Talk:Russell Hantz/@comment-174.113.222.214-20130522224912

indeed this is just a game and like many survivor greats, i'm sure it also becomes just more than a game. Russell is indeed of the most brilliant and strategic players to ever play this game. He does well at challenges and yes he has found numerous hidden idols over his career. I am a big fan of Russell and I do hope he comes back to play one more time and obtains the full respect he deserves. His game play in Samoa was remarkable as well as Heroes vs Villans, maybe a little too ruthless, but remarkable as well. He still deserves credit for his efforts in HvV. With regards to RI, he did nothing wrong...the problem was that he was appearing in his 3rd season out of the previous 4 seasons of Survivor and because of that his tribe knew him and his game play all to well. Obviously they wanted to go far in the game and win and in order to do that they had to get rid of the biggest threat to them at the start of the game. It was their idea of surviving which I feel is stupid because they purposely threw away a challenge which cost them all greatly as you can see if you watch the full season. After Zapatera eliminated Russell they all fell apart which led to their vote offs. Other than that, Russell is someone that indeeds plays this game to win, but unfortunatly has never recieved a fair jury and may seem to come off to evil, which is fine, but up to a certain point.

As a fan of the show and Russell I do hope he returns to the game one day and can play the game he deserves to win because a genius like Russell, just cannot end his Survivor career the way it did in RI.