What Is the Intentional Matsing Strategy in Survivor?

‘Survivor 41’ is completely new, but every player knows the classics. Could avid gamers be the use of the “intentional Matsing strategy”? And what is it?

With simplest two episodes up to now, one Survivor tribe in Season 41 is already on the losing finish of the stick. After dropping all 3 challenges to this point, Yase is at the backside of the pecking order, and it doesn’t appear to be issues are going to get any better. And after Episode 2, one player is made up our minds to out the shedding tribe's strategy.

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In Episode 2, David Voce is eliminated, in spite of Xander being the main goal of the secret women’s alliance. Evvie appears to be taking the lead, and Voce finally ends up as Yase’s sacrifice. But in his go out interview with EW, Voce brings up the “intentional Matsing strategy,” however what precisely is that? Is the Yase tribe trying the “intentional Matsing strategy”?

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The “intentional Matsing strategy” in ‘Survivor’ comes from an earlier season.

The name of the “intentional Matsing strategy” refers to the Matsing tribe from Survivor: Philippines. For those that don’t bear in mind, that season additionally begins with 3 tribes of six gamers each, and one tribe, Matsing, all the time loses. No matter what they do, Matsing can’t seem to get out of the tribal council. However, its two surviving members, Denise and Malcolm, finally end up doing very well.

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Denise and Malcolm make it to the merge with two teams that have even numbers, and the different tribes see them as vote casting pawns relatively than as threats till it’s too overdue. Thanks to this tactic, Denise wins Survivor: Philippines and each she and Malcolm are favourite Survivor underdogs for the fanbase. However, it will not be as a hit as it kind of feels.

It would not be a smart film for Yase to try the “intentional Matsing strategy” in ‘Survivor 41.’

Voce shares in his interview, “The more thing that I'll say that used to be delusional in this tribe is that everybody mentioned, ‘Let's do an intentional Matsing!’ And I'm sitting there pondering, you've five folks, you can't have all five folks announcing, ‘Let's do an intentional Matsing!’ because there are only two folks by means of definition that are going to make it. That's now not a strategy when there are 5 other folks left.”

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It seems that Evvie is at the leading edge of this strategy. However, it’s historically not a great strategy, whether intentional or not. The best time a tribe with lower numbers going into the merge produced a winner was once in Survivor: Philippines with Matsing.

In other seasons that started with 3 tribes — All-Stars, Kaoh Rong, Worlds Apart, Cagayan, and Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers — none of the winners came from the tribe with the lowest numbers.

So whether Evvie is employing the “intentional Matsing strategy” or if Yase is simply that dangerous at profitable, Yase is definitely in hassle.

Evvie is aware of that if she sticks with Voce and Xander, and they are compelled to get down to 2 other folks, she’s the one going home. So despite the move to vote out Voce not seeming too good, it is the ladies’s absolute best strategy.

Tune into Survivor Wednesdays at Eight p.m. EST on CBS.

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