First off, I don't think Survivor is ruined. I think it's evolved, devolved, changed, whatever, but not ruined. I went chronologically. Here are the
people that didn't help:
1. Amber/Nick: The first ever filler players. AKA "Under the radar". Players that no one could empathize with. Sure S1 had a bunch of strategic pussies, but they were ALL personalities...and since Season 2 there have been fillers in growing numbers every season. Only slowing down around China...
2. Kim J: The first time I realized you don't have to have any physical, mental, or social skill to get to the final 2, just luck pre-merge and weakness post-merge. Not a good realization to have.
3. Vecepia: The first person to win where the viewer couldn't understand why or how they won. Who knows if it was sloppy editing, lack of charisma on Vee's part, or what. But damn that was a frustrating finale...and since we've seen numerous WTF winners.
4. 3/4ths of the Survivor: Thailand Cast: I know it's supposed to be a single player, but when the nearly the entire cast has the personality of one person I think it's fair. Not sure if it was the editors or the cast again, but this season was the first one where people started talking cancellation. I give props to machiavellian Brian, batty Jan, Shii Ann...even Robbbbb. But that cast blew. A turning point for Survivor; A majority of cast fillers.
5. Amber pt. deux: Absolutely annihilated Survivor for me. So much so that it left a sour taste in my mouth for the following 3-4 seasons. To begin, as #1 points out, Amber was the very first filler player. Why that warrants going anywhere NEAR an All-Stars game is beyond me. We know it's because of dropouts and such, but I literally would've put her right above S1's Stacy for the call. But what follows is even more monstrous. Nearly every player worth caring about demolished pre-merge, every other character worth caring about pagonged post-merge. She had no moves to call her own the entire game, she let Rob do her dirty work. Somehow everyone was a big enough dumbass to let an admitted couple make F2, no suspense for a winner, and the less deserving person took it home thanks to bitter jury. I can't think of a bigger trainwreck of a season, and most of it stems from Amber. Should've put in Sandra, Jenna, Christy, both Kellys....the list goes on and on...
1. Amber/Nick: The first ever filler players. AKA "Under the radar". Players that no one could empathize with. Sure S1 had a bunch of strategic pussies, but they were ALL personalities...and since Season 2 there have been fillers in growing numbers every season. Only slowing down around China...
2. Kim J: The first time I realized you don't have to have any physical, mental, or social skill to get to the final 2, just luck pre-merge and weakness post-merge. Not a good realization to have.
3. Vecepia: The first person to win where the viewer couldn't understand why or how they won. Who knows if it was sloppy editing, lack of charisma on Vee's part, or what. But damn that was a frustrating finale...and since we've seen numerous WTF winners.
4. 3/4ths of the Survivor: Thailand Cast: I know it's supposed to be a single player, but when the nearly the entire cast has the personality of one person I think it's fair. Not sure if it was the editors or the cast again, but this season was the first one where people started talking cancellation. I give props to machiavellian Brian, batty Jan, Shii Ann...even Robbbbb. But that cast blew. A turning point for Survivor; A majority of cast fillers.
5. Amber pt. deux: Absolutely annihilated Survivor for me. So much so that it left a sour taste in my mouth for the following 3-4 seasons. To begin, as #1 points out, Amber was the very first filler player. Why that warrants going anywhere NEAR an All-Stars game is beyond me. We know it's because of dropouts and such, but I literally would've put her right above S1's Stacy for the call. But what follows is even more monstrous. Nearly every player worth caring about demolished pre-merge, every other character worth caring about pagonged post-merge. She had no moves to call her own the entire game, she let Rob do her dirty work. Somehow everyone was a big enough dumbass to let an admitted couple make F2, no suspense for a winner, and the less deserving person took it home thanks to bitter jury. I can't think of a bigger trainwreck of a season, and most of it stems from Amber. Should've put in Sandra, Jenna, Christy, both Kellys....the list goes on and on...
