Monday, September 21, 2015

Cindy Hall (Guatemala)



Another bonehead within that awful majority alliance that took place in Guatemala is the zookeeper Cindy. On top of Judd's personality, Jamie's intensity, and Stephenie's  self-love we also had the whiny Cindy.

She started out nice enough when she was pretty invisible at the beginning of the season. But through all the tribe shuffles, she finally landed herself on a team with Judd, Jamie, Stephenie, and Rafe. And then she became...like them. Like Jamie, she made herself pretty vocal about how she didn't want to eat and have fun with the other team for Danni's birthday with her strong argument of 'it's stupid.' She also got very whiny about how she got left out of the loop with the Judd blindside despite them explaining calmly they felt she wouldn't want to go through with it (and if Cindy can't see why they'd think that, she's not a very bright Survivor player).

Lastly, she's also the player to fall prey to the one and only 'accept the car or become Oprah Winfrey' twist. Now I don't blame Cindy for having the thought of looking out for her best interests and taking the car for herself (you can argue all day about the better strategic play on that twist and I don't think there's really a right or wrong answer), but she sure as hell didn't mind bringing it up when she could. Hell they were her final words to her tribemates when she was voted out which was a stupid and unnecessary jab. The only only likable thing I can remember about Cindy was her random animal knowledge that comes with being a zookeeper.



Erik Reichenbach (Fans vs Favorites, Caramoan)



Part of the reason I hate Fans vs Favorites so much was the awful strategy so many of the ...ahem...fans had and making the job of the veterans much more easier than it should've been (but fans only care if it's with BRob). I made a writeup about how I think Joel is the worst, but Erik sure as shit tried his damnedest to not be outdone in poor strategic choices. As of season 30, Erik still ranks number one in my mental list of 'dumbest Survivor plays' with that immunity necklace giveaway and all because some pretty ladies batted their eyelashes and said 'pweety pweese?' I didn't find any of his moments to be particuary interesting or endearing either. Oh wow, he's enamored with Ozzy? So what, every chick was with Parvati that season so who gives a Goddamn? Licking frosting off of Cirie's fingers? That was supposed to be really funny?

As for Caramoan, what's there to say? He was an invisible glider within a majority alliance until final 5 where he ran out of energy, got evacuated out, all before the intro to the finale could run. Now maybe there was more to Erik that season that just didn't make the final cut, but what am I supposed to do? Give credit for something I'm not sure happened?




Next person on this list is the Pearl Islander Andrew Savage, but since he's scheduled to show off his second shot of the game this upcoming Wednesday at the Second Chances season premiere,  I'll give him a fair shot to change within my rankings. You live Savage....for now.

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Natalie Tenerelli (Redemption Island)



Natalie isn't a shitty person. But she is one of the many people at fault for sitting with a thumb up her keester and do dick-all to prevent Boston Rob from winning a million dollars. However, Natalie decided to one up the rest of the clueless Ometepe bunch by actually listening to the advice of BRob that she was better off voting out her one friend and ally. It was her only move in the entire season and it was the only move that lost her any halfway decent shot at beating Rob. That and a very cruddy FTC that revealed she was more likable being an invisible then a player.