These schemes are all for nothing because they are probably going to throw Sylvia out anyway for being massively unpopular.
Without intervention Sylvia would definitely be going out next. Still, everyone knows she's the weakest link (Vance straight up said she isn't a threat, Letty wouldn't directly shit on Sylvia but still implied it), and certain other contestants are on thin ice (like Jon for refusing to do today's challenges). That's why people like Vance are trying to take out more competitive contestants early so they'll have an easier time later.
Well I guess Simmons is fucked then. Sam can say anything he wants about him being a pedo.
Jon just reminds me so much of how I was when I was in elementary school. Speech impediment(same one as his), being mad when I didn't get my way(breaking shit, barricading myself in my room, yadda yadda), distancing myself from others with different beliefs, etc. But I was like... 10. Not mid 20's.
People in this thread always autistically tries to talk about game theory and how the fishes play each other. But the problem is they are not going to vote each other out, Its going to be Sam picking out someone he personally doesn't like with the twitter/fishtank polls as an influence.
The way he believes everything any "adult" tells him says loads about his mental age, too. I.e., believing that Joe Rogan (the trained scientist) had empirically proven that drinking coffee (a diuretic) would hydrate you as much as water.
You’re right but for all of the wrong reasons. Producers produce. Whether you want to call it coaxing or manipulating, it’s what they do to make the show entertaining. They could have two logic: logic of participation - understandable by participants - and the production behind the show - subversion of the participants. I think Jet and Sam are essentially thinking in more strictly in terms of the former and latter, respectively, and rather than work together to do both, Sam is ruining everything because his attention is split, and Jet is responsible for too much to become detached. In fact, he is essentially a "daytime host" at this point. The good cop bad cop thing could work with Jet and Sam, but somebody else needs to be behind the scenes.
Sam being a bad cop, could work if he didn't hold all the strings. Because he has bankrolled this project, he is EP which means he's going - or should be - by popularity and sales. Even that wouldn't necessarily be bad if it was done less disruptive. I've seen someone here suggest using mini-tasks/pair-ups as a conduit for scheming, and this is correct. People can then sabotage their teammates in terms of the larger picture. For example, Letty could have involved Jon in the baby-snatching scheme "You are immune, and Simmons is a pedo. Lets work to get him out".
Imagine literally selling your soul to Sam Hyde for $10,000.
For the 1in7 CHANCE to win $10K. So selling their souls for slightly worse than a dice roll that takes 6 weeks of your life living with other exceptional individuals far from home.
Arguable when it comes to getting attention from the other contestants but a bunch of people here and in fishtank chat are still talking about Jon, even if in a negative light, which brings me to the next point:
Jon's "peaks" have created massive expectations and that shows whenever he doesn't meet them. Jon is suffering from his own success but paradoxically even when he was a boring schizophrenic his nontent still ended up being content, namely the discussions around his reasons for being mopey and his justifications for not being a Lance-type, balls-to-the-wall schizo. I also saw the twitter poll that had Jon and Sylvia as the favorites to leave, as well as a bunch of fishtank chatters being anti-Jon and some people in this thread being annoyed with what they perceive as Jon ruining the challenge and being coddled like a baby, and I think these sentiments are misguided. Remember, this challenge is to last a week and a week ain't over yet. Plus, even though the expectations people have of Jon are massive he does inevitable end up meeting, as he has proven time and time again since the show started.
I think the crew are trying to cultivate the idea that the meta-rule is "be entertaining", which in fact is pretty solidly consistent. I actually think (as some other people said) that Jet and the guys shouldn't meddle too much with the natural flow of things. These people are funnier on their own than when they're being forced into acting retarded on top of their assigned disabilities.
This is just fucking ironic and I'll leave it at that.
When did Jon get a copy of Hagakure? I would definitely enjoy hearing a reading of that just as a change from the Bible. I think some of the aphorisms and advice in there might be useful for him unless of course he takes it literally.
I tend to think most people like Jon in spite of him crying.
Again, like with Sylvia, ironic. Also, I saw people complaining about Jon dissing the troops but did anyone get upset at vance for stealing valour or is that his next arc?
Most likely from Sam, because he praised the book and talked often about it in his streams/PGL.
God I fucking hate the coddling Josie gets shes such a creepy fake bitch and Josiecells should be executed
