Hanging it up?! No!

I'm naive and like to think Survivor is not fixed but it does feel highly influenced.

In Redemption Island Boston Rob and Russell drew Buffs for Tribes so theoretically there was a 50% chance that Boston Rob would NOT have been on Ometepe but if you wear a tinfoil hat you'd notice that Boston Rob drew FIRST and they could have rigged it so he drew the Orange Ometepe buff instead of the Purple Zapatera buff which was left for Russell to draw.

What Sierra says in her Ponderosa video seems to jive with her exit interviews (though we know player often re-write history) where in her Parade interview with Josh Wigler and other she says she thought Brad flipped and voted her out.

Wigler: When you were voted out, what did you think had happened?

Sierra: When the votes were read and I’m going home, Sarah looked at me and I saw tears welling up in her eyeballs, as if she’s just as shocked as I am. She’s shaking her head like, “I don’t know what happened!” She played me like a fiddle.

Wigler: She’s good!

Sierra: She’s goooooood. Oh, she’s good. I looked at Brad Culpepper, and there was nothing there. So I thought it was Brad. He voted for me. He was my man this whole time, but they must have told him that in order to last longer, he’s going to have to write my name down. Legitimately, I thought Brad had voted for me at that point. But he was just genuinely shocked!

Wigler: At a certain point, I have to imagine you figured out that Sarah voted for you. What was your reaction to that, whenever you found out?

Sierra: I wanted to vomit. (Laughs) “No. There’s no way. You’re joking.” It was probably an hour or two of me scratching my head. She got me. She got me good. That’s all there is.

Wigler: Did you respect it as a game move, or considering how tight you were, was it a tough pill to swallow?

Sierra: A little bit of both. I try to keep my emotions set aside. It is Survivor, but I feel like you can cross lines, and I felt that maybe she did a little bit with me, as far as that goes. We were very close. We shared a lot of deep, dark secrets. She could have at least just let me know: “Hey, they’re coming for you. Still give me the Legacy Advantage.”

Wigler: And would that have worked? If she shot straighter with you, would you have still given her the Legacy Advantage?

Sierra: I mean, probably! She still would have looked at me shocked, and I still would have thought Brad voted for me, and yeah, I would have given it to her. If she stuck by that? Probably. I probably would have.