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srvivrfreakevelrich wrote:

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Yeah, and good challenges, and rewards. Not like actual Borneo

AND NO GONG!

What? Borneo had great challenges and rewards! At least I thought so.


Chupacabra, I assume you wouldn't want a Borneo style season because you think there would be a dearth of strategy. There wouldn't, the way people play the game would just be different. The people wouldn't make alliances, but they would have to make careful observations about social behavior and weighing the challenge liability/ social liability ratio pre merge more more carefully.

jerzeeshore wrote:

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the game has evolved too much since Borneo I really doubt that Richard would win with his gameplay at best he would be a pre merge boot he played the game with lambs now of days wolves play the game

That's a wild assumption, especially considering that he was almost betrayed by Sue and Kelly, later betrayed by rogue Kelly, and almost lost to Rudy, who had a very valid strategy of playing a loyalist game.

Beatles20147 wrote:

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Borneo is my favorite season largely in part due to the naive gameplay, but it would never work again. And I'm not just saying that as some nostalgic "It wouldn't have the same magic as Borneo" sort of thing, but the show has changed and so have viewers. The idea of a season like Borneo sounds good on paper (although that would depend entirely on the cast, and let's face it, I don't think anyone has enough faith in the casting department nowadays to cast a group on par with Rich, Rudy, Sue, Colleen, etc.--and even if the casting department could, we'd be too cynical and write off half of them before the season even started) but I think viewers would be too irritated seeing people not make obvious moves after 18+ seasons to enjoy it.

Besides, we literally just had two seasons of people who had greater goals than to win the game for themselves, with Sugar making "strategic" decisions on a whim based on who she liked at any given moment, and then you had half the Tocantins cast actively playing for JT to win. Maybe it's not exactly the same thing you're referring to, but this style of play after so many seasons is more frustrating than entertaining to watch.

Well, I'm not saying that they should cast "naive" people, I'm saying that there are alternate ways of playing the game besides alliance building/jury management and manipulation. Kind of like the poster I just responded to above, he thinks the game is static. The whole reason I bitch and moan about the HII, perhaps more than anyone else, is because the HII forces people to make alliances to either support or reject the idol holding majority. If we had a cast of people like the Pagong tribe, all of whom knew about alliances but ultimately rejected them, would be fascinating TV. It won't happen, because of the HII , but would be an interesting direction to take. Like I said, there would still be strategy and gamesmanship involved, just a different kind. Mark Burnett in fact said that there are 16 different types of ways to play the game in his mind.

What Sugar did, and what the cast of Tocantins did, was different from what I am saying. First of all, and I know I'm beating a dead horse, the HII taints the show. Second, the Gabon and Tocantins cast didn't give up the idea of alliance building. The last team to be what I'm imagining of is Ulong I guess. Casaya was VERY chaotic, but that's more of a result of their personalities than game play philosophies.

survivorchick wrote:

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I would watch it but it would suck.

Why?

Not really. A Borneo style contestent would outright reject the HII.