Mimic said:
Janu really ticked me off, sorry I don't buy that "I accomplished what I wanted to do" line for a single moment. What did she accomplish anyways besides sitting around doing nothing? How many challanges did she actually compete in without bailing as soon as possible? How many people would give their eye teeth for a chance to do what she just threw away?
I wasn't really upset that she quit. Partially because I really wanted Steph to stick around and Janu is just a lump of boring. The other Survivor who quit (can't recall his name) was a disgrace. He quit emotionally and just wussed out. It was pretty well stated that Janu had nothing left in the tank for quite some time and wanted out.
And it did seem like she accomplished something that last day on the lone island. She got herself a fire and survived on her own. She wasn't the most useless in challenges (that dishonor belongs to Katie). As for throwing away the chance at the million - yeah, that is frustrating and annoys me a bit as a fan of the game and as someone who would love to play someday. Seemed like she should never have been there in the first place. Especially compared to the rest of the tribe (with a couple exceptions).
Mimic said:
As for Steph, I don't see how so many people like and support her? She does nothing but whine and complain and if something goes wrong its always someone elses fault. She has this whole "I'm so tough, I can do anything I want," routine but when push comes to shove the waterworks start and the whining continues. The only reason she has survived this long is due to luck not skill. Although she does give 110% at the challenges she is far to emotional to manipulate the others to survive to the final two. Although if for some reason she does make it to the last two she will walk away with the million easy.
What you see as whining and crying, I see as heart and strategy.
She knew she was on the way out. And she wants to win but like and warrior if she is going to "die" she wants to go down fighting and lose to a stronger opponent. By the tribe keeping the far weaker (in all aspects) Janu over her it was too hard to take. Going down like that is disgracing to someone who's played the game that hard. Not to mention that she was told by Tom that they would protect her. So she played her only card: appeal to Janu's feminine side and overalls desires to leave on a high note.
Jeff did some prodding but by shear will alone Steph got Janu to
quit. I say, well played. Those were tears of frustration and fight, not girly waterworks. And yes, luck plays a factor in the game, but that can only take you so far. There was a reason why she outlasted her entire tribe: she was the best player. Witness the fire elimination challenge. BJ built 20x the fires that she did but she was the smarter.
Lastly, she may be emotional, but she has already endured making mistakes in the social part of the game and learned from them. Greg, for example, hasn't. She knows how to stay alive and keep people on her side or at least make them see her point. That's why she is still around.
Mimic said:
Tom has to keep winning the second he doesn't he is gone, he was the main reason they crushed Ulong and everyone knows it, so does he and he is smart enough to know that there is a huge target on his back.
It certainly will be interesting to see what the tribe does when he is vulnerable. I do agree that if they were smart, they'd get rid of him ASAP. He's The Threat. But then again, there are still many strong players left so it could come down to personalities. It would be really refreshing to see the strongest actually make it to the end. That Final Four would be: Tom, Steph, Greg & Ian. However, a case could be made for everyone being strong except for Katie.
