#7

Amberly Brewster
17th Place
I actually really loved Amberly when she was participating! ... that just didn't really happen a whole lot in the 6 days she was in the game. She has fantastic meme status and I'll appreciate her for the Pirates of the Caribbean Online jokes, but I don't know if she really contributed anything more than that.

She probably would be higher if it weren't for the whole breaking-under-the-slightest-bit-of-pressure-and-throwing-off-the-whole-production-team-by-not-showing-up-to-your-boot-Tribal-Council thing that happened. It ruined the twist for that round and left a sour taste in my mouth. People work hard on these games you shouldn't just throw in the towel like that.



#6

Jenn Secular
15h Place
Okay, talk about untapped potential. Jenn should have been a force this season, but she really just could never get her feet out from underneath her. I actually credit a lot of Ceejae's boot to Jenn, for being the first person ballsy enough to throw out a name, and loved Jenn's confessionals throughout the season. But Jenn just never really had any sort of power after that so all she really had to offer up was great confessional content — which she thankfully delivered on.

Both times Jenn was at a Tribal Council she ended up in big blowups, but I was never really super entertained by them. The second blowup, mostly just left me a little uncomfortable as Naomi was really calmly able to deflect Hurricane Jenn with ease. Jenn just had a little bit of a weird arc and was kind of booted unceremoniously which is why she ranks so low, it's just hard to give her a real story besides being that person who blew up at Tribal twice.



#5

Kait Jensen
13th Place
I hate ranking her low, because I really do love Kait! She just never really got a chance to show off what she was capable of during her time. I looooved her duo with Abby but because of Lachesis' winning streak it never really amounted to anything significant, tragically. When she was swapped to Meleager she made it into the majority, but was just kind of a cog on the wheel until she was booted after a few small mistakes she made on the way.

Kait had tons of potential, it's just that when I try to think back on some good Kait moments from this season I draw blank. I would've loved to have seen her make it to the merge and I think she really could've done some damage, but if there was ever an UTR character from this season — it's unfortunately Kait.



#4

Aaron DeVault
16h Place
Okay I flat-out hated Aaron this season, lol. He just seemed over it from the get-go and wasn't putting in much effort. The complete apathy towards the game really bothered me and I didn't like that he was literally only being saved because of his pre-game ties to Jessaca, and the fact that had he made swap (bless King Devon that he didn't), he probably would've done really well because of said ties. We're blessed he was booted as early as he was.

The reason he's not last though, is because his arc is soooooooo good. Cocky douche gets blindsided the round he doesn't put any effort into the challenge? Delicious. His vote-off was the perfect blindside, he lasted the exact right amount of time in the game for him to be tolerable, and his boot set off a huge number of fireworks. Aaron actually contributed a lot to this season and I'm super grateful for it.



#3

Ceejae Gardiner
18th Place
I loved Ceejae! We were robbed! I thought she put in a great amount of effort in her last two days of the game and really enjoyed her on tribe calls and the works. Her blowup at Tribal worked for me in way that Jenn's never did, and that rant alone left me with so many fun and memorable quotes. "Suck everyone's asshole dry" for #1 obviously.

There's not a lot to talk about with Ceejae obviously, but I actually do understand her slip up and misunderstanding of the time commitments this game demands and find it totally excusable. I was never once let down with anything Ceejae did in the game and in my head she always #delivered.



#2

Jack Linnehan
12h Place
Ugh, my sweet prince. God I was terrified the first few rounds of this game because it's clear to say that Jack was not doing well at all. Those first few rounds were a poor look and if you ever told me that Jack would wind up being in a spot where he was one half of the duo that would end up running the pre-merge I never would've believed you.

From the swap onwards, Jack obviously began to shine. I looooved his confessionals and he always seemed to be doing something creative in them. Highlights include insisting that Anders has a small penis, and bragging about how he was guaranteed to make merge (that aged well whoops). Jack was definitely a flawed gameplayer, but flawed character he was not.

As DEVESTATING as his boot was this season, I do actually think it tied up his arc in a nice neat bow. It was really nice to see Jack's boot end up inducing such emotion in the viewers lounge (Episode 7 has the second most comments of any episode), and Jack being taken out right before the merge just leaves me in a place where I am wanting even more from Jack. The Revenge Tour certainly never took off in the way that he probably wanted, but the Redemption Tour sure was a huge success.



#1

Devon Sampson
14h Place
My king! What. A. Character. God Devon went on suuuuch a journey in this game? It's crazy how much of a story arc Devon was able to have in a period of three Tribal Councils at Clotho. Devon went from the UTR mastermind, to the overeager trainbot, to the scorned backstabbed Clotho leftover all within the span of like a week. Devon put so much into this game and we were all blessed by his presence in it. The pre-swap was 100% the Devon show and nothing else in my mind.

I've run out of things to say because I've spoken about Devon so much on this board, but he was an A+ player and I hope he returns.