Incredible premiere Anders!!! I love the dynamics and we have so many great players here to talk about. This is the perfect fill for my off-season Survivor cravings. Katie An army RISE! Guts & Glory is one of my favorite fan-made seasons. I'm so happy to see her here. Every episode with her in will be a win. Also interested to see how Jess, Faith & Jacq do. A woman is winning this season right? It was always a safe bet in Survivor Boston… Sherry!!! Legend. Never change! Jay S… I agree with Jess. Sorry but we need somebody to root against. Sabrina.... Messy!!! Messy!! Messy!!!
Great start to the season! Very excited to see the returnees back and so far it's been a great cast of new players too, favorites so far are Jacq and Jess. Can't wait to see what the rest of the season has in store, it's been a long time coming and so far it's lived up to the hype!
INCREDIBLE first episode. Maybe the best first episode of a College Survivor Season I've ever seen? Sabrina was an iconic first boot and this episode was so fun and chaotic, and so many people stood out right off the bat.
Wow what a great premiere of Survivor Maryland Winner Take All. My favorite newbies so far are Jess, Jacq, Andrew, Tony, and Jay S. I'm so happy that Katie and Sherry didn't get voted out. I love the Immunity Challenge and I love the twists being introduced. I'm looking forward to seeing the next episode next week.
Meissner’s sexy af for introducing us to his smart watch YESSSSS KATIE DYLAN FAITH AND SHERRY IM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR MAKING IT THROUGH 🥳🥳🥳 That was a great premiere episode I’m just praying it doesn’t go down terribly like new beginnings and major conflicts
-Welcome back, Survivor Maryland! This really does feel like visiting an old college buddy you haven’t seen since the pandemic. This is an interesting time in the series’ history: in Fall 2020 when the controversial “Major Conflict” came out Michigan had released three beloved seasons by that point, in the intervening years MI has had a few polarizing seasons of their own, with a lot of criticism on its large production team. The return of Maryland and its one-man operation feels like a breath of fresh air and a return to the simpler days of College Survivor (Michigan Difference has been great though, go check it out). -Another thing to keep an eye on: the comment section of Major Conflict was super ugly and toxic, there was a lot of bad stuff in there. With several returning players that the fanbase feels very strongly about, in one way or the other, this season feels like a powder keg before it even starts. Have the fans grown up in the past four years? We’re about to find out. -8 returnees and 12 newbies works really well: the returnees start with a slight but not insurmountable disadvantage, no one wants to vote out the returnees because they’re so cool, the returnees are incentivized to work together, create cool combos, and eliminate some of the scrubs. -Of course Jay S is an RA, they exude First Day of School energy; praying for a JayS/Jess alliance. -Game Changers hidden at the challenges is a good idea for a theme; what was lost a bit in Major Conflict was Anders designed some pretty cool challenges and advantages for the players. - -Doug and Eric are such great foils, and eternal Yin and (Eric) Yang. I hope Eric doesn’t become solely focused on taking out his great white whale (sort of like Sarah G towards Cooper) but starting out on different tribes should be good for him. -Victoria and Holly in the background; according to the Wiki Terrapin Trials began filming on 2/23/14, almost exactly a decade ago. -Jess introduces herself as Micah’s roommate, this is Josh from S7 erasure. -Both Faith and Tom from Michigan wear Clemson gear, and that’s where the similarities between the two end. “Come on, Freshman girl, spirit!” -My ancient 30yo knees watching the players having to slither on the concrete: “this is the sickest shit I’ve ever seen.” -That was an excellent first challenge, with a lot of action and comedy throughout. There was a big crowd of production in the shot and it actually added to the energy and atmosphere. -Jess starts “The Girl’s Priority” and gives her immunity necklace to the tallest white guy she can find letssss gooooooo!!!! -Morgan not only forgot her godlike bolo toss skills from S6 she also apparently doesn’t know how to put the fence-thing together? -Possible foreshadowing with Jacq’s list and Faith explaining a rock draw. I’m calling this Sam and Jacq alliance “Keep Your Torch Lit” -The purple returnees are split cleanly between jocks (Faith/Mike) and not jocks (Eric/Sherry) but the way the orange is divided is unclear for now. -Doug reminds me of King George from Australian Survivor, who appeared in two seasons between Doug’s last appearance and now. -Anders with a funny variation of “Who feels safe tonight?” “Is anyone unsure?” -Sabrina the Pre-Merge Boot: unfortunate that all three first boots of the Anders’ era are female but yeah this is the least egregious of the three-you gotta trust Katie, I think she might be really good at Survivor. -I thought with all these awesome returnees Anders might not have enough left for All-Stars 2 in S10, but we got strong performances right out of the gate from Jay S, Jess, Jacq, and Meissner and smaller but effective stuff from Sam, Andrew, and Vinik.
this was an incredible premiere! I felt like we learned a ton about the individuals and where they stood (and why)... can't wait to see where it goes from here
What a Bangar to start off another season! there's a lot of interesting dynamics the rivalry between Jay S and Jess for seemingly no reason the roommates and prexisting relationships going into the season that yes as fans were all worried for a repeat of major conflict on the other hand we have newbies who are ready to play and aren't afraid of getting their hands dirty including our first boot that even though yes it was a unanimous outcome we got more than just a 9-1 boring gameplan. Doug and Katie being a duo? Doug picked one of the most rootable people in survivor Maryland to work with and said yes il work with her because were both threats, we love to see it! Sherry and Eric working together in the shadows? premerge legends who will hopefully rewrite history. Meissner bringing up sport references that I dont understand because I'm Australian but know that he wants Katie gone for being a dangerous player. Keep the tribe strong my ass your college students none of u workout you're all getting drunk LMAO. Overall, a really fun episode and a great premiere after a long-awaited hiatus.
AAA SO EXCITED ..... Pretty happy with how the tribes turned out, with Doug and Eric on different tribes... it would be too much stress lol, happy to see both of them back!! specially Eric, I hope he makes it far Faith getting that tribal advantage after Furiosa history lol yeah that's helpful. A bit worried (imo I'm worried about all my faves even if it's just one person saying they are scared of her) but I trust that she won't get targeted soon I like the Jess Dylan Katie alliance. Me knowing that Katie's an amazing player and targeting would be smart: GET A JOB STAY AWAY FROM HER SHERRY GETTING A WIN WITH THE DOMINOES!!! SO HAPPY!! big sigh of relief at them not wanting to vote out sherry or faith but worriedd for eric. VERY EXCITED FOR SHERRY X ERIC ALLIANCE!! Andrew being like 'it wasn't Doug's fault' when people vote out the puzzle person for not doing it fast enough all the time... it begins... his power ugh it amazes me Jess and Jacq both playing good social it seems YOU'RE GOING TO PROPOSE KATIE IN FRONT OF TWO OTHER RETURNEES? LMAO I knew the returnees would not agree but I am very happy the newbies are also like nah. KATIE X DOUG ALLIANCE YESSSS SOCIAL SOCIAL 3 WEEKS BETWEEN THE FINALE AND THIS?? wow dckjshjkcjdxk ok morgan end him (i don't agree but it's funny) oh wow Doug getting heat first episode!! Sabrina came to play! i don't think it will work but so trueee get a guy out!! the Jay S vs Jess rivarly is so funny, though it seems to be one-sided for now awww man if this goes back on Sabrina after all the talk of them always voting a girl out first is sad even if she played it messy (to be fair if she had just told Jess she wanted Doug out I think it would've come back on her anyway since Jess would probably tell Morgan still ot Katie and either of them would tell Doug) "we shouldn't go big on first vote" but it's FUNNN and yes you should Yes Katie and Dylan save Sabrina pleaseee! Sabrina nooo take the lifeline it's right there :( well. bye RETURNEE ALLIANCE YESSSS
yes, in theory the newbies should work together in a mixed season, but wow it seriously NEVER works. buddy up to the returnees and let them shield you for as long as you can
Spoilers below: Happy to see it finally return!!!! And with a solid first episode too Love the returnee choices!!! I'm also happy they didn't do Eric dirty and put him on the same starting tribe as Doug lol. Fish to me is playing too hard too fast and will either be a swap vote or an early merge vote. Happy Katie didn't go at the first tribal, winners sometimes just get picked off first for being winners. Jay S seems fun to me. Jacq seems like a great player as well. Jess and Sam are great, roommates??? Reminds me of another season lol. I also like how on the phone call, they add pictures of the people talking! it really helps. I am going to pick Jacq as my winner pick. My heart wants to pick Eric or Sherri but I hope they make it far. My brain is telling my Jacq though, and I listen to my brain more than my heart like a gamebot LOL. I look forward to watching more. Winik Take All.
Anders fed us way too much with this premiere! Great start!
Incredible premiere Anders!!! I love the dynamics and we have so many great players here to talk about. This is the perfect fill for my off-season Survivor cravings.
Katie An army RISE! Guts & Glory is one of my favorite fan-made seasons. I'm so happy to see her here. Every episode with her in will be a win. Also interested to see how Jess, Faith & Jacq do. A woman is winning this season right? It was always a safe bet in Survivor Boston…
Sherry!!! Legend. Never change!
Jay S… I agree with Jess. Sorry but we need somebody to root against.
Sabrina.... Messy!!! Messy!! Messy!!!
Great start to the season! Very excited to see the returnees back and so far it's been a great cast of new players too, favorites so far are Jacq and Jess. Can't wait to see what the rest of the season has in store, it's been a long time coming and so far it's lived up to the hype!
Doug catching strays from Morgan is so funny
INCREDIBLE first episode. Maybe the best first episode of a College Survivor Season I've ever seen? Sabrina was an iconic first boot and this episode was so fun and chaotic, and so many people stood out right off the bat.
Wow what a great premiere of Survivor Maryland Winner Take All. My favorite newbies so far are Jess, Jacq, Andrew, Tony, and Jay S. I'm so happy that Katie and Sherry didn't get voted out. I love the Immunity Challenge and I love the twists being introduced. I'm looking forward to seeing the next episode next week.
Meissner’s sexy af for introducing us to his smart watch
YESSSSS KATIE DYLAN FAITH AND SHERRY IM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR MAKING IT THROUGH 🥳🥳🥳
That was a great premiere episode I’m just praying it doesn’t go down terribly like new beginnings and major conflicts
-Welcome back, Survivor Maryland! This really does feel like visiting an old college buddy you haven’t seen since the pandemic. This is an interesting time in the series’ history: in Fall 2020 when the controversial “Major Conflict” came out Michigan had released three beloved seasons by that point, in the intervening years MI has had a few polarizing seasons of their own, with a lot of criticism on its large production team. The return of Maryland and its one-man operation feels like a breath of fresh air and a return to the simpler days of College Survivor (Michigan Difference has been great though, go check it out).
-Another thing to keep an eye on: the comment section of Major Conflict was super ugly and toxic, there was a lot of bad stuff in there. With several returning players that the fanbase feels very strongly about, in one way or the other, this season feels like a powder keg before it even starts. Have the fans grown up in the past four years? We’re about to find out.
-8 returnees and 12 newbies works really well: the returnees start with a slight but not insurmountable disadvantage, no one wants to vote out the returnees because they’re so cool, the returnees are incentivized to work together, create cool combos, and eliminate some of the scrubs.
-Of course Jay S is an RA, they exude First Day of School energy; praying for a JayS/Jess alliance.
-Game Changers hidden at the challenges is a good idea for a theme; what was lost a bit in Major Conflict was Anders designed some pretty cool challenges and advantages for the players.
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-Doug and Eric are such great foils, and eternal Yin and (Eric) Yang. I hope Eric doesn’t become solely focused on taking out his great white whale (sort of like Sarah G towards Cooper) but starting out on different tribes should be good for him.
-Victoria and Holly in the background; according to the Wiki Terrapin Trials began filming on 2/23/14, almost exactly a decade ago.
-Jess introduces herself as Micah’s roommate, this is Josh from S7 erasure.
-Both Faith and Tom from Michigan wear Clemson gear, and that’s where the similarities between the two end. “Come on, Freshman girl, spirit!”
-My ancient 30yo knees watching the players having to slither on the concrete: “this is the sickest shit I’ve ever seen.”
-That was an excellent first challenge, with a lot of action and comedy throughout. There was a big crowd of production in the shot and it actually added to the energy and atmosphere.
-Jess starts “The Girl’s Priority” and gives her immunity necklace to the tallest white guy she can find letssss gooooooo!!!!
-Morgan not only forgot her godlike bolo toss skills from S6 she also apparently doesn’t know how to put the fence-thing together?
-Possible foreshadowing with Jacq’s list and Faith explaining a rock draw. I’m calling this Sam and Jacq alliance “Keep Your Torch Lit”
-The purple returnees are split cleanly between jocks (Faith/Mike) and not jocks (Eric/Sherry) but the way the orange is divided is unclear for now.
-Doug reminds me of King George from Australian Survivor, who appeared in two seasons between Doug’s last appearance and now.
-Anders with a funny variation of “Who feels safe tonight?” “Is anyone unsure?”
-Sabrina the Pre-Merge Boot: unfortunate that all three first boots of the Anders’ era are female but yeah this is the least egregious of the three-you gotta trust Katie, I think she might be really good at Survivor.
-I thought with all these awesome returnees Anders might not have enough left for All-Stars 2 in S10, but we got strong performances right out of the gate from Jay S, Jess, Jacq, and Meissner and smaller but effective stuff from Sam, Andrew, and Vinik.
Keep these coming all szn
I’ll try LeCompte-I’ve been doing these write-ups for Michigan too and have been up to date through E10/11
Thanks Anders & team for all your hard work.
So happy that my favorite college survivor is BACK! Loved the premiere
WHAT? no wayyy. I though this series was over
this was an incredible premiere! I felt like we learned a ton about the individuals and where they stood (and why)... can't wait to see where it goes from here
I'm so excited for the premiere of Survivor Maryland Winner Take All tonight.
my favourite player is the host
What a great premiere!! Crazy that it’s been, what, 7 years since this filmed??
the way Dylan knew he killed with "it's a guaranteed blindside"
WINIK TAKE ALL!!! Said it here first baybeee
The target on katie is huge, man! Hope she at least makes the merge. Rooting for her and sherry. Lets go
What a Bangar to start off another season! there's a lot of interesting dynamics the rivalry between Jay S and Jess for seemingly no reason the roommates and prexisting relationships going into the season that yes as fans were all worried for a repeat of major conflict on the other hand we have newbies who are ready to play and aren't afraid of getting their hands dirty including our first boot that even though yes it was a unanimous outcome we got more than just a 9-1 boring gameplan. Doug and Katie being a duo? Doug picked one of the most rootable people in survivor Maryland to work with and said yes il work with her because were both threats, we love to see it! Sherry and Eric working together in the shadows? premerge legends who will hopefully rewrite history. Meissner bringing up sport references that I dont understand because I'm Australian but know that he wants Katie gone for being a dangerous player. Keep the tribe strong my ass your college students none of u workout you're all getting drunk LMAO. Overall, a really fun episode and a great premiere after a long-awaited hiatus.
Welcome back Anders it's been way to long 😊
DAMNN so with Generations at Quar, Katie now too is a three peat!
AAA SO EXCITED
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Pretty happy with how the tribes turned out, with Doug and Eric on different tribes... it would be too much stress lol, happy to see both of them back!! specially Eric, I hope he makes it far
Faith getting that tribal advantage after Furiosa history lol yeah that's helpful. A bit worried (imo I'm worried about all my faves even if it's just one person saying they are scared of her) but I trust that she won't get targeted soon
I like the Jess Dylan Katie alliance.
Me knowing that Katie's an amazing player and targeting would be smart: GET A JOB STAY AWAY FROM HER
SHERRY GETTING A WIN WITH THE DOMINOES!!! SO HAPPY!!
big sigh of relief at them not wanting to vote out sherry or faith but worriedd for eric. VERY EXCITED FOR SHERRY X ERIC ALLIANCE!!
Andrew being like 'it wasn't Doug's fault' when people vote out the puzzle person for not doing it fast enough all the time... it begins... his power ugh it amazes me
Jess and Jacq both playing good social it seems
YOU'RE GOING TO PROPOSE KATIE IN FRONT OF TWO OTHER RETURNEES? LMAO I knew the returnees would not agree but I am very happy the newbies are also like nah. KATIE X DOUG ALLIANCE YESSSS SOCIAL SOCIAL
3 WEEKS BETWEEN THE FINALE AND THIS?? wow dckjshjkcjdxk
ok morgan end him (i don't agree but it's funny)
oh wow Doug getting heat first episode!! Sabrina came to play! i don't think it will work but
so trueee get a guy out!!
the Jay S vs Jess rivarly is so funny, though it seems to be one-sided for now
awww man if this goes back on Sabrina after all the talk of them always voting a girl out first is sad even if she played it messy (to be fair if she had just told Jess she wanted Doug out I think it would've come back on her anyway since Jess would probably tell Morgan still ot Katie and either of them would tell Doug)
"we shouldn't go big on first vote" but it's FUNNN and yes you should
Yes Katie and Dylan save Sabrina pleaseee!
Sabrina nooo take the lifeline it's right there :( well. bye
RETURNEE ALLIANCE YESSSS
yes, in theory the newbies should work together in a mixed season, but wow it seriously NEVER works. buddy up to the returnees and let them shield you for as long as you can
Getting PTSD with the roommate thing 😭
Immediately clocking Faith as the biggest threat.
And they were roommates, cant wait for all the dated references
Morgan queen already ending doug in the first episode
Spoilers below:
Happy to see it finally return!!!! And with a solid first episode too
Love the returnee choices!!! I'm also happy they didn't do Eric dirty and put him on the same starting tribe as Doug lol.
Fish to me is playing too hard too fast and will either be a swap vote or an early merge vote.
Happy Katie didn't go at the first tribal, winners sometimes just get picked off first for being winners.
Jay S seems fun to me. Jacq seems like a great player as well. Jess and Sam are great, roommates??? Reminds me of another season lol.
I also like how on the phone call, they add pictures of the people talking! it really helps.
I am going to pick Jacq as my winner pick. My heart wants to pick Eric or Sherri but I hope they make it far. My brain is telling my Jacq though, and I listen to my brain more than my heart like a gamebot LOL. I look forward to watching more.
Winik Take All.
sigh I was enjoying Sabrina but she flopped lol. this is a good cast i'm excited about the rest of the season 😻
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Morgan needs no introduction
jess kinda twisted sabrina's words smh.