[Susie Smith]

Kallpa lost a tribe member tonight. You still have a long way to go before claiming the prize, but you’re one step further! Please share your thoughts on how things are going for you.

1.       What type of player (strategic mastermind, social butterfly, under the radar, challenge beast, goat, wild card) are you trying to be at this stage of the game? How do you think your fellow tribe members perceive your current player type? Why?

2.     Do you have the “right” Survivor rep? If not, what rep would you have chosen for yourself? If the Survivor rep we chose for you suits you, what qualities do you think you share? How are you making your rep work for you if you are?

3.       Tomorrow is a challenge AND tribal council. Now that you have done one challenge for yourselves, what could be in store for you and your tribe? Think you can handle losing and having tribal council soon after?

4.       Speaking of challenges, what is your stance on physical players? Do you value people in the tribe who are good at challenges and want to keep them around even if they're not the best socially with you?

[Xander]

Hey Susie Queen of Gabon ! 

1.       What type of player (strategic mastermind, social butterfly, under the radar, challenge beast, goat, wild card) are you trying to be at this stage of the game? How do you think your fellow tribe members perceive your current player type? Why?



I am trying to be a social butterfly with a dash of Strategic mastermind. I thought i could do under the radar but i am way too opinionated for that shit. Some of these people arent the most observant cause they miss these big acts of desperation from certain players. I find myself sharing these observations with Abe and Evvie because i trust them to not get skittish with me.

I mean... I HOPE I am being perceived as the social butterfly....

Evvie tells me that there is a "Xander Fanclub" which scares the hell outta me. Everyone seems to think im super close with them which is both hilarious and troubling. It means i need to walk a fine line of not showing anyone how close i am with anyone else, while maintain a exhausting level of personal investment in everyone. I started the rumor that Sara was a veteran and now everyone is all wigged out by her. Deshawn, Sara, Evvie and Abe all think im their closest ally so i plan to eventually leverage one of them to take out the others,  Shan apparently loves me (which sounds like horseshit) and otherwise these are the only tribe members we have.

Yup no one else exists, just us 6. 

However, I am all paranoid that i am being looked at as a Strategic mastermind. I prepared for this game by listening to podcasts and reading the old forums and now i fear that is coming back to bite me in the ass. I am going to try to stop sharing any predictions of the direction the game is going or how immunity idols work. I want Sara and Deshawn to seem like more of the strategy masters than me for now. 

2.     Do you have the “right” Survivor rep? If not, what rep would you have chosen for yourself? If the Survivor rep we chose for you suits you, what qualities do you think you share? How are you making your rep work for you if you are?



Funnily enough, i haven't seen Survivor 41 so i had no idea who Xander was. So i look into it and he freaking made it to the end and it was quite the upset that he didn't win a la Carolyn. That means that people have strong opinions about him which hopefully arent projected onto me. Multiple other players have brought up how much they loved Xander which makes me feel better but still makes me feel like i have a bigger target on my head. I worry that people are gonna be like "oh Xander cant make it to the end AGAIN". I also literally HAD NO IDEA that Xander and Evvie were tight on the show. Evvie and I's relationship happened totally organically and was in no way a callback to the show. Hopefully people wont assume Evvie and I are close like on the show. But then again, these people aren't the most observant so i think im in the clear.

I dunno how y'all choose the avatars, but it seems i should be flattered for being given Xander. So thank you! Unless ya know i get voted out over it....


3.       Tomorrow is a challenge AND tribal council. Now that you have done one challenge for yourselves, what could be in store for you and your tribe? Think you can handle losing and having tribal council soon after?



I am totally amped for tomorrow and have no doubt we will do well in the challenge. Our tribe is super communicative compared to the Pacha Putz's, who seem to never be on. They are always logging into their chatrooms, one by one, completely blissfully unaware we can all see them.... Even if we lose and have to go to Tribal, i feel confident we will all vote out Danny for being inactive. I wanna go to tribal, I want  get rid of some of these people!

4.       Speaking of challenges, what is your stance on physical players? Do you value people in the tribe who are good at challenges and want to keep them around even if they're not the best socially with you?

I dont think it matters if youre good at challenges at this point in the game. What really matters is if youre awful. Sara and Heather bombed the challenge last night and Shan smoked em. Sara wouldnt stop bitching about it to me. If she is gonna continue to be awful at challenges we can just add that to the Long List  of reasons to get rid of her. 

[Mike H]

Xander! 

I have questions.

You said in an earlier episode that you used to play Survivor with cats and dogs. What was the best move you ever made while playing with them? You also touched on the fun fact that Shan has 7 cats and 4 dogs. With those sorts of numbers, it looks like her pets would dominate you and your pet tribe. How do you think you and Shan would fair in one of these fictional seasons where you both played with each other's cats and dogs?

You also stated previously "Everyone is gonna want to get down on their hands and knees and unzip Deshawn. I guess i'll need to stock up on Chapstick and get in line myself."  Where are you in the "suck Deshawn off" line and what's your go to Chapstick flavour for the job?

Lastly, I saw that you work in HR. Congratulations! You're currently reading questions from the Head of Stranded HR and I've decided to hire you to help me find reasons to fire ALL of your tribe mates based on their gameplay so far . What are the reasons we have to fire each tribe mate?

Great confessionals so far Xander. Love how visual they are. Keep up the good work and have fun!

 

[Xander]

Hello Otter! I'm considered an Otter in the “Taxonomy of Gays”!  Thank you for the questions! 




Well first things first, it may look like I'd be outnumbered by Shans feline horde but let's be honest, Cats would turn on anyone. Even though she has opposable thumbs to open doors and cans, I would tell one of the cats that Shan is giving one of the others more wet food and treats. Then i'd find a way to pull one of the female cats cause you know them, they hate everyone, especially the other cats. That will hopefully create a rift where they will all begin to notice that Shan is the root of their unhappiness,  not the dog. Maybe let them dictate a few boots of her old Chihuahuas. Would I win? No, Shan would go maybe 4-6th and I'd be the first merge boot. cause the cats would realize the dog is a better goat than I am.



In terms of getting to third base with Deshawn? I'd say I just unzipped his pants and I'm in the heavy petting phase. Abe told me to hook up with him to be involved in his “master plan”. What is the master plan? you ask? Fuck if I know, and neither does Deshawn. Deshawn tried to subtly bring up Sara and his plan which was exceptionally transparent. But I went with it, I let him talk dirty to me about the game. OH YEAH! Did I tell you that Deshawn asked about my sexual orientation? At first I was worried he was some sort of homophobe cause the way he asked was all hush hush. But then he told me he was gay himself. I get the vibe that he's kind of a closet case? LIke one of those dudes that says he is Bi but he has been a bottom for half of the gay club.


 As for the flavor of Chapstick? I'm glad you asked. Burt's Bees Peppermint lip balm. He will either love it and come back for more or….. it'll burn his dick and I will get voted out. 




Ooh Hello Stranded HR! HR is the best cause you are literally paid to be nosey and gossip. My HR coworker and i go off.  

• Reasons to fire everyone 

 

• Deshawn: Poor Job performance and Sexual Harassment. HIs leadership skills suck and he coerced someone in HR into giving him a blow job 

 

• Sara: Does not work well with others. She scares her tribe mates and is a single straw away from burning our camp down and taking us all with it. 

 

• Shan: Attendance: She's a hard one because she is really good at challenges but is never on and doesn't reply back to messages for hours. Ugh. It's like she has a life outside of this game  

 

• Heather: Productivity: Heather is that person who always leaves work early due to mysterious illnesses that you can legally challenge. So you have to find a way to fire her based on her lack of performance. Plus she stirs the pot to hide her own failures

 

• Evvie: Fraternization : She has an inappropriate relationship with HR and we both get fired over it. 

 

• Abraham: Breaking Confidentiality : This guy is a workaholic and is always coming to HR with new problems. He shared internal HR reporting on Sara with Deshawn which then spread to the rest of the tribe.

 

•  Danny: No Call No show: He didn't get his vacation time approved by HR so we fired him.

 

•  Myself: Fraternization and Retaliation: Id get fired for having favorites and for talking shit about some people and not others. Oh and for giving a blowjob to DeshawnMay I just say, If we fired this many people we would have to pay a small fortune in unemployment insurance. Plus the paperwork would be a nightmare

 

[Mike H]

Oh we're kindred spirits. You're an otter of the gays. I'm an otter of the otters.

10/10 answers here though. I hope your tribe won't need to fire anyone any time soon but it looks like you've done your scouting so you're ready if it happens.