I have always appreciated Tom as a winner but I will point out that he had a lot of good fortune fall on his lap. Ulong was a pathetic tribe composed of wannabee models and actors. As proof, of the 7 Tribal Immunity challenges, Tom's role was key in only the first 3. The episode 4 Sumo at Sea was won by Coby while Tom sat out the last three Tribal ICs!

After the merger, Koror was fawning over Tom much like Timbira fell in love with JT. When they finally woke up, Caryn sucked the life out of any possible coup. Tom deserved the win but the opposition was so weak that it was a rather easy win.

Cirie had to fight all the way to the end, She would have won if there hadn't been two people immune at F4, an extremely stupid development. (She would have also won Micronesia if production hadn't changed from F3 to F2 at the last minute. That was the only way their "star", Parvati, could win...

Are you experiencing more memory problems? Here you wrote: "I didn’t focus on the James/Natalie showmance..."

However, In post #14, you had written: "But if you still insist on bashing (James) as a bad social player, with the attention Natalie is throwing his way I’m certain about 99% of all heterosexual men would love to be as socially inept as James..."

Then, I want to point another inconsistency: In post #17, I read the following: "Whereas you can make a case that Corey could hurt Nicole’s game, I truly believe Corey’s association with Nicole is definitely helping his..."

Now, that has become: "I emphasized the Nicole/Corey showmance. If the subject of breaking up that pair should come up I believe Corey will be more at risk."

It's not easy to argue with a guy who argues both sides!