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Originally Posted by armand.kay

lol why do you hate MvGX so much?

-It followed on from Cambodia in heralding the arrival of the "big moves" era of the show, where characterisation and humanising moments are replaced by endless strategy talk, where social game is treated as a footnote, where a constant stream of idols and advantages make coherent and structured gameplay a thing of the past, where phrases such as "trust clusters" and "resumes" are littered throughout as if they have any bearing on how the game should be played, where juries are expected to harbour no bitterness... or really any emotion whatsoever... I could go on. This approach all culminates in someone with highly erratic gameplay being rewarded unanimously by the jury for making (failed) "big moves" over someone more akin to an old school winner like Hannah or Ken

-Speaking of which, the cast is full of gamebots, of both the offensive (Zeke, Mari, Zeke, sort of Hannah, sort of Adam, ZEKE) and the offensively dull (Chris, Bret, Sunday) variety, and character moments are either non-existent or about as subtle as a bag of bricks to the head (the Zeke/Bret scene, the Jay/Adam scene, David's entire arc, and... whoops, that's it for character moments!), with no middle ground. Personally I'd say the only worthwhile people in the MvGX cast are Jay, Michaela, Taylor, Ken and Figgy? At a push?

-The theme allowed Jeff to engage in his talk show host bull**** at every Tribal, with the nadir of it all being "millennials are cool because they abbreviate words when they text!"

-It was the first season in the Mamanuca Islands, which is a location they've now filmed six consecutive seasons in and will likely never leave, as Jeff is lazy as hell, thus killing any semblance that Survivor is supposed to be a cultural experience as well as a game

-The fact that six of the seven pre-mergers were women of colour, and the only two women in the entire top 9 were both treated as goats

-Did I mention that Zeke is awful?

It does have a couple of defenders around here (and a lot more on Reddit), but that's about it