Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20171102085403/@comment-5870534-20171102165900

Thoughts:

1. Here I was ready to complain about those stupid gamebots always going after the strong players instead of the smart ones, but Ryan and Chrissy have actually done the smart thing by voting out Ali. Plus, they have actually brought an interesting twist to this episode. So with all the hatred they get here, you must admit they actually were the smartest ones here.

2. I want to thank the Yawa tribe for reminding us what "Survivor" is all about. No, Joe, not searching for idols and making BIG MOVES, but actually dealing with stuff like surviving in the wild and deciding who should be out not only based on strategy. I really like that we got Dr. Mike catching a fish, and burning the hell out of it, and Cole doing Cole things and getting the tribe to want to get rid of him not to make a BIG MOVE, but because he is simply useless, and the tribe should be kept strong.

3. Yeah, hiding the idols at the same place in each tribe is dumb and lazy on the production's side.

4. I don't support throwing challenges, but I would have been OK with Yawa throwing it this time to get rid of Cole. I'm somewhat surprised they didn't.

5. Jeff, calm down already! Next time on "Survivor": a bomb is dropped - you are now merged! Wow, what a bomb! What an unexpected twist! I never saw that coming!

6. Ali is dumb. Ali should only blame herself. Ryan and Chrissy are villains and are going to lie and cheat and betray everyone to win this game. You should have known that. You were already betrayed by Ryan. So what do you do? You go and trust him again?!?!?! Well, go home, Ali! You did it to yourself. A smart player would have tried to make an alliance with JP and try to force a draw at tribal in such a situation, but Ali is probably not so smart.

And the player of the week is... Ryan! Yes, hate him as you will, he was actually the best player this week. It doesn't change the fact he is an obnoxious character who is being shoved down our throats, mind you. But, again, we must give credit where credit is due. Getting rid of Ali was a smart move. Making her believe JP was being voted out was a smart move. And now, he has both Chrissy and JP to go to the merge with. And don't forget Devon is also an ally of his. He's in a very good position. Yes, betraying his day 1 ally was an asshole move, but the fact he did not keep her around so that she would not get her revenge was a very good follow-up move. Ryan takes no prisoners, and this is actually some good gameplay on his part.