Who did they lose at the beginning of the game, that messed up the schedule?
Another couple, two women who dropped out at the last second with a medical issue.
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I completely forgot about that!
Quick question – I spaced on watching last night. Worth watching, or will Dalton Ross’s recap suffice?
So-so. Not critical but a few moments.
Thanks. I’ve got shit to do today, will skate by on the recap.
Oh wait. The summary of the recap is “Julie conceals food from the rest of the tribe, and then asks to leave the game after they find out.” – think I’ll go ahead and watch.
God, what a spoiled brat.
Jeff speculates that she quit, rather than allowing herself to be voted out, so that she could be reunited with her boyfriend faster.
Just read that, and I think it makes a lot of sense. Probst cautions that it’s all speculation, but he obviously knows these people pretty well. The important thing is that she would not have been reunited with Rocker if she wasn’t voted out immediately because the next vote-out (i.e. next week) would make the jury, and non-jury vote-outs do not mingle with jury members until it’s all over (which I didn’t know, but I guess makes sense).
The interesting thing to me is Probst taking full responsibility for the quitters in the game:
But he then continues on to say “We either missed it, or in the case of Julie we anticipated it but put them on anyway. They were always going to quit — it was just a matter of when.” So in Julie’s case, they anticipated (rightly, of course) that she wasn’t going to be able to go the distance, but they must have been gambling on Rocker getting further in the game to keep her around.
From the linked article:
What a fucking asshole. I’ve always thought Probst was a dick; this just proves it. You put people in the hardest situation they’ve ever been in, with the ability to walk away at any time, and when the y take it you say it says “much about a person’s drive for life” ? From a guy who usually lives in a fucking hotel while they’re filming and gets chauffered to the 2 hrs a day he actually has to work? Hopefully some veterans read the “foxhole” part and rake him over the coals for it.
a) It’s a metaphor.
b) Lighten up, Francis.
c) Probst is right. I wouldn’t want any of the quitters in my foxhole or working for me, that’s for sure.*
*- Medical evac excepted.
I agree. I mean, things like medical aside, of course. Jeff makes a good point.
Nothing about what he said makes him an asshole. He’s right.
You guys realize this is a game show, right? I won’t argue that quitting is not a dick move sometimes, but to state that quitting a game that is miserable, and you have no chance of winning, somehow reflects on a person’s moral character is ridiculous. Especially coming from a multi-milionaire game show host.
I bet you guys complain when you’ve got 85% of the territories in Risk, and your opponent wanders off for a beer instead of watching you roll dice for 45 minutes.
You’re right - it’s a game show. That they voluntarily signed up for and went through all sorts of crap to get on and play. The pussies then quit rather than see through** what they signed up for.** No fucking sympathy. I think they ought to set up an Exile Island for quitters that just dumps them in the middle of nowhere to really survive on their own - no cameras, no rescue. Then let people quit if they want.
She also didn’t quit because she couldn’t win. She quit because she couldn’t stand to be away from her asshole for another minute. Fuck that! She’d better get used to being apart from him, because he is going to dump her sooner or later. Anybody who can’t be apart from a loved one for less than a month for a chance at a million dollars doesn’t love them enough. 
Not that I could care less about Julie, and I usually hate it when people quit, but yeah – it is just a game. She was at least self-aware enough to realize she had zero chance of winning. What she did have was the power to screw up some other peoples’ games by taking her vote away. I’m convinced this was a very big reason she did what she did, which actually kind of deserves some props. Quitting was a strategic move!
That said, I was disappointed that we didn’t get a TC as well. It would have been a gas watching everybody scramble on short notice.
First place, maybe, but each week you stay wins you more money.
Wandering off shows much less moral character than conceding the game. It’s called sportsmanship. Of course, making the winner roll it out for 45 minutes shows even less sportsmanship than wandering off.