Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20171019144546/@comment-5002930-20171024093439

IAmNothing712 wrote: Rony419 wrote: Ivanornels wrote: Also the Ryan hate is a little too much. The producers are giving him the screentime but just because Zeke turned out to be annoying doesn't mean Ryan has to be too. Also, Ryan got heaps of screentime mainly related to the advantage he found and the episodes where his tribe went to Tribal Council. So at least they're not shoehorning him in every opportunity and we got a chance to hear from Jessica and Desi more this episode. Who said anything about Zeke lol? The main complaints are his annoyingness and excessive screentime which I wouldn't really call hate. This episode was fine cause he was talking about the advantage that relates to him, but every episode he went to tribal and probably until he would be voted out is given mostly from his perspective. He narrates the story from what he feels is right and wrong and where the game stands. Like we barely hear what Devon, Lauren etc. think about what happend, this or that. And he's trying to be the know-it-all overbearing superfan that no one asked for, but producers love that charactar stereotype so they go on with it in the edit. I think that's the main issues people having with Ryan. Zeke was so up Probst's ass. He makes these cheap blindsides for the fun of it without thinking of the ramifications of his actions (Andrea, anyone?). His "I want to set this game to its next evolution" speech was just downright obnoxious. Lastly, his facial expressions when Cirie was unfairly technical'ed in Game Changers make me want to slap his face. I hope to never see him on Survivor again.

A-fucking-men. Zeke was a complete tryhard, and I agree with everything Ian said about him. He was downright rude to Ken during his jury speech in, his dumb move against Andrea was symptomatic of his pathetic attempts to make BIG MOVEZ for no apparent reason, and his obnoxious gesticulating when Cirie got screwed during advantage-geddon ruined the moment. I sincerely hope he never gets invited back now that the producers got the moment they wanted from him.

As for Ryan, he wasn't that bad this episode. His only scene was with Chrissy, and that one was guaranteed the moment they ended up on a tribe together. Soko has most of the people I like, so I hope my assessment of them never going to Tribal Council is right.

Regarding Cole's move, yes, it was dumb, but I was kinda okay with it? It's refreshing seeing a dumb recruit try to play the game again after the crap we got from all the "superfans" in Millennials vs. Gen X and the generally underwhelming. Jessica does need to cut him soon as he's proven to be a strategic liability, but I think she's too blinded by dick to actually make that move.

Agreeing that Tribal Council was unpredictable, but in a good way (unlike the Michaela boot last season). Alan, Ashley, Desi, and Joe were all set up to be possible boots. Like many, I initially misunderstood Devon getting the advantage from Jessica as I thought that he would get to block somebody else from voting. It wasn't clear who would be going home until Joe played his idol and the first vote for Alan was revealed. We need more of that kind of editing and less of the "wtf, why did Michaela go home?" edit.

This season is picking up. Hope Levu goes to Tribal Council again since that's the most interesting scenario right now. Potential rock draw?