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How can Russell lose to Natalie.... Ohh well....another winner I wasn't expecting...like Ozzy losing.
How can Russell lose to Natalie.... Ohh well....another winner I wasn't expecting...like Ozzy losing.
I'm so mad that Natalie won. Russell played the better game hands down but when it comes to the jury vote it's usually a popularity contest.
And how dumb was it to turn down the money Russell offered for the title?
She rode his coattails the whole time. 3 amunity idols with no clues and the final challenge, he should have won. He is arrogant but played a better game.
How can Russell lose to Natalie.... Ohh well....another winner I wasn't expecting...like Ozzy losing.
Russell played a good game with his total manulipulation of everyone. The thing he forgot about is making sure you get jury votes, that is part of the game too. You can have the jury see you as a **** even if you played a good game.
I'm so mad that Natalie won. Russell played the better game hands down but when it comes to the jury vote it's usually a popularity contest.
And how dumb was it to turn down the money Russell offered for the title?
She rode his coattails the whole time. 3 amunity idols with no clues and the final challenge, he should have won. He is arrogant but played a better game.
Isn't stacking the jury also part of playing the game?
Who is Natalie, who is Russell, What the heck is survivor ???
I'm so mad that Natalie won. Russell played the better game hands down but when it comes to the jury vote it's usually a popularity contest.
And how dumb was it to turn down the money Russell offered for the title?
Natalie played the game the only way she COULD play it and won; found someone (Russell) that she could ride on until the end, and not tick anyone off. An effective strategy for someone who was not going to win on physical merits and she deserved it just as much as Russell did. Didn't hurt that she wore that little bikini around (eye candy).
What kept Russell in the game the entire time is exactly what cost him in the end. Except for the first season, the person that plays it the most devious may get to the end, but usually loses when it comes jury time. Russell also played it the only way he could to win it, but I think the few times he let his ego get in front of his mouth is what cost him. He did lead the entire game and he gets props for that.
What won it for Natalie was the impassioned speech made by Eric at the end. It was HANDS DOWN THE BEST SPEECH I've ever seen in the entire 19 seasons (that's right, I've been with Survivor from the start) of the show. And he hit the nail on the head. While Russell played the game the best, he lost out BECAUSE he played the game the way he played it, deceptively and dishonestly.
The wild thing about Survivor is that, to get ahead, for the most part, there are only two ways to win: 1) Make it to individual immunity and win individual challenges, or 2) Lie/deceive/blindside. And the moment you make it to the final vote, the means you used to get there does a 180 and what WAS successful now gets held against you.
In the closed environment of Survivor, to make it initially (at least to the merge) you MUST be deceptive in some form, which goes against alot of people's normal character. What make the show interesting and fresh every season IS that dynamic; how strangers form bonds of convenience and maneuver thru the moral minefield to try and reach the final vote WITHOUT alienating too many members of the Jury.
Russell would have done better to have said: "Inside the playing field of Survivor, I've had to do stuff I would NEVER do on the outside" (even if he's lying his tail off). "The only way to get to the final 4 is either to win all the challenges, or be deceptive enough to keep off the chopping block". "It was never personal but it was the only way I could get here; and you've got to admit, Machiavelli would be proud of me". "Don't give me the million because you like me; give me the million because I MASTERFULLY played this game to the conclusion; It wasn't personal".
BTW, he unfortunately showed his true character on the reunion show by being the sore loser.
Man, I'd LOVE to play that game, but I'd get voted out too early because I don't have the social skills, am no longer in good enough shape, and I would not be able to be deceptive enough it's not in me to do it.
Who is Natalie, who is Russell, What the heck is survivor ???
Something you watch on TV...You may not have seen one but it is like a radio only with pictures.
Maybe if you weren't on here all day and night you might know...