Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-33554905-20171221065515/@comment-4136655-20171222040224

So while I have a few gripes finale, I want to say congratulations to Ben for winning, despite my conflicted feelings toward it, the jury decided to award him the title, and there's nothing we can do to rescind that from him. I do want to say thanks to all the castaways for playing this season, we got a really solid cast, we got a lot of great moments from this season.

First, that stupid twist. All it was was taking Big Brother's format, that's it. I know production didn't like that potential winners got axed at the Final Four, but if I recall, that's similar the reason you decided to implemented the Final Three, as to prevent potential winner material from being voted out a round early. It also irks me that this was not said ahead of time, like the simplified tiebreaker last season, as castaways need to know how this game will be operating to help get themselves to the end. Also it doesn't help that it allowed Ben to get into the Final Three by basically finding a bunch of idols first and then giving him a 50/50 chance into the finale. I also can't believe that Ghost Island will be using this twist. Production better have at least told them ahead of time this season. Hopefully this will be removed by Season 37, but one can hope. (Though perhaps someone will flat out refuse to acknowledge it, favoring a vote instead.)

Second, he lack of foresight with Chrissy, Devon, and Ryan that you'd think they bumblefucked their way into the Final 5. Despite Chrissy and Ryan claiming to be "students" of this game, they of all people should know that idols are in play until the Final 5, meaning that if they didn't want Ben to find a potential third idol, they and their allies should've been following Ben in order to preemptively strike before Ben got his hand on a third idol. Devon's here for a different reason. While he did think to throwaway a vote, he should've fucking practiced making fire before Tribal Council. Devon's going up a marine and someone who camps, i.e. someone who should know to make fire. You can't just go, "I broke the flint, guess I better do nothing, as I have this in the bag", up against someone like Ben.

Now onto Ghost Island. The twist seems like it's more suited to a returning players seasons, not a newbie season. Also, it just seems like there's going to be a lot of stupid game-ruining advantages to come from the island. I may be a bit biased, but I feel like my version of Ghost Island will be better than the actual season.