Episode 1: First Day on a Brand New Planet

[Drew]

iSurv1vor 15: Faroe Islands (Land of the Vikings)

DAY 1

Before ya’ll are able to get into the mind of Drew (Ok, that’s the last time I will speak in third-person I promise), I just want to say much LOVE to Sandy, Rob, the iSurv1vor Alumni, and whoever else who had a hand in getting me casted. To show my appreciation, I made a sign for ya’ll all...

Now I know it’s not the best work of art ya’ll have seen, but it comes from the heart! LOL. You guys put faith in me to help make this season great, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that happens. I ♥ you guys!

Even though it’s been about 2 years since I last played a game, it feels like I have been gone forever. Coming back out of hiatus, I feel like I might be at a disadvantage coming into this game because I most likely won’t know anybody. Though this could be an advantage as well, I guess time will tell.

Right now my goal is to be as social as possible and make my presence known to each individual within my tribe. Without knowing anybody, I only have a few days to from relationships with these people. I need to convince my team mates that I am a valuable asset to this tribe so they will keep me around. So when it comes time to vote, I hopefully won't be seeing my name anytime soon.

Let’s get started. I have lots to do.

[Drew]

A VETERAN REDEMPTION

DAY 1

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Impressive hosts. Two thumbs up! ;D

I bet you knew that everyone was expecting veterans to come back this season, but not in this way. Brittany told me that they were all given the assumption that they already had a spot this season. So nice way to catch them off guard.

I found it weird that this season had 19 castaways, so there would be an odd number of players when we were divided up into our respected tribes. So I knew that there was a possibility that someone would get cut before the first immunity challenge began… just didn’t expect it to be a vet!

Overall, I am happy with the results. I would rather have Brittany on our tribe over Noah. It’s not that Noah isn’t a valuable player; it’s just that there is WAY too much testosterone on this tribe. Plus, Brittany seems like a cool chick, so far at least anyways. But ideally I wished Andii would have won instead of her. There is no one on my tribe that I can really get my flirt on. I love to flirt in these games, and flirting is a fun way to get to know people. However, girls have been known to be the cause of a lot of my problems, so maybe it’s a good thing?

Either way… R.I.P. Andii ♥

Hey! At least I am not the first one out. Now my next goal is to survive this round.

My first impressions on my tribe mates coming soon….

[Drew]

SKORIN TRIBE

DAY 2

Brittany – Love this girl to pieces. We have had some pretty cool chats lately and I am hoping to build a strong relationship with her. I know she is a vet, and she is dangerous… but right now it’s best that I go with her, than against her because she is one of the few people on my tribe whom I connected with. Hopefully she starts to trust me, because I think having her on my side right now is key.

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Dantz – Skype King… he is responsible for holding some Skype chats lately which sucks because I am having problems with mine and can’t load the program. He seems fun but I think he is a little loopy. He rarely talks on AIM so it’s hard to get a good read on him.

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Drew – Handsome. Smart. Creative. GOD.

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Gibson – I never see this kid on AIM, which sucks because that is my main line of communication. From what I see when he posts on the boards he acts like he is the “know it all” type of guy. My opinion could change, but I don’t ever see me and him being friends. He also uses Skype a lot so I can see him getting close with Dantz.

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Jared – I hope for his sake he is playing dumb right now because he is coming off as a total idiot. He is always on AIM which is good (I guess he works at home) but he always stops and disappears during mid-conversation.

*Disclaimer- these conversations aren’t exactly word for word, but more through my point of view*

For example:

Drew: Hey man are you going to watch survivor tonight?

Jared: Yeah I am hoping Sehmar wins the redemption challenge.

Drew: Me too, I don’t like the other chick.

*long pause*

Drew: So… who is your favorite?

*longer pause *

Drew: *sarcastically* So how’d bout them Yankees?

*crickets*

FAIL

Then yesterday when we were in a group chat to discuss the flag… it was myself, Ryan, Jared and Sharonica. Ryan volunteered to take charge and finish the animation once we posted all our pictures. So we all agreed. Then later, Tony comes up to me and says that he hears that I volunteered to be in charge. WTF? So I asked him where he heard that from and he said Jared. So I went to Jared…

Drew: Hey have you been telling people that I am in charge of the flag?

Jared: I thought you were in charge of it to be honest.

Drew: No… remember just an hour ago Ryan volunteered in the chat that he would finish it. You must have gotten him and I mixed up.

Jared: Hmm.. I don’t think so. Well I guess I should say OOPS.

He is either a freaking moron or he is purposely trying to start pointless drama. Either way, he is a FUCKING IDIOT.

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Kelman – He is the youngster of our tribe and it shows. I knew from the first two minutes of talking with him that he would be challenging. Thankfully from what I hear I am not the only one who has this problem. Here is how our first conversation went… *prepare yourself for awkwardness*

Drew: Hey Kelman, it’s Drew from iSurv1vor. How’s it going man?

Kelman: Gosh it’s weird that people I don’t know are calling me by my last name.

Drew: Errr… ok well do you want me to call you by your first name?

Kelman: You do what you want BRO.

Drew: Ummm, ok well I guess we should keep it the way it is to avoid confusion.

Kelman: Sure

*crickets*

Drew: Ok… well I am going to go try to get a new hobby. *runs away*

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Ryan – Clicked with this guy from the first second and our conversations have been flowing ever since. Ryan is for sure my #1 in this game, and without a doubt we will be close friends after this game. We share a lot of views about this game and other things outside of it. We are similar in many ways and I trust him a lot, which is scary because I don’t normally but my trust is someone this early on in the game. It may be due to the part that some of these people have really thrown me off that I am getting closer to Ryan, but without a doubt we would have hit it off in any game competing against anybody. He is a strong player socially, and he kicked ass in the first immunity challenge. So who wouldn’t want him on your side?

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Sharonica – When I first saw her at the start of the game, I was like there is NO way I will click with this girl and we will probably have nothing in common. I was pleasantly surprised it was the opposite! She is a really cool chick, and it’s fun to talk to her. Also she seems like a team player which is good.

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Tony – I like Tony… though I guess he has rubbed some people the wrong way. Ryan didn’t like how he was making fun of his pictures while he was trying to do the flag. I completely understand where Ryan is coming from… it would be hella annoying if you were doing all the work for your tribe, and all this guy is doing is bugging and mocking your picture. And also Brittany got annoyed with him as well when he wanted to start a tribe game while Ryan was working on finishing our tribe flag. It’s cool that he wanted to create something fun for the group to do to break the ice, but I agree with Brittany… it’s not fair that Ryan was stuck with all the finish touches of the flag, and we are all out playing a game without him. I guess after she told him that he gave her attitude and was stand-offish. Do I sense a fight coming later? Maybe… but despite that I think he is a cool dude, we are from the same neck of the woods and he can at least hold a conversation. So right now I don’t care if your being a douche, right now my standards are low, LOL, as long as you can hold a conversation!

[Drew]

VICTORY FOR SKORIN

DAY 3

WOOHOO!!!! *jumps up and down* ;D

We so needed that win… well I needed that win. If we went to tribal tonight I would be really worried because I haven’t secured a solid spot within my tribe. I don’t believe that I am the one most on the outs, but I may be close.

The judge’s comments towards both tribes’ flags were pretty harsh. I am surprised that we received the score we did. I guess they didn’t like that we used a gif animation for our flag, and that a flag isn’t suppose to “move”. That’s true, but come on, we are playing survivor on the internet, so why not use some creativity when we have access to many things? We are not just limited to rocks and bamboo to make these flags. But in the end, we won and I am happy about that because we clearly had the best looking flag.

Cheers for making it to the next round!

[Drew]

TIKI SCROLL? & SEB WHINES

DAY 3

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Some people seriously amaze me sometimes. Wow. Especially… JAY.

I’m not usually a bitchy person but I swear Jay keeps asking for it. He gained three more points in the “moron” tally just in the scroll discussion thread today and at this rate he will go off the cart by the end of this week!

Let’s break it down shall we?

1. First off, he gets the name of the scroll wrong. He calls it the Tiki scroll when in fact it’s called the Loki scroll. Ok at first I let this slide by, because anybody could honestly make that mistake. Then #2 happens…

2. Tony calls out Jay’s mistake and says “don’t you mean loki?” Then I respond with “What does the tiki scroll do?” just to jokingly make fun of his error, then he replies “I’ll look it up”. THEN he posted the LOKI scroll’s description in the thread. Wow Jay that completely went over your head. I didn’t even bother commenting by then, because honestly it would have confused him even more.

3. But the one that takes the cake is when he voted for Johnna to give the loki scroll to. Alright it would have been fine if he had a valid reason for voting for her, but he says he voted randomly….

WHAT?! THIS IS A GAME!

When you are given power to further help yourself and your tribe out in the game, you don’t base decisions by voting RANDOMLY. We were given opportunity to “throw a wrench in the works” and cause some chaos on the other team and you just want to pass it away like its freaking candy? ARG!!!

Sorry again to complain about this, but I can’t stand stupid. Jared is a nice guy, don’t get me wrong… but I swear I lose brains cells when I have to deal with this. I just have to get over this, and try to remain calm when all I want to do is shake the stupid out of him.

And I was going to comment about the whole Seb fiasco after the immunity results but I am way too tired after writing all this. He honestly isn’t worth my time. I hate poor losers. You lost, suck it up and move on. What a whiney little douche.