Game Changer: Battle Royale
April 4, 2023 7:54 AM - Season 5, Episode 10 - Subscribe
A four-part Survivor clone pits 10 players against each other, starting with "Old Guard vs. New Blood" teams (who quickly rename themselves as "Team Stop AAPI Hate" and "Team Nuevo Stop AAPI Hate Colon The Next Chapter").
I'm honestly surprised that the teams didn't immediately try to cannibalize the rest of the set after finding that the loop was part of the background decor - I imagine there's a cut scene of Sam desperately trying to stop Ify and Izzy from coming at it with crowbars.
Faking out Anna and voting out Ify was a brilliant bait-and-switch, and I have to wonder how they got Anna to vote along with it while still having her use her loop. Or maybe it was a coincidence?
I think it was Jacob who mentioned the Prisoner's Dilemma earlier - what happens if each person on the team coordinates to vote for the person next in line and produces a four-way tie? Does everyone stay, or everyone go? That'd be a fun gamble to make..
posted by FatherDagon at 12:41 PM on April 6, 2023
Faking out Anna and voting out Ify was a brilliant bait-and-switch, and I have to wonder how they got Anna to vote along with it while still having her use her loop. Or maybe it was a coincidence?
I think it was Jacob who mentioned the Prisoner's Dilemma earlier - what happens if each person on the team coordinates to vote for the person next in line and produces a four-way tie? Does everyone stay, or everyone go? That'd be a fun gamble to make..
posted by FatherDagon at 12:41 PM on April 6, 2023
I think it was smart for Anna to go ahead and use her loop—it's so public, every subsequent vote would have her in the crosshairs until she got rid of it.
what happens if each person on the team coordinates to vote for the person next in line
I assume they would copy Survivor and go to rocks? But, like, a funny version of rocks.
posted by Maecenas at 1:18 PM on April 6, 2023
what happens if each person on the team coordinates to vote for the person next in line
I assume they would copy Survivor and go to rocks? But, like, a funny version of rocks.
posted by Maecenas at 1:18 PM on April 6, 2023
I think it was Jacob who mentioned the Prisoner's Dilemma earlier
It was Adam, who said that he would just never turn. I knew as soon as he said it that he was screwed.
posted by Etrigan at 3:28 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
It was Adam, who said that he would just never turn. I knew as soon as he said it that he was screwed.
posted by Etrigan at 3:28 PM on April 6, 2023 [1 favorite]
Second Episode:
Fancy Sandwiches with cohost Claudia Sandoval. Jacob Wysocki goes hard with a three-course meal of sandwiches, including a pie-cake-pie that lands him the immunity loop-de-loop. Despite an official merge, the teams gang up on each other and tie, because FatherDagon asked for it. They draw rocks, and Lily is out.
Immunity Swap. Pretty much all crap "gifts" this time, except for Rekha's immunity loop-de-loop. Ally and Tao know they're screwed, but! Anna is forced to drop out due to breaking her foot! Lily is back! Izzy is out, but gets the last laugh with a psych! to Sam's attempted handshake. And probably takes that thong with Sam's face on it to freak Brennan out.
posted by Etrigan at 8:16 AM on April 19, 2023 [1 favorite]
Fancy Sandwiches with cohost Claudia Sandoval. Jacob Wysocki goes hard with a three-course meal of sandwiches, including a pie-cake-pie that lands him the immunity loop-de-loop. Despite an official merge, the teams gang up on each other and tie, because FatherDagon asked for it. They draw rocks, and Lily is out.
Immunity Swap. Pretty much all crap "gifts" this time, except for Rekha's immunity loop-de-loop. Ally and Tao know they're screwed, but! Anna is forced to drop out due to breaking her foot! Lily is back! Izzy is out, but gets the last laugh with a psych! to Sam's attempted handshake. And probably takes that thong with Sam's face on it to freak Brennan out.
posted by Etrigan at 8:16 AM on April 19, 2023 [1 favorite]
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Stack the Hats with cohost Rick Devens. Team Stop AAPI Hate loses and eliminates Adam.
Is itWhere's the cake? with cohost Andrew Fuller. Team Nuevo Stop AAPI Hate Colon The New Chapter loses (thanks to an "Asprin" bottle). Anna uses her giant loop de loop, but received no votes anyway, so Ify is gone.posted by Etrigan at 8:02 AM on April 4, 2023 [1 favorite]