User blog comment:HeeyAlex/Hello!/@comment-31532800-20200116132917

I've been watching Survivor regularly since Gabon, but I remember watching it on and off since Australian Outback. I just turned 25, but Since 6th grade I've been into competition shows of all sorts like Endurance, Total Drama or The Challenge (big gap in appropriate for kids, but oh well). I'll give anything a shot, seriously I even watch Pirate Master, but Survivor is the one that stuck with me the most and I have the most fond memories of.

Even as a kid I remember thinking up fantasy leagues, and new twists to all of the games, so I've had a foot in fanon for a long time. I also write other stories. If you're looking for recommendations on what to read here, we actually have a very strong showing with the ongoing fanons so you can't really go wrong with those.

While I'm sure younger me would have hated current seasons, I'm not too bent out of shape about them Island of Idols was pretty solid, I just wish it didn't have that big dark cloud hanging over the whole season. I also liked Edge of Extinction which is controversial. I'm not too bent out of shape about the whole 5 male winners in a row thing since I did feel like they were the most deserving of those final 3s. I am kind of bored of seeing the exact same final 3 though. 2 men and a woman every season since koah rong. My biggest complaint about current survivor is the finale, I don't care for the open format jury since it feels less personal and doesn't feel as tense. I also think that if they want to do a firemaking challenge at final four then they should do a day of challenges and make that second person earn Immunity rather than let them be carried.

I'm excited for Winners at War, personally I'm pulling for Yul and Kim. The build up to this season had me rewatch a lot of the seasons these players were from, and I find myself not really hating a lot of them as much as I remember, Redemption Island especially. Rob gets shit for his cult leader status that season, but so many moments had him and Grant shocked, that I'm convinced the Ometepe behavior was out of his control. They should have brought back Ralph for Caramoan. Before I finish, since I mentioned Caramoan and returnees, they should bring back Reynold.