Austin
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Post by Austin on Apr 24, 2015 4:15:24 GMT
180. Natalie White (Samoa): Look, I get it. Natalie's edit was sacrificed at the altar of Russell, she's lowkey fun, yada yada yada. Because she's such a sweetheart, I've held off until now on cutting her, and because she does have some lowkey fun moments, and an awesome winner's quote. But Natalie herself is a victim of lopsided editing, and through no real fault of her own, simply couldn't be the excellent character she had the potential to be. The glimpses were there, but that's all they were - glimpses, since a troll was blocking sight of her most of the season.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on Apr 24, 2015 12:28:36 GMT
179. Stacey Powell (South Pacific) - She made it to the top 200. She's the second to last person standing in South Pacific. She lives about 30 minutes from me. She should be proud. Take a bow, Stacey, you did good. But the road ends here.
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on Apr 24, 2015 14:56:24 GMT
179. Stacey Powell (South Pacific) - She made it to the top 200. She's the second to last person standing in South Pacific. She lives about 30 minutes from me. She should be proud. Take a bow, Stacey, you did good. But the road ends here. OR DOES IT?!?! *dramatic "omg will he play the idol?" music* *does not idol* Yeah, I won't idol Stacey again, but I really think you're underselling both Stacey and Christine A LOT in your write ups, and i'll probably go into detail once I get home, so yeah.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on Apr 24, 2015 15:05:15 GMT
Ok, let's all take a look at the names left. Premerge boots need to be phenomenal to make the top 100. They should be exceptional to make top 150. The rest, this is their range. I'm sorry, but at a certain point survival needs to count for something, and if it comes down to a choice between someone who was in 2 episodes and someone who was in 7, 9 times out of 10 I'm picking the one who was in 7.
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Post by Host Brian on Apr 24, 2015 19:01:31 GMT
178. Aras Bauskauskas (Blood vs. Water) Aras returning was someone nobody really expected, but I think we all enjoyed it. Aras was an offbeat, kind of weird kid in Panama and was one of the "normalest" Casayas, to a mature leader in Blood vs. Water. Aras was, without a doubt, the big man on Galang. On the whole, Aras had the very generic leader arc, but if you want to specify it, he was the Marcus Lehmanesque "Mature Handsome Leader Who Becomes First Juror". Beyond that, Aras had an interesting rivalry with Vytas, his substantially more interesting and entertaining older brother, but we didn't get to see that too much do to them being on separate tribes the entire game. Overall, fun character, pretty solid, but not worthy of the top 150.
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on Apr 24, 2015 19:46:46 GMT
177: Sarah Jones (Marquesas): I feel like people will hate me for cutting Sarah, but out of all the Marq people left, she's really the least significant. The beauty of almost everyone in Marquesas is that they have a role within the story of the season, no one is left out unfairly unlike later seasons. However, I feel like Sarah is the type of character who isn't really much of anything on her own, but she really brings out a lot in other characters, mainly B Rob and Sean, but on her own, she has a fun moment getting lost in the woods but other then that I don't care for her too much.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on Apr 24, 2015 21:06:22 GMT
I love Sarah. If there was an award for "Best Supporting Actress", Sarah would take home the trophy every year. Rob, Sean, Vecepia, and Gina are all A+ characters that become A++ characters with Sarah around.
Sarah's Best Supporting Actress Reel - Sean narrating her Cleopatra entrance - Vecepia: "Sarah has a great body. She paid a lot for it." - The Robfather talking about how Sarah is loyal. - Gina toying with Sarah after the tribe swap. - Sarah getting lost during her hike with Gina and Kathy.
(P.S. Yes I will be doing teary-eyed retrospectives on all the remaining Marquesas contestants.)
(P.P.S. Especially Zoe)
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kass
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Post by kass on Apr 25, 2015 2:58:10 GMT
176. Nick Brown (Australia): Once you go black, you never go back- Nick Brown post chickengate. He had some UTRfun moments but then sorta faded back into obscurity. He also was apparently lazy? Way to go editors. Too bad we didn't see ANYTHING about him besides occasioanlly being funny and...being lazy.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on Apr 25, 2015 7:12:45 GMT
175. Brian Corridan (Guatemala): Ah Brian Corridan. Otherwise known as "Every ORG player ever". Brian was somebody who was kind of good at Survivor, which made him think he was great at Survivor, which in turn made him kind of bad at Survivor. Brian went out and overplayed the hell out of season 11. He swayed votes unnecessarily. He espoused all the game knowledge to his tribemates that made him look like a threat. He generally made it well known that if you were going to target a strategic threat, Brian was your man. (Side note: Has Max Dawson ever seen Guatemala? Seems like Brian would have been enough of a cautionary tale to get him to shut his fucking mouth.)
Anyway, Brian is there in the pre-merge doing all these BIG MOVEZ and showcasing his STRADEGY but most importantly saving Lydia, which ... bless you Brian. And of course every time Brian has a hand in a BLINDSYDE or anything, we get a confessional where Brian sells his role in the plan with all the earnest enthusiasm of a Glee character. Brian's relentless positive energy is absolutely infectious, and you can't help but root for the kid who's out there having so much fun with a big goofy grin on his face.
Brian gets voted for in the second half of a double tribal, and it's all a little confusing. He votes for Bobby Jon with a cocky voting confessional that makes you think he pulled something out of his hat ... but then he gets voted out unanimously, so you think "Oh maybe he knew Rafe would assign him individual immunity" ... but then Rafe gave immunity to Gary, so you think "Oh this must have been a blindside for Brian" ... but then Brian shows that he completely knew it was coming. So why the cocky voting confessional? I don't know. I don't get Brian completely. I love Brian The Relentless Beacon Of Positivity ... Brian The Survivor Player Too Smart For His Own Good not so much.
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Austin
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Post by Austin on Apr 25, 2015 15:25:42 GMT
174. Russell Swan (Samoa): Russell was pretty good in Samoa. When the tribe leaders were chosen, it was him and Mick - and while Mick was shown as rather laid-back, lazy, and, well, feckless, Russell was a pro-active leader the entire tribe seemed to adore. And maybe that was because Galu simply kept winning, and I personally assign a good percentage of Galu's early wins to Russell's leadership, which worked well with this group of people (It also makes Phillipines Russell so much better, given the sheer difference.)
Russell himself was a solid narrator, and a likable enough guy - nothing special, but he had quite a bit of potential. Then comes the medevac - and seriously, it pulls on your heatstrings. This guy is quite literally DYING in front of our eyes, but he wants to keep playing - tied in with his leadership role, it really makes Russell a tragic figure. So it's a fun story, but given that he was rather MOR up until that point, the story can only carry him so far given the lack of inherent entertainment value the character has, in this incarnation. 174 seems like a good spot for Swan, and he got third for Samoa - so go him.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on Apr 25, 2015 17:21:27 GMT
173. Maralyn Hershey (Australia) - As I said before, the closer we get to the top, the tougher the cuts are going to be. Everyone loves Mad Dog, but at the end of the day she was third out, so this is as far as I can let her make it.
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Post by Host Brian on Apr 25, 2015 18:20:43 GMT
175. Brian Corridan (Guatemala): Ah Brian Corridan. Otherwise known as "Every ORG player ever". Brian was somebody who was kind of good at Survivor, which made him think he was great at Survivor, which in turn made him kind of bad at Survivor. Brian went out and overplayed the hell out of season 11. He swayed votes unnecessarily. He espoused all the game knowledge to his tribemates that made him look like a threat. He generally made it well known that if you were going to target a strategic threat, Brian was your man. (Side note: Has Max Dawson ever seen Guatemala? Seems like Brian would have been enough of a cautionary tale to get him to shut his fucking mouth.) Anyway, Brian is there in the pre-merge doing all these BIG MOVEZ and showcasing his STRADEGY but most importantly saving Lydia, which ... bless you Brian. And of course every time Brian has a hand in a BLINDSYDE or anything, we get a confessional where Brian sells his role in the plan with all the earnest enthusiasm of a Glee character. Brian's relentless positive energy is absolutely infectious, and you can't help but root for the kid who's out there having so much fun with a big goofy grin on his face. Brian gets voted for in the second half of a double tribal, and it's all a little confusing. He votes for Bobby Jon with a cocky voting confessional that makes you think he pulled something out of his hat ... but then he gets voted out unanimously, so you think "Oh maybe he knew Rafe would assign him individual immunity" ... but then Rafe gave immunity to Gary, so you think "Oh this must have been a blindside for Brian" ... but then Brian shows that he completely knew it was coming. So why the cocky voting confessional? I don't know. I don't get Brian completely. I love Brian The Relentless Beacon Of Positivity ... Brian The Survivor Player Too Smart For His Own Good not so much. Solid write-up, and it makes the pain easier. Goodnight Sweet Prince, and do not go gently into that good night.
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Post by Host Brian on Apr 25, 2015 18:44:57 GMT
172. Rafe Judkins (Guatemala): I think it's fair to say I'm the biggest, if not one of the biggest, Guatemala fan here. There are so many good characters and good moments. Brian's infectious excitement, Brandon's snark. Amy's tough-as-nails attitude, Cindy and her car, Lydia dancing, Bobby Jon being gay and retarded. This is a really fun season. Now, there's one character who I see pop up in the "OMG Heroes vs. Villains 2 your dream cast" threads on /r/survivor from time to time, and it's Rafe. Rafe has the impressive of winning 4 individual immunity challenges, which I don't think anyone expected. Another interesting fact is Rafe only voted for women pre-merge, and then ended up in the Final 5 with four women.
However, Rafe is a pretty bland person. He's a pretty present force, with mediocre narration and he can talk about strategy in a way that doesn't drive you insane (Mike). Rafe's death blow comes from him being an ass, and not in the fun way. Before the car challenge, it was revealed that Danni, Steph, and Rafe all had fairly new cars, while Lydia wanted one for her son and Cindy had a piece of shit rustbucket that people would instinctively call a "car". Now, they all agreed Cindy or Lydia should get it. When the car challenge rolls around, Cindy wins the challenge and has the chance to give cars to the other four people, which she obviously refuses. Now Rafe goes full Rafe, and throws the most passive-aggressive pity party/bitch fit at camp, even though they all agreed earlier that Cindy needed the car. They make it seem like Cindy goes because of this, when in actuality her only ally left the previous round and Danni took her spot in the alliance, so she was going anyway.
Rafe's "I'm an ass" moment number two comes at the Final 3 challenge, where Danni wins immunity. Now, Rafe "releases" his word that they'd go to the F2 together in an attempt to guilt her into taking him. Then, when she votes him out, Rafe mounts an incredibly high horse and then shits on Danni in his FTC speech and in his Final Words, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS TAKING STEPH TO THE END IF HE WON. Bringing Steph to the Finals was a guaranteed victory, and that was his plan, but when Danni votes him out instead of him voting her out, he becomes overwhelmingly self-righteous. Not my cup of tea at all.
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Post by Host Brian on Apr 26, 2015 1:16:08 GMT
171. Amanda Kimmel (China) Frank's cut.
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kass
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Post by kass on Apr 26, 2015 3:00:40 GMT
170. Gregg Carey (Palau): Koror is an amazing tribe filled with some of my absolute faves (shoutout to Ian and Caryn). Gregg on the other hand...existed. He was in a cute little showmance with Jenn (RIP sweet angel) but was never really all that relevant besides maybe trying something against Tom/Ian at 5 (too bad Caryn stopped them right in their tracks <3). Anyway, Gregg was an alright character I guess but was not one of the bright spots on Koror.
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