Greed Doesn’t Pay

When it comes to the game of Survivor, there is a simple rule that some people don’t realize: greed does not pay. People don’t realize this, but often keep falling for this problem. They need to realize that if they aren’t selfish, they might do better at the game.

 

The ultimate failed experiment in this twist was in Guatemala. Given the idea that people would not want the car since no one got the car and won the game, it would seem like an easy decision for Cindy, the winner of that reward, to make the decision to give up her own car and give everyone else in the game a car instead. But she picked greed and was the very next person voted out of the game.

 

An example of a person not being greedy was Matthew in Amazon. After winning the family visit reward, he was given the option of giving everyone else the reward instead of himself. He went with that choice and since it was better to give than receive, he still got the reward in the game after all.

 

The summit in recent seasons should be the best example of how greed doesn’t pay. If people all chose to go after the raw power, they would lose their vote in the next tribal council. And some people still took that risk anyways. It didn’t always work out unless they knew what was coming.

 

This leads to an idea that I have for a twist. There have been beware idols. We could have something like that in the future. Only this idol, once found, would have to be given to someone else before sundown. It if isn’t, you’d get a negative consequence unleashed to your tribe. If you aren’t greedy, then there would be a positive consequence for your tribe instead.

 

There could be more to this post, but I wrote about all that I care for this time around. I’m hoping that I can get caught up well enough on recorded shows on tapes and might talk about this some in my posts on Borneo. Once I’ve reached a certain point, I can get back to watching old seasons. It just better not take the whole summer long. For now, this is Adam Decker, signing off.