Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-33309113-20171214174455/@comment-2002887-20171215063259

Tanglefrost wrote: Fuck this season.

Fuck the fact there were four post-merge idols.

Fuck Ben and his stupid "good game" shit.

Fuck Devon for voting out his closest ally and burning a jury vote for no reason.

Fuck Chrissy for wanting to get rid of Ashley before Ben (this is dumb).

Fuck Ashley and Mike for bitching like entitled brats when Ryan got picked for the reward.

I'm so glad this season is over next week. Way too many idols. This just feels like it's being rigged for Ben, who is my least favourite castaway since Boston Rob in S22. I don't remember despising a contestant this much. Fuck this season. There were two post merge idols. Ryan found one and Ben found I believe an unprecedented second one. However, Lauren found the one Ryan used that was put back in the game and Ben used another one after his was up. Idols being replaced is nothing new, but I agree two idols for a merged tribe is unnecessary and after a certain point like final 8, idols should not be replaced at all.

Also, Ashley in Ponderosa was not bitter towards Devon. She even said she would've done the same thing had she had the opportunity.

Survivor is not rigged, HOWEVER that idol play dynamic of Ben using his idol before the votes are cast has to be one of the most suspect moments in Survivor history up there with the bottle twist in Cook Islands. Also that's odd that you hate Ben more than Colton Cumbie, Brandon Hantz, Will Sims, and a few others who were far worse than him when he hasn't been actively problematic. He is a bit of a hot head and jerk at times though.

Prior to this episode I felt this season would be mid range, top 20 at least. However, this episode really brought things back to some of the low levels we saw pre merge even early merge and depending on what happens and who wins in the finale it could be a bottom five season. Best case scenario would be upper bottom half of the 35 seasons.