Survivor
May 16th, 2015 at 6:53:58 PM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 188 Posts: 18633 |
I'd have to be compensated really well to be steered away deliberately from the million. Anyway, the reality show "Big Brother" allows the audience to watch 24/7 the entire season with pay cams. So you can actually see the parts they pick for the show if you doubt they are making a whole bunch of things up. That said, reality casts know that playing for the camera has its advantages. There's a 100k prize for favorite survivor aside from the winner picked by the audience. The hero types and the especially horrible or hated cast members have a pretty good chance of getting picked for another show, because they like people the audience loves or loves to hate. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
May 17th, 2015 at 5:54:59 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | It takes longer to tape tribal than any other part of the show. Hours, usually. They show them walking with torches and they shoot it over and over from different angles. Then it takes 2 hours sometimes to get 12min of them all sitting and talking. Ever notice that when Jeff announces who's been voted off, the victim usually takes it really well? That's not their initial reaction. Sometimes they jump up and curse out the rest of the players. They verbally attack their 'friends', they ones they thought they could trust. They take this very seriously, a million bucks is on the line. What we see is often much later, when they have calmed down enough to look like good sports. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 17th, 2015 at 7:04:31 PM permalink | |
zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 | How do you really know all this, Bob? |
May 17th, 2015 at 7:08:06 PM permalink | |
Face Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 61 Posts: 3941 |
It's been a loooong time since I've watched Survivor, but I thought it was standard strategy to boot the good players first. The strong, the smart, the capable. If you keep the best and make it tot he end, then you have to go against the best. Or have things changed since '99? Be bold and risk defeat, or be cautious and encourage it. |
May 17th, 2015 at 7:19:49 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
It's what previous players say happens. 30 shows, that's a lot of players. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 17th, 2015 at 7:22:43 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
All the smart, good players get voted off early. They get ganged up on by the idiots. That's all that's left now. Idiots. So the smartest idiot will win. Reason I quit watching 7 years ago. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 17th, 2015 at 9:58:35 PM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
In my opinion the way it usually works is there is one strong player pulling strings on a bunch of puppets to remove the other strong players. This season it is Rodney who I suspect is pulling the strings and controlling the game. The Weakest Link is another show with this strategy. On that show it pays to be the second smartest. Then again, maybe sometimes the smartest throw some questions to not appear smartest. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
May 17th, 2015 at 10:54:22 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Rodney's never ending whining is getting on their nerves. It's my birthday, wah wah wah. I never go for a reward, wah wah. I think he'll get voted off next. Mike will win in the end, moron that he is. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
May 18th, 2015 at 5:46:29 AM permalink | |
RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 8 Posts: 2452 |
What made you start watching again after stopping 7 years ago? |
May 18th, 2015 at 12:09:45 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
I had forgotten why I stopped. I don't watch, I record it now and FF to tribal. After anybody good got voted off, what's the point of listening to them grunt at each other. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |