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    The Best Modern Season Of Survivor Isn’t Available On Streaming — Here’s Why

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    By Nina Starner

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    The Best Modern Season Of Survivor Isn't Available On Streaming — Here's Why

    On the surface, “Survivor” is a simple game. Originally, you’d split into two (sometimes three, sometimes four) tribes upon arriving in an exotic and remote location, and from there, the mission is simple: outwit, outplay, and outlast. Win immunity challenges with your tribe to avoid voting one of your own out at tribal council, and once the tribes merge as they’re winnowed down, you win those challenges for yourself if you can. Make it to the end, convince a jury of people you screwed over to give you the title, and you’ll be crowned Sole Survivor and win $1 million. It sounds easy, but as classic seasons of “Survivor” prove, it’s anything but; not only do you have to win challenges and survive in the game, but you also have to avoid blindsides, make and break alliances, and plot shrewdly to even make it to the final tribal council.

    Things have changed. All the seasons shoot in Fiji now, the number of days was reduced from 39 to 27 in the wake of COVID, and a regular player’s gameplay on “Survivor” is now constantly interrupted by ludicrous, stupid twists endemic of this “new era.” Instead of finding hidden immunity idols, players are stuck with “Beware” challenges, where they risk losing their vote (or other bad outcomes) if they even open a hidden envelope, and all this does is ruin the fun of people hunting for those hidden idols in the first place. There’s a game of chance you can play during tribal councils called “Shot in the Dark,” and not only does it never work in anyone’s favor, but it’s also just a boring addition to the game that adds absolutely nothing.

    Instead of relying on the essential charm of “Survivor” to carry each season, host and executive producer Jeff Probst keeps adding convoluted aspects to the “new era” of “Survivor,” presumably in an attempt to make it more interesting. This isn’t helped by the fact that, in “new era” seasons featuring brand new players, they’re all hyper-aware that they’re on “Survivor” and spend more time talking about “making moves” than actually, you know, making them. If you’re a “Survivor” fan who’s found all of this really frustrating, I highly recommend “Survivor: Australia V The World” if you can track it down, because it dispenses with all of this nonsense.

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