We saw Survivor Game Changers change up Final Tribal Council dynamics, and now it seems Survivor Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers make earlier changes.
If Brad Culpepper showed us anything from Game Changers, it’s that you can win your way to a spot in the Final Tribal Council and still walk away with a second-place finish. Still, for most other big threats in Survivor, it’s hard to put yourself out there gameplay-wise without eventually getting targeted yourself. One change to Survivor Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers will seek to balance out the Final Four stage of the game.
An Instagram post about these changes came from “thatrealitygame,” which has since been deleted, been backed with a report from a Reddit long-time rumor poster and, more reliably, independent sources from Inside Survivor.
These changes indicate that Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers will see the Final Four Immunity Challenge winner guaranteed a Final Tribal Council spot and the power to choose someone else to join them. The two players that are not chosen will immediately head into a fire-making challenge tiebreaker, effectively making the final proper vote coming at the Final Five.
Considering how rushed the Survivor Game Changers finale season was, in terms of character development, this change will serve a multitude of benefits in Survivor Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers. First off, it means shortening down the time it takes to cover the basics of the Finale, removing the conjecture of the Final Four deliberation and adding bigger stakes to the challenge.
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Another big factor is that it gives those who are threats to win it all but are carried to Final Four due to lack of athletic prowess, will have a chance to make a fire to get into the Final Tribal Council. Both Cirie Fields and Malcolm Freberg could have won by now if this twist was included in the game from Day 1.
Still, this would be a profound change to the results of plenty of previous seasons, thus leading to a potential mixture of reactions based on who’s winning game would have been changed, in retrospect.
Do over! 😜
— David Wright (@RealDaveWright) July 5, 2017
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At least the Millennials vs. Gen X players are taking this change in stride!