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Topic	Survivor: Ghost Island Discussion Topic 2.2 - Purged topic is our Malolo Low
Inviso 04/25/18 10:51:14 PM #230:	I said the last five seasons. And just because it's commonplace doesn't mean it's a good thing. Prior to season 30, despite idols being present in the 19 prior seasons, we'd never had a winner that actually had to USE one to negate votes against themselves. Since Mike, we'd had Mike, Jeremy, Sarah, and Ben (again, only Michele, and surprisingly enough, Adam, are not part of this category at the moment) all play idols/advantages that negated votes that would have otherwise sent them home. The overabundance of idols has diluted the gameplay and diluted character development because we now have to develop a five minute segment to every time a player finds an idol, and then we need another ten minute pre-tribal segment where players discuss splitting votes to avoid idols, while someone contemplates flipping. It makes the show unpleasant and boring to watch. And yes, I do think that the show tends to push male players towards finding idols over females because the show casts male players as their "stars". I think idols in general are geared in such a way that they benefit male players more than females, because male players are given more leeway in terms of being away from camp (gathering firewood, filling canteens, etc.) And I'm just sick of that aspect of Survivor. I love this show, but the past several seasons have turned to utter trash due to the overabundance of idols and otherwise gamebreaking twists. HHH and GC were both great until the final 2 episodes when everything became about forcing idols and twists into the narrative. Kaoh Rong is an amazing season specifically because all three idols wound up amounting to absolutely nothing. I LOVE that. And I watch the show because I've been with it from the beginning and I don't quit. I'm still allowed to criticize it for going in a shitty direction and completely warping what the show used to be about. Especially when Jeff continues smelling his own farts with that whole "don't you love the new jury format that we added to prevent another Michele win" spiel last episode. --- Touch fuzzy. Get fuzzier. Inviso <cite>Inviso posted [p:900312854] in Survivor: ... [t:76480517]...</cite> <quote>I said the last five seasons. And just because it's commonplace doesn't mean it's a good thing. Prior to season 30, despite idols being present in the 19 prior seasons, we'd never had a winner that actually had to USE one to negate votes against themselves. Since Mike, we'd had Mike, Jeremy, Sarah, and Ben (again, only Michele, and surprisingly enough, Adam, are not part of this category at the moment) all play idols/advantages that negated votes that would have otherwise sent them home. The overabundance of idols has diluted the gameplay and diluted character development because we now have to develop a five minute segment to every time a player finds an idol, and then we need another ten minute pre-tribal segment where players discuss splitting votes to avoid idols, while someone contemplates flipping. It makes the show unpleasant and boring to watch. And yes, I do think that the show tends to push male players towards finding idols over females because the show casts male players as their "stars". I think idols in general are geared in such a way that they benefit male players more than females, because male players are given more leeway in terms of being away from camp (gathering firewood, filling canteens, etc.) And I'm just sick of that aspect of Survivor. I love this show, but the past several seasons have turned to utter trash due to the overabundance of idols and otherwise gamebreaking twists. HHH and GC were both great until the final 2 episodes when everything became about forcing idols and twists into the narrative. Kaoh Rong is an amazing season specifically because all three idols wound up amounting to absolutely nothing. I LOVE that. And I watch the show because I've been with it from the beginning and I don't quit. I'm still allowed to criticize it for going in a shitty direction and completely warping what the show used to be about. Especially when Jeff continues smelling his own farts with that whole "don't you love the new jury format that we added to prevent another Michele win" spiel last episode. --- Touch fuzzy. Get fuzzier. Inviso</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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