Cuz,
THANK YOU so much for heading these Survivor threads for so long! I was a late comer, and hadn’t realized all the time you’ve put into them. You were great to do it - I always looked forward to reading your recaps!
As much as I disliked Parv., I was glad to see her win over Amanda. Out of the final 4, I was rooting for Cirie since I felt she was the real mastermind behind all the blindsides. I wish Survivor would cast more “mature” players for each season. Rupert, Yau, Rudy, Terry and Cirie have been some of my favorite players. Sure, Survivor is comprised of tough, physical challenges suited to buff, athletic younger types, but ultimately it is more of a thinking and social game.
I’m always sad to see a season end, but this year I was especially sad to know that I’d never see James again. He was without a doubt one of the most genuine, funny and straight-up contestants of the game ever! He really wasn’t much of a strategic player - he was too blunt and too honest to go to the end - and of course his mistake in China of not playing his 2 HIIs is still one of the stupidest blunders in Survivor history. Notwithstanding, James was endearing, hardworking, halarious and a genuine person. I’m thrilled he won $100,000 for player of the game both this season and last season. He actually did better financially then Amanda, I believe.
Looking forward to Gabon in the fall! I hope someone (em, em, Jill?) will pick up Cuz’s mantle so we can all enjoy another Survivor forum. Until then, see you all on the other FR boards!
Anyone else gone to CBS website to check out what happens after being put on the Jury?
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivor16/video/ponderosa.php
If you have not seen any of them, start at the bottom of the 18 videos, oldest one is bottom right, and go left from there. You will have to endure an ad before each one, but I just muted until the video started. Very interesting things happened. I hope they do this again on the remaining shows.
Sorry to see you stepping down Cuz. Thanks for the posts, and I hope whoever does step in, continues with posting details beforehand in the same way, so as not to spoil it for those that don’t want to know until later. I don’t normally watch shows until the weekend, so it does help me alot.