The Disadvantage of Advantages

Lately, so much of Survivor has been about one advantage or another. They put so many in there at once that it is hard to tell what they all mean, how they will work and indeed, if they will work, why there are so many, and just if the game really needs all of this.

I think that a lot of people can agree with me that there are too many advantages in the game and it is normally not a good thing to overdo things like this. Island of the Idols has to have all of its idols. The edge of extinction brings in a lot of advantages to the main game that wouldn’t be there otherwise. Ghost Island tried to fix the problems of bad advantages by putting them back in the game, but this was all for naught as they wound up sucking again. We don’t need so many twists going on at once to the point of the game becoming as hard to keep track of as it is now.

You’d think that after Game Changers had all those idols at the final six tribal council, that they would think better of having all these immunities going on at one point in the game. Instead, they love to keep having all these idols in the game at the very end. Look at the edge of extinction and how we had to deal with whatever idols were still in the game with a new one that would work at the final tribal council that idols could be used with, creating even more immunity possibilities than people need. It is bad enough that the final four is now permanently missed up. Now, production is ensuring that there will be too many issues at the final five and final six as well by making sure idols or other advantages are still in the game and causing chaos at the cost of the great players we lose as a result.

Maybe the issue is that idols and advantages cause too much drama which makes for too good TV that not doing them would just seem like a waste. The game wouldn’t be the same without them and they cause a whole lot of issues as a result. If you brought up great tribal councils that you liked, you might not have any in there without including an idol play or something like that as a result. Because they make the game more interesting, they keep thinking of more to put in the game.

Still, they should be able to see that there are problems with this as a result. Too much of what has to be shown and devoted to on the show relates to idols and advantages. We thus miss out on a lot of what else could be going on during this game in order to keep track of who has what advantage, what all it will mean, and how it could blow in a player’s own face much like not throwing a bomb soon enough in Super Smash Brothers. We always have to know who is dumb for doing what and why or not doing what they should have with their advantage.

Survivor worked and lasted for ten years before idols were introduced. After they were, it was even longer before various other advantages were put in the game and they were here to stay as well. Would we want them to do a season without idols or advantages? Would it work? I’d say that it might be worth a shot at some point, but know that it might never happen as a result. I plan to do a more detailed post on that later, so we’ll see if it ever comes. Was the show too boring before advantages? Did it just not work as well then? Or were people too sure of them working that they wouldn’t ever want to try to do the game without them in the end? Were they forgetting how it used to work well without it?

I don’t think that there is too much else to say outside of this post. I feel that they could tone down some of the advantages that they do on Survivor because too much at once just doesn’t seem to work to me. It can put Survivor at a disadvantage in the end, even though they are meant to do the exact opposite. Maybe it is just the real recent seasons that have gone too crazy with it. I’d argue that they should tone it down or maybe not even do it at all just once for a change. Would there be too much harm in that in the end? For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

Development of Winners at War Players

Well, it would only be a matter of time that I did this recurring post in this blog again. I have this trend of posting how some players did in various seasons that they did after a season with returning players or sometimes with other seasons that I find important where I write down comparisons of the games that they have played. Obviously, they would have played different games when they played different times. I’ll even share again stuff posted from the previous times I’ve done this when relevant to those players. I realize that I should do this with All-Stars. Hopefully that post will come soon before too long.

Before I get to the post, I should probably explain the order that I put people in. It wasn’t hard for me to think of an order even as edge of extinction kind of confused things a bit. If you don’t like the order, then that’s fine but I thought that I would stick with it myself.

Sandra thoughts: She seems to have taken the biggest hit this season among some fans, if not all of them. In her first season, she won more easily then you would expect while still proving that she was quite the competitor. In her second season, she pulled off an even more marvelous win by getting all the jury votes from the side she never even joined. By the time she reached her third season, however, she began to falter and got voted out for the first time on day 16. In her fourth season, she did the absolute worse she has ever done by sitting out most of the challenges and then getting blindsided with her own idol. To cap off her horrible game, she left without even trying to get back in. Is that really a legacy you want to leave behind? Main transition: From a great winner to a dumb player.

Original thoughts on Sandra after Game Changers: Sandra won twice before playing this, her third season. She didn’t win for the first time, but she did outlast all the former winners this season, so she has that in her favor. The first time she played, she may not have been the [flashiest] villain her season, but she was the most liked compared to her competition. When she played a second time, she played against the majority nearly the entire part of the game before the merge. She then worked with that side when the heroes wouldn’t work with her and the heroes still voted for her to win the game, which she did. She then got way too cocky when she played again and everyone knew it. She still made it far somehow, but wound up on the wrong side of the numbers and was voted out. Main transition: From a cocky person who won to a cocky person who didn’t win.

Amber thoughts: The first time she played, she didn’t seem as good as she could have been. But she did do well enough to be considered for the first returning player season that wound up happening. When she played that, she wound up in a showmance with Rob and they wound up slaughtering the others and making it all the way to the final two together. Possibly being less hated than her now husband, she wound up winning the game this time around. Her connections with her husband wound up being what got her in trouble the next time around as she was out early and couldn’t win her way back into the game. But she is still a way better player than most people (including herself, apparently) would give her credit for. Main transition: From an underrated player to an underperforming player.

Danni thoughts: When she first played in Guatemala, she didn’t get as good a reception to her win as other fans do earnestly give her. She was and is a better player than people give her credit for. What is sad, however, is that she proved to be disposable this time around as she was voted out earlier instead of those that had better chances in the game this time around. Main transition: From a huge factor in the game to a non factor in the game.

Ethan thoughts: He was a popular winner and player the first time he played the game where he proved to be quite likable as a result. When he played the second time, he made it furthest out of all of the past winners on that season where they were worried that he would win again and voted him out. This time around, he was the victim of the old school versus new school rift that was going on. He might have even been at risk of being pulled from the game at some point. But he managed, even if he did not get back in the game in the end. Main transition: From a likable winner to a likable early boot.

Rob thoughts: There’s a whole lot that one can say or not say about Rob. When he first played, he made the merge but not the jury as he made too many enemies. The second time around, his villainous ways remained, but it got him only second place. The third time, he was more of a hero this time around, but his game was ultimately cut short in the end.

The fourth time, he finally won both a rematch against his rival from the previous season and the game itself, becoming the only runner-up thus far to win the game on another try at it. When he played the fifth time, he was too much of a threat and everyone knew it so they voted him out earlier than he could have been otherwise. While his edit was strong and it seemed like he could get back into the game, he fell short at both challenges. Thanks to the edge of extinction twist, he finally got to be on the jury. Main transition: From a huge villain to a bit of a lesser one.

Parvati thoughts: One of the most liked players and winners, she first appeared on Cook Islands where being on the wrong side of the numbers got her voted out and sent to the jury. The next time she played the game, her woman’s alliance got her all the way to the end and she won as a result. When she played a third time, she did so well that she might it all the way to the end again, only to get second place this time around. At the time, she had played the most days of any Survivor contestant. When she played this next time, she made it a bit further than other old school players, but she was ultimately on the wrong side of the numbers again and was voted out again. Does anyone know if she has the longest gap of time played between being voted out? It’s either her or Sandra. Main transition: From a wonderful winner to a wonderful vote out.

Yul thoughts: The first time he played, he became the first and I’m pretty sure still only Asian-American man to win the US version of Survivor. His win came after facing off against another well liked player and some might have thought less of him as a result, even if Ozzy got to play more as a result. When he played in this season, blah blah blah, old school player voted out by new school players, blah blah blah, and that is how we wound up where we are now. Main transition: From a struggling player who won to a struggling player who didn’t win.

Wendell thoughts: The first time he played, he very nearly might have lost had a tie-breaker gone a different way than it did in the end. He might come off as a surprise winner due to this. But he still had a lot to learn in general from this. It was after this when he played the next time and this time, his nature didn’t do him much good as he was voted out as a result. And all he wanted was to avoid losing a challenge. Main transition: From a cocky player who won to a cocky player that didn’t.

Adam thoughts: He was one of my favorite players the first around when he played the first time. While I liked other players that season, he won by more than just his mother’s story. This time around, he did not make much of a positive impression on people and he came off as a goof, but not the good kind. He did not have as much to his story and never seemed to have much of a path to victory. Main transition: From a wonderful player to kind of an oddball.

Tyson thoughts: One of only two people thus far to win on their third game, his first game had him go as far as the jury, being blindsided by his own alliance. The second time, a mistake with voting got him voted out by his own hand when he was manipulated to not splitting the votes the right way. The third time around, he had a much improved game and was able to win as a result. This fourth time, he did have some struggles as he was voted out, but won reentry. Sadly, he didn’t stay in the game that long the next time until he returned to the edge of extinction and couldn’t get back in the game again. Main transition: From a lovable goof to a more rounded player.

Original thoughts on Tyson after Blood versus Water: Tyson first appeared in Tocantins. He was one of two contestants to win individual immunity for no reason since a contestant was medically evacuated and no tribal council was held. I don’t really remember his time on Tocantins that well. Anyways, he returned as a villain in Heroes versus Villains and made a dumb move that got him voted out. He returned for this season, Blood versus Water, and played a much better game. Like Rupert, he lasted a long time in the game, although his injury wasn’t focused upon that much so I’m not even he had it that long. He might have recovered from it or he might have had it until day 39. Regardless, he played a great game and really deserved the win. So, he obvious did the best in this season. Main transition: From a dumb guy to a genius winner.

Sophie thoughts: The first time around, she came off as mean but yet won the game in the end even though it was hard to tell who might have even deserved to win after Edna left the game. Some think that she could have actually won this season, but I don’t see it. I couldn’t tell what she had going for her and wasn’t sure if she meant to be more of a floater this time around or if she just didn’t seem to have much to her game this time around. Main transition: From a mean winner to a forgettable player.

Kim thoughts: When she played the first time, she dominated so much that she faced no real danger in the game and didn’t face a bitter jury. She more or less had it locked at the final five unless she wasn’t in the game anymore, but she kept winning immunity at the end. I’m not sure what went wrong with her game this time around, other than it didn’t work out for her even though she lasted a long time in it. Main transition: From a great player who won to a great player that didn’t.

Jeremy thoughts: He could have done well the first time, but this ultimately didn’t happen as he was voted out right after his rival and they had no one left who seemed sure to win until they did. When he was voted back into the game the second time, he dominated and won every jury vote. This time when he played, he found himself on the wrong side of the numbers and only lasted longer once due to his ability to leave tribal council before voting. He didn’t seem as good this time around. Main transition: From a great player to a great threat to win again.

Original thoughts on Jeremy after Cambodia: Jeremy won this season and he could have won his last season if he weren’t such a power player. For some odd reason, nobody saw him as a threat and he coasted clear to the end. He’s the first winner whose only immunity challenge win was the last one. I do wonder if he played a perfect game, but I don’t think that he did. But I’m not sure what the difference is between his two seasons. I mean, he came off great in both seasons; he just only won this one. So I’ll have to say that he did better this season. Main transition: From a great player who didn’t win to a great player who did win.

Nick thoughts: The first time around, he was somehow able to overcome a lot of challenges, which seemed appropriate given the David versus Goliath theme that put him on the underdog tribe at the start of the game. He made it to the end and won against the other Goliaths that he fought against. In this time around, he was an underdog at the very end and it got him voted out as a result as his only remaining ally was immune instead of him. Main transition: From an underdog who won to an underdog who didn’t win.

Denise thoughts: You might not have been able to guess that someone who would have attended all of the tribal councils in a single season could have ended up winning the game in the end, but that is what she did. She was perhaps the ultimate underdog winner of any season thus far. This time around, she dethroned the “queen” and then faded into obscurity. She couldn’t survive any late game advantages and was voted out of the game as a result. Main transition: From a power winner to a player known for just one real move.

Ben thoughts: His first time around, he was able to find so many idols that many are convinced that he got help from production which I don’t believe. Still, his win was not without controversy due to a brand new way of doing the final four that no one could have known was going out outside of the people who did the show who wouldn’t have known at first that Ben would have even needed it. I still like and respect his win, even if it can seem shady. This time around, he made a move that maybe should have been on the dumbest moves of this season awards as he effectively wanted Sarah to prove that she could make a move if she were up against Tony. Main transition: From a hero that won to a hero that fell on his sword.

Sarah thoughts: She could have been a better player the first time around, but she was blindsided by her own ally early after the merge. The second time around, she was able to play a much better game and won as a result. This time around, she seemed overshadowed by other players even as she worked with her old ally again and they could have made it to the end together given a more normal final four. I do not see how she made it out of Tony’s shadow this time, although I’m sure she would have gotten a different edit if she did make it to the end. Main transition: From her own player to a sidekick.

Original thoughts on Sarah after Game Changers: Sarah played first in Cagayan and thought she held all the power, but didn’t. She thought that she could flip her way to a win, but someone else flipped and she was voted out as a result. The next time she played, she actually continued with her flipping back and forth only this time, it actually paid off. It can be a bit surprising that people knew this was going on, yet still gave her the win. Main transition: From a flipper who didn’t win to a flipper who did.

Michele thoughts: I don’t think that she was a controversial winner the first time. Underappreciated is the word that I would use. She never went to tribal council until after the merge and proved that she was more of a threat to win. In my mind, she’s the only one in the final three that season who made since as a winner. This time around, she did complain too much about how fans feel about her and did not seem to make much of an impression as she didn’t get any jury votes. Main transition: From a great winner to a great whiner.

Natalie thoughts: Her game the first time around only seemed to pick up after Jeremy was voted out as she knew who to target and side with after her ally was gone, being able to win as a result. This time around, she became like her sister and was the first voted out of the game. But due to this, she made quite the influence on the rest of the game by finding tons of advantages. When she managed to get back in the game after the final reentry competition, she pulled what could have been an impressive and completely unexpected turnaround that might have gotten serious backlash had she won much like two seasons ago. But she only came in second, being only the second winner to come in second place when playing the game after her win. Main transition: From an unlikely winner to an unlikely finalist.

Tony thoughts: He just might be the king of Survivor now if we are to believe self labels like that. When he played the first time, he proved that villains can be likable and win the game. The second time, he messed up horribly and was voted out second. Learning from his mistakes, he did quite a good game this time around to the point of seeing the end again and winning again, becoming the richest winner thus far in all of Survivor, if only due to an increased payout this time around. Main transition: From a winner to a loser then back to a winner again.

Original thoughts on Tony after Game Changers: Tony might have taken one of the biggest hits this season. We all know the type of player that he is after his first season and he acted like a lunatic near the very beginning. This made him like an outcast on his tribe and got him voted out early after clashing heads with another winner. The first time, he proved that he could be a huge player and yet still win the game. This time, he proved that arrogance goes both ways and it got him an early exit. Main transition: From a great winner to an irrelevant player.

Contestant’s name	First season	Second season	Third season	Fourth season	Winners at War
Sandra	Great	Best	Bad	Was Winners at War	Worst
Amber	Better than most think	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	Worst
Danni	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Worst
Ethan	Best	Not as good	Was Winners at War	N/A	Decent
Rob	Villainy	Better	Worst	Best	Decent
Parvati	Nice	Best	Pretty good	Was Winners at War	Worst
Yul	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Decent
Wendell	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Worst
Adam	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Worst
Tyson	Decent	Worst	Best	Was Winners at War	Pretty good
Sophie	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Worst
Kim	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Decent
Jeremy	Great	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	Not as good
Nick	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Decent
Denise	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Obscure
Ben	Heroic	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Sacrificial
Sarah	Worst	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	Decent
Michele	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Lonely
Natalie	Best	Was Winners at War	N/A	N/A	Close, but no cigar
Tony	Great	Worst	Was Winners at War	N/A	Best

Well, that’s about it for this post. I might try to figure this out for All-Stars at some point in time. I never did this with the three returning players from Philippines and decided that I won’t go back and do that retroactively yet as there’s no current reason for me to do that anyways. There are many other seasons that I could do at some point in time, but won’t just yet as I’m either not interested or don’t yet see a point in it. Plus, there are a lot of seasons that haven’t been made yet that are certain to have returning players in them. I look forward to them. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.

Ranking the Winners

After the all winner season happened, I thought to myself that it might finally be time for me to share my ranking of the winners thus far while rearranging them a bit to make sure that they are in a good order that I like. I’ve seen maybe something like this on that one facebook group that I talk about from time to time, but thought that I would do my own in this blog myself.

First, I need to get to sharing the rules and other criteria for this post. You might wonder if I should consider the two players who won twice separately. I will not as they were the same person in both of their separate wins. I am also largely only focusing on the season or seasons that they won and not any other seasons that they might have played. Some of this will be based just on how much I like or don’t like a winner, but will also consider other factors like number of jury votes and more important things like that. For your convenience, I will separate this into different sections. I won’t say that none of them deserved to win, but that doesn’t mean I have to like them. I will start at the worst in my mind and work my way up to the top.

The bad winners

Brian is my lowest ranked winner because I hate how someone as despicable as him could actually win the game. Can you believe that someone who put on such an obvious villain persona and wasn’t above screwing his own allies over still got four jury votes, which was all he needed to win.

Sophie isn’t someone that I hated as much when she played the second time, but I still wasn’t fond of her first season. I felt she was awful and don’t think that it was just my sister’s original hatred of her also rubbing off on me. She remains the most recent winner that I didn’t really like. Even in the finale, it was hard to understand why someone with an edit as bad as hers was about to win the game.

Vecepia was too much of a floater for me when she played the game and that wasn’t something that I could get behind originally back then. She was the first winner that I didn’t really like as much. I may yet some around on her, but it was hard for me to accept someone as villainous and somehow who flipped so much while also not seeming to do much throughout the game actually winning it in the end.

Danni might not have been that bad a winner to other people, but to me, it didn’t seem like she had done that much to get to where she was. She voted out Rafe at the final three after he dumbly voided his deal with her at the end. She faced a horrible villain that time in the game and won easily, but it was still hard to see what she did in the end.

Todd has dealt with a lot of personal struggles in his life so I hope that he doesn’t see this post. I don’t think that he’s a bad person outside of the game. I just found it hard to get behind his win when it seemed like he was not doing as well as he could be with it.

Aras didn’t even get to vote out his number one thorn in his side and only seemed to win based on a move that another player made. After Terry was voted out, one couldn’t see much else that he did to deserve the win other than not be as hated as the other player in the game who could win. One could say that they got rid of the final two as a result of his win.

Chris Underwood might be the most recent winner to garner the ire of tons of other players in the game as he hadn’t gotten as far as he could have without a brand new twist benefiting him while also having the edge of having knowledge of what the jury members wanted or didn’t want from other players. He only avoids getting a worse place on the list by personally taking out who would have almost certainly won otherwise in the game and can at least say he did something.

The average or acceptable winners

Boston Rob could have been a much better winner had he gotten it under other circumstances. Instead, he got too much of an edge over a bunch of noobs who were star struck by him to the point of letting him dance circles around them and walk all over them. Still, even if one doesn’t like how easy the win of his season came to him, you have to admit that he had a strong social game and deserved every bit of what he got in the end.

Bob is the oldest winner thus far and made it easily by sticking with his alliance in the end. He isn’t that much higher on the list as he isn’t that really a standout of a winner and he could have done more to impress the general public. Still, I felt that he did a better job than the others in the final three his season and was a pretty deserving winner in the end.

Amber ranks at least higher than her husband because she had a harder time getting to the win and had to deal with the fact that her husband was quite the capable player, even if she was slightly more liked by those in the jury that season. She didn’t piss off as many people and had an edge.

Yul was a very smart and capable person the season that he won. He largely had to deal with the fact that another very capable player, Ozzy, was also playing a good game that impressed so much of the jury in the end. I may have wished that Ozzy won that season instead and might have some issues then with Yul as a result. But I still think Yul wasn’t as bad as he could otherwise be ranked.

Natalie Anderson may not have been the most likable person at the start of the game, but she was more than respected by the end of her season by what she was able to do in the end. She may not have been that star a winner and it may not have even been obvious to some that she would even make it as far as she did. But many people would have to agree that no one else should have won that season.

Ben benefitted from a lot of idols and other advantages in the game such as a brand new final four format that no one had ever heard of or knew would happen before. But they are forgetting how much he deserved the win and did well in certain parts of the game while ignoring that he wasn’t the target as much as some points as he could be.

John Cochran might be hated by a lot of people still, but did play a pretty decent game the second time around. He proved that he could be a great player and work with others. He was never once the target at a vote and he did get all of the jury members to vote for him in the end.

The better winners

Nick thankfully didn’t need a revised final four format to save him as he won the final immunity and was able to do pretty well against the Goliaths in the game. He could have easy been the first one out of the game were it not for a freak accident. But he is a great player and I don’t think that he got the level of hatred that many winners of today get.

Kim was wonderful and had a tribe of men totally self destruct even when they had an even lead in the game. By the time that the final five had started, there probably wasn’t a way that she couldn’t win the season in the end and she was wonderful as a result.

Parvati is quite the great player and inspired tons of others to want to be like her. At one point, she had played more days than any other player in the game as she did quite well in the game.  Could she do better in future seasons? I guess we’ll see.

Earl was the first person to win a unanimous jury vote, a feat that has rarely been duplicated by even the best players that came afterwards. He might have benefited from going up against hated people in the end but more than deserved his win, if not a higher place on this list.

Wendell won a tie-breaker in a way that no other player had before. He knew what to do in order to have certain alliances in the game take him where he needed to be and have another player blunder as much as he did in the end.

Mike may not have been the first winner to possess an idol, but he was the first one to have an idol save him from certain elimination. His struggles against the axis of evil made his public enemy number one, but he did manage to not only overcome them, but also get a lot of their jury votes to win in the end. And the fans were all ready to vote him into the next season.

Michele is hated by some people, but she shouldn’t wonder why people don’t like her when she played such a great and exceptional game in the end, being able to oust the right people and being seated with others who did somehow have a great chance at winning the game. She deserved her win and was such a great winner in my mind that she ranks this high to me.

Tommy Sheehan may not have had a flashy game or seemed to do that much as a lot of focus on who was doing well his season was shot on a lot of short term wonders with him doing poorly in the edit, but not bad with the jury. He wasn’t duped by things or too eccentric and he could prove himself to be a good player if he ever returns to play again.

Jenna might be the first winner that many fans hate, but she was also the first winner who got a landslide vote that became so common in the future that many forget that no one had done it before her. Even her number one enemy voted for her to win the game.

Fabio doesn’t have a lot of fans supporting him and has a questionable win status since he won by only one vote and both of the quitters that season voted for him, but I quite like him and think that he did as well as he could considering all that went on that season.

The great winners

Natalie White is also highly underrated by all those who are delusional enough to think that Russell Hantz was somehow a better player than her. She helped arrange a blindside and got this person to give his support for her. From being on a tribe that truly sucked before the merge to knowing how to get rid of the other tribe’s members in the end, she also knew that others wouldn’t want her allies to win and she got quite a good win as a result.

Tyson may be the only three time player to have won thus far, but it was quite an impressive win. He got his revenge when the other tribe voted out his then girlfriend (now wife, I think) by doing all the he needed to in order to get to the end of the game and win it in the end.

Jeremy was doing wonderfully the first time until his tribe mates had the sense to get rid of him and he was voted out as a result. The next time, the players never had the sense to get rid of him. He did so well that it wasn’t too hard to think of a better ranking for him.

Sandra may be a two time winner, but there were other winners that I liked more than her in the end. She got rid of all the heroes and got every single one of their votes in the end. She was great the first time as well playing the game. And I think that this is where she belongs.

The top ten

Sarah knew how to embrace her inner villain in the end when she won, being able to manipulate all the other players in the game. I couldn’t tell if they wanted her to have the best edit when she won as I wasn’t sure if they wanted her to come off as that great a person in the end. Did that make sense? Oh, well. I think that her ranking works as starting the top ten.

Richard was the first ever winner and sort of invented many of the great aspects of the game that we saw in the end and still see today like alliances in the end and very other great parts of it. Some say that he did the game best.

Adam was such a wonderful player that even without his poor mother’s health, he still would have done well in the game in my mind. Can you think of someone who got as well as he did without the benefit of an usually high number of people on the jury?

Tom Westman could only be voted out of the game three times as he won immunity for his tribe or himself tons of times in the game. He was well liked and couldn’t really be that bad a person for others which is why he did as well as he did.

Chris Daughetry had to deal with surviving as the last man on a tribe of six other women and he was able to outsmart them all into lasting as long as he did in the game. Quite the player, he did such a good game that it is shocking that he hasn’t been asked back.

Tina was quite a good player with her tribe largely doing bad at some parts in the early game, only for her to manage to do well despite voting everyone out of the game successfully. I don’t think that we saw someone as well as her being as nice as she was, even if she was sly and managed to fool others into thinking that she was as nice as she was.

The Mount Rushmore of Winners

Denise attended every tribal council and played with every player in her season (only three others in the fourth season played with every other player, I think, in a normal season that had tribes at the start) and could be considered a huge legend in the game due to this feat. Who could be on a tribe that did as bad all the time and yet still prove to be a good player deserving of the win in the end? She is.

JT played a perfect game so to speak. He was and remains very likable that first time he played and was very well liked among everyone including, possibly, Stephen Fishbach fans. It is hard to think of a man or woman who had as great a first game as other winners like him have.

Tony proved that you can be a hardcore villain and win not just once but twice that way. His third time that he played redeemed his terrible second time by more than a lot. It might have been hard for me to see that he’d be doing well, but I like what happened with his game and think that he may be the most likable villain and best villain who ever played the game.

Ethan is my favorite winner still to this day even if he never made it as far as he could have other times he played the game. He is one of the most likable winners in the game and was quite the hero in the end. I’m glad that he’s still alive and hope that he lives for years to come.

That’s about it for this post. Sorry that it was as lately posted as it was today as I really need to get to writing all that I need to in order to publish it and might not have even had a post at all if I didn’t live in the time zone that I do. I don’t expect it to make as much sense to others. I hope that you liked this post, even if you don’t agree with a lot or any of it. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.