Svinoy Tribe

Hey, I'm John Cochran, WINNER of Stranded in the Marquesas (All Stars).

Welcome to Stranded in the Faroe Islands!

You'll be seeing a lot of me here, as well as our 10 other co-hosts as we pick your brain to see what's really going on in your head throughout the game. Feel free to ask any of us questions in here if you need to, we've all been through it before and are more than willing to help.

Each round, we'll start by asking some introductory questions, and I just want to ask that you answer in complete statements. We will be actively blogging on each episode, and it's easier to do so if we have real quotes and complete thoughts as opposed to simple yes or no answers. We hope you keep up with your confessionals daily during the week as a way to vent and discuss the events of that day. The more you update your confessional, the better idea we have of whats going on in your head, and also the more fan favorite points you'll earn yourself come the end of the season . You don't have to only update when you are prompted to, whenever you have an idea shoot it at us because we want to know everything.

So..

How confident are you going into this game that you will win?

What are your opinions of your fellow tribemates?

What is your strategy and approach to the game?

How do you think your rep fits you? Do you think being this character will affect your gameplay at all?

What are your thoughts on the twist? Change your strategy at all going in to these first few days?

Best of luck out there.

How confident are you going into this game that you will win?
I always say I'm very confident but in my head I feel some anxiety about how other will perceive me. Their perception means EVERYTHING and I'm afraid I could annoy them or just don't fit in. So there's a chance I go home early if I don't create deep enough bonds, so that's going to be my main goal: create them. If I do, I belive I can keep people by my side. They won't have as much fun if I get booted. They'll NEED me. It's gonna be me who's gonna dominate and feel absolutely nothing for them when the blindside time comes! So yeah, my confidence is 50-50 in my head right now. I could blow it early or I could make it all the way and absolutely SLAY everyone.

What are your opinions of your fellow tribemates?

Oh gosh, Flicka is so half assed. I know some people like her. They're like, lazy!! Talk a little bit more, fake it if you have to. Her short answers are very frustating and kind of shady if you ask me. If I didn't know she isn't online I would think she's talking to everyone else and I'm not everyone else so where does that leave me in her plans? But no, I'm just being paranoid. She simply doesn't put that much of an effort in talking to me for someone that says she's been excited about the game. Not sure I like her.

Candice's at my top right now. I feel we can connect and we'll do great things together. We have the same enthusiasm also. Yet she said she's talking to everyone. Relationship change in the blink of an eye so I gotta make sure she does not blink.

I like Stephannie but from just looking at her you just KNOW she's gonna try too hard. She's either gonna be too liked for her own sake or seem as a threat at some point.

What is your strategy and approach to the game?
It's simple. MAKING BONDS. If you don't take that seriously just get out of here already. At least I'll make people believe I have a bond with them. After that, there will be an alpha group and I'm sure I'm going to be there. It's just a social game. And I'm the cheerleader!

How do you think your rep fits you? Do you think being this character will affect your gameplay at all?
CiCi is perfect for me. She's latina, this character didn't have much to do in her Survivor season, so dumb people won't believe I'm the same as my rep. Imagine if I was Russell Hantz or Tony. I'm going to kill it no matter what my character is tho. CiCi seems so sweet and pretty but I'm still going to be an alpha male, even though my chatacter's a female haha.

The only thing that can affect my gameplay is eyecandy Adam not showing up so far!

What are your thoughts on the twist? Change your strategy at all going in to these first few days?
I was late but I wouldn't have done it. That's crazy. He needs to read Survivor 101 or something. Wish he was on my tribe so we would have an easy first/second boot decision. I can't wait to see what happens in the other tribe. Again, wish I was there. DRAMA!!!!!!!1

I think I love Adam. For real. Somebody calm me down NOW! He's so funny and sweet. Although definetely feels staged. Like he was ready for it. He wants to be liked and possibly sends the same jokes to everyone. But I'm ok with that because he's making me laugh. I like him so far.

I don't know what to think about Flicka right now. She just keeps ignoring me, apparently. I just wish my whole tribe were here and talked to me to simply confirm Flicka is the one I like the least... But I feel Candice or Stephannie will be with me and they could pull her in, in case we need her vote. She'd be right on the bottom of the alliance where she belongs.

If we keep bonding, I plan on working with Adam, too. That's five. And we may not even need Flicka. Jeez could JP, Penner and Rebecca show up? Haven't talked to them a single bit and I need to create the CiCi Army. Which doesn't include Flicka as of now. She's online so there's a possibility she's talking to Adam. I'M WATCHING YOU.

I'm annoyed by her. She thinks she's Jeff Probst? Uhm no, stop trying to host our tribe. Let Probst do his work, which consists in a 39 days vacation.

So there are new kids on the block. Apparently Penner started right away with PMs... He and Ozzy ignored me so what's up with that? Are they blind or something? I'm the QUEEN of this game. *JUST KIDDING* (I don't want to end up like Sarah from Cagayan). Still, there's a chance Ozzy had to leave. Penner kept posting and said he'd talk to all us in the morning but didn't reply so uh? Not trustworthy to me, right away.

Right now in my eyes it's Candice, Stephannie, Adam, hopefully JP and I. Going to make sure Flicka or Rebecca become our puppets so, if we pull Rebecca in it's either Penner or Flicka first because I just don't trust them, Penner is shady and I don't like Flicka, also not sure I want to play with someone who "goes with the flow". She'll be a female version of Woo, hell no!!! Gotta cut her throat sooner or later. If we pull Flicka in then you just know it's going to be a Stranded nightmare.

JP seems like a nice guy. We'll continue talking. I REALLY wanted to let him know I'm also gay (we could connect right away) but don't think CiCi fits as a gay male and don't want to break the rules. I could make CiCi bisexual though.
CiCi is supposedly from the US but since I'm Venezuelan and I think there's no problem about talking my current location, I'll change that. Also I'm going to make CiCi's ocuppation "Amanda Bynes impersonator" coz why not?

I just realized it was me who told him (Penner) I had to leave. Hmmm it's rude from him not to reply but I could try to talk again. I'm going to force our conection and maybe he can be our 6th lucky numbah. Him or Rebecca. I GOT DA NUMBAHS AND THE POWAH.


Still, don't think there's a major force we're battling against as Nate, Ozzy and Flicka are most likely clueless. If we can have unanime votes, then perfect. Don't want this people to feel they're on the bottom. This is just for the sake of being in control.

I know I still think Flicka's cluelessness could be useful, (as well as dangerous) but she's PMing someone (I sneaked into the Who Is Online? section) and it's not me. Again, not effort whatsoever and shady. She's on my list right now. I'm afraid Penner and her could potentially have something going. I'm going to try hard to pull Rebecca in but I got to be spontaneous. This is what Stranded is about! Getting to know these people, it's interesting. Actually caring about them, just not to much. Plus it's more important to make THEM care.

People should at least PRETEND they want to talk to me. What's their strategy? Letting me know I'm not in their plans so I can completely go against them and cut off their head? Well... I'm not that insane as of now.
I can't connect with either Flicka, Penner or Ozzy and it's not my fault.
Candice and I are strong. It's us and Steph, who I think could become as close to me as Candice, but Steph just doesn't have much time but it'll come. Hopefully Adam won't resist our machiavellian sense of humor and JP will finally talk to Candice and show her he's one of us. I've received barely 2 PMs from JP and he's still 4th in my (good) list. This is how bad Svinoy tribe is in social terms.

Candice doesn't like Rebecca so far but I do. I'm just hoping the numbers come to us. But my main goal right now is winning the first challenge. My puzzle skills are on fleek.

Your updates <3

I love sneaking into the "Who is online?" section. Makes me feel paranoid because I'm stalking everyone and checking what they're doing.

It's my own SPY SHACK.

Rebecca had been composing a message for about 10 minutes. Why so long? I THOUGHT it was for me because we were chatting but nothing ever came to my inbox and she didn't respond. As of now she's still looking at her PMs. Bless her heart. It's SO FUNNY.


Still, don't think most of us have figured it out so far. My PMs to Penner are not being sent. They don't show up, neither in the "outbox" nor in the "sent messages" sections so my perception of him may be wrong. I don't know honestly.

Did you accidentally save your message to him as a draft, maybe?

I was about to go down on Rebecca, I was going to tell her "thanks for the response, you're so kind" but that wouldn't be smart. I stayed quiet. It's frustrating.

As of know Penner is my darkhorse. I trust Candice when she tells me he's an OK guy, and that Ozzy is too, but I don't want them by our side. JP is concerning me right now, I don't think he's putting that much of an effort either so what do we do?

I wish it was official that our foursome (Adam, Candice, Steph and I) will be a thing. Still, we need two more at least but those two must be quiet, we don't need spies. I can see JP or Flicka doing whatever we tell them to do. Flicka says she's been talking with the same people than me so... uhm, yeah, she'll be our puppet. I'm going to throw some clues here and there so we end up working "together". I don't like her but as long as we have the numbers and it's not me going home... then I love you little Flicka, you're SO part of our family!!!!!!


She says everything's going slow. She doesn't know I'm forming what *could* be the final 4 already HAHAHA.


Stephannie is a big fan. She knows what to do. She comes and immediately checks her PMs. She knows what is up. I'm glad we're connecting. Not that there's many options, haha! But she's been busy.

Nate finally came and we bonded a little. He seems OK.

DAY 2
It's SO cold over here, I'm not used to it. But I'm super motivated to do well on this game I'm going to push myself very far. No matter what is there telling me to give up.

If everything goes the way I want to it's going to be The Machiavellian Five plus Flicka running the tribe.
Rebecca, Penner, Ozzy and Nate are in my bottom list. With Nate with a chance of replacing
Flicka if we connect with him. That's the status I'm trying to build. But don't tell nobody and don't count on it too much. Things change fast in this game.

Both Candy and Steph have told me I'm the one who they've talked the most, maybe connected the most. So I feel like I'm slaying socially. Let's not flashforward to when I have to cut their throat on day 36 and 37. I wouldn't want these clever and socially gripping bitches next to me in the final three. It's funny how I'm aligning with the most threatening people but I'm thinking day by day. Not Final 3 which is not the present.

omg keep talking <3

I'm a bit worried about this connection Penner and Candice are forming. I think Penner is too clever and knows what he's doing. Another threat in my alliance. AWESOME! I will have to get rid of him at some point. I'm going to concentrate in getting to know Penner because that's what Candice wants, and we're a team. He seems interesting, not gonna lie.
We need to be a strong force or at least they [the people on my alliance] should think we are, but have NO doubt I'll have to separate Penner and Candice if they get too close. They have chemistry you can just sense it.
I'm going to work on Penner and also on Candice, Adam and Stephannie even harder, I need to be everybody's closest ally.

My perception is that me and Candice are controlling the game right now... and this is something NOBODY should know, not even Candice but she knows, logically. She knows I'm a threat already, she will come for my wig later on. But gotta stay calm. Told you I was gonna be paranoid. STAY CALM, I'm going to get her before she gets me!

JP told me yesterday that I'm his number one so I'm still the Social Queen Bee of this tribe.

Flicka is going to work with us and that annoys me but she made me laugh yesterday, maybe she's not that boring after all...



She likes burritos so there's that. That's the deepest thing she's said these first few days.


GURL IS BORIIIIIIIIIIING

I don't know how I feel about non entities in our tribe. They're easy first boots and that guarantees me more time in this game BUT that also gives time to those who are or should be on the bottom of the alliance or not on it at all (Penner) to actually build a strong connection with my core allies.

This is what I think of Penner: he's just like Alexis Maxwell from Cagayan when she first switched tribes and started talking game right away with people she didn't talk before. Shady. I can see Penner doing that with anyone, including our rivals so I simply don't trust him. He doesn't need a connection, he feels confortable talking strategy with anyone.

He just needs to chill. Talking game happens SPONTANEOUSLY. He's got to go BUT Candice likes him. He may not be our first boot, he may not be our second boot, he may make the merge but I asure you whenever I have the chance I'll take his ass out. He's annoying and he'd be the first to go if I had my way and if only Nate and Rebecca were remotely present or nice to chat with.