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No one got any votes

over 6 years

Warning: Minor spoilers from Cambodia & Game Changers

For those of us who've watched the more recent seasons of survivor, we saw historic events where no one got any votes.

The first time this happened was in Cambodia at final 6. The 2 people that received votes played idols, and with the revote, it was 3-3 again, causing a potential rocks scenario where only one person would actually be drawing rocks. Meaning instant elimination.

The second time, it happened in Game Changers at final 6. One person was already immune from the immunity challenge. Then, three idols and a Legacy Advantage were played at that tribal. So all the votes went on people who played idols/legacy, and no one got any votes. On the revote, only one person was actually eligible to be voted for. So they were out by default.

It got me thinking, isn't that a bit too extreme of a situation? Getting out simply because everyone else is immune, despite you not actually getting any votes against?


I think that at a tribal, if no one gets any votes during the tribal council, then no one gets voted out. Simple as that. And we move on to the next round.

Sometimes we revote because there is a tie for the majority vote. But to say it's tied at 0 votes is just... wrong to me.

This would avoid destructive scenarios where someone is out or is the only one to draw rocks simply because everyone else is immune, which I think is good.

I understand why they would never do it on the real show - They are set at 39 days. But here, it's different. We don't have a tight schedule.

We do have some interesting situations though. For instance, in an 11-person tribal, if 2 people get voted but these 2 people play idols, should the round reset? What happens to the person who won immunity but finds out it was for nothing since no one actually got out?

That's all I'll say, it's an open discussion! I want to know what you guys think about all this.

What say you
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Revote even if no one got any votes
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No one gets voted out that tribal
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I don't know
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Other???
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Immunity winner should stay immune next round
over 6 years
i do whatever emile wants
over 6 years
If there's no votes then it should just be a straight revote with everyone voting, while those who have been idoled are immune. If all votes don't count, then nothing happened, basically.

If everyone is immune, then possibly have the effects of the immunity idols "cancel each other out", and revote with no idoled player immune.

If there's only one person eligible to draw rocks, then if it's a tie they should be rocked out.
over 6 years
I think there is a relatively simple solution to the Game Changers dilemma: not have so many possibilities for immunity, that way it wouldn't be possible for somebody to be the only eligible person to be eliminated. For example, having a certain amount of idols/advantages or tweaked expiration dates to avoid them all possibly coming out at once.
The Cambodia one is a little more difficult to pin down. I believe that it shouldn't be considered a tie if there are no votes at all, but instead they revote and then if there's an actual tie they get another revote as per the rules regarding ties. This is where it gets tricky since a F6 scenario is the perfect spot for these rules to break down, especially since the side that has the person with individual immunity is guaranteed to be safe (see Cambodia). Perhaps if there's a scenario like in Cambodia's F6, the three not immune all draw rocks??
I also believe that perhaps the easiest solution is to let the hosts on here create their own rules regarding no votes/tie scenarios for their games.