LAST EDITED ON 12-16-08 AT 11:42 AM (EST)General Rules: Running off a base of 3 or 4. You only lose points for serious missteps or continuous problems. 4 is below average, but...
Name - Physical-Mental-Social (Composite) {Composite w/ Socialx2}
Michelle Chase - 5-3-4 (12) {16}
-I'm willing to give her credit for physical skills. Fast up the mountain, looked fit, had to get on for some reason. It's very difficult to judge early boots on much, so her other two are low. Social gets a +1 off my base of 3 because her and Kenny connected early
Gillian Larson - 2-5-4 (11) {15}
-Just too weak in challenges to survive. She annoyed people, but still had a motherish quality to her that is endearing. Gets a 5 for mental just because she has applied at least 16 times, she must know something about the game.
Paloma Soto-Castillo - 5-3-4 (12) {16}
-Sure, looked moderately capable in challenges...but was voted out before anyone else on Kota. Before Kelly even. Yikes.
Jacquie Berg - 7-4-5 (16) {21}
-Credit where credit's due, the first real challenge threat to go due to guilt by association and a great boot at that. Had some good social game, true physical threat, no sign on the mental threat other than being in a majority alliance, +1 for that.
Danny "GC" Brown - 6-4-3 (15) {18}
-Gets the +1 majority alliance, gets a six in physical purely due to potential, we didn't see enough to see if he was pathetic in challenges. Kind of quit though...
Kelly Czarnecki - 3-5-5 (13) {18}
-Gets credit due to jumping from Kota's #8 to higher on Fang's totem poll and surviving a couple weeks. Plus, as Kenny said, she's hot. Inept in challenges, though for some reason I feel 3-5-5 is too low, I can't add anywhere.
Ace Gordon - 7-6-7 (20) {27}
-A significant threat survives in a minority alliance for several weeks and only gets ousted by a blindside. I hate the guy, but he was a strong player and deserves some credit. -1 for SHIELD TO THE FACE, and -1 social for being a douche.
Dan Kay - 5-4-4 (14) {18}
-See Paloma, just not enough there to judge, got voted out instead of Susie.
Marcus Lehman- 8-6-6 (20) {26}
-The Kotas worshipped the ground he walked on and he looked like an early challenge hoss. His moves made sense and, despite being an enormously conceited jerk, he was one of the best the game had. -2 social for underestimating Susie, Kenny, and Crystal all at once and for his air of superiority. His social skills gained him King position and his social skills took it away. -2 for throwing a HII away on mental. What?
Charlie Herschel - 4-6-8 (18) {26}
-Charlie was a nonfactor most of the time in challenges. Socially, everybody liked him it seemed, and he only really got voted out for distancing himself from Kenny (whether the *** comment is true as he puts it, or false as Kenny puts it) and basically ousting the hidden feast Idol. Probably one of the smarter cast members, even with a six.
Randy Bailey - 7-8-5 (20) {25}
-So, how do I give Randy a five in social? Well, he was able to oust Bob from the Kota 4, join a majority alliance as an outsider, and manipulate the emotions of others. He was a huge jerk and conceited, but in the right way, if that makes any sense. Impressive challenge performer on teams, mentally aware of much of what's going on...he was a good contestant.
Corinne Kaplan - 2-4-2 (8) {10}
So, how did she make it this far? Sheer luck. Meanness, underestimation of various players, poor challenge performer, , non-provider, and so on. She was a non-threat and there's no way she could have won this game.
Crystal Cox - 2-7-8 (17) {25}
I think people seriously underrate how Crystal did in this game. She physically was embarassing in all but one challenge (she gets a two for that challenge), but otherwise, I found her impressive. She gets points docked off of mental for yelling at Matty (poor game decision more than social decision), but very entertaining and aligned herself very, very well in this game. Made a big move or two as well.
Ken Hoang - 7-9-5 (21) {26}
My first nine goes to Kenny in mental. Loses a point for his decision to ostracize Matty at F6, but otherwise, everything he did makes sense. He played weak when needed and strong when needed. Very underrated in challenges and I'd say an asset in almost everyone, competitive with Matty and Bob. Social game is a five, he was manipulated several times and that was his downfall, along with conceitedness which is under social
Matty Whitmore - 8-2-6 (16) {22}
I feel weird with this rating. I can't dock any more points, though I don't think he was a good player. Damn charisma getting him a six in social. He was a mental midget in game, not making a single move. Physically, it was wrong place, wrong time for him. Other seasons, he'd win several immunities and it would be a different game, or he'd be on a good tribe. The six in social is entirely for charisma and emotional plays, and little else
Jessica "Sugar" Kiper - 2-4-8 (14) {22}
Well, physical is obvious. She may have been worse than Crystal, her log rolling gets her a two. Mental, obvious again, she was purely an emotional player, very little strategy, and what was there was malicious with no advancement. Social would have been a 9 or a 10...if she got some jury votes and people liked her. Everyone says this was a false edit and I'll believe the bitter. Turning on five allies? She still gets a eight for charisma and playing Kenny, Crystal, and Matty like fiddles.
Susie Smith - 7-8-6 (21) {27}
OK, a seven in physical is a stretch...but two huge challenge wins, competitive in other challenges, generally a good skills player physically. 8 for mental because she DIDN'T ##### UP. She failed to make that one mistake that kills a person that most other players make, and she booted Marcus. In other seasons she could be a six, now she's an 8. Also, I tend to think she was undershown to us, and that she had more to her game than do nothing wrong. Her exit interview with RTVW explains why she said she'd vote for Corrinne: to get the other Kota to have to talk to her. We saw little of social Susie, but she stayed around in key "him or her" boots over Dan and Ken, so there's something there. Plus, having one point over Marcus was my intent.
Robert "Bob" Crowley - 9-5-9 (23) {32}
His mental game was weak. Much like Sugar, he made moves that were lateral or backward instead of forward (and it almost cost him the final vote with Randy), and I saw nothing there. Assuming Susie's boot interview is true and she has no reason to lie about it, apparently Bob was fine at being at the Bottom of the Kota 6, with the "Top Six, does it get any better than that" quote. The fake idol plans were dumb in general. However, a nine for social because it took him to the finals, and a nine in physical because it allowed him the time to use those skills.
So by composite score, all things equal (and they aren't, social seems to be telling), here are the rankings (order in ties determined by finishing order in the game)
1. Bob (23)
2. Susie (21)
2. Kenny (21)
4. Randy (20)
4. Marcus (20)
4. Ace (20)
7. Charlie (18)
8. Crystal (17)
9. Matty (16)
9. Jacquie (16)
11. GC (15)
12. Sugar (14)
12. Dan (14)
14. Kelly (13)
15. Paloma (12)
15. Michelle (12)
17. Gillian (11)
18. Corrinne (8)
Seems to me I should multiply the social score by 2 or so to get a better composite order, no reason guys like Ace, Marcus, and Randy should be above Matty and Sugar (or GC above Sugar), but that's how it worked out.
ETA: I tried this by doubling my social rating, since I tend to be harder on players socially than in the other two categories and I feel it is the most important part of Survivor.
Composite with Enhanced Social
1. Bob (32)
2. Susie (27)
2. Ace (27)
4. Kenny (26)
4. Charlie (26)
4. Marcus (26)
7. Crystal (25)
7. Randy (25)
9. Sugar (22)
9. Matty (22)
11. Jacquie (21)
12. Dan (18)
12. Kelly (18)
12. GC (18)
15. Paloma (15)
15. Michelle (15)
17. Gillian (14)
18. Corrine (12)
Looks a little closer to finish order, with the exception of Ace. I just don't know where else to dock him with Sugar and Matty still a little low, but that's how I view them as players.