Welcome/Episode 1

[daniel]

Welcome to your confessional board! You will post your episode 1 confessionals in this thread. Feel free to post videos, but also feel free to type your thoughts here as the round progresses. Nobody will see this board during the game except for production and our trusted viewer’s lounge. For each round after this round, you will create a new thread. If you have any questions about this, message your production chat.

Since it’s the first round, here are a few questions you can answer and discuss:

-What is your first impression of your tribe?

-Do you have any impressions of the other tribes?

-Who could you see yourself working with?

-Is there anyone you don’t see yourself working with? 

-What is your strategy coming into this tribe?

-What are you worried about?

[Logan]

DAY ZERO (pre-game):
Going into the game, I plan to mostly just be myself dialed down by a few notches. Hopefully, people will think I’m more or less nice or funny to start. Like the guy next door you’ve known for a year. There’s no actual reason to get him evicted. But you always gossip about the landlord or something. Then I’ll see who I can trust from there.

But there is so much energy in me when it comes to playing Survivor or any strategic game really and I have to channel that energy somehow. Otherwise, my tribe members will think I am gaming too hard. No no. We can’t have that! I actually don’t mind strategizing to myself. In the actual game of Survivor, you really would not have the chance to have written notes. But since All Out is online I get the chance to take copious notes if I choose and choose I do.
(ask production for my worksheet - will post here after season)

I built this worksheet so I can gauge my impressions of everyone at a glance. I think I could get along with instinct and wit alone maybe, but being incredibly precise about my moves can be just as fun. I once guessed 8 newly met stranger’s Myers-Briggs on a cold read, so I think this is only as good as my reading skills. I am going to kind of reverse engineer the others in my mind a bit so I can understand them more (in addition to talking to them of course lol). Besides, this is what you do as an actor anyway and I’ll need to be mostly accurate when I’m impersonating what others said. Most of the worksheet is serious, but there’s a few jokes in there too I might throw in from time to time. It’s time for my analytical skills and improv classes to pay off!

I think Spencer had it totally wrong in Second Chance when he kept driving the point about treating people like real people instead of chess pieces. He overcorrected. If anything, Spencer had a better shot to win when he was thinking strategically back in Cagayan whereas he blew it in Second Chance. Of course, you should treat people well in the game of Survivor and in life too. But you have to organize your battles and be three steps ahead of your opponents. I plan to treat everyone the best possible while of course playing chess because the game is a competition. No one should lose their competitive edge if they plan to win.

[Logan]

NIGHT 1:
Part 1




Then for some reason I thought I was going to puke suddenly so had to stop recording (all good here now though).



Part 2

[Logan]

DAY 2:

First thoughts on the twist are: omg why!

This is gonna be hella stressful and like I said to Kaitlyn yesterday we are probably the tribe to head to tribal first but who knowwwwwws

Today is pretty quiet so far which I was not expecting. Hopefully that doesn’t mean others are plotting against me, but I don’t think that’s exactly what’s happening even if people are talking.

I had a call with Suzi earlier and she seemed like she wanted to work with me, but honestly she could do the same with everyone. Although she mentioned Kaitlyn’s name to work together. Apparently, Kaitlyn also talked with Michael and Sam and have some tea to spill. If I’m being thrown shade, I am going to find out today.

Right now I am kind of talking with Michael and Kyle over chat but nothing specific. I feel like Michael is going to potentially throw my name out, but I want to turn that around before he might. Both Kaitlyn and Suzi brought up his name to me already, so I’m not worried if that’s the case.

The twist complicates matters. I think if the twist with the challenges did not happen this season, this first round for our tribe would be a lot more clinical. A lot of people don’t want to rock the boat, but the boat is already swaying.

I am leaning towards trying to get the newbies and one other together and targeting Michael or Nikki right off the bat. If we can’t even judge the challenge results until the last minute and I think we might be the losing tribe more often, I’m not going to judge the game on challenge strength. A tribe swap will happen at 20 probably anyway. I want to bring people forward who I think can help my game, not troublemakers who care about boosting their reputation for dramatic irony. Those kinds of people will not hesistate to backstab and throw me under the bus.

[Logan]

NIGHT 2:

[currently reigning kilby]

Your sheet has maddogs archetypes. Are you an unspoiled edgicer by any chance?

[Logan]

Nov 8, 2020 15:50:24 GMT currently reigning kilby said:

Your sheet has maddogs archetypes. Are you an unspoiled edgicer by any chance?

I have never made an edgic, but I like looking through them. when I watch the show, I don't look at any edgics until the end.

I found Maddog's Archetypes recently, and I feel that they provide layers of depth to the archetypes on the show that might be helpful in terms of my next casting tape. Because the advice the show gives you sucks about positioning yourself, especially if you have many skills and experiences. I also think it is a good way to perhaps look at other players and define them.

I hope I answered your question in my rambling!

PS updates later to come (including my tribe's worksheets)

[Logan]

idol?

[Logan]

NIGHT 3:

We knew this was going to be a turbulent ride tonight regardless of what was going to happen. That's a fulfilled prophecy at this point.


The First Challenge:

• Sam was probably the weakest in the challenge, but she was also collaborating in one of the roles and it was a puzzle.
• Kyle was incredibly speedy in his slide puzzle (THREE minutes!), so he might be a possible puzzle challenge beast.
• Everyone else did a really good job too.

I felt like I did just good enough to not be called weak in challenges because at least three people said, "I definitely could not have done that in the same amount of time." But when I saw the maze, I was thinking, "I picked the wrong role!" I kept it calm and cool though and because I went first, hopefully the others did not pay so much attention to what I did.

Post-Challenge:
I had so many calls after the challenge ended, so at this point this ORG is a job more or less. Cool. 

List of My Alliances (in order of importance):
1. Hurricane Kogan - Kaitlyn and I (F2, Night 1)
2. The Amplidoods - Kyle and I (F2, Night 2)
3. Gatorade Gang - Kaitlyn, Kyle, Michael, and I (F4, Night 2)
4. Newbies Alliance - Kaitlyn, Suzi, and I - Sam to potentially be added (Day 3)
5. Communication Buds (name is WIP) - Sam and I (Night 3)
6. Yetti - Kaitlyn, Nikki, and I (F3, Night 1)

I think I'm playing risky to start with, but I'm confident that I should be safe tomorrow night if we go to tribal council. I could be wrong, but if so the majority would have been playing great 8D chess in my opinion. Anyone who tries to manage me might have a tough time because I'm not very agreeable. I am going to tone down that aspect after tonight though.

Currently, I have been shading Nikki hardcore to much of the tribe in mostly subtle ways (hopefully). The reason I'm slowly targeting her is I think she is a player to be reckoned with in this game. She's been playing ORGs since 2009. I'm sure her arrival to this game is long anticipated and she has some kind of good reputation. Long-term experience can be an asset, but I get the constant feeling Nikki's experience is a liability to me in most scenarios. She is putting in minimal effort in talking to most people on the tribe from what I've heard, but I have definitely played up the silence I have experienced from Nikki. I think Nikki doesn't trust me, but now I have to be careful because she might already know I'm talking about her a lot.

I also took a huge risk in telling Sam that Nikki wanted to vote for her, but I think it is the equivalent move or response to what Nikki did. Supposedly, Nikki told Michael that I said everyone was voting for Sam. Thinking back on it, that might actually be closer to the truth. Tonight though, I gave an exasperated performance for Hurricane Kogan, the Amplidoods, and the Gatorade Gang and tried to find out information. I want to trust Michael, but again my first feeling was that he was exploring his options massively. And it turns out, Jordan and Michael might have played in another ORG in the past probably to a minimal extent. But anything in this game turns into a perfect weapon or opportunity to bond with the right framing.

As far as the Gatorade Gang is concerned, Nikki is definitely close to the bottom of the totem pole. I am trying to convince them piece-by-piece that she is a massive gamer. I think I can smell her experience pungently reeking through, but even if I am wrong I trust my intuition that Nikki should not be long for my game. Which sucks because she's an awesome person so far. She's offered to do social bonding activities and seems laid back. We know one mutual person, maybe more. In this game, that doesn't feel like enough currently.

Tomorrow I am going to not argue points so much because then my alliances might wonder if I'm unhinged. I need maximum calmness and willingness to cooperate for whoever the majority want, but I do think I succeeded in stripping other's trust of Nikki so she's at the bottom. Or I'm completely wrong and I'm at the bottom. My real worry was that Nikki was trying to setup my vote out for the second tribal. In reality, she's probably not gaming so hard...YET. I guess I take that award for tonight (yikes).

Going forward I really want to solidify trust with Michael and Kyle. I feel that they do trust Kaitlyn and I, but I want to be incredibly confident moving forward that they will do the work to have my back. Hopefully, they are not in any swing vote position if we go to tribal tomorrow night and if so that they go with our plan tonight which is probably Jordan.

Jordan, unfortunately, seemed to fall to the bottom of the tribe very quickly. I don't mind that after making the Gatorade Gang, so my updated targets are Jordan and Nikki. I would consider making an alliance with Jordan and I do think he could be somewhat useful to me in this game, but I need to make sure I'm not aligned with everyone on the tribe. That's the hard part. Sorry Jordan, but I still think you did pretty well in the challenge. At the beginning of this round, I didn't think the others would go for voting you but everyone wants convenience.

Hurricane Kogan:
Kaitlyn and I have logged so many hours in calls together, both individual and with our real and pseudo-alliances. She's really interesting because she is a scrappy actor and also has a desire to become a behavioral analyst for the FBI. Every time she casually plays something off, I understand she's much more calculated than she gives off. In fact, she is so calculated that she has her ideal boot order in her mind. I can't seem to convince her to be willing to make a big move and vote out Nikki first. I am worried that she also has a F2 with Nikki that she wants to keep in her back pocket, but I genuinely think I am Kaitlyn's NUMBER 1 ally. Regardless, me telling Sam about Nikki hopefully pits them against each other. They could also form an all-girls alliance in which case I could be screwed if we are the losing tribe, but I think I've done enough to build my LEGO castle of paranoia. If I added anymore LEGOs, people would be more suspicious than they might already be of me.

I am going to be watching Kaitlyn very carefully for any clues that she might be conveniently lying to me. Maybe she feels she can somewhat easily manage me. I would really like to take it all the way with her if possible. If she lies anytime soon to me, that would seriously strain our relationship in this game.