Yeah, it’s really interesting looking back and how much the game has changed over the years.
There’s a lot of stuff I miss though. Getting to win a car (automatic double-edged sword - win a car and get everyone pissed at you). Getting to choose someone else to win a car. Reward challenges. The “tribe rank” challenges - where you just eliminated other people, and could see where you stood.
I think they should do a season where the tribes are randomly shuffled after every tribal council. Force everyone to be constantly switching up alliances and working with a new group of players instead of sticking with one power group. Would also make it a lot more interesting post-merge because there wouldn’t really be any tribal identities.