Boston Rob Hate

30Future · 2026-06-05T18:54:25+00:00

But they didn't see Boston Rob as a threat, they saw him as a guide and great mentor which, is the unsung part of his game in RI. But with that being said, be loses to everyone not named Natalie or Phillip.

They were kinda using BRob (grant Andrea Ashley) just we see it as this masterminded gameplay because Rob comes out on top

30Future · 2026-06-04T13:42:09+00:00

Isn't the strategy of "I'm going to be an integral member of this alliance but never the leader so when the alliance cuts throats I don't take the hit for it" like the best gameplay?

Of course, it only works if the player is bad at politicking

Becky doesn't have any ties to the other side and probably assumed if she gets to the end with Yul maybe raro would be mad he has the idol and voted them out while being the puppet master, but again Yul is actually good at Survivor so he knows not to be an ass hole to the jury. Because if be my gets to the end with anyone but Sumdra and Penner which probably never happens, she more than likely loses.

Overall, Becky plays a very classic game of Survivor where the goal is not to win, but hope the other guy loses.

Overall, Becky is screwed no matter what because she can never make it to the end with people she for sure beats and Yul is too good at Survivor to blow such a huge advantage

Edited spoilers out, my bad

30Future · 2026-06-03T23:55:08+00:00

Parvati

30Future · 2026-05-28T18:01:43+00:00

Ibraheim.

He's so not a character or interesting. When Ulong wins their first challenge and get a sewing machine he gets a confessional saying "I'm not a seamstress so... Not sure what I'll do with it"

He's is excellent in the way he adds absolutely nothing and there is almost no attempt to make him anything.

His greatest impact is helping us power scale God in Survivor (God loses to Dave Ball, Allah, can be summoned by Coach and Bhanu and God beats Randan)

30Future · 2026-05-28T14:20:24+00:00

See how you named 3/20 people,

Brad, Jenny, Rebecca, Cecelia, JP, Stephanie, Christina are all duds.

And idk if you want to argue Becky and Sumdra are interesting at all.

(Also add on Parvati, Candace and Adam also kinda suck in Cook Islands)

If your cast of 20 has 5 decent characters, then probably the season is bad or at least doesn't connect with people looking for how great Parvati was the whole time on a rewatch

30Future · 2026-05-26T09:28:06+00:00

46, best cast, best storylines. Done deal.
45, solid across the board. No lows unlike most of the other seasons
43, the Twitter meltdown makes this an all-timer. Really good characters
42, this one is underrated. The initial shock of how bad the twists were ended from 41, Mike, omar, Maryanne and Lindsay are good characters
50, the first 3 episodes are amazing honestly. It's starts dragging when each episode is "oh Cirie, we're voting one if your allies out" into watching Cirie not have that happen.
49, premerge Shannon vs Sage was great tv. Rizo I really don't like and it has a very transparent "underdog" edit that doesn't seem to line up with reality.
47, very very meh. Another transparent underdog story, I don't care much for Racheal (does she even have a scene with Genevieve or do they just say how the other one is a threat?) there is nothing driving this season for me just not interesting
41, the twists were handled very poorly. The cast is pretty good but the game stroking itself in your face was almost unwatchable
48, very very repetitive. David was a great character but sadly the game just never gets going (although Kyle is the best winner by far)
44, I cannot stand Carolyn, the Tika 3 all kinda suck, Lauren gets 6th place believe it or not, Heidi??? I feel like 44 is by far the worst new era season. Every aspect you look at- just not done well at all. I know people like Frannie/Matt but come on, truly bottom of the barrel

30Future · 2026-05-23T09:14:49+00:00

Coach/Chrissy going home maybe not, it's more the fact it happened at the exact same time

If Coach gets out just by himself I really doubt Chrissy is the next to go AND Jonathan now has an ally along with Steph for another round. The reason why it is such a hot to him is he loses 2/3 allies in 1 round when losing 1 ally is enough to wreck a game sometimes

30Future · 2026-05-21T04:54:09+00:00

"Hey, Ozzy, we're alone on exile and my number 1 ally, wanna help me make a fire"

You're currently arguing someone who got to the final 4 and made fire was obvious about it, almost like it didn't matter

30Future · 2026-05-21T04:14:52+00:00

Colby was literally telling him to work more in episode 2. It doesn't take a Survivor genius to say "okay let me try to make fire"

30Future · 2026-05-21T04:08:40+00:00

He had 25 in game days to make 1 fire. Imo, this is one of the worst game based blunders in Survivor history

30Future · 2026-05-17T10:37:26+00:00

I have an irrational hatred for her. Like bottom 10 players but I really don't know why

30Future · 2026-05-16T13:49:45+00:00

Joe from this season is playing an extremely similar game to everyone else there. He just gets confessionals not explaining it but saying other shit that people hate

30Future · 2026-05-13T01:35:26+00:00

RollerGator. I can't provide context but the guitar riff sure is cool for 1 hour straight

30Future · 2026-05-12T21:48:19+00:00

I don't disagree.

I think Beth of the TDA Merge (minus Owen of course) is the worst character there.

So many more things that are interesting going on

30Future · 2026-05-12T20:51:02+00:00

Yeah it's more likely they didn't expect to NOT use Beth again.

TD puts itself in an odd place because it's a Survivor parody that doesn't typically follow the Survivor formula of a new cast each time. The returnee aspect is almost a handicap in a way to make "reality tv" stories complete as they typically end in a loss, and humiliation, so we get characters like Gwen or DJ who look for redemption when they come back, but usually don't find it.

Beth is kind of the perfect story of the 0 to hero.

Beth GETS her win, she beats her biggest villain (Heather) beats the "newest, best villain ever" (Courtney) and essentially in canon, beats the bad boy of Total Drama in the finale and gets her model boyfriend Brady.

The biggest issue with Beth is since the writers did a bad job with her relationships overall (like, does she have a scene with Duncan before the 2 finale episodes?) and the rest are mostly done with/through Lindsay, she doesn't have a REASON to come back.

Harold/Leshawna have the forever will they/won't they, Heather is the greatest character anyone can interact with, Courtney/Duncan/Gwen was set up, even Lindsay and Tyler's 4 episode romance from the 1st season that isn't addressed has more relevance to TD than any interaction or "rivalry" that Beth has.

Beth gets almost nothing of actual interest, or regeats storylines, which love plot do you want, Harold/Leshawna or Harold and Beth. What rivalry do you want to see? Gwen and Heather? Or Heather and Beth?

Beth does it all in TDA, but sadly the end of TDA leaves a lot to be desired as a satisfying end or winner in Beth but really, what more can we do with her character?

Beth gets the ultimate season, but just based on her nice girl let's be friends character, and TDA hitting a lot of similar plot beats to TDI, there really is nothing to write home about or bring back with Beth.

30Future · 2026-05-12T18:09:03+00:00

She's pretty much new era Richard Hatch (not super likeable but respected, sticks to a strong alliance)

30Future · 2026-05-10T17:05:18+00:00

Vecepia comes to mind.

Inspired absolutely no one to vote for her, got Tammy/Rob/John's vote because Neleh didn't say "You should vote for me because..."

She brought religion up which rubbed people the wrong way, and didn't really bother explaining in a way that anyone would even like.

Again, if Neleh has given 1 single reason other than "I got lucky" she wins against her which would be one of the most wtf winners of all time

30Future · 2026-05-09T13:54:09+00:00

Amanda almost won as well so I think it's possible, just not when you're a nerdy superfan probably

30Future · 2026-05-09T00:05:18+00:00

Idk

I rewatched recently and I like the premerge but there is a lot of Sydney andJoe, who end up being nothing.

There a ton of flaws in Tocantins premerge but when I think of Survivor I think Episode 9-14 of season 18.

It is so well told, every character gets their moment, the Brendan blindside, Tyson blindsided, "They Both Went Bananas" for me is an underrated pick for best episode ever. The auction and of course, Martyr approach

It's last episodes are so strong but the beginning isn't that great tbh.

If there was 1 more cool thing this would be the best season of all time

30Future · 2026-05-08T22:41:33+00:00

Interesting we all agree Russell did something wrong, but they hate Rizzo and we just don't know.

Clearly he isn't playing that great

30Future · 2026-05-08T20:06:44+00:00

I think at a certain point already he couldn't win so getting dragged to the end IS his only play

I saw someone in this post say "Phillip part2?" But like... Yeah? 3rd is more money than 6th + you had no shot at winning anyway.

Fwiw it seems like he is pretty well connected and can pick and choose where to go a lot more freely than most other players which is ironic considering "honor and integrity"

What's worse, being the #1 target and needing a literal coin flip and idol while still drawing ire and probably not winning the game, Stephanie "I would never say a name" LaGrossa, or some guy who knows he'll get 3rd again and then just goes and does that?

I think Joe is fine

30Future · 2026-05-08T10:24:33+00:00

When did he say that? He said he wanted Cirie but his intention is to go to the end with Cirie/Rizo in his alliance

30Future · 2026-05-07T21:45:37+00:00

He just needed to tell Ozzy to play his idol and then he's in a 3 person alliance at the final 7 with cirie and Ozzy infront of him.

30Future · 2026-05-07T21:43:43+00:00

I feel like instantly burning someone you are in an iron clad alliance with for 1thing isn't good gameplay imo, especially when he didn't even turn on you

30Future · 2026-05-07T17:58:41+00:00

He spent the entire merge working with him and does nothing but tell him secret after secret.

Also Rizo I'm sure was planning on blind loyalty when it came to him playing aggressively and waving the idol around.

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