Atropos is an interesting bunch of people in that I don’t want them to ever lose. Ceejae has been the ~least active~ so she would probably be the default boot but I have high hopes for her and I don’t want that. Naomi is making herself an endearing character and Chris is pretty universally well received. I’m impressed so far by Chris’ reads on things - he accurately predicts that Jenn is a more emotional player. as predicted pregame, there’s a looming potential for a Kurtis/Anders relationship in Rico/Anders. Jenn is getting a pretty neutral reception so far but I think the cushion here is Ceejae’s lack of existence but if she shows up I’m not sure what’ll happen
Clotho is interesting that they’re all overplaying right out of the gate but in a loveable endearing way. Danny has already exceeded my expectations and is a very careful player - completely the opposite of what I expected. Devon is a fun gamebot, but also has some pretty accurate reads on things though and he has accurately sniffed out Aaron as a longterm threat. the dynamics within this group are going to be really interesting with Amberly/Aaron/Jessaca and Danny/Lexi/Devon seemingly on different sides, so it’ll be interesting to see who will budge or if things will stay in place. my prediction is that Aaron will end up being the boot here
I have the least read on Lachesis as a tribe. Matthew mentioned enjoying Abby and Sarena, and essentially completely forgot about Kait. it was mentioned in the PW Skype chat but Kait has the type of personality that takes you a second but once you get there you absolutely love her, but I fear that could be detrimental in these small tribes. I’m hoping that Lachesis gets a challenge win and gives Kait time to let the others warm up to her because I know how much of a long term threat she can be. Sarena really lucked out with her tribe division - she has quickly made a name for herself in the community as a threatening player and having a tribe full of people that are unfamiliar with the ins and outs of the community (sans Kait) will probably fare well for her.
if I had to pick a contender from each tribe ~24 hours in:
Atropos: would probably be Chris. I would say Jenn because I’ve seen her success in past games, but I’m skeptical and I just don’t think this isn’t her cast. Naomi is a close second for me in terms of contenders but I can see her getting a little bit too neurotic in the late game and crashing and burning. Chris has the right chilled out personality but is still enjoyable to talk to and intelligent enough on a game level to succeed in the game. Rico and Anders are both alpha males who will flame out in different ways, and... Ceejae is Ceejae.
Clotho: maybe it’s a hot take but I’ve got Amberly as my early game dark horse winner contender here. I know she had a bad start but she showed up and immediately charmed everyone on her tribe. shes got a little bit of a buffer in her tribe with the weird skepticism of Aaron from Danny/Devon and all the other factors. we’ve yet to see an Amberly confessional but if she can show up and impress an entire tribe I see good things in her future.
Lachesis: this one is the hardest to call because we’ve got the least content from them and I have the least prior history to base things on but I’d probably hesitantly say Abby? Matthew is a little bit intense as he describes in his intro confessional, and I don’t think that’ll work to his detriment early but it might eventually fuck him over. Jack and Bryce - I really just know nothing about. I’m not ruling them out yet because we haven’t heard much positively or negatively about them but I just can’t call them contenders yet. I’d immediately rule out Kait and Sarena. Sarena is an amazing player but that’s just it - you can tell she’s an amazing player. Sarena is the player you notice at the beginning of the merge and work 24/7 to get a majority to take out. Kait is having a bad start and I can’t call her a contender because she might struggle bouncing back from this bad start.
Devon/Jess on call right now for Clotho - sounds like they're trying to be a 3 with Aaron and that Lexi is probably the one on the outs. Devon seems to be wary of Amby potentially getting close to Lexi because Orlando and Lexi may know who Amby's girlfriend is.
Atropos is super interesting for me because I really like the Naomi/Anders/Chris dynamic, but sitting in on their cube challenge I'd totally be here for a Ceejae/Alex/Jenn thing too. SOS I really want this tribe to THRIVE because I couldn't stand to lose any of them (sorry other tribes y'all are cool too)
I could see Atropos just losing this and the next challenge too though.
Since they kind of rely on similar skills.
Devon & Matthew are really big assets for those two tribes.
3:31 AM
matthew is a challenge god
alex is giving cj credit for no reason because he literally solved it on his own with her in another browser not paying attention LOL
3:46 AM
alex rico is gonna try to take cj under his wing, I think
Alex & Ceejae officially firm up an alliance. The first video is their banter, the second one is them making it official, although I think there was some game talk I missed out on before I joined the call.
This makes Jenn the only person on Atropos without an alliance. 😬
As far as I can tell, these are the dynamics so far in the game. Solid lines for confirmed alliances, dotted lines for things that aren't quite official juuuust yet.
i’m taking credit for predicting preseason that Alex and Ceejae would click, they’re both very charismatic in different ways and Rico gravitates towards new girls in the community
It sounds like from reading Alex's comments in his confessional that we could see Anders, Chris, Ceejae and Alex creating an alliance which I think would mean Jenn will probably get the first boot from this tribe. I would love to hear from Chris or Anders about how they are feeling since they have the alliance with Naomi and it sounds like this new alliance is forming as well so I wonder after the first vote of Jenn which side they would side with as they would control. I was expecting a better performance in the cube part of the challenge. I think Alex may have given Ceejae more credit than she deserved after the challenge as from a views stand point it looked like he did most of the work, though Ceejae did more then Jenn. This is another reason why I can see Jenn getting the first boot
Also I love Naomi's final 2 with Ashlee, but at least she now realizes Ashlee isn't in the game
I could see Jess linking to Aaron for a little bit just to try and make it through the first phase of the game and then cut him a little later down the line.
A Lexi boot from Clotho would be comical, yet, I'd feel so bad for her.
