survivor philippines: why emerson lost

emerson dino, dubbed as survivor philippines' the technician from caloocan, was one of the most prepared survivor cast away in the first season of survivor philippines. but on day 6, at the 2nd tribal council where naak tribe once again faced tribal council, he was voted out in a 6-1-1 vote.so why did emerson lose?

first, emerson was a very individualistic person. he likes doing what he wants and does not think of what others may think. he is definitely a loose cannon, sometimes he goes along werll with the tribe, sometimes he does things that the tribe does not want. in this game, you also have to please your tribemates so you can go far.

second, he was a strategist. he had his gameplan set, but unfortunately, it did not work. he was not able to adjust his game plan fast enough since he was slow in seeing what the others are thinking. he has said so many times that all the things he is doing has a purpose but he has not used it to his advantage.

third, he lost the trust of almost all his tribemates. in the first tribal council, he planned to take out chev with the boys and also tried to form the bisaya alliance with chev, cris and vevherly. he also talked negatively about the boys. he tried to win the girls' trust by warning them of the supposed "plan" of the boys to make the girls go one by one. but unfortunately, only chev listened to him, which eventually led to him being untrusted.

fourth, the last nail to his coffin was the fight with vevherly. vevherly was very emotional during the challenge because she was really pissed off at emerson. and the whole tribe became aware of emerson's behavior. i was really amazed on what vevherly did, because the tribe might think that she cannot control her emotions and instead vote for her. fortunately, it paid off and emer was voted out.

lastly, he did not hustle that much though he thinks there is a possibility that he is going home. in one of his confessionals, he said that no one has talked to him about the vote. but the previous tribal council, the boys of naak planned early on who they would vote. with his arguement with vevherly, he must ber worried that some of his tribemates might be considering to vote him off. but he only discussed his vote with cris, who eventually voted for him. in the game of survivor, you must never put your guard down at any time.

emer was a good player, he came prepared. he had his strategy (as he has always claimed) but obviously, it did not work. what was the main reason he lost? i would say, its attitude and planning far ahead and not taking the game one tribal council at a time. you can never have a perfect game plan in survivor. for this is reality and you can never predict what would happen next.