On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:13:06 -0700, Brian Smith
<dcg_brian@hotmail.com> wrote:
This is not good. Sounds like Jeff has plans for more advantage fuckery
in the future.
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Survivor 49 host Jeff Probst reacts to epic Knowledge Is Power mishap
Did "Silent Assassin" Sophi misplay her hand?
By Dalton Ross
What just happened?!? That was the reaction of pretty much every player
and jury member on WednesdayrCOs penultimate episode of Survivor 49, when
a new wrinkle in the game left one person beaming (but not for long) and
another contestant completely, by her own words, embarrassed.
All season, Sophi Balerdi has been holding onto her secret Knowledge Is
Power advantage that allowed her to steal an immunity idol or advantage >>from a player at Tribal Council if she could correctly deduce who had
one. Then, Steven Ramm won an advantage during a Journey that become
common public knowledge rCo setting him up as the obvious victim for
SophirCOs thievery.
But there was something in the small print of that advantage that Steven
kept to himself. His advantage enabled him to block the vote of another
player, but he had to officially announce when he wanted to use it and
whom he wanted to use it on before he left for Tribal Council. And since
Sophi could only use her Knowledge Is Power at Tribal Council, that
meant Steven no longer had an advantage in his possession if he had
already given a name back at camp, thereby putting his Block-a-Vote into
play.
And that is exactly what happened.
rCLThere has been a lot of talk of ammunition and what side has more of
it,rCY Sophi announced at Tribal Council. rCLAnd Survivor 101 is when you
have something in your pocket, you really shouldnrCOt be so vocal about
it, because there could be a silent assassin in the midst.rCY
She then got to the matter at hand. "IrCOm sorry, Steven, but do you have
an advantage.rCY
Steven, who had already used his Block-a-Vote on Savannah and therefore
had a grin as wide as a Fijian island, then responded: rCLNope!rCY
When Sophi incorrectly deduced, rCLOh my God, he gave it to somebody
else,rCY Steven hit her with another rCLNope!rCY
As Sophi buried her face in her hands in humiliation and allies Rizo
Velovic and Savannah Louie tried to grasp what was happening, host Jeff
Probst made it official: rCLSo Steven doesnrCOt have an advantage, and now, >> Soph, neither do you.rCY
The host discussed the intricacies of this new equal parts delicious and
diabolical twist on the latest episode of the On Fire With Jeff Probst
podcast, revealing that yes, the exact result is what they were hoping
would happen when they put the pre-Tribal Council wrinkle into effect.
Diabolical, sure. Delicious, not a bit. Jeff is going to screw the
show up if he plans to keep going with this sort of twist.
rCLThe why behind this advantage is that we wanted to force the player, in >> this case, Steven, to play the advantage before they leave for Tribal,rCY
Probst explains on the podcast. rCLAnd that's very unusual and it's a big
twist because it forces the player to make a huge move based only on the
information they have at camp at that moment before they get to Tribal.rCY >>
That could lead to some drama on its own. rCLSo if you get to Tribal and
you realize, rCyOh, man, the vote is shifting,rCO or Tribal becomes alive, >> or you realize you've been lied to this entire time, it's too late,
you've already committed.rCY
The same thing would have happened if Sophi had been able to take the advantage from Steven. There would have been a good bit of scrambling
once that happened (if they hadn't already agreed to vote out Steven.)
This is not good. Sounds like Jeff has plans for more advantage fuckery
in the future. >__________________________________________________________________________
Survivor 49 host Jeff Probst reacts to epic Knowledge Is Power mishap
Did "Silent Assassin" Sophi misplay her hand?
By Dalton Ross
What just happened?!? That was the reaction of pretty much every player
and jury member on WednesdayrCOs penultimate episode of Survivor 49, when
a new wrinkle in the game left one person beaming (but not for long) and >another contestant completely, by her own words, embarrassed.
All season, Sophi Balerdi has been holding onto her secret Knowledge Is >Power advantage that allowed her to steal an immunity idol or advantage
from a player at Tribal Council if she could correctly deduce who had
one. Then, Steven Ramm won an advantage during a Journey that become
common public knowledge rCo setting him up as the obvious victim for >SophirCOs thievery.
But there was something in the small print of that advantage that Steven >kept to himself. His advantage enabled him to block the vote of another >player, but he had to officially announce when he wanted to use it and
whom he wanted to use it on before he left for Tribal Council. And since >Sophi could only use her Knowledge Is Power at Tribal Council, that
meant Steven no longer had an advantage in his possession if he had
already given a name back at camp, thereby putting his Block-a-Vote into >play.
And that is exactly what happened.
rCLThere has been a lot of talk of ammunition and what side has more of >it,rCY Sophi announced at Tribal Council. rCLAnd Survivor 101 is when you >have something in your pocket, you really shouldnrCOt be so vocal about
it, because there could be a silent assassin in the midst.rCY
She then got to the matter at hand. "IrCOm sorry, Steven, but do you have
an advantage.rCY
Steven, who had already used his Block-a-Vote on Savannah and therefore
had a grin as wide as a Fijian island, then responded: rCLNope!rCY
When Sophi incorrectly deduced, rCLOh my God, he gave it to somebody >else,rCY Steven hit her with another rCLNope!rCY
As Sophi buried her face in her hands in humiliation and allies Rizo
Velovic and Savannah Louie tried to grasp what was happening, host Jeff >Probst made it official: rCLSo Steven doesnrCOt have an advantage, and now, >Soph, neither do you.rCY
The host discussed the intricacies of this new equal parts delicious and >diabolical twist on the latest episode of the On Fire With Jeff Probst >podcast, revealing that yes, the exact result is what they were hoping
would happen when they put the pre-Tribal Council wrinkle into effect.
rCLThe why behind this advantage is that we wanted to force the player, in >this case, Steven, to play the advantage before they leave for Tribal,rCY >Probst explains on the podcast. rCLAnd that's very unusual and it's a big >twist because it forces the player to make a huge move based only on the >information they have at camp at that moment before they get to Tribal.rCY
That could lead to some drama on its own. rCLSo if you get to Tribal and
you realize, rCyOh, man, the vote is shifting,rCO or Tribal becomes alive, >or you realize you've been lied to this entire time, it's too late,
you've already committed.rCY
It turns out Steven was being lied to the entire time, as he was--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
eventually unanimously voted out, but the true evil beauty in the twist
is what else happened.
rCLThe second why,rCY Probst explains, rCLwas because we knew it could impact >the Knowledge Is Power, which was also in the game. So when we're laying >this out at the beginning of the year, we don't know who's going to have >what advantages and how it might play out. But we do know this: Once you >play that advantage back at camp, that secret Block-a-Vote has now been >played. The advantage is gone. It doesn't exist. It hasn't been
revealed, but it's no longer an advantage that can be stolen.rCY
While it made for an embarrassing moment for the confident,
self-proclaimed Silent Assassin, itrCOs not like Sophi necessarily did >anything wrong rCo unless you want to consider not taking one of the >multiple idols could have snagged since the merge instead.
rCLSo what Soph did that night, really, she had everything right!rCY Probst >says. rCLShe had the information, and she had set it up perfectly. And in >almost any other situation, she would've been right. She would've stolen >Steven's advantage before he used it.rCY
Want to be kept up with all things Survivor? Dig deep and sign up for >Entertainment Weekly's free Survivor Weekly newsletter to have all the >latest news, interviews, and commentary sent right to your inbox.
Which brings us to the big question. rCLSo did she misplay it? That's how >it'll go down in the history books,rCY Probst notes. rCLNot really fair. She >didn't really misplay it as much as she got got by a new twist she
couldn't have anticipated.rCY
The host is looking forward to seeing how that now plays out in the
future. rCLWhat I think is also fun is that now that players have seen it >once, they know it's possible. And how will it impact the game moving >forward? Because it gives you another layer. rCyYou know that advantage
you think I have: Maybe I still have it. Maybe I already played it.rCO
And so I think it's going to introduce new uncertainty into a game where
the uncertainty won't be revealed until later. And that can mess
everybody up.rCY
Just ask Sophi Balerdi.
Source: >https://ew.com/survivor-49-jeff-probst-reacts-epic-knowledge-is-power-mishap-11866358
This is not good. Sounds like Jeff has plans for more advantage fuckery
in the future. __________________________________________________________________________
Survivor 49 host Jeff Probst reacts to epic Knowledge Is Power mishap
Did "Silent Assassin" Sophi misplay her hand?
By Dalton Ross
What just happened?!? That was the reaction of pretty much every player
and jury member on WednesdayrCOs penultimate episode of Survivor 49, when
a new wrinkle in the game left one person beaming (but not for long) and another contestant completely, by her own words, embarrassed.
All season, Sophi Balerdi has been holding onto her secret Knowledge Is Power advantage that allowed her to steal an immunity idol or advantage
from a player at Tribal Council if she could correctly deduce who had
one. Then, Steven Ramm won an advantage during a Journey that become
common public knowledge rCo setting him up as the obvious victim for SophirCOs thievery.
But there was something in the small print of that advantage that Steven kept to himself. His advantage enabled him to block the vote of another player, but he had to officially announce when he wanted to use it and
whom he wanted to use it on before he left for Tribal Council. And since Sophi could only use her Knowledge Is Power at Tribal Council, that
meant Steven no longer had an advantage in his possession if he had
already given a name back at camp, thereby putting his Block-a-Vote into play.
And that is exactly what happened.
rCLThere has been a lot of talk of ammunition and what side has more of it,rCY Sophi announced at Tribal Council. rCLAnd Survivor 101 is when you have something in your pocket, you really shouldnrCOt be so vocal about
it, because there could be a silent assassin in the midst.rCY
She then got to the matter at hand. "IrCOm sorry, Steven, but do you have
an advantage.rCY
Steven, who had already used his Block-a-Vote on Savannah and therefore
had a grin as wide as a Fijian island, then responded: rCLNope!rCY
When Sophi incorrectly deduced, rCLOh my God, he gave it to somebody else,rCY Steven hit her with another rCLNope!rCY
As Sophi buried her face in her hands in humiliation and allies Rizo
Velovic and Savannah Louie tried to grasp what was happening, host Jeff Probst made it official: rCLSo Steven doesnrCOt have an advantage, and now, Soph, neither do you.rCY
The host discussed the intricacies of this new equal parts delicious and diabolical twist on the latest episode of the On Fire With Jeff Probst podcast, revealing that yes, the exact result is what they were hoping
would happen when they put the pre-Tribal Council wrinkle into effect.
rCLThe why behind this advantage is that we wanted to force the player, in this case, Steven, to play the advantage before they leave for Tribal,rCY Probst explains on the podcast. rCLAnd that's very unusual and it's a big twist because it forces the player to make a huge move based only on the information they have at camp at that moment before they get to Tribal.rCY
That could lead to some drama on its own. rCLSo if you get to Tribal and
you realize, rCyOh, man, the vote is shifting,rCO or Tribal becomes alive, or you realize you've been lied to this entire time, it's too late,
you've already committed.rCY
It turns out Steven was being lied to the entire time, as he was
eventually unanimously voted out, but the true evil beauty in the twist
is what else happened.
rCLThe second why,rCY Probst explains, rCLwas because we knew it could impact
the Knowledge Is Power, which was also in the game. So when we're laying this out at the beginning of the year, we don't know who's going to have what advantages and how it might play out. But we do know this: Once you play that advantage back at camp, that secret Block-a-Vote has now been played. The advantage is gone. It doesn't exist. It hasn't been
revealed, but it's no longer an advantage that can be stolen.rCY
While it made for an embarrassing moment for the confident,
self-proclaimed Silent Assassin, itrCOs not like Sophi necessarily did anything wrong rCo unless you want to consider not taking one of the multiple idols could have snagged since the merge instead.
rCLSo what Soph did that night, really, she had everything right!rCY Probst says. rCLShe had the information, and she had set it up perfectly. And in almost any other situation, she would've been right. She would've stolen Steven's advantage before he used it.rCY
Want to be kept up with all things Survivor? Dig deep and sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free Survivor Weekly newsletter to have all the latest news, interviews, and commentary sent right to your inbox.
Which brings us to the big question. rCLSo did she misplay it? That's how it'll go down in the history books,rCY Probst notes. rCLNot really fair. She didn't really misplay it as much as she got got by a new twist she
couldn't have anticipated.rCY
The host is looking forward to seeing how that now plays out in the
future. rCLWhat I think is also fun is that now that players have seen it once, they know it's possible. And how will it impact the game moving forward? Because it gives you another layer. rCyYou know that advantage
you think I have: Maybe I still have it.-a Maybe I already played it.rCO
And so I think it's going to introduce new uncertainty into a game where
the uncertainty won't be revealed until later. And that can mess
everybody up.rCY
Just ask Sophi Balerdi.
Source: https://ew.com/survivor-49-jeff-probst-reacts-epic-knowledge-is-power-mishap-11866358
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