Connor McBride

international development practitioner,
aspiring sole survivor,
ravenclaw with a slytherin streak

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@StarBase48 Coach and Jonathan are constantly discredited. Even if they occasionally get a good edit, they have a Brad Culpepper vibe. Strong pre-merge, set up as a potential winner but then a rapid decline by FTC

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@SurvivorSFT Maria should have been cast for 50 solely for the purpose of being with Charlie. They should have been the new Jerri and Colby where we get a multi-season arc

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@ShannonGaitz I wonder if this is foreshadowing. It seemed during 49, Rizo thought he had high win equity but in reality, the jury wasn't positive about him. In 50, we are seeing mixed reactions to Rizo and flaws in his social game which I dont think he is aware of

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@mylesmkuah Since when is repeatability important...
Someone calls Kalen

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@XudaMann00 Kyle was probably only cast because they wanted to cast Dee and Savannah (predicted 49 winner) and needed a male new era winner for the third tribe. Should have been Yam Yam

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@mylesmkuah But were we really missing out with the underedited brawn tribe?

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@tvtalkswithtom Its not harder. The chicken situation proved that the players are collectively more soft and their decisions are less risky.
Old era players actually had to risk their relationships and jury votes by playing ruthlessly. New era players have a free pass to do anything

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@GabeOrtis @Braden22anders It's not that he calls himself Rizgod. It's that he has done the whole spiel multiple times "The man, the myth, the legend, R-I-Z-G-O-D, Rizgod baby!"
Objectively cringe

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@ItsKarin @mylesmkuah 47 is objectively a strong season. The 49 pre-merge will be boring and predictable but I'm expecting a big post merge (compared to 48 which was boring af)

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@MattTarrant @Mark49438347 Were you trying to choose the worst possible people?

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@MattTarrant Not who i want but who i think will get the call from the US: Boston Rob, Jerri, Carolyn, Rob C
SA: Steffi, Dino, Chappies

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@murtzjaffer Lisa confirmed that Kass was involved in the plan but Lisa was only aware of the plan. Slight difference but Kass was more actively playing against Parvati

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@ItsKarin Thankfully they already had a feeling. All he had to do was verify and tell the truth

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@LoganShine_ I think its understandable for Lisa to have a human moment. Your ally played their idol for you and went home. Then your other ally is at risk after you threw them under the bus. Lisa isn't exactly a cut-throat player. it also wasn't a quit because "its too hard"

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@ren_davis Just a superfan, that has already won and achieved her dream, and who isn't cut-throat

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@Judgejudyx4 @mylesmkuah There was a lot of good reads by players but they had insufficient response.
Janine read that they lost Sarah.
Kirby read that she had Shonee and Sarah locked in.
Shonee read that George/David were conspiring against her.
David read that they could swing George to vote Shonee

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@Judgejudyx4 @mylesmkuah I think there is minimal strategic game incentive for them to align with George. They don't need him and he offers no value.

There egos have always been in the way so to expect anything different was a miss step

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@reality_ahmad2 Is Hayley the only Aus winner to survie her first tribal council?

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@mylesmkuah But surely Luke is then the better option? A combo of Dave/Luke is much scarier than Dave/Janine. Luke offers better shield upside.