There’s a lot to potentially
talk about in future introductions for this blog when I cover a regular episode
or something like that. I recently learned of the death of Cliff Robinson from
Survivor: Cagayan. He did not die from coronavirus, but from lymphoma. I’ll
have to see if there was a tribute podcast to him that Rob would have done on
his podcast. I need to check more of his podcasts to see if he has been doing
anything lately at all that I would be interested in.
Basically, there is a lot to
juggle with potential seasons of Survivor to blog about and I don’t yet know
just how much I can fit at once. I want to blog about All-Stars for the first
time. I’ll want to blog about both Blood versus Water and now Cagayan again. I
do have a plan to see Borneo again and do have it on my list of things to watch
as I will be waiting to add it to that in the future. Also, Australia has to be
kept open in case I blog about it as I do have it, but don’t yet know when I
will watch it.
What’s worth noting is that
two potential spots in blog updates will be kept open for the first two seasons
so I can only get as high as five at once and only have three more spots to go
with the two I have anyways. Plus, spots can open up if I’m done blogging about
a season. That means that I could put any updates on Sundays once I’m done with
Gabon of any season that’s not this one. I also hope that the Australia discs
play well as I haven’t checked to see if they work and they are used (meaning
not new when I got them). They looked like they could have potential issues
with them.
As promised in the last post
of this season, I might as well get to the challenge links from Survivor fandom
of the challenges that start with p. There are a lot of them so I might as well
get to all of them, starting with the two mentioned in the last post.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Paddle_Out
This challenge is also known
as Inside Track, It’s in the Bag, Tracks of my Tears, Roll Away the Dew, and
Burn to Rung. In the challenge, the contestants or tribes have to maneuver
balls on a paddle until they are in all of their slots. This challenge could be
done while social distancing when it appears on its own in a basic format on
its own.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Pyramid_Scheme
This challenge is also known
as Tangled Up in Blue. In it, the contestants or tribes have to make their way
through obstacles to solve a pyramid puzzle. The individual version of this
could be done while social distancing, but I don’t think that the tribal
version could.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Paddle_Battle
This challenge is also known
as Wooden Ships. In it, contestants race on land and water in a boat. I think
that this challenge could not be done while social distancing since it relies
on being too close to each other in the end relating to how it is done.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Perch
This challenge is also known
as Self-Destruction. In it, contestants stand on a perch to see who lasts the
longest with food and other temptations possibly getting them off, outside of
the version of this that had appeared in Cook Islands that arguably wasn’t this
challenge at all. This challenge could be done while social distancing. Perch
was also the name of Vertigo when it was used in Panama, but that is a
different challenge entirely, worth covering in another post with the v
challenges that I will cover in the next post of this season.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Pilfering_Pirates
In this challenge, contestants
have to steal items from another boat and can attack each other within a
designated attack zone. Since it involves physical contact, this can’t be done
while social distancing. It is also one of the funniest challenges that
happened when it appeared the first time. I doubt that it would appear again
anyways due to the controversy it unintentionally called in All-Stars.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Piranha_Feast
This challenge is also known
as Hungry for Love and Pig Out. In it, contestants have to rip meat off with
their mouths only and get the most weight of meat. Some versions allow the
winners to keep the meat that they get off, which you’d hope would be clean
after it is used. This challenge can’t be done while social distancing and it
would be wasting things in the end.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Pole_Dancing
This challenge is also known
as Money Box. In it, contestants have to untangle a rope and complete a task.
This challenge could be done while social distancing. I mean, can you think of
a reason why it would not be done that way in the end?
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Pot_Head
This challenge is also known
as Price on Your Head. In it, one has to balance a pot on your head as
endurance or with obstacles. It was the only endurance challenge that I know of
where there was a time limit on it. It could be done while social distancing.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Push_Me,_Pull_You
In this challenge, contestants
must pull two metal bars in order to apply tension and stay in the challenge. I
think that it could be done while social distancing. Most endurance challenges
can, but they also have to deal with the fact that most of them just have
contestants standing around and doing next to nothing the whole time outside of
outlasting.
https://survivor.fandom.com/wiki/Puzzle_Dig
This challenge is also known
as Make Your Point or Dash, Dig, Decode. In it, contestants must dig puzzle
pieces out of the sand while finding coordinates or something like it. It is
possible that this challenge could possibly be done while social distancing,
although maybe not a tribal version unless they did it in heats of just one at
a time.
TV shows on DVD I watch
update: Flashpoint season 4 is done and replaced by home videos. While I do
have a movie choice of that, this one is a different set of them in a TV
choice. In fact, I got rid of the movie choice of that for now as an option in
the meantime. Also note that Power Rangers season 1 switches with season 3
again while mystery choice #5 switches with mystery choice #6. That’s a lot of
switching that is going on.
I rolled this episode on
Wednesday, September 9, 2020. This explains why I didn’t update my Survivor
blog with a random post on that date as I updated the TV blog instead since I
rolled for a Survivor episode. I do plan to keep the Cliff information in this
post, but only plan to switch it to a Gabon post in the event that I’m not able
to post this on Friday after all due to rolling for another Survivor choice.
Also, I made a bit of a goof
in the calendar. It should be noted that any time before or after a known
update on Friday of a blog that’s not this one would I update this blog on
Wednesday (typically) and not just after as was stated in the calendar, or else
I wouldn’t have a Friday post and then a Wednesday post as well. Sorry for any
confusion relating to that. Another goof should have mentioned a second update
of The Good Wife blog this month too. Also note that the previous rule applies
to Sundays as well.
We begin with both Courtney
and Leslie complaining about Jean-Robert and his sleeping habits. He is making
the women uncomfortable. Amanda doesn’t like him either, although she isn’t
part of the whole conservation that is going on right now. Leslie is convinced
that Jean-Robert will be going first.
The people on this tribe find
a crab that they want to eat. Maybe they want to put it in their mouths going
around the marketplace saying I’ve got a mouth full of crabs. Leslie notices
that the men on her tribe get, err, crabby, when they don’t have enough to eat.
James speaks some too about this.
Peih-Gee thinks that Dave is
exerting himself too much at camp. He simply returns the help by just mocking
her and thinking that he has to use energy in order to give it later. Frosti
questions whether or not Ashley was the right choice to vote out the previous
night since Dave isn’t helping others or seems to be appreciative of the fact
that he’s still in the game.
We then get to the reward
challenge. The challenge is a physical one and is split into men versus women
in each round. The women go first and alternate between the men. With only the
women winning on Zhan Hu and only the men winning on Fei Long (largely due to
James’s strength), it is Zhan Hu that wins the challenge with three points.
They kidnap Leslie to be on their tribe for now.
Leslie thinks that this other
tribe has strong morale and has a lot going for them. I can’t tell whether or
not the tribes would put on a fake persona in front of the others or not.
Leslie thinks that she fits in better with this tribe.
On the other tribe,
Jean-Robert and James have a secret conversation, unaware that both Courtney
and Todd are listening to them. As a result of this, Todd wants to get rid of
both of them in the end. But will it happen as soon as they were wanting to?
Leslie opens the clue to an
idol and gives it to Jamie in the end. She can’t find the idol and thinks that
it is right in front of her face and can’t find it. Of course, you have to see
if you can sneak where all of the cameras are looking at as they are giving it
away. But will you be there when they do it?
We then get to the immunity
challenge. I remember this. As Jay Exci would say, EPIC FAIL! That’s how I feel
about Courtney’s performance in this challenge. Why was she chosen as a
chopper? It seems like she is putting little to no effort in it. Despite the
early setbacks, her tribe does do better in the end than it would otherwise
seem at first. But they still lose. Zhan Hu finally wins immunity and Fei Long
is sent to tribal council for the first time.
Courtney talks about the loss
as she lost two hands and possibly a shoulder (roll credits). Jean-Robert
thinks that a woman will be voted off next due to their poor performance at the
challenge. While it was Courtney who did the worst at the challenge, Leslie
remains a possibility as well. Leslie explains that there are three Christians
on the other tribe. They think that she gave too much information to the other
tribe, such as telling them that Aaron in the leader, something that could
eventually seal his fate. Leslie wants to vote out Jean-Robert. But they think
that Jean-Robert is better at challenges.
Todd is worried that some
people will get rid of him. Aaron is convinced that Leslie has friends on the
other tribe. So don’t you disrespect him little man. There is a lot of worry
about Leslie’s connection due to being kidnapped by the other tribe and Todd
isn’t sure what to do.
We get to tribal council next.
Jean-Robert mentions that they have two of the weakest girls in the game. I
think that he means women. Courtney is worried that she will be put in where
she’s the least weak in the challenges. Leslie thinks that the other tribe has
a strong heart. I think that she saw a different tribe then a lot of the rest
of us keep seeing. Not much can be gathered from the tribal council. When the
votes are cast, Courtney and Leslie vote for Jean-Robert while Jean-Robert,
Todd, Amanda, Aaron, Denise, and James all vote for Leslie and she is voted out
of the game as a result.
On the next Survivor, Courtney
and Jean-Robert continue to have issues with each other, Sherea blows her cool,
and another fun challenge looks like it will happen in the game as they learn
more about the Art of War as in the book or something like it.
Total confessional count: James-
2, Amanda- 2, Courtney- 4, Todd- 7, Jamie- 7, Peih-Gee- 6, Denise- 1, Aaron- 4,
Frosti- 3, Jean-Robert- 2, Leslie- 13, Dave- 7, Sherea- 1, Erik- 1.
New confessionals this
episode: Erik- 0, James- 1, Amanda- 0, Courtney- 1, Todd- 2, Jamie- 2,
Peih-Gee- 2, Denise- 0, Aaron- 1, Frosti- 1, Jean-Robert- 0, Leslie- 6, Dave- 1,
Sherea- 0.
I like Leslie as a contestant
and feel that she made a good mark on the game despite her short time in it in
the end. I give her about maybe a 60% chance of returning to the game in future
seasons. I also plan to share more about missionaries in two new posts for
reasons I’ll explain then. I do like most Christian players when they seem to
represent it right and even when they struggle. With not much else to say in
this post, I will let you go. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.