I know its over a month away, but cbs.com has video previews of all the new cast members......
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivo...sary&play=true
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/survivo...sary&play=true
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Originally Posted by MeatChicken /forum/post/18377407
It seems interesting that, in the "scenes from next week's episode" that they showed last night, Rob doesn't seem to give Russel any credit for stratigic play,
he seems to think he's simply "nuts" a loose cannon, stupid player & unpredictable, since he was "stupid enough" to give away an idol ....
We'll see if that's really the case, or a snippett somehow taken out of context ...
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Originally Posted by WS65711 /forum/post/18374990
Russell's move took my wife and I completely by surprise. I need to go back to the DVR to watch this episode again..... I think that "look" on Rob's face was the look of sheer disbelief, and incomprehension of what had just happened.Great episode!
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Originally Posted by pappy97 /forum/post/18377928
Rob's not that great. What makes Russell interesting and fun is how much he understands game theory and uses it to his advantage.
I used to complain that most Survivor tribal council votes were boring because everyone usually votes for one person, and that person votes for someone else. That's because with simple game theory, everybody pools together their negative votes to save themselves and get one person off.
I always thought it would be fun to have a voting (not even tribal council) right after an immunity challenge, with no rest or discussion in-between. And have it be a surprise to the teams so they don't discuss voting before the challenge (don't discuss it the way they campaign after the challenge usually) Then you could have tribal to discuss things but ultimately read the votes that were cast right after the challenge and use that. Then you'd see votes split several ways and someone might go home with only 2 votes cast against them which I think would be interesting.
Why I say Russell gets it re: game theory is that he got Tyson to think more about getting someone off than saving himself. He got Tyson to ignore the instinct we all have in such scenarios (how do I save myself first and foremost?) and as a result, Tyson is a goner.
Rob can't even hold Russell's jock.
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Originally Posted by IAM4UK /forum/post/18378007
Surely Parvati has tempted many without givin'-it-up, but Russell is not so deluded to think he's actually hittin' that...
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Originally Posted by hooked01 /forum/post/18380046
As much as I disrespect Russell as an individual, he really has a knack for the game. It was his lack of people skills that cost him the million his first time playing.
I think his reasons to give Parvati the idol were:
- that was how he planned it with the majority voting for Parvati
- a slap in the face to his enemies that even without the idol they can't touch him
- just plain grandstanding
- and to win points with Parvati - not that it's going to work because Parvati is playing him too
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Originally Posted by srw1000 /forum/post/18380466
It also eliminated Coach's strongest ally. With Tyson gone, and with Coach already pledging loyalty to him (not necessarily Russell's alliance, though), this has the potential to bring Coach into his group.
Scott
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Originally Posted by MeatChicken /forum/post/18378389
Tyson's move to switch his vote was surprising if only because he apparently knew He would be the one that "the others" would be writing down, & if anything remote went wrong He's rear was on the fire... ... That alone should have kept him to the plan ...
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Originally Posted by hooked01 /forum/post/18380046
As much as I disrespect Russell as an individual, he really has a knack for the game. It was his lack of people skills that cost him the million his first time playing.
I think his reasons to give Parvati the idol were:
- that was how he planned it with the majority voting for Parvati
- a slap in the face to his enemies that even without the idol they can't touch him
- just plain grandstanding
- and to win points with Parvati - not that it's going to work because Parvati is playing him too
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Originally Posted by Viventis /forum/post/18381599
No question Russell was courting Coach. At the Tribal Council, just before he gave the idol away, he directly addressed Coach, claiming he was doing this because he, like Coach was a man of his word.
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Originally Posted by MeatChicken /forum/post/18382992
** ASSuming Rob doesn't suddenly align with Russell, the other members of Rob's alliance aren't going to want to get rid of Rob, since he is a powerhouse at challenges, & of course they are "with" him ... ...
They will then realize that "they" are the more logical targets of Russell, (since they're not voting Rob), & may close ranks, since it's reasonable to ASSume none of them want to "be the one" to switch the balance of power over to Russell, & may feel they'd be on the bottom of the pecking order of Russell's alliance anyway, & feel they could last to the merge by simply picking off Russell's people one by one ... .... This will be a hard scenario for Russell to overcome, & that scenario ASSumes Coach will be in Russell's pocket first!