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To be clear Quiddity, I don't really care for or against F3. I've just accepted it and moved on. I was just stating that was the producers' logic for implementing the F3 twist, and given the string of decisive victories or blow-outs since Thailand, and perhaps starting as early as Africa or Amazon, I can understand why they did what they did

Yeah, I know that was their logic behind it. The problem is, their 'solution' to fix their perception of blow outs created even bigger problems, the worst of which (the pre-merge jury members) is thankfully now gone. And while admittingly we don't have a huge sample size yet, I don't think the F3 is going to make any difference with respect to the common practice of bringing lesser liked people to the end with you.

In terms of CI, that season did not necessarily need Yul and Ozzy for the close vote. If we had a different combination of people, even Sundra and Becky, the vote still might have been close. If we have Candice-Paravti-Sundra for instance, the voting dynamic might very well have been something like 2-3-4. There were no real goats in CI, only circumstantial ones

Yes, you're right that Yul/Ozzy wouldn't be the only close vote, Becky/Sundra certainly could have been one too. I think either one of the guys against either one of the women would have been a huge blow out. And it was almost 100% going to end up that way if there was a F2. Which is why at the time, as a one time twist I didn't particularly have a problem with the F3 thing. Saved the season. As a permanent change, can't stand it.

And yes, you're right, none of the F4, in fact none of the F6 in CI were goats.

The purpose of the F3 twist was to eliminate the strategy of "goat-taking" which has arguably worked. The problem with Fiji, was that the goats took themselves! They were the overt controllers that strung Earl and Yau-Man along, not the other way around.

This non-stop talk of goat-taking requires me to stop for a second and blow up this common misconception about the game. Aren't you one who has argued against labelling everyone a goat before Ravu, saying there's only one true goat a season? Maybe I'm mistaken. Anyway, let's take a look at just how foolish this 'goat-taking' talk is.
Amazon: Yeah, Matt was definately a goat. And was definately dragged along, although by Rob, not Jenna. Won't argue here.
Pearl Islands: For someone who was labelled as being dragged, Lil was actually the most consistent and powerful voter post-merge. The only who was not blindsided by a single vote post-merge. Everyone she wanted to go left. And she wasn't dragged to the F2 as she won the final challenge. So while Lill was a goat, she definately wasn't dragged to the end.
Vanuatu: Twila had a lot of power, and likewise wasn't dragged to the end. And yeah, she pissed off a lot of people, but so did Chris, by brutally backstabbing Julie and Eliza in the way he did. Scout was despised by much of the jury too. All of the F3 could be labelled goats.
Palau: No arguing here, Katie was ultra goat, and was dragged through the entire game by Ian and Tom.
Guatemala: Stephenie was in the leadership position with Rafe and Danni was in the minority most of the post-merge. Any notion that Danni dragged Steph as a goat to the F2 is completely wrong.
Exile Island: Danielle wasn't a goat. She wasn't going to win a jury vote against the other 3 members of the F4, but had she not voted out Courtney and Shane, she doesn't even make it that far in the first place. She was in a power position, and won the final challenge, so she certainly wasn't dragged there. Had she simply treated Austin and Sally a little better she could have won.

So for all these goats that were supposedly 'taken' or 'dragged' through the game, the real fact of the matter is that most of them weren't dragged through the game at all but were actually in power positions throughout most of the post merge which is why they got so far. Matt and Katie were the only ones who were dragged through the game.

While Yau did get screwed as a jury threat at F4, the twist isn't meant to protect all the people with high jury chances, but to weaken the incentives to take a goat merely for the sake of increasing one's final jury chances.

Like I just mentioned, most of these so alled goats weren't dragged through the game, that's just a common misconception. This twist doesn't weaken the incentives to take a goat at all. When it comes to those all important votes just before the final vote, the more liked people are still going to be voted out just like Yaoman.

China will be the 1st season where the F3 twist was not sprung at the candidates at the last minute, so everybody should be strategizing for that possibility well in advance before F3 hits. I think it is way to early to judge it for or against F3's merit as a twist

I don't think it will make any difference. In the long run we'll still have goats at the end, we'll still have obvious winners before the final vote, and with F3 we'll have one less episode, and less time for jury speeches.