re: Survivor Finale 5/16/10

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No he isn't. He makes alliances and breaks them when he realizes that the others are voting a different way. He appears to be a mastermind because he makes it look like these votes are his idea (they seldom are). Russell is an opportunist but he isn't in control as he claims.

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Truth.

He's been a stronger player this season IMO (bullying Jerri to vote Danielle, conning JT, althought JT just did that to himself without Russell even doing anything because he just assumed the all girl alliance), but he was TERRIBLE in the first season. He would have been voted off three straight weeks if it weren't for those bullshite idols. Everyone knew exactly what he was up to, but couldn't vote him off. That's why he didn't win.

This year, the move to give Parvati the idol was an AWFUL move. He was going home if Tyson hadn't switched his vote. And he had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA that Tyson was doing that. He assumed they were all voting for Parvati, but Rob had Russell figured out and split the vote. Had Tyson not been the douche that he is, Russell wouldn't have made it to the merge.

And that is with a HUGE advantage going into this season because no one had seen Russell's season before shooting this. They had no idea how he played even though everyone else's game was already known. He could have coasted in the villians and then made a big switch to the Heroes and no one would have suspected him, but his ego is too out of control and he took on Rob, which made him the center of attention too early.

Dude has the biggest Napolean complex I've ever seen. His whole game is basically bullying girls. Funny too that he's thought he had Parvati wrapped around his finger all year when clearly she was just using him.

No way he wins the vote. I wonder if he'll actually cry this year at the finale because he sure came close last year.