Mariche Tribe

Hello, I'm Penny Ramsey winner of Stranded in Greece!

You'll be seeing a lot of me here, but you'll also see some of the other hosts, Jeff, Brenda, Carl, Mia, Kim, and Holly around as well! My main focus here will be on the Mariche Tribe, so talk to me! Most of us are all-stars of the series who have been through it all, so if you have any questions about how the game is played, feel free to PM us and we'll do our best to answer - that's why we are here. Other than that, our duties will basically be to interview you in your confessional here, trying to get into your head and get some insight as to why you may be making certain moves. We will also be handling challenges, tribal council, and tribal council questioning.

Each round, we'll start by asking some introductory questions, and I just want to ask that you answer in complete statements. Oftentimes, we'll turn the seasons into fanfics using these stories, and we will be actively blogging on each episode, and it's easier to do so if we have real quotes and complete thoughts as opposed to simple yes or no answers. We hope you keep up with your confessionals daily during the week as a way to vent and discuss the events of that day. Just try your best to give us insight into what you're thinking or planning as the game progresses, and right now, as we're about to embark. You'll appreciate being able to go back after the show and really see where your head was at certain points in the game, and so will your fellow cast mates!

So here we go......

How confident are you going into this game that you will win?

What are your opinions of your fellow tribemates?

What is your strategy and approach to the game?

How do you feel the rep of Sean fits you? Will you adjust your game to fit the rep, or just play as you would regardless?

What are your thoughts on the upcoming "leader" vote? Is this position something you find yourself interested in, or is leadership not for you? What do you make of who will eventually become leader?

Is this a private message board or do we send it to you in a PM.

-Thanks :)

This confessional is private! Only you and the hosts can see it, and it will remain private until after the game is over, when the boards are opened up for everyone to read everything that people said and did.

So feel free to post as much as you want, and don't hold back!

How confident are you going into this game that you will win?

I'm very confident that I can win. I just need to get my footing this round. I'm hoping that we will lose so that we can make an allaince this round that will be solid for a bit. I need that this round becasue I am very nervous that I wont be around for the challenge if they are posted at night as I am working the next three nights, but I think if I can solidify myself with a soldi group I might be okay. I would be so disappointed if I ended going home because of the date, as these are literally the two weekends I work all summer haha.
I know if I can set myself up this round, I'll be able to fight my way through to the end.

What are your opinions of your fellow tribemates?

I actually really like the tribe for the most part. I think that I'm going to get along best with Sarah, Gabe and the General. John and Peter kinda bug me. I dont know why but they both just rub me the wrong way. I'm trying to brown nose sarah a little bit just to get on her good side. I'm hoping that she will become leader, and if they have immunity until the merge, they are a vote I am going to need. They pretty much are guarantee a spot in the majority alliance because you have to keep the leader. If im nice to her im hoping that if another alliance begins before I start one, she will want to pull me in which wont leave me on the outs.

What is your strategy and approach to the game?

My strategy at the moment is my onion alliance. Alright so heres the deal, I want to make a F2 deal with someone smart but not smarter then myself. we are the core of this onion, protected by our other layers. Each of us gets a fake F2 deal with another player, who we make think is our top ally. But its really us two just controlling their votes. That is our core 4. Then we bring in two other, who i like to call the skin. The outermost layer. They are the first to go but also protect us as they have big personalities and people would attack them before us.. (more to come)

"Hoping that you lose" That's a new one on me, how far would you be willing to go to maybe ensure that you lose?

And please do give us the "more to come" bit of your alliance set-up. Do you have anyone earmarked for any of the roles in that yet or is it too early to tell?

Alright so here is there if the more to come.. (sorry it hit 10pm and I didnt want to be late to the leader vote.

So I guess I can elaborate on my alliance as it expanded last night. Vee messaged me and asked if I wanted to start and alliance which is awesome, makes it easy for me. We made a final two deal, and through about 3 others that we wanted to bring in. We decided on Sarah, Gabe and the General. Which is sweet because it seems the we are on the same page :), though I think im going to click well with Patricia, she seems pretty cool. For right now its just about building the trust in the 4 of them, but as long as they are all the real deal we should be in good shape. But for our alliance I think Gabe will be a push around vote, and will follow whatever the group wants. Sarah is our shield because if we can all make the merge I think that she will be a target due to her leader status which will block the vote from us for a round or two if we get into some trouble once we merge.

How do you feel the rep of Sean fits you? Will you adjust your game to fit the rep, or just play as you would regardless?

Sean is a decent fit for me. He wasn't my favorite but also not the worst. My gameplay style doesn't fit his religiosity at all, because I 'm going to do what I need to to make it to the end, and that may involve getting some blood on my hands. SO I guess to answer the question, I will be playing my own game and Sean is just along for the ride. But I do think its funny that my #1 ally in this game is going to be Vee. coincidence or did being Sean have something to do with it? Maybe it was a subconscious trust in her because of their relationship in the show.

What are your thoughts on the upcoming "leader" vote? Is this position something you find yourself interested in, or is leadership not for you? What do you make of who will eventually become leader?

I think its an interesting twist to this game, and I think that Sarah would be great leader. I was definitely interested, I mean how could you not be. But I feel as though it is a double edge sword so I wanted to have someone close that I thought I might trust down the line to have it. Plus it is going to put me in a power position from day 1, and that means target come merge. I'm more of a puppet master pulling the strings behind the defense of my warriors. they can take the hits in battle, but I dont want to start really being noticed as a threat until the merge.

"Hoping that you lose" That's a new one on me, how far would you be willing to go to maybe ensure that you lose?

I no longer need to lose. I was hoping the challenge would be last night just because if we lost is when all the alliances start happening and I just wanted to solidify my sot. But looks like it worked its self out anyways.

I'm going to be dragging through this round by the skin of my teeth if I have anything to say about it. Someone forgot to tell John that this frog is poisonous.

Tell me about how and why your pre-vote changed?

Has Peter improved some, or did John do something to draw your ire?

I changed my pre-vote to John simply becasue after the challenge last night I knew that some people would deem me inactive because of my absence. John seemed to be the one pushing hard to get me out and Patricia( who i absolutely think is my new #1 ally in this game because we just click so well and we have) came to me and game the scoop. After talking to her and Gina I realize i could flip this vote from me to him. Both stated they didnt trust him and he was shady. Vee came to me shortly after and told me the same thing. So i figured if I use those 4 then I at least have a chance if I can flip one more person. GABE, he was key. I knew that we clicked the first night and so i swooped him up and fed him a little lie that John said the vote was him. Then had patricia reinforce the lie by saying that John mentioned his name as well to her.

Trust me i really dont like Peter, he doesnt respond to my messages. but we can get rid of him easier later. I'm hoping that this round its John and not me. Lets just hope this all worked out.