No Bags Packed. On recent seasons, everyone in the Inquisition or pulling the double cross needed the pack bags prior to facing a possible elimination. While many of these people don’t even see elimination, cast members needed to be prepared for possibly going home. On seasons like The Gauntlet or Battle of the Sexes, cast members packed after getting sent home. Remember Ayanna’s meltdown or Veronica, Rachel, and Abe’s threesome? Those took place after a cast member was eliminated.

Leaving the House. The Challenge is currently like an adult summer camp. You can have alcohol and there are scheduled activities, but you can’t leave as your own leisure. This is a big complaint from old schoolers, who are accustomed to off days and leaving the house. Rumor has it that Darrell and Derrick spent the night at a local’s house while filming Fresh Meat and Aneesa spent the night at someone’s house on The Inferno 3. While I can’t confirm these rumors, there’s no doubt these things could not happen on a current Challenge. The Introduction. Now, we just get a collection of clips from the season. It wasn’t that long ago that the cast had to take a day and film an introduction scene. Sometimes they had a band join them, like . Now, we just get a collection of clips from the season. It wasn’t that long ago that the cast had to take a day and film an introduction scene. Sometimes they had a band join them, like Yellowcard on The Inferno, and other times they had to do traditional Kiwi dances. Either way, we won’t see those again.

You Could Save Yourself. Or you could save a teammate. Lifeshields were an opportunity to avoid nomination or replace a nominee with someone more deserving of an elimination round. They caused a lot of drama, especially when Veronica was involved.