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Topic	Darkx and Inviso Continue Ranking the FY2018 Survivor/BB/TAR Contests
Inviso 12/01/18 8:46:01 PM #110:	Mostly just getting to the top 25... 26. Joe Mena (Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, 8th Place) Joe is an interesting case for me, because I feel like, IF hed ever been in a position of power (outside of episode four), I probably wouldnt like him or appreciate him at all. Basically, Joe was cast to be the second coming of Tony Vlachos (well, THIRD, since Tony himself was the second coming of Tony in Game Changers), and he lived up to that reputation. Found an idol early on, stirred up shit on his original tribe (although its entirely possible he pissed them off to put a target on his back). And when he successfully played his idol in episode 4 (even though it was impossible NOT to successfully play it, given the tiebreaker rules), he was very Tony-esque with his whole post-idol performance (I read your EYES, baby girl). However, what worked with Joe is that, come the merge, he was down in numbers and burned his idol the round Jessica got voted out. And thats where a character like Joe works best, as a thorn in the side of a majority alliance. Somehow, he managed to outlast Desi and Cole to stick it out with Mike as one of the last Healers standing, and at that point, he began pushing his anti-Ben narrative hard. He trolled Ben about his honesty as a marine, and it led to some humanizing of Ben (who bordered on being too deified for his military service.) Better than that though, was the two-episode downfall of Joe, because the rest of the tribe built him up so much, like he finally had a chance, only to tear him down in one fell swoop. He survived the final nine by a timely flip against JP, and he thought he was on top of the world, getting cocky about how Ben was next. And Ben played the role of a betrayed bottom-feederRIGHT up until Joe got blindsided in a 4-2-2 split. So rarely do we get the cocky, overplaying mastermind taken out by some high-level gameplay in its own right. And I loved it. Of course, he then led the charge to reward Ben for finding idols and making firebut you cant win em all, can you? --- Touch fuzzy. Get fuzzier. Inviso <cite>Inviso posted [p:913381672] in Darkx and ... [t:77185100]...</cite> <quote>Mostly just getting to the top 25... 26. Joe Mena (Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers, 8th Place) Joe is an interesting case for me, because I feel like, IF hed ever been in a position of power (outside of episode four), I probably wouldnt like him or appreciate him at all. Basically, Joe was cast to be the second coming of Tony Vlachos (well, THIRD, since Tony himself was the second coming of Tony in Game Changers), and he lived up to that reputation. Found an idol early on, stirred up shit on his original tribe (although its entirely possible he pissed them off to put a target on his back). And when he successfully played his idol in episode 4 (even though it was impossible NOT to successfully play it, given the tiebreaker rules), he was very Tony-esque with his whole post-idol performance (I read your EYES, baby girl). However, what worked with Joe is that, come the merge, he was down in numbers and burned his idol the round Jessica got voted out. And thats where a character like Joe works best, as a thorn in the side of a majority alliance. Somehow, he managed to outlast Desi and Cole to stick it out with Mike as one of the last Healers standing, and at that point, he began pushing his anti-Ben narrative hard. He trolled Ben about his honesty as a marine, and it led to some humanizing of Ben (who bordered on being too deified for his military service.) Better than that though, was the two-episode downfall of Joe, because the rest of the tribe built him up so much, like he finally had a chance, only to tear him down in one fell swoop. He survived the final nine by a timely flip against JP, and he thought he was on top of the world, getting cocky about how Ben was next. And Ben played the role of a betrayed bottom-feederRIGHT up until Joe got blindsided in a 4-2-2 split. So rarely do we get the cocky, overplaying mastermind taken out by some high-level gameplay in its own right. And I loved it. Of course, he then led the charge to reward Ben for finding idols and making firebut you cant win em all, can you? --- Touch fuzzy. Get fuzzier. Inviso</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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