Cmack’s Survivor ran from August 2010 until June 2017. It featured hundreds of players over the course of 50 total seasons.
The following list will feature all 50 winners based on their individual game and where it ranks among the rest…
NOTE: This is it! The moment everyone has waited for. The reveal of my ranking for the Top 10 in the “Cmack’s Survivor Winners”. I just want to let everyone know in this set, that ranking within the Top 20 was a task, but ranking in the Top 10 was a freaking headache that I did not need. Some may question it, others may understand...for my own reasons alone, I present to you...the Top 10!
PART 5: 10-1
10: Chastain (Season 38: Tocantins), 7-0. It’s a feat that only one person in the 7-year history of any Cmack game can claim they own. Shadi is the first and only person to have won any game of mine with a unanimous Jury vote. But getting that result is one thing, the question is how did he do it? Was he sitting next to an easy opponent in the Final Tribal Council? Absolutely. But making a case for a unanimous win is something that nobody else in this series was able to do, so what was it? You could look at his alliance with Number1SurvivorFan, you could look at his ability to stay in control of the game by being a crucial vote for everyone as the game went on. His social game wasn’t elite by any means, but his dedication to the game despite being at a massive disadvantage with his time zone was ultimately one of the keys to his victory.
9: AndrewWeltner (Season 31: Cagayan), when the idea of Gen 3 came to my mind, I didn’t expect to start it off with a massive bang. It was one of my favorite seasons and one heck of a way to kickoff the journey to season 50 about 2 years later. This game was filled with some of the best players on this site, which is why Andrew winning is a big deal. He didn’t win the most challenges, didn’t have the most idols, he really didn’t have the best chance to win, even from my point of view. But at a specific time in the game, laying low managed to pay off as he was wasn’t looked at as a threat, despite holding some crucial power in the Final 4 and the Final 3. His boldest move was splitting up Jared and Julian at the Final 4 and managing to convince James to take him to the end, with all of his former alliance on the jury. It worked, and Andrew pulled off one of the biggest moves in the game, despite not casting a vote for it.
8: BBlover96 (Season 7: Redemption Island), was it really over the second the game started? Not by any means. But Jayson’s run in Redemption Island was coming off the heels of a game he probably should have won a season earlier, Samoa. He was really in control for the most part during this season, and he had a fun time doing it too. His victory was obvious when there were about 6 people remaining in the game, unless something crazy would have happened. As stated before, he’d probably tell you that he won this game the moment he stepped on the virtual island.
7: Lemjam6 (Season 37: Blood vs Water), I could probably have ranked him higher if none of the 6 remaining existed. Jake had a very good game when you look at it from a hosting perspective. He only had his name written down a few times, but the problem was that when someone voted for him and he knew, they were as good as gone, seeing as they were all voted out at the next tribal council they were eligible to go. His pairing with Mike is what is looked at as a major role in how he won. But Jake clearly played this game to win, and despite being up against a guy with the same amount of challenge wins and 0 votes against, Jake was able to have made it clear to the jury why he was indeed the best player that season.
6: Christian_ (Season 46: Fiji), you get to a point where a newbie cast can provide you with an amazing game, and it makes the winner of it seem that much better. Ranking Christian outside of the Top 5 is a travesty given how good of a game he really played in Fiji. Despite having 4 consecutive tribals where he voted in the minority, not only was he able to escape, he was able to work with magge555550101 and sneak into the Final Tribal Council with most of his early merge allies already on the Jury. It’s perhaps a pairing that won Christian the game and helped put him down as one of the greatest comeback stories during a single game.
5: Gaiaphagee (Season 17: South Pacific), so being a force during Caramoan was what led Chris to his 2nd win, but his 1st win is that much more special. Coming into this game, being billed as a “Second Chances” game, you could really feel the struggle within the entire season for Chris to make it to the end and win. Constantly switching from being in the majority to being in the minority, Chris scratched and clawed his way through just about anyone he had to in order to survive. The big moment of the season was at the Final 4 when Chris and Spinner554 finally met head to head in a tie breaker. Chris would prevail and go on to win the game.
4: AndThenThereWasOne (Season 32: Rio de Janeiro), there are some games you look at a player and think “wow, they’re good”....then you have another player and think “wow, they’re great”...Rhys is better than all of that. When he first applied, I was thrilled because I knew he was on a run of wins in group games. When he started to play, I figured out why he was a winner. We can talk about how good his social game was, but that wasn’t the point in this game. He made some big, bold moves...some with help, some on his own. Setting up Joe( jharrin7887) for elimination by handing over an idol to someone Rhys had voted for, only getting a single vote all season, that being at the 2nd tribal council, then his ability to win challenges when he absolutely needed to do so. His time zone was supposed to ruin him, but his timing is what ruined everyone else.
3: RShowFreak (Season 5: All-Stars), there was some dispute between which of Rshow’s wins I would rank higher, and much to his own surprise, it is this one. Coming into an All-Star game, everyone is out for blood. You have a cast of 18 ruthless players, including 4 former winners, numerous finalists, and pretty much the best of the best from the series. So, why does someone who was in the minority for the majority of the game end up ranking 3rd all time? Despite being outnumbered for practically the whole game, Rshow managed to pull off a massive comeback, given he had no idols, no power, and no immunity for the final votes of the game. He was able to find one crack in the majority alliance, and it ended up being the biggest crack you could find. When he was able to get the alliance of 4 to turn on one another when they were just a single vote away from being the Final 4, he was able to coast to the finals. This first win was a huge one, as RShowFreak would never again be looked at as a FTC goat, but rather as someone in the conversation to be THE G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time).
2: titan24maniac (Season 10: Good vs Evil), there has always been the debate ever since Austin won Good vs Evil, which I had at one point ranked as the best season I ever hosted until 20 seasons later when Winners vs Losers happened, whether or not I would classify him as the best winner of this series. If I am going solely upon number of wins, he stands alone. However, I look at the different aspects of his own gameplay as well as who he was playing with in order to rank his individual wins. His other wins were ranked 16 and 35 out of 50, so does that downplay his first win? Absolutely not. He came into Good vs Evil ready for a fight! He proved exactly why he not only was one of the best players, but one of the best winners. He came into a game still as somewhat of a newcomer to this series and he went toe to toe with the best this series had to offer...and he won. He was able to sit in the Finals along with 2 former winners, one being a 2-time winner ranked just behind him in this overall ranking...and he was able to convince the Jury to award him the win, and it would set off a run over the next 5 seasons where he would advance to 2 more FTCs and win them both, making him 3-0 in the Final Tribal Council. If you’re wondering, the next time Austin would be voted out under the titan24maniac account was almost 2 years after his victory in Good vs Evil.
1: Mearl (Season 25: Pearl Islands), the 2nd generation was a 10-season stretch...and not many people remember a lot about some parts of it, but there was one constant presence during those 10 seasons...it was Mearl. He had made his debut in Idol Island back in Gen 1 where he lost the FTC in 3rd place, but that defeat would be the fire he needed to continue to pursue the title of Sole Survivor in this series. He managed to come back and play in Nicaragua and Caramoan, only to get 3rd and then 2nd place...still not reaching the top of the mountain just yet. Then a game called “Cmack’s Survivor:Pearl Islands, All-Stars 2” came along...and that was exactly what Mearl needed. A battle with the best of the best from the previous 24 seasons. A cast that was comprised of 8 either future or former winners from this series. A lot of big names, and Mearl was for sure one of the most threatening as the game started...that didn’t stop him. While falling into a bind at the Final 7 in the game, Mearl was able to avoid being voted out and went on a 3-0 immunity run to end the season, and he was able to get to the finals with exactly who he needed to in order to win the game. This was a turning point for Mearl in this series, as he would return just 5 seasons later and win again, being just 1 of 5 players to win in back-to-back appearances, but being the only winner of have ever been voted out Day 1 and make it all the way back to become a winner.
Cmack’s Survivor ran from August 2010 until June 2017. It featured hundreds of players over the course of 50 total seasons.
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