kass
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Post by kass on Apr 23, 2015 3:56:22 GMT
194. Tijuana "Tawanda" Bradley (Pearl Islands): BITCH BETTER HAVE MY MONEY- Rihanna, Tijuana. I loved T in Pearl Islands. She was fun and had a lot of spunk to her. I actually think had Morgan taken control, she might've been able to come out on top (or maybe that's my dream). Anyway, Tijuana was fun because she tried to keep Osten (who later quit on her) and also her iconic time in the village of "GIMME BACK MY MONEY. MY. MONEY." Overall, she was a really fun character to have in the zaniness of Pearl Islands but I think 194 is a good spot for her. RIP Sweet Nubian Princess.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on Apr 23, 2015 5:16:25 GMT
193. Stacy Kimball (Fiji): Stacy actually has a pretty badass trivia section on Survivor Wiki. She was the 200th person to be voted out of Survivor. She is the only woman to win individual immunity in Fiji. She is the first person to be idoled out of the game. She holds the record for most combined challenges wins in one season by a woman. In terms of what she brought to the show, she was a very capable, sharp girl who unfortunately got relegated to a second-tier character in The Syndicate because Earl and Yau were shining gods. She came up with the play to vote Edgardo out and ... yeah. Stacy doesn't really have any real moments to point at, but she was usually enjoyable to watch, and Fiji definitely benefitted from her being on it.
Also she might be the most attractive Survivor ever in my opinion, but that's neither here nor there.
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Austin
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Post by Austin on Apr 23, 2015 10:43:23 GMT
It was a tossup between two Borneo people for me, but I decided to go with:
192. B.B. Anderson (Borneo): In Don's words, the worst player to ever play Survivor - there's a few other contenders, but he's in the running for sure. Let's list how B.B. managed to gloriously screw up in every way manageable:
1. Bossed his whole tribe around, and couldn't take a hint about it 2. Washed his clothes in their drinking water, and continued to defend it 3. Was completely unable to bond with anyone sans Gretchen, who had a hard time putting up with him herself 4. Completely overworked himself, leaving him much more exhausted than anyone else before the end of the first week 5. Was completely atrocious in every challenge he participated in 6. Asked to be voted out as "an escape hatch"
I could do more, but you get the gist of what I'm getting at. B.B. is a trainwreck of a character, the first one Survivor ever had, and he did set the archtype in that manner. But being first doesn't automatically make you the best - I believe people like Garrett or Drew had much more satisfying one game arcs, perhaps because it was a bigger fall from grace, perhaps because they sucked at the "game" which hadn't really been invented at this point in time, or maybe because I just can't enjoy B.B. as much as some others because the cranky shtick can get old (no apologies for that one) even with his liited time on the show. So yeah, a fun pre-merger, and I'm fine with him being the highest pre-merger from Borneo, but there's only so far I can let him go.
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Post by Host Brian on Apr 23, 2015 16:41:18 GMT
191. Ryan Opray (Pearl Islands) Lex's cut
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Post by Host Brian on Apr 23, 2015 16:45:15 GMT
190. Alina Wilson (Nicaragua) Alina has a surprisingly large amount of confessionals, yet she's still frequently forgotten in the context of Nicragua. It's because most of her confessionals are very generic, in that they help move the season forward but without a lot of gusto. Alina had her friendship with Kelly B which was nice, and then when NaOnka and Purple Kelly quit she started sobbing uncontrollably.
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on Apr 23, 2015 19:04:49 GMT
189: Jan (Thailand): I'm sorry, but I just am not a fan of many of the so called "hags" in Survivor history you guys love. Mostly because I think the term hag is not the best word to use, but that's a different issue. I cut Jan because out of all the older women left that fall under this bill, she elicits no emotion from me other then annoyance. She seems like absolute HELL to deal with on the island, and unlike someone like say Lill, she has not a whole lot of importance in the season in my eyes. MAy we hold a small pet funeral for her. RIP.
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kass
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Post by kass on Apr 23, 2015 22:11:14 GMT
188. Garrett Adelstein (Cagayan): He was entertaining in the two episodes he lasted. Absolutely nuts with not wanting to play Survivor to Survive, just being crazy in general. I think my favorite thing about Garrett is that in theory, he should make the swap at least based on his physicality alone BUT thankfully, the women of Luzon were not going to have that and Garrett was disposed of right when he believed he had the most power.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on Apr 23, 2015 23:11:44 GMT
187. Cindy Hall (Guatemala): I mean this in the nicest possible way, but Cindy is one of the biggest dorks the show has ever had. Cindy is a zookeeper; Cindy is very passionate about her job as a zookeeper. Cindy apparently talked about animals so much that it pissed Judd off to hear her try to educate his dumb ass about howler monkeys and shit, which was hilarious. Cindy has a twin sister Mindy, which is just absurd.
Cindy's big moment in Guatemala came in her boot episode after she won the car challenge. She was given the option to try to beat the car curse by giving cars to Rafe, Stephenie, Lydia, and Danni and forfeiting the one she had just won. She pretended to agonize over the decision a little before she declared "Why don't you forfeit deez nuts?" while grabbing her (non-existant) testicles since she knew she was getting voted out anyway. This had the added effect of pouring copious amounts of sand directly into Rafe's vagina. Subsequently we got a fun little sequence where Cindy enjoyed an overnight getaway in her new car with Stephenie and an archaeologist who was a literal cartoon character, intercut with Rafe impotently whining about how he wanted a car, even though he agreed that Cindy or Lydia should win it anyway.
Later that episode, Cindy gets voted out, and dorky little Cindy drops some of the most #based and #rare final words the show's ever had. I don't want to misquote her, and I don't feel like looking them up, but I'm sure Stephen will rehash them for me. I had fun watching Cindy, and I'm glad I got to be the one to send her off.
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Austin
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Post by Austin on Apr 24, 2015 1:29:22 GMT
186. Tasha Fox (Cagayan): Tasha was a lot of fun in Cagayan, albeit not in a predominant way. Her challenge streak was pretty great, and for someone who was pretty strategy oriented, she had a lot of fun moments. Luzon was pretty great, and her getting the team to TRAIN throwing buckets of water, which the editors brilliantly tuned to some Mozart if I remember correctly, was just great. Especially when she goes to Spencer and is like "well you better try hard or, y'know..." That's Dennis levels of implication there.
Aside from being a solid narrator on the trainwreck that was Luzon, post-merge Tasha kept fighting, even though she was in the background. Getting #StoodUp by LJ was the rare time a Survivor hashtag was actually funny, particularly given her reaction. Tasha wasn't the greatest player - she didn't talk to Kass for days after her flip, and she was a bit too aggressive strategically to some of the others. But she was fun, and she earned her spot in the Top 200.
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kass
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Post by kass on Apr 24, 2015 1:48:21 GMT
187. Cindy Hall (Guatemala): I mean this in the nicest possible way, but Cindy is one of the biggest dorks the show has ever had. Cindy is a zookeeper; Cindy is very passionate about her job as a zookeeper. Cindy apparently talked about animals so much that it pissed Judd off to hear her try to educate his dumb ass about howler monkeys and shit, which was hilarious. Cindy has a twin sister Mindy, which is just absurd. Cindy's big moment in Guatemala came in her boot episode after she won the car challenge. She was given the option to try to beat the car curse by giving cars to Rafe, Stephenie, Lydia, and Danni and forfeiting the one she had just won. She pretended to agonize over the decision a little before she declared "Why don't you forfeit deez nuts?" while grabbing her (non-existant) testicles since she knew she was getting voted out anyway. This had the added effect of pouring copious amounts of sand directly into Rafe's vagina. Subsequently we got a fun little sequence where Cindy enjoyed an overnight getaway in her new car with Stephenie and an archaeologist who was a literal cartoon character, intercut with Rafe impotently whining about how he wanted a car, even though he agreed that Cindy or Lydia should win it anyway. Later that episode, Cindy gets voted out, and dorky little Cindy drops some of the most #based and #rare final words the show's ever had. I don't want to misquote her, and I don't feel like looking them up, but I'm sure Stephen will rehash them for me. I had fun watching Cindy, and I'm glad I got to be the one to send her off. "I'll make sure to think about you guys as I stare out of the sunroof of my new car :~)"
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Post by lexvandenberghe on Apr 24, 2015 2:37:52 GMT
185. Christine Shields Markoski (South Pacific) - She called Coach a "temporary player" and got voted out for her efforts. That would normally be the end of her story and would have placed her in the 400s somewhere. Except this season had Redemption Island, and she dominated in the arena, sending everyone who came across her home, until Ozzy was like "Fuck this shit" and had himself voted into RI to take her out. She was a strong competitor, and she should feel honored to be in the top 200.
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Post by Host Brian on Apr 24, 2015 3:02:24 GMT
184. Jerri Manthey (Heroes vs. Villains) I'm a big Jerri fan, and seeing her get 4th was pretty damn great. However, Jerri was criminally under-edited due to the wonky editing of the season, and her and Colby's storyline was completely pushed aside for more "I'hm the best Survivor of all.time." Jerri always had the ability to make any scene better by just being there, which I appreciate. However, her flipping on Rob's Alliance enabled him to get sent packing and officially doomed us to the Russell Hantz show.
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on Apr 24, 2015 3:16:30 GMT
183: Lindsay Richter (Africa): I think Jeff said that at the time Lindsey was one of the more disappointing contestants to appear on the show. Her audition video has riding a four wheeler naked in the woods or something. On the show she did have fun moments, albeit kinda gross. I mean...all the period talk, plus Tom popping a boil on her ass (or tick, correct me if I'm wrong on this.) I also thought Jeff having to tell her to sit back down at tribal was pretty funny. In general Lindsey was just a very emotional person, and it's so weird to think that she's fuckin' FORTY now.
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kass
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Post by kass on Apr 24, 2015 3:53:16 GMT
182. Darrah Johnston (Pearl Islands): Jon lies but he sometimes tells the truth too. That's Darrah in a nutshell. Also she has a thick Southern Accent and won a lot of immunities and somehow made it to fourth.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on Apr 24, 2015 4:13:41 GMT
181. Travis Sampson (Vanuatu): Bubba ain't the brightest bulb in the chandelier. Bubba was near the bottom of the pecking order in the Fat Five and gave us a lot of the "camp life" style narration for the Lopevi tribe for the first couple of episodes. Bubba was overall fun to listen to, but we never got a ton of insight from Bubba. Bubba is responsible for half of one of my favorite moments in Vanuatu when JP is about to uppercut Bubba for calling him a threat. Part of the reason Bubba thinks JP is a threat is his "great looks" which is just ... precious. Then Bubba got swapfucked, and he expedited the process by trying to convince his old tribe to throw the challenge right in front of Ice Queen Ami. Overall, the Bubba experience is a good, solid pre-merge character, with nothing really to elevate him above that. Bye bye Bubba.
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