(April 18, 2016 at 12:34 am)pool the great Wrote:
Hands down greatest player of all time.
Excuse me?
Did he win twice for a perfect record of 2-times-playing/2-times-winning?
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Did he so perfectly dominate the game that he didn't even hardly need to lift a finger?
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Did he not only dominate strategically, but physically, with a wickedly amazing sense of humor to boot?
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Did he play one of the most masterful strategic games in the history of the show?
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Was he so damned likable that you couldn't NOT vote for him at the end?
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Nope.
Tony was entertaining and he played a good game, but he was erratic, made huge, stupid moves he only survived because he had Trish playing defense for him, and it could very well be argued that Spencer clinched the win for him with his appeal to the jury to remember that it's a game and not to let their feelings of betrayal from Tony override the fact that he ultimately did out wit, out play, and out last them.
I'm not saying Tony wasn't a good winner, but I do contest that he is the greatest of all time. There are simply too many other dominant, more masterfully crafted, more in-control winners than him.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.