12 (+1) Ciera lost all my respect by throwing her vote when she knew she could have gone home. Right after she criticized people for "not playing to win." I never really respected her anyway, she's too entitled.
11 (-1) Kimmi is largely a non-factor right now and though I love her and am hopeful for her, I think she will be a filler boot for a chaotic season and I will feel foolish ranking her higher than this.
10 (-5) Abi-Maria has officially lost her appeal to me. In an episode like this, she could have burst back into the spotlight. When Woo got voted out, she could have also. But ... she's fallen into the background, she seems blindly loyal and it's to people who she just met. She's abandoning her Ta Keo and Angkor loyalties, and she's not even being entertaining about it.
9 (+2) Kelley has a decent grasp on the game, but I think her game is a little too centered on the idol. After she got word to vote Kass and stick with majority, she does seem like a likely candidate to actually play an idol correctly. However, she's a dead woman walking after that idol is gone, and honestly I don't get a shred of entertainment out of her either.
8 (+4) Joe is trying to play a strategic game, but he's still just so bland to me. Everything is so cookie cutter with him; right now, I don't think Joe will ever surprise me in this game. He's going to play the immunity beast social game that he flourishes in, he's going to get voted out after he loses immunity or just whenever people have the numbers without him (because honestly he's a detriment as soon as you don't need his vote.)
7 (+1) Purple Kelly is back!
6 (-2) Stephen is falling into the background somewhat, but I know he wants to make big moves and it really makes me excited. I see a lot of potential in Fishbach and I think he is the dark horse
5 (+4) Spencer is finally in a good position for once, and he's playing it very well. I didn't think Spencer had a chance coming into this season, and now I kinda think he might. I wouldn't mind seeing him go deep, he's always been pretty entertaining although I do feel like he's being forced down my throat at times
4 (+2) Keith is hilarious, and today he actually addressed the numbers aspect of the game, making the move that was best strategically and ... he kinda set the pace for the first merge tribal, by making it everyone-against-kass-and-ciera instead of two-battling-sides. I don't think Keith will be a strategic mastermind, but I think he is learning enough to keep entertaining me for a while at least.
3 (-1) Jeremy is a very strong player and he's dominating this game. After tonight's tribal, I don't think anyone will make a move against him - he's a vote that they'll try to get on their side when they are trying to make a move, and he is good at staying in that position
2 (+1) Tasha is playing a good game, and the more I think about how she handled the Kass situation, the more I think she actually handled it okay. She could have planted seeds in kass or gone the other direction and not said anything, but instead she made it clear with Kass that there was no trust, thusly setting Kass off. Tasha said she learned not to trust Kass, but I think she actually had a lot more factoring in. She knew that Kass would react big, and she knew that people wouldn't care for it. Tasha is very good at going beyond the numbers and playing strategically with peoples' emotions. That is a very rare skill and it, in my opinion, makes her a very good player
1 (+0) Savage was the hero, Savage had a downfall, and now he's back on top of things with a much more well-rounded game as a result. I see him as a potential winner. When him, Kass, Tasha and Ciera were caught up in some sort of drama, he was able to emerge with numbers, trust, and not even as a target. I mentioned that I had mixed feelings about how Kass handled the situation. I think Tasha could have been voted out and she was kinda playing with fire. Savage was able to use the fight to his advantage when it easily could have put him in Tasha's position. He said a bull was released, but his calm plotting was what put him in power.
