Originally Posted by BigBen

I always thought that the show would be great if it started with 5 days of solitude.

The 16 castaways started off in 16 different locations, and had to truly survive alone for about a week. Long enough to fuck them over if they didn't know how to gather their own food, water, shelter and start a fire.

Then you smash them together, and everyone can look at each other and say "This person must be tough, they lasted out here just like me for a week." It avoids the Free-Rider problem that continuously plagues Survivor.

I absolutely hate the "Grey Man", that person that just sits around and does nothing for the first 10 episodes.