Here's how my process will work: first off, eliminate the premerge game altogether. In my eyes, the premerge is the regular season, and it leads up to the real deal; the postmerge. So automatically, the 8 people who never participated in a merge vote are already ruled out: Fransasquatch, Allie, Hope, Shamar, Laura, Russell's nephew, Matt, and vanilla Julia Landauer. For each round of the merge, I'm going to give a point to half of the castaways (for odd numbers I will round down, for example, I'll give 4 people points out of the final 9) I will continue this through the finals. Whoever has the most points will be survivornerd's Player of the Season!
FINAL 12
Cochran, Dawn, Brenda, Erik, Andrea, and Phillip each gain a point for voting correctly and not receiving any votes.
FINAL 11
Eddie, Reynold, Malcolm, and Michael are ruled out for voting incorrectly. Andrea is ruled out for receiving votes. Brenda gains a point for winning immunity. Cochran gains a point for having the Fans alliance approach him about an alliance. Dawn gains a point for getting Reynold to show her his idol. Sherri gains a point for getting declared a member of the Stealth R Us alliance. Phillip gains a point for having his speech make Malcolm and Reynold believe that they put votes on Malcolm, forcing them to waste an idol.
FINAL 10
Eddie, Erik, Reynold, and Malcolm gain a point for voting correctly. Brenda gains a point for getting Dawn's retainer for her.
FINAL 9
Malcolm, Reynold, and Andrea are ruled out for receiving votes. Eddie is also ruled out for voting incorrectly originally. Cochran gains a point for winning immunity. Erik and Sherri gain a point for having the 3 Amigos approach them for an alliance. Dawn gains the last point for comforting Brenda and performing better in the challenge than Brenda.
FINAL 8
Reynold and Eddie are ruled out for voting incorrectly. Sherri and Erik are also ruled out for receiving votes. Cochran, Dawn, Brenda, and Andrea each gain a point.
FINAL 7
Eddie and Andrea are ruled out for voting incorrectly. Brenda is also ruled out for receiving votes. Dawn is ruled out for getting targeted. Erik gains a point for winning immunity. Cochran gains a point for coming up with the plan to blindside Andrea. Sherri gains a point.
FINAL 6
Cochran, Dawn, and Sherri each gain a point for voting correctly.
FINAL 5 + FINAL 4
Cochran and Sherri gain a point for voting correctly and not receiving any votes.
FINAL 3
Cochran gains a point for winning more jury votes.
NOW, for the rankings...
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12. Corinne Kaplan - 0 points
11. Michael Snow - 0 points
10. Malcolm Freberg - 1 point
9. Reynold Toepfer - 1 point
8. Eddie Fox - 1 point
7. Phillip Sheppard - 2 points
6. Andrea Boehlke - 2 points
5. Brenda Lowe - 4 points
4. Erik Reichenbach - 4 points
2 (tie). Sherri Biethman - 5 points
2 (tie). Dawn Meehan - 5 points
1. John Cochran - 8 points
Wow, for the second time ever and for the second time in a row, we have a tie in the rankings. To the surprise of no one, Cochran is our Player of the Season! The Favorites gained a total of 26 points, while the Fans gained a total of 7 points.
