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Originally Posted by Jacks
I'd rather waste an idol than go home with one in my pocket. That big guy from the China Survivor (James?) who went home with 2 idols probably still feels like a tool. As for drawing rocks, that wasn't done until after the 2nd vote. I don't think Tyson would have been allowed to play his idol after the first vote.
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Not using an immunity idol and getting out is terrible obviously. But using an immunity idol incorrectly is wasting the most valuable item in the game.
And sure he wasn't allowed to use his next idol after the tie vote was revealed but certainly could have done it before. So I would argue that's twice he misused his idols which alone puts him out of the elite winner category. And more importantly he put his fate in the hands of the rocks when he didn't have to. A 1/3 chance to be kicked off with an idol in his pocket instead of voting for Monica? Final 5 (5.5 I guess with Redemption...) with a hidden immunity idol had to be a much better odds than those rocks which even after winning he's still no lock for winner (getting there but a final 4 immunity challenge win going to Cierra/Comeback player probably costs him anyways).
On a different note, I wish Survivor was "live" like Big Brother so there wasn't the narratives being played. It was obvious that Tyson was going to make it far after just watching the first couple episodes and all the monologues he gets compared to all of the other contestants voted out earlier while you could almost guarantee Hayden wasn't going to win (ready to be shocked Sunday if he does now). Big Brother might push a story but they don't know the outcome so they have to give a bit more 'fair' of an edit.