Most people are saying Bob is not a deserving winner because he was not much of a strategic threat. I am not saying that I disagree but if you look at some past winners, and two good examples are Earl and Yul. I really don't remeber them winning many challenges. I am not knocking their game play becuase I think they both played a great game and maybe they threw some challenges, who knows. I guess what I am trying to say is, it seems people respect a good strategic player over a physical/puzzle threat. If you think about it, it does make sense. You are thinking and planning throughout the whole game. Where a physical challenge, especially an immunity is every 3 days or so.
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Posts: 56 (01/05/09 2:06 PM) |
A "good" winner should be someone who uses both strategy and challenge prowess. Bob won a lot of challenges, but I don't think he would have been
the target if he had lost, except the last one of course. He really did nothing strategically; I file him under the boring column of winners.
I'd much rather see a strategist who wins a challenge when needed than a challenge dominator that skips into the finals. Challenge domination makes for a boring season. |
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Posts: 2726 (01/05/09 2:10 PM) Registered user |
One more time, the main reason Yul won was that his HII had WAYYYY too much power. If it had had the current rules, people would not have been so gun-shy about
voting for him.
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Posts: 70 (01/05/09 2:13 PM) |
^ agreed. the HII of exile island and cook islands was absolutely ridiculous and ruined the show by giving whoever had it a free ride to the final 3.
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Posts: 4245 (01/05/09 2:15 PM) |
Bon Qui Qui baby wrote:Fixed. |
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Posts: 156 (01/05/09 3:02 PM) |
I'm pretty sure in China and Micronesia it was a curse if you had an idol. IMO, the idol is just a big risk. You're either getting blindsided very
soon, or you're going to the finals.
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Posts: 996 (01/05/09 3:09 PM) Hey! I kinda like it here! |
Unless you make your own.
Which was quite brilliantly played off by Bob. |
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Posts: 60 (01/05/09 5:24 PM) |
The Hidden Immunity Idol gives a great twist to Survivor. It deserves to stay for as long as the show runs.
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Posts: 7152 (01/05/09 5:39 PM) Registered user |
survivorchick wrote: 
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Posts: 194 (01/05/09 10:53 PM) |
The idol in its current form really isn't that terrible. It adds another strategic level to the game that doesn't give a free ride to somebody.
However, I think that people really worry about the idol too much. In its current form, there are plenty of ways to deal with it, depending on who has it and
how the current numbers work out, but it can also help players who are in desperate need of a miracle and just cannot force it. The EI and CI one was really
stupid, and the constant rehiding of it in Fiji and FvF was stupid. China was fine, having 1 idol at each camp with the kidnapping twist, and it didn't end
up changing the course of the game too much (JR goes out first and James's blindside isn't a guarantee).
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Posts: 80 (01/05/09 11:24 PM) |
Both challenges rule.
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Posts: 56 (01/05/09 11:54 PM) |
It's like every day we have a new one of these. Sigh
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Posts: 555 (01/05/09 11:58 PM) Registered user |
So, Dr. Will, why even bother threadfucking this one? Waste of talent.
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Posts: 7266 (01/06/09 8:03 AM) WRP Official Spokesperson |
Its too difficult to do the puzzle challenge in selected reward or immunity.
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Posts: 212 (01/06/09 9:15 AM) |
Bon Qui Qui baby wrote: 
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survivor300 |
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Posts: 2886 (01/06/09 9:43 AM) Registered User |
That is why Tom has to go down as one of the best players ever!
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Posts: 222 (01/06/09 10:51 AM) |
Dr Will Hatch two point oh wrote:THANKS FOR SCREWING UP THE MARGINS! |
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