Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-1294345-20170928053033/@comment-5870534-20170930012526

I have no idea why you are so surprised with Katrina being voted out. It was obvious it would be her or Chrissy. it would be better, of course, if they showed us why they were voting for Katrina of the two. We can only guess.

Overall, Olympians don't seem to do well on "Survivor". Yes, Crystal Cox made it far, but she is mainly remembered for horribly sucking in challenges (and not just challenges).

Anyway, this premiere is nothing special. An ordinary premiere, like we have gotten used to in recent seasons, only a short one. I am, as usual, confused as to who is who, and it will take me a while to learn everyone's names. Alan and Joe stood out most in this episode, I think, character-wise. Both chose very weird strategies, and it will be interesting to see how far they get with them.

Ben looks like a younger and more active version of Cowboy Rick from S23.

And the player of the week... I guess it should be Ryan for finding the hidden super-idol and making an alliance with someone who seems to be not so smart when it comes to "Survivor" strategy. It would be so great if the Ryan-Devon alliance becomes a repeat of the Rob-Matthew alliance from The Amazon, with clueless Devon (again, this is the impression I have from the first episode) eventually beating Ryan in his own game.

And yes, having the super-idol available for only one tribal is a great idea. Otherwise we would have another Terry or Tony hanging onto a super-idol and becoming virtually untouchable until the final three.