Originally Posted by
Ian
Just a few random final thoughts I'll string together here ....
[LIST][*]First on the topic of Rob winning. You may not like it, but come on ... he played a masterful game and I completely agree with Jeff that it might be the best game ever played. You may want to downplay it and talk about how stupid the other people were and all that, but at the end of the day he still had to pull it all together and make it work, win the challenges when he could, find the idol, and hold his alliance together. He earned this victory plain and simple.[*]I'm really tired of the final tribal council being nothing more than a bunch of sore losers complaining the the final two or three didn't play with "integrity." This is a game about voting out other people until there's only one left. You can't win without stabbing other people in the back. Period. It's like trying to win a football game without tackling anyone. It can't happen. Get over it, whiners. You're where you are because you got outwitted, outplayed, and outlasted. Deal with it. I'll hand it to David for at least keepin' it real.[*]Totally missed the torch retrospective segment. Wonder why they didn't do it this year? That's always one of my favorite parts of the finale, because they look back on all the other players and all that. It's cool. Definitely hope that comes back again next season.[*]Can't say I'm elated to see RI is coming back next year. I actually thought it was annoying and kind of a dud. Plus, it really stunk the way it worked out. Matt was there for 29 days, won 11 out of 12 duels or whatever, and then ultimately got nothing for it. It was too drug out. Should have ended at the merge.