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    D-DawgMan1

    1. 07/19/2008 7:52am
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    Ever wonder just how many dumb moves were made on Survivor? Well, these are the ones I can think of.

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    D-DawgMan1

    2. 07/19/2008 8:18am
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    Season 1:

    Pagong not sticking together after the merge.
    Sean not joining Tagi Alliance and voting alphabetically.

    Season 2:

    Kucha voting for Colby.
    Jeff jumping off the pole so early in the challenge.
    Kucha never taking advantage of Amber to turn on Ogakor.
    Colby taking Tina.

    Season 3:

    Clarence and Diane eating the food.
    Silas not joining the older tribe members on Samburu.
    Lindsey Kim. P and Brandon discussing Lindsey's 4 votes.
    Clarence deciding Immunity over Rock-Paper-Scissors.
    Brandon voting Kelly out of the game.
    Kim. J taking Ethan.

    Season 4:

    Maraamu voting out Hunter.
    Gabriel saying he wasn't there for the money.
    The Rotu 4 revealing their plans in the Immunity Challenge.
    Kathy loses Final 3 Immunity because her top was slipping.

    Season 5:

    Jed, Stephanie, and Robb isolating themselves.
    Ghandia making a big deal out of the Ted incident.
    Shii Ann plotting with Chuay Gahn.

    Season 6:

    Roger thinking he was safe and being cocky.
    Alex telling Rob he had to eventually vote him out.
    The men voting out Heidi rather than Jenna.

    Season 7:

    Nicole plotting to stab Tijuana in the back.
    Trish plotting to vote out Rupert.
    Drake voting out Shawn instead of Jonny Fairplay.
    Burton taking Jon on the reward.
    Lillian voting out Jon instead of Sandra.

    Season 8:

    Lex voting out Jerri.
    Nobody voting out Boston Rob or Amber.

    Season 9:

    The older men voting out the younger men.
    Dolly not making up her mind on who to vote out.
    Mia blowing up at Twila.
    Travis sending signals.
    Ami deciding to vote out Lisa instead of Rory.
    Lea, Chris, and Chad trust Twila and Julie over John. K
    Ami cutting Chris a break to vote Eliza out.

    Season 10:

    Ulong tribe in general (minus Stephenie and Bobby Jon)
    Coby revealing secrets and jumping off pole for donuts.
    The women never getting together.
    Caryn setting herself up at Tribal Council.
    Ian quitting the game.

    Season 11:

    Stephenie stabbing allies in the back.
    Jamie's mouth.
    Judd lying about the Hidden Immunity Idol location.
    Cindy keeping the car.
    Voting out Lydia.
    Rafe letting Danni off the hook for Final 2.

    Season 12:

    Bobby and Bruce drinking wine in Casa de Charmin.
    Danielle constantly leading Terry on.
    Terry never using H.I.I. strategically, only for himself.

    Season 13:

    Aitu throwing the challenge to vote out Billy.
    Rotu voting out J.P.
    Candice and Jonathan mutiny.
    Rotu never voting out Jonathan.
    Rotu not listening to Jonathan about not voting out Yul.
    Aitu not voting with Adam to get Yul's H.I.I. out of play.

    Season 14:

    Erica being loud during the Immunity Challenge.
    Rita talking too much about dumb things.
    Rocky being too vocal.
    Lisi saying she wanted to quit.
    Mookie not telling Dreamz about H.I.I. earlier.
    Mookie blabbing about the Idol.
    Yau-Man believing Dreamz would give up Immunity.
    Dreamz not giving up Immunity for that matter.

    Season 15:

    Chicken never giving his opinion.
    Jean-Robert being cocky all the time.
    James not using his H.I.I.'s.
    Denise getting voted out instead of Todd.

    Season 16:

    Joel keeping Chet, Tracey, and Kathy around.
    Ozzy not using H.I.I.
    Jason throwing the Immunity Challenge.
    Erik giving up Immunity.

    That's all I can think of. If you can think of more, post them below and I'll add them to the list or remove any if you can prove they weren't dumb moves.

    Edited on 07/19/2008 6:35pm
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    Ollec29

    3. 07/19/2008 2:52pm
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    Katie voting out Gregg, was not a dumb move. I would never choose a purple rock.

    Melinda and Ruth Marie had seperate alliance deals with Cirie, so it was better to vote out Tina too.

    I would like to add Paschal & Neleh not voting out Vee at F5 in Marquesas, Elisabeth not using Amber to turn against Tina, voting out Jeanne instead of Heidi, voting out Jolanda, Gregg taking Jenn & Katie on reward, Raro not voting out Becky at F9, Mookie blabbing about the idol, and all the idiots of Micronesia.

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    Jman2477

    4. 07/19/2008 6:13pm
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    Boston Rob betraying Lex wasn't a bad move. There was no way he was getting Lex's vote unless he took him to the final 4, and that wasn't going to happen. Getting Lex off early was very very smart. And where is "Horsemen tell Dreamz about their plan" or "Big Tom, Rupert, and Jenna L didn't turn the game and take out Rob/Amber" and plus Matthew throwing the final 3 challenge wasn't dumb. There was no way he was going to beat Rob C or Jenna. If he had won what would he have done, taken Rob? Or maybe Jenna and still lost.
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    5. 07/19/2008 6:27pm
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    I will take your points Ollec. Even though they might have went to a fire challenge instead, the threat of picking a rock is dangerous. I never did see where Melinda and Ruth Marie made alliances but I will agree with you.

    As with your additions, I will add Elisabeth not using Amber to get rid of Tina. Voting out Jolanda is part of the Ulong Mess. I don't see where Paschal and Neleh voting out Vecepia would have made a difference in the end. Not voting out Becky is connected to Raro not listening to Jonathan. Mookie blabbing about the idol I will add and the idiots of Micronesia are on there already. In relation to them voting out Heidi over Jeanne in Amazon, I don't see how that can be dumb. I think they were thinking about strength in their tribe when they did that.

    But good job with making cases and you have deleted a few un-dumb moves and added some others.
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    6. 07/19/2008 6:30pm
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    Jman, I agree that Boston Rob betraying Lex wasn't dumb. I realize now that Lex would have been a sore loser even if Boston Rob would have betrayed him later. Horsemen telling Dreamz about their plan is already there with Mookie not telling Dreamz about the Hidden Immunity Idol. Big Tom, Rupert, and Jenna falls under the category nobody tried to get rid of Boston Rob or Amber.

    I will agree that Matthew throwing the Immunity Challenge is not a dumb move. No matter who he took, he would have lost anyways.

    Good job you guys. Keep it coming.
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    Jman2477

    8. 07/20/2008 6:22pm
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    Another thing I noticed is that you have Kim J's decision to take Ethan to the final 2. She wasn't going to beat Lex either, so it really wasn't dumb, she was just taking the person she felt most deserving, because she knew she would lose either way. Also you might want to add Rob C saying he was the best Rob to ever play in season 8.
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    9. 07/21/2008 8:33am
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    D-DawgMan1 wrote:
    I will take your points Ollec. Even though they might have went to a fire challenge instead, the threat of picking a rock is dangerous. I never did see where Melinda and Ruth Marie made alliances but I will agree with you. As with your additions, I will add Elisabeth not using Amber to get rid of Tina. Voting out Jolanda is part of the Ulong Mess. I don't see where Paschal and Neleh voting out Vecepia would have made a difference in the end. Not voting out Becky is connected to Raro not listening to Jonathan. Mookie blabbing about the idol I will add and the idiots of Micronesia are on there already. In relation to them voting out Heidi over Jeanne in Amazon, I don't see how that can be dumb. I think they were thinking about strength in their tribe when they did that. But good job with making cases and you have deleted a few un-dumb moves and added some others.

    Dave was going to stick with the men's alliance, and he could have brought in Jeanne over Heidi who would have turned on him and switched to Jenna.

    Voting out Sean was a mistake because, Vee was a bigger threat. Everyone could have beaten Sean in the finals.

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    10. 07/21/2008 9:35am
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    Jman2477 wrote:
    Another thing I noticed is that you have Kim J's decision to take Ethan to the final 2. She wasn't going to beat Lex either, so it really wasn't dumb, she was just taking the person she felt most deserving, because she knew she would lose either way. Also you might want to add Rob C saying he was the best Rob to ever play in season 8.


    Are you sure Lex would've beaten her? Look at all the enemies that he had in the game. He stabbed people in the back left and right. I highly doubt he would've won.

    But in relation to Rob Cesternino telling Boston Rob he was probably better at the game, I will accept that. It was dumb for Rob. C to even talk with Boston Rob about anything.
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    11. 07/21/2008 9:39am
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    Dave was going to stick with the men's alliance, and he could have brought in Jeanne over Heidi who would have turned on him and switched to Jenna.

    Voting out Sean was a mistake because, Vee was a bigger threat. Everyone could have beaten Sean in the finals.

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    Ollec, I remember that Dave was the one who made a deal with Heidi to keep her around and vote Christy out if they lost the next Immunity Challenge. He was making deals with her so it's not a dumb move. There was no discussion about voting out Heidi in that particular Tribal Council.

    As for voting out Sean, I think they were thinking along the lines of that he won a car, he was a physical threat. I think that if the Final 2 had Sean in it and not Vecepia, I think people might have had a little more respect for him surviving odds. He would have been the under-dog. But we obviously never will know the outcome.
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    12. 07/21/2008 10:05am
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    Are you sure Lex would've beaten her? Look at all the enemies that he had in the game. He stabbed people in the back left and right. I highly doubt he would've won.


    "Kim J knew she would be unable to beat either Ethan or Lex. She took Ethan because he was more deserving to win and always performed well in challenges." Straight off of an interview with her.
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    13. 07/21/2008 2:57pm
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    Dreamz shouldn't have given up immunity... that got him to final 3 and he wouldn't have gotten there otherwise.

    Also ... Matteo shouldn't have thrown any competitions at all... that was the only thing he had going for him really... being a challenge threat I mean. Also Heidi was a WAY better survivor then Jenna... that's why she was voted off.... Jenna was never a threat just a victim of happy circumstances that let her win. Matteo SHOULD have beat Jenna imo.

    Edited on 07/21/2008 3:00pm
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