Next week: Rob does something jerky

Not to be confused with every episode he's in.

Jerkbag.

Like him, do you?

He steals a cab from the women that said he was a liar.

The worst part is that he did lie.

I hope something falls on him.

I hope you and Estee get to summarize his oh-so-just departure, Slicey, because I couldn't bear it if he's around long enough for me and cq to do it.

The guy is an utter moron. He makes enemies as natuarally as breathing (would to God he could stop that too). Every single Yield that lands his happyass on the Do Not Pass Go mat will be well-deserved.

Oh puhleeze, HE. Those jealous, whiney, babies hated them from before the race started.

Moron? Hardly. More like brilliant.

LAST EDITED ON 03-09-05 AT 00:01 AM (EST)

how the hell is it brilliant to piss people off completely unnecessarily? he is a moron. period.

ETA they'd be good racers, if Rob wasn't doing his damdest to make them good racers DESPITE - NOT because of - his chronic asininity. again, if those "jealous losers" yield them, Rob will have brought it on his own head (a head STILL emblazoned with "STUPID"). As I said in ASS, Rawb has proven himself completely incapable of change, and if his tactics get him farther or not, that doesn't make his gameplay any better. As L/A said, he's lucky that in TAR they can't vote him off, so his burnt-earth idiocy does have a .01% chance of success here (unlike the .00% on Survivor). but they CAN yield him, and they're well within their rights to do so, whether you want to call that jealousy or whatever else.

I couldn't disagree more, and like one of the loser babies said, you don't vote people off on this show. Look, they all were jealous of Romber from the get go, it's obvious. I'm sure they're dreaming of using that wimpy yield to stop them, but it's going to be hard to do if Romber is in the lead.

They're running a smart, clean, entertaining race so far. If whining, disorganized, jealous losers are more your style...*shrugs*

*rolls eyes*

LAST EDITED ON 03-09-05 AT 01:02 AM (EST)

*comes over and sits with true*

I love them - well, him mostly (I'm mostly indifferent to her, since not much personality there to love or hate). There's really not much anyone can do to knock other teams out, and the other teams will just screw themseves by obsessing over them.

And it's obvious that a huge part of the reason people think he's stupid is the accent. Regional accents, no matter what part of the country you're from, will do that.

LAST EDITED ON 03-09-05 AT 00:17 AM (EST)

obvious? you know what they say about assuming, don't you? except for the me part.

maybe some of us just don't find angering whiny, jealous, stupid babies to the point where they might get whiny, jealous, and stupid at you to be all that intelligent? nah, i'm sure it's just because we stereotype people because of accent. whatever.

I also disagree that "obsessing" over Romber - even to the degree to which it is being overblow here - harms those teams in the least, no matter how it comforts Rob fanbots to say. Certainly less than that obsessing will hurt Romber should their actions be met with a yield. This is, afterall, a race, and shouldn't they be trying to beat Romber anyway? Or maybe that's the problem? They should just let them win?

Amber still seems Amberbot to me. Rob is more in his element in TAR than he ever was in Survivor.

I'm going to have to disagree here. I didn't see any decisions today that unneccessarily alienated other teams. Both the stunt at the bus station and the busdriver bribe had very real reprecussions that would have gave/gave Rob and his allies tangible time gained. Had the other teams not enquired about the bus schedule, Rob/Amber would have been assured a ticket on the first plane. The bus door ploy gained Rob and his allies (Uchenna/Joyce, Ray/Deana) only a few minutes, but those minutes probably were crucial in the shoe shining challenges.

You certainly have a point about the Yield, but I think Rob/Amber were already targeted. I do think it's significant that Rob is trying to cultivate allies.

I do believe that many people are overhyping any possible obsession other teams have with Romber. We've only have a few offhand comments from Debbie/Bianca & Patrick/Susan so far. If teams do end up focusing on knocking Romber out of the race foremost rather than ensuring their own position, they will most likely not fare well. The anti-twin alliance became so focused on Derek & Drew that they knocked themselves out of the running.

Well argued, and somewhat valid points, but...

If the other teams hadn't enquired about the bus schedule, Rob would have been guaranteed the first flight regardless of if he tried to buy the guard off. That's unnecessary. Why is it not only a brilliant move for Rob to attempt this, but also not a bad one for it to backfire, and not a brilliant move for the other teams to find him out? Would it not have been a bad move for the other teams NOT to have checked out other options? Seems for some here, the only valid move for the other 10 teams is to let Rob win, and if they check his underhanded moves, they're whiny loser babies.

The bus door ploy was fine and legal, if dirty - compounded by the fact that he basically stole from the other teams by holding back his portion of the bribe.

I'll concede the cultivating allies bit, but with reservation. Let's see how long he can keep those allies. Rob certainly seems to have the deep character flaw that he can't help stupidly backstabbing people, and I don't expect anything else. He's shown in the past taht he's completely incapable of change. He plays the same burnt-earth strategy that is doomed to failure over and over again. Any change of results is not a statement on HIS gameplay, but on those around him.

LAST EDITED ON 03-09-05 AT 01:03 AM (EST)

If you must know, I was referring to everyone who thinks they're stupid, the majority of whom are contestants on the show. But I admire you for defending their honor. And if you honestly think that that's not what they're doing, or what the majority of people do in general, then all I can say is you are quite naive.

And the fact that it's a race is exactly the point. They all should be trying to win regardless of whether they like the other teams. The point is that hating Rob and Amber and trying to make them lose is simply very unlikely to work. The only thing it can do is make them lose their own focus. And as true pointed out, the other teams already were fully intent on trying to knock them out before the race ever started. So what difference does it make if they do things that make them dislike them even more?

"Fanbots"? Lovely.

Gotta love how Rob plays for camera time. I agree, he's running a smart race so far. His ego may still be his own worse enemy, though. We'll have to wait and see.

LAST EDITED ON 03-09-05 AT 01:00 AM (EST)

I'm not arguing that people don't judge people by the way they speak to some extent. I'm arguing that Rob's already made it unnecessary to judge him purely by his accent. To pretend that there's not already a vast body of actions to judge by, and that people aren't doing that, is, IMO, naive.

I guess I don't understand how, if beating the other teams is supposed to be their focus anyway, how trying to beat Rob and Amber makes them lose their focus. That dog don't hunt for me.

As for what difference? None. That's exactly the point. If they tried to disabuse people of their misconceptions (or of the reality, as is more likely the case), it just might make a difference. In this regard, FF has a valid point about cultivating allies, but given Rob's track record, I again think skepticism in his ability to keep those allies - when HE can't just vote them out, either, when they've "outlived their usefulness", btw - is called for.

I know I stated lastnight that I was liking Rob/Amber on TAR but I agree with you HE.

Romber have almost guaranteed the fact that they will be yielded if they stay in the race. Whether teams came into the game "loser, whiney babies" is irrelevant here. Rob has already done enough in the game to put the HUGE target on his back.

Rob did not tell the guard not to tell the others, he paid the guard not to tell the others. So in a kechnical way, he didn't quite lie. It's just that he was stupid enough to share the info with ANYONE else.

I can't bring my self to like him, but I am enjoying seeing anyone play the race differently for a change.

So he's guilty of bribery as well as perjury? Release the man on his own recognisance, bailiff!