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re: The Challenge s39 - battle for a new champion

Posted on 1/11/24 at 9:38 pm to
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 1/11/24 at 9:38 pm to
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Olivia is annoying as frick.
I thought Olivia was awesome last season in every single way. She seemed cool. Sure Horacio mostly carried her but she was solid in competitions.

This season she's just whiny and annoying, a complete 180. And not nearly as hot either lol.
Posted by AMS
Member since Apr 2016
6537 posts
Posted on 1/14/24 at 11:02 am to
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And if they don't let CT pull the Chaos stick next week, I hope they never do this sort of format again. It's no fun when the people voted in don't actually have to battle each other.



ive been screaming this about the mercs being uninteresting.

bc of mercs , there's still too many contenders left... theres been 13 episodes and 6 people sent home. theres gotta be a purge or something unless the final is gonna have 10 contestants
Posted by miab777
Member since Aug 2012
393 posts
Posted on 1/18/24 at 4:04 pm to
First - It was great seeing CT in last night's episode.

I can't stand Jay and wished CT would've taken him out, but at least CT got his best guy out. Loved seeing Jay's meltdown.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 1/18/24 at 10:38 pm to
I’m tired of Michelle crying and bitching. She’s been trying to run the game with Jay the whole time and is upset because now it’s getting messy? And by getting messy she really means that it’s harder for her to lie now. Also, with alliances eventually they all will have to turn on each other.

She says she’s not gunning for Horacio but she’s literally done that several times.

Colleen is still voting with the alliance that doesn’t respect her.

Corey changing his vote was stupid. Ed changing his vote is even more stupid. But I’m here to see what a stalemate means with TJ.

Jay getting his period and getting all up in his feelings is hilarious. He’s such a bitch any time people don’t want to do exactly what he wants how he wants to do it.

If they bring in CT and it’s not a physical elimination I’m gonna be disappointed.

Props to CT for not having beef with Jay but man that would’ve been nice. Jay is such an emotional dude. Pushing Nurys away.

Asaf I do like but he’s gotten cocky as frick this season and could use a little arse kicking to take him down a peg or two.

Am I wrong that the only head to head physical elimination we’ve had in Chaos was Jordan and the ramps/lights?

Props again to CT for winning that elim and doing the math when Asaf had half the house helping him do fairly simple math.

I wasn’t a big Kyland fan at first but he’s growing on me. And he plays a smart game and seems to be smart at games and challenges and whatnot. And like he said, he put the pieces together of how connected Asaf really is in the game.

And finally, Chaos is done and we get back to “normal” challenge shite. I get what they were trying to do with Chaos but honestly it made the show sort of boring. At least now we can see challengers actually have to take each other out instead of relying on a previous champ to do it. That should at least make things more entertaining and more personal.
This post was edited on 1/20/24 at 10:36 pm
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 1/19/24 at 12:28 am to
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Am I wrong that the only head to head physical elimination we’ve had in Chaos was Jordan and the ramps/lights?

This has been the real problem with this season for me. No hall brawl/pole wrestling type of eliminations. That's what people want to see CT and Darrell in, not doing some puzzles.
Posted by Tigers13
New Orleans
Member since Feb 2005
1818 posts
Posted on 1/19/24 at 8:49 am to
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I wasn’t a big Kyland fan at first but he’s growing on me. And he plays a smart game and seems to be smart at games and challenges and whatnot. And like he said, he put the pieces together of his connected Asaf really is in the game.


I'd love to see Kyland, Horracio, Ed, and Manuel form an allinace after this. Would also have Zara, Raven, Colleen, and Nurys. They would frick the Jay/Michelle alliance into oblivion. It was a mistake for them to not all throw Cory in. I'd much rather have Ed and Manuel happy.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Posted on 1/19/24 at 11:33 am to
Yeah that’s what I’ve said for a while now. The people on the fringes of the alliances should form their own solid one. It makes sense. But they refuse to do it. And they still vote with the alliance even though it doesn’t have their best interests at heart. Makes no sense.

The only thing I can think of is it’s easier to see on tv than living it in the house. But some people (like Horacio and Kyland) do see it and are adjusting. I just don’t get why some don’t (Ed, Collleen, etc).

I love Horacio but unfortunately it seems like his pure unwillingness to politick will cost him until he changes that stance. You can’t just be good at everything and rely on that. At some point you have to play with social strategy.
Posted by NolaLovingClemsonFan
Member since Jan 2020
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Posted on 1/20/24 at 9:34 pm to
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I'd love to see Kyland, Horracio, Ed, and Manuel form an allinace after this. Would also have Zara, Raven, Colleen, and Nurys.


Absolutely. You get those 4 dudes plus a handful of girls, especially Zara, and you’ll have all the best players. No girl is touching Zara in a final, and no guy is beating one of those 4 (and it would be one of Horacio / Emmanuel if puzzles weren’t such an obvious concern as they’re easily the most fit).

Totally agree with folks saying Kyland has really grown on me, kid has become a great add.

I also cannot stand Jay and Michelle. They’ve gone so far into the Survivor alliance politicking side of things that it’s gotten kind of boring and stale. Sure the show had alliances, but it was much more about certain people being friends with others, not this annoying web of who’s in an alliance with who and who hasn’t voted for this person’s number one which hurt this person’s number one and blah blah blah

Plus has Jay never heard of propecia and some face wash, bro is looking rough as frick these days
Posted by ColonelAngus
Huntsville,AL
Member since Aug 2023
862 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 10:41 am to
Jay/Asaf have a thing going on? Also lol at Michelle/Jay getting angry when others vote for who voted for them. Ed is the reason for the tie. Jay can't get aggressive with him. To big a pu***.
Posted by Tiger Voodoo
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Member since Mar 2007
22120 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 11:03 am to
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They’ve gone so far into the Survivor alliance politicking side of things that it’s gotten kind of boring and stale. Sure the show had alliances, but it was much more about certain people being friends with others, not this annoying web of who’s in an alliance with who and who hasn’t voted for this person’s number one which hurt this person’s number one and blah blah blah



It definitely shows how much the show has changed when pretty much everyone sits around drawing up diagrams of who is with who.

Remember just a few years ago someone dared to draw out a list like that and the entire house was WTF YOU NEVER PUT ANYTHING ON PAPER and that person was the target of the whole house and gone immediately


Kyland has not grown on me. That dude was the absolute worst on Big Brother and hasn’t changed a bit. He’s a passive aggressive nerd that has just lucked out that Jay and Michelle have alienated everyone to the point that numbers are finally looking for any alternative. They are running from them, not to him.

If Nurys wasn’t hooking up with Horacio the alliance wouldn’t have crumbled imo, but she was the one that gave Olivia, who is also still obsessed with Horacio, the excuse to leave.

And Ed and Manuel, who are both cool, realize where they stood but still aren’t even really willing to align with Kyland because he’s so annoying.


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Plus has Jay never heard of propecia


He is legit disgusting every time they show him with his hat off. That hair alone would prevent me from ever aligning with that dude
Posted by TigerCub
Team Boxtard
Member since May 2006
22600 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 11:50 am to
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It definitely shows how much the show has changed when pretty much everyone sits around drawing up diagrams of who is with who.


It’s definitely changed the last few seasons and is morphing into more of a Big Brother/Survivor type show. I wish they would bring in some Fresh Meat type people and not all these people from other reality shows.
Posted by littlebird92
Louisiana
Member since May 2018
331 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 12:33 pm to
Everytime his hat is off I can't look at him. He grosses me out too lol. Someone needs to be honest with him and tell him it's time to cut it.
Posted by CocomoLSU
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Member since Feb 2004
156584 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 12:44 pm to
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I wish they would bring in some Fresh Meat type people and not all these people from other reality shows.

Agree with that. At least when they added people from other MTV type shows it felt the same. But this feels different. That being said, I don’t mind additions from other shows. Just maybe not so many from the same one. It just begs for alliances. But it’s at least partly refreshing to see different strategies I guess.

My biggest thing is it just doesn’t make sense how or why people align with alliances when they get nothing out of it. Like Colleen isn’t even protected by hers and they actually voted her into elimination before.
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Olivia, who is also still obsessed with Horacio

Yeah that whole thing is weird. Maybe it’s how they are editing but one week she hates Horacio and “can’t trust him” and the next week she’s trying to work with him. And she hates that he is hanging with Nurys. And she hates that he talks to Zara. And most of the time it feels like jealousy. Her whole dynamic is weird. Like Nurys doesn’t care that he talks with Zara but Olivia can’t stand it. And Nurys is the one trying to bang him.
Posted by NolaLovingClemsonFan
Member since Jan 2020
2123 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 4:48 pm to
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It definitely shows how much the show has changed when pretty much everyone sits around drawing up diagrams of who is with who.

Remember just a few years ago someone dared to draw out a list like that and the entire house was WTF YOU NEVER PUT ANYTHING ON PAPER and that person was the target of the whole house and gone immediately


Yuuuuuup, total 180

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Kyland has not grown on me. That dude was the absolute worst on Big Brother and hasn’t changed a bit. He’s a passive aggressive nerd that has just lucked out that Jay and Michelle have alienated everyone to the point that numbers are finally looking for any alternative. They are running from them, not to him.


Eh, I don’t know him from Big Brother, but he hasn’t been passive aggressive at all, been super direct. I also don’t think he’s lucked out bc Jay and Michelle alienated others. Those two are pretty eh physical competitors, and they way overextended their “alliances”, which just ensures eventually some will start to feel alienated. Alliances don’t work when you want them to be 10 person deep. They may work early on to keep you from getting voted in first week, but eventually you have to double-cross some folks. The strongest alliance is a ~4 person alliance that is rock solid, as opposed to this massive web of semi-alliances they’re trying to weave.

quote:

If Nurys wasn’t hooking up with Horacio the alliance wouldn’t have crumbled imo, but she was the one that gave Olivia, who is also still obsessed with Horacio, the excuse to leave.


Eh, there were so many folks in it it was always gonna fail eventually.
Posted by NolaLovingClemsonFan
Member since Jan 2020
2123 posts
Posted on 1/21/24 at 4:49 pm to
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I wish they would bring in some Fresh Meat type people and not all these people from other reality shows.


They gotta throw in more Brits and more people from those awful dating shows. Those folks are much more reminiscent of the OG cast members.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
162909 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 5:06 am to
Jay is such a huge pussy. Not only the tantrum because there was a chance he’d have to go in but then sobbing because Asaf got eliminated. He didn’t die dude get a fricking grip, he’s just catching a plane ride home
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 1/22/24 at 11:30 am to
He was far more upset about Asaf going in and ultimately getting eliminated than Asaf was.

Asaf took it in stride as a chance to go up against a legend.

Honestly, of the remaining guys, the only ones I dislike are Jay and Corey. I don’t have any opinion on British James, and I like all of the others.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
156584 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 1:38 pm to
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I don’t have any opinion on British James

My only point of note for James is that it seems like the beginning of every single episode has him worried about going in because he's some huge target by every guy in the house. And he is almost literally never voted on by anyone. So it seems like he has a very bloated opinion of himself and how good he is.

I like him fine enough I guess, but for the most part he fades into the background noise because he just fricks Moriah and lets her do all of his politicking.
This post was edited on 1/22/24 at 1:39 pm
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112857 posts
Posted on 1/22/24 at 4:51 pm to
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he just fricks Moriah and lets her do all of his politicking.
So...James is a smart dude lol.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
156584 posts
Posted on 1/24/24 at 9:49 pm to
Jesus Christ, Jay is such a whiny little bitch. Holy shite. As much as I can’t stand Michelle sometimes, she at least seems to understand what’s happening and alliances are weakening. Jay is still walking around all cocky and confident because his alliance has been running the house. And now that things aren’t going his way he’s crying.

And he’s mad at Kyland for laughing when Asaf went home? They were gunning for each other. Why wouldn’t he enjoy Asaf going home? frick Jay.

I’m not the biggest Kyland fan but I’ll be damned if I’m not fully on his side right now just because of how much I hate Jay. I mean shite, he’s even pissing Michelle off.

Night water challenge. Sweet. And the loser goes home immediately. Nice.

Why do they keep saying they’re so close to the final? There’s still like 14 people left.

I know it won’t happen but it would make my day if a Jay somehow came in last and went home.

Michelle recognizing that she kinda sucks physically is nice to see honestly. Good self awareness I guess.

Oh Moriah sucks at the challenge? I’m shocked.

Ed is good at this shite. He’s a solid addition to the cast. He’s also funny and entertaining.

Not sure I like the setup of saving someone and someone until there are three left. It’ll just be alliances saving themselves all in a row. There’s no gamesmanship to it. We shall see.

If Ed was smart he’d listen to Zara and Nurys and flip right now. That’s the move. You have all the best guys in the house on your side (sans Emmanuel) and you already should know you’re at the bottom of the big alliance. Hell, they’ve already said your name, dude.

Yeah I hate this voting system. It’s literally a line of alliances and whoever wins the daily challenge has complete control over all three in the elimination. That’s WAY too much control. I really hope it switches up at some point. The only thing I can think is that they did it because it doesn’t matter how many numbers you have, if you don’t win the challenge you’re in danger.

Horacio: “Don’t save me.” Shut the frick up, bro. You have to play a smart game at some point.

Throwing both Horacio and Kyland into elimination is stupid as frick and ruins your absolute best chance to win. Good job, idiot. At least you’re pretty.

Jay: “I’m not doing this with emotion.”
*cut to Jay bawling his eyes out like a girl because his “brother” was going home.

I still have no idea how these people have no clue that Jay and Michelle are running things. It has to be how they’re editing it or something because it’s been obvious as frick for the whole season.

I also don’t like the three way elimination because it’s not ever gonna be physical and will be all puzzles I don’t think.

Horacio and Kyland should 100% work together and send Zara home. It’s their best chance to win. I do feel bad for her that she’s dyslexic and the sudoku math puzzle will break her.

You can tell TJ wasn’t happy with the three that were in the elimination. He knows they are the two best dudes and best girl in the house.

Horacio and Kyland better hope they aren’t in the same heats going forward.
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