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SURVIVOR 9/28 SPOILERS

LoriLori — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:26:04 GMT

I was so proud of my favorite show when they did the "showmances are not a good thing" thing. I was like yeah, Survivor players are smart!

I can only think of three showmances (Rob/Amber, love at first sight, Ethan/Jenna, who dated for years, and Probst/Julie haha). Maybe there's more I dont' remember...

...but who cares because after that what did we get? A showmance! A showmance of two people who kiss like they haven't had much practice at it in their brief lives!

So they voted out Mari. How very "Lord of the Flies"!

Meanwhile oldest player-most obnoxious know-it-all-player (and they edited it so those two qualities were inextricable) on his back was my favorite part. Nice to see a bully brought down even if it was by the island and not his tribe.

Put down those love goggles! Quit and go back to high school! Stop being such a meanie! Next week...seriously is that a tribe swap or merge already?

Re: SURVIVOR 9/28 SPOILERS

gardenman — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 12:58:23 GMT

@LoriLori wrote:
I was so proud of my favorite show when they did the "showmances are not a good thing" thing. I was like yeah, Survivor players are smart!

I can only think of three showmances (Rob/Amber, love at first sight, Ethan/Jenna, who dated for years, and Probst/Julie haha). Maybe there's more I dont' remember...

...but who cares because after that what did we get? A showmance! A showmance of two people who kiss like they haven't had much practice at it in their brief lives!

So they voted out Mari. How very "Lord of the Flies"!

Meanwhile oldest player-most obnoxious know-it-all-player (and they edited it so those two qualities were inextricable) on his back was my favorite part. Nice to see a bully brought down even if it was by the island and not his tribe.

Put down those love goggles! Quit and go back to high school! Stop being such a meanie! Next week...seriously is that a tribe swap or merge already?

Yeah, the swaps and mergers happen way, way too fast and frequently these days. I'd like to see them experiment with a season where the Survivors could move from tribe to tribe on their own if they wanted to.

Have a path betwen the two tribes where anyone who feels on the outs with their tribe could wander over and see if the other tribe would accept them. A lot of times now a player will know they're getting voted out and there's nothing they can do about it. I think it would be kind of neat if you knew you were on the outs with your tribe you could wander to the other one and beg for safety. Tribes will throw comps just to vote out one of their own and there's nothing you can do then.

It could really change the dynamics of the game and make it much more important to hide the target so they didn't flee. A weaker tribe could become a stronger tribe with a defection or two. Maybe limit it to one move per player per year, so they'd have to think about it to keep everyone from abandoning the losing tribe each tribal council, but I think it could add an interesting dynamic to the game.They'd have to beg to be admitted to the other tribe and the other tribe would have to agree to acept them. It would be more real world like that way. In the real world tribes will sometimes take in an outcast from another tribe, so why not in Survivor?

Re: SURVIVOR 9/28 SPOILERS

LoriLori — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:07:21 GMT

@gardenman, that would be great. They couldn't just walk over, they'd have to be driven, they're driven everywhere to keep them away from Production real estate but they would fake it like they fake walking everywhere else. That would be a great twist!!!

Any guesses about the Day 36 advantage? If it's just an extra vote or nullifying a vote they're making too big a deal of it so I'm hoping it's something more powerful and better.

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gardenman — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:19:36 GMT

I have no idea what the day 36 advantage would be.

I really do like the idea of allowing defection in SurvivorIf a guy/gal knows they're on the outs with their tribe when they do the immunity challenge they could signal the other tribe (or meet quietly beforehand) and if they thought the other tribe was receptive they could throw the comp, sabotaging their old tribe only to find out that the new tribe doesn't want them after they've thrown the comp and have it backfire on them making them an even bigger target. You could pretty much keep two tribes going most of the season that way.

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Lorik62 — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:08:03 GMT

I've watched every season of Survivor but for some reason I just can't get interested in this one.

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CatsyCline — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:15:35 GMT

the millenials are hilarious. two jump into a showmance and don't try to hide it. several say that the dynamics of the game are so different in real life. the side bar convos with Hannah trying to infuence her vote. she desperately wants to belong in a bunch of HS students in their 20s who forgot they graduated

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DrKelli — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 15:49:20 GMT

OMG--the look on the millennials' faces when they lost the immunity challenge was PRICELESS!!! They couldn't believe they lost and more importantly--they couldn't believe they didn't get a prize anyway!!!! Funniest thing I've seen in years! It was worth that entire hour to see that 10 seconds!

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CelticCrafter — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:35:49 GMT

@DrKelli wrote:
OMG--the look on the millennials' faces when they lost the immunity challenge was PRICELESS!!! They couldn't believe they lost and more importantly--they couldn't believe they didn't get a prize anyway!!!! Funniest thing I've seen in years! It was worth that entire hour to see that 10 seconds!

They aren't used to not getting a prize just because.

Re: SURVIVOR 9/28 SPOILERS

LoriLori — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 17:00:25 GMT

@ashleigh dupray wrote:
the millenials are hilarious. two jump into a showmance and don't try to hide it. several say that the dynamics of the game are so different in real life. the side bar convos with Hannah trying to infuence her vote. she desperately wants to belong in a bunch of HS students in their 20s who forgot they graduated

@CatsyCline, well, there's Will, who hasn't graduated high school, since he dropped out to play Survivor. That irks me no end. They should call it: Survivor: Instant Gratification

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occasionalrain — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 00:53:14 GMT

Why would anyone who wants to experience Survivor pass up the opportunity? Will can attend High School next year. People have chosen to miss events that are one time and can't be postponed to be on Survivor.

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LoriLori — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 17:48:26 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
Why would anyone who wants to experience Survivor pass up the opportunity? Will can attend High School next year. People have chosen to miss events that are one time and can't be postponed to be on Survivor.

Sure! He can attend high school anytime! He's probably not learning anything anyway! Education? Who cares, right?

Millenials are the ones splitting their votes between a guy who never heard of Aleppo and couldn't name one single world leader and another guy who doesn't know a thing about how the Federal government and the military works.

Which btw I learned in the JonBenet threads how many people here don't know how the government or the legal system works. It's heartwarming.

So yeah, Will skip school for Survivor!!!

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gardenman — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 18:03:01 GMT

@LoriLori wrote:
@occasionalrain wrote:
Why would anyone who wants to experience Survivor pass up the opportunity? Will can attend High School next year. People have chosen to miss events that are one time and can't be postponed to be on Survivor.

Sure! He can attend high school anytime! He's probably not learning anything anyway! Education? Who cares, right?

Millenials are the ones splitting their votes between a guy who never heard of Aleppo and couldn't name one single world leader and another guy who doesn't know a thing about how the Federal government and the military works.

Which btw I learned in the JonBenet threads how many people here don't know how the government or the legal system works. It's heartwarming.

So yeah, Will skip school for Survivor!!!

The thing with school is you don't learn anything by just going to school. You have to want to be there and put effort into learning. You don't just learn by being there. Education is not an osmotic process, you have to work at it and can't just absorb it. I'm guessing pretty much any kid given a choice between school and Survivor would opt for Survivor. If you're a parent of a child with those choices and you insist on school over Survivor, that's likely to be one of the most unmotivated kids in school ever. It's pretty much going to be a wasted year anyway, so letting the kid go on Survivor may not be such a bad idea. I'm kind of surprsed Survivor cast someone who's still in high school, but the parents are in a tough spot once the kid gets cast.

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occasionalrain — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 03:59:59 GMT

Survivor is a learning experience that a school can't match. Book learning goes just so far, ideally it's meant to produce enquiring minds. Then again, isn't experience the best teacher?