Time for the cast reveal! These are just gonna be brief little write ups. Many of you are from different communities or are new players, more than any cast we've had, which is a very good thing. Because of that, Brett and I might not know what some of you regularly go by, but we'll try our best to sum up where we know you from

UPDATE!

Just before posting this I decided to do something else. I'll be posting the cast assessments that Brett and I wrote up for the PW's when the season began. It'll give some background info on each player and it should be fun to see what we thought of them/what they thought of themselves compared to how they ended up in this season. We'll start with...




***Brett's words not mine

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 6
Votes against: 4
Challenges won: 0
TC's attended: 2


"I think My "AIM" is "Taj.JohnsonGeorge" - Its been a long time since my last run on Survivor! SWV and myself... Taj from SWV! have been in the studio and my PA's taking care of the more simple things! I barely remember how to type! Let alone 'AIM'"

A veteran of another community stepping into this one for the first time, Taj might come off as a little strange. She's odd, and not really used to this style. She seems to go off on tangents about the weather and TV shows and has no real idea of how AIM works. She could seem like a flop from all of that, but she's actually very capable. She loves the strategic end of things as well as playing a character, and tries to tailor her strategy to whoever she's playing as, hero or villain. She's been successful on both ends of the spectrum.

I'm very excited for Taj. She's the kind of quirky darkhorse I love to root for. If she can overcome the differences between here and what she's used to, I think she could do great.

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 9
Votes against: 5
Challenges won: 2
TC's attended: 1

These bitches ain't gonna know what slapped 'em. I'mma make alliances and take control and do godfather things. Yuh.

Name: PapaFranku180

I've wanted a Jonny Fairplay since season one, but not a single person has ever applied for him. Then comes this joker whose go-to character is Fairplay and who emits JFP. We auto-cast him immediately

Very excited to see him play. As Fairplay, he plans on playing exactly how you'd imagine. He wants to be a take no prisoners uber-villain, which is a great combination with some of these heroic players we have. He plans on playing very aggressively very early, which obviously could hurt him, but I hope it doesn't.

Despite that, he's not really a jackass at all. He likened himself to Greg Buis and said most find him to be a good guy once a game is all said and done. But in game, he seems to go balls to the wall. I looked back at an old game where he was Fairplay and he made about a million conflicting alliances incredibly early. It'll either blow up in his face or somehow work out for him. He's done his research on the returnees and past seasons too, which I like. He thinks Rory is amusing. Those two teaming up could be hilarious

Like Katie, he's a fellow host. He hosts Survivor Pure

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 12
Votes against: 4
Challenges won: 3
TC's attended: 1

"I'm too social of a player to be under the radar. It's gonna be really tough, but I'm gonna try."

Name: Vic

Kim's gonna have an interesting time here I think. I imagine she'll either do very well or have a very exit early, probably nothing in between.

You can tell she's not terribly optimistic about her chances, but I know she's excited. I think she's downplaying her chances in this game so that she can only go up from there, she doesn't wanna get her hopes up too much.

The tools are all there for her to do well though. She's still one of the best social players in the cast, and I can't see her putting less than 100% into this if she can help it. Her goal is to lay as low as possible at the beginning instead of playing like she normally does, but I'm not sure she'll be able to fight her urges to become an early power player. Very interested to see which route she takes

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 15
Votes against: 4
Challenges won: 1
TC's attended: 4

"I love getting people to like me. I'm good at getting people to like me. And I'm really good at using people's like of me to get people to do things for me... and making them think it's in their best interest."

Name: Bailey

Vytas is an interesting player. Extremely friendly and charismatic, he's able to get into hearts and minds with his humor, but once he's there, he has a hard time working himself up to betray his new friends. It's a problem that seems to be a running theme for a few people in this cast: the villain who just can't seem to break out of hero's clothing. However, this is one of his very first alias games. I could see him potentially finally breaking free now that everything is behind a character. It'll be interesting to see how he handles it.

Either way, I see Vytas going far. He's friendly, he's charming, he's funny. He doesn't seem likely to come off as a threat, and as long as he doesn't, I doubt people are going to want him gone. And if he learns to let go and go for opportunities when he sees them, I could definitely see him going all the way.

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 18
Votes against: 4
Challenges won: 4
TC's attended: 2

"I'd describe myself as a Villain, because I tend to prioritize advancing myself in the game over friendships or loyalty or whatever the fuck heroes like."

Name: parvatifromtheisland

Katie seems to fulfill our 'cunt g.oddess' role that we need every season. She's villainous but not needlessly, she just prioritizes her game over her allies' games. Loyalty doesn't really seem to be her forte.

Despite playing as a villain, she doesn't plan on being over the top. She's gonna try to lay low early on and gradually become more dominant around the merge. Until then, she plans on making friends and cutting them later. As Katie, she's gonna be really sassy while appearing as a sweetheart to the rest of the cast.

She hasn't played in ORG in roughly 8-9 years which is great. She's currently the host of Survivor: The Island

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 21
Votes against: 4
Challenges won: 7
TCs attended: 1


"Hey guys its Leos"

My Rob!

Boston Rob was the one who, in his season, was played up as a villain and a massive strategic threat, when really he was just a confused, drunk newbie who wanted to make friends. He had no idea what he was doing. I think there's some potential for the reverse to happen here. He has a reputation now as the tragic hero, the drunken fool. He's by far got the smallest target of the returnees, which is good for him.

I could see Rob either going far or overestimating how much better he's gotten and overplaying. He's still not as experienced as the other two, and he's not very good at hiding his intentions, and right now his intentions seem to be defeating the other two vets.

Still, Rob is very easy-going and enthusiastic, and I'm rooting hard for him to finally build the army he was always meant to lead.

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 24
Votes against: 7
Challenges won: 3
TCs attended: 5


"Fishbach is Cesternino-lite. And you didn't give me Cesternino."

Name: Navneet

Stephen is someone I'm really interested to watch. I don't know much about the guy, but after looking him up, he seems a bit different from the somewhat dull answers he's given us so far. He seems to have a bit of a gamebot air to him, and he's a big fan of the strategy end of things, but he seems himself as a hero. He tries to stay straight up eith people and act with tact even if he isn't on good terms with someone.

I feel like Stephen may be trying to take himself too seriously here.He seems to do best with an edge of self-depriciation and humor, and I'm not seeing that here yet. With a cast like this full of strange and chaotic people, I think the one aspect he's ignoring is the one he may end up needing. But it's hard to tell. I'm looking forward to seeing more from him, and until I do, I'm not sure I can guess how far he'll end up going.

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 27
Votes against: 8
Challenges won: 4
TCs attended: 5

"I'm BACK bitches! THE TRUEST NIGGA HAS RETURNED!!!"

Name: Vernon

Well! Where to begin with this creature. We won't analyze the three returnees too much because we all know how they play by now.

It's almost impossible to predict how Rory will do in this game. Safest bet is to predict he'll crash and burn immediately so he can only surprise you. This tends to be how things go with him.

He's very loud and intentionally obnoxious, and it worked for him wonderfully in Sausage Island I somehow. The trick for him is trying to strike that perfect balance that he once had. Half troll, half serious game player. If he can really commit and buckle down, he does have it in him. I'd love to see season one Rory over All Stars Rory, and so far it seems like that might be who we're getting.

Sausage Stats
Days lasted: 30
Votes against: 5
Challenges won: 4
TCs attended: 6

Fairplay is remembered for telling the greatest lie in the history of Survivor. I'm remembered for being a virgin. You do the math. (The irony of this being my first ORG is not lost on me.)

Name: Tim W

Very similar to Austin tbh! Erik's an easygoing, younger kid. Very friendly, very easy to like. He's calm and patient which is gonna help him big time, because he plans on using his nice guy persona to really surprise people when he makes bigger moves at the right times (he likened himself to a wolf in sheep's clothing). He claims to be a great listener and wants to do more listening and observing than talking, which is smart. He's already showing great observation skills when it comes to the three returnees.

He found us through Reddit, and this is his first ORG ever. He's new to the forum and how this all works, so he's gonna have to overcome that. Hopefully he realizes how active he has to stay on AIM to keep up with everything. Right now I think he's one of the biggest dark horses for me.