Survivor Philippines Celebrity Doubles Showdown is indeed full of drama this early. First, it was Geneva who quitted which in my opinion is understandable because she was dealing with personal issues with KC Montero and their relationship. However, another pair of Survivor castaways quitting? Not acceptable anymore.
Jackie Forster and Angelicopter are obviously strong women, they are competitive, they are outspoken and they seem to survive the game so why did they decide to quit? Okay, we understand their point that they do not want to sacrifice their morales just for the sake of the game. But come on Survivor TV show has been around for like more than a decade already and fourth year here in the Philippines so aren’t they familiar with the nature of the game? Richard Gutierrez is right, you want comfortable life then go ahead and join Big Brother.
Castaways must at least be ready about the nature of the game it is not called Survivor for nothing. I truly do not understand Jackie and Angelicopter’s decision to quit. They are indeed whiny and all but I had that hope that they will overcome this and be better at the game. But they did not give themselves a shot instead they chose to leave.
In the first Immunity challenge, Jackie and Angelicopter faced Richard for the Temptation reward but they did not accept it because as they say their focus is the tribe… “Tribe, tribe, tribe”. So what now? Did they come up with this decision to quit to protect their tribe Tala? How are they suppose to overcome the situation if they will just quit?
Survivor mirrors real life. One important lesson is not to compare yourself from others. So what if the Bulan tribe is having easier time heading to the challenge area and Tala tribe was climbing hills or mountains or whatnot? So what if they were able to eat good meal before the challenge? These are certainly a lot of whining which is not suitable for Survivor game. Okay let us go ahead and compare. In the first challenge, Tala tribe won and they got flint as additional reward. But what happened? They were still not able to make fire on their first night of having that flint whereas Bulan tribe was sleeping comfortably with fire in their camp without using a flint. Is that unfair too? Bulan’s boat sunk and they had to jump out of the boat in the middle of strong waves and yet they were just thankful that they came out alive. So the bottom line is WHY COMPARE?
Believe it I am personally rooting for Jackie Forster but their decision to quit the game is a big BS! They can defend their decision for all they want – come up with great defenses and speeches but the fact that they are quitters remains. It is definitely disappointing. You do not say that “you are not playing for the money” because there are lots of people who are willing to take those spots (be it for the money or the experience) but they can’t because they were not chosen and here you are having that once in a lifetime chance will just give up like that? With that kind of act, are they even suitable to be called Survivor castaways?
Survivor is about surviving no buts, no ifs.
