I'm not understanding the way people are voting this season. It feels like people are arbitrarily blindsiding their allies on shaky indications of later strength.
Survivor (Fall 2016)
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I can see why they voted as they did last night. With the merge coming up, or at least dividing back into two tribes, they're thinking ahead to getting rid of stronger, smarter players who could be a threat down the road.
But I'd have voted the cop out, too. Even if he really was a funeral director, because the last one I dealt with behaved more like a pushy, crooked used car salesman. Neither of those tend to be people I trust.
But I'd have voted the cop out, too. Even if he really was a funeral director, because the last one I dealt with behaved more like a pushy, crooked used car salesman. Neither of those tend to be people I trust.
Bret is a cop, but has worked as a funeral director in the past so he wasn't *entirely* lying.
But I agree that it was a bad move on Jay's part and that people are making Big Moves that should probably wait until later in the game. Michaela was on his side, talking about going to the final four with him...so he votes her out in favor of two people who are GUARANTEED to go back to Gen X. He also blindsides Hannah, who now won't ever trust him and will probably flip. Jay went being in control of a tight three with Will and Taylor plus a looser group including Hannah, Michelle, and Michaela to really just a tight three plus Michelle. Michaela's also a bigger target post-merge than Jay, so it would've make sense to keep her as a shield.
But I agree that it was a bad move on Jay's part and that people are making Big Moves that should probably wait until later in the game. Michaela was on his side, talking about going to the final four with him...so he votes her out in favor of two people who are GUARANTEED to go back to Gen X. He also blindsides Hannah, who now won't ever trust him and will probably flip. Jay went being in control of a tight three with Will and Taylor plus a looser group including Hannah, Michelle, and Michaela to really just a tight three plus Michelle. Michaela's also a bigger target post-merge than Jay, so it would've make sense to keep her as a shield.
QFT
Meanwhile, Jessica Lewis continues to have the worst instincts of anybody on the show. Adam basically cuts his ties with the Millennials (saving you and locking himself into your alliance), and you're considering getting rid of him because you think you can trust Taylor(!) more. She seems set on distrusting anybody in the game who does concrete things to help her. And she's supposedly an assistant district attorney...Unbelievable...
If there's one thing we should take away from the first six eliminations is that it's a bad idea to talk about strategy in the abstract. It makes everyone worried you're thinking deeper in the game than they are.
So they're at the merge, and the first person on the jury is someone I literally never noticed before.
What a boring cast this season.
What a boring cast this season.
David is the only one this season whose game has been at all interesting.
The thing about this season is that lots of players are acutely aware of good strategy. They learned from previous mistakes a little too well to be entertaining.
The thing about this season is that lots of players are acutely aware of good strategy. They learned from previous mistakes a little too well to be entertaining.
Those two dude bros at Tribal engaged in some of the slimiest behavior I've ever seen on Survivor. Smugly lying about the Adam's participation in stealing food and then lying and saying that he'd take away someone's visit with loved ones with his game advantage. Glad that Taylor got the votes, was just getting sick of him overall.
Taylor is such a moron. Actually, none of them are very bright this season.
Micheala was but she got burned for it.
The people with brains this season have no ability to influence people.
I'm also glad Taylor is gone. What a douche. I really hope people watching don't think his behavior is representative of millennials (as if any one person/behavior could represent such a huge group).
Taylor was the only person who actually met the stereotypes they were going for with the millennial/gen x concept. "Everyone knows I steal food, nobody cares!"
Didn't Adam say that was how he planned to use it, though? Not that it makes Taylor look any better, but Adam is pretty stupid for sharing that info with an immature guy who hates him for voting out his girlfriend and turning on their alliance, and who clearly has no shame about stealing the food (so Adam's mutually assured destruction plan if Taylor ratted him out wouldn't work). Adam has no strategic wherewithal whatsoever. He calls excessive attention to his errors in front of people who want him gone, he bluntly tells people they're on the outs, and he should have publicly thrown that stupid reward advantage away the moment he was called out on it. In fact, he should never have any intention of using it at all, because it would make anyone you use it on hate your guts, especially if you did it during the loved ones visit reward.
Anyway, I'm glad Taylor is gone. He was the worst.
I wonder if Jeff would allow him to use it to give up a reward for himself and assign it to someone else. That's about the only thing he could do to make up some brownie points.
But any sensible person would save that for a reward that was actually a game advantage, like automatically moving to part 3 of a multi-part challenge.
If Adam is smart he'll use it to take a food reward away from somebody who wins lots of immunity challenges, and then give it to somebody who most needs it. If he's a complete moron he'll use it on the loved one's visit. We'll see.
But would he be allowed to give a food reward to someone else? There seem to be a lot of times when they're not allowed to do that.
If they do the auction, that would be the most predictable use of it - to take away the advantage from the person who bids the highest.
If they do the auction, that would be the most predictable use of it - to take away the advantage from the person who bids the highest.
I could be wrong, but I don't think Adam told Taylor that was his plan. I think he may have mentioned it as an example to explain how the advantage could be used, but not that he wanted to do it. In any case that would be very stupid of him to do, as someone else mentioned it would definitely be better used to steal some sort of advantage in a future challenge or clue to an idol or something.
