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well, it's hard not to be at least somewhat suspicious. after all, keeping abi in the game at this point makes things a little more interesting. you know, even when she gets an automatic spot in the final three of that challenge, my initial thought was that her chances of winning were less than 33%. but alas, she beats the odds and wins! i have to say it was pretty shrewd of her to mention that there was a "second note" that she couldn't read - implying that she may have her hands on an idol.

The first part of the Survivor slogan is "Outwit".

Could they actually do rigged strings? Before they start a challenge they draw for spots, or so Jeff says.

for the record, i think it's a stretch as well. most likely, the advantage and good luck came together to get her the win. and that's what i really want to believe because i enjoy the show

In past seasons, the advantage you bought at the auction bought you only a marginal lead. The winner got to skip one leg of a race or the first part of a challenge.

In this case they decided at the challenge that Crabbi should skip all of the challenge except for the very last part so she would compete with people who were completely exhausted.

Yes, it was quick thinking on her behalf about the two-part note. And, Penner's exit was magiificent all the way to the end when he made that last little appearance. It reminded me a bit of the final scene in Ferris Bueller where, after the credits, he looks at the camera and says to the movie audience, "You're still here? It's over. Go home. Go."

I'm still not sold on the fact that Abi thought of that lie on her own.

Like I said earlier, it wouldn't surprise me if the producers or someone on the show told her she couldn't outright lie about the clue, hence her comment about not compromising Probst's position. Do you really think she would have thought of that part about Jeff on her own?

Auctions were more fun when people could pool money and share food. It was like a reward challenge where you got to choose people and reveal who your friends were.

In Guatemala (I think) contestants were allowed to sell shares of their food and even reauction hidden items after they had been bought. It was a riot and showed how resourceful some contestants were. No wonder they outlawed it.

wow, only six left. it's getting down to the nitty gritty. on last night's show, skupin, lisa, malcolm and denise voted together. i have to wonder how strong will they be as an alliance going forward. do skupin and lisa really want to go to the final 4 with malcolm and denise? and vice versa. i would think that one of these couples would go to carter and abi knowing that they would be much easier to beat in a jury vote. it seems malcolm and denise have the edge because malcolm has an idol and lisa is always on the verge of a "this game is too big for me" meltdown.

I disagree. If she was in her late teens or early 20s I would go along with you more.

But she is 32 -- old enough where it is not just lack of maturity and experience. It is lack of intelligence and self-awareness.
Edited by blitzen102 - 11/29/12 at 12:22pm

I think she's just unable to read people's faces and figure out how they feel, i.e. "read a room". I don't think she maliciously annoys people. Maybe her friends help her out by telling her to shut up regularly. In Survivor, you want people to keep flapping their lips like this.

Also tweets have revealed that there were edits in the auction. It looked like Carter got screwed with both of his purchases but in fact he bought a meaty dish that was edited out. Since it still had a head and feet attached, it could have fallen under the "gross" items which were missing this season.

Very true. Did you see the look on Jonathan's face when Abi won the advantage? It was almost like an "aw, crap, I forgot!" So easy to forget the game. Also, what was up with the auction having no gag gifts? One of the hidden items is always garbage.

And what was up with not airing the challenge questions? Were they afraid of them coming under critique? Jonathan got 3/3 questions correct. Everyone else missed one or two questions. What were they? It was a chance to bring some learning and intelligence into the game!
Edited by Lord_Zath - 11/29/12 at 12:04pm

More intelligence is definitely needed. I can't believe ANYONE would get the number of islands in the Philippines question wrong when they probably flew over many of them on the way out there.

Yeah, the failure of Penner and the alliance preventing Abi from getting the immunity advantage was one of the worst cases of bad play that I've ever seen.

BTW, how is it that Malcolm is never competitive in any of these challenges?

It's illegal to rig a game show, and Survivor counts as a game show for those purposes.

So you're saying the challenge they have nearly every year where they have to stand on foot pegs or steps that get progressively smaller as the challenge goes along doesn't favor the contestants who 1. weigh less 2. have smaller feet 3. are more physically fit? Give me a break. I've seen women struggle with those big old rope knots just like the two guys were struggling with the little string knots. Perhaps the knots were all theoretically tied the same but you'll never convince me Abi didn't have an advantage in that final competition (and I'm not just saying that because the guys were tired).

I know. As I've said before, it's just the Internal Auditor comng out in me.

I don't buy the rig knots either, but smaller hands on the right size rope...not that her rope differed in size than theirs, but the overall size of the rope could have been better suited for small hands to remove knots in them. My first impression, when I saw the challenge, was thinking it favored Abi. The overall difficulty was neither rigorous, or stamina oriented, although it was strenuous. Not just untying the rope was to the advantage of smaller hands, but also climbing thru what was like a part of a play structure for kids... Size advantage again to Abi. Rigged? More like some luck, some weakening of a challenge to make it easier for someone like Abi or any smaller weaker player to compete, meaning dumbing down the challenge isn't necessarily rigging it, and her determination, which is where she does deserve credit, all formed a perfect storm.

Having said all that I care less for her and wish she was gone before the season started. I could be more brutal and vulgar, but I'll refrain.

Watching less and less of each episode. I would laugh, but it's ridicules.

I don't buy the rigged knots either, but earlier I suggested that they may have changed the final part if the challenge to knots from what the first 2 legs was in order to give Abi an advantage. I think that's possible an probably still keeps within gaming laws.

But what if Denise had made it through to the final? I think she may be even smaller than Abi so any "planned" advantage would be out the window.

Granted, Denise would have run the whole thing and would have added weight attached to her, but still.

I personally am getting tired of the recycled challenges. How many friggin times do we have to see the same thing again and again?

Why are you watching less and less? Because you think it is rigged ? This season has been better than expected and there is still alot up in the air.

So I guess last week's preview that led us to believe that Malcolm's bro said something was just a tease and clever editing or did I miss something?

Easily a manipulation. Only Lisa's brother proved instrumental in creating a possible game changing move.

Looks like we get to see that little bikini for one more week.