by Brenda Lowe » Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:44:05 am
Oh you're opening a whole can of worms with that one. You might not want to know. I will give you a brief breakdown and while it sounds interesting at first, once you start looking out for it, it can actually ruin you're enjoyment of the show. :/ So tread carefully.
Altogether it's called "Edgic", i.e. editing logic. If you can imagine the editors of Survivor have a few principles they have to stick to, like, they want you to like the winner and be satisfied with their win. They want you to get more invested in some characters then others. They want to tell some kind of story per Season and not just have a string of random events. i.e. if Fairplay is to get a glorious come-uppance in Episode 8, they need to play up his villainy the weeks beforehand.
So in all of this, people started paying closer and closer attention to what exactly the editors choose to show, and what they choose to not show. How many confessionals does a player get? Are they generally positive or negative? Does any other player contribute to that first players story etc.
What she is using there is shorthand for the following styles and types;
INV = Invisible
UTR = Under the Radar
MOR = Middle of the Road
CP = Complex Personality
OTT = Over the Top
And then if you see at the end of each there might be a P, an N, a M, or nothing at all. That would be Positive, Negative, Mixed or neutral.
So someone could be a YUGE in your face villainess (let's say Abi-Maria) and she'd be OTTN, or someone could be a YUGE in your face ball of sunshine, and therefore be OTTP.
Ya follow?
The general idea is that you can call the winner of the Season way early (or at least start eliminating people). So ask yourself if you really wanna be able to do that before you look into it too much. If you're still interested, head to Survivor Sucks edgic section and go nuts. That site is full of spoilers though :/