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Survivor Cagayan: Trish has made more and better moves than everyone else

15thMay 11, 2014 by Ad555
Now before you click that neg button hear me out now ;D lol. This season's #Survivor Cagayan has been anything but predictable, with 18 new faces to the game bringing with them new ideas and strategies it has been one of the most refreshing seasons in a while. In between all the strategical twists and big egos on display though, one player has received a next to zero edit and has a lot of people hating her for being 'Tony's floater', but does Trish deserve this image?

Looking at the final 5 in Survivor Cagayan and what apparent moves they have made and the impact they have had on their game, I would say that Trish has made the most moves and the best moves in this season's Survivor.

1. Woo

Brawns never went to tribal before the tribe switch up
At the switch up Woo found himself in the minority on the Cliff blindside
Post Merge he has just followed Tony's lead.

Total Moves: 0

2. Spencer

First vote, he chooses to blindside David to protect his first ally Garrett. Arguably a good move as Garrett/David would have continued to be fixated with one another.
At tribe switch up, it is Spencer who pinpoints Alexis as who is most likely to flip in a post merge scenario, it was a good read and a good move to vote her out.
Post merge, Spencer plays on Tony's paranoia and puts it into Tony's mind that an all girl alliance exists and will vote him out, makes Tony vote Jefra and he stays in the game.

Total moves: 3 - All good moves

3. Kass

Second vote, chooses to side with J'Tia and Tasha to vote out Garrett. Considering she would have been in the majority of the tribe either way eliminating Garrett over J'Tia was just asking for them to be sent to tribal again, shocking move.
Next tribal it is Kass who makes the decision to save Spencer over J'Tia. Having first made the mistake of saving J'Tia over Garrett, Kass makes the correct move here. Saving J'Tia would have just put a bigger target on herself.
Post merge, she flips from her 6 where she was nicely placed in the top 3 to form another 6 where she currently resides at either 3/4. Whether it was the right move is still yet to be determined but it is hugely questionable.

Total Moves: 3 - 1 Good, 1 Bad, 1 Undetermined.

4. Tony

Tony made no outlandish moves before the merge, he made spyshacks, pretended he wasn't a cop but made no moves, the only time he went to tribal was during the Cliff blindside which he was part of but did not orchestrate.
Tony's first move is the LJ blindside. An ok move on the face of it, he feared LJ was plotting against him in the long run, whilst it was in LJ's mind to do so it certainly wasn't in the forefront. Arguably a good move due to the growing relationship between LJ/Trish which could have complicated the game further down the line.
Only Tony's second real move and his last so far, the Jefra blindside. A move made so much out of paranoia. It was a bad move on so many levels, you fracture your alliance's trust once with the LJ blindside and then you choose to eliminate a floater over threats such as Tasha/Spencer? Could have backfired badly in terms of fracturing his alliance although he probably felt safer than safe with his TP idol.

Total Moves: 2 - 1 good, 1 bad.

5. Trish

Trish's first move comes as she chooses to blindside Cliff. Out of everyone in her tribe she was furthest from Cliff and Lindsey and if brawns had of gone on a run to the final 6 they'd have most likely put votes towards her. Great move to bring her closer in to her tribe.
Lindsey quitting comes after the Cliff blindside, the main reason given for her quitting being Trish ..... however whiny and pathetic an exit it is ... gotta give credit to Trish for eliminating her, 1 less person .. 1 step closer to the million and it wasn't someone she was gonna ally with at any time.
Trish's third move comes at the merge where she persuades Kass to flip and vote out Sarah. Faced with a minority this was such a clever play by Trish playing on the tensions between Kass and Sarah to put the vote in her alliance's favour.
Trish's fourth and final move thus far comes during the episode where Jeremiah is voted out. Faced with a wavering Jefra, Trish calls out Tony to keep Jefra on their alliance's side. Without this the vote would more than likely have been 4-4 and make Trish draw rocks. A great personal save.

Total Moves: 4 - All good :D

Tony is so not what he is cracked up to be ;D

#TeamTrish

Comments

I think it's fun how some people thinks she is a goat, whereas others think she is playing a subtle blinder of the game. For me I can only agree on the latter if she starts making confessionals about getting rid if Tony or about strategic timing. I have NO idea what she is thinking right now which is poor on her part.
Sent by AndThenThereWasOne,May 11, 2014
AndThenThereWasOne how is that poor on her part? as if she has any control over which confessionals the editors choose to actually put on the show
she most likely does not end up winning or else they would actually put them on the show but if you watch her secret scenes and also the fact that pretty much every juror on their survivor live interview said so, she clearly has made the most moves in the game
Sent by Quinn,May 11, 2014
I tend to think if she isn't giving us the same interesting storytelling confessionals that Kass, Spencer and Tony are particularly good at on the show, it's because she didn't ever say them. I do think she is doing a superb job, but she has to take out Tony, she HAS to, and learn to narrate more clearly to the fans.
Sent by AndThenThereWasOne,May 11, 2014
quinn
Sent by AndThenThereWasOne,May 11, 2014
She didn't "make" Lindsey do anything.
I'll agree she's not doing terrible, but she did not make all of those moves , nor did anyone else do things worse than she did...
Sent by mastropola,May 11, 2014
mastropola she drove Lindsey to the point where she didn't want to continue. It's not a typical Survivor elimination but if Trish wasn't there Lindsey would not of quit.
Sent by Ad555,May 11, 2014
I don't agree with you but I like that you have reasoning behind your opinions
Sent by coolnarwhal88,May 11, 2014
This is total trash EVERY vote after merge has been tony's doing. Trish only made one move and that was voting out cliff
Sent by Sackeshi,May 11, 2014
I agree with you on Trish, but Spencer has made less good moves than Tony.
Sent by Dinosauro27,May 11, 2014
http://www.tengaged.com/blog/Sackeshi/5409747/the-only-people-left-playing-game-are-tony-and-spencer this is the real story
Sent by Sackeshi,May 11, 2014
Sackeshi Good luck with that ....
Sent by Ad555,May 11, 2014
Ad555 if trish does not make season 30 allstars then that will show she is not that good because season 30 is about to be the battle of the best!
Sent by Sackeshi,May 11, 2014
Sackeshi No. Returnees are selected not based upon gamesmanship but rather who are the biggest characters and likely to attract the biggest audiences so I will say right now ... Tony is going to appear again if he wants to, Trish won't. She isn't a big character but the moves she has made have been great ;D
Sent by Ad555,May 11, 2014
Trish being a bitch to Lindsey was not a "move"
that was just her being a bitch
Sent by Sam_Hamwich,May 11, 2014
I think Trish is playing a very good game but I dissagree with some of the things you wrote about. Lindsey quitting is not a move, that's a consequence of tensions between the two, Trish never had that intention even as stated in a confessional so it's not a move. It's a good coincidence for Trish, but not a move.

Trish calling out Tony was a good move, but that's not the main reason Jefra didn't flip, Jefra didn't flip because she couldnt convince Kass or Trish to flip, it just wasn't shown on TV (but confirmed in interviews), what's more arguable is that Trish made a good move by refusing to flip with Jefra.

Overall, I would have a tough time deciding between who is playing a better game between Trish and Spencer. Personally I would rather see him win, but that's just my opinion! hahah :P
Sent by aimers,May 11, 2014
I may be in the minority here, but I think Trish can beat Tony in a FTC. To me, Spencer has played the best game so far then Trish and then Tony. There is no doubt Tony has made moves but they're not always good. Trish hasn't made a bad move and has cleaned up some of Tony's messes because I believe it benefits her. She got rid of 2 people that didn't like her for 2 new allies. This is a GREAT move because it completely flipped her position in the tribe. I believe Tony deserves some credit for this too because it took his vote to make it happen but Trish was the instagator.

The merge and their position right now is all Trish though. Had Trish not talked to Kass, Tony and LJ would've wasted their idols and Jefra would've went home leaving that alliance in the minority. So Trish basically 100% set up their majority position. Then in f8 she KEEPS the majority together by calling Tony out on his spyshack bullshit (they saw him in it) and gets Jefra back to feeling comftorable again. Not to mention she has all the social relationships out there when Tony really just has her and Woo.

If it was a Trish/Tony f2, I believe she can gain votes from Sarah, LJ, Jefra and Kass for sure. So she would only need 1 more and I don't think it'd be a reach for Morgan or Jeremiah to vote her.
Sent by yankeeman311,May 12, 2014

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