Wow. Usually I enjoy blindsides at TC, but that was some of the biggest douchebaggery in Survivor history. Cockring's startegy may have been sound, but the timing of that was brutal. Dawn looks like one of the biggest pieces of shit to ever play the game now.
Somehow Eddie or Erik had better win this thing Sunday night, cause any of the other 3 will leave a bad taste in my mouth.
Agreed.
Playing the game just right is a lot harder than it sometimes seems. You have to play hard, but not too hard or it can come back to bite you in multiple ways.
At its heart, Survivor is finally and truly a social game. You have to get people to like you. In that respect Dawn and Cochran likely overplayed their hand tonight.
As for Brenda, I don't know that she really could have or should have done anything different. I think as soon as she won that challenge she'd already lost the game, no matter what she did. It would have been much better for her to have been one of the four or even in Dawn's shoes. If she had been I've no doubt she'd still be there.
I also feel that the move against Brenda was premature. I don't know that keeping Eddie around was wise. If he gets into the final three I can see him getting votes from Michael, Malcolm, Reynold, and maybe even Andrea. If they'd waited til the next vote it wouldn't have looked like such an ugly move and yet it would have still accomplished the same result.
Brenda sure does look like a great human being though coming out of this season.
Overall I am enjoying this season though just because of the sheer number of gamers--people really playing it to the hilt.
Dawn and Cochran have probably played the best so far (tonight"s harshness notwithstanding). I don't think that Eddie, the blonde lady, or Eric have really played much of a game. But I don't feel very good about Dawn and Cochran tonight and am a little less pumped about the finale. Dawn has played a tough game but somehow I don't think that the jury will view her as the gamer she has tried to be.
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