article_snippet: Max Dawson, who has done extensive research on show and spent two years readying himself to compete, was voted off on Wednesday because other contestants thought himself was 'annoying'.
article_snippet: Contestants apparently thought Max Dawson was 'annoying'.
article_snippet: Max Dawson was seen over-strategizing and spewing knowledge of past seasons throughout Max Dawson time on show .
article_snippet: But Max Dawson constant over-strategizing, interpersonal skills and vast knowledge of past seasons seemed to bother Max Dawson competitors, according to the Chicago Tribune.
article_snippet: Before the voting ceremony on Wednesday's episode, contestant Will Sims said that the debate as to who would go home was 'really about who is the most annoying', and Max Dawson was offed.
article_snippet: When host Jeff Probst announced during the voting ceremony on Wednesday's episode that it was the time to use a hidden immunity idol, Dawson, who received his Bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1999 and went on to get a PhD from Northwestern in 2008, spoke up. '
article_snippet: Dawson, a member of the White Collar Tribe while on the show, said that Hey Jeff found 'the personal dynamics' to be a difficult aspect of playing the show .
article_snippet: Though Max Dawson was only ever a member of the White Collar Tribe, there is cross-tribe mingling on the show.
article_snippet: Dawson, who now lives and works in Los Angeles, told the Tribune before the show aired that he 'had no idea how difficult it would be to actually play'. '
article_snippet: It's just most that players who call themselves fans are actually casuals,' Max Dawson wrote.
highlights_snippet: Max Dawson was seen rattling off past season trivia and over-strategizing on show .
  
highlights_snippet: Max Dawson said one of the hardest parts of show was handling 'personal dynamics' 