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BINGO bango skanks here we go Johnny Rock is back to play Stranded once more. This is gunna be wild and emotional. Between me and you, the lurker, I'm a complete wreck of a person. I can recognize I'm at a crux point in my life...the people around me expect me to get married//change careers//buy a house//take initiative in this or that way. But here I am...just siked to mess with some dopes on Stranded. Let's rundown my initial impressions here:

Missy: I guess my wingman for now. I really did think he was funny on the Cheatercast. Feed this baby bird and see if it grows into a bold and beautiful eagle or a GLORIOUS, bloodthirsty vulture. Gut says he wont "screw me over" anytime soon but his first line in that podcast was something to the effect of "I'm just here to fuck shit up". 4/5 ALLY Rating for now

Garrett: OK I'm less warm to Garrett. I dunno about his "trainwreck" alliance...he's played the hardest tonight, at least towards me. Seems like he is asking for trouble. I am going to save Steph for last, but Garrett mentioned bringing her in as a trainwreck. It's all over the place for me. I'm happy to stand behind him for now but he'd be a satisfying early blindside. He plans to keep me safe early, allegedly, so I don't want to upset any of that. FLY BABY FLY is the mantra now. ALLY rating: 3 bags of popcorn

Wardog: OK so this also applies to Garrett but I'm afraid of the serious ORG players. Anyone with considerable experience. I reckon on the other tribe there are a bunch of those stereotypical reddit dweebs that love ORGs and are insufferable about politics + love lame sci-fi crap. maybe I'm projecting. Anyway, I'm not sticking my neck out for this guy. Not with Missy already on the payroll. I like him and wont cower to anything inflammatory, nor will I be caught off guard...not on the internet. If he's just normal maybe we will click and be on the same page, but I reiterate, I won't stick my neck out for this guy. Awesome I think he loves dogs though. ALLY RATING: 2/4 PAWS WAY UP

Jessica: I'm not concerned about Jessica outmaneuvering me. This is my #1 ALLY for now, we have a bond beyond Stranded. I hope it's a big bat out of left field later in the game that we were working together all along. We have starkly different presence and personalities.

Aurora: Casual Aurora fan over here, I got kind of excited to potentially play with her. Hopefully bringing her in with Jess can be something super cool, it also puts me in two potential alliances that dont cross pollinate off the bat. From here to a distant point, I'm just guesstimating, I might have the most room to grow an Aurora bond. I'll be so mad if she f*cks me over, it'd be JAclyn all over again. If ratings were adam sandler movies, she'd be big daddy + mr deeds combined

Hannah: Casual Hannah fan as well (to a lesser degree). Hopefully something will blossom here, still have high hopes for this one. We didn't talk much tonight but I'm as open as ever to working with her. Definitely a relationship to cultivate and not neglect. ALLY RATING: RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE #3/5

Stephannie: I dunno. She was gregarious to me... fucken Garrett said some shit about her being "wild" and wants her in the trainwreck deal. Need more info here. Similar to Hannah my mistake the first time was kind of "ignoring" the cast I thought was neutral/fine so I def need to talk to her more. Um...not sure on rating. Hopefully I can amend this positively

JED/TAI - temporarily on the bottom of this tribe for me. Didn't communicate much with either tonight but Garrett filled me in on some Jed/Stephanie drama? Also no offense to Tai but he seems potentially dumb. Maybe he will show worth

Eddie - from the other team...not active yet...seems like a troll. I guess we'll just treat this like a bomb in the center of the battlefield for now

Stephanie: OK as previously mentioned I'm pretty baffled on her. On the one hand, she intimidates me as a strong person/strong reputation and she definitely does not mesh with my ally Jess. I reckon we could get some momentum going to take her out first, if this girl Garret guy isnt full of shit. ON the other hand, I bet I could talk to Steph and figure out how to vote Garrett out early. Or maybe she'll want to work with the freak group. I dunno, again I really struggle to place her in all this. I think playing with Steph would give me a really high level of enjoyment here. But also is there a chance she really is icy towards me and her efforts are just a lame glazeover that I shouldn't go for? Not really night 1 longterm decisions for now


I want to thank Poody Probst here for the opportunity at the immersive experience. And a special thanks to all of the other hosts and lurkers out there, community builds strength. I expect I have maybe 60/40 POSITIVE support out there, but I also think NOBODY has me pegged to do particularly well. Proving that wrong will be a personal goal, providing insight and entertainment will hopefully be my pleasure. Goodnight y'all, I've got kind of a tough weekend ahead but I think I'll be active by Sunday night

-good ole' JR