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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 1247713" data-attributes="member: 4779">Beginning point: This whole conversation makes me giggle. I really wish I could stop watching this show but I just can't! LOL <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />They were all better than the person sitting next to them in the final 2. Okay, except maybe Tina.That is one way to look at it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm not saying it was true for every season, what I was saying is that there is precident and a reoccuring trend. Let's look at the final 2s from a gamesmanship point of view -Tina vs Colby - The only reason Colby made it that far was because he swept the immunities. Ethan vs Kim - Kim was useless the entire game. She would have lost to either of the men in what (to me) was a pretty boring season.Vecepia vs Neleh - This was a case of useless vs useless. Take your pick.Brian vs Clay - Brian was the better player by a hair.Jenna vs Matt - Matt was lucky to get as far as he did. He didn't play the game at all. Jenna most likely won because of her family situation. There was no gamesmanship to vote for either way here.Any way you slice it, I guarantee that gamesmanship will rule the final votes from here on out. It may not have been how it started (I missed the first season), but that is what it has evolved into. The Survivors know to get rid of the people who have played the game the best, first. The "strongest" hasn't won yet. If you look at the post-game interviews after the game was completed there are multiple evidences of those who played the best being feared the most. Basically, the game comes down to the best schemer having to win immunity or that person won't even make the final vote. From all the seasons so far, maybe one of the best schemers has even made it to the final 2 (Brian). The rest were elimiated before they even got the chance to see all their game-playing pay off.</blockquote>

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