Survivor: Gabon

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Kicked off last night. Two tribal counsels already. Looks like another good season - Contestants don't seem to have as much character as previous shows but I am sure that will change.

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Yeah and the one team absolutely sucks and makes dumb decisions. They might not win a challenge honestly they are that bad. When they were picking teams you were just sitting there like umm do you know what the hell show your on? They were picking moms because moms stick together when they were strong guys still to be picked? They deserve to lose and keep losing I mean the first elimination instead of getting rid of the old lady that can't do anything they got rid of a young girl that out ran and performed all of them in the first challenge? They are so stupid its comical.
 

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My early thoughts. The ex olympian is either throwing challenges or she must have really used some good steroids when she was in the Olympics, I expected her to be a much stronger competitor?

I guess Michelle was just too negative but frankly I agreed with her the whole we gave it our best effort keep your head up stuff was crap, they were awful and someone needed to say it.

I agree on the bad decisions. When they made the fishing hook I wanted to scream at them. first they start fishing off the bank when there's a boat right there(which they said they did use so they must have done it later). Then they caught "sardines", unless I'm mistaken they were fishing in a lake so those weren't sardines. And what they caught is "bait" not food, you're supposed to take one of those "sardines", hook it through the mouth, go out in the lake in the boat, and exchange the "sardine" for one of the bigger fish like the other team was catching.

It's the whole idea of nature if there are little bait fish like that you just know there's something bigger out there that eats those little fish.

To be fair they were clever enough to make their own fishing gear I give them credit for that.

I also thought it was interesting how both teams chose to cannibalize the partial shelters to make one working shelter instead of trying to repair several of them ? I guess that was the easy way take advantage of what's already there but it seems like maybe having multiple shelters could be handy and come in useful. Or just take the existing ones and combine them into one big one.

It continues to amaze how every season people show up in a suit and tie or a dress when they know they're going on survivor and the odds are at any minute the game is going to start and they're going to be in the clothes they have for the next 39 days.

That one guy got back from exile island and put his shirt and tie back on for the tribal council, that seemed a bit weird to me.

Good first show though looks like it could be another good season.
 

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michelle was so hot i am surprised she went second i would have kept her around for her looks alone she was smokin!!! I am also surprised out of ten people or so no one wants to lead surprising.
 

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Not Hot but I would have kept her around because she is 10 times the competitor compared to the 2 older ladies they had at the time. That team is gonna get killed until the show has to step in and even the teams up or something. It all started with picking the teams they just made ******** decisions.
 

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I didn't think she was that good looking, but that video game nerd was sure into her. I thought it was a pretty good start. I've been saying for a couple seasons now that if any show should be in HD it's Survivor. Actually, I've been saying that about Arizona highways as well, so I'm satisfied since both of them are in HD now. If I was the guy who went to exile Island I would have sworn on my mother's life that I didn't find the immunity idol. I think at this point in the evolution of the show if you don't find the immunity idol you better make darn sure people know you don't have it.

I'm actually embarrassed the gay guy because he is so goofy over the other guy. They seem like they could be a strong alliance.

Do they ever worry about somebody getting eaten by a crocodile or a hippopotamus? I often wonder if the show puts in some sort of animal alarm that we never see as viewers.

Lastly, this might be the best looking batch of survivors yet. I mean overall this is a very attractive group.

Should be a fun season.

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Joe maybe the figured since its in HD they had better be a better looking group ha. I was thinking as that girl got voted off and she spoke man when they showed her face close up in HD that almost made me with it wasn't in HD. Think about after they have been there for awhile always with the bug bites and everything else they are gonna looked messed up.
 

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damn the women on this show are so hot!!!! sugar smokin!!!! was it just me or was everyone else rooting for the gamer to solve that puzzle?
 

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sugar hot? PUHLEASE

There is maybe one semi hot chick in the whole game. The blonde medicals sales rep. Thats it. :(
 

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Sugar is very, very cute.

Hadn't watched this show in years, but my wife and I are enjoying it. :)
 

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Sugar is very, very cute.

Hadn't watched this show in years, but my wife and I are enjoying it. :)

When she was trying to get the bugs off on exile island I thought we were going to get some major blurring out she seemed to almost forget there were cameras on her for a second when she started pulling down clothes.

Definitely cute although I hate the knee high socks.

The ex Olympian finally showed her athletic ability, she was the difference in pulling the guy over the finish line in the reward contest.
 
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Characters are building, I am liking the show.. So far so good. I don't see Sugar as attractive as many others apparently, I actually thought either Ace was going home or that Sugar was going to be blindsided. Those male female pairings always ends in one or the others early eviction... I never know why they do that.
 

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While the people as a whole seem to be more attactive than in past Survivors lets not got crazy. Not sure that any of the women are smokin hot, their are a few attractive ones though. Diamondbacks how old are you I mean you can turn on any channel and see much more attractive women just curious as you seem to be stunned at the sight of a pretty girl.
 

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Decent episode last night can't believe a physics professor could figure out a simple number puzzle. Should get interesting but really they just made the other team stronger as they were able to get rid of Paloma their biggest weak link. This team should still dominate the other team as the other team is in complete disarray with no leadership and questionable members to say the least.
 

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That's the earliest they ever jumbled up the teams I think Survivor does an excellent job of monitoring the game and when they think people know the game too well, they change the rules. I think it keeps the show fresh and interesting.
 

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Agree Russ that and the other team was just so much stronger they didn't want to see the weak team get killed every week. They changed up the teams and yet the stupid team that makes bad decisions once again made a dumb decision I mean how do you get rid of strong members as you keep losing? I think Matt is the personal trainer is going to start going with Ace because he realizes his other people are just stupid to keep voting out stronger players and keeping the weak around. I mean this was a no brainer get rid of Kelly as she is totally useless, but no they get rid of the strong girl...just dumb. GC and the goofball video game kid and the huge black woman are just to stupid to get past themselves honestly, they won't be around too long with decisions like their making. Ace has got to be pissed he was on a strong team now he is stuck with a bunch of losers wanting to lose more apparently by their voting strategies.
 

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actually getting rid of strong members might not be that bad of a strategy because you might not win challenges by doing this but its getting rid of competition. if you do well in challenges and work in camp you wont get voted off so in the end it doesn't matter if you win the challenges or not because by getting rid of strong people you are lessening the competition. people on the show dont seem to think like this they believe what nashman believes which is totally fine you can play the game however you wish.
 

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Agree Russ that and the other team was just so much stronger they didn't want to see the weak team get killed every week. They changed up the teams and yet the stupid team that makes bad decisions once again made a dumb decision I mean how do you get rid of strong members as you keep losing? I think Matt is the personal trainer is going to start going with Ace because he realizes his other people are just stupid to keep voting out stronger players and keeping the weak around. I mean this was a no brainer get rid of Kelly as she is totally useless, but no they get rid of the strong girl...just dumb. GC and the goofball video game kid and the huge black woman are just to stupid to get past themselves honestly, they won't be around too long with decisions like their making. Ace has got to be pissed he was on a strong team now he is stuck with a bunch of losers wanting to lose more apparently by their voting strategies.

I kind of agree and kind of don't, in some ways after they split the teams there was less incentive to be "strong" because after the merge the numbers will be jumbled up anyways.

The usual reason to keep strong players is you want the numbers at merge so you can vote off the other teams members after the merge, but since they mixed up the teams already the voting as a block stuff might be out the window?
 

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Ok folks..... What game is Ken the world champ in???

edit..... Found it.

Ken Hoang gives a new meaning to the term "gamer." Known to the gaming community as "the King of Smash," Hoang is a professional at his craft. As the current international champion of Nintendo's Super Smash Brothers Melee video game, Ken has traveled the world from Japan to Australia to prove his dominance.

Hoang uses his tournament winnings to help support his family. He and his siblings still live at home to help pay the mortgage. It has also led to a strong bond among his brothers and sisters. In fact it was his sister that started
 
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funny Kelly was talking about how she doesn't have time for quitters i think it was her who said that but yet shes the one who doesnt even try at all in the challenges. also the fruit game looked really fun i would have wanted to be the one that catches the fruit and puts it in the basket.
 

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Last night just sucked all around for me. They kept hinting at we're going to blindside Sugar, or Ace, etc but in the end they did the same old boring vote
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At least Sugar got some respect , she gives Ace the idol but then she takes it back and tells him. That proved 2 things, everyone knew she had it, and it proved to Ace that he can trust Sugar because she didn't have to tell him she took it back. he could have gone to tribal thinking he had it and then discovered he didn't.

So it cements her position in the short term with Ace, and also allows her to backdoor him later because he'll trust her.

Looks like they will merge after next week, the preview said both teams have to vote someone off, theyr'e at 12 now so that puts them at 10 which is usually about the time they merge.
 

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I disagree Russ last night for ONCE the loser tribe actually did the RIGHT thing. Those idiots vote off stronger people left and right because their stupid, Matty was right to make a deal with Ace he was tired of losing. What happens they lose and the ******** black girl and gamer dude start talking about getting rid of Ace....WHAT? Thats how dumb they are they just want to keep getting rid of people that can help them win and keep losing, look if your tired of losing freakin vote out the losers that make your team weak so you can win a freaking challenge. It was actually interesting to see if they were actually gonna make the right vote or would they screw it up again. Crystal and Ken have to be two of the dumbest playing this game I swear their overthinking of every person they vote out make them make stupid ass decisions. I am glad Matty made a deal with Ace so that they could actually vote out someone that HELPS the tribe be stronger. Next week should be good looks like plans are flying around everywhere for whom to vote out on each tribe.
 

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I disagree Russ last night for ONCE the loser tribe actually did the RIGHT thing. Those idiots vote off stronger people left and right because their stupid, Matty was right to make a deal with Ace he was tired of losing. What happens they lose and the ******** black girl and gamer dude start talking about getting rid of Ace....WHAT? Thats how dumb they are they just want to keep getting rid of people that can help them win and keep losing, look if your tired of losing freakin vote out the losers that make your team weak so you can win a freaking challenge. It was actually interesting to see if they were actually gonna make the right vote or would they screw it up again. Crystal and Ken have to be two of the dumbest playing this game I swear their overthinking of every person they vote out make them make stupid ass decisions. I am glad Matty made a deal with Ace so that they could actually vote out someone that HELPS the tribe be stronger. Next week should be good looks like plans are flying around everywhere for whom to vote out on each tribe.


Seemed to me they lost because Ace insisted on doing the flagpole by himself and he screwed it up. The other team worked as a team and won.

I agree Ace is a strong player but in that event he cost them, he even essenitally admitted it at tribal council when jeff brought it up.

I think if you're losing everytime anyways it almost becomes pointless to keep the strong players. if they're not making you win, get them out if you can.
 

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