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The Sons of the Harpy trained at Movie Villain Training Academy. Among its many teachings:

I think/hope Stoneheart won't be in the finale. The stabbing and Cersei will definitely happen, though. And I assume we'll get at least something on the Stannis/Boltons front.

So they're the Mereeneese version of poor white Southerners who vote Republican?

I know this will get buried (and it's impossible to see if this has been posted), but was anyone else shocked by the sheer numbers of the Sons of the Harpy?

I really should have decided this before I left for vacation. I didn't want people selecting teams just yet because I didn't want a backlog of entries to go through when I got back (since I was sure I'd miss some).

He was bland and inoffensive. It would have been a chore to watch him win, but I imagine if he were in a final three against Rodney and Will (or Dan and Will), he'd win handily.

You would indeed. And I believe that we've had at least one person decline (or otherwise not make it in time for the draft) in each season, so your odds are probably pretty good.

That's a very interesting suggestion. I'll have to see how that would have affected some scoring on previous seasons. That will definitely lead to some people having negative point totals; the first boot would basically be guaranteed a negative score.

Carolyn had two options: Keep Tyler and lose to him, or get rid of Tyler and go against people she thought she could beat (Rodney, Will, Sierra).

I think you're probably right that they left some of Mike talking about his religion on the cutting room floor. But at the same time I don't think he was aggressively forcing people to pray with him, a la Coach in South Pacific.

Just in case you needed any further confirmation that he's the worst.

81 seems like a totally reasonable cut-off point.

If you're not first, you're last.

Are you going to stick with the same format or switch back to the standard draft?

(Shhhhh, I have to tell them it's fair, then we sneak you in with backdoor shenanigans.)

Good question. One of them will be the winner of the Outcast league. The other will be 5th place from the Pick-4 league. I'd rather make it harder to stay in the Champions League than harder to get into it.

Yeah, I was going to bring that up, since theoretically I could start the draft for Champions League (and pick-4) immediately. But I'm about to go on vacation, and I won't be checking in to update everyone's teams while I'm gone.

I realize that Australia was Survivor's most-watched season, but it's surprising to me that people would vote in players from seasons 2 and 7, but not season 3. I don't think Kimmi was any more memorable than Teresa.

I have that info for the Champions League, but I've never done it for Pick 4. Since people can change picks after the first episode, I'm guessing even the worst performers don't run out of players very quickly.