Post by Brian SmithWe've seen people help others before. Yes, it does seem strange but if
it's not against the rules then I'm fine with it.
There have been occasions in past seasons when Probst has tolerated
players verbally helping others during challenges. The two most
famous examples that come to mind are Noel helping one of the
opposing tribes in S43, and Adam helping Ken to win an individual
challenge in S33. However, since S23 (South Pacific), physical
assistance has been forbidden. You may recall that the final 5
immunity challenge involved a block stacking activity, and that
Sophie dropped half her stack leaving Ozzie with a huge lead.
She began yelling at one of the other players to come over and
help pick up her pieces. At that point, Probst intervened, and
declared that the other guy could not leave his stack behind to
physically help Sophie.
Fast forward 23 seasons and that precedent suddenly no longer
applies. Liz was allowed to run half way across the island to retrieve
Kenzie’s board, after which she actually counted the holes for
Kenzie. So Probst allowed his own long standing “rule” to be
broken for reasons that are not at all clear to me.
I am reluctant to mention this as I have no reliable source, but there
have been suggestions/speculation/reports that, prior to the final
immunity challenge in S46, Probst told the remaining players that
(once again) physical assistance was forbidden.
Post by Brian SmithFYI, Liz said in a
postseason interview that she was not helping Kenz to win. She was
ensuring Maria lost because she was afraid if she made it to the end
that she would win.
Yes, I had assumed that was Liz’s motivation for deciding to cheat.
Post by Brian SmithHopefully you decide to stick around. I appreciate your input and take
on the game.
Thank you. I appreciate you saying that. I’ll probably give S37E01 a fair
chance. I may end up being pleasantly surprised.:-)
Post by Brian SmithI agree with you to an extent on the show since S41. S41
and S42 were way too woke for me with the Hourglass twist possibly being
the stupidest thing they've done.
But “the hourglass twist” continues to exist in a slightly modified form
which
Production calls “earn the merge”. I would prefer a return to the
traditional
straight merge that worked so well for 39 versions of the show.
Post by Brian SmithS44 on however have been good. S45 and S46
had great casts and very good gameplay.
I agree that S44 and S45 had some good game play. However, from
my perspective, S46 had too many really bad players eg. Ben, Liz,
Quintavius, Hunter, Tevin, Tim, Bhanu, and Jess which the editors attempted
to conceal by presenting them as “quirky” characters. IMO, 42 and 46
were the two worst seasons in the “new era”.
I liked S41 a lot. The “woke shit” wasn’t as predominant as in S42,
and it had a great cast. The best player did not win, but the best player
In the F3 did which left me feeling satisfied.
Post by Brian SmithOmar, Kaleb, Shan and Venus would all be great choices. I never want to
see Drea again and I'll be shocked if either Erika or Maryanne get asked
to play.
I agree. I liked Erika as a person and respected Maryanne’s “lights
out”
performance at FTC, but, IMO, neither woman has the kind of “resume”
that would be enough to earn them an invitation to one of the franchise’s
milestone seasons.