Survivor Sucks

Survivor Sucks (aka Sucks) is an internet forum located in the Yuku message board system. The slogan for Survivor Sucks is "Outspoil, Outbump, Outflame," a parody of "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast." There are various forums where users freely spoil (which in this context means to reveal the outcome before the show airs), discuss and ridicule the reality television show "Survivor" as well as other reality television programs such as "The Amazing Race", "Big Brother", "American Idol", "The Apprentice" and any "Other Show That Sucks." In 2006 the website expanded its reach into non-reality programming when a forum for the ABC TV series "Lost" was opened.

History

The board takes its name from the earliest incarnation of the website, SurvivorSucks.com which was a spinoff of the website, RealWorldBlows.com which is now known as PlanetSocks.com [ [http://www.planetsocks.com/faq.asp PlanetSocks.com FAQ] ] (Originally known as PlanetSucks.com). [The Daily Free Press: The Independent Student Newspaper At Boston University [http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2001/02/08/Muse/Survivorsucks.com.Provides.Endless.Procrastination-27652.shtml] , Survivorsucks.com provides endless procrastination. Feb 8, 2001, Retrieved Jan 28 2008.] All of these websites were created in the spring of 2000 to lampoon the television series "Survivor" during its first U.S. season. [Variety Variety (magazine) [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117787526.html?categoryid=1008&cs=1] , Survivor / Survivor Sucks. July 5, 2000, Retrieved Jan 27 2008.] . When the original site's servers buckled under the heavy traffic at the beginning of the , the site's creator and owner, Paul Sims (known by the moniker "DogStalker") [Elder, Robert K., Chicago Tribune [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5853358_ITM] , The anti-`Survivor': Popular Web site disses `reality TV'. March 6, 2001 . Retrieved Jan 23, 2008] , moved the Sucks discussion forums to ezboard on February 14, 2001. Sims no longer handles the daily affairs of the board, having divided control among a handful of appointed administrators. However, he remains the system owner of record and occasionally makes an appearance. On August 9, 2007, the site moved to Yuku, ezboard's new message board system, retaining all of its existing data. With the move to Yuku the SurvivorSucks.com URL was set to redirect to the Yuku based community, which was not possible when the board ran on ezboard.

SurvivorSucks serves as a central gathering point for "Survivor's" "spoiler" internet subculture, which is devoted to predicting, or "spoiling", the outcome of each season. Prior to Survivor, the board "Reality Sucks" had focused upon the ridicule of MTV reality shows such as The Real World. What would become SurvivorSucks.com, originated as a separate forum on "Reality Sucks." [César G. Soriano, USA Today [http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/survivor2/2001-01-26-net-scoops.htm] , January 26, 2001 . Retrieved Jan 23, 2008]

See also

*BuddyTV
* TV Squad
*Television Without Pity

References

External links

* [http://survivorsucks.yuku.com Survivor Sucks on Yuku]
* [http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/forums/82 Monster Island — the board's archive, containing many threads of historical relevance]
* [http://survivorsucks.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/9943 The Secret Codex of the Spoiler Boards — a chronicle of the board's early history]