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The only thing that "strong" means in Survivor is ability to survive, and one way to do that is win at challenges.
Win challenge = "strong"
Lose challenge = "weak"
Under my system, only those "weak" are vulnerable to being voted out.
Strategize = "strongest of the weak"
Get voted out = "weakest of the weak"

That's already what happens, though. A team could have the strongest physical players who would excel at most individual challenges (Ulong, for example). However, it's a lack of teamwork and communication that causes them to lose, meaning they're the "weak" team. The player voted out may get voted out for a variety of reasons. He or she could be the physically weakest member of that team (Ashlee), could be inept socially and irritate everyone (Jolanda), or be lazy around camp (Kim). The player could simply be voted out due to failed strategy (Angie), or an unlucky injury could hurt their standing in the game (Jeff). Either way, the person voted out is always the weakest member of the weak team, simply because the tribe has deemed them so. That's the nature of the game.

It's just that the definitions of "strong" and "weak" on Survivor are more complicated than whether or not one loses a challenge. Physical strength, social game, work ethic, strategy, and yes, luck, are all factors, and the ways in which they combine and factor into the game each season are what keeps the show interesting. At the very least, your system doesn't improve upon the current one. If you think it does, I suggest you call Mark Burnett instead of wasting your time here, stroking your own ego. Let's see a season happen under your system and see how it turns out. The show pretty much jumped the shark with Fiji so there's nothing stopping it.

Kitty Pryde1 wrote:

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Current System:
Weak Player On An Immune Tribe: Safe

Guaranteed, every single time.

You assume I think Kitty's argument about the current system is valid. I do not. A weak player would not be on an Immune tribe. Unless they sat out, they would have contributed to the win. If they contributed to the win, they are stronger than the members of the losing team. Even if they did sit out, they likely contributed to work around camp, social interactions, and likely contributed to past wins, all of which could contribute to a team's win at a given challenge (since food and rest, morale, and momentum are all important factors into whether or not a team wins or loses). Your system does not reward leadership or teamwork, which I see as essential components to the pre-merge portion of Survivor.

You know that laughing at one's own jokes is the pinnacle of being an asshat, right? I mean, it's right on up there with giving yourself a nickname or talking about how good you are at flaming people even though no one else considers you good at, well, anything.