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Sorry colleenlover, but in terms of performed deeds, Outback Colby was inferior to Rob M. And ASS just proved more his weak grasp of the strategic game

How is Rob's game any different than Colby's game?

For 1 thing luck. Colby had a lot more good luck than Rob. He had Jerri and Amber as natural in-pocket allies among many others due to natural bonds, Mike falling in the fire, and the level of challenge competition was just way significantly lower than All-Stars. When he finally was in a position to take what was rightfully his, he completely blew it. I personally think he thought he'd win, although knowing it wasn't in the bag, because I really doubt he knowingly knew he was giving up $1 million. It was a somewhat cocky move and rightfully ranked as the #1 worst move in Survivor history over at Sucks. Contrast this to Rob where he was almost forced to have to appease his tribe enemies due to an out-of-game relationship, lost Amber due to a bad twist of fate, not to mention competing against Survivor veterans who were both stronger in challenges and strategy than the people in Outback

The leaving Amber to team up with Lis and Rodger is maybe equal to Rob voting out Big Tom in terms of evening up the odds for the underdogs, but Colby treated people a lot nicer than Rob did, without the possibility of revenge votes.

What did Rob do that was bad? He wasn't mean in terms of what was shown on TV. What made things so bad was the out-of-game relationship context brought into the game. So the scope of the social management involved is far greater than a normal season. Some unreasonable expectations were rather put onto him in terms of balancing a friendship and the game. The only thing close to that which Colby had to deal with what a resentful Jerri

Colby at least set it up that he had a goat to beat in the end with Keith. Rob made it that it would be an uphill batttle to win against anyone.

A goat which he didn't use which almost makes it worse. It means he didn't know Keith was a goat or if he did, was playing an emotional game, or miscalculated what the appropriate winning decision would be. #1 and 2 are the worst possible scenarios for him, with #3 being a little more understandable, but still suggesting flawed strategic intuitions on his part. It is understandable since Survivor endgame strategy was mostly unchartered territory at the time, but that doesn't make a naive Colby any better of a player in retrospect

No, it does not. If we're talking about understanding the game.

What you're proposing doesn't really make much sense. You are essentially saying that Colby didn't care if he won or not. Which means: his sole goal was to go to the finals with Tina. This we know is not true, because Colby constantly told us that he was there for the money/winning and not friendship and all that. He said in a confessional that he didn't know if he could win against Tina, but he didn't say he was going to lose for sure against her either. He was trying to win and keep his relative integrity at the same time. In terms of winning or absolute game focus, that is ultimately a half-ass approach even if it's admirable that he tried to live up to certain principles (see Ian). He certainly wasn't intending to lose. He wasn't meh about it either. So both by logical deduction and common sense, he was intending to win. If that was his intention then "understanding the game" would mean he should've taken Keith, since that was the OBVIOUS winning decision whereas winning against Tina was up in the air as even he put it (likely out of political correctness)

And even if he "understands" the game, what good is it if you don't apply your knowledge in a practical way? If you can't make the tough moves when it counts, then it still makes you a weaker player bottom line. Not being cold enough, having too much heart, not wanting to hurt your integrity, etc. make you "bad" players in Survivor even if it makes you a winner in life. Unfortunately, Survivor is a mean game, because it's political. And sadly, politics is rarely about true integrity and virtue

What if Rupert won immunity at final four, and Amber left? Rob would be considered one of the biggest idiots.

That never happened, so while the potential of Rob's decision remains speculation, Colby's actual game-end blunder DID occur

Colby understood each and every move he made fully.

Even if that's true (which I disagree with), all that means is that he understood that he was playing a losing game (which doesn't make sense). If he did know he was playing a losing game, then it still makes him a bad player, since he doesn't have game focus and winning desire

I was only talking about people being good strategists and understanding what they were doing every single time.

Even assuming Colby was a good strategist in Outback (which again, I doubt), he certainly demonstrated very weak strategy in All-Stars. I doubt he got dumber from Outback to ASS, so that's where I get my assessment of Colby from. He didn't seem to have a good grasp on the game in multiple instances where I can't even give him the benefit-of-the-doubt

Sorry, if I sat down with Colby and played a strategy game with him, I'd be very wary -just because he made a choice at the end, doesn't mean he doesn't understand what he's doing.

Either way you look at it, it was a terrible move. You can come up with as many excuses as you want, but not being able to execute and understood strategy is perhaps worse than not understanding the optimal move in the 1st place. He choked no matter how you look at it or justify it