Board 8 > Survivor: Ghost Island Topic 3 - This Cursed Season Has Matured Into A REAL Idol

(+) Yeah! (+)

This season has been pretty good! It's just too bad Donathan and Kellyn couldn't both go at the same time because I'd be fine with any of the other 5 as the sole survivor.
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A quickly sketched out season ranking:

36. Redemption Island
35. Caramoan
34. All-Stars
33. Ghost Island
32. Cook Islands
31. One World
30. Cambodia
29. Worlds Apart
28. Thailand
27. Samoa
26. Millennials vs. Gen X
25. Australia
24. Africa
23. South Pacific
22. Tocantins
21. Blood vs. Water
20. Palau
19. Game Changers
18. Micronesia
17. Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
16. Fiji
15. Amazon
14. Exile Island
13. Nicaragua
12. Heroes vs. Villains
11. Cagayan
10. Guatemala
9. Borneo
8. Philippines
7. China
6. Gabon
5. Marquesas
4. San Juan Del Sur
3. Vanuatu
2. Pearl Islands
1. Kaoh Rong

Subject to change at my whims however.
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- Didn't expect KR to be #1. I can see it.
- HHH is actually about where I'd put it. Finale salt will have it underrated by the community for a while.
- Game Changers too high.
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HHH genuinely wouldve been top ten if not for a combination of the bullshit F4 twist alongside Ben finding idols every episode at the end.

Game Changers is a good and interesting season right up until the final 8, when the editors shit the bed because they have three hours to boot 5 people and declare a winner. Also Advantage-geddon blows.
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Your top 10 is interesting... but Africa and Cambodia omitted I can live with it.
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Blackscar posted...

This season has been pretty good! It's just too bad Donathan and Kellyn couldn't both go at the same time because I'd be fine with any of the other 5 as the sole survivor.

How can you be okay with Laurel, who has the personality of plywood and is one of the biggest strategic cockteases in Survivor history, winning and yet hate Kellyn?
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As for my own season ranking, I think most of you know my top season and bottom three by now. Maybe we can have another "Survivor Crew ranks the Survivor seasons" poll in the offseason?
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i don't even remember your ranking and i ran the rankdown
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i still like laurel a lot but boy the last few episodes as coronation of dom and wendell has been a snoozefest
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Laurel is great. Her voice isn't cringeworthy like Kellyn's.

Laurel doesn't rock the boat and has been a stable alliance partner so far for Domenick and Wendell at least. She'd probably do very well in Big Brother.

And she breaks the ABW stereotype which is really nice. (Well the editing makes her appear really nice.) We need a break from girls like Omarosa ok.

Laurel's camera talk added some mystery but hope she continues to the Final 3 with Dom and Wendell. It would probably be the ideal Final 3 as it would show that a strong alliance can make it to the end without backstabbing each other all the time.

Sebastian does have a nice advantage with the votes though and Angela seems to be there because she's less of a threat than others.

Donathan is becoming unglued and unstable at this point. It seems he wants more credit for "protecting" Domenick and Wendell. He's probably just jealous they still have idols and he doesn't.
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Here's everyone who participated in the last season rankdown right after Cagayan aired:

Sanity
eaed
Eddv
Machete
Martin
darkx
Peridiam
Ryan
Andy
Squirrel
cody
Inviso
Mana Sword
illuminatus
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Why would you...WANT a player that sits back and does nothing but get dragged to the end by the obvious winners? Becky, Cassandra, Mick, Natalie T., Chelsea M., Will S., Tasha, Ken M., and Troyzan are NOT players to aspire toward.
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Peridiam posted...

Here's everyone who participated in the last season rankdown right after Cagayan aired:

Sanity
eaed
Eddv
Machete
Martin
darkx
Peridiam
Ryan
Andy
Squirrel
cody
Inviso
Mana Sword
illuminatus

I wasn't a regular until Worlds Apart - and because it's been four years since the last season ranking, it's definitely time for another.
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Laurel has been a key part of the alliance. She exposed Desiree's plans. And it seems she controlled Donathan's vote until this past episode. I don't think she has any enemies left besides ... Donathan?

I don't see Wendell voting her out in any case unless Domenick convinces him to.
Domenick might get worried the jury would actually pick Laurel
Angela ... I think she probably has bigger targets on her mind.
Same for Sebastian.
Donathan might feel a bit used like a rag by Laurel but she has been loyal to him. He's the one that's going stir-crazy.
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Again, what is good about sticking loyal to an alliance that will assuredly decimate you in the finals? How is the season BETTER by having a passive player playing for third and actively ruining any chances for the rest of the cast to play for the win?
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My aunt was talking about how much she liked Laurel on Mothers day.

I don't watch the show, but I find it interesting how much opinions differ from hers. (Her second choice is Wendall, and she HATED Chris)

The rest of my family were like "Survivor is still on?" Apparently there used to be a game of Survivor you could play at home and people remembered how my aunt got mad she was voted out and that's what brought up the topic.
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Laurel is a survivor. She survived that Michael bye bye tribal even though the deck was stacked against her. A reasonable jury would not undervalue her contributions. And if Wendell and Domenick don't make it to the end, I could see them voting for her.

It's too bad there are still too many scenarios and we have to wait until Finale Night to get a Final 3. I want more jury vote predictions in this topic.
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Espeon posted...

Why would you...WANT a player that sits back and does nothing but get dragged to the end by the obvious winners? Becky, Cassandra, Mick, Natalie T., Chelsea M., Will S., Tasha, Ken M., and Troyzan are NOT players to aspire toward.

To be fair to Becky, Mick, Chelsea, and Troy I don't think they aspired to be in that spot because they thought they were part of the process. Even as opposed to Nat T and Tasha who openly would say things like "if I lose I lose". Hell poor Kenny KcNickle made the move he needed to make and was crucified for it.
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Alanna82 posted...

My aunt was talking about how much she liked Laurel on Mothers day.

I don't watch the show, but I find it interesting how much opinions differ from hers. (Her second choice is Wendall, and she HATED Chris)

The rest of my family were like "Survivor is still on?" Apparently there used to be a game of Survivor you could play at home and people remembered how my aunt got mad she was voted out and that's what brought up the topic.

I actually bought that game at my local Goodwill for 1.50. It was 3 dollars but I had an employee coupon.
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Huh. I thought I submitted rankings for that. Well now we definitely need to run it again to improve the results.

I believe we did rank downs for the contestants for 30 and 34. So perhaps that is what everyone is remembering.
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We also did winner rankings at some point too...don't remember after which season that was.
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Winner rankings was also right after Cagayan, a month after the season ranking. More people participated for some reason.

cody
darkx
Martin
Storm
FFD
Kracko
Pondos
Dante
illuminatus
Machete
Sanity
Xeybozn
eaed
Peridiam
Mana Sword
GTM
Mega Mana
Squirrel
Burke
Comm
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Winner ranking!

(0. Rupert: 1.00)
1. Richard: 3.85
2. Chris: 4.95
3. Todd: 5.50
4. Tony: 8.65
5. Sandra 1.0: 10.00
6. Denise: 10.80
7. Sandra 2.0: 11.60
8. Earl: 12.15
9. Parvati: 12.85
10. Tyson: 13.55
11. JT: 13.80
12. Tom: 14.30
13. Tina: 14.45
14. Yul: 15.05
15. Danni: 15.10
16. Ethan: 15.40
17. Brian: 15.50
18. Sophie: 16.20
19. Bob: 16.75
20. Kim: 16.90
21. Fabio: 17.10
22. Cochran: 17.55
23. Aras: 17.85
23. Rob: 17.85
25. Natalie: 20.10
26. Jenna: 20.80
27. Vecepia: 22.90
28. Amber: 24.45
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Peridiam posted...

19. Bob: 16.75
20. Kim: 16.90

what a sham
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If I recall correctly we had no criteria for the winner rankings.

Where like my current winner ranking is the average of my "who I like" ranking and my "gameplay in a single season" ranking.
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Wow, Ian is losing his fucking mind at the endgame here.
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man i forgot i entered that winners ranking
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I'm up for seasons redux after 36 is over.
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I don't recall submitting for that winner ranking, but apparently I did.
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Ooooooh. Okay. All I ever submitted were my rankings for Cambodias returnees.

Carry on.

@Peridiam

Would you mind hosting a season rank down after the season? I can do the outlier rankings for you again.
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Possibly. Depends on how busy my schedule gets.
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I could host it, because I know I have a lot of free time.
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hm I thought I submitted a season ranking cause I saved a list, guess I didnt!
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Between the Janu boot episode, and now Ian from the final 5 onward, Palau is kinda uncomfortable.
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Alright, so I've officially finished rewatching the first ten seasons of Survivor.
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Dawww...

I forgot that Coby named his newly-adopted daughter Janu. That's so touching.
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I just finished my Big Brother 4 watch. I thought I would like it a lot less than I did but it was very fortunate that the people I liked more stayed in the house longer besides the finale 2. I didn't care for either of those people all that much. If I were to rank it off of the top of my head though I would go 2>=4 >> 3. Three was fine some of the people were just meh.

Also, winners

Will >>> Jun > Lisa
I think it is blatantly obvious who the best big brother winner is at the point that I'm at and that is in both entertainment and strategy.

Overall, though, as individual characters it is probably Danielle Reyes > Dr. Will > The Dream Team.

I just liked those guys a lot and thought they were fun underdogs even if they were too stupid to prevent their own demise.
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I really need to rewatch BB3-5. The whole stretch from 2-6, leading into 7, is so good.
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The best episode of Big Brother 4 was the first episode.
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i would support either of those rankdowns being run again, both were a lot of fun
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Potential TAR31 team I'm really excited for...

sites are saying BMC & Tai are pretty much a lock
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Im not sure thats the person I want to be the first to complete the CBS Reality Trifecta.
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It seemed like a forgone conclusion when they made this announcement though
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I started big brother 5 and where the fuck do they come up with this shit!
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So I finished Palau, just working on my Tom write-up and overall season write-up and then I'll have completely completed the first ten seasons of my rewatch.
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Well, it's officially finale week. Who's winning? Domenick or Wendell?
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Last minute Outcast Twist and Chris wins
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Lol if Only. I am going Dom
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