Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33309113-20171214174455/@comment-2002887-20171215023457

This season was getting better, and I don't mind one idol play. But then we had two in a row. From the same person. The whole plot of this episode was "will Ben get an idol or not?". Not to mention Ashley's boot was marginally explained at best. It wasn't as inexplicable as JP or Michaela (MvGX) but still it was badly edited. Also Ben playing his idol before the votes were cast like Gary's idol in Guatemala wasn't a great call IMO. It's good because that way you don't get screwed over by 1 vote like Lauren, but that takes away the skill of a hidden immunity idol play. Had players known about that possibility, they would've played it like that several seasons ago.

Ben is the Survivor glitch and after finding two idols that quickly, he's either going to win the jury vote decisively or get 0 votes. Idols are not a substitute for good gameplay IMO but of the last 5 winners in seasons 30-34, only Michele has won without the use of an idol or advantage*


 * =Adam technically didn't need his idol, but him having an idol switch Hannah, Dave, and Ken's target from Adam to Bret. Hannah could've still went with Dave over Adam but it looked like she wasn't going to vote out Dave at final 5 for fear of betraying Ken.

The only good things that came from this episode were my favorite player left Devon is in a good position to win as long as he takes Chrissy and Adam, Ben having an Amanda type idol edit, and we are approaching the finale with no clear winner front runner. All 5 of these misfits screwed up big time but they still made it further than 13 other people. It's kind of like Gabon or Caramoan in a sense. Chrissy does actually have a decent shot at winning though which is annoying cuz I'm not a fan. But this is Survivor, whether you like or hate someone, winning is very difficult to do and whoever wins deserves it. Yes, even Amber, Bob, and Michele.