Lying on Survivor
Does your game-play directly reflecton your personal character?
I don’t think so. After the 19th season of Survivor, I feel like a lot of people are questioning the benefits of lying.
Second place finisher Russell is by far the best player the game has ever seen. The first days of the show were spent by Russell emptying out his teammates canteens, burning their socks and lying about being a victim of Katrina. He then spent the next 40 days lying, manipulating and backstabbing to get into the finals. The question now becomes, is this an acceptable way to play?
When you play poker, should you be allowed to bluff? Do you tell the other team your football plays prior to the snap?
Some games allow players to strategically manipulate their opponents and not only is it allowed, by the players are not held to a standard of morals because of their fake handoff that confused and tricked the defense.
Why is it in Survivor that the “liars” are so looked down on?
I think perhaps it because the manipulation is done directly to the opponents face. People aren’t into getting fooled, but when you do it to their face, it tends to really piss them off.
Overall, I feel that lying and manipulation are an allowed part of Survivor game-play and do not directly reflect on a person’s character or morals.
