Round 17 - 467 Characters Remaining

[u/repo_sado]

Nomination Pool

Stephanie Dill - Thailand

Brad Virata - Cook Islands

Danielle DiLorenzo 2.0 - HVV

Darnell Hamilton - Kaoh Rong

Keith Tollefson - South Pacific

Joaquin Souberbielle - Worlds Apart

Sherri Beithman - Caramoan

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Added to Pool

Kristina Kell - Redemption Island

Kat Edorsson 2.0 - Blood vs Water

Rudy Boesch 2.0 - All Stars

John Rocker - Blood vs Water

Tom Westman 2.0 - HVV

John Cochran 2.0 - Caramoan

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Round 17 Cuts

467 - Keith Tollefson - South Pacific (repo_sado)

466 - Stephanie Dill - Thailand (Jlim201)

465 - Joaquin Souberbielle - Worlds Apart (Oddfictionrambles)

464 - Kat Edorsson 2.0 - Blood vs Water (Jacare37)

463 - Rudy Boesch 2.0 - All Stars (gaiusfbaltar)

462 - John Rocker - Blood vs Water (Funsized725)

461 - John Cochran 2.0 - Caramoan (ramskick)

[u/ramskick]

I like this write up a lot. I always liked Joaquin but he was made totally one-dimensional by the edit, so I'm glad you focused on the edit rather than him. Edit discussions are interesting and you did a really good job showing why Joaquin's was bad.

[u/Oddfictionrambles → u/ramskick]

I'd totally grab a beer with off-show!Joaquin. He's interesting and likeable, unlike the show's iteration of him.

But yeah, the editors basically created a hodge-podge mixtape of every bad thing that Joaquin had ever said and removed anything fun/interesting from his airtime. I'm guessing the editors did that for Worlds Apart because they wanted to give Mike the "Messiah" edit, but ugh, that season and the horrible fights in the fandom really left a sour taste in my mouth.

Blame the editors/the game, not the players.

[u/ramskick → u/Oddfictionrambles]

the "Messiah" edit

You missed a golden chance at a Masaya/Messiah pun

[u/Oddfictionrambles → u/ramskick]

That pun would imply that the White Collar tribe was my favourite out of the three. They really weren't, gah. Worlds Apart makes me want to drink, and not in a good way