Well, we have an American Idol one and we did the Oscar Pool, so I figure we ought to do a Survivor Pool. Yes, it’s week three of Survivor already, but I set the pool up to start week 3 anyway.
It works quite similarly to the American Idol Pool. You are given a few points to spread out over the people you feel are vulnerable, and then you get to keep the points for whomever is kicked. It’s all quite simple if you sign up.
I’m in, but man, this is way harder than the Idol poll. Either I resign myself to 10 pts maximum and put 10 on my predicted boot from each tribe, or if I want to go for the gold, I have to pick not only the bootee, but first, the losing tribe as well… I expect a lousy score for myself, but maybe it will at least make the show a bit more entertaining than it currently is for me.
Yeah, it is harder because there is nothing really to base your early predictions on. We don’t even know which team will win immunity, so you really have to spread the points out more carefully.
It becomes at least somewhat more predictable once the teams merge. Actually, skipping the first 2 weeks really isn’t that bad an idea(I still don’t know some of the players).
I made a pretty good run at the end; my downfall was putting 10 points on Coach every week since the first jury member was seated. Wishful thinking does not a winner make!