goddamnit. if i was pissed before, now i'm livid.
i had to do almost this entire first individual immunity challenge while driving. that's no ones fault, shit happens. life happens. i had dinner with my wife and some work associates, it was unavoidable. but because of this i was not able to look at my phone. i was looking down lon enough just to type in a number and that was it. then i was just clicking submit when my car clock changed over.
i knew though that jeff CLEARLY stated beforehand that:
Jeff Probst wrote:After an hour, we will throw an extra element into the challenge to make it more difficult. After two hours, we'll throw in another.
Everyone understand how this works?
now, to a normal human being this means that, in an hour, the rules will change. fine by me, my car ride is about 45-50 minutes. perfect timing. i actually made it back in about 34/37 minutes, i know because of this game and having to count out the minutes, so i was really happy to see i made it home safely so fast. but to then find out i lost...somehow... i wantto spontaneously combust. i'm sorry, this is absurd. you don't change the rules mid challenge. if it's clearly stated at the beginning that nothing changes for an hour, then goddamnit, nothing should change for a fucking hour!
now, normally, i'd like to think anyway, i wouldn't be this pissed. a lot of this stems from the fact that my '#1 ally' ralph went and told the leaders of nama that he was the mole and he won an idol and that, out of the goodness of his heart, he decided to just give me a hidden immunity idol!
so now, in short, people think i have an idol when i don't and when i actually had a chance to win an idol for protection i can't get one because jeff decided to change the rules because, what the hell, why not?
i even said this to my tribe at the start of the season when original rick and nama were upset at the ruling of the first challenge; they should've won, or the challenge should've kept going at least. jeff clearly stated beforehand the rules. you can't change the rules mid challenge.
so, i'm going to end my rant here with this:
poody, i love you, but for the love of god, you can't change the rules mid challenge in future seasons.
Frank wrote:He announced the rule change a good 5 minutes before.
i don't care if it's announced a couple minutes beforehand.
Mia wrote:All host calls are final. That is standard practice in the ORG world. Jeff is the host and has the discretion to change challenge rules.
you shouldn't change the rules mid game. this has never happened in one survivor challenge ever, so why would it suddenly be acceptable just because this is an ORG? hell, even in marquesas kathy and them realized the rotus didn't pull their boat to the chain and they should've really won because that was explained beforehand. if it's set in stone beforehand, from now on, stick to it.
just my 2 cents/piece of advice.