LAST EDITED ON 12-14-15 AT 09:32 PM (EST)
Sheldor ...
As I said earlier, the concept of players memorizing puzzles from previous Seasons via their DVRs fascinated me. So, I played with the video of the Step On It! Challenge for a bit ... simply for the fun of it.
And I agree (as I also noted earlier) that it is very possible that the Challenge was changed (either in the order or the patterns of the stairs/planks) before it was presented again in Cambodia.
However, because I think that Survivor's production staff has become very lazy about Challenges, I did also say earlier that I doubted that it was changed.
Because, although within each section of stairs the steps are interchangeable, the Challenge design requires that each contestant's staircase match - step-by-step - every other contestant's staircase. So, if the order of the steps has already been established - for instance, by numbering them - why go to the bother of re-ordering them?
Of course, if Cambodia's Challenge crew started from scratch - sans stored pieces or shelved plans - then there is every reason to believe that the steps and planks will be totally different than the ones used previously.
Too, I also said earlier that I thought it was very unlikely that Challenge Lightning would strike twice in Cambodia. An admittedly oblique reference to a player's memorization of a puzzle and subsequent completion of it in record speed.
Because, although I suspect that Spencer has more than one puzzle committed to memory - and even though Step On It is somewhat iconic - it would be extraordinarily conincidental if he memorized a second Challenge chosen for Cambodia.