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Posts: 5124 (12/16/07 10:18 PM) Registered user |
I'm really glad Amanda didn't win. She was pissing me off with her sanctimonious bullshit talk to Todd after they got back from camp.
This is definitely one of the best seasons they've ever had.
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pagonglover |
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Posts: 3723 (12/16/07 10:40 PM) Registered user |
Wow, I totally expected Amanda to win. What happened?
and when are we ever going to have a female winner anymore? 
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Posts: 603 (12/16/07 10:48 PM) Registered user |
Well, uh....Todd's kind of close to a female winner, isn't he?
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panurge46 |
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Posts: 761 (12/16/07 11:34 PM) Registered user |
The season started with Jeff saying it was 'The Greatest Book on Strategy Ever Written", Todd was shown taking it and using it. It led me to believe
that this season had to reward a strategist. Amanda's contribution to the strategy was always shown but it was minor until the James vote. She was never
"The Schemer." In the last 3 episodes, it appeared that Todd was in trouble and Amanda was looking good for the win. It HAD to be Misdirection, which
SeeBS and EPMB are famous for. I enjoyed both Amanda's and Todd's strategy but:
Todd was the story of Survivor China from the start. |
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PeachessandCreeams |
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Posts: 7700 (12/17/07 3:24 AM) Registered user |
1000 posts and Todd won! |
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Kirblar |
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Posts: 5138 (12/17/07 3:35 AM) Registered user |
It's the Rich Hatch edit, but since it had been 14 seasons since we'd seen it, it worked well at disguising the winner.
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Jeff P3 |
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Posts: 1289 (12/17/07 3:57 AM) |
Great season, great winner. SEG finally got it right for the first time in awhile.
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Kitty Pryde1 |
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Posts: 1305 (12/17/07 6:40 AM) |
Amanda is the DUMBEST player in many a-season.
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chapera rocks |
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Posts: 8110 (12/17/07 3:22 PM) Registered User |
I think Amanda did fine, but her only mistake was sucking up to the jury and voting out Denise over Todd. I don't think anyone realized what a jury threat
he was, especially since it seemed like everyone hated him. Amanda was the one to say that Todd was the real threat, but didn't follow her instincts.
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Posts: 64 (12/17/07 3:24 PM) Registered user |
Kitty Pryde1 wrote: Well... her end game blunders were not worse than Ian's. ;) |
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Posts: 3814 (12/17/07 3:41 PM) Registered user |
I'm pretty sure Dreamz is one of the dumbest players we've had in a long time...Amanda not so much.
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XtremeInnovator420 |
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Posts: 611 (12/17/07 4:15 PM) Registered user |
Agreed. Amanda may have made some mistakes, but nothing on an irrational Dreamz level.
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panurge46 |
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Posts: 765 (12/17/07 4:18 PM) Registered user |
I'm not even sure Amanda made a worse jury speech than Sandra or Amber who both won. Apologizing is often what the jury wants. Why do you guys think we heard PG telling Denise that "Amanda is playing that sympathy card" a few episode ago? If nothing else, it prepared us for the jury's mood. Todd won the game with his jury speech and I'm not sure that has ever happened before. Players lose votes with their explanations, they rarely win any.
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Kitty Pryde1 |
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Posts: 1327 (12/17/07 4:25 PM) |
What about Chris?
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sweEt Mauritius |
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Posts: 649 (12/17/07 6:53 PM) Registered user |
Good season but I wasn't thrilled with the finale. Denise became my least favorite person of the season, Todd was his usual annoying self (with that
horrible crying act after the votes were read, how much more ridiculous can he get?). I love Courtney even more after the finale but Amanda also went down a
little in my book after the final tribal.
After ranking the seasons in the Rank the Seasons thread I realized that I still like many seasons more than this one. It was still good though. We definitely needed it after the suckfest that was seasons 13-14. |
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Quiddity |
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Posts: 1531 (12/17/07 7:11 PM) Registered User |
It was a great season in my eyes, and that finale certainly clinched it. Amazingly enough, the F3 ended up not being a problem at all and probably did result
in a better finish than had we had a F2. I still dislike it as a permanent change as I think this was more a coincidence than a full term fix, but things
worked out well for us this season like they did in Cook Islands. I was glad to see that Todd got 4 votes, as one of my big beefs withh the F3 is winning
without getting a majority of the jury votes, and he did accomlish that. I enjoyed the very unconventional final challenge that gave everyone a chance to win.
The jury was remarkably not that pissed at all and voted more on gameplay than emotion, which I was happy to see (although I don't necessarily think voting
for emotion is a bad thing, if people are pissed and won't vote for you, it's your own godamn fault). And it was quite a surprising finish that I did
not expect at all. Even the reunion turned out great. Denise pissed me off with her "woe is me" mentality at times, but other than that, no problems
at all. Probably a top 3 or 4 season with me when all is said and done.
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Posts: 612 (12/17/07 7:39 PM) Registered user |
I have to give Todd amazing props for his jury speech. It wasn't as good as Chris's, but it was still a REALLY good one.
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Posts: 6621 (12/17/07 9:02 PM) Registered User |
Kirblar wrote: Kirblar wrote: Got to agree with these statements. Amanda's waffling in front of the jury is just the same way she's played the entire game. And playing the victim hardly ever garners respect. She didn't own what she did while Todd and Courtney did. |
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Posts: 766 (12/17/07 9:16 PM) Registered user |
I think Chris' jury speech assured him of Julie's vote but lost him Ami's when Scout pointed out all his BS. Net result = 0. Anyway, Chris had Chad, Sarge, Eliza and Leann in the bag. Todd, I think won both Jaime and Jean Robert's votes. James and Peih Gee's votes were far from a certain thing. |
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Posts: 120 (12/17/07 9:32 PM) |
Amanda had horrible answers. I love Jaime's and Jean Robert's questions and I love how Todd answered them. He really shut Jean Robert up and I think he
gave Jaime a good direct answer and he did not beat around the bush.
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