[Gary Hogeboom]

Hey Robb,
Welcome to the Ahmar tribe! I’m excited to see you all out here in Morocco. My name is Gary, and I'm one of the hosts for this season. From time to time we will be sliding into your confessionals. Our job as hosts is to help answer all of your questions, and drill you in confessionals to get the strategic gears in your brain turning.

Let’s start by running through the other members of your tribe. Who gave off the best first impression? Who gave off the worst? Are there any players here that you think will be an easy boot when you attend your first tribal? Do you think that three tribes is more difficult to manage than the typical 2? Do you think the smaller starting tribes will be beneficial for your game? Any other thoughts you’d like to share about the other tribes?
That’s all I’ve got for now. Enjoy getting to know your tribe, and let’s get this show on the road! Go win this thing!

[Robb]

Shut the fuck up, Kellyn, you should be talking to your tribemates rather than yourself right now.
4 confessionals in 45 minutes ummm okay

[Robb]

Okkkk, so Day 1 is over. Really exciting, but also paranoia-inducing already?

My tribe rocks, like honestly I expected to just not click with someone, so that there'd be an outcast, but the only outcast so far is Shii Ann who seems to be stranded on a different island. Idk, we heard Jeff say her name, but we never saw her. I wonder if we can sit her out in the next immunity challenge.

Just minutes into the game, I was approached by Jed. Then Ghandia and Stephanie, who ended up suggesting that I join the 3 of them for an alliance. Why thank you, of course I'm in. I honestly got really good vibes from Jed and Ghandia, they both seem great and we immediately had things to talk about. Would love to genuinely work with them.

I'm not so big on Stephanie... Like she's cool, but definitely the 4th in our alliance, if it were up to me. I think she might be here to play hard, and I'm a bit cautious right now. Ghandia seems like a perfect long-term ally to me, she seems fun, reasonable, and I don't think she'd fool me hard.

Tanya's the oldest on our tribe, and you can tell. She's really sweet, I like her a lot, and she's someone I could endear to and use to further myself, but for that to happen, she needs to last long enough on her own. She doesn't seem to be on anyone's radar right now, but who knows.

I got really good vibes from Clay as well! I truly wish I could replace Stephanie by him in our little alliance, but he's already been named the back up target after Shii Ann by... Stephanie I think? She believes "he's here to play" or whatever, and I wish I knew why she thought so - maybe someone's even thinking that way of me - or if that's just an excuse. Anyway, I hope we don't lose the first immunity challenge, or at least that Shii Ann continue living on exile island and is voted out unanimously.

Talking about the other tribes, blue definitely seems... proactive. Fenassa might have an inactivity problem, so I pity them a bit. But generally I am glad this is starting off with a 3-tribe format - that makes it easier to form bonds straight away, and people should not be as shady at first. A bigger tribe would feel a lot more hectic.

[Robb]

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