User blog comment:Courierthekid/Survivor Guilty Pleasures./@comment-26485526-20180505193117/@comment-31532800-20180505235657

I'd put Guatemala alongside Vanuatu and Fiji (for me personally) as a season that's just good, but gets overlooked compared to other seasons. I think maybe a problem may be that they're just good, like they aren't fantastic like Philippines, MvGX and Cagayan, but they aren't as bad or controversial as RI, One World, or Game Changers so they just get kind of forgotten. Personally I'd like to see a lot of players from all those seasons return, like Chris, Leann, Chad, Rafe, Lydia, Judd, Gary, Cindy, Brandon, or''' Michelle. '''Actually let's throw Gregg Carey on that list too, but I'm getting off topic.

As for previous votes, I don't know. I feel like they should come back to a degree, but I'd say keep it as a pre-merge thing. It would be a great way to shake up the formula and add some tension and another layer to the Pre-merge with switches, but after the merge it's just too overpowered and could give us some really bad Pagongings. If it's brought back I say Pre-merge uses previous votes, then switch to rocks for the merge and Fire making at F4.

I mentioned One World though, so at the threat of losing all credibility... I like the One World Twist. The most tense parts of the season were in those first few episodes, but it, like RI and Previous Votes, wasn't fleshed out enough and was killed off in it's own season. Constantly being able to see and interact with the other tribe gives you an opportunity for some great manipulation for a savvy player, especially with the Idols that only belong to one tribe. I personally would like to see a season that uses the One Beach format from start to finish and see how well it goes. Also don't use it with a Battle of the Sexes format. If you want this twist to work, you have to blur the lines as much as possible.