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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 20, 2015 9:28:01 GMT
I love you all. That is all.
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Post by tbird on May 20, 2015 20:37:47 GMT
I'm about to make you a bit happier I think Lex ...
59. Holly Hoffman (Nicaragua): Holly would be ranked higher if there weren't such obvious parallels between her and the original owner of this arc: Kathy Vavrick O'Brien. If Holly had peed on Marty, then maybe she'd be a little bit higher, but otherwise if you want to hear about Holly, just read the KVO rant that I (or whoever gets her in the top 12) eventually will post and remove all the superlatives. That's HoHo.
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Post by Austin on May 21, 2015 20:01:47 GMT
58: Gervase Peterson (Borneo): Gervase is the last of the great, but not amazing, characters from Borneo. Gervase is just stunningly charismatic, and has a ton of great moments. "I'M INVINCIBLE," playing cards, having a kid, and just a general sort of affability that endears me to him. I'm really happy he's made it this far, but I feel like letting him into the Top 50 would just be nostalgia talking. I don't think the guy has a ton of storytelling elements - what he does have is hilarity and charisma, and that carried the day until now.
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Post by Host Brian on May 22, 2015 19:01:58 GMT
57. Stephenie LaGrossa (Guatemala): After Steph was America's Sweetheart in Palau, we got to see the real Steph. Early on, she joins Yaxha and complains about losing and how her team doesn't have as much heart and she calls Bobby Jon retarded and gay. After the swap, she bonds with Judd of all people, and gets him to flip. After that, we just see Steph being a grade A bitch to everything that walks. On her own, she wouldn't be a strong character, but her Palau appearance is what made her so fun this time around.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 22, 2015 21:55:52 GMT
56. Earl Cole (Fiji) - possibly the classiest winner of all time. Fiji was supposed to be another CI, but someone got cold feet, so we had the awkward 19 person start and the terrible Have/Have Not twist, but Earl overcame all of that. Earl's biggest issue is he's not the biggest personality, which is why I can't rank him higher.
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Post by Jonny "FIGGA" Fairplay on May 22, 2015 22:35:44 GMT
55 Richard Hatch (All Stars): All Stars Hatch is literally the best. The guy knows he has absolutely 0% chance to win, so he spends the five episodes he's there trolling the fuck out of everyone on his tribe, and it's fucking amazing. He's the laughingstock of the tribe, with just about everyone cracking jokes about his tiny dick and his TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS O' HATCH! But this is also the same motherucker daring enough to go out into the ocean, hunt down a shark, get it to bite his arm, dragging it to shore, biting it, and BASHING IT'S FUCKING HEAD IN ON A ROCK. Seriously. The only downside to Hatch is grindgate 2.0 which I reeeeeeeally don't want to get into.He then goes home in probably the last fun boot of the season where he gets bamboozled by Colby and co., and beams like a proud father as Jeff snuffs his torch and he leaves while singing about food. Also the only person I think who could successfully rock a utili-kilt and not look dumb.
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Post by Host Brian on May 23, 2015 19:10:06 GMT
KEEP IT MOVING PEOPLE
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Post by Host Brian on May 24, 2015 17:28:06 GMT
C'mon, skipping multiple people this close to the end is wrong.
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tbird
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Post by tbird on May 24, 2015 17:58:30 GMT
Maybe we should move it to the 5 board.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 25, 2015 15:29:11 GMT
Dear Lord, people. We're in the home stretch. Let's knock this shit out.
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Post by kass on May 25, 2015 15:32:55 GMT
54. Katie Gallagher (Palau): Writeup to come later
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tbird
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Post by tbird on May 25, 2015 19:39:51 GMT
Oh hey here we go again
53. Judd Sergeant (Guatemala): Judd is basically an Alexandre Dumas villain. He's a loud, stupid, angry oaf who rises to power by bullying people around him and shamelessly stabbing the heroes of the story in the back. He blusters around wielding his power with all the grace of a rhinoceros using chopsticks. Whenever somebody verbally wounds him in the middle part of the story, he strikes them down with great vengeance and furious anger, but does so in such a hamhanded way that he still manages to look the fool despite his victory (See: Bobonich, Margaret). All the while, what he's really doing is hiding behind the person who is more dangerous and cunning, convincing himself simultaneously that he is both the main villain's partner and equal, yet also that he is divorced from the true evil that she is committing. Eventually, he is taken out when the Count of Danni Cristo uses subtle social and political manipulation to bring his empire down around his ears on her way to beating the REAL final boss in her final duel. His fall is satisfying to watch due in part to his pure disbelief and in part to him taking the loss without a hint of self-awareness or grace, confirming that he deserved it all along.
So thank you Judd. You Fernand Mondego to Danni's Edmond Dantes, you Count de Morcerf to Stephenie's Baron Danglars. You served an essential role in Guatemala in which your over the top caricature managed to fit a very nuanced archetype. Thank you.
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Austin
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Post by Austin on May 26, 2015 5:59:39 GMT
52: Crystal Cox (Gabon): Sorry CC, still <3 you.
Crystal is consistently awesome television. She has a great, bombastic personality that translates well to confessional. She has one of the BEST lowkey stories in her consistent inability to do ANYTHING in challenges - her dropping out two seconds in, going off the course, and failing to dunk are all TV gold. And she has a bunch of unique moments - her Randy vote-out, eat yo' rice, (although I think G.C. response of "shut your mouth" is criminally underrated) and blindsiding the fuck out of Marcus when he decides not to target her. She's also big in the whole "Fang underdog story" but I won't give her too much credit there, because I think Kenny and Matty both play that role better.
I adore Crystal, but ultimately, as entertaining as she is, I don't think she has the depth of story or character as the remaining contestants, so sadly it ends here.
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Post by lexvandenberghe on May 26, 2015 18:00:32 GMT
51. Matthew von Ertfelda (Amazon) - Man, this was a tough cut. Everyone left is a bonafide superstar. But Matthew the man child has to be the one who just misses the top 50. His arc during Amazon was amazing. A complete outcast, he was used by Rob C. as an extra vote under his control. Several times Rob considered getting rid of Matt only to decide to keep him and get rid of bigger threats. Unfortunately, while keeping Matt around Rob decided to teach him the game, a decision that came to bite him in the ass when Matt struck a deal with Jenna at the final IC. The only thing that keeps Matt from the top 50 is the fact that he lost to Jenna in a landslide, when the editing made it seem like Matt should have won.
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Post by Host Brian on May 26, 2015 18:15:40 GMT
50. NaOnka Mixon (Nicaragua): Oh Nay, how I adore you. NaOnka was cast because of her strong personality, and she delivered. Nay picked fights with anyone she could, and didn't take shit from anybody, yet was surprisingly well-liked by the cast. Her quit is also the perfect end to one of the most negative arcs we've ever seen.
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