[JerseyWins]

I wouldn't say it's favoring "stronger" people but it IS kinda favoring alliances because you can have 2 as HOH and put one of each of the alliances' top two targets on the block on opposite sides. Making it very easy for one of the targets to go home. On top of that, after getting that easier way to take out a top threat, you still get one of those two group members back in the next HOH competition again.

They weren't screwed from the start from this twist, they were screwed from the start by being put against a relatively loyal alliance of 8 from the start. And that's just good gameplay on any season (being so many people was a bit ridiculous but the smarter ones formed a 5-person alliance in The Detonators after that so yeah).