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Post by Amanda Kimmel on Aug 22, 2011 19:36:13 GMT -5
I haven't seen if Barbie has voted yet, but voting Ashley would be the smartest move for her. That way, she's in the F3 with Parvati and Chad, and will be able to argue to the jury that she made a big move. If she doesn't vote Ashley out, Ashley has this won unless Parvati challenge whores her way to the finals. Barbie can't argue against Ashley, and if she's been Ashley's pawn the entire game, then any jury will see Barbie as worthless.
I don't think a single juror wanted Barbie in All-Stars since, well, Barbie's inactive, so...
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Post by Amanda Kimmel on Aug 22, 2011 20:36:49 GMT -5
Adam wanted Barbie in, but she's not in. Nor are Chase and Dolly, obviously.
So here are the picks! The write-ups are NOT official yet though.
PARVATI - The Princess. Always desperate for attention and yet still in control despite the numbers not being in her favor. She was dealt a strong hand and played it very well.
ASHLEY - The Black Widow. I know Adam said this title for Natalie, but it fits Ashley better. She devours people and, well, is pretty mean to them. Despite this, she's been in control almost the entire game and used people as long as she needed them, keeping her pre-game alliance intact the whole time.
MISTY - The Underdog. She always looked ahead even when it looked grim, and although the numbers did not fall in her favor, she kept a level head and tried her hardest to stay in.
ADAM - The Politician. He picked a great title for himself. He heard the voice of his tribe and always tried to vote in majority and formed a strong alliance to survive a tribe swap that should have screwed him. A smart thinker, he was screwed by the HII rule turning out weirdly.
None of those four should come as a surprise. They've all been on our lists for a while and are the clear standouts this season.
Pick #5
Well, let's look at who we have left.
TOM, who clearly has ZERO clue what was really going on in the game. He did find the HII, but...
CHAD, who has shown virtually no personality and hasn't done anything bold other than play Tom's HII... and win two challenges.
AMBER, who got 12th after self-voting and did very little strategically. She just had an awesome personality, but that's not enough to justify an All-Star pick.
JULIE, who won Majority Rules despite being on the jury and was voted off quickly since she was smooching with Chase.
NATALIE, who has become almost invisible, but has guaranteed herself final three because of her pre-game. I really don't think the viewers will remember her come an All-Star season though...
*yawn*
...am I really picking ANY of them...?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW!
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Post by Austin Gonzalez on Aug 22, 2011 21:27:00 GMT -5
Tbh, even though you did tell them 5 people would be picked for all-stars, the contestants themselves didn't live up to the standard expected of them in an outstanding series like this one. Why give them what they expected from you when you didn't get what you expected from them?
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Post by Amanda Kimmel on Aug 22, 2011 21:30:46 GMT -5
Tbh, even though you did tell them 5 people would be picked for all-stars, the contestants themselves didn't live up to the standard expected of them in an outstanding series like this one. Why give them what they expected from you when you didn't get what you expected from them? Amanda likey. There'll be a fifth spot for Natalie if she makes the final two with Ashley (or if she wins against Barbie/Parvati), but... yeah... This cast just makes me shake my head, aside from the four that are in. |
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Post by Austin Gonzalez on Aug 22, 2011 21:52:48 GMT -5
It's alright there always has to be one dud before the awesome superduper game.
Ex: Thailand, Fiji
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Post by Amanda Kimmel on Aug 22, 2011 22:13:47 GMT -5
lol yeah... it happens. Pearl Islands wouldn't have been awesome if the lackluster Thailand and Amazon hadn't been before it. China and Micronesia followed a weak season in Fiji so that made them more awesome too. We have twists planned for S7, and we're going back to the fun stuff  NOTE There were 95 posts in this thread when I posted the tiebreaker question. |
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Post by Sandra Diaz-Twine on Aug 22, 2011 22:15:58 GMT -5
Add Gabon to that list Austin. lol
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Post by Austin Gonzalez on Aug 22, 2011 23:03:53 GMT -5
Maybe I'm a bit biased towards Gabon because some of my favorite characters (Randy, Corinne, Epic-fail crystal) were in it. But based on pure gameplay it kinda was a dud.
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Post by Mister Bob Dawg Mason on Aug 22, 2011 23:30:25 GMT -5
I loved Gabon. Apart from the final 3 the rest of the game was awesome. If you judged a season by the quality of the winner Allstars/Nicaragua would suck too.
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Post by Mister Bob Dawg Mason on Aug 22, 2011 23:31:40 GMT -5
for Amber's thing. Tyrone got an allstar spot for having an awesome personality!
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Post by Amanda Kimmel on Aug 23, 2011 0:18:49 GMT -5
for Amber's thing. Tyrone got an allstar spot for having an awesome personality! And because he was voted out because he was a big threat, whereas Amber was not a threat at all. That's the main thing separating the two. You, as Tyrone, were a threat and had to be voted out when you were. You also had a personality and that love for Hershey bars and friend chicken. I picked you as Tyrone because despite your placing, you left an impression on us. Amber only gave us a good personality and, well, didn't show much strategy. She just took it as it went. I could see myself naming her IF she hadn't double self-voted and IF she had known to vote for Aaron and not Adam. She doesn't really have a strong case since she wasn't an All-Star despite her personality. Now if we mixed Chad's challenge wins + attempts at strategy with Amber's personality, we'd have an All-Star candidate. It's just that Amber didn't play the game hard and Chad, despite his trying, didn't leave any impression on us in the personality department (which would have been the dealbreaker, since he won challenges and used an HII even though he didn't show much successful strategy). I am kind of leaning towards picking Tom, but... I'm discouraged by the fact that he had ZERO idea of what was really going on in the game. He thought he was in total control until the tribe swap, even after he'd been voted out. He's... yeah... Maybe I should just pick four and add Nat B and Sandra to the list... |
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Post by Lex van den Berghe on Aug 23, 2011 3:43:19 GMT -5
I vote for Chad. The guy made F5, showed up each week which is more than you can say for some people, and showed strategy even though it didn't always go his way. He was still trying. I think he's earned another shot
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Post by Austin Gonzalez on Aug 23, 2011 9:08:48 GMT -5
Plus we need some random "WTF why's he here" pick. Like Candice from HvV or Alicia from All-Stars
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Post by Lex van den Berghe on Aug 23, 2011 11:12:28 GMT -5
And Alina and Darrah from AS!
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Post by Amanda Kimmel on Aug 23, 2011 11:17:29 GMT -5
Okay. Chad is in. He at least tried, even if he didn't pull anything amazing off.
I'm still wondering about Tom. He was hilarious only because he clearly had no clue what was happening around him... Chad at least knew he was a target at the final seven and on...
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