Survivor: One World

[AlphaFrog]

They're getting good at the triple plays.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Anyone else catch what one of the women said about the reward challenge finally being on the island, and how nice it was that they weren't going to have to walk or boat for miles to get there? Are the challenges usually on a different island? If so I guess I've missed that all these years.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Anyone else catch what one of the women said about the reward challenge finally being on the island, and how nice it was that they weren't going to have to walk or boat for miles to get there? Are the challenges usually on a different island? If so I guess I've missed that all these years.

The challenges typically are some distance from camp, as is Ponderosa. Otherwise, the construction noises and everything would be too close to camp.

Jay, Jay, Jay. You fooled me. I thought you could see what was going on. One mistake after another last night.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

The challenges typically are some distance from camp, as is Ponderosa. Otherwise, the construction noises and everything would be too close to camp.

Jay, Jay, Jay. You fooled me. I thought you could see what was going on. One mistake after another last night.

I figured it was a ways away, and I know that Ponderosa is often on another nearby island, but I was surprised to hear the remark, "finally a challenge on the island!" Figured though it was a ways away, it was still on the island.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I figured it was a ways away, and I know that Ponderosa is often on another nearby island, but I was surprised to hear the remark, "finally a challenge on the island!" Figured though it was a ways away, it was still on the island.

I did a little digging, because I knew I had seen a map before of where Survivor was being filmed in Samoa. Here it is:



It's from Season 19, but I bet the locations are mostly still the same.

It all seems to be on the same island, but since almost everything is near the beach and is some distance apart, they may well use boats to move from location to location. It occurred to me last night when Alicia said "the island" that that might just be how they refer to the area around the camp and that they might not mean it literally.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Jay, Jay, Jay. You fooled me. I thought you could see what was going on. One mistake after another last night.

I know, right?

Kim's playing a good game, although I wish she would've gone with the Troy/Jay/Mike/Kim/Chelsea/Sabrina alliance instead of the women's alliance. But, her chances of winning with the women's alliance are probably higher than with the other one, so I can see why she did that. I just like Jay and Troy better than Alicia, Kat and Christina. And, like I've said before, my liking a particular Survivor is usually their kiss of death.

Good for Troy for playing his HII and not going home with it in his pocket. I wonder if it'll be re-hidden and come back into play?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Good for Troy for playing his HII and not going home with it in his pocket.

Yeah, except that since they knew (thanks to Jay) that he had it, it turned out he didn't need to play it. There were only two votes for Troy, while there were five votes for Jay. HII successfully flushed.

And I know what you mean about liking players being the kiss of death. Same here.

[SWTXBelle]

< off topic -

Russell is flipping houses and has a show. I will not be watching.

http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/r...ries-12293.php

[AGDee]

When I was in Honduras last week, our tour guide pointed out the "twins"; the two islands used by Survivor when they filmed there. He said he got to work helping build some of the challenge sets. He was very proud... it was kind of cute!

[Sciencewoman]

Cool! Welcome back, AGDee!

[AlphaFrog]

I don't think I ever realized that the Survivors get to keep whatever money they don't spend at the auction. I still think Christina made a huge mistake not buying the challenge advantage. Regardless of the outcome of the challenge, she probably bumped herself lower in the pecking order because of it. The $500 she pocketed is probably not worth the difference in consolation prize money.

ETA: I am continually amazed at Kat's intellectual inferiority. She's got a serious case of teh dumbs.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

ETA: I am continually amazed at Kat's intellectual inferiority. She's got a serious case of teh dumbs.

LOL. Yep.

Troy really needs to get over himself. He's a competitor; I get that. But he is forgetting that if he really plans to stay around, he needs a majority of the people he's alienating to want to vote for him at the end.

And Kim was exactly right -- it's a game, Troy.

Meanwhile, when did Tarzan start doing well on challenges? And what was wrong with his face? Those were the darkest circles under his eyes I've ever seen.

[SydneyK]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Meanwhile, when did Tarzan start doing well on challenges? And what was wrong with his face? Those were the darkest circles under his eyes I've ever seen.

I thought he had painted his face with black paint similar to how Leif had painted his with blue. It looked so bad I assumed it had to have been intentional - I never even considered that he might be sick or tired.

I was surprised to see Tarzan vote for Leif. While Tarzan certainly isn't the best social player in the game, he hasn't stood out as making poor voting decisions. (Although I readily admit that my memory is already failing me and I don't remember who he's had a hand in voting out.)

Kim appears to be playing the best game right now. Naturally, that means she's on the chopping block. I wonder if she had anticipated what Troy so plainly laid out in TC - she didn't look surprised at all when he suggested the four bottom-dwellers vote her out.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by AGDee

When I was in Honduras last week, our tour guide pointed out the "twins"; the two islands used by Survivor when they filmed there. He said he got to work helping build some of the challenge sets. He was very proud... it was kind of cute!

Must have missed a season...which Survivor was filmed in Honduras?

Chelsea and Tarzan must have a secret alliance, did I catch them voting in a bloc of four (it's against Kim and Kim's votes) with either Sabrina, Alina, or Christina?

Chelsea is the only woman I see with two separate alliances, a plus to get her to the top three with poor/unliked players Kat, Troyzan, or Alicia. With the 'numbers games' at voting time, Chelsea can go with either of her alliances and still stay safe and well-liked.

[AGDee]

I guess it was actually Nicaragua but the islands are visible from the shore of Honduras. It was the Redemption Island season.