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Sandra didn't really impress me at first either, but after looking at her voting record and inspecting the moves she made, I realized she was very proactive. Fairplay and her single-handedly caused all the twists and turns that made PI so enjoyable to watch. She initiated some of those twists on her own without Jon too.

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Yeah, but what does twisting the game up and making it enjoyable to watch have to do with anything? Jonathan caused a bunch of twists and turns on CI and I don't think he ever had much of a shot at winning after the final nine (probably earlier). If anyone twisted the game up in Pearl Islands, it was Lill anyway.

Just a couple of notes on some other stuff (aside from the All Star stuff that I still think should be left out):
-It's considered good luck that the goat Brian had planned on taking to the final two for the duration of the game "sucks"? Of course Clay sucked, that's why Brian took him to the end. If Clay had won the last IC, I think this would be a more fitting argument.
-Good luck for Jenna--men didn't boot her at F5 when she wanted out.
-Sandra gets a B for strategy? I love her just as much as the next person but to say that "As long as it isn't me" was a stroke of brilliance that was respected by the jury is overselling things a bit.
-Vecepia gets a C for challenges, with two individual wins and a poor tribal record, but Amber gets a D with one individual win and a great tribal record?
-I don't want to say that there's an extreme bias for Yul here but...ok, I really can't think of what else to say then.

Having the idol and being immune at every TC isn't good luck? Likewise, Ozzy and Sundra not forcing the idol out at F5? The Cook Islands cast = "intelligent, game-centered"? Yet Rich, Tina, Ethan, and Brian are penalized because they faced "weak" competition? Come on. The S13 cast is probably the weakest after Borneo and arguably Thailand. "Smartest and strongest opponents ever"? Huh?

Yul's grades
(1) Survival = B - makes sense
(2) Strategy = A - I would agree if he weren't the only winner given this grade. As much as the hidden idol helped him out, he did use what he had to his advantage at every point. But to give him an A and not Tina, I can't agree there.
(3) Social = A - See above. Overall, he's an A but I don't think he was penalized as much as Tina and Ethan were for similar social games--just about everyone came out liking them so what's the problem there? Then again, I'm not getting why Amber gets an A in this category since she was looked at as merely the lesser of two evils by the jury.
(4) Challenge = A - Come on, he was strong in tribal challenges, but he didn't win a single individual one. Challenge-wise, he's much closer to Ethan than Tom.

One thing I would point out, I'm not sure why anyone should be penalized for having good luck. Part of strategy is finding your advantages and capitalizing on them.

You've done a great job with this, but it kind of feels like you came up with a ranking first and then listed all this stuff to support it instead of the other way around.

I'll say one thing, you've definitely caused the best debate Sucks has seen in a long time so you get points for that.

RavuRules
Intelligence - A
Debating Skills - A
Including performance in All Stars to negatively impact past winners' scores - F :P