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Dannzy |
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Well said Grenade :)
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astroline |
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Parvati deserves to be on Half-ASS because she's the most polarizing contestant we've had in many, many seasons. People truly either love or hate her,
and that type of dynamic is always interesting to watch get played out.
I personally love her, and here's a few simple reasons why. #1. She's a good physical competitor. #2. She never complains, she almost chopped off her finger and toughed it out, no Medevac or quitting. #3. She's funny and charismatic, if not a bit overly flirtatious, but at least it's a different dynamic. It does help her in the game, and she knows it. #4. In Cook Islands, she got Jonathan voted out before her, and then she got voted out before Adam because she was a bigger threat! #5. She's a great social player, she was always the most liked of the Raros (that's why she was invisible in the mutiny stages, to keep us from hating her, although some of you still hate her anyway...) #6. SHE DOESN'T RIDE COATTAILS. Imagine that, a post-ASS female who actually did everything on her own! And come on, let's face it. The premiere episode, and she got the second most airtime out of everyone there, the most if you exclude Jonny Fairplay. That clearly means she's there for a reason and that she's good to watch. I honestly don't know why people hate her so much, yet fawn over people like Jonathan & Eliza. Jonathan was playing for 5th, on both sides, and he couldn't pull that off and got stuck with 7th. Eliza floated through the game on Vanuatu, pissing everybody off but not enough to actually ever be gotten rid of, but always very close. Parvati at least always had a game plan and made strong decisions, good or bad. |
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Parvati brings the entertainment and controversy, so I have no problem with her being cast. People think she was Candice's replacement, but I think they
wanted Parvati on from the beginning. Candice did controversial things, but her personality was pretty bland. Put in another situation, she probably
wouldn't do anything entertaining. I think the fact that people here would rather have the likes of Jenn and Michelle proves that most Sucksters are
retards. The only "favorites" that really don't deserve to be there are Jonathan and Amanda.
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Dr Will Hatch two point oh |
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All personalty types should be allowed onto Survivor imo, even trashy mtv and flavor of love type people
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kmill |
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Can we all agree that Parvati brings much more to the show than Amanda?
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roxbury123 |
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I really feel its unfair to call Pavarti or Amanda the "Amber" cause i think they are worse and here is why. Amber did not cost anyone major a spot
on All Stars i feel she was kind of a buffer person. Pavarti and Amanda did cost other better contenders spots, Twila [however 3 girls from Vanuatu is a
stretch], Michelle [Deff. deserves it and she was a favorite], Both Courtney's, heck even Danielle, Jennifer, Julie, Cindy were all better i think. Amber
didnt cost anybody a spot the two losers this season did. Amber and Rob's kiss also didnt look as gross as Amanda and Ozzy's. And honestly weather you
like it or not Amber made a name for herself. Heck "Amber" is now like a reality tv/Survivor Vocab word, and also i think the whole Under the Radar
comes from Amber too. Nobody is like who is the "Amanda" or "Pavarti" this year but people do go "oh thats this year's
Amber". So considering how many people hate Amber because you all talk about her so much you kind of made her into a Survivor Icon.
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speedyforme wrote: I agree Ozzy is a bigger long term threat but he is still needed on the favorites tribe right now. They don't want Ozzy gone until closer to the merge. they need him for tribal challenges. So yeah Ozzy is a threat after the merge, but until the merge James/Ozzy are needed to win immunity.
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Eliza and Parvati are my 2 top faves since ASS. Both original characters, give good confessionals, atheletic, won the family visit, cute but not surgically enhanced. Hopefully Ami can talk some sense into them both. Go target Yao-man or Amanda. Wait a minute... Two hot white women in their twenties are among craig's faves? Wow, I never would have guessed that! Is Parvati the #1 choice I would have had for that slot? Of course not. But I'm not gonna whine excessively about her being there. She did a pretty good job during her season. Heck, if it wasn't for that ridiculous HII she could have easily made F3. She had much more of a strategy than Amber had in both seasons combined if you ask me. As for Amanda, there seems to be a lot of revisionist history here. Amanda played an extremely good game in China up until totally bombing against the jury. A great many of us here, even us unspoiled ones predicted her as the winner. To act as if she's suddenly Amber because she made it over a Courtney or Twila who is more entertaining is complete absurdity. Last I checked Amber had no strategy whatsoever both times she played the game. You can't say that about Amanda. |
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CSCin3D |
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Quiddity wrote: Amanda's "strategy" sucked throughout. Have you read any post-show articles? The China contestants had no respect for her whatsoever and she never would have won, not even against Courtney or Denise. |
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The SovereignOne |
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7neves7 wrote: probably the same person who was going to call Stephenie and Courtney but then got exnayed to do so because Steph already had her second chance, and Courtney just simply doesnt care... |
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Kitty Pryde1 |
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roxbury123 wrote: No one likes Danielle, Jenn was completely useless and the only thing that seperates her from Becky is the fact that she fought to stay in at her last episode, Julie would be okay, Cindy was a stupid player and was boring as well. Twila would be good, but so would any of the other women from my avatar. Parvati would only be a really good All-Stars pick in a full season of twenty, filmed before China. There's just not enough room for her after China. |
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There are so few memorable Post ASS female contestants that I would have had both Parvati and Amanda on my second All Stars list.
Parvati > Candice. Candice doesn't deserve a spot because I found all of her whining about being sent to Exile Island annoying. Parvati showed more personality than Candice. Candice mutinied and had her showmance with Adam but she provided no real entertainment during CI. Sucks has a hard on for Michelle Y. (similar to Lena/Kristy of TAR 6) but the average viewer would not remember her. Peih-Gee is a far superior choice to fill the Asian American female spot. I wish they could have come up with some excuse to put Eliza on the fans tribe so that Twila coud have gotten her much deserved spot on this season |
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Michelle Y. is the only female that could possibly fit the sweethart slot on the show, plus she got screwed by a twist and was likable.
Candice was a lot smarter than she got credit for being, and she just got a bad edit. I could see Parvati switching with her, but Amanda has absolutely no right ot be on All-Stars whatsoever, given how there were at least three more interesting females just on her season. |
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Candice would have been the better player, but Parvati would have been the best choice entertaiment wise, so it's really a toss up between both of them.
Luckily for Parvati, Candice chose med school over coming back for a second chance. Smart girl.
Michelle Yi didn't deserve a spot on this season, can any average viewer even remember who she was? For me personally, the only choice on the fans tribe I have an issue with is Amanda. Peih Gee or Jenn should have gotten her spot. It's completely ridiculous that no one from Palau was asked.
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Kitty Pryde1 |
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Did Amanda get screwed by a twist? Did Amanda provide a lovable third member to a good alliance of Earl/Yau-Man? Did Amanda completely break down and fuck up
her game in the last three days? Oh wait, yeah she did.
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If no one minds (or even if they do) I will add my two cents to this discussion.
There are two reason people are opposed to Parvati. 1. She has pretty stated that her role is to flirt her way to the top. We've seen the last several winners (and most winners at that) win from hard work and intelligent strategy. Flirting to the top sets the typical "taboo" standard that women have to use their sexuality to gain something. 2. We've already seen a couple win Survivor. While Amber was more sincere with her relationship, it still left a bitter taste in the mouth of many. Does she deserve to be on this season? Probably not compared to others that placed in the same general range as her based on gameplay. Candace would have been more interesting, but so would Sally, Cindy, Michelle, and probably a couple of others. However, it seems they WANTED someone who would clearly flirt and use sexuality and see how the others would respond. I'd say that Parvati is actually a better choice than Courtney believe it or not. Does Amanda deserve to be there? I'd say yes. She's boring and was a huge disappointment in China, but that may be the point. Can she up her game and be more assertive and not so apologetic? Well, judging my her immediate hook up with Ozzy, it would seem that she digressed rather than improved. All of this won't matter because neither will win. I would venture to say a fan will win and we will be privy to the contrast between their game play and someone like Amanda and Parvati's gameplay. |
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GrenadeJumper85 wrote: Do you even read what you post? |
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Jenn is disgustingly underrated player here! If it weren't for Stephenie hogging all the airtime, I'm sure Jenn would have been an awesome player.
Judging by all the post interviews from her cast that season, they were shocked she received so little.
She was the player between her and Gregg. Go back and watch some of the insiders for that season. That girl knew how to play.
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