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.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.