word. That was not "out of thin air", Jeff. Nice try.

I must not have been paying close attention. What did Jeff say?

 

[tmac456]

lol @ Michaela crying. she's really a headcase.

got excited at the thought of Tai getting blindsided there.

lol @ Debbie too. Ironic that she called them idiots after tribal when in fact she's one of the biggest idiots to play Survivor.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

Why yes. Yes I suppose it is. Thank you Troyzan.

 

[Bubble]

Good play by Andrea/Cirie/Aubry/Sarah/Michaela.

They split the minority alliance in two, so they couldn't sway Zeke to their side. And they they voted out Zeke. That's solid gameplay right there.

And next episode, we might get to see Monica again! So excited to see Monica again.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Thought this was a bad move. Hoping it only ends up blowing back on Andrea and doesn't hurt Cirie too much. You voted out someone from your own alliance(even if you didn't trust them) and convinced two other people to do something they really didn't want to do. No real way it could go without screwing you over eventually. Andrea got too obsessed and was too pushy.

Glad I was wrong about it being a pagonging though, at least so far. They've still only lost one person though...

 

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Thought this was a bad move. Hoping it only ends up blowing back on Andrea and doesn't hurt Cirie too much. You voted out someone from your own alliance(even if you didn't trust them) and convinced two other people to do something they really didn't want to do. No real way it could go without screwing you over eventually. Andrea got too obsessed and was too pushy.

Glad I was wrong about it being a pagonging though, at least so far. They've still only lost one person though...

Zeke was planning on voting Andrea out at the next vote, and Andrea already knew that Zeke had tried to turn on her before. Can't see how that's anything but a good move for Andrea.

In general, I think that a move like this would normally be bad (going down from 6-4 to 5-4 is too risky, and Final 10 isn't usually a great place to make a move), but with Zeke in particular, you have to do it. He's too shady, and you already know that he's planning on betraying you.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Zeke was planning on voting Andrea out at the next vote, and Andrea already knew that Zeke had tried to turn on her before. Can't see how that's anything but a good move for Andrea.

In general, I think that a move like this would normally be bad (going down from 6-4 to 5-4 is too risky, and Final 10 isn't usually a great place to make a move), but with Zeke in particular, you have to do it. He's too shady, and you already know that he's planning on betraying you.

He wanted to, but that seemed to heavily hinge on Sarah being able to flip back to the other side and Sierra not being closer with Cirie and Andrea which she seems to be. It's up in the air whether she would have gotten voted out next or not, but she got rid of someone by leaving a strong 4 in tact and potentially losing two people from your alliance who audibly talked about how they were against it the entire tribal council.

Sure she got rid of someone coming after her, but the way it went down could get her voted out next just the same.

 

[llehuty]

That was an interesting vote. I hope Sarah goes home next, she got voted out in Cagayan for trying to stay in the middle and wanting to be the deciding vote, and yet she does the same thing again. I doubt already her capabilities to reac the end of the game, but she looks like a GOAT right now, I don't think any of the members of the jury would vote for her. She is the ultimate waste of slot this season.

Also, I was kind of sad with the word puzzle, Hali woud had killed that.

 

[Grexeno]

"This will be the end of Sarah's game" says nervous Survivor fan for the sixth time this season.

 

[llehuty]

"This will be the end of Sarah's game" says nervous Survivor fan for the sixth time this season.

lol, I don't like how she is playing the game, at all. I'll put her in Zeke's camp in terms of delusion.

 

[BunnyBear]

It's a risky move. You still have a very strong 4 in Troyzan, Brad, Sierra and Tai and (although the Cirie alliance doesn't know this) they have three idols and an advantage. It's getting to the stage that all they have to do is correctly pick who Cirie's alliance is targeting and they're in the final 4.

It's the producers own fault though, there's been far too much intrusion into the game by production this season. IMO, anyway.

 

[Macka]

I would imagine they were hoping Tai or someone from that four would waste an idol this round. Like the second Matt Elrod blindside in Redemption Island.

I know it worked out for him, but it's kind of stupid that he didn't tbh. He has two! It really wasn't worth the risk imo.

Still, Tai got 4 votes here? His entire alliance voted against him. Maybe he doesn't forget that.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Also, I was kind of sad with the word puzzle, Hali woud had killed that.

Exactly what I was thinking about.

Still, Tai got 4 votes here? His entire alliance voted against him. Maybe he doesn't forget that.

I took it as that being their plan, while also avoid any change of a rock draw.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

That was an interesting vote. I hope Sarah goes home next, she got voted out in Cagayan for trying to stay in the middle and wanting to be the deciding vote, and yet she does the same thing again. I doubt already her capabilities to reac the end of the game, but she looks like a GOAT right now, I don't think any of the members of the jury would vote for her. She is the ultimate waste of slot this season.

Also, I was kind of sad with the word puzzle, Hali woud had killed that.

Sarah is not a goat, that's silly. There's no evidence that people see her that way. Her confessionals about riding the middle are to the camera, not the other players. To the players, she is making moves and owning them. She is not doing the same thing that got her voted out, because she got voted out for TELLING people "I'm in the middle, I don't know, I'll decide at tribal council". She's in a solid alliance for now, and they didn't want to vote out Zeke without getting her to agree, they obviously respect her. If she's such a goat, where was the footage of everyone ragging on her for flipping? And waste of a slot, when effing TROYZAN is snoring up my screen? He was a waste of a slot on his original season, let alone this one.

 

[RepairmanJack]

Only real GOATS I see right now are Michaela, Tai, and Troyzan possibly. Troyzan only because he has been almost a no show.

I think Tai could play this game a million times, make it to the final tribal every time and still never win.

 

[peteykirch]

Only real GOATS I see right now are Michaela, Tai, and Troyzan possibly. Troyzan only because he has been almost a no show.

I think Tai could play this game a million times, make it to the final tribal every time and still never win.

The only way Michaela could win is if she orchestrates a move to get rid of Cirie. People might respect her if she took down the person responsible for keeping so long in the game.

 

[RepairmanJack]

The only way Michaela could win is if she orchestrates a move to get rid of Cirie. People might respect her if she took down the person responsible for keeping so long in the game.

And she'd have to be against Tai and Varner who she somehow orchestrated him coming back into the game.

 

[llehuty]

Sarah is not a goat, that's silly. There's no evidence that people see her that way. Her confessionals about riding the middle are to the camera, not the other players. To the players, she is making moves and owning them. She is not doing the same thing that got her voted out, because she got voted out for TELLING people "I'm in the middle, I don't know, I'll decide at tribal council". She's in a solid alliance for now, and they didn't want to vote out Zeke without getting her to agree, they obviously respect her. If she's such a goat, where was the footage of everyone ragging on her for flipping? And waste of a slot, when effing TROYZAN is snoring up my screen? He was a waste of a slot on his original season, let alone this one.

Not a fan of Troyzan either, but Sarah has turned (for no reason) on Tai, Troyzan, Sierra, Brad and Debbie, and that's potentially 5 jury votes. With still plenty of votes to go, not a good look.

I mean, she is playing the game, in contrast to Troyzan, but she is putting herself in a disadvantageous position when she didn't need to. And she doesn't need to tell to the players that she is playing in the middle, I think it's quite transparent.

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

Not a fan of Troyzan either, but Sarah has turned (for no reason) on Tai, Troyzan, Sierra, Brad and Debbie, and that's potentially 5 jury votes. With still plenty of votes to go, not a good look.

I mean, she is playing the game, in contrast to Troyzan, but she is putting herself in a disadvantageous position when she didn't need to. And she doesn't need to tell to the players that she is playing in the middle, I think it's quite transparent.

Of those players you listed, the only one I see holding a grudge to Sarah is Debbie, and she's crazy and probably blames Culpepper somehow lol. I don't think Sarah is playing the middle as transparently as you think. Cirie and Andrea seem to consider her a solid ally, not a flipper who can flip back at any moment. She's playing a dangerous game, but it really depends when and how she makes her move that will make or break her ability to be a contender.