User blog:TommyRevolution/Survivor: Edge of Extinction Preview Analysis

Survivor: David vs. Goliath has come to a close with Nick Wilson being the ultimate David and overcoming Goliath's Mike White and Angelina Keeley to become Sole Survivor. As one season closes, another one starts. On February 20, Survivor's 38th season, labeled Survivor: Edge of Extinction, will take place. The preview was shown during the David vs. Goliath Reunion Show and I am going to break down what I was able to see. DISCLAIMER: I will not be spoiling any of the cast that is was NOT shown during the preview as far as names go. I will also not spoil any season twist, eliminations, etc. (as I do not even know those anyways). With that being said, let me break down the preview!

It starts with showing a white flag on a beach. Then it shows 14 brand new players on a pirate ship and from what it looks like, there are no materials for survival on the ship, meaning there will probably be no start-of-game boat looting this season. The tribes are divided into a blue tribe and yellow tribe. Another thing I was able to notice is that the yellow tribe featured 4 women and 3 men as the blue tribe featured 3 women and 4 men. The first castaway featured in the preview is Wendy, saying she doesn't want to play a boring game and she would rather be voted off in a blaze of glory. It then features Rick, a morning news-anchor from Macon, Georgia. I said he wants to come into the game like the Kool-Aid Man and break through the wall with an "OH YEAHHH!" which I can guess he wants to play hard out of the gate. I will also mention that on the flag Rick was carrying, it looked like it said Manu, which is Rick's original tribe assignment. I must also mention that Wendy is also on Manu. In a boat off in the distance, there are four returning players, those for players being Joe Anglim from Worlds Apart and Cambodia, Aubry Bracco from Kaôh Rōng and Game Changers, Kelley Wentworth from San Juan del Sur and Cambodia, and David Wright from Millennials vs. Gen-X. It would then feature Joe (now with a nice looking mustache), assigned to the yellow tribe, who mentions that the game will take everything away from you but you also have to give everything to the game. He also mentions that there are archetypes like him who will never will but says that will not be the case and third time is the charm. It then features Aubry, also assigned to the yellow tribe, saying that she knows how hard the game is and that she is never going to quit and that she is determined. Due to Joe's and Aubry's tribe assignment, I can guess that Kelly and David will both be on Manu. It then shows a torch getting snuffed and boat going to a place which from what the banner says, calls Extinction, Survivor's newest twist. I was not able to catch a lot of what the parchment said, but what did catch my eye was "When fear and loneliness sets in..." and the word "overcome". It then has the voice of castaways saying, "Where is my game going to go from hear?", "You're so alone.", "I keep telling myself, DON'T QUIT!", "It's just really hard.", "I don't know if I can do this.", and "I'm never going to give up!" It ends with Jeff Probst saying "This is Survivor: Edge of Extinction!"

Overall, I have a couple ideas of how this season could work. In the next couple days, I will be posting on how I believe Extinction will work. Once the cast is announced, I will be doing assessments of the cast, as far as how I think they will do and what former castaway they remind me of. I will also be doing predictions on who I think will leave pre-merge, during the merge, who will survive Extinction, and who I think will win. So stay tuned on everything that is Survivor: Edge of Extinction!