Development of Millennials versus Gen X Players

It is time now that I talk about how the returning players of Millennials versus Gen X did on their first season versus times that they have played when they returned for other seasons. Now I’ve forgotten if I’ve done a version of this on All-Stars yet or not. I will do that soon if I haven’t already. Now some of you might think that I’ve covered stuff like this before in other blog posts. Well, you’d be right. A lot of this will be a copy and paste from previous blog posts of mine. But I’m still adding new things to this as well. Now four people from this season have played in other seasons thus far.

Michalea thoughts: She has always been an entertaining player when she has played. Despite not going as far the first time, she might have been more memorable the first time due to how she was. She does have one of the greatest reactions to being voted out that I’ve ever seen. After she played again, she was not really that memorable, although I thought that she made it further. Whatever the reason, I would say that there are clearly pros and cons to both times that she played. Main change: From quite the entertaining player to a better one that wasn’t as memorable. 

Original thoughts on Michalea after Game Changers: Michaela is someone who seems like she fully embodies the crazy black lady stereotype. I hope that doesn’t sound racist of me, but I would have to blame casting for that. Why else would they keep doing that, finding those people? She was hardly the only contestant to fit that theme, just the most recent. Anyways, she was a more savvy player, it seemed, the first time around, except for a bit of weirdness that somehow got her voted out. When she played again, we only seemed to see the crazy aspects of her with the few times that we saw her. She made it to the jury and was ultimately voted out for reasons that seemed unclear in the end. Main transition: From a short lived, crazy player, to a longer lasting, equally crazy player.

Zeke thoughts: Few lives would have changed as much from Survivor than his. When he first played, he was simply known as a young gay man who proved to be a good player. When he played a second time, his life changed when he was revealed to be transgender. This sadly ruined his own game (though not his game and reputation like the man who outed him) as he couldn’t make it far without having his own story as to why he should win. Basically, he didn’t have much to his edit after that and was voted out. Main change: From a great player in front of the camera to a great player behind the scenes.

Original thoughts on Zeke after Game Changers: Zeke probably had the biggest change this season when we learned something new about him that we didn’t know before. Only that might not have changed his game. The first time he played, he thought that he had power and was ultimately blindsided by a former ally. This second time he played, we learned that he was a she at one point. It might have ultimately ruined his game this time around since he couldn’t really do much once it happened. We may never know for sure. But I really don’t see much of a difference between how he played. Main transition (no pun intended): From a strategic player to one we didn’t see as much. 

David thoughts: He might have come close to winning the first time and could have done it if only he had won final immunity. There isn’t as much that we can say about that. He was up to some of his old ways, but there were still issues with some of his strategies when he played a second time. While he was part of one of the greatest alliance pairs that I’ve seen in the game, he couldn’t get back into the game and wasn’t that great a player the next time around. Main change: From a jury threat to just another part of the jury.

Original thoughts on David after Edge of Extinction: David thoughts: I don’t know if he changed much in the games. The first time he played in Millennials versus Gen X, he proved himself to be a formidable player in the game and came close to winning when he was voted out as the last one in the game, similar to both Kelley and Aubry in at least one of their seasons. When he played this time, he seemed to do well at certain parts, only to get voted out when all the other players started to band against the returning players. Main transition: From a strong player who made it far to a strong player who didn’t make it as far.

Adam thoughts: He had one of the most notable wins in recent Survivor history when he played the first time. His great game should not be dismissed as a sob story as it was a pretty good one that few others could obtain as they won. When he played again, he was just more obscure in the game while he just did not make it as far. Of course, he was against other winners so that was a problem. Main change: From a great winner to a strange person.

Original thoughts on Adam after Winners at War: 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.

Contestant’s name	Millennials versus Gen X	Second season
Michalea	More notable	Pretty weird
Zeke	Longer lasting	Not as visible
David	Best	Weaker
Adam	Best	Worst

That just might be it for this post. I won’t know when I’ll be back with a post on an episode. I am hoping that I can get it done in a better way, but might not have it done for a while depending on just how long am I behind on different things. Check out my Elementary blog on the first Monday of June and you’ll see for sure when the next Wednesday post won’t be for this blog. But I won’t know for sure just how many episodes I’ll be able to blog about in the future. I would like at least once a month until the show is able to return in the future whenever it does. I just like doing it for the schedule that I come up with that don’t really need to happen publically on this blog or any of them for that matter. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.