BALBOA?? Why not just call the new tribe "Rupert"? it makes as much sense
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Lorry

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 09:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Huggies right back atcha Kep!

Rofl at Needmylifeback... yep, agree with Rupert or walk the plank...lol

I do hope he sticks around... I don't care if he wins or not... he's already won the game, the money would be a sweet bonus.

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 09:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
perhaps if the others had more to offer, we would see more of them. darrah and tijuana and some of the others just aren't 'out there'. ryan o is nice eye-candy (to me, at least, and part of it is his being from los gatos, where i grew up) and seems to work 'a little', but none of the morgan tribe seemed to be real go-getters. i know there are some big andrew fans out there, and i didn't totally dislike him, but he was just going to let his ship go down. "we're out of food." they all knew they were running out of food days back...but they made only half-hearted attempts at fishing and i never saw them with a coconut or anything.
andrew's face when he heard what drake had been eating...well, they could have been eating the same, if they hadn't waited for food to fall out of the sky and land on their laps! ;)
whether you like or dislike rupert, he has contributed more than anyone on either tribe. he is vocal. he is a hard worker. he has been the strongest challenger on any physical or water event for drake. he can yell at a person and love on an injured snake. if it's become the 'rupert show' it's because rupert is involved in each aspect of the game. you can't show someone finding food if they aren't finding food. you can't show someone fetching water if they aren't fetching water, etc.
over-all, i like rupert but his yelling bothers me. sometimes i like jon, too, because i think he is funny and is maybe edited to look worse than he is. he seems to work and mostly takes it when someone gives him hell...like water off a duck's back.
every (EDITED!) episode i like some things about people and dislike things about the same people!
last survivor, i disliked heidi and jenna so much i could barely stand to watch. it was like watching a train wreck. i kept hoping matt would win. i loved christy...at least we don't seem to have people caught up on their physical beauty this survivor. (and i have to agree that beauty must be in the eyes of the beholder, because i did not find either heidi or jenna to be very attractive.) after jenna won last time, balboa the dead snake could win this one and i would be okay with it! :)

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 11:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i just re-read my post and where it has (EDITED!) well that was what i typed. i realize it might look as if something had been edited out or moderated:)... i meant it to mean the episodes are majorly edited so we end up having to allow for that.
i mean, maybe darrah is the hardest working person out there and they just edited every single bit of it out! maybe rupert hosts sing-alongs around the nightly campfire! maybe christa is only 5'1"! maybe osten was never really on the show, etc......;)

'editing' is an entity all to itself. it should have its own tribe LOL

Tigerfan

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 12:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HERE HERE Tabby! LOL

Tigerfan

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 12:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That means I agree w/ you right? lol

Puttergirl

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 12:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think its just as simple as most of them like Rupert alot, especially Morgan, and if he suggested it, they would agree. And why not- who really cares all that much what the name is. If I were there I would probably agree to the first name suggested. You'd have to pick your fights and that sure wouldn't be the time or place to get into a confrontation over something not important!!

Kep421

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 12:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey... I just saw a good pic of the new Balboa Flag in another thread.

In the middle of the flag is a snake. I guess they really did name it after Rupert's lil buddy instead of the explorer.

<...waits for someone to post that the snake in the middle of the flag is Rupert's way of telling everyone "DON'T TREAD ON ME"...>

Puttergirl

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kep421, I imagine the flag was designed and created long before Survivor began. They probably just had to add the name to it.

Kep421

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't think so Puttergirl... I remember from previous Survivor shows, the merged tribe actually designed their own flag...can't imagine why this show would be different...but maybe...

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
tigerfan, right!

Seamonkey

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just came to say what Kep reported.. saw the pic of the flag and there is the snake..

Putter, no I think they create their own flag.. at least that is what Jeff said when they merged.. go choose a name, make a flag..

OK, I'm FF trhu it now to hear it again..

BTW I thought skinny Ryan looked AWFULLY well fed and thought his buff was obnoxious.

Ok.. I'm at "Drop Yer Buffs".. Drake is no more, Morgan is no more. You are one tribe.

Jeff: "So, here's how it works! You'll come up with a new tribe name, you'll paint a new tribe flag. Based on what I just heard, you'll be living on Drake's beach".

and on.. about challenges, immmunity being individual.. takes old II and brings out the new individual immunity sword.

So, no, I don't imagine it was designed and created long before at all.. for one thing, the names of the tribemates are on the flag.. that wasn't known until after Burton and Lill were selected to come back in.

Texannie

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I got the impression that they had to design the flag too. I think the tribe name is tied into the snake's name who was named after the explorer following with the theme of the show.
But, conspiracy theories are fun! ;)

Hobbs

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I heard they were all a bunch of actors on a Hollywood sound stage next to the BB house. It's the one where they used to film Gilligan's Island. If you think about it, don't Jon and Rupert kind of remind you of Gilligan and the Skipper? Makes ya think, don't it?
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Texannie

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG..you are right! how could we be so blind! LOL

Hobbs

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 01:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lil could be Mrs Howell!
Ryan O the professor??

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 02:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
darrah could be the movie star?
and christa could be the country gal....

Kep421

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 03:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG...you guys are too much...such a hoot!!

Landi

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 04:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yeah that works, but they just voted off Mr. Howell! (andrew)

Lorry

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ohhhh you people are just too clever!!! I am laughing so much and laughing makes my back hurt soooooo much... hehehehe.. but it's all worth it.

Sunshyne4u

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 08:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL just been reading thru all of the varying ideas on this thread. What a HOOT! some of you guys are real characters! Always good for a wellneeded laugh!
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I find it interesting that after I was mocked about Balboa being REALLY just about the explorer (it implied how could I be so stupid) that someone here noticed the SNAKE on the Flag!! I do wish to say though, I did some research on Explorer Balboa and he really was 'the guy' who established Panama.
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My apologies to all those PRO-Rupert-show fans who seemed offended but....I really would like to see more of the other non-developed characters, such as Darrah and Ryan O, who barely get interviewed.

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 08:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
yep, i mentioned balboa the explorer back when rupert found the snake.

Tabbyking

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 08:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
and i heartily agree "SHOW US MORE OF RYAN!!" : ;)

Caycaye

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 09:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
NO LANDI!!!!!

ANDREW = THE PROFESSOR!!!!!!

Picture Andrew in his little "lawyer" glasses??

Surfgirl

Friday, November 07, 2003 - 10:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG.. to funny the Gilligan theme.. lets see..Osten would have to be..hhmmmm...the useless coconuts.. looked good ..kinda tasty..but never produced anything usefull? ..lol

Have to say Balboa is a great name for merge..

Of course Drake would go along with it..respect for Rupert..

And Morgan doesnt care as long as they have food.. they woulda made 3 meals outa poor Balboa the snake..

Enigma2

Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 12:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The name 'Balboa' seems to be the most obvious name for the new tribe. After the –historical– 'Drake' & 'Morgan,' the guy who discovered the islands seems to be the third most frequent name associated with the Pearls. (I think that it was only coincidental that Rupert used the same name for his dearly-departed reptile.)

I've been trying to think of other 'symbols,' and while a pelican, a land crab, an oyster (pearls), etc. would be appropriate, the snake (surely inspired by Rupert's pet) is, by far, the most dramatic...

It would have been nice to have seen the discussion which led to the final choice.

Kappy

Sunday, November 09, 2003 - 04:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunshyne ~ Sorry to read that you think some of us were "mocking" you or were trying to imply that you were "stupid". I honestly don't think that was how it was meant so please accept my apologies. The name of Balboa first came up when Rupert named his snake that and because I'm loving the theme overall for this Survivor, I also did some checking up on Balboa as Seamonkey did. It wasn't meant to imply that anyone else was stupid ~ it was simply a matter of wanting to share some info that others might find interesting.

As for not liking Rupert, I love the guy but can also understand others not caring for him at all. I really don't think anyone was offended by how you feel about him. Every Survivor is like this ~ we all have favorites and the longer the show progresses, the more we get attached to those favorites. And I agree with what Tabbyking said above about the others lack of camera time. It was what I was trying to say earlier but didn't get across as well . . . if the others were doing anything interesting, I have no doubt that MB would be showing it!

But then I've always had a weak spot for hippy guys with long dark curly hair . . . . .

Lorry

Monday, November 10, 2003 - 06:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You're a nice person Kappy, and we all appreciate your input. Without Sunshyne, it would be a dreary day here on the Survivor boards.

I have to say this.... I am so happy to be part of the Survivor family of posters. I think everyone here has done their level best to keep the comments limited to the game and the players, and not purposely slam the posters.

Good job everyone!!! Keep up the good work, we have a lot of show left and tempers, being that we are all human, will tend to fray at times.. but we have all been there before, and I know we will try to be good sports... duh... even when my Rupert gets the boot... I promise I will not cry, scream, or take it out on any of you...roflmbo

Kappy

Monday, November 10, 2003 - 09:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
God help all of us if Rupert goes any time soon!

Tabbyking

Monday, November 10, 2003 - 09:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
God realllllllly help us if a big regret/twist/lie is that Jenna or Heidi somehow come back......LOL

Caycaye

Monday, November 10, 2003 - 10:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG!!!! TABBYKING!!!!

Perish that thought!!!!!!!!