Pre-Season & Episode 01 Commentary

[Jeff Probst]

If Papa Bear pulls the same whit he did in Namibia and gets away with it then I'll stick a TV remote up my ass.

*hides my remote

[Caryn]

My cast ranking:

21. Kimmi
20. Jenna
19. Keith
18. Tina
17. Ramona
16. Carter
15. Denise
14. Hayden
13. Sean
12. Jeff
11. Lisa
10. Chris
9. Mad Dog
8. Zane
7. Artis
6. Stacey
5. BB
4. Debb
3. Papa Bear
2. Angie
1. Richard


This is my 5th season lurking, I've had association with this series for 7 seasons, and I can genuinely say that this is the most amazing cast I've seen based solely on pre-game stuff. I hope they don't disappoint.

[Jeff Probst]

Me too Caryn... we tried REALLY hard to prep this cast too. We interviewed all of them on skype, let them chat to the co hosts and gave them some pointers. As you might have seen we've left tutorials all around the forums and we've been letting the players log in ahead of the season and practice a mini-challenge to prepare them for what they'll do in the game. There's just not that much more we can do, so I'm hoping all that effort pays off. Really exciting group. Ultimately it's a crapshoot so we'll see, but they all have massive potential.

[Jessie]

Carter ftw

[Ralph]

Carter ftw

agreed whattakid

hope he's as goofy as I think he will
his avi just makes it even better

[Katie Collins]

Wait... is that for real Hayden from Portugal returning? Like, Kayden/Haytie Hayden??

[Caryn]

I never understood the love for Hayden, he's nothing special. If he was then I would've kept his ass over Semhar.

[Jolanda]

Everybody needs to calm down with the writing on their applications I do NOT have this kind of time omg.

[Jeff Probst]

Everybody needs to calm down with the writing on their applications I do NOT have this kind of time omg.

Pfft yes you do.

[Semhar]

Hayden <3 Papabear </3 and the apps that I like are Sean, Richard, Angie, and uhhhhhhh... I wanna say Debb but she could easily be bad, so Imma go with Stacey!

My winner pick is gonna be Sean though. When's that there pickem?

[Jeff Probst]

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[Caryn]

Alright, let's see if I remember the story of Chris correctly:

Pre-merge, he was a very UTR player, mainly he just helped win challenges for his team. At the merge he became very paranoid about his stance in the game and starting to stir a bunch of shit. Everyone was planning on voting me out at the F12, and Chris was the only one who told me I was leaving. I didn't believe him at all, so I told Bobby Jon about this, and Bobby (being the snake that he is) ended up casting a random vote and put the blame on Chris to sabotage him. Tom was not happy that Chris told me I was leaving, and then Chris ended up doing a bunch of other shady things which caused Tom to flip sides and vote him out.

[Courtney]

Thanks for the info on Chris.

Hmmm... stupid question, but when does this game actually begin?

[Ralph]

Thanks for the info on Chris.

Hmmm... stupid question, but when does this game actually begin?

The 20th I think

[Marissa Peterson]

hayden wins

[Marissa Peterson]

I have high hopes for Chris. I played with him in a game earlier this year and he is pretty good at deflecting targets away from himself.

[Courtney]

I just read your assessments, "Probst's Pre-Season Assessment," on page 2 of the thread. I never saw it until now because apparently I am too stupid to look through prior pages for usual information.

[Stephanie Valencia]

Zane ftw! <3 I hope my draft pick does well!

[Ralph]

why is denise online
I thought this started on the 20th
are the contestants getting a sneak peak today

[Jeff Probst]

why is denise online
I thought this started on the 20th
are the contestants getting a sneak peak today

The players who have never played in an online game before have been given the opportunity to log in and read/run through tutorials ahead of the game to familiarize themselves with the forums. Like I said, we've gone through great lengths this season to prepare the new players to be as ready as hte veterans. We've each given them pre-season interviews, let them talk with the former players and ask them questions so they have a good idea of waht to expect and what rookie mistakes to avoid.

We have also given them a puzzle to practice on so they can get used to the type of challenges that are in the game. You should be able to see that in some of the confessionals, Ralph