As with last year, I'm going more in depth with each castaway....going in order with when they applied...
KODIE: This guy is dangerous. He's smart, he's evil, and yet he's got 2 issues. One, I think he'd be too emotional over a backstabbing, which could hurt his end game and two, Heather L. They know each other well and Heather already seems ready for Kodie, whereas he is not ready for her to be here. I'm actually thinking Kodie's getting voted out fairly early, esspecially if Heather's around.
LORII: I like her strategy. Stay under the radar early, then once merge time hits, the claws come out. I see Lorii doing quite well actually.
ALLAN: The oldest person this season, but he's still only 32. He's young enough to fit in with the younger crowd. The reason I picked Taylor to win last season was because I felt he would dominate the social aspect of the game. I see Allan doing similarly well, except not going so psycho on strategy from day 1. Allan will be subtle and will do well.
EARL: He's the nice guy of the season. But he's also a fighter. That's definitely a very good combo. However, I don't see him doing so well for some reason. He looks good on paper though. Still, I think he's a premerge boot.
JOSH: Well, I was definently surprised to see him here. Josh could be a wildcard. He's a definent schemer. Problem for him though is that there are other facebook players around that know him. That could hurt him or if he's smart, he can use it to his advantage. Another person I'm not getting a good read from though.
NATE: Where is this guy? I still have never seen him on the forum or online, but that could be just me. I have a feeling he's gonna make us wish we had cast Kanga or Matthew instead.....hopefully I'm wrong, cause he has a good personality.
PIPER: Not having AIM is scary, what's with all these people? AIM is the bomb. Anyway, I like Piper. I see she hates the color Orange...heh heh heh. I say let's hope she's on the Orange Tribe. I see her doing well.
ANDII: You know who she reminds me off in her application? A mix between Jia and Christina. Christina won. Jia left early. She has experience in these games though, which should help her. I think she's mergebond for sure and perheps even end game, depending on if some loser dude actually falls for her flirty ways. I will say though that the dumb blonde strategy doesn't really work out so well online. You'd better be a damn good actor. Otherwise, you'll end up like Morgan, who fooled a lot of us at first, but once she got caught up in the game, well the act was over.
ASHLEY: A rookie for sure. I see her going down pretty quickly. Maybe even the first elimination.
HEATHER C.: I could see her and Earl alligning. She's the nice girl that wants to just play the game. She seems to have a long term plan, which isn't bad, but she needs to be aware that Survivor is a game of flexibility. If you aren't flexible, you're screwed. I can see her going a long ways in this one, but she won't win.
ARTIST, (AKA Alias #1, refering to "ROBERT"): He's got some rust on him apparently from not playing in forever. I think he's got a good idea though by wanting to play the nice guy. I see The Artist Formerly Known As Willaim going far, maybe even final 4.
ANDREW: Well, he can never beat me in awesomeness of course. Actually, I kinda wonder about him. He is so random and crazy that he could rub everyone the wrong way and get wiped out early. Or everyone could love him and he could do far. I definently don't see him winning though. He's not experienced enough to know how to play the game the way he wants to, that is be teh puppet master. Tut tut Andrew P., you oughta know EVERYONE wants to be the puppet master.
HEATHER L: I'd like to know which Heather is supposed to be "Heather P". Neither of them have a P in their names. Anyway, this is facebook Heather and she is very, very smart. She is a strong competitor, which is good. She's what I was hoping Keisha would be last season, a challenge threat. With the other facebook players, I'm interested to see if she will try to hide her strengths. She'd be smart to. A possible pick for winner.
NICK: The likely villian. Like Heather, he seem to be an established gamer. Always good. He has my old philosophy about Survivor, which is it being a strategic game first and foremost. That got me 4th place. I could see him doing about the same. No matter how he does, I expect to see some fireworks from this guy and I can't wait to be entertained!
MONIQUE: My only recruit this season
. She didn't do very well at all in my only game against her. We'll have to see if things get better. Her social and honest game approach does sound pretty good though. However, her approach to no alliances...tut tut. Monique is a question mark for me.
STEPHANIE: Another rookie. Hmmm, not too sure about her. I like her, and I like the maturity she seems to pose. But something doesn't seem right....I can't put my finger on it though.