Board 8 > Survivor Crew Ranks The Survivor Seasons

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oh I have a feeling my outlier score is going to skyrocket later on will be interesting to see how it trends!
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Yeah, same, since I have a couple low-placers that haven't shown up yet.
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There is at least one remaining that I expect to have a big (15+) outlier score for.
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There are several for me.
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Time to bless the rains with our next update.

#22: Africa
Average Ranking: 21.36

eaed: 8 - This is one of those seasons that is ranked a lot more because of my personal feelings for it. It also falls under that list of one of those seasons that will screw up my outlier setting but nevertheless, it was the first season that I truly remember and I was a huge fan of Lex. Finally, with some more old school survivor and then the first swap made it really over the top. And thats why it is here for me.

Mana Sword: 16 - No writeup

YoRyan: 18 - enjoyable but dull in many parts

Illuminatus: 20 - No writeup

BCT: 22 - As far as early seasons go, Africa has nothing its predecessors didnt (except the swap and Lexs witch hunt) and a less memorable cast. The Samburu trainwreck is stained by Silas being arrogant, though the swap bamboozling him was precious, and the conditions and strict rules on wandering outside the circle made everyone feel less inspired. The exotic location was a nice change of pace, but made it clear the beach was where Survivor belonged.

darkx: 22 - No writeup

FBike: 23 - Although not a very good season overall, this season brought a very important change to Survivor: the tribe switch. No longer could a tribe simply sit back with a majority after the merge or so we thought.

Inviso: 24 - Its a toss-up for me as to which of Australia or Africa I prefer more, and ultimately, I have to rank Africa just SLIGHTLY higher, because its just slightly less predictable. Both seasons have similar problems though: very harsh conditions lead to a level of grunginess that adds up to an unpleasant viewing experience towards the end-game. The boot order isnt that great either, as a lot of fun, interesting characters go out right around the merge (similar to Australia), but at least the methods in which this happens are somewhat interesting. Plus the endgame is a LITTLE more surprising given the final few immunity wins. Ultimately though, I think ones enjoyment of Africa depends on just how much one can tolerate a certain player who becomes the focal point of the season from the merge onward. I dont care for this player, so Africa is a bit of a slog for me to watch.

GTM: 27 - what even happened on this season

Naye745: 27 - i just don't remember this season having nearly the excitement or fun as Borneo or Australia, and maybe it suffers a bit by comparison. Ethan winning was good, and this gave us our first major tribe-swap twist, but still fails to stand out as anything great.

DoctorBlind: 28 - Africa probably fell lower in my ranking upon a rewatch than any other season. Boring cast, stupid strategies and an underwhelming performance from the winner.
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Eaed is a perfect example of my mindset on Africa. I feel like a person's enjoyment of the season is dependent entirely on how much you like Lex as a character, because once the merge hits, he's pretty much the only player that actually matters to the plot. Me? I don't much care for Lex, so I rank it low.
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Ouch! Any hopes I had for normality just died lol.
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i'm not necessarily opposed to lex, but there is definitely too much of him once the merge hits

that said, i last watched this season 17 years ago so uh take that all with a grain of salt
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I like Lex's entertainment value, but my overall feelings on him are more neutral than anything. I liked him some in Africa... but then All-Stars happened >_>

Also that safari in the hot air balloon was epic, forgot to mention that. Perhaps Africa should be higher on my list, however slightly, based on what I'm thinking about now. The thing is that pretty much everything I have above it feels like it should be above it.

Naye, you should rewatch it.

DoctorBlind posted...

Africa probably fell lower in my ranking upon a rewatch than any other season.

For me, that was Cook Islands, but that's because I overrated it in the first place. Africa has ping-ponged all over the place in my rankings over the years, but has usually been in the bottom half (but never the bottom tier)
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There's one season that every time I watch it I put in my top 10 then sort of let it slip as time goes on, then get surprised when I watch it again and put it back in my top 10... so now I'm just keeping it there and not letting it budge.
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watever
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Looking at the eliminations thus far, I would say Nicaragua is the only season that has no business being this low. HHH and GC and Fiji are lower than some awful seasons that should be out by now, but at least I understand the hatred. Nicaragua though? Nope nope nope.
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I had Nicaragua a lot higher before rewatching it. It's definitely a below-average season.
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dunno what is good about nicaragua lol
season was a nonstop trainwreck
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you just answered your own question
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i mean so is redemption island but nobody likes that either
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farty
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Naye745 posted...

i mean so is redemption island but nobody likes that either

Redemption Island is quite literally the opposite of a trainwreck.

That's why it's so bad.
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Bump so this doesn't purge before this morning's update. Yes, I'm still doing updates, despite what people on Discord may claim.
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If you're still doing updates, then do the update already.
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where's the damn contest
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DoctorBlind - 79
Illuminatus - 78
Inviso - 71
YoRyan - 67
Mana Sword - 60
eaed - 55
darkx - 52
GTM - 48
FBike - 39
BlueCrystalTear - 36
Naye745 - 34
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i'm as cookie cutter as they come, my entire bottom 12 is already out and we're only 15 entries in!
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Me so far:

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14. ???
15. ???
16. ???
17. Samoa
18. Game Changers
19. Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
20. All-Stars
21. Nicaragua
22. Africa
23. ???
24. ???
25. ???
26. Fiji
27. ???
28. Cook Islands
29. ???
30. Thailand
31. Worlds Apart
32. Ghost Island
33. Caramoan
34. Redemption Island
35. One World
36. South Pacific
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I like what darkx just did!

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8. Survivor: Africa (Season 3)
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19. Survivor: Fiji (Season 14)
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22. Survivor: Game Changers (Season 34)
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24. Survivor: Cook Islands (Season 13)
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26. Survivor: Heroes v. Healers v. Hustlers (Season 35)
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28. Survivor: Caramoan (Season 26)
29. Survivor: South Pacific (Season 23)
30. Survivor: Samoa (Season 19)
31. Survivor: Ghost Island (Season 36)
32. Survivor: All-Stars (Season 8)
33. Survivor: One World (Season 24)
34. Survivor: Nicaragua (Season 21)
35. Survivor: Thailand (Season 5)
36. Survivor: Redemption Island (Season 22)
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Also, I some how forgot Fiji so here is the new Outlier Stats:

DoctorBlind - 85
Inviso - 82
Illuminatus - 81
YoRyan - 71
Mana Sword - 70
eaed - 63
darkx - 53
GTM - 52
FBike - 41
Naye745 - 41
BlueCrystalTear - 38

Don't look now but despite recent antics Andy is the cookie cutter! lol
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Don't look now but despite recent antics Andy is the cookie cutter! lol

I certainly did not anticipate this. It feels weird to be normal!

>_> don't know why I posted that on Leia, my bad

I should keep to my usual two accounts outside of my own topics, xD
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#21: Marquesas
Average Ranking: 19.64

Inviso: 8 - The first few seasons of Survivor followed a very specific formula with one a few bumps along an otherwise smooth road. Marquesas is the first season to really shake up that formula in a fun way, with the pre-merge boot list actually featuring some major characters, as opposed to JUST the last pre-merge boot or so. But there are some shake-ups strategically as well, and that leads to an endgame of players most people wouldnt expect to reach the endgame in the first place. I think Survivor is at its best when the winner isnt someone the editors can just lazily craft a story around, so Marquesas winds up being a reasonably well-edited and exciting season, especially in comparison to a lot of the other seasons around it.

darkx: 10 - An underrated gem with a lot of funny moments and an amazing underdog alliance upsetting the cocky overdogs.

eaed: 14 - On the first watch, I didnt care for Marquesas but on the rewatch Marquesas was actually quite fantastic. The people are pretty great, the symbolism in the water fall. The fall of the Rotu four. Boston Rob is pretty great in confessional in his debut. Sean Rector is a fantastic character. Kathy VO is still one of my favorite survivor players of all time. The finish is what takes the wind out of this seasons sails for me.

YoRyan: 16 - classic that i don't love as much as everybody else

BCT: 20 - A good cast with strategic gameplay new to the time and a few good instances of drama, but a fatigued final six due to the state of deprivation, too many bug bites, and underwhelming winner ultimately undermine the eventual outcome.

Naye745: 22 - had one of the first successful reversals of a majority alliance when the 4 rotus got blindsided by the other 5 players. but struggles to stand out to me aside from that dramatic turnaround. admittedly i havent watched this since it aired in 2002.

Illuminatus: 23 - No writeup

Mana Sword: 24 - No writeup

FBike: 24 - The cast was miserable this season, and it wasn't just because of the sandflies driving them crazy.

DoctorBlind: 27 - I just finished re-watching this with the fiance and am a bit surprised I ranked it this low. Fun characters in the beginning, but over time the show gets a bit stale. Underwhelming winner, but hey at least we avoided a traditional pagoning.

GTM: 28 - what even happened on this season
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I think the twist of "No food, no water, and the least gear ever" wasn't a good thing because it made the season grow stale later on.

That said, the John Carroll blindside is one of the, if not THE, most definitive in the show's history. It's where it is for me based on that alone. But after that vote, it just gets... stale.
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bwburke94 posted...

YoRyan: 16 - classic that i don't love as much as everybody else

Has it the fourth highest of anybody.

First of my top 10 to fall. Shame.
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Jesus Christ, THAT is fucking terrible, given that soulless garbage from the 30s is still in.
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Speaking of John Carroll, can we mention how Boston Rob outed him as gay and no one gives a shit about it? (Back in the early '00s, that was a big thing.)
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Did he out him? I thought he was open about it.
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I don't remember Boston Rob doing that because I too thought John was open. But Rob WAS a douche that season, largely due to his immaturity...
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Underleveled posted...

Did he out him? I thought he was open about it.

He said he was open but said he outed him to make Boston Rob feel like shit.

Also, people other than you like Cambodia Inviso. Proof in the pudding!
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Underleveled posted...

Did he out him? I thought he was open about it.

He said he was open but said he outed him to make Boston Rob feel like shit.

Also, people other than you like Cambodia Inviso. Proof in the pudding!

I'm aware that people like Cambodia. It's the reason why the producers keep giving us garbage attempts to replicate the season.
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Unofficial Rankings So Far:

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8. ???
9. ???
10. ???
11. Game Changers
12. ???
13. ???
14. Africa
15. ???
16. Cook Islands
17. ???
18. Marquesas
19. Samoa
20. ???
21. ???
22. Fiji
23. ???
24. South Pacific
25. All-Stars
26. Nicaragua
27. One World
28. Caramoan
29. Redemption Island

Unwatched & Unranked:
A. Thailand
B. ???
C. Worlds Apart
D. ???
E. ???
F. Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers
G. Ghost Island

What's weird is I thought I watched a good deal of Ghost Island, but I seriously don't remember anyone or anything about it.
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There are plenty of things people like that are bad and it doesn't change the fact that they are bad.
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yeah cambodia was good tho :) :)
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I think it is like you 2 vs the world on that one.
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We are the world

We are the people
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We are Groot.
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Underleveled posted...

We are Groot.

posts like this are why this site needs a "Like" button

(I loved Cambodia, as most of you know)
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Ive never seen a need for gamefaqs to have a like button
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#20: Guatemala
Average Ranking: 19.09

darkx: 9 - THE most underrated season. That cast, holy shit.

DoctorBlind: 12 - I dont think I can exactly pinpoint what I love about this season, but its criminally underrated. Great cast (seriously why have there not been more returnees?), location, winner and I loved the juxtaposition between this Stephanie and the Americas sweetheart version we got in her first appearance.

Inviso: 13 - Guatemala is a great example of what happens when the final outcome of the season is one the producers arent entirely hoping will transpire. It makes the editors have to get off their ass and do their goddamn jobs, rather than going for the easy storyline. I will admit that Guatemala has a bunch of duds, but most of them are gone early in the process, leaving a cast that, from the swap onward pretty much, is fun and exciting. The returning player twist, while it DOES impact the season, doesnt feel overwhelming, and allows the returnees to shine while giving plenty of screen time to the newbies. And the endgame is exciting and unpredictable in such a way that it really highlights the skill of the eventual winner. That being said, while I admit the endgame itself is exciting, the players making UP that endgame are not necessarily up to snuff, so ultimately, I bump Guatemala down just a bit.

FBike: 17 - Around this point was when the cast really began to start metagaming and trying to outpredict the producers. It was also around this point when people started being irrationally afraid of pissing off a jury and sitting on their asses because of it, usually eating a blindside to the face for their trouble.

BCT: 19 - A season underrated by production in some ways, but unfortunately a lot of the best people were gone before the merge Brian Corridan and Amy OHara in particular and we were left with the bully queen being a bully and becoming a jury goat because of it. Oh, and Jamie Newton losing his mind, Cindy Hall falling in love with her car, and Judd hopin people get eaten by crocodiles, man. A lot of little things make this one worth a rewatch.

YoRyan: 19 - still waving the flag for most meh season

Mana Sword: 20 - No writeup

eaed: 20 - Guatemala is one of those season that I feel like is a lot of fun but it doesnt get enough respect in its own right but at the same time I feel like it is almost like Palau 2 and therefore almost a not complete season and thats why I have it ranked her.

Naye745: 24 - a brutal season, from the start. both the physical intensity and the intense characters (hey Jamie and Judd) were a lot. but the drama felt like it fizzled out as things went along, and it seemed like after Stephenie and Rafe controlled the game Danni somehow snuck in and won.

Illuminatus: 25 - No writeup

GTM: 32 - yes I have it this low I dont need to see stephenie again. or like 90% of this cast
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i like those bookends

guatemala had an okay cast but a lot of the people i really liked were gone before and right at the start of the merge
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Oof. I had toyed with putting Guatemala in my top 10 too. Still my highest ranked season to go out so far.

Burke do you need someone to finish this off for you?
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eaedwards6400 posted...

Burke do you need someone to finish this off for you?

He posted one yesterday.

It should be one or two a day. Depends on the amount of discussion regarding a season's placement. Me... my outlier score is really, really low so far. That could change, though I see my list as pretty conventional. But that means I don't really have much to add most of the time >_>
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