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txsportsscribe said:for those who think amanda is so beautiful, she wasn't even top 5 at the reunion show. in fact, she was kinda scary.
I will cut you. Ask around.

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txsportsscribe said:for those who think amanda is so beautiful, she wasn't even top 5 at the reunion show. in fact, she was kinda scary.
MTM said:Pretty impressive final 5 -- two past winners in Parvati and Sandra, two who were the best player in their first season and should have won in Colby and Russell, plus Jerri who really reigned in her attitude from the first time.
I didn't get the whole Colby hissy fit with his brother. It was like a pitcher who couldn't find the strike zone blaming it on the catcher.
And and I the only one who thinks it odd when the winner of a family challenge doesn't pick people with spouses to come along? Dads and uncles are great, but unless there is a real strategic reason, I'd let players enjoy time with their wife/husband.
Iron_chet said:Comletely agree with this assessment.
I am not sure that Russel had a great grand strategy as he was the master of claiming strategic moves that he was not behind. Parv played him all the way.
I am suprised that on a message board that has a lot of sports watchers on it there are people who claim the best player did not win! This whole idea is so lame. Russel lacks self awareness and has no grand strategy. His strategy is no different then Sandra's but he does not see it. In both seasons he lurched from strategy to strategy (kind of like surviving day by day the same as Sandra)
Russel is a loud mouth and a bully. I wanted someone to stand up and say "SCOREBOARD bench"
I also agree that Rupert is a douche, never saw him as good guy and his sanctimonious belly aching confirms it.
schiezainc said:Just got done watching it and, as I've said since her alliance with Courtney went down, Sandra is, by far, the most strategic all-around player in this game. Period.
She had a big flaw in that she's useless in the challenges and that's the type of thing that gets you voted out early. Yet she always found a way to shine the spotlight on someone else.
And if there's any doubt in her abilities, look at the fact that coming into that Final council, most of the people there were of the mindset that she didn't do a damn thing and didn't deserve the million. She turned them all around.
How? She read the jury, saw that everyone hated Russell and did her best to not only show that she wasn't like him but that she wanted to get rid of him (and they knew this) from the merge on.
At this point, a case can be made that Pavrati is the best to ever play the game because she's good at all the aspects but what Sandra lacks in physical ability, she makes up for in spades with the social/mental aspect and that's why she's a million bucks richer.
As for Russell, I said last season that he's one of the best to play this game and I'm officially taking that back. You can't ignore one of the biggest parts of this game (the social aspect) and just expect to walk away with the win because you were the best strategic player. At some point, you've got to know that you've got to work just as hard at maintaining relationships as you do at surviving.
Good season but not great. I much prefer the regular seasons. It just seems like it's more fun.