kass
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Post by kass on May 13, 2015 4:42:53 GMT
84. James Miller (Palau): "I'll tell you what Jeff's a sonuvabitch." Truer words have never been spoken. James was an oracle redneck (who later hit on Stacey Hart in a podcast) and was funny. He also got fuckin' rekt by Coby in that sumo at sea challenge. Personally, I think he's a bit high but 84 is pretty damn good.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on May 13, 2015 16:50:12 GMT
83. Coby Archa (Palau): Coby gets pegged as a CPN villain by a lot of the community, but I can't help rooting for the guy whenever I watch this season. Maybe it's just me as a cynic, but I completely relate to Coby's side-eye confessionals about how winning is great and all ... but he kind of wants to be rid of some of these people. He gets some genuinely touching moments when he pastes J. Mills in the sumo challenge about how he's never been a valuable member of a team before, and when the "merge" comes he does his best to try to stir shit up and topple Tom and Ian, which made me believe that eventually people would succeed in their mission (they didn't). Then in jury he votes bitterly, but it's like whatever. We knew Tom was gonna win, and Coby stray voting for Katie didn't change that. Also he named his baby Janu, which is just adorable. Ugh, seriously how do some people dislike this guy? I'm so glad he made it to top 100.
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Austin
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Post by Austin on May 13, 2015 19:33:56 GMT
82: Jessica "Sugar" Kiper (Gabon): Sugar is a trainwreck, in the best possible way, and its her that enables Gabon to be as great as it is. She has this whole idea of "good vs. evil" which informs a lot of her moves, and causes so many twists and turns. She's also hilariously bad in many moments - flipping off a multitude of people, causing the Randy idol, ALL of her jury responses. And yet, SHE is the one who finds the idol, not the alpha male attorney, and its she who orchestrates most, if not of the all the power moves in the game. I could write more, I think she's fascinating, but that is tempered by the fact that, well, she CAN be quite irritating. The crying isn't as bad as I thought it would be, but God by the finale you can almost understand where Corrine's coming from. She also has a habit of laughing at her own jokes, which gets really old, really quick. She's a unique, one of a kind character, and I'm happy that she's Top 100 - but ultimately I don't think she can go much further.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 13, 2015 20:00:15 GMT
81. Courtney Marit (Panama) - Ah, Courtney. Would Panama be Panama without your crazy redheaded ass? No, it would not. You burned as bright as the fire at the ends of your flamedancing apparati, but this is the end of the line for you. But we'll always have the bottle of wine and Bruce's zen rock garden and your beautiful serinade to Bruce as he was medivaced to remember you by. Shine on, you crazy diamond. Shine on.
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Post by Host Brian on May 13, 2015 20:23:45 GMT
81. Courtney Marit (Panama) - Ah, Courtney. Would Panama be Panama without your crazy redheaded ass? No, it would not. You burned as bright as the fire at the ends of your flamedancing apparati, but this is the end of the line for you. But we'll always have the bottle of wine and Bruce's zen rock garden and your beautiful serinade to Bruce as he was medivaced to remember you by. Shine on, you crazy diamond. Shine on. Courtney getting a Pink Floyd reference in her write-up is beautiful. |
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Post by Host Brian on May 13, 2015 20:34:52 GMT
80. Elisabeth Filarski (Australia): It's hard to seperate the staunch right-wing The View (and now Fox) Elisabeth from the sweetheart of Australia, and she's not nearly as popular because of it. Elisabeth is mostly known for being adorable, and her father/daughter with Roger was precious. Besides being lovable, she doesn't bring that much to the table. Her biggest moment is mostly Roger's, where he volunteers to get voted out before her, and it's still one of the sweetest, most touching moments Survivor has ever had. I think Colleen still is the best "absurdly cute girl fan favorite" but Elisabeth brought us the first true child/father duo to the table, and pioneered one of my favorite archetypes, and it hasn't been replicated nearly as well since. (Shout-out to Courtney Yates/Leslie, the most criminally underrated of this trope). She earns top 100 as a pioneer, but doesn't make it that much further.
(DISCLAIMER: THEIR RELATIONSHIP WAS NOT CREEPY. IT WAS JUST LIKE PAPPY AND NELEH, THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AND THIS REVISIONIST HISTORY IS BS)
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on May 13, 2015 22:41:08 GMT
79: Sophie Clarke (South Pacific): This one hurts. I love Sophie to bits, but sadly she falls victim to being on a season with multiple air time hogs and thus I'd say she's maybe one of the most, if not THE most horribly edited winner in the shows history. Just looking at the show itself, Sophie starts off on a batshit insane alliance that honestly sounds like a joke. An insane warrior wannabe, a conflicted young man of God, a quiet cowboy and a dumb love coach, with her being the token "only sane person" in that group, along with maybe Rick. She just stays back in the shadows, makes plans with Albert a few times before realizing Albert's plans always suck and staying loyal to Coach, and while he's off doing things to piss everyone off, she doesn't piss the jury off as much as he does and wins in a relatively close 5-3-0 vote (bless your heart Albert.) IF you hear about what happened off-camera, you'd know she was manipulating Coach masterfully but alas...Cochran, Coach and Brandon. She was was the only person I had reserved an idol for because I figured she'd get cut early, but now that she's made top 100 I feel comfortable cutting her here.
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kass
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Post by kass on May 13, 2015 23:01:32 GMT
78. Tom Buchanan (Africa): Big Tom was my first season long favorite ever so this kinda hurts me. That being said, Tom's "dumb hick who's not that dumb" arc was actually pretty great. He was the comedian of Boran, picked a tick off of Lindsey's ass, and was just generally fun, albeit offensive sometimes (he's a Jew he won't eat the ham). Then...he just got offensive with some shit (Warning Shots at Clarence primarily). Overall though, Big Tom was a fun character and I really did enjoy his presence in Africa.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on May 14, 2015 18:41:10 GMT
77. Jason Siskaaaaaaaaaaaa (Micronesia): Jason Siska was everything I love in a trainwreck character. He was dumb. He was one of those people so painfully dumb that he didn't quite understand how dumb he was. He was alright in challenges and a complete non-threat socially or strategically, and these two facts allowed him to survive both Joel's culling of anybody worth a damn on the Fans tribe and the culling of anybody who might be a hinderance in challenges. One time he got sent to Exile Island and found a stick and decided it was an idol. Once the merge comes, Jason has no allies and is a challenge threat, so naturally nobody wants anything to do with him. He aligns with fellow pariah Eliza Orlins and gives her his favorite stick like a magpie choosing a mate. Laughs are had by all. Then at the next challenge, he chooses to give immunity to Parvati in exchange for guaranteed safety at the next Tribal Council ... you know, that thing you would get if you just won immunity. Everyone says sure thing, and they actually grant it to him because Ozzy is a bigger fish to fry at this point in the game. At this point, Jason has fallen into the Adam Gentry/Erik Huffman "You are such a non-factor we're just gonna let you live on this island for a while" role. Then Siska goes to Exile Island and finds a real idol. He has no allies and has just received votes from people that promised not to vote for him. This is the easiest idol play in history. At this point Siska decides that he has somehow fallen ass first into an alliance despite receiving no confirmation from anybody about this, and he goes home with an idol in his pocket. Jason Siska is a textbook narcissist, an oblivious buffoon, and a walking demonstration of the Dunning-Kruger Effect. I'm going to conclude this writeup with a link to Kathy Sleckman eating Jason Siska's soul on Facebook. God bless. |
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on May 14, 2015 18:53:33 GMT
"Why do you hate gays when it turns out you are one."
Sleck <3.
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Post by Host Brian on May 14, 2015 19:01:05 GMT
Jason Siska, Magpie. A+ write-up.
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Austin
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Post by Austin on May 15, 2015 4:48:18 GMT
76. Natalie Anderson (SJDS) : Natalie is very good in SJDS - I can't complain about her getting the top spot in this rankdown, just like I can't complain about her pulling off the win after a very good game there. Arguably Jon and Keith could contest her for the best spot there, but its fair for her to win it out - and I also think its fair to give her this spot in the rankdown.
Natalie was fun. Pre-merge, she was a bit invisible, but what she did, she did well. He reaction to Nadiya's vote off, blowing up at Rocker, and some decent strategy in going to exile with Baylor, all very good. Post-merge, her edit picked up hugely after the Jeremy blindside, and she did a bunch of cool stuff in general in the merge. She established herself as miles ahead the best strategic player, telling Jon to play his idol, eliminating Alec to get a number on her side, pulling off a great Jon blindside, and doing an entertaining strategic move with the Baylor blindside.
And entertain us she did - getting revenge for Jeremy was a fun story in post-merge SJDS, especially because not much else was happening. Jon was endearing to the viewers, so him lasting to a respectable 6th was also good, in my book, even though the editor's had us rooting against him a bit, due to his supposed arrogance. Natalie also gave away rewards, which was kinda fun, if a bit tiresome as the season progressed. Her confessional skills are a bit underrated in my opinion as well - she just has a sort of charisma about her.
I like Natalie a bunch, I just don't think SJDS wasn't the good of a season on the whole, and as a winner she anchored it well, but not brilliantly. If she returned, I'd be happy, because I think she's a solid character - I just don't think her winner's arc was overly compelling, at least to me.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 15, 2015 11:39:52 GMT
75. Ken Hoang (Gabon) - Is Survivor a video game? Kenny, a world-class video game player, decided to see if the same principles that made him such a great video game player would make him a great Survivor player, and the answer was no. Hells no. But he was an entertaining trainwreck and somehow made it deep into the game. I would rank him even higher except his whining over Bob not giving him immunity made him come off like a bitch. You got outplayed, son. Man up.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on May 15, 2015 16:40:48 GMT
I would rank him even higher except his whining over Bob not giving him immunity made him come off like a bitch. You got outplayed, son. Man up. Anyone else still not over Dreamz? |
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Post by Host Brian on May 15, 2015 19:33:22 GMT
74. Ethan Zohn (All-Stars): He was a nice guy. Like, a really nice guy. Besides that, he had an underdog arc of being on the worst tribe to thinking he's safe with his buddy Lex there, and then Lex goes lolnope see ya.
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