Week 0: Pregame

[Kat]

PREGAME


Post thoughts and predictions. Try not to be biased!

 

[GinaMarie]

I'm gonna do a video and go through everyone and shit cause it's way too many people to type it all out haha

[Annie]

Yay!
Looking forward to it

[David Lane]

David’s Pregame Thoughts and Predictions 

Heaven: I’m excited to watch Heaven play again after completely dominating S6. She was such a comp beast that it’s easy to forget how well she played strategically too (e.g. –organizing the outsiders against the Brolliance 2.0). Unfortunately, I think she’s going to have a tough time doing well here and might find herself being backdoored early on. My official prediction for Heaven will be a pre-jury placement.


Keith: If I’m recalling correctly, I remember being pumped that Keith made the AS cut because the last spot was between him and someone else. I think he’s smart, but based on his S6 game, his social skills might be lagging behind a little bit. If he can lay low and make himself seem useful to the powers that be, he’ll probably stick around for a little bit. My official prediction for Keith would be early to mid jury placement.


Hayley: Love her…such a sweetheart. I’m kind of worried about how she’s going to fair here though. She was a social butterfly in S6, but sometimes people come into AS games with their friends already clearly defined, so that may hurt her as she seems not too involved in the ORG world(?). I think she could be an early target for someone who wins HOH and is looking to do inoffensive nominations that won’t come back to bite them in the ass. If she survives that though, I could see her doing quite well here.


Memphis: Memphis was a cool dude, but I really don’t remember much about him. Being the last member standing of the Brolliance 2.0 last time obviously means he’s got game though. I would say mid to late jury for Memphis.


Nick: Maybe the person I’m most excited to watch play again. If it wasn’t for the DPOV, I think Nick could have easily been our winner in S6. Not to mention he was hilarious and very amusing to watch. I would put Nick into the category of people whom I think could be the winner here.


Sofia: Another really entertaining player. I hooope she’ll be fighting with people and telling them off again<3. If she makes the right alliances, I don’t think she’ll have a problem making the jury, but I also think she’s going to have a tough time makes it past the first few rounds of the jury stage.


Mike: Hmm I don’t know much about Mike either. He makes for a great underdog, but I think he’s going to be an early casualty here. I’m not sure why, but I just see him falling in with a group that will be on the losing side of things in the early rounds, which is too bad =(


Brittany: Looooove her too. Despite what I said about Hayley and the social game, I think Brittany will be able to work her social game muuuch better. Hopefully she makes the right allies, which if she does, I think Brittany will make mid jury at least, possibly even be one of the final jurors.


Neda: Not sure what to think about Neda! She trolls a lot when she plays games, right? I think she was unfairly seen as Zach’s lackey in S7, so she may be willing to take more risks in order to stand out this season. If she’s targeted for being close with Zach in S7, then I think she goes in the first few rounds, but otherwise, I’d predict she goes out on the latter half of early jury.


Zach: I’m excited to watch him play again. Despite being “rivals” AS1, I’ll be rooting for him here too actually. He was playing great in S7, but let himself become too big of a threat too early in the season. If he’s not targeted early for that again, I would be very surprised if he went out at any point before the final phases of the jury. I’d also rank him as one of the people more likely to win.


Brian: Oh Brian…Tbh, I think the rap he has and all the hate he gets is pretty dramatic and somewhat undeserved. But at the same time, he does lack self-awareness and at times makes statements that are borderline outrageous. He’s probably going to be one of the first people out since so many people in the game have negative preconceived ideas about him.


Nicole: Hmmm, not idea what to think about Nicole going into this game. She’s great at competitions and a great player overall though. From what I remember she plays completely with her head and puts personal feelings aside (I think I recall her saying she would have cut Heather for Donny?), which is important for AS. I say she’s one of the first jurors or one of the last prejurors…hoping for the former!


Heather: The love of my life<33. I predict she’s going to do very well here because she’s a social butterfly and showed she’s got competition chops in S8 too. Her downfall will be if she ends up being targeted by people who were in S8 with her. I would still predict at least final 7 for her and would endorse her as one of the bigger contenders to win too.


Ryan: The man, the myth, the legend. His comp whore status (and the fact that he’s friends with Heaven, yes?) is going to make him a huge target in these first few rounds. If he can’t pull out the wins to save himself, I would place money on a prejury placement, which is sad because I really liked Ryan.


Danielle: I think she’s a goddess and she’s up there as one of my favs going into this game. She’s extremely strategic and was so close to convincing people to keep her last time. I would love for her to go far and think she will if she keeps her loyalty/alliances on the down-low at first.


Matt: He’s a cool, funny dude. RnF8 was one of his first games, yes? That likely means that Matt will play too hard this season and find himself voted out prejury.


Ika: There’s a lot of people in the game who were big fans of her in S9 and I think many of those people will protect her. Her entertainment value is through the roof, but I don’t think she ever did anything majorly impressive last time. I could see her being one of the last two winners, if not the last one, standing. If other plays team up against the winners though, she likely goes prejury, but if not, then I’d say mid jury.


Rachelle: Love her mostly based on the connection we had when she played as James. It’s funny because her reputation going into AS-2 is so different than it was in AS-1. Now people know that she’s a snake and willing to turn on her biggest allies. If she can stay off the radar of some of the bigger fish and maybe form a “misfit” alliance, I wouldn’t be surprised to see her go far again


Shilpa: Shilpa is awesome too. Definitely one of the more well-rounded players out of everyone in the cast. If she doesn’t play emotionally, I see her making the end game again. I’d place her in the group of people I’d consider most likely to win too.


Christine: Hmmm, not sure what to think here. She made the final 4 against all the odds last season time, but also showed that she makes quick, impulsive moves. Those are even harder to recover from in an AS setting.


Drew: My duuude! He’s probably going to big a huge target for people this game because of how well he did when he played as Dom combined with his S9 gameplay as Drew. I’m hoping he proves me wrong, but I’m going to guess prejury for my friend here.


Ash: Another person who I think people were kinda unnecessarily hard on, despite his blunder in voting out Drew. If he can improve socially here, especially in the first few days/rounds, then he’ll make midgame again. The Survivor Games just started up though, so hopefully that won’t keep him too busy.


Skye: If anyone becomes the second two time winner, I’d say Skye has the best shot at that. Similar to Rachelle though, the way she played last time could very well come back to haunt her. I’d say Skye’s social game backed up with key comp wins will easily get her to the jury, but making it through the midgame will likely be a challenge for her. There’s always a possibility of being backdoored before then too.


Casey: Another person who’s going to be a big player this season. I would bet he’ll play very similar to how he did in S10…UTR but making all the right social connections. Given his history of Andrew, he’s also not afraid to betray people left and right though lmao. I’d say Casey makes the end game, but falls a couple rounds short of a W.


Candice: Loved her in S10 so I hope she can replicate that gameplay here. Hopefully she plays more like she did then and less like she did as Sarah! After being cut by her biggest ally at the final 4, I’m sure she’s going to be cutthroat here.


Greg: Yesss so pumped to watch him again! He’s not great at comps, but he showed last time that he has good game instincts and strategic insight. Maybe him and Ash can bond over how they were shut out from the day 1 alliance in their respective seasons and therefore were screwed, Hopefully he gets into a good alliance this time, otherwise I’d say he’s going home early, which would be a total shame.


Boog: Hmmm, not sure what to think about Boog. She was good at comps in the beginning half of S10, but she’s going to have a lot more competition here. If she comes in guns still blazing for Skye, that’s going to backfire on her. Hopefully she can at least make it seem like she’s over what happened in S10, if she’s not for real. I’d say late prejury or one of the first jurors.

[GinaMarie]

estelle and I did our pregame assessment video together, its just taking forever to upload cause its like 45 mins long lol awk

[GinaMarie]

[Annie]

omg im so excited to watch!

[krystal]

Can I predict that Skye will win?

[Kat]

Jun 5, 2015 19:43:14 GMT -5 krystal said:

Can I predict that Skye will win?

I can see Skye making it far but I think people will be smart not to let her win. I wouldn't be shocked if it happened though lol

Thanks David Lane for your thoughts! I'll watch the video later. Thanks GinaMarie estelle

[Kat]

I loved the video. Glad that you both will be active this season lol

I think Zach is the biggest threat in this game and he should do well. I wouldn't be surprised if he leaves right before jury though. It would be smart for people to take him out lol Even tho he Skypes with Heather, Nick, Shilpa, ect... I don't think he's gonna be 100% loyal to that group. He has claimed that he will work with "new" people (aka Heaven) but I need to see it before I believe it.

I'll do my thoughts and predictions later 

[Annie]

I'm watching it now.

Dying at Estelle not realizing Brian is in the cast and GM cracking up at Estelle's surprise.
"he's not winning."
"0% chance of him winning"

<3

Heaven <3 I hope she stays around for a very long time. I'm scared for her lol. I don't think Shilpa and Heaven were on terrible terms or anything, but I'm sureeee Shilpa will wanna target Heaven early this time.

I love Ryan. I hope he manages to pull through

But I think you guys are right. They are going to be targeted so hard unfortunately.

I think Skye is going to do well no matter what, lol. I don't think there is a chance in hell she isn't making jury. It's happening. Mark my words.

Zach is gonna do well too, I agree. He is also guaranteed jury imo. And he is willing to branch out. I believe him about that.

[krystal]

Yeah, I just spent the last hour watching that video.

[Kat]

#funfacts

Ika, Keith, Memphis and Zach all played in my BBzone AS. I wonder if Memphis and Keith knew that? Because Keith actually took out Memphis lol

Casey, Drew, Nicole, Rachelle, Skye & Zach all played in RNF AS1. Neda would have but she dropped. It's good that 21/27 are new to AS!

[David Lane]

Lolol I don't think I could pick a favorite shade from that video

[Annie]

Kat and I will be working on our assessments tomorrow. Don't expect any visuals. We aren't nearly as beautiful as Estelle and GM.