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""Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners At War" SIGN UP - CHECK IN"
"Be The Survivor" Season 40 - Sign Up/ Proof of Life Check

This is always a strange, but hopeful time of year when I poke my head out of my bunker to see if other Survivor-istas are here and ready to play BTS.

For those who don't know or don't remember, Be The Survivor is an interactive game where we represent one of the Survivor castaways and comment as our over-the-top version of them. It's completely interactive except that there are no VR helmets, no avatars, no real time game play, no immersive 3D backgrounds or customizable characters.

But other than that... it's snark-i-licious and a hell of a lot of fun.

Please jump in and claim a character or hang loose and see which way the wind blows. You can even hop in for just one comment.

So... meet the Whiners At War.


Here's your "Who the hell is THAT?!?" list:

DAKAL:

Tyson Apostol (“Blood vs. Water”)
Sophie Clarke (“South Pacific”)
Sandra Diaz-Twine (“Pearl Islands” & “Heroes vs. Villains”)
Wendell Holland (“Ghost Island”)
Yul Kwon (“Cook Islands”)
Sarah Lacina (“Game Changers”)
Amber Mariano (“All-Stars”)
Kim Spradlin-Wolfe (“One World”)
Tony Vlachos (“Cagayan”)
Nick Wilson (“David vs. Goliath”)

SELE:

Natalie Anderson (“San Juan del Sur”)
Danni Boatwright (“Guatemala”)
Jeremy Collins (“Cambodia”)
Ben Driebergen (“Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers”)
Michele Fitzgerald (“Kaoh Rong”)
Adam Klein (“Millennials vs. Gen X”)
"Boston" Rob Mariano (“Redemption Island”)
Parvati Shallow (“Micronesia”)
Denise Stapley (“Philippines”)
Ethan Zohn (“Africa”)


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 The Aruba Commission Aruba 02-11-20 1
   The Aruba Commission's Faux-Facts michel2 02-11-20 2
       The Aruba Commission's response to ... Aruba 02-12-20 3
   RE: The Aruba Commission sj007 02-18-20 8
       RE: The Aruba Commission Aruba 02-19-20 9
 RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners ... kingfish 02-12-20 4
   RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners ... michel2 02-12-20 5
       RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners ... RollDdice 02-12-20 6
           RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners ... cahaya 02-18-20 7
               RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners ... sj007 02-25-20 10

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1. "The Aruba Commission"
As promised in the other thread, here I am to resurrect a former BTS character. Actually, several seasons ago I did pick a Castaway to represent, but other posters who jumped in selected props instead, i.e. torch snuffer, coconut, Exile Island...I believe someone was even a Double-D bra to portray a covering for one of the female players that season sporting a rather large set of plastic boobies. Consequently, I was the only poster to truly represent one of the Survivor castaways. So, I decided to think outside the box as well and officially form the Aruba Commission. A Commission to provide observations and disclose findings reporting on actualities, while discounting unproven conspiracy theories. It was a play on the “Warren Commission” established to debunk the host of unproven conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination.

Using the list of Whiners at War castaways you provided with their tribe formations, the ARUBA COMMISSION will officially kick off the BTS with its preseason observations:

FIRST TIME IS THE CHARM

Only former winners who attained the status of Sole Survivor in their INITIAL season merit appropriate consideration from the Commission. This discounts the following returnees right off the bat:
ROB
AMB”A”
TYSON
JEREMY
SARAH
PERV-ATI

WHO THE HECK ARE THEY???

Since the Aruba Commission discounts seasons with returnees, DENISE and SOPHIE are appropriately off its radar. By the looks of them, one can presume they were not what one would consider “challenge beasts,” leading to the conclusion they were inept players strung along as non-threats and perhaps gifted wins by a Bitty Betty Jury to further support the Commission’s lack of appropriate consideration.

Not privy to their winning seasons, the Commission read their profiles to get a better gist of who they are. In Denise’s profile when asked if she would play Winners at War any differently, she answered she had “no clue” because she’ll be playing with different castaways and in the end “WE ARE WHO WE ARE.” HMMMM, this sure sound very reminiscent of a frequent poster on these Boards who repeatedly and appropriately uttered the following truthful mantra, “YOU ARE…WHO YOU ARE…WHO YOU ARE!” Now who could that be??? Here’s a hint: It starts with an "A"; ends with an "A"; and has known to "RUB" a poster or two the wrong way. Yes, the clue is a dead giveaway...

PLEASE GET BOOTED QUICKLY!

The poster child for the annoying "non-threat we’ll deal with them later” approach pathetically employed by previous players is none other than the castaway who got the most mileage from that sad tactic —SANDRA. The Commission simply cannot fathom these seasoned players displaying that same ignorance yet AGAIN.

TONY – a piece of sh!t who is an utter embarrassment to his profession. Did he own the Cagayan Season? You betcha. He was rewarded with idol finds by searching harder and longer than any other competitor that season. How he duped everyone with his “Idol with Special Powers” at the F4 was what “Outwit” is all about. His vote at F4 ensured Woo remained in the game. It was a calculating move on his part because his ploy to use Woo’s religious values of loyalty and integrity providing him a seat in the Finals was vintage Survivor. Tony will need every bit of that savvy gameplay (and more) to notch a second win. The Aruba Commission says, “AIN’T HAPPENING.”

WHAT WAS PROBST (AND PRODUCTION) SMOKING?

They were unable to scrounge up better former “winners” than these three??:

WENDELL – seems like an alright dude, but truth be told, he never attains the title of Sole Survivor had a castaway of his same race not given him the win via a sole tie-breaking vote. He’ll need Natalie and/or Jeremy in the Finals with him if we are to see lightening struck twice. Whereas possible, the Commission’s assessment is it’s not probable.

MICHELE – The Kaoh Rong season was appropriately nicknamed, “So Wrong” when she ultimately came out on top. Her post-merge advancement was facilitated greatly by not attending a single TC until AFTER the merge. Whereas, she did have one of the better Finale performances on Survivor, she was awarded the title by a disgruntled and sore-losing Jury. Does the Commission see all those stars and planets aligning for her this season? Simply put—NOPE!

ADAM – A sissy-boy who was able to turn on the waterworks at will and cry his way to a win. Won’t have as many heartstrings to tug on this season among some of your more hardcore stone-cold returnees casted for this “War.”


This now brings us to the remaining seven whom the Aruba Commission would be satisfied should either of them attain a two-time Winner status:

BEN – What patriotic red-blooded American cannot be in the corner of a former Veteran hero and PTSD sufferer? The final five or six from HvHvH knew that story would be tough to beat sitting next to at FTC. So, what did they do in their effort to gang up on him to prevent that scenario? They allowed Ben to outhustle and outsearch them to the point of choosing sleep over proactive gameplay. Sadly for Ben, he will not get the benefit of these veterans of the game “sleeping on the job” this time around, thus a repeat victory for our Hero will be remote.

KIM – We can appropriately rename the season to “Kim’s World” from the “One World” she dominated. Starting the season as a “Battle of the Sexes” was a format tailored for a player like Kim. If that was not enough, she further benefitted by one of the more horrid and pathetic twists in Survivor history with Colten LITERALLY having an Idol placed in his lap that was essentially used to decimate the all-male tribe. Well, we know this season will not kick-off as a Battle of the Sexes. Whereas, the Commission wouldn’t mind if one of the better female winners in Survivor history notched another title, it is that very status that will put an early target on this formidable player.

NICK – Much like for Kim in her season, the “David vs. Goliath” theme was a format very much in Nick’s wheelhouse. Unfortunately for Nick, no one will be viewing him as a “David” this season. One of the reasons the Aruba Commission does not view games with returning players as “real” seasons is the obvious pre-gaming aka “cheating” that goes on prior to the season officially starting. As a more recent winner, the Commission does not see Nick benefitting as much from this cheat tactic putting him behind the eight-ball very early. So, if he makes it past the merge, he may be someone to watch; but an early boot appears more realistic.

NATALIE – A tale of two seasons for this former winner. Pre-merge—pretty much a non-factor. Post-merge—dominated the second half of the season. She’ll need to play a more complete game wire-to-wire to take a second title. If able to accomplish that, the Commission would be fine with a Natalie win; but her personality abrasive at times coupled with her in-your-face approach may make her attempt rather short-lived.

ETHAN – An old-school player who took the title in a season even though dominated by Lex. The Commission is more partial toward old-school players and Ethan in simply just a likable guy. Throw in cancer survivor and many fans will be understandably pulling for an Ethan win. A sentimental choice who will need a whole lot more than just sheer sentiment to pull off a victory this time around. Whereas he would be a likable winner, the Commission does not see Ethan as a realistic winner.

YUL – His deserving win has been discounted over the years due to the power of the idol he possessed and his athletic prowess playing second fiddle to Ozzy’s challenge dominance. Yes, he had arguably the most powerful idol ever, but let us not forget, this was back when Survivor TRULY lived up to its name and ultimately finding a HII was due to a more solid proactive effort than in recent seasons. The way he used the idol to further his social game was masterful. Whereas Ozzy was the clear challenge stud of the season, Yul was no slouch leading his team to several tribal challenge wins. Now, 27 seasons and 14 years removed from his Cook Island winning efforts, Yul still looks as buff as ever. He presents the complete package of a solid physical, social and emotional game. He’ll need that package to win this season, and the Commission gives him a decent chance to do just that.

DANNI – Talk about a complete package. The Commission ranks Danni as the top female winner of all-time for the following reasons. Whereas several female players felt the need to leech on a more proactive player, Danni needed no coattails to ride. She MORE than handled herself in challenges proving to be a dominant female contributor in various tribal challenge wins. She possessed an excellent social game as well...a social game that did NOT need to rely on acting like a skanky ho to advance. The fact she has the obvious killer looks to successfully employ that skanky approach but chose NOT to puts a larger feather in her cap. With the last FIVE seasons crowning a male winner, the Aruba Commission is on the Danni bandwagon to break that snide and place a second crown on her head. A win hopefully “earned” instead of receiving the title by default as a result of voting AGAINST a hated finalist(s).

Well there it is—The Aruba Commission’s preseason assessment. Should this be the only contribution to a BTS thread this season...fret not. Continue to “fire up the machine” every week because I am certain they are all read by many Survivor fans even though they may lack responding posts.

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02-11-20, 09:05 PM (EST)
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2. "The Aruba Commission's Faux-Facts"
LAST EDITED ON 02-11-20 AT 09:05 PM (EST)

Where to start? Actually the choice is easy because Aruba constantly makes this total false claim:

"Kim...further benefitted by one of the more horrid and pathetic twists in Survivor history with Colten LITERALLY having an Idol placed in his lap that was essentially used to decimate the all-male tribe."

First, Colton's idol is certainly not one of the most pathetic twists in Survivor history because it wasn't used. Second, when it was removewd from the game along with Colton there were exactly 6 men and 6 women left in the game so where the hell does the commissioner gets that it decimated the all-male tribe?

I love Danni but to say she didn't ride a man's coattails is completely false. She didn't have a choice because of one of those horrendous twists, the tribal swap that put her from a tribe with a one person advantage to a tribe with a one person disadvantage. She didn't need to flirt to accomplish that but only because rafe, the season's true leader, was gay. Instead of flirting, Danni agreed with every thought, plan and paranoia that Rafe had making him feel like a genius until she chopped him out at F3.

Yes Wendell benefitted from that tie-breaking twist but he still had 5 jurors vote for him.

Denise and Sophie were not carried to the end. They made it on their own merit.

Yul, Rob, Tony and Nick won because their season's outcome were fixed.


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02-12-20, 01:13 PM (EST)
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3. "The Aruba Commission's response to fanfiction"
Still applying your PhD in Spinology I see...and still fixated on your “my way or the highway” rally cry. Keeping with the BTS Guidelines, the following is a reply as the Aruba Commission (a role taken on in this thread by a poster to bash/assess a season.)

The HII personally HANDED to Colton absolutely changed the course of the game. The one IC Manono lost would have resulted in Colton’s sorry ass appropriately booted out of the game if not for that twist. This is NOT conjecture on the Commission’s part...it is the Commission’s findings based directly from the words spoken by the Manono members who were actually there playing the game. Instead, Colton was able to use his gifted HII acquired thanks to a most horrendous twist and wave it around like a loaded gun. He used that loaded gun to Anti-Darwin Matt and eliminate Bill initiated by his own racial bigotry. This, not only increased the number of male castaways booted, but more critically shoved a wedge into the dynamics of the Manono tribe initiating its demise. Once again, these are finding from testimonies directly from those who played the game. Without that pathetic twist, the numbers would have been better for the original Manono members when 12 castaways remained in the game, and more importantly, this larger number would have been a much more cohesive group than what transpired.

Of course, you will always have those who will (no doubt) conveniently continue to selectively determine what testimony it accepts based on personal agenda. Almost sixty years ago the Warren Commission presented its case, and still to this day conspiracy theorists and naysayers choose to discount its findings by still hanging on to unproven theories and labeling those with the impossible task of having to disprove an unproven as “Kool-Aid drinkers.” So, it is not surprising the Aruba Commission would be looked upon in the same manner.

Danni riding Rafe’s coattails and not needing to incorporate skank in her approach because Rafe was gay is so preposterous. Danni started the game on a different tribe than Rafe and it was over a week and a half before she was even in the same camp with him! That provided MORE than enough time for her to use skank as game strategy...but she did not. Truth of the matter, Danni didn’t act like a skanky ho because...well...she’s NOT a skanky ho. You are...who you are...who you are...

Stephanie and Rafe were a power couple in the game before Danni became associated with them. When she did, she shrewdly and smartly allowed that to continue placing a larger target on Steph/Rafe while continuing to proactively control her own fate without having to sponge off others. Only a bone fide Spin Doctor would interpret that as riding one’s coattails.

What is obnoxiously predictable to a point of hysterics is how Kim, Sophie, and Denise’s accomplishments are regarded as meritorious, while denouncing Yul, Rob, Tony, and Nick’s wins as “fixes.” What’s the common denominator here??? Kim, Sophie and Denise all have vaginas...Yul, Rob, Tony, and Nick all have penises. Much like the Spinology and the “my way or the highway” mantra, some things will just never change...but it still provides laughter.

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02-18-20, 04:24 PM (EST)
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8. "RE: The Aruba Commission"
I think your commission is pretty funny on this season. I agree with 1st time is charm. Your who the heck are they is irrelevant and unfair. Get booted quickly should also have Natalie and no Sandra. I would also include in what's Probst smoking is Ben and Danni. My 2 cents.
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02-19-20, 04:47 PM (EST)
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9. "RE: The Aruba Commission"
Hi sj007,
Glad to see you’re amused. I’ve never really regarded who a person is, i.e. personality traits, MO, or how they’re wired a question of being fair or “unfair.” Actually, one’s habits or mannerisms, aka “you are who you are,” I believe are quite relevant in a game like Survivor IMO.

In evaluating each cast member, I reflected on their initial season. With Natalie, I thought she had an outstanding second half of the season, thus using that as a template, I would have had no problem if she hung around this time (assuming she would be able to replicate that same second half performance.)

I have always discounted prior “winners” who ultimately became the last Survivor more out of default. Unless part of their strategy was to put a leash around a perfect goat early on and navigate that goat with them throughout the 39 days en route to victory. Brian Heidik from S5-Thialand would be a perfect example of that gameplay with how he successfully strung Clay along. Sandra did not do that with pathetic Lil. Actually, Sandra became a million-dollar beneficiary when Lil did not take Fairplay with her to the Finals. So, wanting Sandra out early was my way of saying I don’t want anyone winning this season out of default after advancing in the game by appropriately being viewed as inept.

I see you’re not a Danni fan. To each their own, but personally I regard Danni as one of the better winners. Understand, the cast must be 10 women and 10 men. With that said (even if Danni may not be a favorite) I believe your average viewer/fan would probably rank Danni in the top ten of all female winners qualifying her as a deserving selection.

Ben, on the other hand, does not qualify as a top ten male winner of all-time. So, I see where you're coming from. Tom Westman, Brian Heidik, Todd Herzog, JT Thomas, and Mike Holloway are five right off the top of my head who are more deserving male winners. For all we know they may have been asked but declined for whatever reason. Even so, I personally can understand selecting Ben because you have a veteran war hero with PTSD who will play to the public sentiment. His endgame was also more proactive than the other lame castaways who valued sleep more than hustling for advantages in the game. Once again, this assessment was BEFORE the Premier aired. Now, with the two-hour episode in the books, seeing Ben all goo-goo gaga over Rob with starstruck eyes was pretty sad IMO...so I wouldn’t bat an eye if he’s an early boot.

Not sure I’ll be home in time to catch tonight’s episode. Either way, I’ll catch up with you (and whoever else contributes to Bashers) on another thread after a future episode adding to the ongoing Commission’s report. Enjoy the episode!

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4. "RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners At War" SIGN UP - CHECK IN"
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I will contribute Truth. And Spoilers. From the safety of the tallest palm tree, and guarded by a hired ex-mercenary personal security band of Howler monkeys and ankle biting Iguanas.

Truthy Tim
Real facts told truthfully.

First truthy fact, Baston Rab is a dork.
Second truthy fact: Michel makes stuff up.

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5. "RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners At War" SIGN UP - CHECK IN"
You wouldn't recognize a fact if it hit you in the face!
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6. "RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners At War" SIGN UP - CHECK IN"
I'm hoping that this is good natured, joking animosity and not the start of a twitter flamewar.

If this escalates, I may have to put you both in time out.

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Never mind Kingfish's acerbic comments, he's been hanging out with the derelicts in Foonerville way too long!


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10. "RE: "Be The Survivor" S40 "Winners At War" SIGN UP - CHECK IN"
Lol at least we're not talking politics here cuz facts don't matter to a certain person and party. I'm sure many of the other winners who aren't there probably said no to Probst. So that means we're stuck with B list winners.
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