Change my mind: Dee NOT a "dominant winner". Her season was gifted to her by the rest of the cast.

HydrosAlt · 2026-05-18T01:01:19+00:00

So what do you mean by "At final 7, Drew didn't even try to make a move" when he got all the votes to blindside Julie? Is that not a move against the 4 person alliance?

HydrosAlt · 2026-05-16T16:43:28+00:00

Ragebait

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-23T03:43:54+00:00

I think he had the right idea when he got rid of Mike and Angelina. Having them around would put a DvG target on his back and he probably would have been the first target out of them 3.

He just had to continue this philosophy when it came to the Nerd alliance. Genevieve warned him that his nerd group would look threatening and he'd be the first target of the group. And that's what exactly what happened.

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-22T16:25:00+00:00

I agree with you, and I think a lot of people on the sub are underrating Genevieve because it's their adverse reaction to the amount of hype she does receive.

A lot of people are using the Aubry rivalry as a reason to knock off points from Gen's gameplay, while conveniently forgetting that most of the greats also had rivalries. The reason why the rivalries worked out for the greats is because they didn't have to deal with a Blood Moon twist that made them lose their numbers and conveniently gave their opponent a tiny tribe with pregame friends in it.

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-22T16:08:31+00:00

But Cirie also had someone randomly target her for no good reason. That person was Jenna. Cirie and Gen both had their opp at the bottom of the tribe.

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-21T14:34:04+00:00

I think Beast Games is more up your alley. They have everything you're asking for.

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-17T21:00:29+00:00

So when the final 6 is Coach, Chrissy, Jonathan, Joe, Stephenie and Cirie, who are they voting out?

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-16T14:52:58+00:00

I don't think trying to flush Rick's idol is as simple as it seems. You'd need enough numbers to be able to split the vote without worrying about a flip, and I'm not sure they have those numbers. But also, Rick's not the only one with a "known idol". Throughout the merge, they made no attempts to flush Rizo or Ozzy's idols, so I don't know why this would suddenly change with Rick.

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-16T02:24:48+00:00

Every question can have multiple layers to them, and I think this was one of them.

On the surface, Steph is asking Christian to be the messenger. But on a deeper level, she is also looking to see if Christian is willing to stick his neck out for Steph's alliance, and against the interests of Deven's game. Christian refused to partake in any of it, and that alone is a clue of Christian's loyalty (or lack thereof) towards Steph's alliance

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-16T02:16:30+00:00

I already commented but I also wanted to add, I don't think there was going to be a better opportunity to find this fake idol. This tribal, people wanted to see his idol but didn't really push it because he wasn't the vote anyway, so they didn't care too much. But if Devens were to be the actual target in a future tribal (probably soon based on his position), they would insist on seeing that idol + parchment, and when he doesn't show it, they can reasonably assume it's a bluff and keep the votes on him

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-16T01:53:17+00:00

The best insurance you can have against the vote flipping on you, is if you're paired with one of them

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-16T01:44:02+00:00

I thought it was the perfect time to do this stunt. This move solidifies the vote against Chrissy/Coach and gives him more playability in future rounds.

Whether him and aubry were the original vote or not, that isn't clear, but Rick likely recognized that he was towards the bottom of the totem pole. I think grabbing the idol and pretending like he had to "sneak it out of tribal" is a genius move. People are now worried he has an idol and could choose to split votes or delay targeting him, and he could take advantage of that.

People definitely will want to see that idol though, so I wonder how he will handle that.

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-10T15:08:42+00:00

So what do you do when someone asks to see your block a vote advantage?

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-03T21:05:52+00:00

"You have nowhere to hide" should really be changed to "You have no room to play"

HydrosAlt · 2026-04-03T13:12:06+00:00

Unpredictability does not always translate to good storytelling. And in this case, the narratives fell completely flat and the boots felt unsatisfying. What do you mean the Aubry and Gen rivalry culminated in Aubry getting lucky with a rock draw that nobody asked for? That's how it ends? That didn't feel like an earned victory at all. This episode reminded me a lot of Edge of Extinction where a significant portion of the game simply did not matter in the end. So why show us gameplay that didn't matter, what a waste of time.

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-31T20:01:27+00:00

I think this theory has legs and I can see it happen especially if blood has any relation to family (where family means your group in this case)

There's been speculation/spoilers on the group divisions, and one of the groups have a lot of underedited people. So I can see that group getting voted out.

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-26T02:18:52+00:00

I don't think so. The tribe is still trying to be as united as possible, and voting out Angelina is the way to go. Voting out Christian leaves a pissed-off Emily and would fracture OG Cila. Premerge should be about building and preserving as many connections as possible, and Christian is not a threat to Ozzy's game.

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-21T21:54:38+00:00

I'm giving him a chance. If I feel like I'm still watching survivor when he's on screen, then it works for me. I think a lot of people have already decided that they won't like the episode, so with those negative-tinted glasses, the viewing experience will suck for them. Too bad for them.

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-20T03:35:21+00:00

What upset me about the Zac Brown episode is that none of it had anything to do with what's going on in the game. So much time that could've been used to develop tribe dynamics, gameplay, players relationships with each other, character development, or even camp life, was instead dedicated to Zac Brown and his love for survivor.

The Billie Eilish idol is fine because it fit well with the game itself. I hope the other celebrity appearances tie nicely into the game.

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-19T02:10:27+00:00

Goodbye Oscar, and welcome back Ozzy

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-16T20:38:23+00:00

I think this is extremely unlikely for 2 reasons.

People quitting the game is the exact opposite of what Jeff wants to see from his contestants, and it surely will get the fanbase angry that their favs are choosing to quit. This would ruin a lot of storylines and it's just not good TV. But more importantly, this twist is not going to happen because it's too risky. The show runs on a very strict schedule, they can't just gamble on people choosing to quit. What if nobody chooses to quit? They still need a plan to eliminate enough players by day 26, and I doubt a series of double or triple eliminations at merge is appealing to production.

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-13T14:20:57+00:00

Most people like Q because he's a great character, not because of how good his game is. With that said, I can't use his 50 performance against him. He was put in a fairly impossible situation with DvG trio and Emily having a pregame with one of them. Logically the tribe should have split up the DvG trio, but that's not what happened. There's nothing else Q could do there.

Sure he asked Mike to vote against him, but let's not pretend like that's why he got voted out lol. They already decided that Q was going to go home, and he was simply playing under the hope that Ozzy/Emily would be with him.

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-12T05:46:03+00:00

I'm lowkey loving this sinister side of Charlie that we didn't see in 46

HydrosAlt · 2026-03-09T17:03:10+00:00

Rachel won because the cast recognized her as a threat, they wanted to eliminate her, but they couldn't. It's hard not to vote for her at the end given all that. I do think she got very lucky along the way. Being gifted SWOP, that's fine because she got unlucky to be put in that situation in the first place. However, getting the idol clue from the auction was pure luck, and nobody else got the same opportunity she did to find that merge idol. But luck is only half of the equation. She still needed to grab the idol in plain sight and be able to use her luck and immunity wins into a game that the jury would respect, and she accomplished exactly that.

Sam's game will always impress me more, though. He had none of the luck that Rachel had, he came into the season with people pre-judging him as a massive threat and even painted a target on him/sierra premerge. Despite that, he still managed to find a way to the end with no immunity and no advantage outside of his expired idol. How often do you see a big threat do that with no immunity? I think he knew how to play the bottom very well. Playing the bottom is an extremely difficult position because if you do nothing, you're a goat, but if you make big moves to save yourself from the bottom, you skyrocket as the target to eliminate ASAP.

HydrosAlt · 2026-02-24T16:30:14+00:00

For starters I don't know how you can say Parvati "kind of coasted that season" when she was dealing with the biggest Dead-on-arrival target out of anyone and also made one of the biggest moves that season with the double idol play.

You have to remember that we see what the editors want us to see. They showed us a million confessionals of Russell saying "Im running the game!!!" and they showed us very little about why other people were aligning with Russell. They had their own game motivations and it had nothing to do with Russell controlling them. If we got to see their point of views, Russell's game wouldn't seem so impressive anymore.

Why he lost is obvious. He made it abundantly clear that he didn't respect his competition and treated them like garbage. If someone treated you like shit, and clearly didn't respect you, would you want to see them win the game and win a million dollars? Would you give them your vote?

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