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Post by imapenguin on Feb 20, 2020 21:34:25 GMT -6
Watching now. I can’t believe Rob sucked so badly at that puzzle: I loved when Ethan told him how much he sucked after the challenge 😂 |
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Feb 21, 2020 7:48:40 GMT -6
Watching now. I can’t believe Rob sucked so badly at that puzzle: I loved when Ethan told him how much he sucked after the challenge 😂 And him agreeing, but then saying Ethan pretty much sucked, too. LOL. |
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Feb 21, 2020 8:09:33 GMT -6
I just do not understand why these people are keeping Rob around. Why??? Last season when Rob was the mentor I was like...it took him 4 times playing to win and then he only won because he was playing with a bunch of dumb dumbs. But now it’s happening again and I guess he just figured out how to be really good at manipulating people. I think Rob deserves a lot of credit for winning his 4th go-round and it was not just a cakewalk for him. He made all the right moves at the right time, he came in as a HUGE target and immediately took the leadership role, got trust, eliminated any uncertain variables, and had control of the game from beginning to end. Most importantly, he was able to not be boot #2 (after boot #1, Russell) and he executed on getting not just one, but two goats, whom he knew he could beat (Natalie and Phillip) to the end with him. The argument that it was a bunch of sheep doesn't hold much water with me because often, that can make it that much harder for him to control. He was out there, making relationships with EVERYONE and being a part of EVERY conversation. And fast forward to the present season, he's playing with some of the best, savviest, sharpest tools in the shed, and guess what? He's running the game. AGAIN. Because he's Boston Rob and Jedi Ninja Svengali is what he does best. Getting everyone to dump their bags on the spot when they all could have said "No" is just one example of that. But to add to that, Jeremy, who wants to be the one running the game because duh, says Rob is controlling the game, Adam is calling him the Godfather, he fucked up the puzzle part of the challenge, basically costing them the win, new-school has the numbers advantage and they vote out whom again? Oh, that's right, Danni. Which as much as it pains me to see another woman go out, she talked her way out of the game. And Amber was voted out solely because she's Rob's wife and they had a chance to take her out early. Back to Rob, really though, he should have, at minimum, won All Stars but a bitter jury held their nose and gave it to his soon-to-be-wife Amber instead. And yes, I'm an unabashed Rob fan and have been ever since Marquesas and his Robbfather segment. |
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 21, 2020 8:22:09 GMT -6
MelanieCarmichael, I agree I didn’t give him enough credit in his 4th season. He’s a student of the game and definitely learned a lot in his first 3 times out. I was a Russell fan and salty that he didn’t learn anything with all the times he played 😆
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Feb 21, 2020 8:28:21 GMT -6
MelanieCarmichael , I agree I didn’t give him enough credit in his 4th season. He’s a student of the game and definitely learned a lot in his first 3 times out. I was a Russell fan and salty that he didn’t learn anything with all the times he played 😆 Russell's biggest issue is that he couldn't translate his aggressive bull-in-a-china-shop prowess in getting to the end to winning. And it makes me supremely happy that he was beaten both times he was in the finale by women he dismissed as window dressing for his assumed victory. |
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 21, 2020 8:37:52 GMT -6
MelanieCarmichael , I agree I didn’t give him enough credit in his 4th season. He’s a student of the game and definitely learned a lot in his first 3 times out. I was a Russell fan and salty that he didn’t learn anything with all the times he played 😆 Russell's biggest issue is that he couldn't translate his aggressive bull-in-a-china-shop prowess in getting to the end to winning. And it makes me supremely happy that he was beaten both times he was in the finale by women he dismissed as window dressing for his assumed victory. In hindsight, I 100% agree. And even in real time, I was all in on Sandra deserving that win. I would have loved Parvati to win then too. But his first season I was very HE WAS ROBBED! |
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Feb 21, 2020 8:53:49 GMT -6
Russell's biggest issue is that he couldn't translate his aggressive bull-in-a-china-shop prowess in getting to the end to winning. And it makes me supremely happy that he was beaten both times he was in the finale by women he dismissed as window dressing for his assumed victory. In hindsight, I 100% agree. And even in real time, I was all in on Sandra deserving that win. I would have loved Parvati to win then too. But his first season I was very HE WAS ROBBED! I couldn't stand Russell as a person but he absolutely owned his first season and was just as deserving as Sandra or Parvati for the win in his second season. |
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Post by mapleme on Feb 21, 2020 9:06:49 GMT -6
Damn, I hated Russell and I was so happy that he didn't win. I often reflect on the fact that Survivor juries LOVE good game play and will give the million dollars to the person who backstabbed them, but with Russell they were all, "Nope, you've gone too far." I think that the only reason that he got as far as he did on his second season is that no one had seen him play yet (it was being filmed as his first season was airing). By the time that he came on for the third time everyone was all, "Oh hell no."
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 21, 2020 10:05:18 GMT -6
poof
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Post by savannah on Feb 21, 2020 10:21:41 GMT -6
I enjoyed episode 2, but it did feel short. With so many big personalities and so many people to root for, a lot of players were practically invisible (Nick, Wendell, Michele, Sandra). I liked the idea of the fire token economy buying advantages from players at EOE, but adding these twin idols seems like a lot going on. I wish they would have just stuck with one or the other.
Favorite moments:
- Tony and his ladder
- Ethan telling Rob he sucked in the challenge
- Adam telling Denise not to share with Parvati, and Adam and his torch. Adam seems fun this season
- Denise with the sleight of hand and playing it incredibly smooth at TC
I'm thinking a tribe swap is coming. All of these half idols are going to get mixed up and now there's 2 on each side. I feel like something is coming from Jeremy soon. We've seen him get the advantage and he seems to be laying low and taking everything in. For someone who "is overwhelmed by new play" Ethan was in almost every conversation. I wonder if he's playing the clueless harmless guy game hiding behind big targets Rob and Parvati.
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 26, 2020 19:23:21 GMT -6
Man I wish Tony would have been the one sneaking into camp.
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Post by lostinfaith225 on Feb 26, 2020 20:04:08 GMT -6
Tony and Sarah were everything tonight. 😂
Rob and Parv really had no choice but to align because they are the biggest threats in the game. I’m ready for a tribe swap.
Natalie is killing it on the edge.
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Post by budders on Feb 26, 2020 20:10:09 GMT -6
Dammit, I forgot it was Wednesday! I'll have to watch tomorrow.
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Post by mishka29 on Feb 26, 2020 20:10:17 GMT -6
Rob...stop doing puzzles!
Tony and Sarah are an awesome pair. I don’t expect it to last long bc both of them are going to want to get a jump on the other one for the inevitable back stabbing.
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Post by junch817 on Feb 26, 2020 21:51:12 GMT -6
I was laughing out loud with Tony trying to help camouflage Sarah. They are a great duo
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Feb 27, 2020 6:50:37 GMT -6
Rob...stop doing puzzles! Seriously. I love him and I still think he's too much of an attention whore. Why are you automatically the one throwing the rope in the challenge, why are you automatically the one doing the puzzles each time. You're not 25 anymore, give up some control and let someone else who's probably better at it do it. |
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Feb 27, 2020 6:52:39 GMT -6
Adam was stupid. He was on the right side of the numbers and could have just ridden that for a few weeks picking off Parv, Rob, Ethan but now he's on nobody's side.
I was daaaaammn girl, when Natalie throw the other shells and broke one of them so the others wouldn't have a chance. That was bold, I like it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 7:06:59 GMT -6
I am loving this season so far. The *only* thing I wish they would have done differently is to have let the tribe pick be random rather than assigned.
As in have the dudes pick from 10 bundles randomly assigned and the women do the same (so that the makeup of the tribes was still 5/5 men/women). I think it would have been more interesting to see how things played out without that producer interference.
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Feb 27, 2020 9:09:16 GMT -6
Adam, Adam, Adam...  You don't try to Robfather the Robfather and trying to strong-arm him into taking out his (current) queen. You have to be stealth like Jeremy and Michele (and I had to look up her name because honestly, I forget all about her) and take out his bishop (Ethan) instead. They also sent a message to Adam, who was trying to play both sides, that he is not running things. I knew Ethan was for certain a goner when he said not being able to think that far ahead in the game if he's (dun dun DUN!) "not here." Cops R Us continues to tickle me. And how appropriate that Sarah used ashes to camoflauge her face (which why, it's pitch black) on Ash Wednesday. Yul being sensible, calm Yul continues to make me root for him. Natalie is owning Extinction and loved her badassery in messing up the other necklaces so Amber/Danni couldn't use them to solve the puzzle if they got back to it before she did. |
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Post by spicysalmonroll on Feb 27, 2020 9:38:15 GMT -6
That was so not fair that Sarah had to use her fire token AND work for the advantage when nobody else had to for their advantages. It should have been either buy it straight up with your token OR do this challenge.
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Feb 27, 2020 10:03:27 GMT -6
Probably not, spicysalmonroll, but that made for some funny TV. Imagine if it had been Tony who had to sneak into camp. |
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Post by savannah on Feb 27, 2020 10:16:20 GMT -6
I loved the stealth scene with Tony and Sarah and the shark catching scene with Sandra and co too. So many fun scenes from Dakal so far!
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Post by junch817 on Feb 27, 2020 12:53:01 GMT -6
Yep
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Post by budders on Feb 27, 2020 19:33:59 GMT -6
This was a great episode. I LOVED Sarah and Tony and then Rob throwing Adam under the bus.
But seriously, did they all sign an agreement that they couldn't vote Rob out for x number of weeks? I get that taking Ethan out weakens him, but voting Rob himself out would be more effective, wouldn't it?
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Post by junch817 on Feb 27, 2020 21:06:27 GMT -6
This was a great episode. I LOVED Sarah and Tony and then Rob throwing Adam under the bus. But seriously, did they all sign an agreement that they couldn't vote Rob out for x number of weeks? I get that taking Ethan out weakens him, but voting Rob himself out would be more effective, wouldn't it? Right? Use those 4 votes and vote out Rob!! Parv can’t be as mad because she was spared like the original plan, Adam can’t be too mad because you didn’t turn on him and vote him out like Rob wanted you to do, the old school alliance still lose a number, and Ethan isn’t really the type to have an immediate personal vendetta against someone for voting out Rob, plus there’s a good chance for an upcoming tribe switch up anyways. |
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Post by budders on Feb 27, 2020 21:07:59 GMT -6
This was a great episode. I LOVED Sarah and Tony and then Rob throwing Adam under the bus. But seriously, did they all sign an agreement that they couldn't vote Rob out for x number of weeks? I get that taking Ethan out weakens him, but voting Rob himself out would be more effective, wouldn't it? Right? Use those 4 votes and vote out Rob!! Parv can’t be as mad because she was spared like the original plan, Adam can’t be too mad because you didn’t turn on him and vote him out like Rob wanted you to do, the old school alliance still lose a number, and Ethan isn’t really the type to have an immediate personal vendetta against someone for voting out Rob, plus there’s a good chance for an upcoming tribe switch up anyways. Exactly! |
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 28, 2020 7:09:05 GMT -6
This was a great episode. I LOVED Sarah and Tony and then Rob throwing Adam under the bus. But seriously, did they all sign an agreement that they couldn't vote Rob out for x number of weeks? I get that taking Ethan out weakens him, but voting Rob himself out would be more effective, wouldn't it? Right? Use those 4 votes and vote out Rob!! Parv can’t be as mad because she was spared like the original plan, Adam can’t be too mad because you didn’t turn on him and vote him out like Rob wanted you to do, the old school alliance still lose a number, and Ethan isn’t really the type to have an immediate personal vendetta against someone for voting out Rob, plus there’s a good chance for an upcoming tribe switch up anyways. Lots of speculation that they’re keeping rob as a shield and bigger target on front of them for in a possible swap scenario. Someone mentioned Jeremy used this strategy in the season he won. Or maybe he mentioned using it in pregame interviews. Something like that. He also could be assuming that rob has an advantage since he’s one of the few people that has all the info on how fire tokens work. |
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Feb 28, 2020 12:20:16 GMT -6
imapenguin, I tend to agree with you on why Rob is being kept, but I also think Jeremy and Michele want to work with Rob, especially Jeremy, as he knows about advantages from EoE from being a benefactor from Natalie and Amber is there as well, and is banking on being able to cut Rob loose later on. Voting out Pavarti would have been what Adam, who's trying to play both sides, wanted and they couldn't have that. Voting out Rob would take away his usefulness in challenges/being a meat shield/whatever advantages he might have from Amber on EoE, so Ethan was actually the best bet as it sent a message to Rob and Adam - you ain't running shit.
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Post by imapenguin on Feb 28, 2020 12:52:30 GMT -6
Rupert is on RHAP for the recap and he is still so very Rupert. They have barely talked about the episode at all 😆 They did make a fun point that 3/4 of the people who have been eliminated were also on The Amazing Race.
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Post by roloma on Feb 28, 2020 20:11:14 GMT -6
That was so not fair that Sarah had to use her fire token AND work for the advantage when nobody else had to for their advantages. It should have been either buy it straight up with your token OR do this challenge. I’m wondering if they will continue to make it increasingly harder to get the advantages as more people get to EoE. That way people aren’t just easily giving up their fire tokens to the people on EoE, that they will really have to consider the risk vs reward. I think it would be boring if the people on EoE were just easily amassing fire tokens. There should be more strategy involved in who they are giving the option for the advantage to. |
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