about why I prefer the "show" aspect of Survivor over the "game" aspect of it, is that often, good gameplay is not entertaining.
Kim Spradlin, played an amazing game. Made some alliances, brought 'em to the end, very likable person, boom a top 10 game is born. But there's nothing fun about that, it's painfully dull. Forming a solid alliance and being the most likable in the eyes of the jury, that is amazing gameplay, there is zero flaw in that. You will win if you can put yourself in that scenario. Pagonging is almost always your best course of action. And that's not fun. It's when different and dynamic personalities enter the mix that things get interesting.
And I get that enjoying Survivor for the game is about more than "good" gameplay, it's moreso about "intense" gameplay, where things are dynamic and you don't know who's going next. I get that. But at the end of the day, all the strategy in the world does not make up for lack of character. If you care solely about strategy, then you could just as easily go watch a chess championship, yeah?
Im not trying to say anyone's way of enjoying a tv show in incorrect or anything, that's just blatantly wrong to think, but I will adamantly argue that storylines, characters, the SHOW aspect of Survivor is fundamentally what matters more when valuing the show as a whole, it's what makes Survivor Survivor, otherwise we wouldn't have more than like MAYBE 5 seasons.
http://www.tengaged.com/group/9039/poll/s1-live-show-2-top-10-138431