Unfortunately, we lost wildboy12 and AndrewIsBored to the poll, but congrats to the rest of you 16! You are officially a part of the first season of THE POWER STRUGGLE!

Just and FYI: Challenges will almost always be posted between 2 pm-6pm Central time, and you will ALWAYS have 24 hours to do them, so plan that into your schedule! Congratulations to you guys for making it to this point! Now the real fun begins!

If anyone has any questions about any of the rules of the game, please feel free to mail me at any time, but I will be posting a reminder about the how the The Power, etc. will be decided when I post the first competition TONIGHT! :)

Your first task, however, is to send me opening confessionals. Please include people you're talking to, future plans, cast assessment. Confessionals are absolutely essential to me if I want to understand what is going on in the game. Which is why confessionals are REQUIRED this game. You will have to send me one each week along with your eviction votes, otherwise you will receive a penalty in the next competition.

For this first confessional, you have until the end of the fist competition to send it to me. Good luck and welcome to THE POWER STRUGGLE!