Survivor Samoa: Finale Preview

Richard Hatch was much better at manipulating ANYONE, Richard did his trick RIGHT ON LIVE CAMERA at his finale, RussH is no Richard Hatch, RussH had NO TEAM on the jury, Richard had loyal friends even though he had made fools of them all, RussH needs better TEAM SKILLS and personal skills to defuse anger in his opponents, causing anger does NOT WIN this game, the jury vote proves that, facts are facts, RussH never had a chance with the jury because he did not build team loyalty…

What did Natalie say her best move was? I missed it.

I agree with Russ, Jaison is pissed about the socks as he should be(that was over the top) but I still think he should have won. He was on his game 24/7. He should have a good reality show future ahead of him.

AC- #147 I agree completely! Sadly he still thinks he actually was the best player and will have to learn that same lesson again in Survivor 20. He was the best ever in many aspects of the game but failed to realize the need for social skills. In spite of all of his lies and trickery, had he presented his gameplay to the jury in a more humble way, instead of being cocky about it and acting like he was the automatic winner, he might have swayed enough members of the jury to actually win. To all the sad Russell lovers if he had burned YOUR socks or lied to YOUR face costing you a chance at a million dollars you wouldn’t have voted for him either. As for calling the jury sore losers for not voting for him, Russell also has the distinction after tonight of being the sorest loser in Survivor history. I can’t wait to watch him lose again next season.

He has a right to be sore. He was the best and he put all the hard work in,just to have a person who had done absolutely nothing to deserve the title, win. I would be pissed if i were him. Just because he was “rough” with people, does not give the jusy the right to deny him his dues. It was a petty move on their part for “giving” the game to someone who did not deserve to win. Selfishness of others is what caused Russ to loose that game.

why RussH lost the jury vote:

Kelly: he’s not making the emotional connections that you need to win.

I’m sorry, but emotions are left for the weak in this game. Notice how all the emotional rejects were sitting on the sidelines cast out of the game mind you, by the guy who refused to make any real connections with the people there. And by the by those same rejects had plenty of oppurtunities to get rid of him. But did they? No, they didn’t. Because they’re dumb. And who is Kelly to talk? She seems a couple eggs short of a dozen. And besides, her credibility is lost on me when she stated that he made stupid moves. And btw, worse things have been said about others in Survivors past. Plenty of folks have won with people HATING their guts. People with no real attachments to their jurors because of the way they treated them, still won their seasons. Gameplay needs to be rewarded, regardless of personal emotions. Yeah, Russ may have used people like pawns in a chess game, but Survivor is basially a chess game with people. Russell just happenend to be a King that didn’t get rewarded for putting this game in check-mate.

The jury vote is an important part of the game. It is actually the most important. The football and chess analogy don’t apply here because there is not a vote taken at the end of a game of football or chess. Russell’s mistake was that he didn’t think about the jury until tonight and it was already too late. Then what did he do but lie to Brett and Jaison, the only jury members he had a chance to win over at that time. He should have been honest to them and tell them they were leaving or not said anything at all and maybe he could have got their vote. He was great at most of the game but failed miserably at the most important part. The offer of $10,000 to Natalie was so pitiful I had to turn my head. Maybe if he had offered the jury members some money they might have voted for him. Getting Shambo’s vote is like the kiss of death. In all of her votes she only picked a winner twice. Eric’s speech was dead on and said it all. I thought Eric would have voted for him because of the looks on his face at the tribals when Russell would whip out an immunity idol or pull off another feat. I am sure Brett filled them in on Russell’s lie to him at the end. That probably sealed the deal.