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Parvati was out on day 3 in Micronesia if JFP doesn't quit the game or if he gets to that idol before Yau-man.

Fairplay wanted Parv out first, then he was going to stab Penner and Yau-man in the back and form a 5 alliance with Ozzy/Eliza/Ami/Amanda. In his post elimination interviews it became clear he and Ozzy were very close, apparently they got emotional right before tribal council with Ozzy pleading for him not to leave.

No one really cared about Parvati according to Fairplay, he was going to vote her out and then tell Ozzy he just needed to break the power 4 because they were too strong. Whether Ozzy would have taken him up on his proposed alliance is anyone's guess. Ironically Ozzy might have felt betrayed because of losing Parvati and voted out Jonny next tribal council.

The point is luck plays a huge role in this game, a game which is really not all that difficult strategically. The mental and physical difficulty comes from depletion of energy due to lack of food, rough environment, etc.

Parvati has not impressed me with her game thus far despite being a winner. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize, hey maybe us weak girls should all get together and take out the strong guys when we merge. Yeah that's real genius play, any moron could figure that out.

I am impressed so far with what i'm hearing about her gameplay in S20. Is she the greatest player of all time if she wins twice? No. Neither is Sandra for that matter.

Best player isn't necessarily the person who wins. Sandra attributed her first win to 95 percent luck, and Parvati only took over the game after getting lucky on day 3 with Fairplay's meltdown. The overall best player of all time has to be Boston Rob. Entertaining, abrasive at times, manipulative, great liar, seduced the women, great at challenges, excellent worker around camp when motivated (he caught fish, built the shelter, etc.) funny confessionals. The guy is the total package player. Owned all stars (who cares who wins, winning the jury is completely arbitrary. How the hell can you know what they are thinking and will respect?) The one guy who may prove to be a better player is actually Russell, but lets wait and see what exactly happens on S20.

Yes Cirie would have voted Parvati out on day three. At that point she was playing with the Sandra "anyone as long as it's not me" strategy. She would never risk a rock scenario that early. I understand your point about Eliza potentially flipping but on day 3 Cirie was very much in an alliance with Yau-Man. In fact early in the game she gave Yau-man the clues about where to find the idol on Exile (indicating Yau-man was her closest ally). Yau-man betrayed her trust by telling Jonathan this info that Cirie wanted to keep confidential between the two of them, and she felt betrayed by Yau-man which is why she demanded he go on day 9. Parvati was a goner but Fairplay saved her ass with his quit. Don't forget Jonny was very hurt at this time (body slammed by Bonaduce a week before filming started). When Yau-man slammed his head into the boat he was in a great deal of pain that never got aired. Jonny was going to stab Penner and Yau in the back after the Parvati ousting because he didn't like them personally, he said they were all business. But he liked Ozzy, Eliza and Ami personally. Amanda or Cirie would have come along for the ride as the 5th person, I'm guessing amanda because of her relationship with Ozzy. Of course had this alliance worked out I do not believe Fairplay would have made even the merge. The tribal swap would have screwed him big time and unless he ended up with numbers he was out. An alliance of 5 is not big with 14 players left, the odds of him ending up on a 7 person tribe with a 4-3 advantage is minimal.

The reason I don't consider JFP a great player is because although his strategy game is good, his social game hurts him because he is a jackass (on purpose) and rubs too many people the wrong way. He is also a bad physical player. Parvati is a good social player, good at strategy, but not outstanding at either and a bad physical player. What I've seen so far is Boston Rob and Russell are good social players, great at strategy and very good physical players. That is how you outwit, outplay and outlast. If Russell pulls off the win at Samoa he passes Rob but I don't think he will based on spoilers.

JFP is also too cocky in that he doesn't realize the outcast twist in S7 is directly responsible for his great finish. If the tribes merge at 10 without the outcast twist, Lill isn't there to flip. Rupert/Sandra/Christa only voted Sean out over Jon because they feared a re-teaming of Burton and Sean. Again the Balboa tribe would have been Rupert, Sandra, Christa, Jon, Sean, Savage, Osten, Ryno, Darrah, Tijuana. Rupert and Savage would have done a 6 person alliance rather than risk their own necks at a tie. The alliance was going to be Rupert/Christa/Sandra/Savage/Ryno/Tijuana. Jon would have been out at 10. He is the most entertaining villian of all time, but an overrated player.