MTV's The Challenge Thread

[KenK]

Okay, but what exactly has Dunbar or Tyler done that was so vital for his team? Even Brad hasn't done anything spectacular this challenge.

They haven't *****ed up as royally as Brandon has in the last two challenges, that's for damn sure. Maybe earlier on, he was just being singled out because he was a rookie, but even on Fresh Meat II, he was never that much of a competitor.

 

[Havok83]

Red team jsut did Brandon the way the blue team did Eric. Sucks knowing that there is nothing you can do for your team bc they will vote to get rid of you every time. I the Red team loses bc of this. With that said, Im glad Derrick is still in bc he's always been one of my favorites

Camilla should have kept her mouth close. She screwed herself over with her honesty

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Well with Brandon gone, those cowards are gonna have no easy send-in for the gulag

 

[KenK]

Red team jsut did Brandon the way the blue team did Eric.

BUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSH**************!!!!!!!!

The BIG difference between the Blue and The Red Team is that even when the Blue team would lose, you couldn't point a figure at Eric beyond a shadow of a doubt and say "you lost this challenge for your team.". Last two challenges for the Red Team, you can lay the blame squarely on Brandon's shoulders. Yeah, some of the balls got dropped, but every team had people dropping balls before they could get to whoever was shooting. And I don't give two s***s whether he was forced to take point or not. Take point, prove yourself, and you'll be fine. Prove that you belong there. If you fail to do that, you don't deserve to be there!!!!

 

[KenK]

Well with Brandon gone, those cowards are gonna have no easy send-in for the gulag

They have a better chance of actually winning some damn challenges, and those avoiding the Gulag.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I don't think Brandon was the ball&chain you do lol

 

[Havok83]

BUUUUUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSH**************!!!!!!!!

The BIG difference between the Blue and The Red Team is that even when the Blue team would lose, you couldn't point a figure at Eric beyond a shadow of a doubt and say "you lost this challenge for your team.". Last two challenges for the Red Team, you can lay the blame squarely on Brandon's shoulders. Yeah, some of the balls got dropped, but every team had people dropping balls before they could get to whoever was shooting. And I don't give two s***s whether he was forced to take point or not. Take point, prove yourself, and you'll be fine. Prove that you belong there. If you fail to do that, you don't deserve to be there!!!!

I dont think there is much of a difference bc they would have voted Brandon in EVERY time till he left. My goodness, Paula pretty much flat out said that. She said she'd rather be going to the end with Dunbar and Tyler and the one good thing about Brandon winning is that they'd have someone to vote in. His performance played diddly squat in the decision for them to vote him in

 

[KenK]

I dont think there is much of a difference bc they would have voted Brandon in EVERY time till he left. My goodness, Paula pretty much flat out said that. She said she'd rather be going to the end with Dunbar and Tyler and the one good thing about Brandon winning is that they'd have someone to vote in. His performance played diddly squat in the decision for them to vote him in

The bottom line is that his performance sucked! I could understand if he were on the some level of all the other goes, but he WASN'T!!!! I'm not going to sympathize with him when he was ultimately a poor team player! I'm not going to fault the Red team, because at the end of the day, EVERY newbie should know their place. After countless seasons, you should know that the people who have done these challenges more than, say, twice, are going to target the new blood. That is a given, you just have to accept it. Furthermore, if you're not pulling your weight on the team, you DESERVE to get voted in. Would it be nice if everyone just took some noble stance of, and just stepped up, one after another? F*** NO!!! If the person you're targeting ultimately turns out to not be worth his salt, damn right you vote that dude.

 

[Kingfish]

Couple points:

1. Brandon falls squarely in the average category. He's never going to wow you, but he'll rarely outright cost you (unless it's swimming apparently). Take his fresh meat performance for what you will (look who he was saddled with). You can't really count his Gulags for much, since he beat the two smallest guys there and was the beneficiary of Ty's...whatever the hell that was.

2. The basketball challenge was a failure on the part of the entire red team. Yes, Brandon didn't make the baskets, but he never should have been sent out there in the first place. Brad seems like a good guy, but it was a perfect example of why he's a cut below the top competitors. He should of been out there leading his team the way Derrick and Abram did. Instead, they sent out the guy they knew had problems with heights and water.

3. Dunbar, Tyler, and Chet are in the exact same category as Brandon. None of them has ever done anything in their challenges to prove themselves (What's the latest Tyler has ever gone home? Second?). Were he still there, Chet was clearly on the chopping block, because the important part of being on the red team isn't skill, it's being friends with Paula.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I think we all know why Brandon was chosen to lead the basketball challenge

 

[KenK]

Couple points:

1. Brandon falls squarely in the average category. He's never going to wow you, but he'll rarely outright cost you (unless it's swimming apparently).

Of the Red Teams, what, four losses, two of them were squarely on him! That's a fifty percent f***-up rate!!!

Take his fresh meat performance for what you will (look who he was saddled with).

The one where he got drunk off his ass the night before the Exile, and him and his partner disqualified?

2. The basketball challenge was a failure on the part of the entire red team. Yes, Brandon didn't make the baskets, but he never should have been sent out there in the first place. Brad seems like a good guy, but it was a perfect example of why he's a cut below the top competitors. He should of been out there leading his team the way Derrick and Abram did. Instead, they sent out the guy they knew had problems with heights and water.

And again, unless editing doesn't show it, he should have fought and said, "I can't do this." You really think he couldn't eventually push them to be like, "screw this, someone just volunteer to be the shooter, 'cause Brandon's bein' a punk b****." That would have been more than enough drama for the sake of drama, but Brandon went along with the team's decision, and at that point, it was his responsibility. Stick up for yourself. If you're smart enough to know your team wants you to fail, you either go along with it, in which case you have no spine, or you fight them on it.

3. Dunbar, Tyler, and Chet are in the exact same category as Brandon. None of them has ever done anything in their challenges to prove themselves (What's the latest Tyler has ever gone home? Second?). Were he still there, Chet was clearly on the chopping block, because the important part of being on the red team isn't skill, it's being friends with Paula.

Chet got a concussion doing the Surf's Up Challenge and still managed to finish on his own, where as Brandon flailed around like a spastic dolphin, and his partner had to drag him to shore!! And yeah, you can say "he got a cramp, and that sh** hurts, etc. etc, etc.", but that's why you PREPARE!!! You stretch, you try and stay limber, all that!

 

[Incrediblejeff]

I think we all know why Brandon was chosen to lead the basketball challenge

LOL,that's the first thought that came in my mind while watching it.SMH

 

[Kingfish]

Of the Red Teams, what, four losses, two of them were squarely on him! That's a fifty percent f***-up rate!!!

You can hardly call them squarely on him. Every last member of their team fell off those boards while Gray had the two best times out of anyone. They weren't going to win even without the disqualification. The basketball one was again a team failure with an easy person to blame.

The one where he got drunk off his ass the night before the Exile, and him and his partner disqualified?

You're remembering that all wrong. His partner screwed up her leg and was on crutches, but they still got voted in. There was literally no way for her to run the race, so he had A beer and TJ disqualified him so it wouldn't be entirely on her.

And again, unless editing doesn't show it, he should have fought and said, "I can't do this." You really think he couldn't eventually push them to be like, "screw this, someone just volunteer to be the shooter, 'cause Brandon's bein' a punk b****." That would have been more than enough drama for the sake of drama, but Brandon went along with the team's decision, and at that point, it was his responsibility. Stick up for yourself. If you're smart enough to know your team wants you to fail, you either go along with it, in which case you have no spine, or you fight them on it.

Oh, bull. We don't know how the editing went, but he clearly didn't nominate himself (Tyler did). If he says no, then his team is going to throw him under the bus for not being a team player. Brad and the others were clearly aware of what they were putting him into. That's why it was a team failure from the beginning.

Chet got a concussion doing the Surf's Up Challenge and still managed to finish on his own, where as Brandon flailed around like a spastic dolphin, and his partner had to drag him to shore!! And yeah, you can say "he got a cramp, and that sh** hurts, etc. etc, etc.", but that's why you PREPARE!!! You stretch, you try and stay limber, all that!

Okay, and he was clearly next up if he hadn't been sent home. More than the other two teams, Red is completely built on preexisting relationships. If Brandon had already lost, his team would have tossed Chet in even with a concussion.

 

[Havok83]

Man, like Eric and Brandon before her, Camila is a victim of the no matter what she will do, she will always be voted in thing the cast has going on. The red team sucks and she wastheir female scapegoat. I was hoping she'd win bc she was pissed off and ready to really screw them over and I was looking forward to that. Paula knows she's screwed now with Camilla gone and I hope she goes in and loses the next Goulag

Im so glad the blue team won. They definetly have the best chemistry and team unity. The weeded out the weaker players and have a pretty strong team now. It may help them in the end and of course ther's definetly more money to be distributed with the fewer members

 

[Kingfish]

Anyone else laugh when CT walked out and Johnny just went slack-jawed? I found that to be pretty amusing.

 

[Havok83]

Laurel is so loathsome

I thought it was completely unfair having the competitors go off against the same returning cast member in the Goulag. Obviouslt the second person had an advantage as CT and Tina wasted alot of energy in the first round. They really should have brought back 4 people instead

 

[Asgard]

Did they show the lesbian stuff yet?

If so which ep so I can download.

 

[Kingfish]

Laurel is so loathsome

I thought it was completely unfair having the competitors go off against the same returning cast member in the Goulag. Obviouslt the second person had an advantage as CT and Tina wasted alot of energy in the first round. They really should have brought back 4 people instead

I don't know, she had a point. She was just pretty immature about it. Think I'm still pulling for Gray just because Sarah deserves to win one.

Yeah, that was odd. Pretty pointless if the Gulag was essentially decided by a coin flip.

 

[KenK]

Laurel is so loathsome

I thought it was completely unfair having the competitors go off against the same returning cast member in the Goulag. Obviouslt the second person had an advantage as CT and Tina wasted alot of energy in the first round. They really should have brought back 4 people instead

And that's pretty much what happened! CT pretty my carrying Johnny like a backpack, and using his limp body to knock over the barrel was hilarious! CT's legs are ridiculous. And I guess Tyler is one of those deceptively heavy guys, 'cause CT had no luck moving him! It is rather funny that Johnny's always losing to Tyler in these situations.

Looking pretty bleak for the blue team. Even Derrick doesn't want to go up against Tyler, and Derrick's a beast!!! He wrested Cyrus!!! And WON!!!

The final should be interesting. What pisses me off about Laurel is that she wants to scream "F*** YOU!!!" at Abram, and always catty-chattin' with Sarah on some "Let's throw a mission so we can throw Cara Maria into the Gulag" s***, but wusses out, and is like, "I can't stand losing" or "I can't take Abram yelling at me that Sarah and I are throwing the mission", blah blah, blah.

My whole issue is, Laurel likes to talk like she's a seasoned vet at the challenges, so her talking down to Cara Maria like she's more of a rookie by comparison, instead of someone who started doing Challenges the SAME TIME (starting with the last one), is crap. As for who's gonna slow down the team at the final, Laurel was damn near immobile at the Fresh Meat II final, and had to concede to Landon and Carly. To be fair, Landon was flat-out pushing Carly's ass up that hill, but a loss is a loss. Laurel's acting like she could carry the whole team on her back if necessary, and that's just not the case.

 

[Kingfish]

And that's pretty much what happened! CT pretty my carrying Johnny like a backpack, and using his limp body to knock over the barrel was hilarious! CT's legs are ridiculous. And I guess Tyler is one of those deceptively heavy guys, 'cause CT had no luck moving him! It is rather funny that Johnny's always losing to Tyler in these situations.

I don't know that it mattered much for Johnny, but Teresa had every right to be pissed. There was no chance that Tina could give as much effort the second go around, especially after CT destroyed Johnny in 17 seconds.

Looking pretty bleak for the blue team. Even Derrick doesn't want to go up against Tyler, and Derrick's a beast!!! He wrested Cyrus!!! And WON!!!

Never know, all depends on the final challenge. Their smaller numbers may be an advantage.

The final should be interesting. What pisses me off about Laurel is that she wants to scream "F*** YOU!!!" at Abram, and always catty-chattin' with Sarah on some "Let's throw a mission so we can throw Cara Maria into the Gulag" s***, but wusses out, and is like, "I can't stand losing" or "I can't take Abram yelling at me that Sarah and I are throwing the mission", blah blah, blah.

Well...it didn't seem like it was because Abe was yelling, it was more that if she threw it, then they just would have voted her in. There was no way to make throwing either of the last two challenges that convincing and Laurel/Sarah obviously can't outvote Abram/Cara Maria/Luke.

My whole issue is, Laurel likes to talk like she's a seasoned vet at the challenges, so her talking down to Cara Maria like she's more of a rookie by comparison, instead of someone who started doing Challenges the SAME TIME (starting with the last one), is crap. As for who's gonna slow down the team at the final, Laurel was damn near immobile at the Fresh Meat II final, and had to concede to Landon and Carly. To be fair, Landon was flat-out pushing Carly's ass up that hill, but a loss is a loss. Laurel's acting like she could carry the whole team on her back if necessary, and that's just not the case.

That's the whole issue with Laurel. She got a huge head from FMII where she and Kenny basically dominated the entire game. But honestly, what has she done here that's so great? Balanced a tennis ball on a giant flat plate?

 

[piccolo]

The way CT handled Johnny was the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. High-stepping away and swinging him into the barrel like a rag doll. Ridiculous. I haven't laughed that hard in weeks.

CT took his manhood.

 

[Incrediblejeff]

All three of these teams are in a mess.It'll be funny if blue wins.

 

[KenK]

All three of these teams are in a mess.It'll be funny if blue wins.

I'll be pleased as punch, quite frankly. Has Jenn ever even been on a winning Challenge team? And it would actually be nice of Emily won a challenge her first time out. And Derrick is easily one of the best competitors of the Challenges in general. And he at least makes an effort to not be a scheming and duplicitous as most folks on these Challenges. Last night was a straight up desperation deal, now that there are so few of them. But at the same time, It would be even more fun to see the the girls (hell it may just end up being Jenn!) win the whole thing.

Laurel's the new "EV". They're mostly s***talkers who eventually have to rely on people they despise to get ahead, whether they admit it or not. The need to bring back Rachel so she can stunt on both of them hoes! (sidenote: her face may not be all that great, but the body? Man, I'd love to tap dat ass! I would tear. . . dat . . ass . . .up.)

 

[Kingfish]

Nope, Jenn's never won either.

At this point I'd be happy if either Blue or Grey won. Really no reason to root against Blue now that Johnny has been humiliated on his way out. Grey because I'd like to see Sarah win one.

Just not Red. **** Red. This is the team that turned Brad into a *****e, hopefully they won't be rewarded for it.

 

[cronosred]

Nope, Jenn's never won either.

At this point I'd be happy if either Blue or Grey won. Really no reason to root against Blue now that Johnny has been humiliated on his way out. Grey because I'd like to see Sarah win one.

Just not Red. **** Red. This is the team that turned Brad into a *****e, hopefully they won't be rewarded for it.

Completely agree.