Great job by everyone.

Once again, thanks to Michel for starting up this thread. Michel you are correct, I do love clean sheets. It is such a strong draw.

DFR: Your points on editing and how it affects the ratings are very interesting. I can not discount BJ&T at this time at all. I mentioned BJ&T’s Achilles heal in the past thread and I think You, Michel, Serendipity, and AG have mentioned their arrogance and this could be their downfall. I do think it is still heavily tied to E&J.

AG: I loved your analysis on L&M. I don’t know if this is a change in their edit or if I am just becoming more accustomed to them, but I just think they are funny. Michel has mentioned them as a classic final three foil, but he, as I, have some reservations in regards to their numerous mistakes. From an editing perspective I think either MoJo or L&M will be in the final three, but probably not both.

I agree with you points regarding BJ&T and E&J. While I have less assurance in this assumption I think once again we will see only one of these teams in the final three. Just based on their edits I am giving the edge to BJ&T.

Jims02: Great points on MoJo and R&Y. Both of their edits have been well hidden over the first part of the season. I am guessing that winner will come from one of these two teams.

IrishCharm: We don’t hate you because you a beautiful Your analysis is very solid and I actually agree with most of your comments, but it seems that I interpret how this impacts the results completely different. My boot list is almost completely reversed from yours. I lack your experience in viewing the show so I am not going to discount anything you say. You raised a very good point about the manipulated edits of MoJo and R&Y. It will be interesting to see if MoJo’s manipulated negative edit in terms to their actual position in the race can overcome R&Y positive edit in terms to the their actually position to race.

Serendipity:
You also have raised some very interesting points regarding MoJo’s edit. (This does appear to be the primary topic this season) I have been seeing their edit far more negative than others on this board. I felt that their edit turned negative in the previous episode (I’m not dumb/I’m stupid) trended negative and it was compounded last episode. Their edit could have been treated as far more empathic, but than again interpretation is important, which is why we are here. There is has definitely been an increase in their edit over the last few episodes and it will be interesting to see if it is the start of an end game edit or a short term story.

BTW I stopped watching Survivor years ago because I just didn’t like the players, but after reading VS’s thread I got back into the show. I don’t necessarily care who wins but it is fun, through editing, to try and pick the winner. With the help of FP and her editing column two episodes ago, I began to watch TAR. Again I don’t really care who wins, but it is fun to spoil only based on the editing. If you find the editing game fun you should give Survivor another shot.

Michel: I don’t have much to add to your comments because I think we are on the same page. As stated previously my main focus is between MoJo and L&M. One of these teams is should be our villain and make it to the final three. With MoJo’s spike in editing I am leaning toward them being eliminated first. L&M’s edit has been far more consistent.

Once again, great job everyone.