Unnecessary Post: Complaints of Battle of the Sexes 2 - This Season vs. Past Seasons (mostly Ruthie)

After all this season's hooplah about Ruthie not being such a strong competitor I question if the challenges weren't as "fair" towards Ruthie, especially with the car raising challenge. Maybe it's the lack of points that make her look weaker. But I guess I should pull towards more a "change" in gameplay. One of Ruthie's strongest competitions was on "Dead Man's Drop" where she lasted 7.5 Minutes. The problem with that number is that Ellen was pretty close behind her (she outlasted Colon from what I remember), but my point in mentioning this was that by the time The Gauntlet popped up, Sarah (their weak link) was holding on much much longer (about 40 minutes against Irulan if I recall, which also shows that Irulan made it to 38-39 minutes). Could Ruthie hold on for 40 minutes? Hell, could Ruthie hold on for 10? Ruthie never did a "head's on elimination" challenge like the gauntlet/inferno. The gauntlet/inferno showed how individuals could step up without points. BOTS2 misses that crucial point. It would be better (IMO) if the winning teams had to pick 2 people from the outer group, and the losing team to pick two of the leaders to go to an inferno/gauntlet/individual challenge where two people would be eliminated. Why? There is no points system posted for the gauntlet or bots2 (though inferno had a points system it was posted after the nominations [see: Syrus]). This would put a fairness in the leaders on who stays and who goes in their group: for the men they'd grab the two weakest, for the women they'd probably grab Angela, Tonya or Arrisa to go if they won, when they lose at least there is a better chance for "fairness" when its one-on-one, If Tina had to take on Ruthie, she would, and she'd do her best.

Maybe it's the girls that Ruthie is paired up with. You take a look at lots of competitors in previous challenges. Katie, who in BOTS2 was almost middle-field, was lowest rung in The Inferno and close to the bottom in The Gauntlet (With Sarah and PornoCara). Tonya in BOTS1 was questionable with her leg injury, but in The Gauntlet she was meh, too. Klepto is there either for a short short while, or there for the long haul, but only does good when there are men on her team. Coral does well, but has lost 2 challenges (oddly enough she lost challenges with weak members, one with Sarah and the other with Katie, and she won against the "highest point" teams). Aneesa never does that good, she's always middle field. She-hulk looks strong but she rarely delivers. Ayanna explodes no matter what. Tina has stepped it up from The Gauntlet to BOTS2, but mostly vocally. Ibis, Robin, and Sophia all are new, but all bring different forms of help for Ruthie: Ibis is smart/the puzzle person but you don't count out her strength, Robin and Sophia are strong. Arissa (fear of heights) and Angela (deemed weak, and with Ibis as the "smart one" they don't need her) are dead weight. If there was a final five instead of a three, Ruthie, Sophia, Robin, Tina/Coral, and Ibis could round everything out. But looking at BOTS1 there would only need to be a final 3: Ellen, Ruthie, and Emily; the likes of Lori and MElissa though nice are unnecessary. Ellen was useful and in almost all the inner circles, Emily (though disliked) was strong.

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Anywho I will be posting something sooner or later this week. Adding a few more video games to this list was stupid of me to do, but I've been playing Chrono Cross and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. Boy, do I suck at stealth. I'll be mostly packing this week, unless Auntie Susie gives me a job on Wednesday. I laugh at you all who have to go back to college now (well sorta i'm sure my last day is later on and you finish before me).