OMG looking at what the cast can see and I saw that Devon and Jessica are from the same town, I wonder if they know each other or like if they will meet during the season or if they would get targeted by their tribe because of that. And Amberly and Lexi are also both from Orlando so having 2 groups of people from the same place on the same tribe I wonder how that will affect things

i think i'm like in love with matt too, orange tribe is just dope

Paige Benshoof @ 3/11/2018 23:29

OMG looking at what the cast can see and I saw that Devon and Jessica are from the same town, I wonder if they know each other or like if they will meet during the season or if they would get targeted by their tribe because of that. And Amberly and Lexi are also both from Orlando so having 2 groups of people from the same place on the same tribe I wonder how that will affect things

Kilby, Jessaca, Devon, and I all go to the same school (s/o Queen's!!!!!). Devon does not know Jessaca but it is possible they meet up in person if they ever are on the same tribe though. I think Dan met up with Devon once he realized he went to Queen's? @Kilb pls respond

If anyone is bored, Kilby, Tyler & I all recorded a pre-season cast assessment video that I just uploaded in the Roundtables & Recaps forum. Just went through and talked about our predictions and what we thought of the cast individually. We were planning on doing a little recap thing after each vote-off, so if anyone is following along with the season and wants to come on and rant with us let us know. 😊

Abby - I fucking love Abby. I'm a little worried about her schedule overall but she seems super hyped to play and seems to be able to have the time. She has a super cool job as a Producer on Ex on the Beach on MTV and has a lot of pets. She's super funny, smart and just an all around great personality. If she can get her footing then like, she's going to go deep. I think she's gonna suffer the same fate as Sarena where she might come off as TOO likable which could bite her in the ass for being too big of a threat. She's on a tribe with super cool people so I think she'll be fine fitting in with people on this tribe. I predict she'll be mid-merge.

Bryce - I have known Bryce for a very long time, like 8 years probably. Bryce's interview showed a different person than what I'm used to in games. Out of games, that interview was how he is. In games, he is super competitive, which causes for a very emotional player. I'm very curious to see him play in a Skype setting, because I think he's one of the few people from the alias community who will do much better in this setting. He has a tendency to take games personal at times, so I'm wondering if that'll happen here when he inevitably makes good connections with people and gets cut. I think if he puts the effort in, he'll make merge. He usually gets taken out mid-merge so I can see that being the case here as well. But I think he's going to be very entertaining and fun to watch overall.

Jack - Jack is such a wildcard to me. He's our bro dude of the season and we've had a lot of luck with that type of player in past seasons. I can see him hitting it off with just about anyone on this tribe, but I feel that way about most of the people on this tribe too so we'll see. He's super charming and honestly he seems much smarter than he comes off. Not that he doesn't come off smart, but I think people are just going to underestimate him. I can also see the girls liking him because they think he's hot or something so that might help him a bit. Idk if he's a flirt but if he is then maybe he could use that. Either way I think he makes late merge.

Kait - Kait is probably the most quiet and mellow on this tribe in my opinion. She's going to be surrounded by people that are different than her personality wise, which isn't a bad thing at all, I think the more outspoken people on this tribe are going to target each other while Kait just sits there and takes it all in. I think if she can get herself into a group then she should do fine. I see her as a potential finalist.

Matthew - My winner pick! I think Matthew is going to take this game by storm. He's smart as fuck and as charming as anyone, that's a lethal combination. I think he'll be able to hide behind people like Sarena, Abby and Bryce while still building the necessary connections he needs. The dude knows the game of Survivor and knows how to win, apparently he's won a lot of games before? Being a fresh face, I think he'll be underestimated and people are going to catch onto him too late. I see him and Kait linking up but honestly he'll be able to get along with everyone on the tribe. Totally team Matthew.

Bootlist Prediction (probably going to be terribly wrong)

18th - Danny
17th - Anders
16th - Aaron
15th - Ceejae
14th - Jenn
13th - Naomi
12th - Lexi
11th - Sarena
10th - Alex
9th - Abby
8th - Bryce
7th - Jack
6th - Chris
5th - Devon
4th - Jessaca
3rd - Amberly
2nd - Kait
1st - Matthew

I feel like Abby kind of got dogged a bit due to the video cutting audio (thx Samm) -- so I'm going to speak on her for a moment and be her own personal hype since we've been friends for over a decade now!

Abby is going to thrive socially. She is super fun and energetic, but can also match the pace of others. She has adorable dogs, she has extremely fun stories, and she's a super caring and nurturing human all bundled into one incredible human being. All of production was there and stayed there throughout the entire interview and honestly? No questions were really asked. It was just constant banter back and forth. Being friends and enjoying her company is effortless.

She's no slouch when it comes to message boards which will give her an advantage over some of the newbies in this game. She studied computer science in university, so she's really fucking smart and adaptable. Board challenges requiring coding or strategically coding to optimize time in a challenge? She could really excel and be a heavy hitter if she puts it all together.

She's a strong competitor, there is a bitchy side in her and wont filter it if she finds it's necessary to confront, so there's a lot of grit in her and she's not going to give up without a fight. She's already told me she plans to match pace night 1 and figure her way through and with the tribe she's on, I definitely have full faith in her capabilities.

MATTHEW <3 Gosh if you had got an MS Will in here it would be like a superfecta of awesomeness

Matt is great and is a great person to cast but I do think he can run into trouble. Ned is right in that he can get confrontational . . . like honestly ask Kilby about the last game they played together. His MS history is really interesting in that he had like 2 or 3 games where he was a pre-merge boot, and then one game where he was like a goat who got sixth place (which is totally my niche, how dare he) and then has been a big player who did win one game. I was in that game as well, and I initially tried to vote him out because I could see that he was a big player ready to play the game. I think that's honestly going to be easier to avoid here, where no one might be expecting it. Similar to Jess in Power Struggle. Speaking of Jess -- that game which Matt won, Jess got fourth place as The Other Jury Threat. Ned says that they'll get along, and I think they'll be OK, but each of them is going to know that the other is someone to watch out for.

I'm so mad at Sam for messing up the audio on her interview but I assure you all you'll love Abby

Alex has already recorded a confessional.

I have thots but I have to finish challenge 1 so they’ll come at some point

chris also already recorded a confessional lol

listen i know i fucked up on the audio i dk what happened i can post the whole thing without audio if u want

i'm excited for all 3 tribes for different reasons

i want to see ornage love each other, i want to see purple fight, and i want to see the inevitable awkwardness that is yellow