Jimbolaya: The Sensitive and Thoughtful Musings of Jim Rice

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Jimbolaya: The Sensitive and Thoughtful Musings of Jim Rice

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- Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:43:17 pm #799 I previously posted my Episode 1 player ranking elsewhere, but this seems like the appropriate place to give you my brilliant analysis of the game as it unfolds.

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Re: Jimbolaya: The Sensitive and Thoughtful Musings of Jim R

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- Mon Apr 18, 2016 7:43:40 pm #800 Jimcake Ranks the Stranded Players

Asshat

HOLY FUCKING CHRIST I LOVE THIS TRIBE!!! Obvi, this is our Complex Tribe, so according to infallible Edgic, our winner must come from this tribe. The only problem is there are so many to choose from . . . .

1. Jenn -- a true goddess. I am in love already. (Sry Ashley icon_blush )
2. Kelly -- I hate that bitch Sugar for stealing her from me in the draft. Everyone loves her . . .and I don't know why!
3. Joaquin -- Way overthinking things, but I like him for the inevitable trainwreck factor.
4. Sierra -- UTR goddess (and on purpose even!!!). True winner potential. A boring winner icon_yawn , but you really can't argue with winning.
5. So -- I thought Asians were good at math. icon_confused
6. Shirin -- I have no fucking idea what's going on.
7. Max -- He has no fucking idea what's going on.
8. Joe -- I was going to say "Joe is an idiot", but then I found out he's 13 years old. Still, Joe is an idiot.
9. Dan -- OMG, what a great character!!! Too bad his stay on Stranded beach will be so short.

Yali

Honestly, I'm having a hard time giving a fuck about this tribe or anyone on it. So boring. And so many alliances. I have about as much understanding of what's going on as Keith.

1. Val -- Too bad she's not an Asshat. The only player that I like on this tribe.
2. John Rocker -- OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, JEFF, RIG THE GAME SO HE CAN STAY!!! PLEASE!!! icon_wub
3. Jaclyn -- She's in the middle of everything and seems to have a good grasp of what's going on.
4. Dale -- I didn't think it was possible to be less interesting than the real Dale, but this guy proved me wrong.
5. Keith -- He was happy to be playing Keith. WTF?? Just for that lunacy her bears watching. icon_mml
6. Nadiya -- Our boring gamebot.
7. Drew -- Our boring over-thinker.
8. Reed -- Our boring UTR player.
9. Missy -- WTF is wrong with you?? No, I'm serious. I want an answer. icon_redface
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Re: Jimbolaya: The Sensitive and Thoughtful Musings of Jim R

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- Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:10:01 pm #2554 Jimcake Ranks the Stranded Players (episode 6)

Asshat

Welp, that didn't last long. Asshat plummeted from my favorite tribe to my second favorite tribe.

1. Reed & Drew: Really impressive. They not only survived, but they are on the verge of taking over this tribe. AND they have a pre-existing alliance with Dale and Nadiya, who are in great position on Yali. Reed/Drew/Dale/Nadiya/Jenn could do some real damage post-merge.

3. Jenn: I still love her, but her obsession with booting Joe seems to be overshadowing her game. She seems poised to go from So & Kelly's No. 3 to Reed and Drew's No. 3. I guess that's a bit of an upgrade.

4. So & Kelly: Counting on a merge coming soon. Seems to have no clue that Jenn is going to flip.

6. Joe: Entertaining, but so clueless. I hope his end is quick and clean.


Yali

The swap woke up this tribe. They are definitely the confessional gods and g.oddesses. These folk will be in charge post-merge, so what happens here matters. Will the stupidity of wasting a boot on Max come back to haunt any of these players? I suspect so. . . .

1. Sierra: Mastermind with two meatshields. The question for her is "Can she ever get into a *majority* alliance"?

2. Dale: Thinks Joaq is shady as fuck, while Joaq thinks he has control of Dale. He's in a tight twosome with Nadiya and Reed and Drew want to join up with him post-merge. Dale is poised to be an important endgame player.

3. Val: UTR g.oddess is on no one's radar.

4. Nadiya: She's the one who talked the other Yali into booting Max -- and she thinks that's a *good* thing!!! smh Still, she seems to be in a solid foursome with Dale, Drew and Reed (who can also bring Jenn) and also seems to be tight with Jaclyn and Val. It will be interesting when she is forced to pick a side.

5. Jaclyn: Knows that Joaq and Sierra are the players that need to go. Will she be around enough (and convincing enough) to make that happen? Observant player who needs to broaden her alliance circle because people are starting to target her already.

6. Dan: Has apparently lucked out by having the target move from him to Joaq.

7. Joaq: Thinks he is the HBIC, but most of the Yali seem to be on him and want him out.



Whenever the merge comes, it looks like So and Kelly are sitting ducks. Dan/Joaq/Sierra don't like them and Reed/Drew/Jenn (who also have Dale and Nadiya) don't like them either.

Will the other players be able to band together to stop Reed/Dale/Drew/Nadiya/Jenn? They'll bring in Jac and Val to boot So, Kelly, Joaq and Dan. Will Sierra be able to wigglesworth her way in with the women somehow? I dunno, but it looks like it will be a very good show.
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