Rooting for :

Leli, Gaia, Timster, Survivorfan, smiley20.

Indifferent about everyone else

are the contestants kicked out yet :?

well they better cuz we got kicked out of the original group lol

strong cast :D

I'm rooting for everyone on the faves tribe, love them! Think they all have what it takes to go far. Going to do a cast assessment tonight, who's down?

Joe better do a good job this time, because he has no Redemption Island as a safety net

I'ma root for Will,Tim,Jack, and Chris on the Favorites
and the only good person on the friends tribe is Leli

Id like to see the friends tribe do well.

This might be an unpopular opinion but I am so rooting for the friends! I love underdogs! However the "friends"  aspect will possibly resolve very messily as people get angry when they their friend doesn't vote with them or gets voted off... Very emotional game. Then again Dynamic Duos was also a twist in Palau... ;)

Skype or Die is still an aspect in this game... Eww.

I think the friends will do well but usally on this season a more UTR Fave is best postioned to win

Jordan was like...minimally skype lol
cast assessment coming

Friends:
Ashley A./Bootsi
Benjamin A./Aesop
Josh M./MrOrange890
Pepper P./PepperParker
Sammy D./DDJOT98

I don't know them oh.
Actually, Sammy and Pepper I've heard of... but I literally can't form an opinion on them.

James S./splozojames50 - Good social, strategic, physical player - HUGE contender to win IMO
Lynette L./Lynette - She makes big moves for the sake of making them.  Great physical player, very fierce as well
Oliver L./Leli14 - SOUND THE SIRENS!  He's probably my pick to win out of all the friends.  His social and strategic games are both top notch.
Renny T./TheRenny - Great friend of mine, great strategic mastermind.  Brains over brawn, though...
Tyler K./TylerKeith - underrated.

Faves:
Alan D./AlanDuncan - Will he repeat his Jordan game?  Will he send 5 confessionals and proceed to whine over his "brenda edit omg wtf???" And if he gets voted off, will his niche in the VL only be begging and whining?  Will his cardboard personality make me want to gouge my eyes out during the season?  Stay tuned... (and I don't hate him THAT much, I just don't get why he's back at all)
Anthony B./Bones0227 - I loved him in Caicos Islands honestly.  He was robbed and I'm excited for his return!  I guess he's a diamond in the rough of sorts.
Conor P./pepster101 - I don't remember much about him other than his positive reception in the VL.  He did win a couple immunities, though, so physical threat, I guess?
Chris D./Gaiaphage - it goes without saying that he's going in with a target already on him
Jack T./JETTEJ - Social threat alert.  Great with words, and he can put a knife in someone's back very softly.
Joe F./flamingjoe - Physical threat alert, I guess.  I thought he was likable in Brunei (also get that Candice status rofl great job Andaib)
Raphael S./smiley20 - Physical threat alert.  Likable, social threat alert, basically all around great player alert.  He's great UTRwise and can definitely deal damage.
Ryan W./wangifold - Fierce strategist.  The Chicago Ryan act got stale after a while, but hey...whatever gets you the fans.  In all seriousness, he actually is pretty good socially and strategically
Tim T./Timster - Slightly arrogant but I like him.  His fan fave in Venezuela was warranted, but...
Will S./SurvivorFan37 - ...I think Will deserved it more.  Not only does he share my name, but he's more interesting than me and not bad at the game either.  My pick to win out of the faves.

I could go on for a while about Alan but everyone deserves a chance :P

...rereading that and I literally don't understand half of what I said
.-.