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Survivaholic wrote:

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Honestly, I dont think eriks gameplay was that bad. He was in the majority alliance at zhun hu (sp?). He was the one that origianlly came up with the idea to throw the challenge. He never made any enemies and even though contestants at the reunion said pg would have won i really done believe that. PG annoyed alot of people an erik was well liked by J.R., Jamie, Frosti, Amanda, Todd and Denise. I think the only one that had issues with him was James (per the insider video). He also tried to save himself and didnt just sit back and except his fate. Unfortunatley every season has a "quiet nice guy" and erik was this seasons.

Are you kidding me? Sure, I think Erik is a nice guy, and I LOVE his two closest allies, but he was a terrible player of Survivor. He was not the one who came up with the idea to throw the challenge, that was PG... and PG confirmed it with Jaime first. And he didn't really try to save himself at all... at the final 8 reward challenge he tried to convince Courtney/Amanda to get rid of PG next. Him and Frosti were both just trying to be the last Zhan Hu's rather than trying to maybe turn the tables. And of course PG would have won if she made the finals... this cast obviously appreciated someone who played the game well, and if she would have made it to the finals she would have deserved it.

Not to diss Erik, I like the guy, but I don't think he was a very good player of the game of Survivor.

When they first get the news that they are losing someone and araon and james are coming over, they are all standing together and erik says something like "we could just throw the challeneges but that would be kinda scummy." Someonelse pipes in and says yes after he says that. Later on pg approaches jaime about it. If you read eriks interviews you will learn that he knew about the challenge being thrown but the whole scene with him confronting the ladies was all an act so that james and aaron wouldnt know he was in on it. Pg may have been the one to push for the throwing of the challnge but she was not the one that came up with the idea.

daggers44 wrote:

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mtj1282, do you not remember when Erik went with Fei Long and voted for James? Dumbest move ever!

He was not a risk. The worst thing that could have happened for him would be that PG would have left. Since it didnt directly lead to his ouster it cant be the dumbest move ever! The dumbest moves are moves that cost you the game! and actually if pg did go that could have helped his game. With PG gone he would not be seen as such a big threat, the power of two (pg and erik) is a threat. Maybe amanda would have pulled him in to get rid of todd, then with an immunity win, he could have got himself to the end! If it was say erik, todd and courtney, or erik , todd and amanda, I think erik would have won!