Tamanaco Tribe

Hello, I'm Mia Galeotalanza from Stranded in Costa Rica!

You'll be seeing a lot of me here, but you'll also see some of the other hosts, Jeff, Brenda, Carl, Penny, Kim, and Holly around as well! My main focus here will be on the Tamanaco 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 Big Tom 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?

How confident are you going into this game that you will win?
Fairly confident, as long as i can learn the format quickly, and my tribe pulls itself together

What are your opinions of your fellow tribemates?
We havent spoke much yet, but i have a good feeling about diane and Lex

What is your strategy and approach to the game?
Make one real genuine alliance, and work with them, forming fake alliances to get us to the final 3

How do you feel the rep of Big Tom fits you? Will you adjust your game to fit the rep, or just play as you would regardless?
I will use it to make others think i am playing honestly

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 do not want the role, and have absolutley no idea who will be chosen

Hey Big Tom, just catching up with you. How did you feel about the first night of the game and Kim J's leadership. Do you think she will make for a good leader? Have you built any trust with her thus far?

Who are you feeling closest to and what opinions have you formed thus far?

I think kim will be a good leader, but it definatly puts a target on her back. I have a final three with mamakim and diane, but i am wary of how quickly they accepted me. Im feeling closest to Lex, we seem to have a good system going, possibly controlling the game. I would get rid of Diane and Kim before i got rid of Lex.

Also Linda is worrying me, she seems to be getting around and alligning with everyone, if it is up to me i say we get rid of her first

Howdy stranger! You know you don't have to wait for hosts to prompt you in here right? Any thoughts you have, spill em as they hit you!

I do have one question though "Good luck tomorrow Gabe" you said after the challenge. Why single Gabe out?

Oh, i did'nt know that haha. I thought we did great at the challenge last night, our only fault was kim not being present. Normally i would be angry and want to target her, but she said she had a family issue, which i can overlook because she seemed genuine, and we still wound up winning. Frank solved the puzzle crazy fast, our future challenges should go great, and at this rate we will slaughter the other tribe. I said good luck gabe because I am looking to the merge. It is a very small gesture, but i hope that he will single me out and remember me, possibly even pick up on the fact that i want us to work together. From what i can assume, he seems to be playing hard on his team, and i may want to allign with him when and if we both get to that point. My lliance with lex is all but gone, he is not active and is in line to go first. If he comes back and is active i will try to save him, but as i see it, he goes first.

Oh yeah just throw out your thoughts in here as you come up with them. It can be funny reading back over them later to see how your opinions change over the course of the game. Plus after the game, you get to read everyone's, so it's not just you I'm encouraging Some people like a quickfire just jot your individual thoughts down, and some prefer one big chunky essay post per round. Some people painstakingly track situations or plot out scenarios, and some just fill em with appropriate lolcats Totally up to you!

So I see you have a trio with Diane & MamaKim, Frank was good in the challenge, and your thoughts are turning on Lex. What about the rest of Tamanaco? How about maybe a run through / rank down of the tribe's members and your thoughts on each now that we're a round deep?

Well so far i have talked to those four the most. Frank seems genuine, but could be a threat in the long run if he keeps up these challenges. Lindsey seems sweet, i would like to work with her when and if the time comes, and i half hope she stays to the merge. Linda seems like a schemer to me. I dont know why, but i have a feeling she is playing some people. I think there is some sort of alliance with them, or possibly Kim and Diane that i dont know about.

Well so far i have talked to those four the most. Frank seems genuine, but could be a threat in the long run if he keeps up these challenges. Lindsey seems sweet, i would like to work with her when and if the time comes, and i half hope she stays to the merge. Linda seems like a schemer to me. I dont know why, but i have a feeling she is playing some people. I think there is some sort of alliance with them, or possibly Kim and Diane that i dont know about.

Clarence and Kim p. are the two i have talked to least. Not sure why, just never got around to talking to them. I probably should soon though. They both seem easy going, but smart.

Hi Big Tom! I don't believe I've said a real hello yet, but I'm Mia, and I'm ~supposed~ to be checking in here and poking at you for info on your gameplan, but yeah, something came up, but I'm here now!

So, I want to go back to the whole Gabriel thing.. What is it about him that makes you want to maybe work with him at the merge?

I think it is a good idea to be a few steps ahead of everyone. Gabriel has a ton of posts in his tribe, so i assume he is dedicated. I certainly do not want to align with their leader, because after that challenge she is probably not so popular. Im concerned that Lex is gone now, he was an easy boot if it comes to that.

John got voted out, no comment on it, i had no idea who he was or how he acts. All i know is i am one step further.