Post by Mark "Papa Bear" Caruso on Dec 24, 2012 2:37:40 GMT -5
Alright! It's time for the classic first confessional of the season! Here goes nothing...
- First thing that I think needs to be known about me before anything else is said in this confessional is that I am a very opinionated person. I tend to blow up my confessional, because I tend to have a million thoughts about the game, my competitors, the looming tribal councils, the challenges, the weather, and anything and everything else that may be on my mind that day. So consider this fair warning. I write many of these.
- When I write these confessionals, I also seem to have some sort of affinity for writing them with bullet points. I don't really know why, but it's something I wanted to mention real quick to make sense of all future confessionals. Now that we have that out in the open, it's on with the show....
- I absolutely loved the commradery and friendly discussion between everyone on the board before the game began. I thought it was a great way to kick off the season and get to know everyone a little bit better. While I didn't say too much in that particular thread, I definitely used it as a means of gaining first impressions of everyone playing the game. I would liken it to that moment at the very beginning of each Survivor season where the entire cast comes riding in on a boat or raft of some sort and everyone is just checking out the competition. That was certainly me in that thread as I was immediately annoyed by anyone who referred to themselves as a princess or queen or skeptical and hesitant to trust anyone who thought that Colton or Abi-Marie were good players and deserving of a second shot. Again, not everyone made a great first impression, namely those who chose to post every other post. I believe a wise old philosopher said it best when he said, "Girl, you talk too much. Shut up."
- And with that, the game began. We were split into the same tribes used in the show, and frankly I don't know if I got off to the best start. I wasn't able to make it on time for the first challenge. In fact, I couldn't even show up until I got off work many hours later. Nevertheless, I technically didn't do the worst so perhaps my tribe has overlooked it. I don't know. I'm already anxious for the next challenge so I can prove myself a little bit better.
- Cochran got off to a HORRIBLE start for us. We had to wait forever for him to finally get his act together and show up to post. To me, that was fine. Life happens sometimes, and we're not always going to be able to be by the computer at all times. I think the thing that annoyed me the most about it was that he made up an excuse about having a virus. If I had a dollar for every time someone in one of these games claimed to have a virus or not be able to do a challenge because of the flu, I think I would have already claimed the million dollar prize. Anyway, I decided to reach out to Cochran because I know it has to suck to be "that guy" for the tribe, and I thought he might be a little more eager to check the board regularly if he had a buddy on here. Much to my surprise, I was actually quite impressed with how conversational and friendly he has been. Cochran and I have somewhat hit it off, and I'm actually okay with the guy. I'm not sure if the others on our tribe will share those sentiments, but for now I wouldn't mind him staying around for a few more days. He's certainly made some immature comments about Semhar and her race, but I'm willing to accept that as him just being an idiot and not letting it affect how I choose to interact with him in the game. I'm curious to see how Cochran is received by the others on the tribe.
- I also reached out to Elyse and Jim. From the limited material I have from the pre-game chat and while on Savaii, I think they will be two of the stronger members of our tribe and two people I would really prefer to be closer to. In fact, I'm going to go ahead and predict that Elyse will be the sweetheart of this season. She just has that charisma about her. I'm hoping those two will prove to be good friends, and I'm anxious to interact with the others.
- Finally, I'm getting really antsy about this challenge. I really fear the worst. And, assuming worst case scenario for a moment, I think it will be a scenario where Savaii lost the challenge, not Upolu won it. I'm not so sure that Savaii wouldn't be the beneficiary of going to a tribal council and cutting some dead weight. This business of not doing your part in the challenge upon signing on and then making excuses about it later has got to be nipped in the bud. We definitely need to pick it up a little bit.
And with that, I think that's all I have to say for now! I'm certainly loving this game so far!
Papa Bear
- First thing that I think needs to be known about me before anything else is said in this confessional is that I am a very opinionated person. I tend to blow up my confessional, because I tend to have a million thoughts about the game, my competitors, the looming tribal councils, the challenges, the weather, and anything and everything else that may be on my mind that day. So consider this fair warning. I write many of these.
- When I write these confessionals, I also seem to have some sort of affinity for writing them with bullet points. I don't really know why, but it's something I wanted to mention real quick to make sense of all future confessionals. Now that we have that out in the open, it's on with the show....
- I absolutely loved the commradery and friendly discussion between everyone on the board before the game began. I thought it was a great way to kick off the season and get to know everyone a little bit better. While I didn't say too much in that particular thread, I definitely used it as a means of gaining first impressions of everyone playing the game. I would liken it to that moment at the very beginning of each Survivor season where the entire cast comes riding in on a boat or raft of some sort and everyone is just checking out the competition. That was certainly me in that thread as I was immediately annoyed by anyone who referred to themselves as a princess or queen or skeptical and hesitant to trust anyone who thought that Colton or Abi-Marie were good players and deserving of a second shot. Again, not everyone made a great first impression, namely those who chose to post every other post. I believe a wise old philosopher said it best when he said, "Girl, you talk too much. Shut up."
- And with that, the game began. We were split into the same tribes used in the show, and frankly I don't know if I got off to the best start. I wasn't able to make it on time for the first challenge. In fact, I couldn't even show up until I got off work many hours later. Nevertheless, I technically didn't do the worst so perhaps my tribe has overlooked it. I don't know. I'm already anxious for the next challenge so I can prove myself a little bit better.
- Cochran got off to a HORRIBLE start for us. We had to wait forever for him to finally get his act together and show up to post. To me, that was fine. Life happens sometimes, and we're not always going to be able to be by the computer at all times. I think the thing that annoyed me the most about it was that he made up an excuse about having a virus. If I had a dollar for every time someone in one of these games claimed to have a virus or not be able to do a challenge because of the flu, I think I would have already claimed the million dollar prize. Anyway, I decided to reach out to Cochran because I know it has to suck to be "that guy" for the tribe, and I thought he might be a little more eager to check the board regularly if he had a buddy on here. Much to my surprise, I was actually quite impressed with how conversational and friendly he has been. Cochran and I have somewhat hit it off, and I'm actually okay with the guy. I'm not sure if the others on our tribe will share those sentiments, but for now I wouldn't mind him staying around for a few more days. He's certainly made some immature comments about Semhar and her race, but I'm willing to accept that as him just being an idiot and not letting it affect how I choose to interact with him in the game. I'm curious to see how Cochran is received by the others on the tribe.
- I also reached out to Elyse and Jim. From the limited material I have from the pre-game chat and while on Savaii, I think they will be two of the stronger members of our tribe and two people I would really prefer to be closer to. In fact, I'm going to go ahead and predict that Elyse will be the sweetheart of this season. She just has that charisma about her. I'm hoping those two will prove to be good friends, and I'm anxious to interact with the others.
- Finally, I'm getting really antsy about this challenge. I really fear the worst. And, assuming worst case scenario for a moment, I think it will be a scenario where Savaii lost the challenge, not Upolu won it. I'm not so sure that Savaii wouldn't be the beneficiary of going to a tribal council and cutting some dead weight. This business of not doing your part in the challenge upon signing on and then making excuses about it later has got to be nipped in the bud. We definitely need to pick it up a little bit.
And with that, I think that's all I have to say for now! I'm certainly loving this game so far!
Papa Bear