Board Thread:Season Rankings/@comment-24899664-20141222121159/@comment-27638357-20160424030340

Just for the heck of it, I'll be posting my winner rankings as well. Before you guys faint at my list, I will mention a few things:
 * I will NOT be ranking winners based on their games. I will be basing it based on the criteria of "If this person were to play in a 1000 random games with people who don't know who they are, how well would they do"?
 * I am one of the people that thinks not every winner deserves to win. I also think that winning doesn't make you the best player of the season, either.
 * I know people say that playing under-the-radar works just as well as playing dominately because half the winners played under-the-radar. What people don't realize, however, is WAY more people play under-the-radar then they play a dominating game. So a 50-50 result is actually promising for the dominators.
 * I'm not a fan of the whole "This cast sucks" argument, because a person could be so good at the game that everyone else looks bad by comparison.

With that in mind, let's go down the pitfall that is my rankings! :D

30. Bob Crowley - In terms of social and strategical awareness, I feel like Bob is lacking the most, which causes him to be ranked as the least-skilled winner in my opinion. He was shown to be out-of-loop and unaware of multiple things going around him, and wasn't particularly good at the tactical part of the game. He relied too heavily on winning immunity challenges and relying on Sugar, both of which are not particularly dependable sources of stability. He did make fake idols, sure, but he wasn't able to figure out how to best use them. He's nice and has a good work ethic, which gives him some credit, but overall he's at the bottom.

29. Amber Brkch - Road Rob's coattails to the end, which is never a reliable strategy. 3 of her votes to "win" were simply votes against Rob, when Probst says the jury "should vote for the person they want to win".

28. Natalie White - I've hear people's arguments regarding her tremendous social game. We never saw it, though, and she never said it in her interviews either, so if it's not there, I'm inclined not to believe it exists. Once again, she rode coattails way too much, and the implosion of Galu was something she couldn't count on, because if otherwise she wouldn't have won.

27. Vecepia Towery - She played way too under-the-radar, and it took a lot of circumstances going her way for her to win. She needed Kathy to make the move and turn the tables. Then she needed Kathy to be the first one to step down from the FIC so she could make the deal. She also needed the purple rock to eliminate Paschal, since Neleh was probably the only person she could beat. That to me shows a lack of tactical understanding of the game as well as social awareness, which causes her to fall.

26. Fabio Birza - He has definitely shown tactical disability, if that's a thing. He was out of loop on the vote multiple times and had no strategical awareness. His social game is okay, which makes him higher than some of the other winners. However, he had to win the last three immunity challenges to stay in the game, which probably won't work out for him in 1000/1000 games.

25. Jenna Morasca - I've heard her on RHAP, and she seems to have a lot more strategical acumen than the show ever gave her credit for. That being said, however, that seems to apply for a lot of people, so it doesn't boost her up too high. She was shown being emotional at times and was a bit too open in her approach to the game. She relied on winning the last two immunity challenges in order to go on to win, which again is not a reliable path to the end.

24. Danni Boatwright - This one is more of a question mark for me, since she hid her strategy during the confessionals so production couldn't use the information against her. Because we never saw it, it's hard to tell. I don't think she was responsible for the Nakum implosion.

23. Ethan Zohn -  TBA.

Rankings will be updated as time goes on.