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FLF declared:

Jaison is the only other Edgic possibility, other than Mick.

It depends on how you see Edgic. If you see it as an inflexible system governed by unbending rules, then no-one is an Edgic possiblity this season. (Both Jaison and Mick fail the second guideline, the one about requring a fair amount of meaningful editing and not being ignored in long stretches).

However, if you see Edgic as an important tool governed by an overall philosophy rather than inflexible rules, then you arrive at different conclusions.

I see Edgic's philosophy as being that the winner will be meaningfully edited, not ignored, surrounded by distractions, tending towards average visibility and tone, set up pre-merge and on a holding CP-tending pattern after the merge, progessively shown to be acquiring jury connections which will culminate at the Final Tribal Council and, as a result of doubt inserted towards the end, be somewhat of a surprise. The most important aspects of this philsophy, as I see them, are meaningful (read, manipulated editing) and that the winner will not stand out: they will be hidden by distractions and trend towards the middle of all indicators.

Applying this underlying philosophy, the worst Edgic result would be, for different reasons, a win by Russell or one of the Galus.

A win by any of the Foa Foans, other than Russell, would be a victory for Edgic's underlying philosophy.

Hippochinfat wrote:

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I really don't get the last two Ps Natalie got. I mean 2 episodes ago, she hardly did anything, and from what I remember nothing was too P. People were giving her P this episode for being 3rd in the IC, and outlasting most of the other men or something. A lot of people have done that in challenges and haven't recieved Ps.

Go back to Gabon and look at Matty to know what I mean. At the Marcus boot episode, he won the IC which saved him and Sugar who were the underdogs in his tribe. He was also the last fang standing in the challenge, yet he got no P. What he did there was probably more of a positive thing then what Natalie did, but my point here isn't Matty deserves a P, it's that neither deserve one. The editors weren't portraying either positively, it was in a challenge and it was something they HAD to show.

This is what manipulated editing is, Hippo. Listen to what Probst says about Natalie during the challenge, look at the way it's presented; then compare it with the IC Matty won.

It's not what actually happens that matters, it's how it's presented.


ETA: Sorry, Mc. We posted pretty much the same sentiments.