Cast Reveal THOUGHTS

[kilby]

Kollyn – You can’t be more charismatic towards other people, Kollyn. I think he seems like a nice guy who probably would be good to have a beer with and chat about the weather with…game wise I feel like he will either be terrible and inactive leaving early, OR be terrible by being boring as fuck and just riding like 4th in a majority all game. Hopefully I’m wrong because he seems like a cool guy, I’m just not seeing the EDGE on him that is needed IMO.

Prediction: Swap boot. Probably boring.

Erica – Queen is back. It’s her second rodeo! I really like Erica, and girl EDITED HER VIDEO!!! How do I think she’ll do? I’m not sure! She REALLY didn’t understand the game too well in Endure, but ended up placing pretty well (and in a bit of an unconventional spot). I don’t know if she knows her mistakes on the last game, and so I feel like she’ll be mostly the same. That being Delightful, but maybe just a little too boring this time. She won’t have the novelty. I want her to be more willing to make moves, but she doesn’t know what it takes to go from her first rodeo to being a badass horse ridin gunslinger. I love her as a person so I hope she crams in some iconic moments!


Prediction: Swap boot. Probably iconic.

CJ – this girl looks nothing like the person Malkon linked. That said…I LOVE HER. She is SO charismatic and likeable. This girl is gonna be the breakout star of this season for sure. She comes off *very* intelligent, and I can’t wait to see her play. Hopefully she understands the level of commitment expected from this game because if she does she has this shit in the bag. I feel like she will completely slide under the radar in people’s minds, but burn brightly in their hearts. She’s a survivor superfan, and I think she will have the cleverness to take out people when needed. I don’t think she will be a boring player at all. I love that she has a cat named halo. She is a genuinely complex and interesting person - that will give her an edge over these losers!

Prediction: Winner candidate, sleeper strategic force. Wins or gets voted out for likely winning.

Jack – Jack!!! Could I end up picking him as a winner in back to back seasons? Possibly. Jack is the fucking man. He is a total geek, but he doesn’t look or sound like one. He loves musicals, weird indie movies, etc. He’s very cultured and charming. People swoon over him and so he has the social game fundamentals down. But dig a little deeper and he is someone acutely aware of narratives. Jack was 1 quitter away from being a legitimate winner threat in Endure with an insanely competitive cast. He left premerge, but he left with a TON of win equity despite being voted out TWICE!!! Jack isn’t boring, and I think he’s here to swing knives wildly. He’s an amazing character and better dude – really think he will easily waltz his way into merge with a ton of win equity. He’s viewed games, played games and knows the commitment but he isn’t an “org vet”, he isn’t threatening on that metric.

Prediction: Winner candidate. Protagonist of season's narrative, and makes the merge. Hero character for the audience.


Jenny FUCKING AUTUMN – I LOVE HER SO MUCH. Jenny is my friend and I can’t wait to finally get to see her in a game! She is so fun to talk to, extremely smart and has been shockingly successful in her limited ORG history. People just _want to be her friend_ and that is a impossible quality to learn. She radiates positivity and knows the game like no one else. She is a well known person in the big brother/RHAP community, so I expect her to be recognized by quite a few people, and I’m curious to see how that works. I can’t imagine she leaves early? She puts her heart into these things. I think Jenny will make merge, and is another spectacular addition to the cast!

Prediction: Gets Voted Out Early Merge For Being Too Awesome

Shannon I LOVE THIS DONALD TRUMP LOVING AUSTRALIAN MAN. PLEASE DO SUPER WELL YOU ARE SO FUNNY NATURALLY AHHHH. Australians and survivor always leads to He is my top pick for TRAINWRECK OF THE SEASON award, and I LOVE HIM FOR IT. Great casting! No way this dude makes the merge but if he does, we are so fucking lucky!!

Prediction: If he makes the swap he can go far. Good chance he doesn't make swap.

Elyse – I loved her in Broher, I think she is super fascinating! But this video is very monotone. Her being friends with Will Traitor is so weird to me I can not imagine those two interacting ever.

Prediction: 0% Chance to win. Her hair in video and picture are DIFFERENT COLOURS. Does consistency and continuity mean nothing to her?! Insulting!!!

Robbie – Seems like a nice guy. I like that he is a recruit and plays video games. He's the most likely to find this lame and not bother putting in the effort, but I hope he does. Could see him really liking these games which is always good to see.

Prediction: 0% Chance to win!!! His #1 hobby is “hanging out with his friends”!?!?! Do you like breathing and drinking water, too? Oh. Your fun fact is that your favourite colour is orange? How fucking illuminating as to who you are, Robbi.e! It’s not even a fun fact!!!




DARK Carley QUEEN OF THE DARK ELVES!!!! I LOVE HER! We stan an empress! I think Carley will do super well. She’s a very competent and intelligent person – and I believe she’s taken a decent break from the games. She’s intense, but she knows when to burn shit up and when to just be a bubbly version of herself. Carley can switch on a dime, and she’s WAY more strategic than you’d think. Her video gave me Nicole Franzel vibes, and that’s shocking to me considering how cutthroat and badass this girl can be. I think shes ANOTHER real winner threat entering the game, and I think she will do very well. I love that she said "LOVE YOU, BYE" at the end of her video.

Prediction: Major winner threat all game, good chance to win! Love her, bye!

[cmack311]

Sam seems like a very fun teacher. I love her confidence despite not knowing who is playing or how the game will go, but if you can dream it, you sure as hell can do it.

Miles seems like a very smart person (based on stuff he said at least in terms of his education). I am definitely thinking he could go far if he can avoid people thinking he's smart, good luck.

[fabi]

Sam: Well well well for sure the biggest character I guess. Lets see how long she can keep the facade up she has in her fake video. Personally she is not my cup of tea and she promised us so much now that I really have high expectations. So everything worse than mid-merge or end would be a dissapointment. She seems pretty cutthroat though so i could see her making the end but not winning bc her Jury Management is off.

Miles: Miles seems super chill, I could see a lot of people gravitating towards him and wanting to work with him because of that. He also seems to be very logocal and smart which is a good thing in these kind of games. Also I a short lesson on something interesting from him every Confessional please!!!

[kilby]

Jan 27, 2020 19:35:41 GMT -5 fabi said:

Robbie: Robbie gives me really positive vibes. He seems to not know a lot about survivor but that does not have to be a bad thing in ORGs to be honest. I just hope he does not make stupid mistakes in the beginning which could lead to him being the first boot. I think his personality could work for him though and i feel like if he is not an early boot he will go far.
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[kilby]

Sam: Love the intensity! Wolf in sheep clothing. I don't know if she seems as sweet as she thinks she does? But I really, really like Sam. I think she could make it pretty far, but tbh, I kind of expect her to underperform here. This is a REALLY good cast, and I could easily see her slip and be overconfident. She gives off that vibe, and it comes some time. There wont be many places to hide here, and so I'm worried for her. I hope I'm wrong! She gives me Amber Parnell vibes. Big fan! I love her passion for deceit - so far shes the only 'villain', and that is why im hesitant to be too low on her. Lying in survivor is easy to get away with if youre smart, and she seems very smart.

Prediction: Robbed premerge goddess. Probably post swap? Has upside to be exactly 3rd place if her math is to be trusted.

Miles - Seems like a nice guy.

Prediction: Premerge. Nice guys don't do well in survivor.

[cmack311]

Josh might come across as too much for some. I don't know to be honest. I think he might be like a mid-pre merge boot just based on the rest of the cast thus far with half of them to go still.

[kilby]

Josh - Buddy, you have by far the worst filmed video of the season and you're a videographer?! Everything is a chance to promote your work!!!!!!!!! YOU FILMED IT VERTICALLY.
Very big red flag aside, I fucking love this guy. He is so fun to listen to, and has a very unique energy. He seems like the kind of guy I would actually like being friends with. He's naturally funny. He seems like a sweetheart, but a little sneaky too. I think he has the exact set of skills to be able to really do some damage in this game. I have really high hopes for him, and I hope he will be my friend! He reminds me a lot of me, and I think I'm pretty fucking awesome. 

Prediction: Lovable goofball with Shocking Game Sense. Probably goes really far? I feel like 7th place.

Jordan: I would literally rather die than have my office be in a fucking airport hangar holy shit that sounds terrible. Why?! Could there be a worse spot ?!?!?!
The whole time he was talking I thought he was trying to sell me a shitty 1982 Buick. He comes off like a salesman - he's VERY smarmy. People will blindside him just for the fun of it. I can't see him doing well. Seems cool though.

Prediction: Fun premerge villain.

[fabi]

Josh: Either I have seen him play something or he just looks like someone I have seen. I guess I wont be able to go to bed now til I found out what it is and if its the 2nd then who he looks like... Anyways.. I got good vibes from here and he also seems like a fun person to be around with. He is the kind of being a bit too much that I like without being annoying. One of my favorites so far!

Jordan: He seems like he is very good at talking which can be a good thing but also a bad thing. I dont know why but I could see him playing too hard too fast and getting booted early but obvisouly way too early to make a prediction yet. Also that work setting would SUCK!

[ricky]

Ok so the next two boys are interesting! One has fell victim to having their first game be one that I was in, and he wasn’t in my alliance; and the other is a Facebook ORGer, who hasn’t really dabbled in Skype. Let’s start with the one I played with, which is Jordan.

Jordan is an intellectual type. He’s nice, he loves survivor, and he’s super in his head. He’s someone you can tell to be more personable, and he will try to find a strategic way to make himself that way. I think it has to do with him being a mega introvert. He’s an extraverted introvert. He comes across out going, but he struggles to be relatable. However, there is still a noticeable charm within him, and he’s that guy you can totally bring home to mom. He’s an entrepreneur in Los Angeles, partnered, and if he was on eharmony, grindr, or anything else, he’s that guy you find, who can make you live comfortably!!! LOL I don’t know what I am going on about. Basically, when I played with this guy, he tried too hard to be strategic, and he just had no shot because he was all game and no social. I did however advocate for him this season and I told him in his interview that he needs to work on getting to know people – no one wants to just play game with someone, they want to play game with someone they like!! So I am really hoping to see the more personable side to Jordan, he’s a game bot, but it comes from such an authentic place.

Now onto Joshua, let’s just say he is wild. Josh is a cook, and world traveller, and he does this all from his bunkbed. He’s that guy who can talk to you about everything and anything, and you’ll be thinking to yourself ‘holy shit, you are every woman!’ What I am trying to say is that in his interview he told us that he loved to cook and one of the first thing’s he has made was broccoli cheesy bread, which is baking broccoli with cheese on it. I screamed, because that’s so gourmet! I just think Josh is someone who will talk himself up, people will believe it, or they’ll laugh at him and catch on. He’s going to be killer though, his personality is FIRE, he is legit going to be an insane person. I love everything about him, even if he is sitting on a bottom bunk.

[cmack311]

For some reason, Jordan reminds me of the "inconceivable" guy from the Princess Bride film...I don't know why. Anyways, he seems like he might be willing to go All Out to win...All Out.

[devon]

The winner of All Out 2: Double or Nothing:

SPOILER: Click to show

[cmack311]

Silas seems fun. Definitely seems like he could be very camera shy, hopefully after a few days he's more adjusted to it because he could be really fun to see go far.

I hope Nicole goes far...I love how unfiltered she is. I also love how she'd love to do the Amazing Race but she doesn't like to run, so....yeah. I hope she gets to the jury stage of the game at least.

Biniam is someone i'm not to sure of based off the intro video. Seems very to the point, might not wanna talk so much. Hopefully that does change when the game starts because odds are it's gonna be moving at a fast pace speed, especially at the start.

[ricky]

So glad we got to show ya'll three more people!

I LOVE SILAS! He is so weird and different, in such an endearing way. You can't have all of the same, and what makes him different, makes him so special. Silas is someone who is an absolute extrovert, doesn't know it, and is probably so fun to interact with. I think he is going to be powerful in this game, and that is because It think he is smart but people won't be fearful of him. He'll go unnoticed and will probably be the dark horse we don't see coming. Super team Silas until proven otherwise.

Biniam on the other hand is someone brand new; we don't know much about him, and he seems pretty interesting and laid back. I can see him getting really into the game, or just becoming filler, it can go either way. I really do think as long as he jumps right into this thing, he could be a lot of fun to watch, and I am stoked we chose him to be apart of this group of people. He's new so we'll have to go through some growing pains, like filming things in landscape, not portrait! I'm down to go down the rabbit hole with this one though, he seems like he's going to add to our already amazing dynamic.

On the other side of things we have Nicole; while she comes across as a mom type, and does have kids, she's only thirty-six. I think visually when I look at her I see a mature chick, but when she opens her mouth, I find that she takes herself down in age quite a bit. I do wish she would have a bigger vocabulary. I'm all about swearing non stop and being ridiculous, don't get me wrong, but I do think that for a first impression, every other word shouldn't be "fucking!" I am super curious how she'll fit in. I do like Nicole!! I just hope she focuses on this masterpiece we have created, and not some dumb ass I Love Money Game or that Double Cross thing! She's one of few people double dipping. Not sure how I feel about it, but lets go!

[malkon]

Sam- "You're looking at the face of the winner of s2 of All Out."

 I actually believe it after watching this video. This girl is on fire. I love everything about her. I enjoy how spunky she is. Also she's a Parvati fan, I have to stan another Parvati fan. The one thing I think about her though is that I'm worried she won't be able to bottle up this killer instinct and it will be her downfall. I really really really hope I'm wrong and that she kicks ass and goes far because I'M HERE FOR IT!

Miles- "You can use that hydrogen for fuel cells."

 Ok Miles. The only note I have about this video is "Zak2.0 from Sequester." This guy has goat written all over him. I hope to be proven wrong, but like if that's the only video I have of this guy, I would immediately write him off as a losing finalist.

Josh- "I like...and the circle apparently, honestly that shit's pretty good."

 Aside from the fact that he likes the circle...he seems fine. He's probably hating that he couldn't re record that video because of the camera passion. I didn't really get much of an impression of him, but I think he could have the moldable personality that alliances will want to pick him up, and that's a bonus for him in my opinion. What I worry is that he will get comfortable. If that happens I'm worried he won't get any respect from a jury.

Jordan- "Are you ready to go all out? Cuz I sure am!" This video was...I don't have a better word than bad. It was bad to an extreme. It was cheesy, it was tacky, I got no personality from him, and it was just...lifeless. I respect all that he is doing as a human being, but I basically didn't get to know the game player Jordan at all. I hope he does better this season because that wouldn't cut it for me.

Silas- "It's been a red hot minute."

 God I love Silas, but I'm super super biased since we always accidentally end up working together almost every game we play together. He's super social and super strategic, but sometimes his passion gets ahead of him and he can find himself being a meat shield for others. I have seen a recent change in his strategy and it gets him really really far. He won his first alias game recently and I'm hoping to see "that Silas" translate into this ORG. I'm sure it won't, but Silas is good TV and I can't wait to see how he does.

Nicole- "I live in, as production told me, some backwoods state that nobody gives a fuck about."

 Okay I love Nicole. I love her because she's an Amazing Race fan, she is doing this ORG on top of being a full time adult, and she seems like a really chill person. I'm excited to see how well she does, but I don't anticipate she will be the best or even win. What I do anticipate is that she has the type of personality that will blend well with others and I think she will find herself in generally good swing positions that MIGHT enable her to make a case for herself if she plays it right...but that remains to be seen.

Biniam- "I'm enjoying being a pre adult." This was the only quotable line I got from this and it really speaks to him as a person for me. He seems young. He seems possibly inexperienced with how he comes across to other people. Reading people takes time and experience. If he doesn't have that like I fear he does, I don't know how well that will translate to a social based game. He reminds me a bit of Jay from Endure 8, but ultimately doesn't seem like he'd be as much of a wildcard as him.

[ugheddie]

Jan 27, 2020 22:21:52 GMT -5 devon said:

The winner of All Out 2: Double or Nothing:

SPOILER: Click to show

PERIODDDDDD

[devon]

Tribes so far (updated 01/28): 

Cavaso
- Elyse
- Jack
- Jordan
- Silas


Razu
- Jenny
- Miles
- Nicole
- Robbie
- Shannon


Sadani
- Biniam
- Erica
- Josh
- Sam
- Emily

Varia
- Carley
- CJ
- Kollyn
- Austin
- Minga

[devon]

Oh, and quick thoughts on other people:

Elyse: Eddie put it best in the VL, but Elyse is a fascinating mix of confidence and shyness. Between Broher and XTC alone, she has a great highlight reel of fun moments. And although I do want to see that continue here, my main hope is that she makes a deep run and we really see what she's made of from a gameplay perspective. Grace Courtney once said in XTC that Elyse just gives off big brain energy, and I couldn't agree more. I'm biased because she was my ride or die in XTC, but I can't wait to see how Elyse approaches each situation that comes her way in this game.

Kollyn: There were a lot of people in the casting process that I was kind of indifferent towards, but that the rest of production loved - and Kollyn definitely falls into that category. He seems like a nice guy, but personally I'm not gonna bother watching his confessionals unless/until he gives me a reason to (i.e., he shows that he's going to be a big player or personality).

Erica: Erica is lovely and amazing. That being said, the main appeal of Erica on this cast for me is 5% what she's going to do in the game and 95% watching Sam Lechner narrate her gameplay in confessionals.

CJ: She's sharp and I think she's probably going to be one of the more underrated players in terms of win equity. As long as she's active enough, I feel like she's positioned nicely to be a sidekick rather than a top-tier alpha female like Sam, Carley, Jenny, and Nicole. If that is indeed her lane, she has a serious shot to win this thing. Her worst case scenario is if any of the aforementioned alpha females see her as a threat early on. She's either going to be premerge or a key factor in the endgame.

Jack: I already wrote about him but I also want to say that I think Jack was mostly joking in his video - I think once the Marooning happens and he touches down on the beach, his competitive side will take over.

Jenny: I pretty much echo the praise everyone else is giving her, but there is some downside if the people on her tribe don't mesh with her gregarious personality. I think Jenny seems socially and strategically savvy, but I don't see her as a people-pleasing suckup - I feel like if Jenny recognizes that someone is put off by her, she's not the type to dramatically adjust how she's coming across. Which is actually a great trait in life, but it carries some downside in a game like this. Ultimately, though, I do think she'll run her tribe.

Shannon: Conversely, I echo most of the negativity towards Shannon as a player that you guys have expressed, but I'm a bit more bullish on him than most. There is room for him to make good bonds on his tribe, and I do think he could work around the main twist of the season effectively. The downside for him is if he comes across as too obviously wolfy to Jenny or Nicole, in which case we might as well prepare his casket early.

Robbie: I think Robbie will do well. I think his positive energy is genuine and that alone will carry him a long way. In general, this is going to be a game dominated by savvy women, so the men that have the best chance to go far will be those that the alpha females scoop up as sidekicks. And he seems like one of the top contenders in the entire cast for that kind of role.

Carley: From what I've heard from other prod members and how she came across in her interview, if you put a gun to my head, I would say that Carley is the best overall player on the cast this season. If we could reconstruct Sam Lechner in a laboratory to be an even better Survivor player (i.e., better at managing threat level, have a more subtle manner of taking charge) I feel like the end result would look a lot like what Carley is now. The only potential downside is that I'm absolutely terrified of her, and I wonder if a few people in the game will feel the same...

Sam: The above comment notwithstanding, all of you that are doubting Samantha Lechner are on the wrong side of history. It's not cockiness if you can back it up, and this bitch (to use her preferred pronouns) can back it up. Other players vote people out; this bitch puts them in bodybags and dumps them in the ocean. I agree that it's often cringy when people compare themselves to Parvati, but with Sam the comparison is justified - her social game is excellent. The things that make her charismatic to us in the Viewer's Lounge are just as effective on her fellow players. And I do believe that she'll do a better job managing her threat level this time around (I expect a somewhat-similar arc to Amber Parnell in Power 9.) [edit: Sam, when you read this, I'm sorry I didn't respect your preferred pronouns of "bitch" and "that bitch" consistently throughout this write-up]

Miles - see my thoughts on Kollyn

Josh - I think this is Joey from The Circle catfishing us. Bahaha no, Josh is great and is just leagues above a lot of our newbie males in terms of sheer entertainment value. If Sam votes him out I'm calling the police.

Jordan - I echo Kilby, who on Earth would want to have an office at an airport hangar? Terrible strategist imo.

Silas - I love him. Has some winner upside, but more importantly, he's basically a lock to have a ton of fun, emotional moments. As the great Jayden Obsorne once said about me, we adore a trainbot.

Nicole - I feel like my negativity towards Nicole is just me projecting my own frustration that people are gonna judge us for casting her when we've advertised this season as newbie-oriented. Like, I would've absolutely paid for Jay to have a sex change so we could just cut Nicole and keep an even gender ratio...gahhhhh! As far as Nicole as a player, um, I dunno, whatever, she'll probably do well. Seems like an alpha female type that will either work with Jenny or absolutely despise her. Make no mistake, Nicole and Jenny are the ones that will determine the balance of power on this tribe, not Shannon.

Biniam - I was probably one of the bigger advocates for Biniam; I did his interview and really liked his vibes. Dan Gheesling once said that the biggest thing that shocked him both times that he played Big Brother was that hardly anyone would ask him questions about his life - they would only talk about themselves. I've found this to be true in the games I've played as well. Biniam, by contrast, was the only person I did an interview with that would interrupt me to ask me questions about myself, or to dig deeper about why I asked a particular question. I think he's gonna be great, and specifically, a kind of great that won't be on people's radars until he's potentially at the end and the jury loves him. Serious Wendell Holland/Danny Kaplan (S1) vibes from him.

[fabi]

Silas: I do not think Silas is my cup of tea to be honest. He seems kinda over the top for me and some people like that but that is just nor for me. I could see him getting connections though because of that so lets see what happens there

Nicole: Nicole I have for sure seen around in this community but I have never actively followed her playing a game so this is gonna be a a first for me. She did not seem too over the top for me - which I have no problem with - but I feel like her experience could work for her. I think she could be one to look out for on the initial tribe.

Biniam: Seeing him for the first time, he kinda reminded me of Carlos and Jay but maybe less ballsy and cocky. Looking at at the ribe he starts, I could see him flying under the radar for a bit. I also could see him having a good social game without being too dramatic or over the top.

[jaydenosborne]

Okay, I'm strapping myself in! First of all: I hate you all, hosts. Your cast is exactly the kind of group of people I'd love to assemble in a game and I'm so jealousy-stricken. For the first time I feel excited to spectate a game I didn't have a hand in producing — I don't just feel like I'm doing it out of obligation to my friends!



Rather than just give my general thoughts on the cast I figured I'd break them into tiers and rank them based on my first impressions! Get ready to be judged, all.

TIER #6

KOLLYN
I wish I loved anything as much as Kollyn loves Oklahoma. Also, fuck yes — it only took one video for someone to give the generic "I work as [insert job here] which means I interact with different people every day and that's going to help me in this game" nonsense answer that isn't a real thing. Also being so excited to play with this phenomenal cast when he hasn't met anybody yet 💖. King of compliments that are actually sweet nothings!

I don't have a grasp on how he'd play the game, seems pretty ordinary. Expecting a MOR2 or UTR2 presence from him, just a number in an alliance.

JOSH
What a soothing podcaster voice you have! Mmmm, if I started a change.org petition to get Jenny off of RHAP and Joshua in her place is that something that you guys would sign? I like him! I think he's someone that'd I'd stick to like glue if I were in the game. Points deducted for filming vertically though! Expecting an overall MOR3 experience with a few key CP4 episodes here and there before he's eventually blindsided.

BINIAM
Skate by doing the minimum effort! I had to watch his video twice because the first time I arrived at the end of it, I realised I had retained none of what I had just watched. Expecting an UTR2 presence for like, two episodes until his boot. Biniam also gets points deducted for filming vertically, and I read low activity from him completely. Seems nice though, hope he proves me wrong!

MILES
As the Engineering dropout I am, my brain went into shutdown when he started explaining the inner-workings of his degree. Dig that he is brand-spanking-new to ORGs though. Points added for seemingly using a yellow wet floor cone as decor 💅🏻.

SHANNON
What the FUCK, an Australian? God hearing an Australian accent among a sea of North Americans is jarring... is this what I sound like? Also, a person from Adelaide! Slightly less rare than meeting a Darwinian or Tasmanian, but still a very elusive Australian. I was distracted the entire time because I cannot picture this man being into ORGs. I welcome the addition into the Australian ORGers club though. The most Australian person to exist since Shannon Noll.

Also, oh my god is this the version of the video that's going out to the rest of the cast? Because he straight up talks about his game plan and it will not be a cute look for him if that's everyone's first impression of him, hahah.

TIER #5

NICOLE
She already seems done with these people trying to call her while she's at work and the game hasn't even started yet, lmao 💖. She's someone that was on the shortlist for Power, and when she was interviewed I saw how fun she can be. This is a cast of shining stars though so she has to land in this tier. She's obviously OTTN, but I say that in the best way possible — it's a badge of honour, it means you're fun to watch (OR HORRIBLE, but Nicole isn't). I would love to see her last but in a cast that's full of as Biniam would say: "pre-adults", that are also newbies and probably need an easy vote or two to get acclimated, I think she's going to bite the dust first off of her tribe.

Also, oops! She's on Jenny's tribe and has RHAP merch in the background of her video. People are totally going to clock that and worry about Nicole wanting to chum up to Jenny.

JORDAN


Nothing says warm and inviting like filming your intro video in the same angle that the Green Goblin is always framed in 💚.

I think it's his general delivery and demeanor, but I watched his video imagining what I would think if I was a fellow player, and all that was going through my head was "well I guess I know who to target right off the bat!". He gives me red flags all over, and I don't think I'd ever be able to trust him. He just comes off as sneaky and I think it's too clockable. It soured his delivery of his genuinely nice sounding business and all I was thinking was "pay attention and maybe he'll accidentally slip that this business is a pyramid scheme" — that's how little I trust him. I think he's gone at the first Tribal Council, but I'll love watching him until that happens. He'll bounce between CPN5 and OTTN5.

JENNY
I think she's only played one ORG, and ended up WINNING it which is crazy. Like who plays their first ORG and isn't an utter disaster? Rude that she gets to skip that phase! I'm excited for her to play this game, because I think her past one didn't really have a VL or anything like that, and I consider the VL to basically be the whole season. I like her, but I didn't find anything super quirky about her that popped that I can make fun of in this write-up. She just seems like a straight-up cool person. Oh, it sounds like we have basically the same job though so that's neat! Rooting for Jenny, possibly my winner pick depending on who is revealed tomorrow.

Queen of having her meet me video cut out mid-sentence! 👸

ROBBIE
Hello, Robbie 😍! Still being into Minecraft lmao💕. He has a nice, fun energy about him. That is all.

JACK
I adore Jack, he's fantastic and I wear it as a badge of honour that I dragged him into these Skype ORGs. He oozes charisma, like gah, thank god he works on-camera in media because he has such a good camera prescence that I think if that wasn't his career trajectory, every conversation I have with him would start with "why aren't you working in media?".

So, I obviously recruited him for Endure: Somnium, and it was a bit of a mess (at the start)! Jack and I both started out on a community called EpicMafia, where you predominantly play minis that only last for a few hours. Slowly but surely, those branched out into ORGs on both EpicMafia and the Survivor Wiki. I think the thing about Jack in his main community is that he's very much a big fish in a small pond — and I really like a lot of the people there, but the demographics skew way younger, more introverted, and the games are far more low-effort. So that kind of explains Jack's culture shock coming into a Skype game.

Despite our long friendship, Jack and I always interacted outside of games and I don't think I ever got a grasp on how he really plays, but I have a few hunches. I don't think Jack is the most strategic player out there. An underreported story from his only other Skype game is that he completely failed to strategize around the season twist, and ended up gifting the one person he wasn't aligned with in a three-person tribe immunity, who then proceeded to throw the challenge and vote him out with only her vote counting the round before the merge. It was really heartbreaking, because he was set up to be such an amazing underdog but it all was thrown out the window by a frustrating lack of forward-thinking from Jack.

So I think Jack is a very MOR player. I think he's going to ride the middle of an alliance, sometimes it'll give him a win, sometimes he'll be taken out alongside that alliance. I don't think he'll be one to call the shots ever just because I don't think he's power-hungry enough or interested enough in number crunching and positioning. I also hope he is motivated in this game, he can't afford to be lazy here and that's my concern because he certainly doesn't seem enthusastic in his (albiet charming) video. That all being said, I'm really, really, really fucking excited for Jack 2.0, especially because I never thought it would happen. Thank goodness for alcohol!

TIER #4

CARLEY
She was only the tenth video I watched but somehow I think she was the 27th person in this cast to mention in her meet me video that she loves astrology, lmao. She probably gets this all of the time, but she looks exactly like Lavender Brown. She even mentions liking things that are witchy! Ahhhh.


Me, declaring my Carley fandom in the viewers lounge every week.

Love her, and love that I'll get to just use Lavender Brown gifs in the inevitable stan thread I make for her. WIN PLEASE.

ELYSE
Okay Elyse's video made me laugh the most out of anyone's for some reason. First of all, she served us with a completely different hair colour than in her cast photo lmao. Whose cast photo is more outdated now — Elyse's or Devon's? (The answer is still Devon!). Also, she delivered her meet me video as if she was being held hostage and forced to read a script that she had never read before in her life⭐. She had, zero expression or enthusiasm whatsoever and it totally won me over! I hope to see more hair colours and more  

C.J.
Okay THE STARPOWER! I get total Shelli from Big Brother 17 vibes from her and almost everything she said cracked me up in this video. Her using up time in her meet me video to call out her friend who is REFUSING to help her with her Survivor application video 💖. What a bad friend!!! Opting to be seen as a serial bridal dress hoarder rather than reveal to your friends that you took a modelling job in fear of being called ugly 💖. Also showing us a picture of her and her husband on her monitor where he is exactly one pixel big and we can't make anything out 💖. C.J. needs to get better friends who will help her out in making a Survivor audition video so in total Shelli Poole energy she can have HALO as her family visit 💖. Also I'm a big Halo fan so I appreciate that.

Loooooooooooooooooooooove her so much.

TIER #3

SILAS
MY SILAS! Having him this high is riddled with my own personal bias, just because I love and would die for Silas. He's the best. I got to meet him in Power when we were placed on the same tribe, and together we had our premerge tribe widdled down from 7 people, to being the only two members to make it to the merge. We chaotically flipped at the first swap vote and forced a rock draw together that went our way. He stole an idol from me. We were closest allies. We went against each other. His voted my ass out after I fucked up and failed to vote out his first.

And oh my god the complete manic energy he brought into his Meet Me video had me dying. Just flailing about with excitement and staring so intently at the camera. He's a gem, gah.

He's honestly quite a rational, strategic and stubborn player who thinks quite logically. But however I think the rocks round meltdown kind of dominates his reputation for the few people that know him from Skype ORGs, and it's not exactly the full glimpse into what Silas brings to an ORG. He completely recovered from that Tribal, was the only person in our season to have a working relationship with literally everybody in the cast, positioned himself as the frontrunner to win as late as the Final 6. Had he made it to the end I'm positive that he would have won in a landslide vote. Silas is a super social and super strategic, competant player that could easily take out this win. I don't know if he will, but I'd be stunned to see him make anything but a deep run.

TIER #2

ERICA

THE SHERRIF IS BACK FOR HER SECOND RODEO, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH. I love, and am still the official head of the Erica fan club and I'm so excited to watch her again and feel blessed that she's playing another game. Seriously just her intro video where she went through the effort of overlaying music and adding captions. And she remembers being the Sherrif 🤠!

She's just such a pleasant and unorthodox player to watch, just such a fun person to have in a season both as a person to influence the game, but just because she's genuinely awesome. Some of my new favourite Erica-ism's from her meet me video:

💖 "This will be my second ORG... if that's what you call it?" 💖



💖 "I don't really like talking about myself!" — Erica, who has an intro video three times longer than anybody else 💖.



💖 "I am... a pices" 💖

I encourage everyone to read up my writeup of the best moments of her last season. www.ndimforums.com/8endure/thread.asp?threadid=469&pp=15#4693

What a coincidence that they all turned out to be Erica-centric! She's just that good.

TIER #1

SAM
LOL WHAT THE FUCK where did you find this girl, hahahahah. I'm so deep in love, honestly. The juxtaposition from her sweet schoolteacher Meet Me video to her extra-curricular 😈 EVIL MEET ME VIDEO 😈 with intentionally framed Slytherin poster in the background had me dead. And the fact that she went through effort to obscure the Slytherin poster in her nice Meet Me video, ugh. "THESE MOTHERFUCKERS ARE GOING TO THINK I'M A HUFFLEPUFF" 😈😈😈

It was so completely out of nowhere and so over the top, I love it. Not since Natalie "flossing my teeth with his jugular" Bolton have I found a girl steer so hard into villainess before. Also making reference to the guys she's slept with while in her fifth grade classroom lmao. 



I cannot wait to see 😈 EVIL SAM 😈 Parvati the FUCK out of this cast!!! She is a SURVIVOR GOD!!! Y'all!!

[taystl]

Hey bitches it's myyyyyyy turn! 

I'm going to do mine in 6's because I'm behind and graphics have been kicking my butt hehe.

KOLLYN

The first member of Varia! Kollyn is so eager to play, probably the most eager out of all our cast. He's planning on studying our past season, and really taping into the strategic element of the game to go far. I think he'll been seen by his tribe as easily relatable, laid back, chill player which can play to his advantage if he's willing to go all out.

ERICA 

Sadani watch out... God this girl is my literal bestie. When I approached her about playing I couldn't have screamed louder to hear her say yes. THIS ISN'T HER FIRST RODEO EVERYONE. Mark my words, Erica will beat her placement. I'm not going to say she's going to win because, realistically, she's already won in my heart and thats ALL THAT MATTERS. 

CJ

CJ is Ricky's little baby, and another member of our Varia tribe. I believe she won Expedition, don't ask me I could be wrong lmao. But if that's the case I wouldn't sleep on this angel. She young, but still old enough to fit in with the older crowd. Beautiful, literal goddess so I'm sure all the boys will be swooning over her, even though she is married. And did I say intelligent? This girls an accountant, she knows what she's doing. 

JACK

I didn't know too much about Jack before his interview, I just had Ricky down my throat saying HE'S YOUR TYPE, HE'S YOUR TYPE (he wasn't innncorecccctttt :$ ). Anyways Jack is the first member of my fav tribe Cavaso. From what I can tell I can see Jack's path going one of two ways, inactive early boot, or active enough to skate by and running into trouble early merge because everyone else's social bonds are stronger. I want to see him dedicate literally everything to this game because I think he's such a captivating player. 

JENNY

Jenny is someone I honestly think I could be great friends with in real life. And is it weird to say I could listen to her voice all day... probably but it's true. She's starting off Razu on a high point. I think Jenny has a lot of what it takes to really take this thing. A hardcore strategist but has the personality to maintain social bonds needed to win. I want to see this bitch do well, I love.

SHANNON

Shannon is our second member of Razu, and I'm extremely excited to see the damage he can do. He's one of our few players that have expressed time after time that he want to murder the living shit out of this game. And from an entertainment standpoint, i'm here for it. From a likeliness to go far in the game standpoint, I unfortunately see it catching up to him. But doesn't mean i'm going to be enjoying every second of him.

PRE-SEASON WIN EQUITY RANKINGS

JENNY
CJ
JACK
KOLLYN
ERICA
SHANNON

PRE-SEASON FAVOURITE RANKINGS

ERICA
JENNY
JACK
CJ
KOLLYN
SHANNON

[jaydenosborne]

Jan 27, 2020 18:29:28 GMT -5 ricky said:

Now don’t get me wrong, Shannon by no means is a chest pounding trump supporter. Think of Australia almost like Texas, they’re just very conservative right wing, not everyone, but their view isn’t as diverse as ours here in America.

This is not true at all, hahah. We're the same as you guys — the more rural you get, the more conservative things tend to be; while the cities are predominantly very left-wing. We have just as diverse views as America and are by no means like Texas.

[benji]

Shannon: G'day? Really? As someone who had to play an ORG with an Aussie, I already feel bad for his tribemates and the lack of tribal councils he will attend will ultimately let him get away with a vote or two where he should be a target. Kind of kidding on that one, as he seems like a nice dude. Says he plans to play big and bold. If this is a trend, the UTR crowd will cruise to the merge. He seems to have a lot of confidence, but that's dependent on how well he tempers that behavior in front of the others.

My Prediction: 7th place.

Elyse: My future wife. Here's the deal: She was on XTC and she was productions winner pick for many different reasons throughout the pre-merge. She is smart, very social, funny, and good at challenges. The only reason she was voted out of XTC was because Devon idoled himself. This season, I expect her to be a silent assassin. Elyse recognized her target was contributed to how good she was at challenges, so I fully expect her to be close with many people on her tribe and lay low a bit to work her way to the merge.

My prediction: Elyse will make the merge. Depending on who is left with her (meaty shields and whatnot), she could make a run to FTC.

[devon]

Following in the footsteps of Nolan from last season, Austin has played multiple seasons of Survivor BC but is playing his first ever ORG here. He's a really interesting and weird dude, but he can be a wicked social player when he wants to be. He always wants to align with the girls and I don't expect that will change here. His downside is that he might not adapt to the online format, but this man just loves the game too much for that to happen imo. On the strategic side, Austin can be messy as hell so it'll be interesting to see if he reigns in his tendency to be kind of a crackhead. I'd love to see what would happen if an assassin like Carley took him under her wing.

[paige]

Kollyn- he is the type of person I could see myself very much working with, from watching his video it seems like he is a pretty positive person and finds the good side of things which I think could help in the game.
Erica- I don't remember her from endure but i wasn't around for most of the seasons. it seems like she likes to talk a lot which can be good but it could also rub people the wrong way, hopefully she can control it and make it work for her.
CJ- I think I will be rooting for her, from the sounds of it she probably won't know anyone, and i think if people find out she is a model they will just under estimate her and she could do well.
Jack- I loved Jack in his past org and I am so excited to get to see him play again!!!! he had a wake up call in the last org and it was just what he needed to kick himself into gear. I really hope we get to see him play how he played after that because if we do he is a great player with possibility of winning
Jenny- i think the podcasts that she does could help but also hurt her. i think it could be good cuz she can see what others are doing, but i think she could over think things as well, her passion for getting to know people could really help her as well.
Shannon- first off i love his accent lol but he seems like someone who isnt afraid to make big moves and get what he wants done done, though this could lead to over playing so it will be interesting to see how he does.
Elyse- her intro video seemed really scripted and i think it will be interesting to see how she does in things that are in the moment, and building connections with others, she is also someone who i wouldnt think of as your typical org player so lets see how it goes for her.
Robbie-to me he is still very much an unknown with how he will play so that will be fun to watch. he seems like he is good at talking so he shouldnt have a problem building connections with others.
Carley- i think if she ever gets on a tribe with jenny that they will work together, i hope she isnt too busy with school and is able to work her way in with some people
Sam- I hope Sam isnt over confident and get herself screwed over. but from watching her video to the viewers i hope she does well, i think she is very much going to be wearing like a mask/disguise during the first part of the game which she did say in her video to the viewers so i think it will be interesting to see that play out
Miles- it is kinda hard for me to tell about him from his intro video, i hope he is able to connect with some people and shows us what he can do within the first couple rounds so i can get a more solid opinion on him
Josh-he seems full of energy so i dont think talking to others will be a problem for him. Charity mentioned he has a broken hand and I hope that doesn't hold him back in challenges or restrict what he can do.
Jordan- not really sure why but he kinda reminds me of one of my friends, i think its the personality that just draws you to want to talk to them, i think if he maintains the same personality in that intro video through out the season he will go far but get cut during jury because people will see him as too likeable.
Silas- he seems like he would be in a brains category if he was on a split survivor based on that. but i think having played one org before it could help him because it allows him to know more of how orgs work while also not being seen as a threat for having played too many.
Nicole-i think she could do well in this game, she seems to tell it how it is and having raised kids and having exchange students i think will help her because it helps to see how others think and having cultural experiences of other places could help as well.
Biniam- his video was really short so i dont really have many thoughts on him hopefully i can get more thoughts the first few rounds.
Emily- very high energy but another short video so don't have much for her either
Austin- he seems kinda like he also was reading from a script so i would like to see him more in a group setting. but i think the fact that he works with people with special needs will allow him to more easily be able to connect with people as he knows how to connect with kids who may be more difficult.
Minga- it seems like she does a lot of things and seems like a very good communicator. defiantly one of my favorites based on intro videos and i can't wait to get to see her play, i think she will also be someone that doesn't care if you like her or not or if you are against her then she will rally more support to get you out then going home

[taystl]

Next 6 okayyyy YAY

ELYSE

Okay I actually have a huge girl crush on her. I want her to do well so bad, I don't really know a lot about her but I am rooting for her. I think she will really thrive on Cavaso, i can almost see her in a leadership position. She seems sweet and I feel like she's got good energy to be a huge social threat. Rooting for you sis!

ROBBIE

OH MY GOD I FUCKING LOVE THIS GUY. Robbie and I met in sac last week and ugh I feel in love with him. He has the biggest heart in the world. He's going through a pretty tough break up and we shared some pretty deep conversations that i'll forever treasure. I want him to do so well. The best thing about Robbie is that he literally knows NOTHING about survivor, nothing. The bright side is he is a huge gamer, is on discord for multiple hours of the day so this transition should be easy for him. I want someone on Razu to pick him up under their wing, because I could see a scenario where said person does all the backstabbing etc and robbie is seen in such a positive light for being associated with the moves, but the kind heart that everyone wants to vote for at the end. Did I mention I love him?

CARLEY

My witchy little bitchy xox. I'm excited for Carley to thrive in this game, because we dropped a lot of well known female orgers for her. She's so captivating, such a social and strategic threat, but also an emotional little mess. She may have a little trouble on Varia with the other two females being older, but if anyone can do it, it'll be Carley. I'm excited for her DR's, and I think she has a really good shot at taking this W.

SAM

Oh my god where do I begin with this fucking ANIMAL. I see so much of myself in Sam, but the distinctive difference is I'm too emotional to have other people hate me whereas she could give no fucks if someone hates her. I admire the fuck outta her for that. Sadani is going to be a tough tribe for her, specifically with Emily because they're both alpha females. I can see her doing well, definitely merge, but unfortunately I see her downfall being the fact that she needs to tap into a personable side of her to sway people over. You can't win survivor without people liking you, and although from a viewers standpoint she will be fucking so fun to watch, the cast has feelings, and sam doesn't care about people's feelings LMAO.

MILES

I need Miles to come out of this shit surprising me. This guy knows survivor and knows it well, but its his first online game. I don't think hes going to understand how much time and effort these things take. But I want him to do well, so badly. HE DID HIS FUCKING HOMEWORK. He came into his interview with legitimate things I did for my win in season 1... like i've never seen that happen before. So I hope hope hope he can put the time in. Razu IMO is a clusterfuck because theres a shit ton of timezone difference, him and robbie are new orgers, Nicoles fucking crazy, etc. But I surprisingly can see Razu avoiding tribal for a couple rounds. We shall see!

JOSH

Josh comes from the Facebook community so he understands the dedication these things take. I love his charisma, I love his personality, and he's italian which is so hot LMAO. Weooooo okay I need to breathe. I think he's on a perfect starting tribe to set up a good path for a win. With the 3 girls on Sadani, they're gonna fued. So the boys will easily slip by. He's also attractive and straight, so I can see Sam and Emily trying to mist over Josh. I have no doubt that he will go far.

PRE-SEASON WIN EQUITY RANKINGS

Josh

Carley

Robbie

Elyse

Jenny

CJ

Jack

Miles

Sam

Kollyn

Erica

Shannon

PRE-SEASON FAVOURITE RANKINGS

Robbie

Erica

Josh

Sam

Jenny

Jack

Carley

Miles

Elyse

CJ

Kollyn

Shannon

[cmack311]

Emily being from Ann Arbor makes her instantly one of my favorites! Gotta support my Michigan peeps! She seems very outgoing based on the 30 seconds I’ve seen her, so hopefully that helps her!

Austin seems pretty chill. Love the fun facts about his marathon running (I’m sure one of the other cast members who doesn’t run will love him for that one). Might be a dark horse to win this whole thing.

Minga gives me vibes of being the one who wants to be the leader. Definitely not the worst thing but it could be bad later in the game. I loved her story about how she got into photography. I hope she does really well.

[kilby]

Silas!!! - Omg I'm so happy I get to see Silas play again. I've been friends with Silas for like 4 years, and they are ALWAYS a standout character in every single game they play. Silas is one of those very unique people who isn't like anyone else I've ever met. They are bold, hold their convictions extremely true and are extremely intelligent about the game...and yet, he is a TOTAL nutjob hahahaha. He is the most emotional player I have ever seen, but is usually able to Melt The Fuck Down, but still be good enough to recover. Silas was responsible for the best tribal I have ever seen in Power 8, and he just brings so much fun? He's fun to make fun of, to root for. He's a fully realized character and person - and a damn good player to boot. I think the sky is the limit for Silas, and I really think he could win here. He is really good at working with females, and this is a female-powery season. I think he will do very well! His video was amazing. I predict he will yet again be my favourite this season! I hope he produces ridiculous memeable content, while also being a consistently strong strategic voice. Not many people can do both! Every time I've seen silas get voted out it's been a HUGE INSANE blindside that is fun. He just builds up SO much animosity from the viewers it's great. 

Prediction: Post Merge Villain. Small winner upside.

Nicole - She scares me. She's the type of boring-but-capable player that really makes me worried! I've seen her in a LOT of games and she is always super boring riding the bottom of an alliance the whole game, but ALWAYS places well. She is anti-drama! I hope she doesn't do well. I probably would align with her, too. I'm part of the problem.

Prediction - Probably wins. Ugh.
___

Emily : I love her, but I don't have much info. She is EXTREMELY charming and so I think she will do well. There's a chance she doesn't commit as much as she should, but I have high hopes she can learn. TSL says shes good and I trust that + her really interesting video.

Prediction: Iconic Premerge/early merge queen who the viewers stan but the players don't treat nicely

Austin: Hot take he's awesome. His video is *terrible* and I know nothing about him, but he prepared a script for this. Including canned laughter and everything - what does that mean? He's actually planning this out. He cares. Did he fail terribly in being charming? Yes. But he's a cool dude, not an actor. I think he could be very good at this game and I saw glimmers of it in the video. The hot sauce, etc all are attempts at being funny. he won't be a FORCE in the game but probably a utr-good character we all like.

Prediction: Strong spot as a better players henchman. Losing finalist.

Biniam: Top candidate for first boot/AFK. I know nothing about him but the small amount I know is RED FLAGS
Prediction: First boot.


Minga: Not sure. I like her a lot, but also think she might think ORG's are super lame and tap out early: on the assumption she DOES try, I think she does very well. She's fun, a little OTT but in a way that isn't TOO annoying. And low key, people enjoy the drama that comes from annoying people. I don't know how savvy she is, but she's in a lane where that won't be super important. She's charming and fun, and probably unlike anyone else on the cast.

Prediction: Swap boot, but fun girl we cheer on!

[fabi]

Emily: Emily gives me all the good vibes. She seems super positive and outgoing. I really hope she is gonna do well because she is for sure one of my favorites! I have never seen her play (I guess she is pretty new?) but I cant wait and to see how she does.

Austin: Not gonna lie, in the beginning of the video he gave me like robotic vibes but he seems pretty chill as a person but since I do not know how he plays i guess I have to wait and see.

Minga: I dont know why, but I really like her. I think her and Austin will get along so thats already 2 people on a tribe of six so they "only" would need 2 more for a majority. I can see her clicking with a lot of people, being the cool mom.

[cmack311]

I like Abby. She seems to have a fun outgoing personality. I can see her doing well but I could also see her not doing well just based on this cast of fun people.

[kilby]

Abby seems great. Nervous but that will fade - and nerves show she cares, which is a plus in my book. Jack and Abby are totally gonna date obvious showmance is obvious. I think she seems smart, bubbly and probably able to play pretty well. Excited to see more from her

Prediction: Post merge, under the radar player. Maybe losing finalist. Dates Jack.