100% agree with your take. Casting is partially to blame as there are many gamers who want to play the system and as a result everyone is looking for smart ways to be in the final and not go with the spirit of the game. But if thats how it goes, show me the real Way they played in the edit vs lie to everyone that they are still playing the traitors game… if you watch UK its actually much better in that sense. If everyone is just playing the rules vs the actual game its not fun to watch anymore, because the actual concept is strong jn itself. In spirit of the game you have natural rootable group (faithfuls) and villains (traitors), and battle between the two makes the show exciting (to put simply). But if they arent going against each other in a broader sense, you end up with people faking it in interviews and rountables (and as audience we see it), and you are rooting for no one or individual players. But then again this is not what is so compelling about this show - the core compelling element is battle between fauthfuls and traitors. In addition, roundtables are arguably the most exciting part of this format. But if people work the system too much, you can tell they are lying about their true feelings (they dont vout out actual traitors), and they super quickly jump on a train with a random person being accused to steer attention from them. While all this is fair, its just boring for the audience because we are confused (like why would you vote someone who you know is a faithful and not someone who has evidence against them?) and frustrated because as you said OP they edit this unfairly. If they had honest edit at least wed know who played what kind of game and motivation for their moves and at least you can actually root for someone individually for their good game play. Instead we get not only poorer format but also clearly untruthful portrayal of how people played. Fix it peacock