Board Thread:Virtual Tribal Council/@comment-26497595-20160307021924



With an impending medevac it's impossible to predict who's going to be voted out – after all the answer is more than likely “nobody.” Oh well, the rankings must go on. Let's start with the hyperfunctional beauties of Gondol beach.







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 * 1) Anna Khait – This episode just further extended my confidence in Anna. I was impressed by her courtship of Julia in episode 1 and just how perfectly she appealed to what would make Julia want to work with her; I am now further impressed by how effectively she pinned down Caleb's thumbscrew and roped him into an alliance where he's openly the number 4. Anna knew Caleb would be impressed by her boasting of strength in her girls' alliance, and that he would be confident in them if they delivered up a clear mission for him to undertake. It might not actually put her in the best position, but this week due to the medevac I'm going to focus on rewarding those who have made strong showings with the number 1 spots.
 * 2) Caleb Reynolds –  BMC has done a really excellent job of making himself appear to be the best option for the power players (Anna). While he may be in the best position right now, he's an easy person to take out at the merge. I see a dark future ahead for Beastmode, but I am really happy to see that he's played more-or-less perfectly up to this point; granted, he hasn't been forced to play strategically just yet. I'm excited to see how it goes when he does have to take that leap.
 * 3) Julia Sokolowski –  No airtime for Julia this week. I'm running out of things to say about her. She's pretty cool I guess.
 * 4) Michele Fitzgerald –  No airtime for Michele this week. I'm running out of things to say about her. She's pretty cool I guess.
 * 5) Tai Trang –  An idol in the pocket of everybody's favourite player means he's solidly number 1 in our hearts, and now also solidly at number 5 in his tribe. No more 6 th place rankings for Tai Trang! *celebration*
 * 6) Nick Maiorano –  How wonderful would it be to watch Nick meet a gloryless, unimpressive defeat at the hands of the women he thought he could manipulate without a second thought? I'm still waiting to see the Bledsoe-esque heel turn where he proves he's nothing like the guy he presented in his bios. Probably because we haven't seen anything from him yet that doesn't support that notion. He's definitely getting voted out if the medevac doesn't force a swap and the undefeatable beauties get defeated. That would be hilarious. Hahaha.



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 * 1) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Kyle Jason –  I'm glad the idol was blown up like it was – it means that Tai has a significant advantage in knowing where both of them are. All it'll take is for Alecia to slip up and tell Tai about Jason's idol and she may and up looking at a literal Super Idol (Really? The show is actually calling it a Super Idol?) potentially in the hands of her biggest enemy. I can't want to see Jason meet his match, but I doubt it's coming soon.
 * 2) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Cydney Gillon –  Jason may be commanding the Brawn tribe, but I think it's safe to say Cydney is really playing the best game here. Were it not for the twist on this week's power rankings, Cydney would be number 1. Oh well, I'm sure she'll earn spot 1 again next week.
 * 3) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Scot Pollard –  It's tough to choose who makes the bottom half in a four person tribe dominated by a group of 3. Scot has an enemy just like Jason, but he lacks an idol with which to deal with it. If Cyd forces a tie, you can bet Jason won't go to rocks for his gargantuan buddy. We could be seeing the Athlete's Curse coming into effect at the exact same spot as Uncle Cliffy. Again, it's all very dependent.
 * 4) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Alecia Holden –  Let me get this straight. There is NO ARGUMENT that Jason should be punished for “pushing Alecia around.” At least not in the literal sense. What we saw in the idol scramble was two people lurch for the same object, both of them stumbling to the ground and one person getting it in the end. Jason would have done the same thing to Scot or Nick or Caleb or ANY other person in the game. Him being bigger than Alecia doesn't make him a mysoginist. It makes him a person who is trying really hard to get what he wants and what he needs. Nobody's going to be complaining when there's a challenge involving crawling underneath something and Alecia's small stature makes her better at it than Scot Pollard, so nobody should be complaining now.

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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm"> Chan Loh:

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 * 1) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Debbie Wanner –  The only reason Debbie is at number 1 is because I've chosen to reward the players that performed the best in the last episode. On the Brains tribe, Debbie is that player. She perfectly played her role within the tribe and picked apart every piece of leverage she could find to make her plans happen. I never would've guessed that Debbie would be running the Brains tribe, but here we are. It may not put her in the best position for the next vote, but it earns her number 1 this week. We'll see how long it lasts.
 * 2) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Aubry Bracco –  The only reason she received votes was because she was partnered with Neal. She's also Neal's link to Debbie and Joe. That makes her super valuable. I'm impressed by her ability to fit in and really use the social intelligence she boasted about preseason.
 * 3) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Joe del Campo –  I don't think there's a big possibility Joe gets voted out of this tribe, but it's a huge possibility that someone takes a shot against him in a swap. There's also the possibility of a medevac. Who knows? Joe is the easy number 3 and I have nothing interesting to say about him right now.
 * 4) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Neal Gottlieb –  He did a great job with the self-preservation, but there's only so much he can do when he's been declared an enemy of a smart (book-smart), strong, hardworking man that's going to try his hardest to grab the Chan Loh idol now that his partner is gone. Neal is perilously close to the edge as long as the idol is unaccounted for.
 * 5) <p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Peter Baggenstos –  What was Dr Obama thinking? Who can say? All I know right now is that I am glad Peter stayed just so we can get more ridiculous confessionals of him declaring his superiority to the people that outplayed him. Hard.

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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;">Obituary – Liz Markham

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<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;">Somewhere in residential New York at 8:57pm EST on Wednesday night, an ironic, guilty smile crept across Stephen Fishbach's face. It's hard to be upset when your favourites get voted out if they leave in such incredible consecutive blazes of glory. Liz may be undateable but she is definitely not unwatchable. I hope to see her back. Probably won't happen though. <ac_metadata title="Kaoh Rong Power Rankings 4"> </ac_metadata>