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    Challenge 35: Total Madness



    April 1! Not an April Fools Day' joke...I hope.

    Full Cast Photo:
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    Cast List with photos can be found here. (LINK FIXED)

    Wes seems to have gone full lumberjack.
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    I'll send out the e-mail, and once we get participation confirmation, I will start the draft.

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    I’m out this season Byrd. Remove me from the email string, kind sir. I’ll PM you if you don’t recall which one is me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valisk View Post
    I’m out this season Byrd. Remove me from the email string, kind sir. I’ll PM you if you don’t recall which one is me.
    Please do - I can't remember which one is which. You want to be pinged on future seasons?

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    Another cast link, the one in OP didn't work for some reason

    https://www.usmagazine.com/entertain...total-madness/

    Cast looks strong. Glad to have bear and Josh back

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    Full Cast List:

    Women -
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    Aneesa Ferreira (last on Champs v Stars 2)

    Ashley Mitchell (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Dee Nguyen (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Jenny West (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Mattie Lynn Breaux last on War of the Worlds I)

    Nany Gonzalez (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Tori Deal (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Jenna Compono (last on War of the Worlds 1)

    Bayleigh Dayton (debut from Big Brother 20)

    Kailah Casillas (last on S32: Final Reckoning)

    Kaycee Clark (debut from Big Brother 20)

    Melissa Reeves (last on S32: Final Reckoning)

    Tula "Big T" Fazakerley (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Jennifer Lee (debut from The Amazing Race 29)


    Men -
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    John Devananzio (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Jordan Wisely (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Josh Martinez (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Kyle Christie (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Stephen Bear (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Wes Bergmann (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Rogan O'Connor (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Chris "Swaggy" Williams (debut from Big Brother 20)

    Cory Wharton (last on S32: Final Reckoning)

    Faysal "Fessy" Shafaat (debut from Big Brother 20)

    Jay Starrett (debut from Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X & Ex on the Beach US)

    Nelson Thomas (last on Final Reckoning)

    Chris "CT" Tamburello (last on S34: War of the Worlds 2)

    Asaf Goren (debut from Are You the One 4 & Big Brother Israel)


    Jay is a curious first Survivor contestant. He's in the age range, but he isn't someone that screams Challenge to me. He's fine, but not particularly exciting nor extremely popular in the Survivor fan base.
    Jennifer Lee was on the first team eliminated from The Amazing Race, surprised she was interesting enough to bring back.
    Glad Melissa is back; she's my backup Challenge Crush so long as they don't invite Averey back.
    The best casting decision, though, is not having Cara Maria and Paulie on a season. That's amazing, and I really hope it continues.

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    It's unavoidable to some extent, but less pre-made alliances is better

    Tori and Jordan get a pass because they are both good characters

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    Full trailer. Loving the "The only way to make the final is to win an elimination."


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    Yeah the new twist is long overdue. Should make for some great television with people jockeying to face the weaker challengers. Also no Cara and Paulie already makes this a great season, but I have to ask, why do they still feel the need to bring back Nany lol?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xno Kappa View Post
    why do they still feel the need to bring back Nany lol?
    Nany doesn't bother me, but I agree that she doesn't add much any more. That being said, inoffensive yet uninteresting people (Jenna?) are not terrible to have on the challenge. You can't have 30 camera hogs all in the same house.

    I am surprised they bought Aneesa back again, I figured she was done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Byrd View Post
    Full trailer. Loving the "The only way to make the final is to win an elimination."

    I think the Island was the only previous season to have that wrinkle? But it was great. It came down to a few people at the end having to fight over the last relic/key/doohickey whatever

    I hope the bunker gimmick isn't too overdone... these people go crazy enough in the nice villas they usually have

    It's a shame Kailah ruined her knockout looks with a ton of plastic surgery

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moss View Post
    It's a shame Kailah ruined her knockout looks with a ton of plastic surgery
    I don't think she looks bad, but it certainly is noticeable. Perhaps just not as good as she used to? I really hope she stops where she's at.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Byrd View Post
    I don't think she looks bad, but it certainly is noticeable. Perhaps just not as good as she used to? I really hope she stops where she's at.
    Boob job was unnecessary but it's mainly the puffy lips that are a huge turnoff to me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Moss View Post
    I think the Island was the only previous season to have that wrinkle? But it was great. It came down to a few people at the end having to fight over the last relic/key/doohickey whatever
    There were plenty of problems with that season, but the gameplay format had things they should have reused or adapted from. While it was basically a pre-season, the first phase of Invasion was a good concept also using the "2 qualify, 1 eliminated" method. This season I wouldn't be surprised if some people think along those lines too.

    I forget what I went to the wiki page for The Island for, but: "Robin states she wants to win this challenge more than anything because it's her sixth one." Ahh, back when 75% of the cast of a season wasn't in the middle of a stretch of 6 out of 8 seasons.

    Having to win an elimination at some point is interesting, I guess. That'll at least maybe make some of the early ones worthwhile, but it's not always a bad thing if someone makes the end w/o going into an elimination. The issue is when the format gets out of control like last season or Vendettas. For now I'll hold on to optimism about the format and season though.

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    Found this guide on Reddit, which seems pretty useful, particularly for the rookies.

    Oh shit, Jay is Bananas' girlfriend's ex? Did not know that.

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    Valisk is out, everyone else had either confirmed themselves as being in, or commented here, so I'll assume they are good to go.

    Sadly, it's not WNBA season right now (I had no idea, and had to look), but it is NCAA Womens' Conference tournament week.

    Moss is an LSU guy, Heady's a Cincinnati fan, I'm a fan one of the other OSUs. No, not that one. Saying orange & black doesn't help. Yes, their nickname is a euphemism for vagina. That one.

    Anyway, LSU and my OSU are playing today (sorry, Headspace, I know this was important to you), so we'll base draft order on those games. Setting up to default alphabetical order.

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

    For the first pick, we'll take the winners' score in this afternoon's Mississippi State-LSU game, divide it by 5 and compare the remainder to the numbers above. Whoever has the number which matches that remainder gets first pick. Then we'll take that person out of the sequence, and renumber from 0-3.
    From there:
    Loser's score of the MSU-LSU game, divide by 4. Renumber.
    Winner's score of the Oregon State-Stanford game, divide by 3. Renumber.
    Loser's score of the Oregon State-Stanford game, divide by 2. Renumber.

    We'll get the draft started tomorrow. We have a lot more time than usual, but if you could check in every day or so, that'd be great.

    There are 28 contestants, so everyone gets five and we have three free agents for when someone leaves for reasons that aren't their own fault.

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    Mississippi State scored 79 points. 79/5 = 15 remainder 4. Xno gets first pick.

    LSU scored 49 points. 49/4 = 12 remainder 1. Headspace gets second pick.

    Now Byrd (0), Moss (1), Vil (2)

    Stanford scored 68 points. 68/3 = 23 R2. Vil gets third pick.

    Oregon State scored 57 points. 57/2 = 28 R1. Moss gets fourth pick.

    Order:
    Xno Kappa
    Headspace
    Vil
    Moss
    Byrd

    I'll put together a full cast list tomorrow for reference, but you can start picking whenever.

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    All right, let's get this party started.

    Draft Order:

    Xno Kappa
    Headspace
    Vil
    Moss
    Byrd

    Current Draft Pool:
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    Men:
    Asaf
    Bananas
    Bear
    Cory
    CT
    Fessy
    Jay

    Josh
    Kyle
    Nelson
    Rogan
    Swaggy C
    Wes

    Women
    Aneesa
    Ashley Mitchell
    Bayleigh
    Big T "Tula"
    Dee
    Jenna
    Jennifer Lee
    Jennifer West
    Kailah
    Kaycee
    Mattie Lynn
    Melissa
    Nany
    Tori Deal


    Pick History:
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    1) Xno Kappa - Jordan
    2) Headspace
    3) Vil
    4) Moss
    5) Byrd
    6) Byrd
    7) Moss
    8) Vil
    9) Headspace
    10) Xno Kappa
    11) Xno Kappa
    12) Headspace
    13) Vil
    14) Moss
    15) Byrd
    16) Byrd
    17) Moss
    18) Vil
    19) Headspace
    20) Xno Kappa
    21) Xno Kappa
    22) Headspace
    23) Vil
    24) Moss
    25) Byrd


    Headspace is currently on the clock.

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    Hell yeah! I finally get the first pick. Lemme get Jordan.

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    I don't know if he's hooked up on this show since he was in his 20s, he has a declining fight to screentime ratio, and recently is good but not great in the majority of challenges. However, I can't ignore someone that was the focus of like 75% of that trailer. Did the man snap away literally the entire opposition from last season? Way to overcorrect, casting.

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