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I'd like to formally congratulate everyone who picked Natalie! As a viewer/fan of the show, after Erik's speech, I was nothing but thrilled to see her win. Absolutely beautiful and I'm very happy to see her win. The Edgic part of me is obviously sour, which I'll get to, but I'm totally satisfied that Natalie won outside of Edgic.

Now, onto the Edgic of it. I want to remind everyone that my winner pick, my passion for my pick, and my (at times) overbearing nature in fighting for my pick, was for the sake of this thread. I love Edgic: its purpose, its contributors, its accuracy at times, and its complexity/difficulty. No formula is sound, and Edgic failed us this season miserably. I fully expect many drive-by "Blake sucks!" or "Ha ha Blake!", but those are big words coming from people who are spoiled, big words from people who didn't contribute this season, and big words from people who have been wrong before. I got JT right, and if memory serves me correctly, I was very respectful about it. I suppose I cannot expect the same from some immature posters who get off on seeing results they approve of. Enjoy your high for now :) I'm most certainly not low, considering I am very satisfied with such a wonderful winner (as a person)--edit aside.

The fact remains that this thread is about Edgic. We look at the editing, discuss past trends, and make our choices. Natalie's first 3 episodes, and mid-merge edit, are on-par with no-names like Susie and Becky. I'm disappointed in her win for the fact that it defies so many of our guidelines. I have to wonder, was Russell's visibility presence the reason? The answer is Yes. I picked Mick, even though his edit started to lack, because Russell was taking up so much time. The problem is, however, that I didn't look at Natalie because the neglect was so much worse. I'm puzzled. Even watching this reunion now, it's so... what? Something doesn't feel right. Natalie's winner highlight reel was her in challenges and a confessional (obviously from the first day) that was never shown. Why did the editors do this? I think they've masked her because she was so connected to such an evil force. The only way to validate her win, without people thinking "WTF", was to make her likeable. They did that, but I still am unsure of why she was neglected so horribly.

The future of Edgic: I'm really unsure, at this point. This kind of thing puts everyone in contention for an edit like Natalie. Is it possible to eliminate people anymore? We'd have to focus more on the story, now, which makes me question the purpose of Edgic. I hate to say it, but when you have someone like Russell.. maybe Edgic doesn't apply. RedWing brought it up all season, Russell isn't just high visibility... it's ridiculously high. Mick and Natalie, combined, must have had 5 confessionals total in the finale. Brett had maybe 3? Russell... must have had, at least, 15.

The hope for Edgic? I don't think a season like this will happen again. The editors and producers probably know, after this response, not to do something like this again. I doubt they anticipated the Russell support to have momentum. However, if it does, we'll know right off the bat.

To those who may say I was ignorant or arrogant, look pages back in my return post: Is Mick China Amanda or the Winner? I picked the latter, but I didn't ignore the former--the chance was there.

Edgic is fun. I was wrong. I didn't have fun this season, but not because I was wrong. Edgic transformed into something ugly, this season, and as much as people would like to attribute that mood to my posts, I think many at the same time can agree that it was those who badgered me that ruined the fun that Edgic once held.

Next season? I'll see what we decide. As of now, I'll be keeping ratings and having my own chart going, maybe I'll pop in to post it... possibly read some posts that I trust, but I will be very wary. I do not think Edgic should retire just yet.