When The First Card Is Drawn/Confessionals

Day 1
"vicino"

- I'm so happy! This is a dream come true! My tribe is cool and I LOVE Nat! Lets hope I am this happy 39 days from now

"lontano"

- HOLY SHITBALLS. i'm actually in love with this twist. i adore tarot cards and own three decks irl. i definitely sensed something when i saw the logo, and i'm so fucking here for this. i hope i can stay and play it out!

"pesante"

- So I'm honestly liking most of my tribe that I have talked too besides Sebastian. Nice guy, but good lord he's asking about if idols are found and what the immunity challenge is and all this bullshit. I'm just sitting over here curious why his mind is going a mile a minute. The twist seems interesting, I'm more interested in seeing how it plays out more than anything! Hoping for the best

"vicino"

- The game has just began and I am really hyped for the game to begin! So far I really like everyone on my tribe, especially Nat. I want her to be my closest ally but I don't want to say that to her, I don't want to be over-assertive early on. I like everyone though!

The twist is really interesting and worries me!! I'm still a bit confused but I think I'll only see how it works when the first card is drawn. At the moment I'm enjoying meeting everyone so my mind will stay focused on that.

"lontano"

- I have been talking with just about everyone on my tribe and so far everyone seems to like me. Nat is like my mother, Declan is an icon, Hope and I are first ORG buddies, Jason and I are bonding over how we both have swam competitively, Izzy and I are keyboard mashers together oewijfwoiefj. I really hope things don't heat up too quickly though because that might blow up my whole strategy.

"giovane"

- I had spoken to everyone I could in this tribe and everyone seemed to be nice at one another but I'm already planning the worst. I feel the 1st tribal council Pesante attend will probably transform the nice atmosphere into WW3. Marty is probs the best to strategize with and probs my best chance at finding an ally. I see a connection forming here. I had either small talked other people's or not yet spoke to them but they all seem interesting as ally... or targets depending of my humor. I did not found a Target yet but it seems like we will shop at Target soon.

"vicino"

- Shieeet what type of heart of the cards tomfoolery do we got here?

"pesante"

- So, this game has started like any other. People are exchanging pleasantries. I don’t think you can win the game on day 1, but you can certainly lose it. There are people in our tribe that haven’t been active once, and I know it’s painting a target on them.

I have played the game with a couple people on my tribe, Aaron and Marty. I voted marty out second and Aaron tried to flip on me. So, that’s some great pregame relationships.

I feel like I’m bonding well with Eli and Jerry. Hopefully, the 3 of us can make some noise together this season.

"giovane"

- Whew great to be in Molise, wherever that is.

Anyway, I've never played in the two tribes of ten configuration, I prefer smaller tribes where you can get to know smaller chunks of people better, but anyway my initial impression of this tribe is that we have a pretty gamey/strategically oriented group that happens to be quite older than usual on average, which I think is a good thing. (Last time I played, it was a group of emotionally-charged sub-16 year olds with a completely different vernacular to me)

No one yet jumps out to me as someone I'd like to have as a number one, maybe Trey or Marty, Jerry too, but It's still early days. Sebastian (or ""Basty"" as he likes to be called) appears to be a bit of a social/strategic live wire, as he said in the tribe chat after finding out Ashley and I were from the same country that ""there might be an Australian alliance"" or something along those lines. That type of volatility is usually something I like to take out early in the piece.

I don't know like 90% of these people. I have had a few interactions with Jason Edward, but he's on the other tribe. Too early to say how this season will go.

Day 2
"vicino"

- The reward challenge is happening right now and it's a puzzle. I don't want to seem too smart to everyone so I'm deliberately doing worse than I could do in this puzzle challenge. I also don't want to score the best score so I'm not viewed as a threat so I'm going to allow Jordan to take all the credit and then praise him for being really good afterwards, and I deliberately got his first attempt score of nearly 5:40 because I expect that he will then beat that. I could actually get around 4:30 for this but it's too much for the first challenge I think, unless other people improve their times because a lot of people are around the 8:00 mark so a 4:00 one would stand out. I just don't want to give anyone a reason to vote me out first so doing good but not amazing in the first challenge is where I want to be.

There's a twist with this reward challenge which would let my score be better. I want to get it wrong so that my score doesn't increase and I'm more middle of the group while everyone else's increases. It also helps in making me look dumber, and I don't want people to think I'm clever at all. I deliberately lied to Andrea about which universities I was applying to so that she doesn't think I'm that clever either.

Even so, I like the tribe a lot at the moment. Nat, Harrison and Jordan are really fun to talk to and I like Andrea and Hope a lot too. The others are nice also but I've just spoken to them less I guess, I get really good vibes from Christian though. Jason is cool too and he's applied 7 times so I don't want to vote him out too soon because he really wants to play.

I hope we win so none of this matters because Giovane is a sweet tribe haha.

"vicino"

- More people are getting lower times for the reward which is great! It gives Giovane a better chance of winning and also places me in the middle of the group which is where I want to be. I accidentally answered the -20s question correctly but now that people are scoring lower than before I'm glad I did, my score is very much in the middle of the group and I don't stand out to anyone for being too bad or for being too good.

Ahh I still love the tribe, it's gonna be so hard voting anyone out from it."

"pesante"

- "Sebastian is making so many rookie mistakes. He added me to an alliance chat that already existed. I feel so special 🙄.  He’s made fake alliances on day 2.  He’s trying to throw Juliet under the bus for whatever reason.  He says that she’s playing too hard, and she never talks.  That makes total sense.

At the same time, I get it. It’s his first ORG, and he wants to do well. However, you have to go with the pace of the game. You never want to be the guy that tries to speed it up.

"lontano"

- Izzy says he reads fortunes but gets the advantage question wrong... I find a prime case of LIES & DECIETE COMIN ON.

"giovane"

- k so this has been pretty good?? like ive been trying to well adjust into everything so im just trying to fix my mistakes from h*llason. theres two (2) people on this tribe that i've had ~ previous ~ interaction with so i mean.. thats good but thats not even much of the tribe so. a lot of ppl have messaged me none of them have like. MADE the jump? theyre all just like... trying to know me or whatever and it's just like sis we aint staying in contact after this so just give me the deck and lets spread the cards. i however have been flirting with the idea of a power foursome of my female + homosexual legion of me, mai, marty, and ashley. who knows..,,,, it could happen! anywahs i feel like im talking TOO much but at the same time i just have 2 cause if i dont it makes me feel incomplete and wow i just wish someone would talk 2 me like i talk 2 ppl but anywys,, root for thisgirlie <---

"pesante"

- FUKFKDKWOEKRKCKKDKFJG This twist is crazy, and I think I was in a good position on old Pesante! But honestly I’m glad I swapped with Trey and Jerry. Even though my conversations with jerry are small talk-ish as hell, they’re still somewhat long and I think besides Basty I’ve talked with him the most out here. I’m glad I swapped with Trey mostly because I wanna keep an eye on him. He’s really good at ORGs and I want someone like that to stay close to me so he can’t build stronger connections wit others. I wish Jason came over from the other tribe but Hope and Jordan seem ok. We seem like a strong tribe, so that’s good. Damn this is crazy.

"lontano"

- So the first twist of the game hits us today and I end up on a tribe with all new people. I'm actually very excited to meet those guys. Survivor is all about connections so if I can make some friends here, it should be great. I love the four tribes format cause we actually have less chances of going to tribal so i'm fine with that. I think we have a strong tribe for challenges and as long as we're not the bottom team, it should be alright. Paola and Izzy seem like fun girls so i'm excited. Turn up the music, the party is on!

"pesante"

- This twist has me quaking in my boots right now, like I did not see the tribe dissolve coming at all and it completely caught me off guard. I had a good thing going on my tribe and it sucks that we were all split up. The crazy thing is, I already knew Jerry and Christian from different places and we all knew Shay from last season. I hope that my outside connections with those people will help me in this game. On my new tribe, it's me and Jordan vs the others, but with my connection to Jerry, I think I could get him to flip maybe. And worst comes to worst, if we lose, I think my social game outshines Jordan's and that means I'll be sticking around at least for one more vote off.

"vicino"

- The ""tribe swap"" happened and it seems to be all chill at the moment. I miss Giovane already though haha, I loved that tribe. The tribe consists of Christian, Jason and me from old Giovane and new members Mai and Aaron. I haven't spoken to Mai or Aaron yet but I don't want to vote them out immediately without speaking to them, they were unfortunate to be placed in this situation and deserve just as much chance as Jason, Christian or me.

The challenge was bad haha, we lost. But it works out for me, because even though I didn't submit my best time, I look like I'm decent at challenges but not amazing. I'm not sure how well I will perform in future challenges but if they are like this puzzle then I could do very well. I do not want to give anyone a reason to vote me and doing too well could be that reason, so I believe that handing it good but not great scores is the best way forward for me. Mai got 11 minutes and Jason got 8 so even if I submitted my low score it would not have made a difference.

I guessed H14 for the idol and it was wrong. Jason guessed C3 and I'll see what Christian guessed later make sure to not guess there.

Strategy wise not much is happening but that's fine haha, it's the start of the game and I'm chill with just meeting everyone. It's useful to have 3 old Giovane members but Jason knows Aaron from another game so I'm not sure how much Giovane will be sticking together. Jason said that I'm his #1 which is great, of course it could just be babble but it's nice to hear haha. If Jason knows Aaron and Christian is Giovane then it appears Mai would be on the outs but if I talk to her and I like her then I won't want to vote her off. This game is really fun so far haha, I'm glad I applied. I intend to use these few days off to just chill on the beach though, I'm away on holiday with the fam, it's amazing where I am right now so I'm glad we got a few days off for xmas. Merry xmas eve :).

"vicino"

- So, we got swapped due to this Arcana bullshit. Ugh. When I was getting to know people on Pesante, Mr. Brooks has to come and screw it up, THANKS ETHAN/HOSTS. Now I have Mai/Jason (I knew him before), and I hope that if we lose the next challenge, they dont come for me and instead go for Mai

"giovane"

- I started well, created a strong alliance, Maybe the majority alliance... but then no, it's not our real tribes. All my tribemates which I either got rival with or didn't spoke to are on my new tribe, and all my allies are gone. However, I don't think I was swap-fucked. I was swapped, but only my reaction to it will define if I am fucked. I will try to reconnect with Juliet despite the bad stuff I said to other castaways about her and the fake alliance I made with her and Marty... then try to ally with her and Andrea to get secure at TC. I only wish that work. They both sound vulnerable so it should work. I will pray my good star this will work

"vicino"

- I looked at Aaron's and Jason's Facebook pages and they are definitely close, it led me down a rabbit hole looking at a wiki called the Survivor Fanon wiki which they are both on and both talk about each other's Survivor fan fiction. I am certainly gonna say to Jason about how much I "love" Aaron even if I don't haha, I don't see a way Jason would side against Aaron if they are already close. Gotta make sure that they want to work with me!!

"giovane"

- So we just got put into our actual tribes, and initially I was horrified because it was with the people I struggled to connect with and were shit at challenges BUT it turns out Juliet and Ashley are more iconic than I gave them credit for.

Sebastian was literally throwing Juliet under the bus on the other tribe then immediately tried to make an ALLIANCE CHAT with her and Andrea and is like: “now be friends!” and she is having none of that. Her Ashley and I now have a counter alliance thing going, with Seb as the likely target if we lose. Good times

"giovane"

- Well I got to speak to every Giovane. Everyone is nice, but Ashley, which is plain rude. He attacked me on not wanting to chat to him while I sent him 2 texts and he didn't send anything back. Maybe if you ANSWERED, I wouldn't be pissed but no you just didn't care then put the blame on me for YOUR problems. Well, wish if we lose, wish you enjoy Ponderosa, because this is where you will go soon.I hate my new tribe.

"pesante"

- So, heres the tea. This tribe? meh. Im in a 3-2 minority if original tribe lines stick, which i hope they dont cause that really sucks for me. Me and hope agreed to watch each others backs but honestly, if that stops being good for me im gonna drop her like shes hot. She seems nice, but its about looking out for number 1. I just made a deal to work with marty which i think will be good. I like him, I think he wants to work with me too, and if it keeps me safe, wonderful. This challenge is basically luck, and we have a tiny advantage which probs wont make a difference. Heres hoping we dont fuck it up.

"giovane"

- ok so this tribe is deadass crackedt. sebastian has ruined his game and has gone all over the place, ashley and eli are together, andrea is still being super passive aggressive and sarcastic to sebastian and gifuoighg i don't even know what's going on. at the end of the day as long as i'm safe i'm fine but girl this tribe a mess.

Day 3
"pesante"

- Whew, what a whirlwind! So after Immunity, which Trey won because he's kind of amazing, Jason starts throwing out names. First it's Jordan, then it's Jerry, then it's Elias, so on and so forth. So now everyone's getting wind that Jason is throwing out their names, and Jason suddenly has a huge target. So I'm obviously not OK with this, because Jason and Aaron have been my f3 deal since I swapped onto their tribe. LMAO if us three make it to the end, the VL is probably gonna be pissed.

Anyways, I have to get the target off Jason's back that I inadvertently put there, and in doing so the target ends up on Harrison and Juliet, who are now going after each other HARDCORE. Juliet is really good at playing dumb. Like she'll go up to someone and be like ""so what are we doing?"" as if she has no clue what's going on. So we got rid of her, because she had huge connections. Jason and Aaron got left out, but they'll survive tbh.

Also I was SUPER drunk at/after tribal. Like wow. At one point Jason said ""Harrison told me there was a big target on my back"" and I replied ""who?"" But all's well that ends well. Sorry this is kinda short, but I don't really have much to say. Jordan and I are gonna try to make a move against someone like eli because he's sketchy. That's a wrap, my head hurts.

"giovane"

- This challenge is killing me! This challenge is like the idol right now: no one has a clue neither do they have a clue of what they are doing. I guessed- and I say guessed- nearly every question by using either logic, or what's left in our memory of the video. Just a note to the hosts: do not put back this challenge again-never ever!

"vicino"

- The challenge for immunity is remembering stuff about the intro. I spoke to people back on Giovane about the intro but I mainly was complaining about being put as Caleb haha, so I'm not sure what I can remember. I think Harrison was Cole, but I'm not sure on that and I think it will be pot luck for who wins.

I've got to know everyone on the tribe now and I like them all, especially Mai. She is so easy to talk to and I like that about her a lot, the main thing I want from friends and allies is an easy-going and relaxed attitude and I think she has that. I like Jason, Aaron and also Christian, Christian is the person I probably have most in common with on the tribe, but Mai is my favourite to talk to.

I hope we win the challenge, from conversations with Aaron I think Christian may be the target if we lose but I like him and don't want to see him be eliminated.

At the moment I am only thinking about the next immediate few days and surviving the first few votes, take everything a few days at a time ya know. But, if I were to look long-term, Mai seems like a great person to take deep because she did poorly at the puzzle and if that's her performance in all challenges then I could potentially win the crucial challenges at the very end. That + she's good to talk to, it makes her the best person for me to stay with in the game.

"pesante"

- I honestly feel pretty good with my tribe. I feel pretty confident that I have a strong bond with Trey and Marty. I've been trying to create a relationship with Hope so we I can try and move forward if we go on an immunity run. Four tribes should give us some extra wiggle room to try and a challenge or two. The big thing for me is trying to create a web of trust to others. I'm confident in my ability to talk to other people, so if they can feel that same comfort and trust in me. I'm not talking game at this point in time because there is no need. If push comes to shove, I'll try to mess some things up. But right now, I'm gonna relax.

"giovane"

- Alrighty so unless my read on the game is completely incorrect and I'm on a tribe full of pathological liars, I should have majority with Juliet and Ashley, two people who I didn't really vibe with on the fake starting tribe but have revealed themselves to be more iconic than I gave them credit for. I leveraged a bit of a divide in the tribe to ensure my name doesn't come up by encouraging Ashley to call out Sebastian (I respect his honesty and upfrontness but it was a really unnecessary callout), and revealing to Juliet the extent to which Sebastian threw her under the bus on OG Pesante.

As a result, we have a three person alliance and get to dictate the vote. Andrea and Sebastian, however, are under the impression that they have majority with Juliet, which is bizarre because Bastion LITERALLY threw her name out to EVERYONE on the old tribe, then immediately wants to work with her again? Yikes.

If we do lose, which is a fairly strong possibility given we didn't get an advantage in the immunity challenge and alot of our answers are guesswork, Sebastian will be the obvious target. However, I have my eyes on Andrea -- she hasn't actually tried to talk strategy with me even though we've had a fairly long conversation and I think she's a bit confident having majority fall into her lap. She SAYS she was on a bad position on her original tribe, but I don't buy it... I get the feeling she would flip in an instant. The next half of the battle will include convincing Ashley and Juliet, who have their eyes set firmly on Bastion. He's a nice kid, a bit earnest strategically and socially, but I don't want to slice his throat so early. He's so shady that it's transparent, so that's easier to deal with.

"vicino"

- "The challenge for immunity is remembering stuff about the intro. I spoke to people back on Giovane about the intro but I mainly was complaining about being put as Caleb haha, so I'm not sure what I can remember. I think Harrison was Cole, but I'm not sure on that and I think it will be pot luck for who wins.

I've got to know everyone on the tribe now and I like them all, especially Mai. She is so easy to talk to and I like that about her a lot, the main thing I want from friends and allies is an easy-going and relaxed attitude and I think she has that. I like Jason, Aaron and also Christian, Christian is the person I probably have most in common with on the tribe, but Mai is my favourite to talk to.

I hope we win the challenge, from conversations with Aaron I think Christian may be the target if we lose but I like him and don't want to see him be eliminated.

At the moment I am only thinking about the next immediate few days and surviving the first few votes, take everything a few days at a time ya know. But, if I were to look long-term, Mai seems like a great person to take deep because she did poorly at the puzzle and if that's her performance in all challenges then I could potentially win the crucial challenges at the very end. That + she's good to talk to, it makes her the best person for me to stay with in the game."

"lontano"

- help

"vicino"

- Alrighty here goes. This game has started off with hugely mixed feelings. Overall I've found it super difficult to connect with a few people, but i'm trying to find relatable things so that we can develop some social bonds. I feel like it's a bit easier on this tribe than it was on giovane, so that's good. I get the impression that harrison hadn't spoken to izzy much before, but i spoke to him a bunch so that should work in my favour. I've also tried really hard to speak to izzy and form a good relationship with her, because from what i know of her she isn't someone to flip without good reason. Antoine is super nice, and seems pretty down to earth. I really wanted to work with Paola but i think it's grating on everyone that she hasn't been here at all for this challenge. Hopefully she comes back because it would be a shame to see her go as an early boot in her first ever ORG. Overall i'm feeling okay, i wouldn't say confident but i would say there's a sense that there are people other than me to focus on. I could be wrong though who knows!!!

"pesante"

- I'm pressed right now. Like, I thought we had this challenge in the bag but we lost even with the advantage, it's embarrassing. My challenge performance today was not ideal and I'm nervous right now. The three that had been on the other tribe could easily gang up on Jordan and I. Right now, Jordan and I plan on attempting to convince Jerry and Marty that they are the swing votes in hopes that it increases our odds that one of them flips. It's a huge risk but I do think it's worth it. I hope that if nothing else, my connection to Kerry will save me for at least this tribal council.

"pesante"

- We lost. I HAVE NEVER WON THE FIRST IMMUNITY CHALLENGE! Jerry, Marty and I have a bond. I just really hope that nobody is planning to blindside me. I personally would like Hope to go. She contributed nothing to the challenge, and I kinda see that being a regular thing with her.

Tribal council is where you find out who you can actually trust, so I’m really hoping that I can trust my alliance.

"lontano"

- Ouf! We got through by the skin of our teeth. To be honest, I haven't talk about strategy with anyone right now in Lontano and i'm glad I have at least 3 more days to build those relationships. Izzy is really visible in the tribe and I could really see myself work with her and Nat. I believe both would be great shields for me moving forward and stable allies. I really enjoy this game right now and I hope we keep winning.

"vicino"

- Vicino came first place in the immunity challenge which I am very happy about. I want this tribe to continue winning because everyone on it is really chill and nice to talk to.

We have a grid to guess for the idol and I'm not doing very well at it. I think the clues for the idol will be about the different textures so I'm guessing around the rocks. I also tried M6 because Molise begins with M, has 6 letters too. So far it hasn't achieved much but I'm gonna continue trying haha, that's all I can do.

The losing tribe is Pesante, which is Hope, Jerry, Trey, Jordan and Marty. Hope and Jordan are from old Giovane so I am hoping they survive. I'm not sure how much the original fake tribes will be a factor in the game but if they do play a big role I would rather see an old Pesante be eliminated. It must suck to be first boot so sorry to whoever it is and good luck in other competitions!

"pesante"

- We lost, and it sucks. I did not want to make this choice on Day 3, but it looks like Jordan and I are gonna have to choose between Hope and Trey/Jerry. I really like Trey and Jerry and I wanna keep them around, plus Hope has shown no challenge ability, but I'm worried about what happens if we go to another Tribal. If we lose again, I become the swing between my two alliances. If I vote with Jordan, it's 2-2 and my alliance with him is exposed and we risk going to rocks. If I vote with Trey and Jerry, I lose what has become my most valuable connection in this game. Trey and Jerry are great and all, but they are good players, and I can never be certain whether or not they're actually with me. Jordan actually seems legit. So voting out Trey or Jerry tonight might not be the worst idea, but I don't really think I want to do that this early, especially considering Hope's challenge performance. I'm leaning towards Hope right now, but I'm not entirely certain about where I'm gonna end up voting.

"pesante"

- I'm really leaning towards voting Hope, but my only concern is if we lose again, I'll be forced to either betray Jordan or betray Trey and Jerry. If I decide to side with Jordan at the next tribal, I'd be forcing a tie, and I don't want to go to rocks at the second tribal with a 50% shot of me going home, and I'd be putting my secret alliance with Jordan out in the open. If I sided with Trey and Jerry, I'd be going with two great social players who have a really strong bond with each other. So voting off Hope kinda puts me in a bad spot if we lose again. I think Hope will go home tonight, but Trey and Jerry definitely seem tight and I'm very scared about losing again.

"pesante"

- Damn, Trey is good. I mentioned to him that Jordan was wavering a bit and he basically came up with a plan to openly say in the main tribe chat that Hope was going home. The idea behind it was that, if we said it openly, it would indicate that we trusted Jordan enough as a number to do something as risky as that. Jordan would feel like one of us. That's a really smart idea, that, though we're not doing it, could've worked really well. That kind of thinking kinda scares me, to be honest, and I can see how he's a good ORG player. He's not necessarily someone I want sitting next to me if I get to the end.