3 Things We Hope To Get From Survivor Game Changers Tribe Swap

2. Parity In Challenges

You know what makes for a boring season of Survivor? Whenever you have a tribe that simply can’t adequately compete when it comes to challenges. Even with the move to three tribes, that remains the case.

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There are a number of reasons why that’s not a fun scenario for fans to watch play out, starting with the simple fact that it minimizes the number of players taking part in challenges. Not only are challenges with more players often more entertaining, but you also have more opportunities for scapegoats and things of that nature.

Secondly, whenever there are unbalanced tribes in terms of challenge acumen, the effects last into the merge. If a tribe is consistently coming up on the losing end of challenges, then they are losing more members. That’s pretty simple logic. However, what that means—even with three tribes—is that the remaining players at the merge are left at a severe disadvantage. For instance, say the tribe-member count going into the merge is 5-5-2. Chances are, those two outliers are going to be hung out to dry early if they don’t win Immunity. And that’s not fun for anyone.

The good news is that we are likely going to see this from Survivor Game Changers. Simply because of the fact that there are so many players in the cast that are strong in challenges, there is enough prowess to go around to where the tribes aren’t left unbalanced. Let’s just hope that’s actually the way that things happen and we aren’t left with an undesirable situation.