Thursday, October 18, 2012

The Challenge episode 5

Camilla's version of respect
After Eric and Camilla lost the Arena, Camilla flipped  out and started cursing Eric out.  Okay I understand that you want to win the challenge and didn't like the fact that Eric quit in the Arena, but take this moment to reflect and put yourself in Easy's shoes.  Even if you guys win the Arena, Eric is here alone.  If he wins the Arena, then he sends home the only person that he is really truly bonded with, Devyn.  Devyn is working with her team, they communicate and are working together very well.  Being a team will only help you in this Challenge, so be a team and work together.  Team Fresh Meat didn't have the 3 or 4 months to bond in a noncompetitive environment.  This is probably what hurt their team most, that and Camilla.  On to Camilla and her  version of respect.  Camilla, I'm sorry to tell you this but cursing out your teammates is not showing them respect.  This might be how Bananas did things with you last season and remember how you didn't like it.  Maybe other people don't like it either, just saying.  Camilla was only the member of her team shown getting into fights with every member of her team.  These fights aren't just ten minute fights but are blowouts with tons of screaming and cursing.  Camilla if your team isn't working together, not getting along, and you are getting in screaming matches with everyone- it might be YOU that is the problem not Eric or Cara or Brandon.  Also Camilla you better hope that Easy wants to talk to you, cause there is more to life than winning Challenges and this guy knows this.     


Brainy Challengers....or Not 
Oh trivia challenges how I love you.  These challenges are so much fun to watch, because of the random answers that the cast comes up with.  For instance according to Jasmine Liverpool is the capital of England.  Probably the most disappointing category that the cast got wrong was U.S. currency.  Really... you don't know you is on the dollar bill, really? Anyway on to Trishelle and her sitting out, this challenge looked dangerous and if she did feel that bad it probably was better for her to sit out but I do understand Dustin and Alton's point about just being a place holder.  With this challenge the more people that compete the better chance you have to win.  By already being one person down you are kinda screwed.  Especially with that person being Trishelle.  Trishelle most likely knows a lot about the challenges and maybe has knowledge pertaining to the other categories too.  Trishelle wished you would have competed it's entirely possible that your team could have won this one.  As much as I don't like Frank in this challenge I have to admit he won this challenge for San Diego, by Frank getting so many questions right, he paved the way for San Diego to win.   

Vegas dodges Balls
With Team San Diego winning and Team New Orleans  already going into the Arena, this means Team Cancun is safe and so is Team St. Thomas, since Team Las Vegas tried to turn on the alliance before they had too.  So San Diego's decision come down to Las Vegas or Brooklyn.  San Diego picks Brooklyn because they a want to wait and put  Vegas  in when it is a guarantee that Vegas will go home.  Sorry San Diego there are no guarantees in the Arena, so you really should have just picked them.  Brooklyn has already proven that all of their people can win in an Arena, so why not send in Vegas and hope that Dustin and Nany go in to the Arena.  Neither Dustin or Nany has been in elimination and this could give them the nerves that Preston and Mackenzie had.  These nerves could also lead to Dustin and Nany to losing the Arena.  Silly San Diego you should have took your shot at Vegas.  Oh well just hope that Vegas and Brooklyn don't wise up and come at you.  

Challenge MVP of the week- Preston 
Like I have said before, I don't really watch The Real World so I really don't know about the drama that is brought into the Challenges.  However, based on Knight's confessionals and Preston's own admissions, he isn't the most athletic male on the Challenge, but he held his own in the Challenges.  This makes him the the Challenge MVP of the week for me.  As you can probably tell from this blog, I don't necessarily believe that the person who is technically the best at the challenges  is the person I want on my team.  I want someone on my team who won't quit and won't start screaming when I can't walk through a challenge easily.  I count Preston as one of these people. Note to Knight, if you thought you had a better chance at endurance you should have gone in.  Keep you team strong for now, because that can only help you.  If you want proof go watch The Challenge Cutthroat final, a team will always help you in games where you are on a team, this is especially true this  season.  


If They are Smart.....
So in this section I say, what moves I would like to see happen based on what has happened and where people's loyalties lie.  Since the Rookie alliance is for the first time out numbered by the teams not in the alliance, either they need to full on pick up St. Thomas or St. Thomas needs to join Brooklyn  and Vegas to start an alliance of their own.  With the numbers in Turkey dwindling, an alliance isn't really crucial in keeping your team in the game. What keeps you in the game at this point is you and you winning.  This being said New Orleans probably won't make it to the finals, I would love to see them in the finals but I don't think they will be there.  St. Thomas needs to align with someone just  to cover their backs and give themselves an easier road to the finals.  St. Thomas needs someone because they are the only team without an alliance or at least a link to another team.  San Diego and Cancun have Jonna and Zach  while Vegas and Brooklyn have Sarah and Alton, these teams have each other's backs.  New Orleans is a wild card and seems to have bonded with San Diego as well as possibly Cancun this leaves St. Thomas. With a lack of ties to other teams, St. Thomas just might find themselves in the Arena a couple of times before the finals.  In short St. Thomas it's time to alliance up, and fast!!

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