December 22, 200916 yr Anybody watch the season final? Russell deserved to win IMO. Natalie, the winner, did little to nothing strategic the entire game except ride Russell’s coat tails to the finals. IMO she won because too many of the ousted rival tribe took getting beat, played, and manipulated by Russell too personal and voted for the most innocent of the three finalists.
December 22, 200916 yr Anybody watch the season final? Russell deserved to win IMO. Natalie, the winner, did little to nothing strategic the entire game except ride Russell’s coat tails to the finals. IMO she won because too many of the ousted rival tribe took getting beat, played, and manipulated by Russell too personal and voted for the most innocent of the three finalists. I agree. Next season should be a good one....Heroes vs. Villians....10 of the nicest, most liked contestants ever vs. 10 of the most sneaky, hated contestants ever....Anyone think Russell will make a return appearance?
December 22, 200916 yr I haven't watched Survivor forever, but some people at work kept mentioning this Russell guy, so I watched the finale. He looked literally stunned and upset that he didn't win. I'd be curious to know what he's like in real life. Claims he was manipulative, deceitful, ruthless for the "game" of Survivior, but nothing like that in real life. If so, kudos to him for obviously playing a good game.
December 22, 200916 yr Anybody watch the season final? Russell deserved to win IMO. Natalie, the winner, did little to nothing strategic the entire game except ride Russell’s coat tails to the finals. IMO she won because too many of the ousted rival tribe took getting beat, played, and manipulated by Russell too personal and voted for the most innocent of the three finalists. Why is this not considered strategy. Lay back and let others take the shots. Think about dodgeball--you can attack at the line all day long and risk getting hit, or stay back till most are eliminated and still be in the game. Sounds good to me! Think football--the qb runs the show, gets to make some decisions, but cant do it without his lineman!
December 22, 200916 yr Natalie=WOW. :thumb: How long before she decides to try to make another million for something else?
December 22, 200916 yr Author :thumb: How long before she decides to try to make another million for something else? Playboy your meaning? If so, I fully support that decision.:taz:
December 22, 200916 yr Why is this not considered strategy. Lay back and let others take the shots. Think about dodgeball--you can attack at the line all day long and risk getting hit, or stay back till most are eliminated and still be in the game. Sounds good to me! Think football--the qb runs the show, gets to make some decisions, but cant do it without his lineman! Other than following Russell’s every command and not going against him what did she do in relation to the tenants of the game to win? Every contestant signs up for Survivor to outwit, outplay, and outlast the other contestants. Russell outplayed and outwitted them all. He found idols without clues, orchestrated votes against the entire jury, and outlasted Brett in the final challenge. Natalie did nothing; she couldn’t even give a good answer as to how she played the game until Erik gave her an answer in his speech. Even Jeff Probst, the host and producer said Russell deserved to win.
December 23, 200916 yr Author :thumb: How long before she decides to try to make another million for something else? :clap::dancingpa Wow..she is amazing! :thumb:
December 23, 200916 yr Russel should have won, he played the best game in Survivor History! The only episode I watched all season was the final one, and judging by the recap at the beginning and what I saw, Russel should have won hands down. I really hate to see the person who rides the coat tails win, but it happens often. Even though she deserves a million, just not for survivor.:thumb:
December 23, 200916 yr Author The only episode I watched all season was the final one, and judging by the recap at the beginning and what I saw, Russel should have won hands down. I really hate to see the person who rides the coat tails win, but it happens often. Even though she deserves a million, just not for survivor.:thumb: :lol::thumb:
December 23, 200916 yr Russel should have won, he played the best game in Survivor History! I agree completely, Russel was the hands down, no brainer winner in this one. It was really disappointing to me that he did not win. He was great entertainment. Glad he at least go the $100k from the fans.:thumb:
December 23, 200916 yr Come on. If Russell was the obvious winner, then why is he not a million dollars richer. Remember that we only get to see the edited show. We do not see how he interacted off the camera or what Natalie did off the camera. Mick even commented after the final challenge that that was the first time that Russell ever collected wood for the fire. I agree Russell was more cerebral (no question about that). But keeping a small target is a legit strategy. There have been several winners that would agree.
December 24, 200916 yr Come on. If Russell was the obvious winner, then why is he not a million dollars richer. Remember that we only get to see the edited show. We do not see how he interacted off the camera or what Natalie did off the camera. Mick even commented after the final challenge that that was the first time that Russell ever collected wood for the fire. I agree Russell was more cerebral (no question about that). But keeping a small target is a legit strategy. There have been several winners that would agree. Ok, I can agree that we do not know went on other than the edited version. The edited version is, indeed, all we have to go by. Since that is all we had to go by, then the assumption is that they included all the critically important happenings. Russel truly seemed to be the survivor who was "extremely involved" to say the least. Natalie, who I thoroughly liked and could hardly find fault with, played the game extremely passively compared to Russel. For goodness sake he found, I believe, 3 idols without clues, that's never remotely happened before. He manipulated the game from beginning ot end according to the edit.He played the game as well as anyone ever has. Natalie won to me because she was likable, which she truly was(I really liked her, believe me!) and Russell lost because he made his opponents look so bad. I couldn't believe someone never took the lead, late in the game, to get rid of Russell, if Natalie would have done that, she would have been deserving of the winner but she did not. Also, I couldn't understand why Mick apparently did not get any votes. In the end Russel shouldn't have taken a beautiful, extremely likable girl with him to the final three. Ok, I have said enough. Merry Christmas to all!
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