Challenge Strategies

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Lancecrossfire

Saturday, November 03, 2001 - 04:48 pm Click here to edit this post
I've been watching these folks doing the RCs and ICs. It sure seems like they could do much better in the way they approach them.

With the RC of getting items off the webbing, they could have quickly decided to get the higher ones first, with the idea that the in second round each would be more tired. Or decided quickly who was more agile, and have them get the higher ones, leaving no climbing for those like Kim J who have a harder time.

For challenges requiring carrying, the teams could carry the heaviest items early on in the race, saving the lighter ones for when they were more winded. The only example I have seen so far as Boran taking the hut first, leaving things like fencing for last.

Even in the cart race, where Ethan fell down more times that most people do in a life time, everyone was trying to put energy into moving it forward, hence running down the people in front, basically. They should have used the lighter, less strong people to steer/guide it--that being their only duty. Then they don't get punished while in front.

Or the logs--taking the heaviest ones first.

These challenges so far have been set up in a way that with a little thought and common sense planning (just a minute's worth even) times can be improved upon in a big way.

Just MHO--any thoughts or ideas on this??

Joan

Saturday, November 03, 2001 - 04:54 pm Click here to edit this post
I am not sure how much time they really have to plan things. Also, with the first challenge or two, they had not seen everyone in action so who was fastest, strongest, etc. was yet to be known. Hindsight is 20/20 though so I am sure even the contestants thought of ways they could have done better as they walked back to camp.

Car54

Saturday, November 03, 2001 - 05:55 pm Click here to edit this post
Lance, I agree about the nets...I was yelling at the boys to get the high ones...so the older women and little girls could do the easy ones!

And Samburu was really disorganized on the moving of the house...they took the top stuff first.

I thought Boran had excellent team work on the house move.

Joan

Saturday, November 03, 2001 - 09:33 pm Click here to edit this post
Some of Samburu just grabbed stuff and then stood around watching everyone else. I wonder why they didn't just start running with their individual items?

Realtvfan

Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 02:57 pm Click here to edit this post
Given that all the challenges are related to, but not exactly 100% similar to previous challenges, (and these folks claim to have watched S1 and S2,) I'm dumbfounded as to the lack of planning/strategizing prior to the challenges. I could not believe that Lex and Ethan would not take the top row items in their first trip up on the last RC.

Kucha in S2 did a better job of prepping for challenges, and the folks in Kucha had a lot less to work with. Not very smart on anyone's team as far as I can see. The pattern that each version of Survivor is, by design, dumber and dumber seems to be holding true.

Tntitanfan

Sunday, November 04, 2001 - 07:14 pm Click here to edit this post
What I really, really, really love about the Mole is that some BRAINS are required! I have nothing against physicality - walk five miles a day and take four ballet classes a week - but let's have a little variety here!!

Car54

Monday, November 05, 2001 - 03:53 am Click here to edit this post
I think this show just has a formula. Before the merge, the challenges are there to weed out the weak. After the merge, there have been challenges based on memory, stamina, etc...to give the weaker players a chance.
They have to winnow the group down quickly to a group small enough for us to care about, and the easiest way is to make it a physical contest.