This season though may have been one of the best ever but don’t we say that about every season? The villains took the honours as Sandra was the eventual winner and the final three were all villains. Colby Donaldson was the hero that went the furthest being placed fifth.
Jeff Probst: Long time host of SurvivorYou can’t argue with the eventual winner Sandra though when she said that every step of the way she tried to help the heroes eliminate evil Russell but the heroes just kept killing their own self by going back to Russell and telling him. What kind of strategy that was you’d have to ask? Only the brilliant minds of our esteemed heroes can reveal such puzzling game play. Sandra put this out during the last tribal council and I think this was what eventually won it for her as the sure bet before this was Parvatti who was going to win because of her strong game play and challenges.
The award for the dumbest move was when JT, a hero won an immunity idol and gave it to Russell because he thought that the villains tribe had an all girls alliance going on and wanted to save Russell’s butt in the hope that this would get Russell aligned with the heroes. Now JT made this analysis based on the fact that the last few eliminations were men, not enough info to draw such a conclusion if you ask me. Also, this coming from a past Survivor winner who was well aware that Russell was the biggest snake in Survivor history. Russell ultimately used this to eliminate JT who couldn’t disappear fast enough due to embarrassment. I’m no Survivor player but even I know that once you get an immunity idol you don’t even give it to your mother to save her life. The likes of Erik will attest to that when he gave away his prized idol on the night of tribal council only to be voted off immediately after that. By the way, Erik’s stupidity was also in the running for dumbest Survivor move ever only to be pipped on the line by a stupider JT.
Now let’s see why Russell got to the final three and let’s analyse why Russell is not as good as he thinks he is. Russell got to the final three based on some skill (very little), a lot of good luck and even more stupidity from the people that he had a hand in voting out. JT’s stupidity is well spelled out above but whom else?
The most stupid of all if you ask me is Candace. She was in the heroes’ alliance and for some unknown reason changed her vote with the villains whom not only sent home her hero tribe mate but put her on the chopping block next. It’s not that she made any strong alliance (in fact any alliance) on the villain’s tribe to be so eager to vote out her friends . In fact Sandra asked her “who you want to vote out?” in her Puerto Rican accent and for some stupid reason she decided to vote Amanda out and not Parvatti as the heroes would. Imagine Sandra a villain was trying to convince Candace a hero to vote against one of Sandra’s own tribe mates but as stupid as Candace was she decided to vote out Amanda her own tribe mate!! At least in the heroes tribe she was somewhere in the pecking order but over to the villains tribe there was bottom of the barrel and Candace was three rungs below that. Go figure!
Stupidity was also never far away when Coach was around. He complained and cried that his main alliance Boston Rob was voted out by evil Russell but actually put Courtney’s name down on the night of Tribal Council. You go figure that one out!! Coach had the opportunity to write Russell’s name down hence send him packing but he wrote Courtney’s name down hence effectively sending Rob home and eliminating Russell’s biggest and only threat in the villains tribe once and for all. Without Rob, the rest of the tribe were spineless, useless people who would do anything Russell wanted them to do, Jerri being the worst of them all. If Russell would have said jump, Jerri would have said how high. He then later complained that Russell had sent his friend home and started crying!! Boo Hoo Hoo! If you can further make sense of this then please enlighten me as I’ve given up trying to understand anything that Coach says.
Amanda didn’t play very well either. Danielle found a hidden immunity idol clue but placed it on the floor at the bottom of the bed to hide it from Amanda and Colby while the three of them spent a reward challenge together. Amanda suspecting something, manoeuvred towards the clue and took it off the floor. Danielle seeing this decided to snatch back the clue from Amanda and they were locked in a tussle to see who could wrest the clue. Stupid Colby being the gentleman that he thinks he is told Amanda to give the clue back as Danielle found it first. Why would Amanda listen to such a senseless, idiotic directive by Colby, but guess what she did. She let go and Danielle took the clue and the villains had the upper hand from then on.
Evil Russell was not smart. He did not play the game well. He had people without spines under his pocket and he had the heroes bending down to him so he could chop their necks off. That’s why he went as far as he did but he did not win. He also had a reputation that made people afraid to outwardly challenge him and that reputation came from his previous game in Survivor Samoa. Without that reputation, he could have been out so much earlier in Samoa if not for him being extremely lucky. Even in Villains vs. Heroes he was extremely lucky. He was lucky because he got to play with a bunch of spineless dumb asses.
Sandra: The Winner
Evil Russell: The sore loser
He did not win because he did not play the social game well. The social game is a big part of Survivor and he’s either unaware of it or too stupid to know it. In interviews before this season he could not comprehend that the social game was part of the game of Survivor and he’s still belittling Natalie for having a good social game. Even at the finale, he was still arguing that he played the hardest and he had the most control of the game. Yes, but he did not win which makes him a loser! Russell likes to brag that he was always in control but to be honest in his first Survivor experience in Samoa he was almost voted out early on if not for the fact that he found the hidden idol. If he hadn’t we would not even hear of him today. That’s luck and Russell says that he got where he got (top three) without any luck. That’s a load of bull crap from a man who thinks he’s the best at the game of Survivor even though he had two goes at it and never won. His logic is that the game of Survivor is “flawed” because he never won it. Yeah sure, unfortunately his delusion precedes his detachment from the real world. All I see when I see Russell is a man whos ego is too large for his little personality, who cannot get over his losses in Survivor, exhibiting child like behaviour of bitterness and temper throwing over losing to a better player in Natalie in Samoa and Sandra in Heroes vs. Villains. His personality pales in comparison with Boston Rob, his challenges fall short to that of Parvattis' and his integrity is non existent. His lousy bullying personality however is second to none, which unfortunately proved his downfall again. Talk about not learning from your mistakes.
You can’t take anything away from Sandra. You can argue till the cows come home but ultimately the best player is the person who gathered the most votes on the final tribal council and that was Sandra. I can give many reasons why I think Sandra played better than Parvatti and Russell but why bother? She got the most votes at the end and that is why she won. There are many facets to the game of Survivor and when you put them all together, collectively she did the best and that was reflected in the votes cast. That’s how Survivor works and Russell doesn’t understand that. Russell can never win Survivor. He’s not equipped to win the game of Survivor because of his lack of understanding of how the game works. As Rupert put it perfectly, “to be honest and integral in the game of Survivor is hard, to be a manipulative, scheming liar is easy and you (Russell) took the easy route”.
Wow, you are as butt-hurt and bitter as the jury. What about Outwit, Outplay, Outlast don't you or these jury members don't understand. You don't vote with your feelings which have been hurt because oh boo hoo hoo, you were voted out by someone who was smart enough to mastermind and execute (convince others to vote with them) to get you out. You vote for the person who was able to do the convincing. Who was able to outplay not only you, but the rest of the tribe in doing just what was necessary to get to the final three. Get over yourself, your crush on sappy Amanda (cuz she's A-MAN...duh!!!) and realize who really DID play the game. The game was much better in the first couple seasons when it was actually played the way it was laid out and meant to be played...the way Russell played it! Before you go calling others evil, look at yourself in the mirror...DAMIEN! PFffftttt!
ReplyDeleteGet over Russell you twat. Russ the puss lost not because the jury was bitter but because he DID NOT DESERVE TO WIN. That's how the game works and if he would have only made some friends and used some smarts to outwit, outplay, outlast the other he may have done better but he did not. The game of Survivor is much more than a catchy slogan but then he did not understand that much like yourself.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Russell is a sore loser. He alienates the entire jury by playing an awful social game. They don't like him for a reason! His crap about America voting for a winner is just him deluding himself... if he doesn't like the way the game is, then he shouldn't be playing it. The game may be outwit, outplay, outlast, but part of outlasting is being likable and respectful. Russell outplayed everyone but he didn't outlast everyone. Part of a jury's vote involves respect. Russell lost Samoa because he trolled the jury and he made a lot of the same mistakes in HvV. It's not purely about strategy - you need to build relationships since people aren't going to vote for a conniving jerk.
ReplyDeleteAlso, back off of Amanda - she's mine! I do agree that she sort of lost it this season, but as she said, that's because she didn't have her wingman this time. It was moreso her lack of passion that led to her boot... and led to her agreeing with Colby, who was a total wuss. I will always adore Amanda, though. And I'm single :)
What the die hard Russell fans do not seem to C-O-M-P-R-E-H-E-N-D is that to win the game of Survivor you must get the jury to vote for you. You need to convince them that you are deserved to be a winner. You can't say I cheated, I lied and I betrayed so I deserve to be a winner. Russell was pretty poor strategically contrary to what he believes. He made an enemy of Danielle for no reason when she was steadfast with him and Parvatti all the way to the end but Russell wanted to break the alliance because he got too emotional that Danielle and Parvatti liked each other more than they like him....like a bloody child. That was bad strategy that could have left him vulnerable if better players were playing.
ReplyDeleteImagine Danielle knew that Russell wanted to eliminte her and end her Survivor challenge and what does she do? You'd think that she'd kill off her the person who wanted her dead right? No what she does is target another soft target (Colby) instead of fighting front on with Russell. That got her voted off the show and deservedly so.
Russell made good TV but he did not play the best game. He hustled a lot and did alot of manouevering but that didn't mean he played the best. He lost the support of the jury which was a pivotal part of winning. If he thinks that he commanded the most fans hence he should win then go and play American Idol or Britains Got Talent.