In post 140, CuddlyCaucasian wrote:441. Arlie - Expected the Unexpected (21st Place)
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"Derrick and I are buds. We see eye to eye, and it's been working. I like how far this is going, and I want to continue with this. We bonded over Big Brother 16, and man this guy is just awesome."
Arlie was a player in Survivor: Expect the Unexpected,
While I am pleasantly surprised that all the players from EtU have made it this far, since it was a pretty solid cast, in my opinion, I don't believe that Arlie should be the first boot from the game. I was really excited to see Ani apply for EtU and I think he had real potential. He wasn't in a particularly
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position in his tribe, but rather he left due to the nature of the HoH twist, and Jessie not wanting to put himself in a dangerous position going forward by cutting a more obvious outsider. While EtU definitely lacked in the latter stage of the game, I always thought the first couple rounds were very unstable and entertaining to watch.
Four of Arlie's tribemates at the time of his boot ended up making the Final 4, so I feel like in a different set of circumstances Arlie could have had real success in EtU. And I also think that Ani could have been a more interesting addition to the EtU endgame than at least one or two players who did make it far. Mostly, while I have no objections with Eon being the last game to have all its players remaining, I don't believe that Arlie should be the first boot from EtU, and I have someone else in mind for my next cut.
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