Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-33554905-20171221065515/@comment-6949250-20171221213232

All the idols and advantages basically throw the best part of the game (the strategy) out the window. There was absolutely no strategy during the Lauren vote, the Mike vote (with the exception of Devon's vote), and a little bit on the Ashley vote (which proved to be nothing really since Ben did not improve his relationships with the tribe at all). Ben did not even attempt to get Devon and Mike to vote out Ryan or Chrissy and Ryan to vote out Devon/Mike at the five to secure himself the final 3. That final 4 BS was rigged in Ben's favor so he could do absolutely nothing to get to the end and win.

There should not be an endless supply of idols that once one is used, you can get another one. Then you could just find an idol, play it, and find one the next day. It becomes really boring and there are way too many advantages that the basics of the game are becoming irrelevant. The beauty of the show is that each season is different because of the different characters each season and how the game shakes out naturally. Now production is shoving advantages down our throats in order to "spice up" a game that doesn't need spiced up.

Also, I am so sick and tired of "big moves". They have become so common its boring. Another thing is they lose the story of the season to incorporate the big moves. Game Changers and HHH (even MVGX) were so big move centric that we never got a good story and on any re-watch it will become extremely boring. (Though HHH was better than Game Changers as far as story and characters go, it is nowhere near the top 10). Heroes vs. Villains is ranked as one of the best seasons and the merge of that season had maybe two big moves (J.T. blindside & the Danielle vote) but the story and the characters were so intriguing that people wanted to keep watching (and watch it again).