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    The Challenge 32: Final Reckoning



    Premieres July 10.

    Post here to confirm if you're in for fantasy this time around.

    The cast list can be found on MTV's site. There's kind of a weird situation involving a couple of players not on the cast list that I'm still trying to figure out how to manage for fantasy purposes. I was exposed to a spoiler about a relatively early event in the game, and I'm curious how people want to handle it. Don't read below if you don't want to know.

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    Bananas and Devin were originally partners. Devin's father died early in the show's progress and he was replaced by Tony. The cast list does not show any of the three. I'm not sure how the cast will be billed, but I think since I know it, I'm just going to list them as Bananas and Bananas' Partner for draft purposes, knowing that that position will switch from Devin to Tony, but not given bonus points for leaving or allowing people to switch to pick up free agents. I'm willing to entertain other suggestions, though.

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    I suggest people read the spoiler, it involves something with a character's relation outside the show. Nothing juicy or drama between players.

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    I like the Banana's Partner choice, since we know this is going to happen

    I guess they decided including none of the three on the cast list was preferable to including all three since it would be a spoiler? Why not include bananas and Devin at least? Idk


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    Quote Originally Posted by Moss View Post

    I like the Banana's Partner choice, since we know this is going to happen. I guess they decided including none of the three on the cast list was preferable to including all three since it would be a spoiler? Why not include bananas and Devin at least? Idk
    That part is weird to me, too. You would think they would show someone - Bananas is the face of the show, why aren't they promoting him more? Maybe the partner leaving happens before the very first event, even? I dunno. Could look into it more, but I'd be exposing myself to even more spoilers, and I try hard to avoid those.

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    Add me to the chorus of people surprised they don't have him mentioned on the cast page even if they don't want to mention his partner. Weird that if he was even in the trailer, he didn't get a spotlight at all during it.

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    CVS just ended, and they even showed the winners in spite of there being a reunion next week.

    For the most part, this season was actually good. The twists were a bit heavy-handed, but this was going to be a disaster without them. That's not an endorsement saying they should keep doing stuff so much, especially after the way Troika played out in Vendettas, but it prevented things from being a disaster like CvS 2.

    Final challenge wouldn't have been a bad so bad for a regular season when they're not climbing mountains, doing 10k kayaking legs, etc.

    The winners, and finish of the rest:

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    1. Tony & CT
    2. Louise & Casper
    3. Wes & Booby

    I forgot there was a cliffhanger during the prior elimination, but that was probably only carried over so they only would have the final challenge take up about 40 min (including commercials).

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    In as usual.

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    Sorry I haven't been communicative this week, I took the week off and went to Omaha to watch the Beavers win the College World Series. Amazing experience, by the way, I highly recommend going if you ever get the chance to watch your team play there. It's a Championship environment without the championship price.

    Anyway, I'll get this set up to go in the next day, but to determine draft order, we'll base it on tonight's WNBA game between Connecticut Sun and Seattle Storm, which starts in just a few minutes.

    As always, we lay out the players alphabetically.

    Byrd
    Headspace
    Moss
    Valisk
    Vil
    Xno Kappa

    I'll take the score of the winning team, divide it by 6, and the remainder will determine first draft pick. Then I reconfigure the order.
    Then I'll take the score of the losing team, divide by 5, remainder determines second pick. Reconfigure order.
    What the individual high score is (from either team), I'll take that number of points scored, divide by 4, remainder determines third pick. Reconfigure order.
    Second high scorer, divide by 3, remainder determines fourth pick. Reconfigure order.
    Third highest scorer, divide by 2, remainder determines fifth pick. Sixth pick gets default.

    I'll put up draft list tonight, as well, just wanted to get this laid out before the game started.

    We'll have eight days to get the draft done, and I'll be including "Bananas' Partner" as an option.

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    Byrd (0)
    Headspace (1)
    Moss (2)
    Valisk (3)
    Vil (4)
    Xno (5)

    Winning score for the Storm-Sun game was 84-70. 84/6 = 14 R0. Meaning I get first pick. Reconfigure.

    Headspace (0)
    Moss (1)
    Valisk (2)
    Vil (3)
    Xno (4)

    Losing team score is 70. 70/5 = 14 R0, so Headspace is second. Reconfigure:

    Moss (0)
    Valisk (1)
    Vil (2)
    Xno (3)

    Top scorer was the Sun's Bentley, at 15 points. 15/4 = 3 R 3, which gets Xno third pick. Reconfigure:
    Moss (0)
    Valisk (1)
    Vil (2)

    Second scorer was the Storm's Howard, at 13. 13/3 = 4R1, when gives Valisk the fourth pick. Reconfigure:
    Moss (0)
    Vil (1)

    Four different players had 11 points. 11/2 = 5R1, which gives Vil fifth pick. Draft order:

    Byrd
    Headspace
    Xno Kappa
    Valisk
    Vil
    Moss

    I will send out the information shortly.

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    Mostly complete cast list can be found here, with the one exception we discussed above:

    Amanda
    Angela
    Bananas
    Bananas' Partner
    Brad
    Britni
    Cara Maria
    Chuck
    CT
    Da'Vonne
    Derrick
    Faith
    Jemmye
    Jenna
    Josea
    Joss
    Kailah
    Kam
    Kayleigh
    Kyle
    Marie
    Melissa
    Natalie
    Nelson
    Paulie
    Shane
    Sylvia
    Tori
    Veronica
    Zach

    Rules involving Bananas' partner:
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    Devin leaves early on due to the death of his father. Tony takes his place very early on. You don't get points for Devin leaving, nor will you have to pick a new player, because it's preordained. I'm annoyed I found out, but none of them are on the cast list. It's possible the spoilers are wrong, but I don't think so.

    It's also conceivable this spoiler is wrong; I haven't looked into it very far in order to avoid getting additional spoilers. If so, we'll figure out how to address it when we get to that point.


    There are 30 players and 6 Team Owners, so everyone should have 5 players. If someone leaves due to reasons beyond their control (other than the spoiler above), you will get to draft someone new. This does not include if people quit on their own, or if contestants get eliminated.

    If you don't draft within 24 hours, you will auto-draft the top person on the list, in alphabetical order. We've only got 9 days until the premiere, so let's keep a move on.

    Last season's final scores:
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    Cara Maria 250
    Nicole Z 235
    Brad 225
    Zach 215
    Tony 195
    Kyle 190
    Kam 170
    Britni 160
    Kailah 160
    Leroy 145
    Natalie 140
    Nelson 135
    Devin 130
    Melissa 120
    Jemmye 105
    Johnny Bananas 105
    Kayleigh 85
    Marie 60
    Sylvia 50
    Joss 45
    Shane 45
    Veronica 40
    Victor 35
    Alicia 15
    Cory 10
    Eddie 5
    Rogan 5
    Nicole R 0


    As best we know, all teams in this game are in the same competition, meaning guy-guy teams will be up against guy-girl teams and girl-girl teams. To me, that's a big advantage. And there's only one guy on the guy-guy teams who is guaranteed to be getting lots of Coitus Points.

    With the first pick in the Final Reckoning Draft, I pick:


    Here's the updated draft list.
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    Amanda
    Angela
    Bananas
    Bananas' Partner
    Brad - Byrd, #1 overall pick
    Britni
    Cara Maria
    Chuck
    CT
    Da'Vonne
    Derrick
    Faith
    Jemmye
    Jenna
    Josea
    Joss
    Kailah
    Kam
    Kayleigh
    Kyle
    Marie
    Melissa
    Natalie
    Nelson
    Paulie
    Shane
    Sylvia
    Tori
    Veronica
    Zach


    Headspace is up.

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    Xno Kappa is up.

    Here's the updated draft list.
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    Amanda - Xno Kappa, #3 overall pick (default)
    Angela
    Bananas
    Bananas' Partner
    Brad - Byrd, #1 overall pick
    Britni
    Cara Maria
    Chuck
    CT
    Da'Vonne
    Derrick
    Faith
    Jemmye
    Jenna
    Josea
    Joss
    Kailah
    Kam
    Kayleigh
    Kyle
    Marie
    Melissa
    Natalie
    Nelson
    Paulie
    Shane
    Sylvia
    Tori
    Veronica
    Zach - Headspace, #2 overall draft pick

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    Byrd what up? Can I make my pick assuming Amanda to Xno?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valisk View Post
    Byrd what up? Can I make my pick assuming Amanda to Xno?
    Yup, we have to move on.

    Amanda's not a terrible pick, either. Hope he's back before he gets Angela. Then again, she's a Bad Girls Club vet, she might not be awful either.

    Watch Xno Kappa draft an entire team by default and win this thing.

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    Shit. I completely forgot about this. So Amanda is my first pick?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xno Kappa View Post
    Shit. I completely forgot about this. So Amanda is my first pick?
    He hasn't picked yet, so you can pick someone else. But get it in now. And if Valisk picks first, it's his.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xno Kappa View Post
    Shit. I completely forgot about this. So Amanda is my first pick?
    Go ahead Xno, lol. Quickly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valisk View Post
    Go ahead Xno, lol. Quickly.
    Fuck it. Go ahead and make a pick.

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    Vil is up. Then Moss with two, then Vil again.

    Updated list:
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    Amanda - Xno Kappa, #3 overall pick (default)
    Angela
    Bananas
    Bananas' Partner
    Brad - Byrd, #1 overall pick
    Britni
    Cara Maria
    Chuck
    CT - Valisk, #4 overall pick
    Da'Vonne
    Derrick
    Faith
    Jemmye
    Jenna
    Josea
    Joss
    Kailah
    Kam
    Kayleigh
    Kyle
    Marie
    Melissa
    Natalie
    Nelson
    Paulie
    Shane
    Sylvia
    Tori
    Veronica
    Zach - Headspace, #2 overall draft pick


    Xno, if you poke your head back in and want to change from Amanda, do it soon. And it can't be CT.

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