Behind the scenes stuff

[Host Mark]

If the cast has anything from Episode 1 that wasn't made into the episode, they are free to add them to this topic and let everyone see it. Perhaps your full voting reasons, all of your confessionals, the exact conversations that went on, etc. Also, the cast is free to say what they thought about what went on during Episode 1!

[Meaghan]

“I know!” Meaghan insisted. “Oh my god! Decisions, options, confusion, make me need to go pee pee.” She got up out of the water to head for the woods.

--I would've stayed in the water, but ya'll needed an exit for me!

[Meaghan]

I totally like the episodes marky, i guess it's worth no bike rides but w/e. I think you did an awesome job!! Good job portraying the cast also, at least from the ellidaey tribe. *coughShawncough*

[Kurtis]

AMAZING EPISODE! I loved every minute.

Here was my full vote reason:

Vote: Ann

Sorry!!! This is a very hard vote to make. I am really surprised that this game is sooo hard sooo early, but it has to be done. You are my favorite person on this tribe and I wish this didn't have to be the way to go. I will miss you, and I am glad that I got a chance to meet you.

Its weird in retrospect to think that Ann was my favorite at the time. To give everyone a little insight as to why: she and I were the youngest people in the game. We were silly, had fun little quirky conversations, and had a lot of the same views on the game. That and we had a bond of both not fancying Lamia much.
But, yeah, this tribal was EXTREMELY intense. Lamia got on my nerves BIG time right from the start because she was all "who are you voting for?" "who told you I was talking about you."
I was like... wait a second... shouldn't you be apologizing for talking behind my back, not pretending that anything is my fault? lol
It was just an amazing start to an amazing game.

[Chris]

It's amazing to think it, but I really do believe that first Tribal Council changed the way the game was played. **censored because no spoilers can be said about future episodes**

Think what would've happened if Ann stayed and Lamia or Shawn was voted off. I'm confident the game would've been completely different.

Awesome episode, Marko.

[Meaghan]

*delete

[Kurtis]

These were all my confessionals for Episode one in full:
(1)
First impressions of my two teammates... I love them! I just started talking to them like... 10 minutes ago, but I already feel gravitational pull toward them. They are both young like me, and both are just really cool. We can be immature together and just have a good time.
We are all totally gung-ho for the game and completely active. I just can't wait to get started... but, I REALLY don't want to be the first people to go to tribal council... that would suck because it would be so hard to even get past round one.
Anyway, life is good right now!

(2)
Shoot!!!!! DOUBLE shoot! SOOOOOO much "shoot" that I am about to say a curse word that I would probably regret! lol
Okay, so, first off, I KILLED on that challenge. Like, I think I did an AMAZING job. I didn't use any hints and finishing in about 35 minutes. BOTH my girls used ALL THREE hints available to them. Man, this is terrible.
I AM glad to see the new people, especially Brian because he hosted a game that I had played in previously, so maybe we will have some sort of bond there?
I have to wait to talk to the new people (and Meg and Ann) before coming up with any plan... the ideal thing would be just to vote off Shawn or Lamia, but unless one is completely inactive, then they and Brain most likely have an alliance coming over here.
If it comes to it, then I would totally swap sides and vote for Meg or even Ann... but that doesn't mean I want to... I just don't know what to do... one thing for sure, kiss up to the new people!

(3)
WOW this is SO confusing. All 6 of us are AMAZINGLY active and are always online, so paranoia is at its peak. Everyone is going ten different ways, and honestly, it could be ANYONE tonight. Seriously.
My plans right now, firstly, is that I am kissing major butt. I am playing up to everyone... saying "I will vote whoever you want me to" to everyone. I am pretty much just BSing my way through right now, which I feel badly about, but it HAS to be done right now... seriously, the tribal dynamics aren't even describable... SO many different directions.
I personally dislike Lamia the most. The lady is a nutcase, sorry... she is insane. Absolutely the most annoying and paranoid person on the tribe. At one point it looked like we would be able to vote her off... is myself, Shawn, Meaghan, and Ann voted for her, that would be the majority and she would be no more.
There are a couple reasons why I don't want to do this. First, the people I would be with (Ann, Meaghan, Shawn) are sooo indecisive and I wouldn't feel secure at all with being aligned with them. Second is the Brian factor. I know Brian. I like Brian. I really don't want to vote off Brian this early and I really want Brian as an ally. He won't vote Lamia and his opinions aren't swaying at all. Which totally tells me their bond is too tight for my comfort, but those two are much more reliable than the other three, and are more mature. In these games I look for mature people who are really good at challenges that will "take me under their wing."
As of right now, it looks like Ann will be voted off. I think it will be a majority vote. Myself, Lamia, and Brian organized it, Shawn jumped on board, and I think Meaghan would vote for her if she knew that I was voting for her.
This kills me. Ann is an amazing person and I honestly get along with her more than anyone else on this tribe. But, I mean, I think this is for the best. She DID lose the challenge for myself and Meaghan, and she is on the outs more than anyone else. Like I said, it is going to hurt a lot to do it, but I think it is the best move for me to make right now.

[Evie]

Here are all my confessionals in full for episode 1

ONE

WOW! I am really taken back at how small our tribe is. I'm not upset over it though. I think so far that we will all be active and get together well.

Small numbers usually means more drama or less. I think we will be just fine.


TWO
First Immunity Challenge and I had the first leg...I really feel like I let my team down. I only found 1 password before I had to bring in all the time penalities...*sigh* This challenge was very hard, but very good. I wasn't expecting the first challenge to be THIS hard though. WOW... I hope that this doesn't hurt us...


THREE
So, we finished the challenge finally. It only took us FOREVER! I hope we don't have to go to TC, but if we do...I might have to vote for Luke. His work schedule seems really tight and difficult to work around within this game. I hope it doesn't come to that...I really like my tribe.

*crosses fingers*


FOUR
We are safe, but barely. We will need to work harder on the next challenge for sure. I'm so glad that I don't have to vote anyone out of my tribe. I would have been truly sad.

[Chris]

Hey Evie? How's everything with you been, are you okay?

[Host Annette]

Evie!! How are you and the little one?!

[Lamia]

episode 1 confessionals in whole

"We got divided into tribes today... and it's like 600 tribes of 3. I'm a little nervous about that, not gonna lie. It just means that everything is going to be that much harder. There's no such thing as "under the radar" in a tribe of three people. And frankly, I'm nervous about being the tribe's only woman. I mean, I'm obviously a strong person and player, but they don't know that about me yet. I have to turn the charm on and dazzle these little boys before I find myself first ousted.

But you know what? I will be fine. I've had some tough challenges in my day and this is just another!"



"Brian really makes me nervous. He seems like a snake, like a sleazy charmer type, and I am lying my ass off to him by telling him he doesn't seem like a manipulator. Hell yes he seems like a manipulator. He seems like a bastard who will use people that he can charm, so I have to make it seem like I am charmed by him. Well I am not. I think he is fake as press on nails but he won't know that.

He does not trust me at all. That's why I have to snuggle up to him, because if I make it seem like I'm in his pocket then hopefully he'll target Shawn instead of me."



"Brian the prettyboy grew on me tonight. I'm either succumbing to his charms, or i was wrong and he's actually a quite nice guy. Time will give the answer.

The challenge was HARD. Shawn was stupid, and Brian and I did the whole thing, helping each other along the way. With all our penalties, it was over six hours... I'm just hoping everyone else is either dumber or lazier than us. "



"Kurtis is fucking schizophrenic. He needs to either shut up or be voted out. Before I met him, I was cool with ousting Shawn, but now I think we should just go straight for Kurtis. Grr. I need Brian."


my tc 1 vote:

" [ ANN! ]

I don't like pink cows, bitch. You could have just agreed to that one-round pact. You'd have saved yourself a couple votes. Anyway you just rub me the wrong way. I hate passive-aggressive little bitches like you. The sun ain't comin out tomorrow for this Annie."

[Kurtis]

OUCH! lol, mean TC vote Lamia.... interesting times 50 though!

[Brian]

lol, well, since everyone's sharing their confessionals, here's mine. But get ready for a long post, because I always wrote a lot, lol

****

Ugh, well, the game has started and of course I fuck up my short term chances of NOT EVEN SHOWING UP ON THE FIRST DAAAAAY!!!!!

Geez, sometimes I think I'm like the most retarded person in the world, ay yi yi. Basically, short story shory, I'm on the Bjarnelyary (oh crap, I spelled that wrong) tribe, with only two other people. Soooooo, what a twist!

And it, like, is just typical of me to like not even be able to get online the first day so the other two people on my tribe can like, get to know each other and stuff and form a frienship or alliance or whatever while I'm walking around with my thumb firmly inserted into my ass because I'm such a N00b.

Aaanyway, despite the fact that my tribe has probably every reason to vote me off, they seem pretty cool. Their names are Lamia and Shawn. I've never met them outside of this game, but I know OF Lamia, and she's one of the most badass mofos around, so I'm excited to finally get to meet her. I'm also excited to meet Shawn, 'cause anyone who's Irish is totally awesome in my book.

Sooooo, my strategy of right now is to try my damndest in the immunity challenge tomorrow (which I think will be okay, since, like, there's a 1 in 6 chance we'll lose, which ain't that bad of odds). I do think that if we DO lose I'll probably go.... which would really suck. I don't want to leave.

So here's hopin' we kick ass in this here challenge I actually get to freaking TALK to my tribemembers tomorrow, sigh. Ugh, I'm so up shit creek it ain't even funny.....ay yi yi.

****

I just got done chatting with Lamia for the first time.....what a sweetie! I think she'll be a fun person to be in a tribe with, which is totally cool because I've heard stuff about her from other games that she was a little psychotic....buuuuut, she totally seems down to earth and nice so I'm pretty sure she ain't like that at ALL!

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CAMERAMAN ANSWERS

Oh Mr. Cameraman, how I adore thee.....hmm, okay, onto the questions

I met Lamia this morning, but she was heading off to work and I was writing my paper for my class so we didn't get to talk much. Um, I haven't met Shawn yet, but I'll definately meet him by the time the challenge starts, so woo! He's Irish, he can't be bad!

Um, I'm thinking right now I'm on the outside, alliance wise. I personally think with a three person tribe it's very strategic to make an alliance to get ahead short term....and, since I totally was MIA on the first day I'm pretty sure that Lamia and Shawn probably formed an alliance. I'm not pissed or anything, just bad luck on my part...and it puts more pressure on me to do really well in the Immunity Challenge.

Um, if I had to vote someone out this very minute......probably Shawn? Just for the dumb reason that I haven't talked to him *shrugs* That's a pretty ridiculous reason though, if I do say so myself.

****

Okay, well, a LOT has happened yesterday, and being the dork I am I forget to confessionalize about it *eye roll* Soooooo, here we go!

Me and Lamia were sittin' around having a deep intellectual conversation (aka: we were discussing whether we could actually win an argument with The People's Court Judge or Judge Judy) when we realized we had five minutes 'til the challenge started and no sign of Shawn. WELLLL, the challenge started and damn, was it HARD! I mean, seriously, me and Lamia were like "wtf" through the entire thing....I ended up doing the numbers section of the challenge, which is totally bogus because I suckass at math...but Lamia wanted to do words and we didn't trust Shawn to do pictures because he showed up sounding like he was drugged out of his mind....ay yi yi. Aaanyway we spent a longass time on the words...a longass time on the pictures...and we ended up making Shawn ask for clues because we didn't trust his ass to come up with the correct answers.

So, long story short, we sucked at the challenge. Me and Lamia seriously think our tribe has the combined IQ of a plastic chair, sigh. Anyway, there was one good thing to come out of this... I got my first alliance. Lamia approached me during the challenge asking for one, and I said "holy crap yeah!" Because I had totally thought that Shawn and Lamia had one the whole time. Soo, unless Lamia is lyin' to me, she and I have an alliance for the time being.

Not that I dislike Shawn. I mean, he types bad and is obsessed about Ireland, but I think he's hillarious. Aaaand his favorite movie groups are Michelle Branch and that crew, which is freaking awesome because no one actually admits that they like those people, hee. Sooo, I really don't wanna lose this challenge, even though it seems like we probably will, sigh.

I really like my tribe right now, so I'll feel pretty shitty if we lost the challenge and I have to go to TC to vote Shawn....but I guess that just means I'll have to step up my game in the next challenge.

***

*Brian sits on a rock and twirls his yellow buff around his head*

My oh my, twists and drama and all the like. Holy crap, I totally wasn't expecting something like this!

Basically, catchin' ya up on all that's happened, Bjarnarey sucked the big one at the challenge, sigh. We took last place. LAST PLACE. Oh my god, we are like the dumbest people in this game, seriously...ack.

Aaanyway, because we took last, we ended up losing our buffs, Our ugly red buffs fell to the ground and we joined up with....ack, what is this new tribe called? Heh, the tribe with the name made up entirely of vowels. Ellioaey. But on the flip side, we have beautiful yellow buffs. I heart yellow, it's like the most awesome color in the world!!!

But....oh sigh. The six of us are heading to tribal council and everyone was scrambling, running around, causing dramaramarama....well, except for me. Because I oh so stupidly was off hanging out with my friends, going to graduation parties, working, completely oblivious to what was going down. Sooo, I pop online around, oh, 12 am, and immediately am like "oh shit" because it would be totally easy for all of them to just be like "Um, well, Brian's not here, so let's go after him!"

But, luckily for me, that was totally not the case. This was basically because of an argument that broke out between Ann and Lamia. Apparently, Lamia asked Ann not to vote for her this tc and Ann said she wasn't promising nothing. Sooooo Lamia flies of the handle because she's Lamia, and everyone has to choose a side, ya know?

So... well, obviously I'm on Lamia's side, because, like, I had a thing going on with her over on Bjarnarey. I then started talking to Kurtis, who is a completely awesome kid, and we formed a pact where we would vote off Ann first, and then Shawn, leaving me, Meghan, Lamia and Kurtis to fight it out.

Ugh, this kind of is not where I wanted the vote to go...I actually find Ann a lot more interesting than, say, Shawn.....but, I guess Lamia lurves to be in control of the vote, so Ann is going. *shrugs*

I really like my new tribe though. Ellioaey looks like a cool and happenin' place. And hopefully we'll kick our rears into gear for the next challenge, woot!...That is, if I survive this TC...although I trust Lamia and Kurtis, I also know anything could happen, and it could be me going tonight, who knows? I just hope it ain't. Even though I like Ann....better her than me, I guess.

****

TC VOTE

*Brian steps up to the tribal council voting booth and writes down a name*

These past three days have been totally sucky, to say the least. I really like everyone in this tribe, and it totally sucks that we have to vote for someone...but, we lost, so I guess I just gotta roll with it.

*Holds up vote: ANN*

Ann, I really feel bad about doing this, especially because of the fact that I heard that you trust me. The reason I'm doing this is simply because you decided to pick a fight with Lamia, and I think it would be better to eliminate the drama on the tribe. Also, I've heard from both Kurtis and Meaghan that you kind of did bad in the immunity challenge, and with our tribe we need all the firepower we can get, so we need to eliminate the weak link...um, besides that, you're a really sweet chica, and I totally feel bad about doing this because you don't deserve it. Adios amiga.

[Lamia]

lmao. i love that i'm known as being "psychotic" from other games.

them haters must not have been on my good side.

[Evie]

justin said:

Hey Evie? How's everything with you been, are you okay?

Everything is MUCH better now that I'm no longer pregnant!! Thank you for asking

I'm sorry to everyone for having "disappeared." I wasn't expecting to have pregnancy issues considering he wasn't due until August 17th!!

He and I are wonderful and healthy. For those who want to know...

Name: Finley Robert
Weight: 6 lbs 12 oz
Length: 19 inches
Birthday: July 31, 2006 @ 1:37pm

[Chris]

Hey, don't worry at all about disappearing! No need to apologize, you had a damn good reason for it.

And, congratulations!

[Host Annette]

Congratulations Evie!!!

[Brian]

Congrats chica! lmao, I read the name real fast the first time and thought you named him "Finally" and was like "Geez, that was subtle!?!"

Lol, Finley is much better. And I'm glad that you're doin' well!

[Kurtis]

congradulations Evie!!!!!

[Kurtis]

Episode Two Confessional:

Ohhhh... it is a wonderful day here in ICeland!!!
We WIN!!!! Go Brian for kicking major butt! And.... go Shawn for.... sucking really badly!!! lol, it was a super weird challenge but it worked out really well for us.
And TWO people will be voted off tomorrow. That means all 5 of us are final 15... one third of the people left in the game. And, unless there is a twist (which could totally happen), we would have 5 members, two tribes would have their original three, and the two who lost this time around will only have two.
I am starting to feel REALLY good about losing that first challenge... it all has been working out VERY well in this second round. This game is SO much fun!!!! I love my tribe (minus Lamia), and think we will do VERY well from now on.

This was my only confessional this episode because, truly, there wasn't much going on. Silence before the storm.

[Lamia]

I love my tribe (minus Lamia),

lmao dang. f u too buddy

[Meaghan]

be nice be nice

[Evie]

Episode 2 Confessionals

**side note** I notice, now, that my confessionals are very short, but I tend to always have more then one...a bit boring...

ONE
Our tribe gets along so well. I hope we really can pull of this challenge whatever it may be. I don't want to have to go to TC until there is someone else to vote off other then Erin or Luke.

TWO
I don't like that I haven't been able to talk with Erin on AIM since the 1st IC. I hope we get to talk again before too long.

THREE
I'm trying to prep myself for this next IC. I hope that Luke and I can pull it off and get 1st or 2nd this time. That would be really nice and a great relief. I don't think 4th place will do us any favors this time.

FOUR
So we are safe once again. It feels pretty good, especially since I helped in this IC. I hope we don't start getting too confident as a tribe though...things begin to happen when a team gets over confident.

[Erin]

Congrats on Finley!!! I'm so you 2 are both well and happy!!!

[Kurtis]

lmao, yeah.... absaolutly no Lamia love from me in episodes two or one.
Remember that you bashed me because I figured out that you were talking about voting me off. After that, you were gone this entire episode. Thats all I had seen form you, so no Lamia love.

[Lamia]

And why shouldn't I have bashed you? You were talking about voting me out too. I didn't commit some crime.

[Meaghan]

hey mark, for the countdown, you never post the episodes on time!

[Host Mark]

hey mark, for the countdown, you never post the episodes on time!

Excuse me? Episode 1 was released promptly at 8 PM. Episode 2 was released at 8:05 PM. Are you yelling at me for a 5-minute difference?

[Meaghan]

yes i am, i know how much of a procrastinator (sp?) you are! let's just wait and see if this one is posted right at 8pm.

[Brian]

Allright, here's my full Round 2 Confessionalizations

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Hey, welcome to day 4! The sun is shining on our cozy little island and we're all enjoying our day off!

Ugh, last night was pretty sad. We voted off Ann who is totally like a really sweet girl, but it had to be done because...well, I still kind of think our tribe's a little on the weak side. I mean, we're active and all...but I think we're kind of on the bad side challenge wise.

This is pretty sucktacular, because I really don't wanna head to tribal council anytime soon, especially not with the situation I'm in.... ugh, lemme break it down for ya.

Basically, I'm in two alliances right now. The first one is a nice ol' Bjarnarey alliance with me, Lamia, and Shawn. This is a pretty nice alliance, and good for me because Lamia and Shawn don't like eachother that much.

However....

I have another alliance which consists of me Lamia Kurtis and Meaghan. Basically, I made an agreement with Kurtis yesterday before Tribal Council. He and Meaghan would help us vote off Ann, if we (as in, me and Lamia) joined up with him to vote off Shawn whenever Ellioaey heads to our next TC. Kind of an eye for an eye thing.

Soooo, now I'm totally in a pickle. I don't really wanna go against either alliance. I don't wanna go against the Bjarnarey alliance because I think keeping both Shawn and Lamia together will only help me. And I don't wanna go against the four person alliance because Kurtis really trusts me and I really like Meaghan as well, she's so hillarious!

So. My only option left is to put my all into the next challenge and hope that we can pull off a win....although, I'm a little nervous about the firepower this tribe has, because I don't think we're that strong, even though we ARE the largest right now.

So, today I'm just gonna sit back and chat with my Ellioaey posse, and relax. Because tomorrow I'm gonna put my all into that challenge and make SURE we don't head to tribal council. I'm not ready to get evil...especiallly this soon in the game.

****

Well, I'm just gonna go down the line of my kickass tribe and talk about them

Kurtis: I'm soo glad Kurtis is on my tribe. Man, he is a STRONG mofo, and really good with people, so that would be awesome to have that on my side in case of a switch...seriously, this guy is really fun to talk to and seems to be in a terifying enthusiastic mood at all times of the day. He's all around a great person, and I'm glad he's around....meh, I'm not sure what he thinks of me though...through some of the comments he's made, I totally think he sees me as a threat, which kind of worries me a little, because I don't think he'll have my back down the line...oh sigh, such is life.

Meaghan: Meaghan is totally awesome. She's an incredibly unique girl, and I simply think she's the shit. She has this sarcastic witty side that is hard to find in game. I've probably talked the most to her out of everyone this round, just 'cause our schedules seem to line up pretty good. I've heard from Kurtis this is her first game, and if that's true, hats off to her, because she definately ain't running around clueless like I was when I did my first game. I could definately see her going to the final four, or even winning the game. All in all, I adore her, and hope she goes far. I'm sure I'm not her plans to get to the end...same as Kurtis. Doesn't make me like her any less, she rocks my socks.

Lamia: Oh Lamia. What a crazy wacko! And I love it, lol. Seriously, Lamia rocks my socks with her over-the-edge personality and no guns barred dialogue. It's fun to chat and strategize with her, because she's such an all-star in these games. I always find myself a strange attraction to wackos in these games (ANNETTE SHOUT OUT, hee, jk) But really, it's gonna be fun to see if I can actually make it to the end with such a strong personlity as Lamia. I haven't seen much of her lately, just because our schedules haven't lined up all to good...but no matter, she still rocks.

Shawn: Shawn is simply an awesome guy. I think he's so cool to talk to and joke with. He has a funky personality, and isn't afraid to be himself, which is totally cool in my book. He also competed pretty hard in the challenge, methinks, so I'm really glad we got someone on our team who can totally kick some ass. Umm, sometimes I think I get the impression that he thinks he's on the chopping block if we lose, and that's why he wanted to compete really hard in this challenge, I dunno. All in all, I really like him, and I don't wanna vote him out...but I also don't wanna vote any of the others out either...ugh, it's hard. Anyway, in conclusion, Shawn rocks.

Ugh, well, me and Shawn competed in out 2nd immunity challenge for our tribe...and I don't think I did that good. One was because I waited a little while before I posted my answers, which can't be good. Two because I think I made the wrong choice in choosing to give the purse back. I think that's gonna damage our points somehow. Ugh, I really blow at this game. And I really don't wanna let my tribe down because I don't wanna go to tribal council...bleh, I dunno what's gonna happen. Shitcakes.

****

WE WON THE CHALLENGE! *dances in his yellow buff* Ugh, I'm so glad we one...it's been hanging over my head all day that I did bad and would be the reason we lost the challenge....but it turns out I actually helped out a LOT by getting a lot of the answers right, heh. Shawn didn't do so hot, but it didn't matter since his answers turned out to be the ones that would subtract from our score, so WOO!

I do think we relied a little on luck on this challenge... 'cause, really. If you had simply added the two scores together and not done the twist thing, we would have gotten 4th place. 4th. Only one point above the team who had the person who didn't even SUBMIT their answer....so, anywho, it's total luck that we won, but I totally don't care, I'm uber excited that our tribe gets to keep intact for a few more days at least.

Hmmm, I wonder how long it will be before the next IC will be? Ugh, I think I might sit the next one out if I can, there's just too much pressure for me, and it's too stressful. Plus I think two other people in our tribe should have their turn to participate and pull their weight.

Woo, Go Ellioaey! *Yawn* I'm going to bed. Buenos noches