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Jeff, that's why I'm so confused about Spencer's high placement. He didn't do much of anything to be enjoyed. I know you have a hard-on for Jeremy, but let's be honest here. ;)

Whenever Spencer appears in this ranking, my perspective will be explained. Whether you agree with it or not, I think I'll be able to back up my personal opinion on the matter.

Speaking of hard-ons for Jeremy, you were the person who said this to him:

onos i did sex 2 u

And later he said:

Brian I didn't see you there. You're not my friend, you're my secret wife. You know why.

This is the last update before the halfway point. As I said, I will do a lurker ranking. No need to take one day per lurker, so I'll just rank all five tomorrow. I'll get back to ranking the final 8 players on Thursday. So, without further ado, 9th place.....














































#9
Played by: Jeremy
13th place in the game

Sounds like he got farther than you all had anticipated. I'm sure you're wondering why I ranked him this high, so let's get to it.

I consider Jeremy to be one of the best players around, especially after seeing his awesome win in Nepal. The dude knows how to play the social game better than just about everyone, even if Tocantins wasn't the best example of this.

I never thought I'd get Jeremy to play, but he did, and he was quite excited to be involved. Unfortunately, he missed the first couple key days of having PMs in the game, branding him as one of the more inactive Jalapao members right alongside Carolina. Due to his tribe's first two challenge victories, however, he stuck around.

It was the second immunity challenge of the game that turned Spencer from the nice guy into the crazy OTT strategist. It was hilarious to watch, really. He was the negative answer to a couple questions in a poll about your own tribe members, and he took it to heart. He was surprised that he was the least talkative, for example. So, armed with this information, he set out on a crusade to save himself and destroy the powers that be of Jalapao.

He started off by shouting Brendan's name for their next kidnapping, after the second challenge. Whether on her own or going off of Spencer's suggestion, Sydney chimed in with Brendan as well, and this brought the tribe to kidnap Brendan, a move that changed the rest of the game. Meanwhile, Spencer ran back to his confessional, appalled that his silly suggestion to kidnap Brendan actually worked, even if the credit really didn't go to him at all.

Spencer threw his whole game out at that point. He devised a plan and went into overdrive with it. His new goal was to get rid of a power player, and he had his sights set on Taj. Ironically, this was the last time Taj would actually be targeted until MUCH later in the game.

Anyway, Spencer's devious plan started off the chain which created possibly the biggest clusterfuck of a tribe I've ever seen. Jalapao was different than early Timbira. While Timbira had strategic alliances with a power shift, Jalapao had a mess of individual relationships and very small pacts going on. Adding Brendan to that mix, a strong social player himself, and you've got nine people all working on their own agenda and, for the most part, ignoring the idea of setting up a solid voting bloc to hold a majority.

But that's what Spencer tried to do, yet eventually failed. He tried to gather the outsiders and made three wise selections - Carolina, Stephen, and Brendan. He just needed that fifth, which was hard to come by as Joe, JT, and Sydney were strongly aligned with Taj in their own separate ways. Sandy, according to others, was off on her own, never really settling down into an alliance or choosing a side. This strategy was echoed by many others in Jalapao, such as Carolina, who spilled secrets left and right, adding more fuel to that clusterfuck of a fire.

A big problem Spencer had was that he wasn't online enough to see his plan through. He would get online and turn on the charm in a major way. He had some hilarious PMs that I read, and it was fascinating to see him type up a long message that asked someone what their favorite Power Ranger was and where their loyalties in the tribe were all at the same time. People liked him, but they also knew he was playing the game hard. He was open about this. Eventually, because he couldn't get the numbers, everyone just decided to boot Spencer unanimously when Jalapao lost their first and only immunity challenge.

I credit Spencer for making Jalapao what it was. There was nothing going on in the tribe, no drama, no nothing. Brendan joining the ranks was fine by them, as either he would be a valuable member or an easy boot. But no, Spencer targeting Taj, the one person who really had her social game set up, ended with hilarious results and involved a crazy weekend between the second and third rounds where all nine were involved in a soap opera of lies, deceit, betrayals, etc. Sound dramatic? Good. Because it was.