Talk:John Cochran/@comment-174.27.189.141-20111219094924/@comment-108.93.42.226-20111220114058

"Um, excuse me, but it almost did. Granted, the chances were small, but he almost pulled it off." Yet it never did.

"Probably. But it still would have been gratifying for him to be the one to beat Ozzy." It would have been gratifying FOR YOU/a few others, and devastating for the most people (assumption based on the Sprint Player of the Season results).

"I'm in no way saying Ozzy isn't an amazing survivor. Physically, he's awesome. But the game is more than that. And admit it -- Ozzy's an arrogant jerk who thinks he's God's gift to everyone and they should all bow down to him and worship his awesomeness. I don't care how good his survivor skills are -- if he's an ass, I don't like him." Of course he's an arrogant jerk. He has a reason to be. He's the player who dominates challenges. Yes, survivor is more than being physically strong. Ozzy has shown his strategic side as well. Each jury member has to go through his pleasure dome (aka redemption island. I like Sophie's version for it better). The pleasure dome will only work if used correctly (meaning he can't be an ass), and Ozzy certainly used it correctly. Each person who passes by becomes a jury member and wants OZZY to win. That's is some survivor playing right there. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he makes up for that through the strategic part of the game (getting jury votes via redemption island) and physical part of the game (dominating challenges). No one is perfect, and his flaws happen to be through being arrogant. However, that doesn't mean he's a complete ass since you could see from the reunion he made up with Sophie.

"And the $100,000 is an award for fan favorite -- not who is the best survivor physically, or who "outwitted, outlasted, outplayed." The jury decides that, remember? Not the fans." Yes and no. You're right that it is the jury who decides who is the best survivor. However, you have to admit Ozzy put up a very good admirable game. That alone should be something for fans to favor him. Don't tell fans that their preference is bad because of his personality: 'wish people could get past Ozzy's skills' and see him for the arrogant, spoiled brat he is'. Most of us already know he's an arrogant guy. The reason we vote him is totally irrelevant to that. We vote him because he's one of the few that plays the game through challenges mainly while so many others usually stick to politicking, and coming back to the game through redemption.

"And if that's the stupidest statement you've ever heard about Survivor, you haven't been around much." I think having Micronesia as my first Survivor season is long enough, not to mention I've watched every single season right after. I still have a bit more to watch for the seasons prior to Micronesia (I've watched Borneo). Anyway, you're right about that. It isn't the stupidest. I meant to say one of the most stupidest, but I realize I shouldn't be using insults (apologies for that). 'I strongly disagree with that statement' would have been better. Again, my apologies.

"Just because you don't agree with me doesn't mean my logic sucks and yours is perfect. You sound like the liberal celebrities who get into politics and call everyone who doesn't agree with them stupid, homophobic, racist, etc." You're right. Apologies again.