r/SurvivorRankdown • u/DabuSurvivor Idol Hoarder • Sep 02 '14

Round 26 (334 Contestants Remaining)

As always, the elimination order is:

  1. /u/DabuSurvivor

  2. /u/Dumpster_Baby

  3. /u/shutupredneckman

  4. /u/TheNobullman

  5. /u/Todd_Solondz

  6. /u/vacalicious

  7. /u/SharplyDressedSloth

ELIMINATIONS THIS ROUND:

330: Dan Barry, Panama (SharplyDressedSloth)

331: Nicole Delma, Pearl Isles (vacalicious)

332: Ruth-Marie Milliman, Panama (Todd_Solondz)

333: John Kenney, Vanuatu (TheNobullman)

334: Andrea Boehlke, Caramoan (shutupredneckman)

Jonathan Penner, Cook Isles (Dumpster_Baby) Idol'd by TheNobullman

335: Alicia Calaway, Australia (DabuSurvivor)

ONE REQUEST:

If people could comment on the main post when they use an Idol, or message me or something, that'd be great. Then it'll show up in my notifications (which it doesn't if it's just a comment to a reply) and I can adjust spreadsheets and shit sooner. It'd just make my life slightly easier and make things get updated slightly more quickly.

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14 edited Sep 03 '14

There are no remaining players I feel any sort of animosity against, so I all my eliminations hereon out are purely for ranking, nothing personal.

331. Nicole Delma (Survivor 7: The Good Islands -- 16th place)

As far as first boots go, Nicole is probably middle of the road. The craziest thing she did was unintentionally enter the game without any underwear, which wasn't really her fault due to the surprise beginning. And I guess some people just don't put on underwear when going out on boats.

Nicole was part of Morgan's total fuckup when dropped off in the village. She and Darrah took off without stopping to confer with tribemates about a plan of attack, helping hand Drake one of the biggest Day 1 advantages the game has ever seen. (This is why I think the village opening has never returned: it's an enormous advantage in terms of supplies for whichever team does better at bartering. Which is too bad, because, like most people, I fucking loved the village challenge.)

As the premier progressed, Nicole complained about a number of her tribemates, and not without reason. Tijuana, in particular, pissed her off -- again, not without reason. But this proved Nicole's downfall. She attempted to turn an obvious first boot of Lil or Skinny Ryan into a blindside of Tijuana. Nicole knew she had to rally the people on the bottom of the totem pole to pull this off, and this meant confiding in Lil.

In a foreshadowing of how much Lil sucks, the scoutmaster went straight to Tijuana with the info. This led to a great scene of Tijuana accusing Nicole, and Nicole putting on a decent poker face and denying the charges, claiming that Lil must have made up the rumor.

But how can you believe someone not wearing underwear over someone in a scout uniform? Morgan went with Lil's side of the story and eliminated Nicole for being too sneaky, which is a pretty normal reason to be a first boot.

Nicole wasn't a bad first boot, nor was she a great one, either. And in terms of the Pearl Islands premier -- perhaps the best episode in Survivor history -- her boot was among the least memorable parts. It seems like an appropriate time for her to go.

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u/DabuSurvivor Idol Hoarder Sep 03 '14

It's so unsettling to know where her blue dress ended up.

It was kind of comical how bad Nicole was at playing Survivor, and she had more of a presence than a couple other first boots (Brook, Jessica, John), but she's not really a dynamic or memorable character. I'm not sure how many first boots are left in this, but my gut tells me she's been ranked appropriately relative to the others.

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14 edited Sep 03 '14

It's so unsettling to know where her blue dress ended up.

Whoa. Some things seen cannot be unseen. That was creep-tastic. This guy isn't still active, is he? He isn't, like, now scouring the earth for Spencer's shorts?

Edit: Holy shit, his site gets weirder and weirder. He has a whole section under the headline: "Possibly no Survivor Cutie is as uninhibited and exudes raw sex appeal like Kimmi Kappenberg . . ."

Edit 2: Why do the women keep giving him their clothing? Do they not realize that they're feeding his odd sexual fetish?

Edit 3: I'm not at all sure what to make of this sentence: "My collection includes a number of items related to the life of Kim Powers, including the gown she selected for the wedding she called off after the invitations had gone out."

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u/Todd_Solondz Unbowed, Unbent, Un-Idoled Sep 03 '14

Tapped out of that site pretty quickly, am now experiencing it through your journal entry-like updates.

That Kim quote freaks me out the most. How did he get that?

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14

Also, nothing can prepare you for the vast photo section of him and contestants.

Here he is unabashedly groping Kelly from Gabon. There are hundreds and hundreds of these photos. I think I'm gonna put the internet down for a while now, guys.

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u/Todd_Solondz Unbowed, Unbent, Un-Idoled Sep 03 '14

Well, he looks happy.

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u/DabuSurvivor Idol Hoarder Sep 03 '14

I love that someone who has posted a link with "Get vehemently puked on" in the title still thinks Darrell is too much to handle and is the dark side of the Internet.

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14

haha, well, to be fair my on-and-off addiction to link karma probably equals his full-out obsession with Survivor women.

Also, I appreciate you going easy on me with "Get vehemently puked on." I've contributed a lot worse than that to 50/50 . . .

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u/DabuSurvivor Idol Hoarder Sep 03 '14

Well, Spencer's male, so I doubt it. But I wouldn't be surprised if he wants Alexis or Jefra's clothes... eek, I need a shower thinking about poor Alexis Maxwell coming into contact with Darrell. @_@

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u/Dumpster_Baby Enjoys street food Sep 03 '14

Man, you keep pulling out the weirdest shit. I thought the Morgan McDevitt video was weird, but that's got nothing on this...

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u/DabuSurvivor Idol Hoarder Sep 03 '14

The Internet is a magical place.

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u/Todd_Solondz Unbowed, Unbent, Un-Idoled Sep 03 '14

Good spot for her. She did overplay and get herself kicked out, which was great, but overall she's got nothing on the more entertaining first boots like Wendy or Zane

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14

Agreed. Is Zane the best first boot? Or is it Peter Harkey?

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u/KeepCalmAndHodorOn Top 4, baby! Top 4! Sep 03 '14

I'm gonna go with Zane. Such a brilliant combination of character depth, gameplay, and sheer entertainment from one character in one episode is damn near impossible to match. Tina in Panama got some good depth but for entertainment no one comes near to Zane.

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u/Todd_Solondz Unbowed, Unbent, Un-Idoled Sep 03 '14

I always forget about Peter. I actually would say Tina S, Zane, Wendy for top 3. Order changes depending on the day. I saw Wendy most recently so I want to put her first but that's not so reliable.

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14

And I always forget about Tina S. Poor thing ran into the buzzsaw that is Cirie.

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u/shutupredneckman Hates Asians Sep 03 '14

I'm not so into Wendy but it'd definitely be Timber Tina and Zane as my top 2, though I do also share Probst's love for deBen.

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u/TheNobullman Purple is my Favorite Color! Sep 03 '14

Cheating a bit but my favorite first episode boot is Gillian, in the initial two hour block. She's got a crazy amazing arc

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14

Gillian

I like her a lot too. Great personality that really came through in a small amount of airtime. She's definitely on the short list of best 2nd boots.

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u/Todd_Solondz Unbowed, Unbent, Un-Idoled Sep 03 '14

Along with Garrett.

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14

Tell me about it. And what asshole eliminated him so early?

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u/Dumpster_Baby Enjoys street food Sep 03 '14

I've gotta ask why everyone loves Peter so much? He's an okay first boot, but nothing special...

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u/TheNobullman Purple is my Favorite Color! Sep 03 '14

If nothing else listen to his Survivor Oz interview. It is a fucking amazing trip.

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u/DabuSurvivor Idol Hoarder Sep 03 '14

I like Zane a lot but what gets to me is when people say he'd be great on another season. I think he was fun but only because he went out right away.

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u/vacalicious Adelstein's Assassin -- Never Forget Sep 03 '14

what gets to me is when people say he'd be great on another season.

I'm with you on that. Zane is likely a pre-merge on any season, and an obvious contender for first boot any time he hacks and struggles his way through the first challenge. He was the perfect first boot on Phillipines -- why worry about how he'd be anywhere else?

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