I am working on a blog series where I revisit all 20 seasons of Cutthroat #Survivor
This acts as an archive in a way, and it will allow people to reminisce all of what Cutthroat Survivor had to offer.
Season: Rasdhu
{Gray Buffs} [8/8 Remaining]
Jake [Molecule]
Ray [xMountain22x]
Tris [TMAN54445]
James [J2999]
Zach [IceMakeRampart]
Mark [piesyumyyumypies]
Jaron [JarBearFTW]
Gunther [FireWolf]
{Yellow Buffs} [8/8 Remaining]
Absol[Absol]
AJ [jflora18]
Ben [benp428]
Christian [Christian37]
Jack [CopperTribe]
Keaton [ThisIsMyGame]
Logan [lhooper902976]
Madison [MadisonViolet312]
1️⃣6️⃣ Jake [Molecule] - Kuramathi - Day 1 (4-2-2)
Half of the Kuramathi tribe (GUNTHER, JAMES, JARON, ZACH) worked together to oust JAKE. RAY & JAKE voted GUNTHER. MARK self-voted and TRIS threw a vote his way.
1️⃣5️⃣ Mark [piesyumyyumypies] - Kuramathi - Day 2 (Medical Evacuation)
After not voting in the first two tribal councils, MARK became the first player in Cutthroat history to be medically evacuated. Luckily for Kuramathi, the entire tribe wrote his name down and nobody else was eliminated.
KURAMATHI
{Gray Buffs} [7/7 Remaining]
>Madison
Tris
Ray
>Ben
>Christian
Zach
Jaron
MADIVARU
{Yellow Buffs} [7/7 Remaining]
Absol
AJ
>Gunther
Jack
>James
Keaton
Logan
The tribes swapped, leaving MADISON, BEN and CHRISTIAN on the outs at KURAMATHI and GUNTHER and JAMES on the outs at MADIVARU.
1️⃣4️⃣ Jaron [JarBearFTW] - Kuramathi/Kuramathi - Day 3 (5-2)
1️⃣3️⃣ Jack [CopperTribe] - Madivaru/Madivaru - Day 3 (3-2-1-1)
On KURAMATHI, ZACH and TRIS flipped to the Madivaru side of the tribe and voted JARON out as RAY self-voted.
On MADIVARU, the vote was all over the place with four people receiving votes. However, ABSOL, AJ and JAMES came together to put three votes on JACK, voting him out. JACK became the first MADIVARU casualty of the season.
1️⃣2️⃣ Keaton [ThisIsMyGame] - Madivaru/Madivaru - Day 4 (Medical Evacuation)
KEATON became the second player in Cutthroat history to be medically evacuated. However, because he received the majority of votes at tribal council, he was the only casualty at tribal council that evening.
1️⃣1️⃣ Christian [Christian37] - Madivaru/Kuramathi - Day 5 (3-2*-1)
This was the first idol play in Cutthroat history. ZACH played the idol on himself, negating two votes from CHRISTIAN and RAY. CHRISTIAN had been planning a blindside before the merge to take out a threat in ZACH, but the rest of his alliance was not on board. BEN, MADISON and TRIS came together to blindside CHRISTIAN.
{Blue Buffs} [10/10 Remaining]
Ray [xMountain22x]
Tris [TMAN54445]
James [J2999]
Zach [IceMakeRampart]
Gunther [FireWolf]
Absol[Absol]
AJ [jflora18]
Ben [benp428]
Logan [lhooper902976]
Madison [MadisonViolet312]
The tribes merged at the Final 10, with five from the original KURAMATHI and five from the original MADIVARU.
GUNTHER became the third player to be medically evacuated after not voting at his second consecutive tribal council.
However, another casualty would come at tribal council because GUNTHER received no other votes from the tribe. At this tribal council, old tribal lines were blurred and BEN cohorted a five-person alliance featuring ABSOL, AJ, JAMES and ZACH to vote his rival LOGAN out of the game.
0️⃣8️⃣ Ray [xMountain22x] - Kuramathi/Kuramathi/Veligandu - Day 7 (6-1-1)
With the rest of the old KURAMATHI ingratiated into the rest of the tribe, RAY's group game inexperience caught up to him at the Final 8 when he was voted out unanimously. TRIS self-voted in this round, explaining the 6-1-1 vote.
0️⃣7️⃣ Ben [benp428] - Madivaru/Kuramathi/Veligandu - Day 8 (4-3)
With only seven players left, the endgame started to begin. The alliance of ABSOL, AJ, BEN, JAMES and ZACH were on cruise control to the Final 5, and their next target was MADISON. But that didn't sit too well with ABSOL, AJ and ZACH, who wanted to make a move and take BEN out as he was the biggest threat to win the game at the time. They recruited MADISON to form a voting bloc and take out BEN in a 4-3 vote.
0️⃣6️⃣ Tris [TMAN54445] - Kuramathi/Kuramathi/Veligandu - Day 9 (4-1)
With the tribe split down the middle, the Final 6 was a crucial round, especially at the auction. Earlier in the auction, ZACH won an advantage at the next immunity challenge, putting an even larger target on his back. TRIS steamrolled at the auction, winning four items, including the chance to send someone to Exile Island. In a moment of unintelligent gameplay, TRIS sent ZACH to Exile Island, saving him from the Final 6 vote and guaranteeing that he would have an advantage to win at the Final 5. The tribe was disappointed with TRIS's decision and rewarded him by sending him out the door in a unanimous vote.
0️⃣5️⃣ AJ [jflora18] - Madivaru/Madivaru/Veligandu - Day 10 (4-1-0*)
JAMES was the final person outside of the foursome that ousted BEN, but he won immunity for the second round in a row and was saved. ZACH played his second idol of the season, but it did not negate any votes. Ultimately, ABSOL and ZACH decided it was best to stick with MADISON and oust AJ, the dark horse to win it all.
0️⃣4️⃣ James [J2999] - Kuramathi/Madivaru/Veligandu - Day 11 (3-1)
0️⃣3️⃣ Zach [IceMakeRampart] - Kuramathi/Kuramathi/Veligandu - Day 11 (1-0)
ABSOL won the final two immunity challenges of the season. The F4 immunity was used to take JAMES out to give him a better shot at winning the Final Immunity, which he won and used to take MADISON to the Final 2, eliminating ZACH, who had a decent chance of beating ABSOL.
---- Final 2 ----
0️⃣2️⃣ Madison [MadisonViolet321] - Madivaru/Kuramathi/Veligandu - Day 12 (0-7)
0️⃣1️⃣ Absol [Absol] - Madivaru/Madivaru/Veligandu - Day 12 (7-0)
To date, ABSOL is the only player to win a Cutthroat game unanimously. The jury did not like MADISON's "coaster-like" gameplay and appreciated ABSOL's under-the-radar, silent-but-deadly game.
Hosting this season at the time was very frustrating. The three medivacs were unfortunate and really made it difficult to gain any rhythm whatsoever.
The gameplay was also subpar most of the time, and there was a clear divide between the strong players and the weak players.
CHRISTIAN attempted to bust the game open with his blindside attempt of ZACH, and that was appreciated, but unfortunately it was his demise.
BEN successfully spiced the game up at the next tribal council by blindsiding LOGAN but the game never truly kicked off until the Final 7 when ABSOL, AJ and ZACH conspired against BEN to take him out.
From the Final 7 onwards, it became an interesting game but I would not call it spectacular by any means. It moved the season from terrible to tolerable.
There were some fun characters like ABSOL, BEN, JAMES, ZACH, RAY, but overall the cast did not gel very well together and for a first season it was definitely underwhelming.
Rating: 4/10
Ranking: 18/20
Returnees: Absol (VoV), Zach (AS), James (Melanesia, Henan, VoV), Tris (Melanesia, Edge of Glory), Ben (AS), Logan (Gold Coast, Edge of Glory), Christian (Flops vs. Tops)
