Survivor Thailand

[Kepler]

I didn't see a thread about this, so...

OK, spoiler if anybody doesn't know who won, coming up.
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What the---?!

Did I completely misunderstand what happened, or did Ted screw up and accidentally vote for Brian when he meant to vote AGAINST him, thus giving Brian the win by one vote?!!!!

Generally speaking, these Survivors are not giving us a very good view of humanity. First the Most Arrogant A$$hole wins S1. Then the Manipulative Bee-atch cons the Nice But Incredibly Dumb Guy and wins S2. Then the nice soccer dude wins S3 and I begin to have hope. But then A Complete Scumbucket wins S4.

Ick. No more reality TV for me, it's too much truly real life, where the players take the money and leave the losers *still* respecting them.

[Zero]

I stopped watching since survivor III.
I got bored since II actually. Liz was such a cutie~

I caught a bit of the end. Looks like theyre getting real desperate to throw twist to the show. Im guessing they stage alot of the stuff...

[Ned]

Kepler, who should have won in your opinion? I thought Helen was the best person in the contest and should have won.

Survivor remains fascinating me because it really is a game that can only be one by the best player. It may be that the best player won this Survivor challenge.

[Kepler]

I was rooting for Jan. Her only chance was if she won the last challenge in the Round of 3 and got immunity, since then she would have won in comparison to either The Liar or The Cracker.

The best strategist won this one, absolutely. I just hate it that 90% of humanity falls in like sheep behind the most self-assured person (in this case, Brian), and says "thank you very much" even after they've been slaughtered. This may be a species survival trait, but it tends to assure that in every generation the Creeps inherit the Earth.

Oh, and I have since been informed that Ted pulled a "moral superiority moment" and at the end of his rant added "but I'm still a man of my word" (a line I missed because my stepdaughter was yammering) and so intended to vote for Brian. Effectively, Ted "proved he's a better man" than Brian by handing him the $1,000,000. Gee, he sure showed him!

[Nubclear]

Hehe, true true.

At first I wanted that Taiwanese girl to win, but seeing as how she was voted off I was rooting for jake, and seeing how he was voted off...




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Then I began rooting for Helen, but seeing as she was voting out I was going for Jan but seeing as how she was going out I gave up.


































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[reismark]

Well, bash me if you want, but Brian so totally deserved the million. He was playing all of them like fiddles from Day 1 and no one ever saw it coming, and he managed to stay completely likeable at the same time. It almost slipped through his fingers tonight, but his strategy was justly rewarded.

Kepler: If you watched the reunion, you'll understand why Ted (and Helen, too) ended up voting for Brian despite having legitimate beefs with him.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by reismark
Well, bash me if you want, but Brian so totally deserved the million. He was playing all of them like fiddles from Day 1 and no one ever saw it coming, and he managed to stay completely likeable at the same time. It almost slipped through his fingers tonight, but his strategy was justly rewarded.

Kepler: If you watched the reunion, you'll understand why Ted (and Helen, too) ended up voting for Brian despite having legitimate beefs with him.

I agree. Brian played a great game. Can't believe Clay didn't see it coming .

[DanS]

Clay didn't play a very good game at the end. He needed to focus and portray himself as the lesser of two evils.

It's amazing how little fuss he put up for $900k.

[Caligastia]

As soon as I knew the guy was a car salesman, I knew he would win.

[SlowwHand]

How ignorant was it to even want to see family at all?
Much less see overnight.
And the one guy, last of his tribe. He knew he was next, and had his wife eat that crap anyway.

[Kontiki]

Two things shock me:

1) That Clay made it as far as he did. Now, it obviously was a good strategy on Brian's part to take him to the final two at that point, but I still don't see how he wasn't kicked off much, much earlier in the game.

2) That Helen and Jan (and to a lesser extent, Ted) didn't form an alliance. If they had any common sense, they would have figured out that they were gonna be axed near the end. On the interview part, Helen said she approached Jan, but I don't recall them ever showing that on TV, and Jan doesn't remember it happening. What's the deal with that?

[Amadan]

Originally posted by Caligastia
As soon as I knew the guy was a car salesman, I knew he would win.

Car salesman and former actor/model who "acted" in soft-core straight porn early in his career.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Kontiki

2) That Helen and Jan (and to a lesser extent, Ted) didn't form an alliance. If they had any common sense, they would have figured out that they were gonna be axed near the end.

That's the one that gets me.

Helen could have easily made it to the final 2.
1- get Jan to eliminate Brian
2- get Clay to eliminate Jan

That doesn't guarantee her a win but at least she's up against Clay.

[rah]

Originally posted by Richelieu


That's the one that gets me.

Helen could have easily made it to the final 2.
1- get Jan to eliminate Brian
2- get Clay to eliminate Jan

That doesn't guarantee her a win but at least she's up against Clay.

Wouldn't have worked. Brian won the last three imunity challanges. They would have had to go after clay. But either jan or helen could have beat Brian in the final vote, so Brian did the obviously right thing, bring along a bigger ass than yourself.

The reunion is definately better when Jeff hosts it. He asks much tougher questions, so the entertainment value was much higher.


And I too thought at first that Ted thought he was voting against brian. (my daughter was talking and I didn't hear the last sentence either)

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by rah



Wouldn't have worked. Brian won the last three imunity challanges.

You're right.
Forgot about that.