re: The Challenge Season 33: W@r of the World$

Solid list, but I would put Kyle just slightly under or tied with Theo. He's much better than hunter and is crazy and saavy enough to get through tough stretches that Theo may not.

Hunter's intelligence and stamina are giant setbacks. He may even be last. All he has is strength over bear. Bear is probably a much better runner and way better at puzzles.

Cara for girls #1 is respectable, but honestly, if she goes into an elimination against Mattie or even maybe Natalie, she's toast.

Glad Wes, Hunter and Kyle didn't go home although Hunter isn't smart.

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Men
1. Paulie
2. Wes
3. Turbo
4. Theo, great athlete and seems smart enough but just too scared in some of the challenges he isn’t used to.

Big drop
5. Kyle
6. Hunter
7. Bear


Women

1. Cara Maria
2. Ninja Natalie
3. Mattie
4. Nany
5. Dee
6. Gerogia
7. Davonne

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That’s my exact list too


Was so happy to see Ashley go home. He seemed like a cool enough guy but his reaction when being called into elimination is just annoying. You aren’t CT dude, you haven’t done shite to earn a walk to the finals you meathead.


I don’t know if MTV is asking them to play it up when they win but Bear, Ashley, and now Paulie’s reaction when they win this season is absurd.

Who did Theresa have a kid with?

Louise and Wes teamed up on a full season would wreck shite

If I remember correctly, they used to do male and female separate round elims all the time, even just a few yrs ago.

What gets me is how they are going to fairly do the final. And by fair, I mean not curving the games at all.

It's obvious that a Turbo or Wes or Paulie would absolutely beat any girl on any physical test by a mile. They would also probably beat them handidly in any kind of swimming or eating challenge.

So really, that only leaves puzzles or some kind of mind games as a way for the girls to even get close to one of the top guys.

I'd be fine if they had 4 phases or something. One swmmiming, one running, one eating, and one puzzle round all that count equally in points.

Let's just say each stage win is worth 20 pts. 2nd is either 15 or 10 pts. 3rd is 5 pts and 2 pts for finishing. (or whatever kind of scoring system they'd want)

That gives a puzzle winner a big haul, but it also doesn't discount the rest of the skills that a final used to pride itself on.

It also makes it where a guy like Hunter could get smoked by a girl like Cara who can do puzzles and run. Hunter would finish far back of her in a distance run and probably finish dead last in a mind game.

Thats as fair as I could think if making the final without bending over backwards to handicap a well rounded strong male player.

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The men’s side is continually strong as there are good competitors among the foreigners, the Viacom family reality stars, and even AYTO people. But they are just struggling to come up with women in the same league as Emily, Laurel, Evelyn, and Rachel.

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As with real sports, the men are the ratings draw. Viewers just want the girls to be slutty or drama queens. No one cares about women's athletic competitions.

Easy E actually became a sympathetic figure his last couple of seasons. Especially after he lost some weight.

He was so big but so terrible. And everybody knew it. Those old school seasons were always him and Katy partnered together. What a shite show.

He will never live down that inferno season where that absolute shite stacked team was literally dragged down by him and his inability to run 3 or 4 miles.

Only problem I thought of from a TV standpoint is that you don't get that "triumphant" I'm the first one across the final line finish.

Instead you would probably get a deceathalon type celebration where the winner usually ends up finishing 6th or something in the final 800m sprint.

He's not first across the line, but his point accumulation has totalled more than anyone else.

I think MTV wants that big TV moment where the winner summits the mountain quickest at the end and you know he's the winner.