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SkyDreamer wrote:

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TheWizard wrote:

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At the same time, I understand -why- Spencer chose to do that. Our tribe was very Southern in character and a couple of people were very upfront about their Christianity (and sometimes devout Christians aren't huge fans of gays) . In fact, it was a topic of conversation on the first walk in to camp, and I was nervous that being Jewish would isolate me, so I can see why he would make that decision. It wasn't like Todd in China, whose tribe had a female wrestler, a New York waitress, a Las Vegas poker player, and a pageant queen. Granted, they had Christian Leslie and James was from Louisiana - but my point is the over-all character of Jalapao was definitely "young and Southern." In fact, the guys on our tribe wouldn't put sunscreen on each other - though when we went over to Timbira, it was a rubdown lovefest.

It seems so uncomfortable hanging around such conservative people. Were Joe and JT the typical narrow minded southerns? If so, then how did you manage to get friendly with them, and how was JT considered as a hero? You've talked about you two having work ethics, but it just doesn't seem enough to connect to people with such a different background.

craig wrote:

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Erinn was talking about the rules for idol re-hiding in her blog.
Could you clarify whetehr they'd rehide an idol if Russ played his but the other was safely in the hands of Galu? They didn't after Brendan's blindside.

Oowatanite wrote:

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TheWizard wrote:

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Producers have a huge amount of discretion so I never counted on anything going one way or another.

Finally ! A former player confirms what a lot of sucksters have already assumed - Survivor is fixed.









"Producers have a huge amount of discretion"

equals

"Producers can manipulate the game, the rules, etc. anytime they want"

Dr Will Hatch two point oh wrote:

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TheWizard wrote: Hahah - nonono. I just mean, I never exactly remembered the rules about idols perfectly. So I always assumed the worst. The rulebook is freaking huge and it's not like we got to have it in the game. Producers would however clarify rules, so I often would get rules clarifications from them (do I actually own the idol, what specifically is the mechanic for drawing rocks, etc). Believe me, the producers are super paranoid about making sure that things go fairly. There's a lawyer on hand at every challenge to make sure there's no favoritism. It's just that in a game like Survivor where there are a lot of variables, they have to make calls like Jeff did with suspending tribal council when Russell S was evacuated.

Why do the producers consider the Idol to be someone's personal property and not allowed to be stolen? The original concept seemed to me like it was akin to buried treasure, and under no one's jurisdiction.