Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-5870534-20170525182433/@comment-5870534-20170525184933

Thoughts:

Sarah - Well, it was obvious. She had it all to win, including Brad's weird obsession with getting rid of Tai. Well played, and I'm sure Tony is proud. A deserving winner, and I would even say a hall-of-famer.

Brad - He had it, and he blew it. Oh, by the way, nice bag!

Troyzan - Hail Troyzan, king of Survivor!!! I have to say that I was amazed at how Troyzan's story ended. I don't think any "goat" has ever received so much respect. He received an ovation from the jury at the end of his speech, and this was one of the most beautiful moments of the finale, and of Survivor in all of its seasons. For me, Troyzan is the surprise of the season.

Tai - I was surprised how big of a chance he actually had with the jury. But again we saw him play the same as in Kaoh Rong, the nice guy, who eventually ended up betraying everyone, and losing the game. Still, a very fun player to watch.

Aubry - I am so upset that she made it further than Cirie, Michaela and Andrea! I said it before, and I'll say it again, she is given way too much credit. She is clueless, she is always blindsided at tribal, she has zero convincing skills. She is just a goat, and not a great strategic player. She has proven in twice already.

Cirie - In true Cirie fashion she left in the most spectacular way (which I have predicted, by the way) - eliminated by default without having a single vote cast against her. I actually think that because of that Cirie should not be considered as having been voted out on this season. Overall, this season has been an OK season for her. She did not play as well as on season 12 and 16, but she still was playing the game, and getting things done. My main disappointment with Cirie is that she has been far from the fun Cirie of the previous seasons. Cirie is great not because she is an awesome player, but also because she is an awesome character. We didn't get enough of that this time, and there were even episodes when we forgot she was there.

Sandra - Jeff, she was NOT dethroned. She was the queen, and still is the queen! An awesome player even when eliminated pre-merge.

Zeke and Jeff - I am very happy to hear this has ended well for both of them, especially for Jeff, who was on the receiving end of too much undeserved hatred. He made a horrible mistake, but we should never forget that he also felt very bad about it, and immediately realized what he had done.

Next season - Another one of those something versus something seasons... Enough of that already! You mix the tribes after three or four episodes anyways, so all these concepts are nothing more than a stupid gimmick. A season's theme should be based on the location, not on artificial formats.