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WylDawg wrote:

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GRTCHEN CORDY



Although loved by most Survivor fans (myself included) Gretchen still holds the title for the first Survivor dissapointment. From the get go Gretchen had more potential than anyone from her season to win Survivor. She was a hard worker, she got along with people, she knew the survival aspect of the game and most importantly she was the respected silent leader at Pagong. Pagong was extremely disfunctional and everyone's name seemed to have popped up at one time or another as someone to get rid of. Except for Gretchen whom everyone seem to consider the biggest asset to the tribe but without being overbearing or threatening.

Now of course we all witnessed how Grtechen's game was shockingly cut short. We thought she was in it for the long haul but she became the first merge casualty. This left viewers and several castaways themselves dumbfounded. How can someone who was so strong and so respected be booted out so early?? But this is when we learned what Survivor was all about at the same time so in a way Gretchen's ouster was one, if not the most, imporant elimination in Survivor history.

So of course should I cut her some slack because of this? Not really because Gretchen had no one to blame but herself for her demise. Yes the game was new and no one could've seen this coming, but the fact is Gretchen had one of the most powerful positions in Survivor history and shat on it. When her tribe discussed staying as unit and getting rid of the other tribe, in which case Gretchen might've easily won, she instead declined and that was the beginning of the end for her. So yes, I'm giving her somewhat of a break because people didn't know any better back then, but it was still common sense and it's still irritating to know she had the game in the paume of her hands and let slip. Well, not so much slip as just tossing it away in the garbage.