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Posts: 11430 (03/02/08 6:55 PM) Registered User |
I'd post a big red X but I guess I'm biased...
Be on the lookout for another Survivor countdown during the offseason and possibly something completely unrelated before that... |
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Kitty Pryde1 |
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Posts: 3223 (03/19/08 2:47 PM) |
Bump, 'cause this is where I get all my tribe pictures.
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SurvivorSurvivorSurvivor |
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Posts: 5440 (03/24/08 8:46 PM) Registered User |
Arrived home after a post-graduation worldwide trip that lasted nearly three months....glad to see that the Hall Of Fame added a healthy amount of new members
(and received a snazzy new graphic - thanks for that one!). I happened to vote for everyone leftover from S1-6...figured if some of us felt strongly enough to
induct any of those, I wouldn't mind putting them over the 65% hurdle.
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Posts: 8225 (04/22/08 4:08 PM) Registered user |
"Where did Gary go?" Rafe wondered. "To look for the idol," Steph told him. "That'd be amazing if he found itÂ…could you imagine?" But there was no need to imagine. After a pretty average Tribal Council discussion (the highlight of which was Gary's reaction after Judd declared that he hadn't lied in the game), Jeff asked if any player had found the hidden idol and wanted to use it. The music intensified and the players shot fearful glances at one another before Gary pulled into his bag and retrieved it. "Oh my God, Gary," Steph said in shock, as Bobby Jon congratulated him despite knowing that his fate was sealed. (As an aside, I know that it's partially the editing too, but how come the players always decide to act all suspenseful when they present a hidden idol? If I was saving my own ass, I'd be jumping up and down the second Jeff asked if anyone wanted to play it.) After that, it was pretty obvious how it would go down, and Bobby Jon was voted out for the first time. As I said earlier, Gary's move only had a short-term effect on the game, as he and Jamie were the next two players kicked out. Even so, it was a classic moment from a time when hidden idols A) were not extremely and unfairly powerful and B) weren't played in every other freakin' episode. To this day, I wish HII followed the current HII rule 
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Posts: 3455 (05/13/08 11:14 AM) Registered User |
bump above all the crap in here
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Posts: 1257 (05/30/08 4:21 PM) Registered user |
I may be late and may be bumping this thread, but I've gotta admit with Finishthemoff about the HII thing. If the HII in Guatemala has the same rules as
the Fiji/China/Micro one, then Gary plays it after the vote, and Stephenie goes home, and well, the rest of the game could've been quite different.
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beatles20147 |
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Posts: 11618 (05/30/08 5:16 PM) Registered User |
Definitely--BJ and especially Gary making it further could have really helped the season in a huge way. Of course, the one bad thing would be that since Steph
would no longer get to the F2 and lose, they wouldn't have to edit her so negatively and everyone would be pissed off that our beloved Stephenie got
screwed over by the idol.
I've been working (barely) on my latest offseason countdown so I'm just gonna go ahead and say that I'll start posting it by the end of June just to get my ass working on it. |
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Us Kids Know |
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Posts: 6220 (05/30/08 5:18 PM) Registered user
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beatles20147 |
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Posts: 11639 (07/08/08 3:10 PM) Registered User |
beatles20147 wrote: As you can see, this didn't happen. A family emergency prevented me from working on it, and it's gonna require a lot of episode watching to do the write-ups, so I'm gonna delay that list for the time being. But I like doing these countdowns, and in the interest of democracy I'll go ahead and steal PT's idea and let you guys decide what list I'll be doing. Choices are:1. A basic countdown of my ~75-100 favorite Survivor contestants 2. Top ~40-50 post-ASS characters 3. Ranking the 30 Rock Star contestants |
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SurvivorSurvivorSurvivor |
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Posts: 5712 (07/08/08 9:19 PM) Registered User |
Nobody cares about #3 and #1 has been done by every Suckster and ghostie in the village. #2 at least is objective and incorporates the last few seasons which I
don't think have had a character ranking.
Personally, I'd like to see a 50 Greatest Players list based on our collective opinion through polling. We could weed out in advance anyone that didn't make the merge along with obvious non-players (Jenn, Janu, Pagong, etc.). To date, I don't think Sucks has ever hosted such a list aside from some folks occasionally tallying up the Winners Ranking lists. For my money, I haven't the faintest idea who we universally agree is the greatest of all time. |
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chapera rocks |
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Posts: 9253 (07/08/08 10:32 PM) Registered User |
# 1 or # 2
hope everything is okay with your family. :) |
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Kitty Pryde1 |
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Posts: 5022 (07/09/08 12:57 AM) |
SurvivorSurvivorSurvivor wrote: Not EVERYONE who didn't make the merge. Some great players got put into REALLY shitty positions through no fault of their own, or possibly because the other players around them made really dumb moves. Examples of this would include Tracy, Misty and Gina. Also, I vote for option 2. |
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Posts: 1556 (07/09/08 1:02 AM) I need a hobby |
4. Get a frickin life already
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Posts: 1251 (07/09/08 9:49 AM) Registered user |
2 would be interesting.
I vote for option #2. |
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beatles20147 |
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Posts: 11641 (07/09/08 3:12 PM) Registered User |
SurvivorSurvivorSurvivor wrote: That's actually a great idea. I know I won't have enough time to run a survey and tally everything up the way this summer's been, but this could definitely be done during the winter offseason. 4. Get a frickin life already Tried it, wasn't for me. Looks like we're gonna go with #2. Stay tuned! |
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Posts: 2190 (07/09/08 6:30 PM) Registered User |
Personally, I'd like to see a 50 Greatest Players list based on our collective opinion through polling.I wonder if there is any sort of consensus on what constitutes a "great player". The fact that Courtney is currently leading CR's poll brings this point home to me in spades. Personally, I view Survivor as a competition and hence I look at the contestants in terms of how well did they compete (obviously making allowances for such factors as gender, and age). Competing includes challenge performance, contributions made to camp life and team morale, and strategizing (the latter with the huge caveat that we see only a small small fraction of what went on strategically). This is why there is no way in hell Courtney Yates would be anywhere near my Top 50 list - she was basically worthless in challenges (yeah she won an IC that was particularly well-suited to her body shape), she didn't appear to do much around camp, and she was a strategic zero being dragged along by Todd and Amanda. Now, some folks find her "entertaining". IMHO, the entertainment aspect of the show is the responsibility of the editors and not the contestants; the editors have hundreds of hours of footage with which to construct a storyline that will keep the masses entertained. So, if episodes or even seasons are boring, it is the editors' responsibility rather than the contestants. This being said, I know there are many posters who have quite different criteria - so, if you don't establish any criteria, it ends up being like the blind men describing an elephant. |
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Posts: 3482 (10/10/08 4:03 PM) Registered User |
bump
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Dictatorship |
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Posts: 4653 (10/10/08 8:50 PM) Crying my eyes out
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I'd rather see a list like this: "Where Survivor Struck Gold: The 50 Best Characters in Survivor History."
It's kind of catchy too. ^_^ |
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beatles20147 |
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Posts: 11809 (10/10/08 10:10 PM) Registered User |
Obviously I didn't get around to doing a countdown--I had an...odd summer. And now that Survivor's entered the third "era," a post-ASS
ranking might not work as well, so I like Ace's idea of an all-time character ranking. It probably lends itself to a lot of predictability, but come on, I
did an episode ranking with the Borneo finale at #1; I think/hope I'm able to pull off a predictable list and make it worth reading.
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Posts: 6176 (10/10/08 11:03 PM) Registered User |
There was a character ranking survey like two or three seasons ago.....didn't you do that one, Beatles? I remember Hatch was #1.
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