tony2012
Won an Endurance Mission
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Post by tony2012 on Jul 6, 2016 22:19:58 GMT -5
#55 Vanetta Smith (E4)I remember that Vanetta was eliminated twice (once in the right to stay and again in the 2nd chance qualifier). Even though Monroe and Taylor were soulmates, Tom picked Vanetta because she finished the best out of all the girls. In a way, even though Brown/Yellow/Green had the game won, Vanetta helped keep the Orange/Gray/Purple/Red alliance moving forward by giving control of the game back to Nicole, due to her and Nicole being good friends. Tom tried to talk her out of it, but to no avail, and Yellow/Green ended up going up to Temple in one of the saddest moments in Endurance history. Outside of that, she never really had any real impact, and who knows how far they would have gone, had she not gotten hurt before one of the Temple missions. And she has the distinct honor of being the only person to represent Endurance from my hometown, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Post by Cruise meerkat Youssy on Jul 8, 2016 22:49:55 GMT -5
#54: Aeriel Miranda (Endurance: High Sierras) I really like Aeriel and I think she was a great girl with a lot of compassion and a fun personality. Unfortunately, in such a drama-filled season as High Sierras she was definitely overlooked a lot. I think she was an all-around pretty good Endurance player: a good friend, a decent competitor, and someone who you could just root for. But simply she didn't receive as much screen time as other people so we didn't get to know her as well as a lot of other players and her impact on the game wasn't super high.
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Post by Cruise meerkat Youssy on Jul 8, 2016 22:52:11 GMT -5
Btw, surprised Briana and Vanetta got cut so early. Briana is really the main thing I remember about Fiji lol even though she was eliminated first. And Vanetta is strange. I feel like she did have some impact on the game but she never really had her own story line. For example, like you said her friendship with Nicole caused the whole Squaring Off mission to turn all the way around but like... we never really saw much ABOUT her friendship with Nicole. She was also an awful competitor (I just remember her getting literally DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD in that one obstacle course mission) and then obviously she cuts her leg open and leaves the game... and doesn't even get a final interview or anything. Just voila, vanished.
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Post by amplify26 on Jul 9, 2016 17:31:55 GMT -5
#52: Tom Maden (Endurance: Hawaii)
Honestly, Tom's very presence on the show is because of the six eliminated contestants returning; after he won and chose Vanetta, he didn't seem to be doing much. Understandably, had he chosen Eleanor or Taylor, the game could've change more significantly, but honestly, we didn't know. Even when Vanetta was injured and he declared himself as "a one-man team", he only lasted a day with that. Overall, Tom was likable, but was just in the background with the Yellow Team.
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Post by kwdrewfan on Jul 9, 2016 22:13:26 GMT -5
#51: Alex Reid (E3)I seem to like Alex as a person and was DEFINITELY rooting for her & Bjorn to make it farther than they did! But ultimately, she herself didn't have a lot of impact on the game, nor did she get as much screentime as some of the others in her season. So unfortunately I do believe it is her time to go.
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Post by Cruise meerkat Youssy on Jul 10, 2016 1:36:45 GMT -5
Awkward moment when there are 52... OH!! Mitch! We started at #116, but forgot that we were making E1 Max & Jenna and E2 Max & Jenna separate people... so really all of the placements are +2. (Bryan?) And oh LMAO that's totally my fault...
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Post by Cruise meerkat Youssy on Jul 16, 2016 20:18:40 GMT -5
Okay I fixed the numbers. The next one should be 52. Sorry about that confusion! Lol. The fact that we made it so far and only just now caught it...
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tony2012
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Post by tony2012 on Jul 16, 2016 23:34:01 GMT -5
#52 Connor Konz (E6)
To be honest, I don't really remember a lot about Connor, outside of the fact that his sister was an Endurance contestant and he also won the partner challenge, and his team had an alliance with the Yellow and Blue teams.
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Post by Cruise meerkat Youssy on Jul 18, 2016 0:11:43 GMT -5
#51: Max DeLeo (Endurance 1) Big character that was out too soon - but he did start a new Endurance tradition with his letter to Jonna! His friendship with Chelsea was cute, too. He becomes a bigger thing on E2 but sadly on E1 he wasn't there as long as everyone remaining. Still, he did make his mark.
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Post by amplify26 on Jul 18, 2016 13:21:32 GMT -5
#51: Max DeLeo (Endurance 1)Big character that was out too soon - but he did start a new Endurance tradition with his letter to Jonna! His friendship with Chelsea was cute, too. He becomes a bigger thing on E2 but sadly on E1 he wasn't there as long as everyone remaining. Still, he did make his mark. I'm actually surprised with this! I expected Max (E1) could go further, especially because he tampered with the List and influenced the partner selection a bit. Then again, it did determine who would become the stronger and weaker teams of the season, to some extent. #49: Jeff Phillips (Endurance 2)Considering he made it to the final four, Jeff got relatively little screen time compared to his more outspoken partner, Annie. He laid below the radar and tried hard not to create drama, so we usually see him just chilling on the beach. Nevertheless, he was a strong competitor on his own right; with Annie, they managed to win several key missions, especially with "Cherry Picker".
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Post by Cruise meerkat Youssy on Jul 28, 2016 18:18:29 GMT -5
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Post by kwdrewfan on Aug 2, 2016 19:56:33 GMT -5
Sorrryy guys I've had a jam packed week!!
#48: Chris Tavarez (E4) A memorable player, notably for winning the Right To Stay challenge despite being the youngest in the competition! I definitely respect his strength, though I seem to recall that he had an arrogant side, yet didn't do very much to affect the game after the RtS.
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Post by amplify26 on Aug 3, 2016 12:38:12 GMT -5
Sorrryy guys I've had a jam packed week!! #48: Chris Tavarez (E4)A memorable player, notably for winning the Right To Stay challenge despite being the youngest in the competition! I definitely respect his strength, though I seem to recall that he had an arrogant side, yet didn't do very much to affect the game after the RtS. I think you meant after the partner selection, haha. On the other hand, didn't he sort of change the game when he paired Jonathan with Daniela? I thought it was interesting, as Daniela was initially paired with Michael. How much the game would've changed if the list was kept the same?
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Post by kwdrewfan on Aug 4, 2016 14:42:05 GMT -5
Sorrryy guys I've had a jam packed week!! #48: Chris Tavarez (E4)A memorable player, notably for winning the Right To Stay challenge despite being the youngest in the competition! I definitely respect his strength, though I seem to recall that he had an arrogant side, yet didn't do very much to affect the game after the RtS. I think you meant after the partner selection, haha. On the other hand, didn't he sort of change the game when he paired Jonathan with Daniela? I thought it was interesting, as Daniela was initially paired with Michael. How much the game would've changed if the list was kept the same? Whoops, you're right! It was Partner Selection! As I said, I respected his athletic abilities and you guys did mention some things that I didn't think about; but I guess the fact that I didn't think about them kind of solidifies my point for eliminating him at #48 I think he would have been a great player, though, had he lasted a bit longer. (and Avalon High was a fantastic DCOM! Hahaha)
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tony2012
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Post by tony2012 on Aug 6, 2016 10:32:17 GMT -5
I think you meant after the partner selection, haha. On the other hand, didn't he sort of change the game when he paired Jonathan with Daniela? I thought it was interesting, as Daniela was initially paired with Michael. How much the game would've changed if the list was kept the same? Whoops, you're right! It was Partner Selection! As I said, I respected his athletic abilities and you guys did mention some things that I didn't think about; but I guess the fact that I didn't think about them kind of solidifies my point for eliminating him at #48 I think he would have been a great player, though, had he lasted a bit longer. (and Avalon High was a fantastic DCOM! Hahaha) Better yet, the game would have changed had Yellow beaten Red at the ToF. I'm in the minority here, but Yellow E4 was one of my favorite Endurance teams.
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tony2012
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Post by tony2012 on Aug 6, 2016 10:37:24 GMT -5
#47 Jackie Wei (E6)
I don't really remember a lot about Jackie, except for the fact that she was chosen as Connor's partner after the partner mission. I do remember her confessional about wanting to get revenge on the Orange (or Green) team after giving Purple the Samadhi at one of the Temple Missions. I also remember them trying to help out the Blue team, to no avail.
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