Pre-game confessional & Cast assessment

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Sooo, I'm going to try and keep this short since I'm sure y'all will have a lot to read. No promises though. Just going to share my pre-game thoughts, plans, and opinions. I want to post this before people start talking and then see how my opinion changes (I'm sure it will).

Coming into this game I already feel like I may be a little bit behind. I'm sure there have been groups of people aligning, talking, skyping, etcetera and whether they actually call it an official alliance or not, people will have ties before this game even started. I on the other hand have been very passive. I'm not someone to propose alliances and to approach people in the first place, but I also HATE pre-game stuff, even in All-stars. I also don't really like small talk so I saw absolutely NO reason to go and talk to people to "get to know them personally". No thanks really. Once I'm working with someone I will start getting to know them better, but this is a game in the first place and game talk >>>> personal talk. So I don't really want to talk to people until there's game (no pre-game) to talk about.

The only people I've been in touch with recently are Colleen, Thiago, Annie, Michael, Gloria, and AJ. With Annie and Michael my conversations were not about this game at all. Colleen and I talk on a daily basis and we did talk a little bit about AS but not that much and not really alliances. With Thiago I only talked about our own seasons and there hasn't been any talk about AS really. AJ contacted me some time ago and she wanted to know more about me... ok I think I put up a wall kinda because I'm not good at such conversations Gloria talked to me two days ago and I must say that I was surprised she did that. I hated her last season and she might have noticed, but I thought she was quite enjoyable to talk to.

KK dat's my current thoughts. I just posted a bootlist which is more a list of who I'd want to work with. I will share my thoughts on everyone in the next post and that will be a cast assessment.

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Pre-Game Cast Assessment

	AJ AJ is very nice/sweet and seems a tad bit naive. She values the social game a lot and really wants to connect with people on a personal level. Her decisions are likely influenced by that. I don't see myself working with her because I am not really into the small talk and she would always choose people like Cassie and Chase over me because she has a better personal relationship with them. I know I make my decisions in a similar way but when someone else does that too then that doesn't work unless we're totally besties.
	Annie Annie <3333333 We work really well together, but it's been a while. She's well prepared because she knows a lot of people and she regularly talks to just about everyone in the game except maybe Henry lol. If we ever end up being on the same tribe then I think we'll kind of have each others backs, but right now I'm not too sure that we'll become as close as we were in our original season because she will be closer to other people and I will be as well.
	Ben We first met in Rise & Fall 1. Not really sure if he knows, but I will make sure to mention that to him because it will kind of break the ice. He's a cool dude and I think we would work well together. We both have a connection with Colleen so that might help a lot too. I know that I wasn't rooting for him too much last season but I was a fan of him in Season 3 before even knowing who he was. Could help too. Yeah I'd love to work with Ben. A possible Season 3 thing? Nah I think Ellen might have done too much harm to Ben for that and I think he would see this as a new game.
	Cassie I recently played in Moxiesurvivor with her and we were pretty close in that game. She probably doesn't know it was me and we didn't really have any small talk so it probably means nothing. She values getting to know people a lot more than I do. I don't know if there will be any room for us to work together, but I definitely wouldn't mind since she is very loyal I think.
	Chase He is a bit too OTT for me lol. I don't really know him at all but I think our personalities don't really match and while I was a fan of him as a player, not sure if I could actually work with him. This might change as soon as we get to talk though, but I'm not really taking any initiatives right now.
	Colleen <3333333 She is the first person I ever met in proboards ORGs and we've been in touch since then. We chat like every day and there is no way that I will vote her out. I remember being on the verge of voting her out once because I was in a majority alliance and she was the only eligible person left who was not in it... and then SHE came to me telling me that my alliance was targeting ME. Can you imagine how BAD I felt for her? Yeahhh no way I'd ever vote her out <3 We've been talking a bit and I think she's involved in some of the skype chats these people are having. She might be in a Season 3 thing, but I decided not to worry about that too much. I think she'll mostly want to work with Ben and myself because we are two of her best friends and I'm more than on board with that.
	Dominic We don't get along methinks. I was in BB Category with him and could not stand him. Big threat, big ego. I respect him as a player but I don't see us working together at all.
	Ellen She has been playing this game ever since her season ended. Been fishing for information regularly, and been trying to get to know everyone and their games a bit better. That makes her very dangerous. I respect her as a player and I wouldn't necessarily target her because of how dangerous she is, but there's no way that I want my social game to involve her because ain't nobody got time for that and I don't think she would ever see me as her closest ally.
	Gloria Lol I hated her last season, but one conversation can change a lot. She approached me a few days ago and just talked about the game so not much small talk which was nice. I hope she won't hold a grudge bcuz of what I said about her, but she doesn't seem to be that type of person and she was able to work with Beau even after what happened. I'm not necessarily a Gloria fan, but I can respect someone who takes initiative and fights as hard as she does.
	Hannah This is the person I know the least about, but I loved her spirit in season 4 and would definitely be open to working with her. She doesn't seem too connected.
	Henry Awkward, we haven't talked since the end of gvse2. We were good friends and then in the Finale he said some things that I didn't like and I'm sure that I said things he didn't like. I still love him and would be open to working with him til the very end again.
	Knox We never played in a game together, BUT when I played his game he was a HUGE fan of me. Maybe that can work out in my favor. I'm not exactly sure if we would get along, and I wasn't that big of a fan of him last season when he got really cocky. Hopefully that won't affect anything and I'm definitely open to working with him. He's going to be close with Gloria I bet.
	Luca He's a very nice and cool guy, but really not sure if we can work together. He's very popular and has a lot of friends. Skypes with them too. That's scary.
	Mark I don't have much of an opinion on him. I loved his style of writing in his confessionals. I don't know if we would get along but maybe.
	Michael I LOVE Michael. He's such a genuine guy. I recently played in another Survivor game with him and I think that was the first time we played in the same game actually (other than some lame mole game that flopped). Most of the time we have something to talk about and I don't have that with a lot of people. He's definitely one of my favorite people here. He WILL have a lot of friends and he's going to have a hard time choosing between them he already said.
	Perry <3333333 I'm a Perry fan. Not just a Perry fan, also a Cody fan lol. We have a bit of a history and his ORG was the first proboards type game that I played and he got me hooked lol. Then we played in Congo together but didn't know each others identities til after the game. I talked to him yesterday and he knows who I am so I gave him a hint that I know who he is too, maybe that will help. I am not quite sure if he would want to work with me as much as I would like to work with him, but we'll see.
	Quincy This is one I really wasn't a fan of in their season and I thought he was way overrated. He was also a jerk in the jury thread and at Final Judgement. I am not really looking forward to having to deal with this one, but maybe that will change as soon as we actually get to talk.
	Selena Wasn't much of a fan of Selena in her first season, but she was a great player last season and I remember I could relate to some of her struggles she had with her tribe. We might get along, I really can't tell.
	Thiago FAN. I love how he played the game. He's been talking to me a lot and whenever he sees me on he talks. I don't always know what to say but he's fun to talk to and once the game gets going it will probably be more game talk which I like. If we end up on the same tribe then I'm pretty sure we'll work together.
	Wendy No offense, but she's not that great of a player is she? I never really got the hype and she was loud but that's it. She won't be active enough for allstars. I don't see us working together at all :x

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I started, but didn't finish. Blame Henry!

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Ellen
Hannah
Knox
Luca
Perry
Selena

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm........ those mixed feelings. Probably exactly what you wanted to create with everyone. I'm sad that I am not tribed with Henry/Colleen/Ben since I was dying to work with them, but hey there's Perry. I couldn't be more excited haha, now I just hope the love will be mutual Going to send him a PM.

Knox is also good I think because I know him a bit.

I think I could potentially work with Hannah/Selena.

Ellen uhm we're having a conversation but it's not really going anywhere. We won't be able to work together I think.

Gonna try and put my money on Perry/Hannah/Knox and maybe Selena but dang it's not gonna be easy!

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I INITIATED CONVERSATIONS WITH KNOX, HANNAH, AND SELENA. I never initiate conversations so yay. More thought might be posted later.

Now I need to PM Perry.

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Ugh if only I knew where to go with conversations lol. They all bleeded to death pretty quickly and I haven't offered any alliances or received any deals. In my opinion it's early for that, but I'm just afraid that others DO form alliances and that people talked da whole damn time while I am sitting here like oh conversation died I got to know them cool

I mean, all my conversations were fun IMO, a bit about the game but also a bit getting to know each other and I really like Hannah and Knox and Selena and Perry but you know after a while the conversations just stop and idk how to feel like uhm ugh IDK.

I'm just very nervous that I might be the one being voted off but I can only hope it won't happen. I feel like I did more than usual in terms of initiating conversations and talking to people so if that's not enough then shrug #_#