Board Thread:Fourty-Two Iconic Moments/@comment-7785749-20141222044343

From twenty-one seasons of our ORG, forty-two of the most iconic moments in its history have been brought together and ranked. Starting at #42, another entry will be posted each day until completion.

"Moments" is a loose term to include any individual moment, overarching storyline, or any other source of notoriety, infamy, or notice.



#42 - Côte Can't Merge (Various Seasons)

#41 - Andrei's Immunity Run (Papua New Guinea, Episodes 8-11)

#40 - Savanes Sucks (Côte d'Ivoire, Episodes 1-7)

#39 - Ashes to Ashes (All-Stars, Episode 6)

#38 - Beyoncé's Divine Intervention (Madagascar, Episodes 12-13)

#37 - A Random Idol Play (Cuba, Episode 7)



#36 - An Anarchic Advent (AKA Ahad Plays the Idol) (Anarchy, Episode 2)

This write-up is going to unfortunately be shorter than most. It only transpired in the second episode, so there wasn't a lot of set-up to it, and there weren't any huge lasting effects or power shifts, so no irony to mention.

But in spite of it all, it's still a deliciously memorable moment brought to us by the good ol' boys of Season 13, so let's get to it.

The scene is Anarchy. Total chaos reigns as two nationalistic alliances battle it out: the American Alliance and the International League.

The Americans got the first strike in by taking out Lawrence, and now, approaching the second immunity challenge of the season, the contestants are drawn into two teams, one with Americans having a majority, and one with internationals having a majority.

So naturally they both try to throw it.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">But in the end, the Americans are better at throwing the challenge. Ever since the early days of their country, Americans have practiced the art of throwing things, so they're experienced in this. Challenges, tea. It's an American thing.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">So seven Americans and three internationals are going to Tribal Council, and Ahad is on the chopping block because of where he hails from. To save his ass, Ahad creates a fake Hidden Immunity Idol and shows it off to people in a last-ditch attempt to save his ass.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">(ASIDE:They're gonna vote his ass out anyways.)

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">But then Matthew falls into the story. Remember when I mentioned that this entry had no lasting effects on the game? That wasn't entirely true, and we'll talk about that later. But Matthew, despite knowing that the Idol must be fake, wants the Americans to split the vote anyways. Just in case.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">Smart move for Matthew, because Ahad ends up getting the real Idol anyways, produces it at Tribal Council, and causes a revote between American Nokomis and international Patryk. Patryk still goes home because #Amurrica, but Ahad saves his ass. Go him.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">There were two things that made this moment really memorable, the first being that everyone was convinced Ahad didn't have the Idol because he made a fake one - only to then produce the real one and save himself.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">The second one is that this season, there was only one Hidden Immunity Idol. You needed to gather the two halves together, and then you could wreck some havoc. The hosts probably thought it would be a while before it came into play, but nope. Jonathan ended up with it by Episode 2, and he gave it to Ahad to use. Nice.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">tl;dr: There's two halves to the Idol and you need to get both in order to use it. Both halves have been found by Day 5 though and the Idol comes into the hands of someone who just earlier that day made it clear that he didn't have the Idol because he was making a fake one. You can't make this shit up.

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">P.S. - When the Americans were throwing the challenge to oust Ahad, one guy didn't really throw it that hard. This guy was the same one that made the Americans split votes. His name was Matthew, and Boston Drew didn't take too kindly to this. Matthew was gone before the Anarchy stage was over. So Ahad saves his ass, and a plan to burn said ass ends up burning an American along with it.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">P.P.S. - Ahad is immune until the tribal stage, where his tribe, Tagaloa, loses the first tribal immunity challenge. Ahad is promptly voted out but he still wins the Player of the Season award. So we all know who the real winner is.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">P.P.P.S. - There's one more Anarchy moment on the countdown. Just a heads-up.

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:6px;font-size:14.4444446563721px;color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,lucidagrande,tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif;line-height:21.466667175293px;">P.P.P.P.S. - Honestly it's just so funny that everyone's like "brah Ahad doesn't have it because he's making a fake one to save himself lolololol" and then at Tribal Council they're all like "well shit maybe he could have it". Nice. <ac_metadata title="#36 - An Anarchic Advent"> </ac_metadata>