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The Best Survivor?: Tony Vlachos
"Top five baby!"
Here's the very last entry I planned into this series, the Tony Video. I tried to go out with a bang, so I hope you guys really enjoy the finale of the series.
I'd like to say that the ending is heavily inspired by the ending of this Clayton Crowley Video: th-cam.com/video/gk2F3dKb1uQ/w-d-xo.html
In fact, the entire series is inspired by his "Making the Case" series for NBA players. I am very thankful to have seen this great series and to attempt to convert it into a Survivor Version, and this video's ending is nothing but a loving reference to what started me on this path.
Tony's RHAP interview that I mentioned: th-cam.com/video/jeF1CcGcWI8/w-d-xo.html&
Some of the major video providers who upload a lot of footage from the show; thanks to all of them.
Survivor Legend 68 - www.youtube.com/@SurvivorLegend68
Survivor Fan - www.youtube.com/@UCMecdWECsDd6v3loOL_hAnQ
ZP Survivor - www.youtube.com/@UCxp13aYoK9Kxhr5eJb0SAGA
Braxabee - www.youtube.com/@UCp1h8gBftUsRMOCClGWlljQ
revengeofnajoge2 - www.youtube.com/@revengeofnajoge215
Juniper - www.youtube.com/@UCh21Ubg7xBVcU9AkKNt8KVw
SurvivorOnCBS - www.youtube.com/@survivor
Tyler Ward - www.youtube.com/@UCTtjqv42ObgLd69uqNY2sFw
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The Best Survivor?: Kim Spradlin-Wolfe
มุมมอง 2.2Kปีที่แล้ว
The Kim Video! Can't have a 'best survivor' list without Kim and the awful season of One World. Seriously, it's either this or ghost island that are my least favorite seasons ever. The very last entry in this series will be coming out soon... Some of the major video providers who upload a lot of footage from the show; thanks to all of them. Survivor legend 68 - www.youtube.com/@SurvivorLegend68...
The Best Survivor?: Sandra Diaz-Twine
มุมมอง 483ปีที่แล้ว
Last time I was mean, this time I'm meaner! Sorry, it has been so long since I last uploaded it. The series will hopefully be completed in due time. There was a lot to cover in a Sandra video, and still, some things I had to leave out. Like how she adapted her game style post second win, or her appearance on Australian survivor. Some of the major video providers who upload a lot of footage from...
The Best Survivor?: Brian Heidik
มุมมอง 2.8K2 ปีที่แล้ว
Mr Freeze is in the house! Some of the major video providers who upload a lot of footage from the show; thanks to all of them. Survivor Fan - www.youtube.com/@UCMecdWECsDd6v3loOL_hAnQ Survivorism - www.youtube.com/@UC-hggC6gfwmkssSoyB44I7Q TheFunny115 - www.youtube.com/@TheFunny115
The Best Survivor?: Tom Westman
มุมมอง 9302 ปีที่แล้ว
It feels weird to cite something for a video about Survivor, but I got a lot of my points from this incredible post on Reddit; check it out and their other amazing write-ups. www.reddit.com/r/survivor/comments/kj9kut/tom_in_palau/ Some of the major video providers who upload a lot of footage from the show; thanks to all of them. Survivor Legend 68 - th-cam.com/users/SurvivorLegend68 Jungleboy 4...

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  • @tqncy
    @tqncy หลายเดือนก่อน

    i love brian

  • @mrrvriezen
    @mrrvriezen 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Correct

  • @anthonymort5202
    @anthonymort5202 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know if he's the best he controlled everybody and dominated the game but I don't know if I would consider him the best

  • @creativename7230
    @creativename7230 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    U should've done a video on Sarah lacina

  • @therealbensoule652
    @therealbensoule652 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Chris Daugherty would like a word

  • @ellygunn-myers7150
    @ellygunn-myers7150 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you should do one on Richard hatch as well

  • @manperc8629
    @manperc8629 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tony’s style of play is from Russell Hantz!!! Russell was the OG to play aggressively and the most influential player even to Tony. The only reason Russell didn’t win his two first seasons is because he was hated so much by the players.

  • @MrGothbunny
    @MrGothbunny 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Winning back to back is much more impressive than winning, flopping and being 2nd boot, then winning again sorry Tony. Also I don’t think it can be understated how much certain players like Nick, Wendell and Adam were creaming their pants at the thought of handing a 2nd win to a guy they all idolized.

    • @nin_tendo6458
      @nin_tendo6458 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! Couldn't agree more.

  • @Feeds_
    @Feeds_ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We never saw the ice man in advantageland, he could be a savage

  • @kinosinestudios
    @kinosinestudios 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope you start doing top 20 rankings or analysis videos, your content is amazing.

  • @pokemonmanic3595
    @pokemonmanic3595 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think Brian was the first player you could guess was going to win by the time the merge rolled around. Once Ken went home, it was over.

  • @catskills8553
    @catskills8553 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thailand is not a good season, but Brian is a great player.

  • @Tuturial464
    @Tuturial464 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    She clealry isnt because she has a fatal flaw. She stinks at physical challenges and a total diva

  • @eastonburnor4018
    @eastonburnor4018 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There’s also the luck based element to the game. With the cast, the challenges thrown at you at the right time. The fact that he could come off as condescending and could seem very untrustworthy.

  • @joshuapescos5335
    @joshuapescos5335 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Favorite Survivor of all time!!!

  • @friedhotwings
    @friedhotwings 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is such an amazing analysis

  • @jberczi6
    @jberczi6 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tops the psychopath rankings for sure

  • @gary6754
    @gary6754 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I dont care what anyone says - Heidik is the GOAT. put him in 100 seasons with random people and where nobody knows anything about the other people playing and Heidik will have the highest winning %...... and he's probably going to make top 6 every time

    • @rp1ten
      @rp1ten 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree with this. Also, to add, the worst he can do in all the seasons is to make the jury at least.

  • @easy_nator_gamer8498
    @easy_nator_gamer8498 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude, you can't talk about Survivor Thailand without at least a mention of "The attack zone" lmao

  • @easy_nator_gamer8498
    @easy_nator_gamer8498 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You forgot to mention the most important skills needed to win Survivor. "Skating skills! because usually on skater you have to be ice-cold, can't lose your cool. You gotta be like ice.."

    • @blindsided8726
      @blindsided8726 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It comes at the very very end of the vid

  • @eduardoroses294
    @eduardoroses294 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YES ! 100 % BRIAN HEIDIK

  • @Quatrixjs1
    @Quatrixjs1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hit the nail on the head when talkiny about his social game at the end. Subscribed

  • @BubbleNugget0
    @BubbleNugget0 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:30 disagree, Ghost Island is the worst in the shows history

    • @blindsided8726
      @blindsided8726 ปีที่แล้ว

      might have to agree with that as well.

    • @Tuturial464
      @Tuturial464 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really? Not island of the idols? You know that one? ​@blindsided8726

    • @BubbleNugget0
      @BubbleNugget0 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tuturial464 stop being sensitive n let 1 small thing ruin the whole season. sure it was bad, but not so bad that it literally ruins the whole season. The premise of the season, the 17 other contestants were a good cast, not the best but definitely not the worst

    • @upvotecomment2110
      @upvotecomment2110 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Disagree! Thailand season is the worst

  • @itzwakk335
    @itzwakk335 ปีที่แล้ว

    love these videos? are going to do one for boston rob?

    • @itzwakk335
      @itzwakk335 ปีที่แล้ว

      oh this is the last one me sad

  • @bran9022
    @bran9022 ปีที่แล้ว

    Goddess. Legend. And she is the moment

  • @zt1053
    @zt1053 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think winners at war proved this is nowhere close to being true.

  • @sssamui286
    @sssamui286 ปีที่แล้ว

    the only thing i would critique about tony is his game in game changers where he literally announced his intention to find an idol which is bad but hes still the best player of all time imo

    • @Tuturial464
      @Tuturial464 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True. Whether he didn't care that season or just wanted to goof off is a debate. But you can't deny him changing styles to playing patient to the merge knockouts

    • @LazerDude
      @LazerDude 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yeah it was bad but what Tony Expected to happen was to have everyone chase him and run looking at the start as well to break the ice but that never happened

  • @thenic3stguy
    @thenic3stguy ปีที่แล้ว

    Incredible video, your channel deserves more recognition

  • @fukayusugma2074
    @fukayusugma2074 ปีที่แล้ว

    I knew the final entry would be either Tony or Bob Crowley. (Just kidding ) Love it. Thank you. Tom and Tony make great bookends. I think they're really the two best. Tony played a third time getting a little more gold. I really look forward to what you make after this series. Despite what the previous comment says the views are actually incredible, considering how new your channel is and how few videos there are and you don't do any promotion outside just uploading good content.

  • @dagwood5256
    @dagwood5256 ปีที่แล้ว

    I know you haven't gotten a ton of views on these, but I want to say that your scripts for these videos are very sharp and that your editing is really fun. I really do enjoy these videos as an interesting way of arguing on behalf of certain players, and it's definitely a fun thought exercise. It's a shame that you do not have plans to continue with this series, as I do think you could also make legitimate claims for Jeremy Collins (the optimizer of Survivor's most effective strategy: meat shielding), Parvati Shallow (master of position play across three different seasons), Earl Cole (a practical savant who never watched the game yet who won the first unanimous jury), Denise Stapley (played a textbook Survivor winning season that would succeed across multiple different seasons), Todd Herzog (a top-level thinker who built one of the strongest alliances in Survivor), or even Cirie Fields (who is statistically the most likely to have won the most seasons, but for poorly planned twists). These were very fun to watch, and I think you put some great effort into these. Of course, the question of who is actually best at the game is incredibly difficult to discern, given the often highly misleading nature of the Survivor edit. My personal belief is that Tony and Sandra both have equally good claims to the title, by virtue of them each being optimized to win certain categories of seasons. Sandra's skillset is optimized for juries that favor social bonds (roughly half of all Survivor seasons) and Tony's is optimized for juries that favor theatrical gameplay (roughly half of all Survivor seasons). Under no circumstances could Sandra win Cagayan. Under no circumstances could Tony win Pearl Islands or Heroes vs Villains. Sandra has been given editorial credit for besting Tony once. Tony won a season that Sandra lost. Tony is the best "offensive" Survivor player the game as ever seen, Sandra the best "defensive." Both equal Parvati, Kim, and Tom as masters of position play: rarely if ever is it anyone else's best move to cut them as both are incredibly good at making it seem as if they are reasonable bets to take to the end. Thanks for making these--they were very fun.

    • @blindsided8726
      @blindsided8726 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the comment and for your support! It's very true that you could make many cases for other players, however, the energy I put into this channel was always going to be very limited. This actually isn't my only YT channel, it's just a side project, and I could only really do videos for it during the more laid-back months of the year. So I had to make who I picked to focus on very strict. The five survivors I ended up doing videos on were all survivors I genuinely thought might have been the best at some point in my life, are all in my top five best players (due to the prior point), but most importantly they all have a very narratively satisfying case to be made for them. -Tom holds the most dominant game on all fronts. -Brian is a villainous persona who "murdered" the core struggle of a survivor -Sandra's back-to-back wins speak for themselves -Kim owns the most "secure" or perfect win ever -Tony is both super dominant and successful and is simply a spectacle to watch. I definitely thought of making videos for others (Earl and Parvati were the first that come to mind), and even though there are sound arguments to be made (like the ones you listed) I just don't think they compare in terms of narratives to the five I chose. I love how you think about survivors! I'd love to hear some of the jargon you use, ie "position play". The duality you showed between Sandra and Tony is also very neat and eye-opening! Shout out for including Denise as a candidate for the best! IMO one of the most underrated survivors and a total legend! Even though I don't think I'll be making more videos like these, I might do a QnA or something, just because I love talking Survivor, because of people like you!

  • @andioop-ok3429
    @andioop-ok3429 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do Parvati next

  • @fukayusugma2074
    @fukayusugma2074 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video was more entertaining than One World.

  • @fukayusugma2074
    @fukayusugma2074 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why only 2 videos ?

    • @blindsided8726
      @blindsided8726 ปีที่แล้ว

      Was really busy with life... don't worry some new videos will drop soon-ish

    • @fukayusugma2074
      @fukayusugma2074 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@blindsided8726 Dope! Can't wait to see them :)

  • @bevs9995
    @bevs9995 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved seeing Tom gaslight Ian worse than I ever seen anyone gaslit on national TV and then tried to vote him out final 4.... twice

  • @TDuvats
    @TDuvats ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite player, and the best player. You did Brian justice with this video.

  • @secrets.295
    @secrets.295 ปีที่แล้ว

    To me he is the best ever. When I watch Survivor I am not expecting someone I could like as a friend. I like to watch somebody like him. He is so good at hiding his true colors. He is the perfect example of a true survivor. The producer and Jeff hated him so much because like u said he broke their code. That is why he was never invited.

    • @soccerguy325
      @soccerguy325 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol he WAS invited back. But, as expected, he was an asshole and demanded more money for his appearance. Jeff said "fuck that, we have plenty other options to choose from thank you very much" 🤣

  • @chriskelly6019
    @chriskelly6019 ปีที่แล้ว

    please make more videos

  • @franciscooropeza551
    @franciscooropeza551 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, the most powerful winner, Mr Freeze

  • @colabunga
    @colabunga ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that you give Clay credit! He’s really not the best, but his social game is 100% underrated.

  • @nvm9040
    @nvm9040 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He was Mr Freeze for a reason because he put feelings away and just did business

  • @allstargaming5270
    @allstargaming5270 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agree... Tom and Tony were the greatest ever imo.

  • @danieln.9135
    @danieln.9135 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this. Could you do what if videos

  • @PatkaBoy831
    @PatkaBoy831 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not the best, but my favourite and an actual unique winner. It was thought impossible to hide who you really were for weeks on end, but Brian managed it. He was a different person to everyone on his tribe and all of them couldn't believe he wasn't the lovable soccer dad he had come across as. The first truly dominant player. People love to say he almost lost to Clay.. I think they should get over him winning already, because the 4-3 vote shit always come across really salty lol.

  • @CalamariAtari
    @CalamariAtari 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How am I subscribed?