[Jeff Probst]

Welcome to your confessional, Sherri!

This may be the most important place in the game. It's where you will vote and more importantly, talk to us! Feel free to divulge your darkest secrets, current strategies, alliances, and hell... just pure hatred for other players. You are the only player that can view this forum. Outside of Alumni and Hosts, it is completely private. We love getting the dirt and there are plenty of us here to ask you questions. As you can see, this thread is labeled "Episode 00". Each round (meaning challenge + council) we will start a new thread with the title of each episode. After every Tribal Council, a host will start a new thread asking you more questions. Again, this is your forum and you can feel free to start whatever topics or make whatever posts you like. We will be here to help you out, make you think, get you to talk, and really just lend an ear.

We take confessionals seriously because we're genuinely interested in your story. We want to know everything you're thinking and more importantly, what you're feeling. Think of it as free therapy. We will be guiding you along the way and asking you questions, provoking thought and helping you think about things you otherwise might not have. We find that just talking through your situation can help you get a fresh perspective on things.

Beyond that, it's just fun. What's more fun is having a record of what you were thinking at different stages of the game, and being able to look back on that is priceless so take advantage of it!

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Here is a practice mini-challenge for you to work on. It is a challenge that might appear once or twice throughout the season in a different form. While it will be easier to do in the actual challenge using a puzzle-builder, this will help you practice reposting images. Image posting is something that will pop up in multiple challenges and is a skill that you should perfect. Please refer to the guide in the Camp forum for detailed instructions on how to post images.

This particular challenge is a 4x4 16-piece puzzle. You must correctly unscramble the puzzle using the ORIGINAL image links. Meaning, you can't simply rearrange them in a photo editing program. You must use the original images by using the IMG tag. (more information on this in the camp how-to threads.

Good luck, please ask us for any help or further instructions :)


You will need to reply to this thread ahead of the season and sign the rules in order to avoid being replaced.

[Jeff Probst]

One task you must complete before Thursday’s launch:

Both tribes will receive a dossier from the opposing tribe detailing their members. Whose dossier belongs to whom will remain anonymous.

You can answer the questions below as truthfully or dishonestly as you choose, but beware… The information below will play a crucial part in the decision making of the season and being dishonest could hurt your chances in the long run.

Again, no one will know who wrote the answers to the questions. They will only be referred to as Castaway #1, Castaway #2, etc…


1. How would you describe your performance in challenges. Strengths/Weaknesses?
2. How would you describe your strategy in the game?
3. How loyal would you describe yourself?
4. How competitive are you?
5. How well do you work with others?
6. Is there anything you would like the other tribe to know about you that you haven’t mentioned?

[Sherri]

Free therapy? Love it! I'm so excited to be here for this Fans vs...Almost-Favourites season? I really should have seen this coming when I was assigned Sherri but I thought hey, that doesn't have to mean anything. Wrong again, Sherri! Even if some of these people aren't proper 'Favourites' they have still played before and part of me is like damn, we're not going to have a cast full of randoms who don't really know what they're doing? Then on top of that it seems you've gathered some real tough competitors for my own tribe so I'll have to work even harder to make sure I get in with a group quickly. I'm sure some of the others will have played other orgs before so no underestimating them! I need to be on point from the start and hopefully find a few tight alliances for Mama Sherri.

Naturally when I found out who the other tribe were I raced to see if there were any familiar names and yep...Stephannie. I've played with Steph a couple times in other games and both times we were super, super tight and made it far together. I know I'll be able to get along with her but obviously she can't know that I know who she is so I'm just hoping it plays out naturally. Hell, maybe one of us will die before we get a chance to meet but hopefully we get a chance to link up. I don't think she would be expecting me to be playing either so that makes this whole thing even more fun. As for the others, I don't recognize any of their names, but I'll try to read up on what was going on in their season. I immediately noticed Missy who was caught up in a little scandal so I'm sure she's got a lot to prove here.

Now the currency twist is interesting! I was also not expecting anything like that but considering that actual Survivor has introduced something similar now it's not very farfetched anymore. I've played with games with similar twists before and have done okay...sometimes. My first thought is that this is just an added layer that are going to make people crazier than they already are lol like desperately trying to extort money from each other or voting out all the rich people or lying about how much they have. I assume they're going to be used to buy advantages and such which is another scary layer but I'm going to do what I can to find these coins and make sure I'm not left behind! I currently have 20 coins...is that correct? The currency thread says we should only have 10 so I don't want to be getting ahead of the game too early!

Okay I'm going to throw together this image puzzle now. I have done plenty of them before but I've never been terribly good at them so...I need the practice!






There! I'm pretty alright at certain challenges and others...not so much. I do hate the pressure of team challenges too but hopefully I can be somewhat of an asset here. I'll go through the answers to my dossier in a sec, but in the meantime, it's time to start sensually waving this palm frond at my competition...

[Sherri]

1. How would you describe your performance in challenges. Strengths/Weaknesses?

I feel like I'm a pretty solid challenge competitor. I'm not a beast by any means but I think I do a pretty good job at keeping up in most challenges. I feel like I'm pretty strong at things like mazes or spot the differences but don't put me anywhere near a math challenge. That's a no go.

2. How would you describe your strategy in the game?

My strategy is to build bonds early that will help secure me for long term success. I put a big emphasis on the social game so my strategy really hinges on the relationships I make.

3. How loyal would you describe yourself?

I'd say I'm a very loyal person. I mean, there's no way you can be loyal to everyone but those I really trust can definitely rely on me.

4. How competitive are you?

I am extremely competitive. No one likes to lose and I don't make a habit of it.

5. How well do you work with others?

I'd say I work very well with others. I don't engage in too many fights or arguments, people just need to chill out sometimes. I can help them do that.

6. Is there anything you would like the other tribe to know about you that you haven’t mentioned?

I'm a total sweetheart but not to be underestimated.

[Sherri]

I wasn't sure if I needed to post this here or in the votes thread but I can do that too if needed! I'm voting for Castaway #7. Smoker of weed and hater of ketchup!

[Sherri]

Well this has been a fun first night! I was really not ready for Eddie and Elizabeth to switch tribes but I guess I should really be expecting twists like that around every corner. Sooooooo relieved it wasn't me though. Having an idol puts enough pressure on me as it is but then having a public idol AND being switched to the other tribe? Terrifying. I've really been enjoying these people too so it would suck to have to leave them so soon! As for Eddie well....bless him. One of his last messages to me was asking what my dream in life is lol and I was like damn we're getting deep! Then I asked him the same thing but he never got a chance to reply

Anyway my plan of attack this weekend was to just make some good first impressions and then hopefully build something from there. At this point Matt is my main guy, we've just been talking for hours about food and other shit lol and we just were like...okay let's work together. We were both weary about doing it night one but we vibe a lot and I think he's really going to be someone I can trust. Love him!

Hope's super cute and she started off our messages by calling me a Queen lol so she's a winner in my books, especially since she loves the real Sherri too. One of my favourite moments from tonight was when I was talking about how I used to eat a lot of these frozen curries (Side note: big strategy here is bonding with people over food lol) and she thought I was talking about some kind of berries because curries ends in 'rries' lol I was like not quite girl!

Shamar is also someone I'm really liking too. We've bonded over our dead dogs and Studio Ghibli so that's totally the making of an alliance right? Erik and Michael are both super cool as well and I'm loving their vibes. Same with Alexis and Laura, and Allie seems sweet too. Just a bunch of great people so far! Brandon didn't reply much since he seemed to want to talk in public lol but hopefully I get a bit more out of him. Reynold is AWOL.

Oh and Elizabeth is fun so far! She's got that idol obviously so will have to be careful but she seems like a good gal. It must be tough switching tribes already lol so I'm more than happy to get in good with her if I need.

Okay enough word vomit, peace!