Cast Analysis

[James Miller]

One of my main objectives for this season is to learn a little bit about everyone that I'm playing the game with. I feel like its important to find out who the people are behind the Survivor masks, so that I can be as well-rounded as possible. We'll see how that goes.

Note: This list will probably be modified frequently as it will take me the whole game to figure out things about my fellow cast members.


Alicia

Amanda

Ami

Ashlee - Ashlee is from Pennsylvania.

Brook

Christa

Eliza

Greg

Heidi - Heidi is a resident of New Jersey.

Jaime - Jaime currently lives in Canada. She has made a couple trips to America but only to New York City and Orlando. She and I are both fans of traveling and have several places we'd like to see.

Jamie

Jeanne

Jeff

JP

JT

Julie

Robb

Ruth Marie

Stephenie

[James Miller]

[shadow=teal,left,300]Episode One[/shadow]



Amanda did a good job for our tribe in the early going of the challenge. She was one of our three people who did a maze, which definitely helped alot for time purposes. I think she is probably going to hold her own and contribute quite a bit to this tribe. She seems to be extremely active, and she posts in her confessional quite a bit. To me, she's making an early statement that she is dedicated to this game and to this tribe. SIDENOTE - I hate her little Survivor Scrotum thing under her picture. That's really immature.



Ashlee is interesting to me. She is undoubtedly a little posting whore. She's writing all over this board and already has twelve confessional entries. That's supportive evidence of my posting whore comment. However, when you try to engage in conversation with her, she comes across as busy and even a little bit arrogant. I'm trying and trying to throw her some bait so that we can strike up a conversation, but she just isn't taking it. For some reason, she is kinda irritating me so far.



Greg is someone I could definitely see myself having some commradery (sp) with. He's like a brother to me. He and I were joking around last night about some of the women in the tribe... and its true. Banayri was blessed with some of Survivor's finest hotties. Anyway, he's a cool guy. We've talked quite a bit so far, and I can definitely see myself and Greg bonding together and working together in future rounds. I like Greg.



Heidi is the biggest sweetheart. She is the type of person who will give you plenty of compliments and just make you feel good. Of course, I'm sure I'm not the only person receiving her charm, but I really like her so far. Last night, we kinda told each other that we would always be there for one another for anything -- strategy, challenge help, voting help, or just someone to talk to. Heidi has my back, and I have hers. She's a really cool girl and someone I get along with very well.



Jaime may be my favorite person on this whole tribe. She is the type of person that you start talking to and you just feel like you've known them for years. We really hit it off yesterday and talked about all kinds of things -- from gameplay to our favorite places to travel. It really was pretty cool. I hadn't bonded with someone like that in one of these Survivor games in a really long time. Jaime already told me that she wanted to make a core three alliance of me, her, and Jeanne. That would be perfect to me. I really think that'd be awesome. So I told both Jaime and Jeanne that I was on board with that plan. Hopefully it'll work. Bottom line: Jaime is incredible.



Jeanne is a very down to earth kind of player. She can also hold her own in a conversation and is probably best described as "real". She strikes me as someone who can be a leader for this tribe and carry her weight as well as the weight of some others. I really like Jeanne. She's an all in all good player, and I can't wait to see how things unfold between me and her in the future.



This may be an unfair analysis this early in the game, but JP strikes me as a very boring player. There's just not much to him. I don't know? But he did do his part in the challenge, and he seems like he will be around for at least a few more days. So I guess that'll work.



JT is my favorite player in the history of Survivor. So if this clown doesn't come on soon and make some effort in this game, I'm going to be very pissed with the showing made in this series by my favorite player. In all seriousness though, I really wish he'd get on here and help us out a little. He and Julie might blow this whole thing for our tribe.



I'm disappointed in Julie. I think she could do much better, but she simply isn't holding her own yet. She needs a wake up call or something. I've already her someone brag on her for her third place finish in the first season. However, this is a new season and a new cast. She better step up and contribute.


That's all for now.

[James Miller]

[shadow=teal,left,300]Episode Two[/shadow]



I've really been watching Amanda lately. She is clearly one of the biggest cut-ups in this tribe. She has a great sense of humor and has probably made us all laugh at some point in time. She's also very strong in challenges. Both challenges, she's been here right when it was posted and carried quite a bit of wait. For that reason, I feel like she's becoming one of the most valuable assets of the tribe. However, she is also trying to start some big alliance. Rumors were saying that she wanted to add me as a __th wheel. You fill in the blank. Either way, I'm not really cool with that. That means I'm just there for another vote. Frankly, concern is developing from this alliance, and I think many people are starting to split the tribe because of it. Way to go, Amanda. You've probably just split a very dominant Banayri tribe. Let the drama commence.



Ami is the most recent addition to the Banayri family. She made a bold move by switching tribes, but it will probably work for her. Many people dislike JT, and I think many people are going to want to pick up Ami as a swing vote now that we've kinda divided ourselves in two. I don't really know? It should be interesting. Anyway, it's Ami's game to lose. If she gets voted out, it'll be because she brought it on herself.



Ashlee has really emerged as one of my favorite people to talk to. She's very real. You can sense it. Plus, she seems to be on the same page as me from a strategical standpoint. I'm really starting to like Ashlee... and its a good thing because we'll probably be working together quite often down the road.



Greg and I continue to bond. We began talking the other day about how we would love to work together down the road. He and I clearly have hit it off. However, he is rumored to be in Amanda's little core alliance. I still have great respect for Greg and the way he plays the game, but I can't help but be a little distant with him now that I know specifically where he stands from the strategical aspect.



I still stand on what I said last time. Heidi is just a big sweetheart. You can't help but like her. However, like Greg, she is one of Amanda's prospective alliance members. I have a feeling they think people don't know about this alliance, so I guess we're about to see if Heidi has a deceptive side or not. Once again, I'm building up a wall with this one.



Jaime makes me nervous. We hit it off perfectly in the first round but haven't even spoken a word to each other this round. It's nerve-wracking. I don't know if I annoyed her or what. I thought she was going to be my main communication buddy. Now I'm not so sure. Either way, I think we're going to be working together quite a bit since me, her, and Jeanne have a little agreement. Hopefully everything will work out.



Jeanne is someone who is really starting to strike me as a leader. She is a tough little cookie in our challenges, and she is even better when it comes to strategizing. She's pretty much the one who has offered up the idea of countering Amanda's alliance with me, herself, Jaime, and Ashlee. To me, that just kinda means that Jeanne showed her cards and showed who her true loyalties lie with, but I don't know if other people will recognize that. Regardless, Jeanne is the one playing the best game so far if you ask me.



Meh, I don't really have much to say about him. He's totally forgettable, and he's not really showing much of a passion for this game. If I had my way, he'd be an early target of this tribe. Just saying.



Oh brother. JT is a mess. He seems like a real nice guy, but he can't do anything in these challenges. I mean, its like he's helpless when it comes to those. He's either about to become a swing vote or a primary target for our first tribal council. Which? I'm not sure yet.



Well, Julie is a goner now. It's really a shame since I knew the potential that she had. However, it's just not worth keeping inactives in this game. RIP Julie.

[James Miller]

[shadow=teal,left,300]Episode Three[/shadow]

I accidentally forgot to do my cast analysis for this round because I was trying to catch up my Communication thread. In retrospect though, I do have some words for the person voted out, Ami.



Ami was a sweet girl. However, she more than deserved her boot from the game. She really screwed over a few of us who worked hard for to give her a shot on this tribe. We were going to use Ami as an extra vote to get rid of JP, but she shot herself in the foot. To me, people like that deserve to go. It probably wouldn't have been long for her to leave if she would've stayed on Kadarma, so there is no reason to think she deserved extra time on Banayri. In my opinion, the right person left.

[James Miller]

[shadow=teal,left,300]Episode Four[/shadow]



Amanda hasn't been nearly the person in the past few days as she was in the first few days. She went from being one of our strongest in challenges to being someone who won't even participate in them. I still blame her for how divided this tribe feels right now, so clearly she isn't one of my favorite people. She really needs to step up her social game. It's a joke... to me anyway. Frankly, she's fallen from glory a little bit in my eyes.



Ashlee did really well in this challenge. I thought so anyway. However, our social relationship is very strained. She strikes me as fake sometimes, and we never get very far in a conversation. She was the fourth in the Jeanne-Jaime-James trifecta, but I don't know if that's how I see it in my eyes. As far as I'm concerned, Ashlee could be picked off much sooner than that.



I never have anything bad to say about this guy. He's as real and as genuine as they come. We touch base with each other often, and I really feel a connection with him. Don't be surprised if I abandon the Jeanne/Jaime/Ash thing to try something with Greg. We're that close. There's nothing we can't talk about, and I feel like we're both good players. Thus, Greg is my boy.



Heidi always had my respect, but she gained even more after this past challenge. She really led this tribe in my opinion. It sucks that her efforts were in vain, but I have even more respect for her now. She'd probably be voted Best All Around in our tribe. I like her.



Talk about a complete 180. Jaime used to be my favorite person. Now I can hardly stand her. Her pm's are as boring as they come, and she now seems like she has absolutely no personality. She apparently wavered on the plan to vote out JP last round, leading me to believe I can't fully trust her. I really don't enjoy talking to her very much, but she has my back so I have to respect her for that.



Jeanne is a business woman. She really strikes me as someone who knows her stuff. I guess Jeanne is the only thing keeping me from backstabbing that little group alliance or whatever. There's really not much else to say about her. We work well together, and I like her. Jeanne's good in my book.



I have absolutely no respect for the kid. He's barely trying. He's being a little bitch at tribal councils. He doesn't help in challenges. If I were him, I'd be scrambling to save my ass. But not JP. I want him to go this round. Period.



JT has really stepped up his game here lately. He's earning his stay I guess you could say. He did quite a bit in this past challenge. He still screws up from time to time, and he's probably weaker than alot of people in this tribe, but he's growing on me. I'm pretty sure his social game is very weak, but for the time being, I think JT is a keeper.



'Tis all for now!

[James Miller]

Because I'm a slacker, there are no cast analysis' for the fifth-seventh rounds... but I'm gonna get back on it next round!