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damnredsox wrote:

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also the season with the 4 tribes and the kept mixing up the tribes every two shows was wild

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That never happened.

Anyway, Palau's first two boots, the F3 twist, the Outcast twist, and the original game-long HII were the most unfair twists Survivor has come up with. If I were to rank them, it'd be:

1. Palau's F20/F19 boots - Most unfair twist ever, I think. Other twists have fucked with the game in unimaginable ways, but this twist eliminated two players right off the bat with no justification or fairness. Wanda and Jonathan never had a chance to play Survivor. It wasn't just the format of the game that was changed for them, they were playing an entirely different game altogether, and they didn't know that until they were booted for it.

2. F3 Twist - It completely altered the format of the game, changing every facet of strategy and fucking up every core element of Survivor as we knew it. I say if they absolutely had to change the F2 to a F3, at least tell the cast from the get-go, or at least when the expanded jury began. The way the CI and Fiji casts found out at the very last minute completely tarnished any integrity those seasons might have had.

3. Outcast Twist - Not quite as bad as the Final 3, but it did destroy the one integral game concept that hasn't been touched since: once you're voted out, you're voted out. The cast had no idea they'd be dealing with the consequences of their early boot decisions, and it really affected how the game played out. But at the same time, it didn't have to be a big deal. If the cast wanted to, they could have more or less completely negated the twist, booting the Outcasts immediately and calling it a day. Plus, they had a chance to force the twist to never happen by beating the Outcast tribe in a challenge. It wasn't fair, but they could have eliminated the unfairness. And dealing with the players you've voted off has always been an important part of Survivor. It's why the jury consists of the players you've already voted for, rather than some group of objective witnesses. So I really have no problem with the Outcast twist, personally.

4. The EI/CI HII - There wasn't jack shit you could do about it, and that was a problem. Terry and Yul both waltzed into the end game because they found the idols early on, and the only way to prevent that would be to sacrifice a player to the inevitable HII playing. It wasn't fair at all, but since you did have to "earn" the HII, there's at least some shred of fairness to the idol's distribution. But yeah, it was a completely bullshit twist. Thank god Fiji fixed it.

I wouldn't say any of the other twists were really unfair. Survivor isn't a fair game. Just, those four were particularly outrageous in terms of fucking players over.