Survivor 30 Finale

Worlds Apart Final Episode and Reunion happened last week!

This season has been one of the more awesome ones in a while! The castaways were truly memorable, even those that were booted before the merge and I had a blast watching this season. I must say that I really think that all of them had potential to be winners/make it far, agreeing with Mike's description of a "Season of gamers". Some complained that the casts were not likeable but I think good TV is when the cast is interesting/controversial. Haha. 

Ohwell, let's get into what I was here for!!! XD 

MIKE HOLLOWAY WON!?!?!?! What???!!! How on Earth did that happen? He was the target ever since Joe was voted out, and he managed to stay all the way till the end? Much respect bro! Well deserved win! I especially like the episode when he demonstrated one of my fave strategic moves this season: Russian Roulette. It was nice to see how he tried to corner the other players. Also, in a way turning into an underdog was somewhat a blessing in disguise. 

And... um... Yep. My first impressions of Mike, anyone? My impressions on who is the best have been pretty spot on! Or... is it the editing? ):

Side note* On the subject of editing, raw footage was shown for the first time ever. Pretty damn cool and revealing. :/

Thanks for such an epic season.
(pretty stoked for the next)



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Survivor 30 Episode 4 & 5 Notes

Hey there,

This note is published after quite a delay after the broadcast yea
I was thinking about what happened in the 2 hour episode... :/
Am I too crazy about Survivor? I doubt so, I haven't even watch all the seasons, nor remember all the details that happened...
Is it too much? too annoying? heck i am even thinking about visiting Survivor Island (Pulau Tiga) 
... and now i have come to a decision since I don't think that there is much, for me anyways as an audience, to write about, at least for now. So, for the following week, I shall just be tweeting about the show. :) and maybe do a roundup/conclusion after the finale.

Anyways, if u are still interested, here are my thoughts on what happened this week O.O

The first reward challenge was crazy. Kelly and how she was hit on her head...
Hit → Stumble → Bleed → Drench in blood
It happened so fast, i was really shocked... but she was really brave and didn't complain at all(at least it didn't make the final cut).
Still shock a few days after watching it... :/ But no one seems to be making the stitches to be that big of a deal so I guess I am just overreacting???

This episode had me wondering if the producers/editors were making us go on a ride... The people I thought were at the bottom (Rodney, Dan etc) are still here while Lindsey was voted out?! wow.

Then Max, another big character, voted out too?! wow. shocker.
I can't believe it, while they are "annoying", sooner or later are we going to end up with boring characters? haha

I must say that this season, the casting is really good, most players are quite interesting and memorable.
Moving on to the tribe swap... eh, I feel that it is really lopsided in terms of physical strength, obviously the blue tribe has the upper hand...
Also, when some of the players wanted to apologise to Sierra, Dan was claiming that he is smart, and the way he goes about it totally backfired. ): These days, it seems like with Dan it's hit and miss with his actions in camp. He was stereotyping how guys and girls listen differently in the first hour and I definitely don't think that him acting like a Smart Alec is going to make him player of the season... (ok, this award is non existent already right hmm)

Nonetheless, I am still looking forward to how this season will play out! :) May the best player win.
If you interested in my thoughts on Survivor, you could follow me on twitter @raycherr. Sometimes, I will tweet about what happened in the episodes. Cheers!

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Survivor 30 Episode 3 Notes

Disclaimer: This is no well-thought out recap/review but random thoughts on the episode.

Spoiler Alert.

O.o I wasn't expecting the votes from "Barbie Box alliance" to split once again, but Nina went home nonetheless. Too bad Nina let her tribe get the best of her and so off she goes. I thought that what Hali said during Tribal was pretty accurate, Nina has to try to be more "no collar" (whatever that means haha) to fit in more if that is what she wants, and if she wants to feel like she belonged. I guess Survivor was too hard for her, in terms of not just her hearing disability but also how she dealt with her tribe mates. (maybe only applicable in such season where they stereotype different groups of people :/) Side Note: Why on earth are some of the players trying so hard to fit into the stereotypical blue collar and no-collar? I don't think that the white collar are that "White collar" yet especially with the nudity and weird talk about monkeys making out haha, but as an audience, i sure thought that them finding the idol together/publicly was kinda weird. 

However, everyone was super critical of each other, that's for sure regardless of their collars LOL.

This week's immunity challenge was not as exciting as the previous 2, but nonetheless it revealed quite a bit of Joe's personality, letting Nina "sit out" this challenge.That was probably a huge mistake on his part.

And surprisingly Will is doing well in this game! As long as he doesn't go to tribal again with no collars, he should be making it pretty far in this game i think! We shall see. 

See ya next week, in the meantime, you can find me on twitter @raycherr :)

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Survivor 30 Episode 2 Notes

Disclaimer: This is not a review nor recap but more of my random thoughts.
Spoiler Alert ahead... 
I am always excited for a new episode of Survivor! Really interesting 2nd episode...

I kinda promised a breakdown of all of the players this week but... Tbh I am still quite clueless about some of them.
MIKE
Last episode, I really liked mike, this episode he was still great but not so much... Him not being able to control himself and yelling at his tribe mates to do work was definitely not what I expect from a good player. Still hope that he will go far though.
DAN
Oo he is interesting. Surprising I was really delighted to find out that he is athletic and he was great in the immunity challenge! Not too sure about his social game yet (same situation as mike) (and might be just clashes with this specific tribe) (being positive!). Can't wait to see more of dan's play.
Moving on to the white collar
Nudityyyyyy
MAX
I really can't look too hahahhahaha. He is pretty eccentric, and pretty influential, even Yahoo's executive stripped haha. Oh my I am laughing due to my awkwardness... Haven't seen any really smart strategic play by him yet, but I've heard quite a bit about him, so I am looking forward!
TYLER
So far he has been perfect. :/ praises for him by many viewers. Nothing bad about him at the moment... I think he is going to go real far in this game, and maybe even win.
Lastly for now, the last tribe
VINCE
Who sadly has been voted off. I do think its Nina's fault that he is gone too. :/ he was great for TV haha creepy and interesting. What a pity.
NINA
Ah... I am not very sure she has a good grasp on this game actually. Bursting out at the girls and being so truthful with will, I think will eventually be her downfall. Very respectable to be out there with an additional challenge, but wished that it didn't play to her weakness but instead become an unexpected weapon. Though so far, not working out very well.
WILL
Good move bad move? Time will tell hahaha. As a player, he isn't someone I am rooting for but I am really interested to see what happens to him.

And that's it for now! What are your thoughts on the players this season? Tweet me @raycherr :)

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Survivor 30 Premiere Notes

Whoop whoop I'm so ready for Reality TV Game Shows!!!


This is no review nor recap of the episode but just some random thoughts and opinions I have while/after watching the episodes. 
please pardon me for a really messy blog post.

Spoiler Alert! 
Starting off with Survivor 30: Worlds Apart
I didn't watch much pre-season videos, only the teasers and i came into watching this brilliant new season's premiere only knowing the basic concept.

Jeff Probst did say that this is the BEST PREMIERE since 2012
Do i agree?
Short Answer: I think so.
Long Answer: I managed to get a really good glimpse into each player's personality and how they are like. Also, I saw a great great immunity challenge. An idol was found without needing a clue and tribal council was quite interesting. Overall, a fun and pretty engaging episode!

Now to the show itself
I had the shivers as the trucks drove towards Jeff! (Must be that I am really excited after too long a break from Survivor, I have yet to watch Survivor San Juan del Sur, oops, but I really miss watching Survivor)
Side note: If i say that something is really cool and new, and it happened in season 29 already, please pardon me!

• 2 people to have to make a decision, this time honest or deceive.
  Interesting. But, following Max's flow, its not such a good choice to be making decisions for the tribe from the get go.
  I thought that choosing DECEIVE was not a good choice as it was easy to backfire. I was thinking along the line that 1 of the 2 people could easily push the blame to the other person who went along, and make themselves gain some pity vote by being the victim who was unable to convince the other person otherwise, leaving everyone with a small bag of beans.
• Dan said: "Mike is great."
  I totally agree. Haha, from how he ate the scorpion to his thoughts about it to how he was quite slow(or slower than the other players)at untying knots to bringing the team to 2nd place with quick completion of the puzzle. Very like-able and fun. Tv worthy player too.
• Jo vs Vince
  At first glance, they might look like really similar guys... As we got to see, Jo was definitely making a more pleasant impression on the others(i think Jenn included, hehe) than Vince. Is Jo too big of a target now? Can't tell for now.
• Immunity Challenge
  GOOD. Really liking the choosing components, which would you do? Keys or knots? Which puzzle? Personally, keys or knots was a really good one. When Mike was falling behind, omg i was so emotional... ); He was like I'm sorry and the team mates were like you can do it, calm down. Wow. Loving such support. Then when he made a come back I was like hallelujah!!!
• Carolyn found the idol w/o a clue, made it through this first tribal without using it. Plus she shared this news with Tyler. Great play right from the first few days. She is doing really well! I am impressed.

Having watched RHAP's exit interview with So,
I found out that So actually knew that she was going to be voted off already, hence she said that she was working in a group of 4.
→ makes me wonder if she knew, did Joaquin know too? Or was he too clueless?
→ Is So just claiming that she knew to back up what she said?
Really a pity to see her voted off first though, I thought that she was pretty interesting and was TV worthy material...
→ Was her game screwed up because of Joaquin or her own actions?
Rob mentioned that Joaquin didn't seem to know this game as much as the other players, as he was saying that he definitely wanted to choose Deceive.
→ Interesting POV, I don't really know how i feel about him now, so i will KIV.
Rob said that Jo(seph) could be the next to go according to some source... Hopefully not, he was good in the technical aspect of this game... hmph.

CONCLUDING NOTES
I really really like Mike, I am rooting for him.
I believe quite a few people like him too, haha well he is my fave to win Survivor for now.

Highlights of the episode:
'deceive' backfire ✓
'Mike is great' ✓

Also, I realised that I have not talked about my impressions of the all the contestants after the premiere... Maybe for next episode! ;)

Hope to see this season get even better! :)

If you would like to go crazy with me over Survivor and many other shows, tweet me @raycherr!

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