Behind the Screen: The Challenge: War of The Worlds II: Benedict Laurel

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Sidenote I hated the speaker/tribunal concept it was so ugh...

— CosmicDiva

Sidenote I hated the speaker/tribunal concept it was so ughI liked that it caused some drama, that it wasn't dominated by men like on Vendettas, and the idea of being able to pick the other 2 members,...

— amandagarciaisaqueen

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Discussion thread about The Challenge: War of The Worlds II: Benedict Laurel with 6 replies from the Vevmo community.

The Challenge: War of The Worlds II: Benedict Laurel

CosmicDiva ·

Sidenote I hated the speaker/tribunal concept it was so ugh

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CosmicDiva#332

Sidenote I hated the speaker/tribunal concept it was so ugh

amandagarciaisaqueen#333

Sidenote I hated the speaker/tribunal concept it was so ugh

I liked that it caused some drama, that it wasn't dominated by men like on Vendettas, and the idea of being able to pick the other 2 members, but once there was a majority on a team, the people in the minority had no chance of ever having control of the tribunal. The speaker should have been determined by the daily (imagine what would have happened if Theo/Georgia/Nany was the speaker toward the end of the game and they had the numbers to get out someone in Cara's alliance!)

PandaSuicidal#334

Sidenote I hated the speaker/tribunal concept it was so ugh

Its the fact that it was determined by a team vote, meant that whatever side had more numbers controlled everything. Theo and Georgia were being sent in every week and there was literally nothing they could do to prevent it. 

Camille#335

My hot take is that Laurel is the true villain of this season because she started the civil war that set the tone for the entire season. lol.

Now this episode is great and once again proves Laurel guarantees good tv.

 But am I in the minority of absolutely hating this season?

SeauxMtv#336

My hot take is that Laurel is the true villain of this season because she started the civil war that set the tone for the entire season. lol.

Now this episode is great and once again proves Laurel guarantees good tv.

 But am I in the minority of absolutely hating this season?

oh I hate the season but this is probably the best episode of the challenge I've ever seen

Camille#337

My hot take is that Laurel is the true villain of this season because she started the civil war that set the tone for the entire season. lol.

Now this episode is great and once again proves Laurel guarantees good tv.

 But am I in the minority of absolutely hating this season?

oh I hate the season but this is probably the best episode of the challenge I've ever seen

Thank you! They followed the underrated masterpiece that was WOTW 1 with this miserable disgrace.

But this episode is obviously the one moment of greatness. It's definitely not the best I ever saw because I've seen every challenge (#1 is Inferno's Katie vs Veronica episode), but it's one of the best of the modern era, for sure. 

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