I'm 10 minutes into the podcast and I totally dig it. Also, @JudgeReinhold:disqus sounds exactly like Andy Greenwald! 

Wait til you hear the podcast! 

Well I felt pretty good about my top 4 and then the next 5 could be swapped around with Craig bringing up the caboose. I just gave myself the best spot in my tier because dammit it's my team and I'm proud of them (even though I haven't seen them play yet)!

@Violina23:disqus I think my mom can attest that kids are still demanding your attention and money (mostly money) well after the agreed-upon 18 years :p

For what it's worth, I already regret it. 

I agree with you about Candice and John. The only reason I have Candice's team ranked so high is that I think Tyson has enough points potential to cover for both of them. If I felt the same way about John as I feel about Hayden for example, I'd have ranked his team higher as well but I generally agree that he's the…

When AV Club does an inevitable meta-inventory about which comment sections have taken on lives of their own, I think Survivor has to compete with Community for the top spot now. They may have 100,000 comments but we have a podcast now for Christ's sake!

Holy shit! That's a real thing now? That's the best news I've heard all day!

That was a fun draft everyone. Because I like subjectively rating things and promoting fun/violent discussion, here's my Preseason Power Rankings for all the teams.

If my team can't beat Poopert and the Mrs, then I'll relinquish my seat at the Cool Kids Table in disgrace

In all honesty if Marissa hadn't still been in I would have picked Colton. I don't hate him as much as the rest of you seem too and I think if he really matured like it seems he could be a real power-player. I'm a bit relieved I didn't have to take that gamble though.

Should I……….Should I…………fuck it I'm going for it. I'm taking Marissa. The Way just took the last strong candidate and I'm a loyal guy. Do I have complete faith in #TeamPetersen? Not at all. But a part of me thinks that maybe, just maybe………they'll be better than having a racist, turncoat, or Tyson's beard.

Engineering an Empire. My high school World History teacher didn't actually teach us anything, he just showed us the appropriate episode of Engineering an Empire for the subject we were studying. This eventually became the inspiration for a series of YouTube videos me and my friends did about Peter Weller hosting…

I'd go down with that ship if you know what I mean…………………I'll see myself out

Well I do think they're targeted early in the game, especially in tribes emphasizing tribe strength over social/alliance unity (these tribes typically led by older males). After that though I agree with your theory

Damnit I wanted Ciera. STOP IT WITH THE SOUND AND COGENT REASONING!

As my father always said: No Guts No Glory.

It's nice to discover that as a young man, I'm better off not being a challenge beast. I'm already well on my way to victory.

I actually read in one of his interviews that he HAS learned how to swim. It's this sort of continued strive toward personal improvement that makes me proud to have Gervase on my team. 

Hayden was the other player I considered taking, for all the reasons you said. Probably won't get me to watch Big Brother though