Round 1 - Welcome to Greece

[Host Aras]

Hello! Thank you so much for your interest in playing this game. Here you will answer a few questions from the hosts and also share your thoughts on the game, the other players, and even just random stuff you'd like to share. After answering and getting some information from other players feel free to use this thread to update us on anything game and non game related!



1. Have you read and acknowledged the Confessional Guidelines?



2. How did you hear about this game?



3. Why did you select your survivor contestant?



4. Do you know anyone else that is playing in this game?



5. What type of strategy will you have coming into a new game in a new series?

[Candice Cody]

1. Yes I have! I think it's great that you laid out some guidelines early on, so people know what to expect from the series. I don't think it will be a problem for me, as I'm usually quite active and responsible about these kind of things.

2. A friend of mine (Kass) told me that it was occurring, I also know one of the hosts... but they don't know who I am!

3. I always appreciated Candice for playing the game hard, although not really ever smart. She got robbed in BvW by being a late addition to the cast, so I hope I can offer her some redemption. She's also hot.

4. Yeah I know a few people. Kass and I are friends and she knows who I am. I know of a few others that Kass told me are in the game, but they don't know who I am yet. I think I'll keep that a secret for now. I don't really like to rely on pre-game relationships to do well in ORGs. It's always fun to meet new people and try to go the distance with them, so I think that will be my gameplan.

5. Well I'm probably going to model it after I game I am currently finishing up. I am in a FTC right now and am the favorite to win, so I must have done something right.

The main thing is to be adaptable, having a slew of options at your disposal so whatever the game throws at you, there is an avenue to go down. Especially in a new series in which I don't know how the hosts plan to make the game, you have to be on your toes.

I am generally a very nice person and that leads to me creating strong social bonds with people. This in turn creates allies who will give me bits and pieces of information about the game. Once I have gathered all the information I need, then I make my decision on how to pursue a certain strategic decision.

[Candice Cody]

Also in regards to my "husband" being cast in the game... that was a complete mistake on my part. When Kass told me about the game I was in the middle of rewatching BvW and was thinking of playing as Candice or Rachel.

Turns out both Tyson and John were in this game as reps, so my husbando would have been in the game regardless. It was an honest mistake, no real relation there, at least that I know of.

[Candice Cody]

Right now I'm exchanging pleasantries to the people I've met on AIM. Brenda is either an actual girl or someone very young. She ends every other sentence with "xo", not sure how to react to that.

Thankfully I have psychopathic tendencies in my social skills that I realized a few years ago. When I talk to people I quickly pick up on words or phrases they use as well as any social quirks they have. I then copycat them subconsciously. This leads me to talking similarly to them which can make others feel more comfortable when speaking to me; since it's similar to how they speak or speak with their real friends.

If you showed a conversation of me speaking with one player and compared it to another player who share drastically different personalities, you wouldn't be able to tell that in both cases that they are speaking to me. I don't mean to do it, it's just how I talk to other people :/

In the end, it leads to a better social game and the ability to click with people I would otherwise not share any interests with. I can be friends with the highly-analytical CP types just as much as the OTT alcoholics.

[Candice Cody]

I'm also telling people that I am new to ORGs. I said that I've played a few Survivor minis on AIM/Skype and one TAR game.

This couldn't be more untrue. I've been playing these games for a fairly long time now and know my way around the block.