Superfan Shirin Speaks

[Shirin Oskooi]

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[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!


DAY ONE


First off, OH MY GOSH! I'm on Survivor Pure! Obviously as a superfan, I've been dreaming about this moment the day I began watching Survivor. I'm finally out here, experiencing my dream firsthand. Enjoying not being able to take showers, eating rice, and no communication with the outside world. I LOVE IT. We begin checking in, and so when we check in, there are only 8 boys/8 girls. That's only 16 people, obviously. So, you know what came next. Two returnees: Kim Spradlin and Vince! OMG. IS THIS FORREAL? IM ACTUALLY PLAYING WITH SOME VETERANS OF THIS SERIES? IS THIS REALITY? JFP also announces that they will be the ones determining tribes. Nice! So as usual, everyone begins the generic, "Hey how are you" conversations. When speaking with my fellow castmates, I struck some good genuine conversations with Sash, Coach, Rodney, and Gabe. I actually enjoyed talking with each of these individuals, and they made me feel pretty good.

Soon afterwards, Coach proposes an alliance to me with myself, him, and Sash. Sweet! An alliance already. I don't know if they are truly genuine, but I like them. Our alliance name is Persians of Interest. After hearing the news of the returnees picking the tribe, we wanted to be on Vince's tribe. I mean, who doesnt like Vince? He's a cool dude. Don't get me wrong, Kim is ok also but Vince is amazing. We decide that we should attempt to socialize with Vince to get him to pick all three of us. Sash and I just went and told him individually that we would love to be on his tribe. Gabe and I really had a good conversation, discussing football and other things. I had a BLAST with Rodney! He told me about how he was searching up how to speak with a Boston accent. We had such a great conversation! I spoke to a lot of people, but those people really stood out. Coach is playing his character very well; he's very charming. I'm fine with being his little follower right now, as long as I'm not in any immediate danger.

Both Vince and Kim come, so now it's time for our schoolyard pick for tribes. I spoke with Vince, so hopefully he picks me. Time comes for the pick and it goes PERFECTLY. Like, literally. I was also the first pick! I feel so good right now. That just like put me on Cloud 9. My tribe consists of: Me, Vince, Sash, Morgan, Coach, Whitney, Rodney, Hali, and Ace. Vince, I LOVE you! This is amazing you guys. I'm aligned with Sash/Coach. Rodney and I spoke thoroughly today so I feel like he's someone who I could trust. Whitney and I spoke earlier, not too much. She seems a little weird. Morgan is a talker, but she seems like a nice girl. She is VERY Pro-Girls. We spoke, and she absolutely loves the idea of an all girl FTC. She loved SJDS's FTC because she loves girls. Eh....I don't believe in those sentiments but to her I do! I just spoke with Hali, I don't know what to think of her as of now. Maybe tomorrow I'll have some things to say about her, hopefully positive. Wait, sorry, hold up I think I see some monkeys having sex! Brb!

Ok, back! This tribe swap is a blessing in the sky. Everyone I haven't communicated to, they're on the other tribe (with the exception of maybe 1-2 people) The others are with me! Perfect! I'm super excited about this experience. Thanks hosts for casting me! This is awesome. I will be a significant part of Pure history! This all still feels like a dream. I could remember sitting at my office desk day dreaming about playing this game. I'm here to win, baby!    

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 2 of the Superfan Experience 


So basically nothing major transpired today. Since the challenge wasn't posted until 9, everyone was still doing the casual talks. I'm ready to begin the strategizing and backstabbing! I've been waiting my entire life to do this. There's been a little strategizing occurring, nothing major though. The Persians of Interest decided that we needed to set up a 5 or more person alliance. There's nothing official yet, but we're drafting ideas and slowly but surely speaking with the people we want involved. As of now, it's looking like me, Sash, Coach, Vince, Morgan, and potentially Rodney. Sash told me today that Rodney said that he's close with Morgan, so that's something I may need to watch out for in the future. It's good to know he's telling me these kind of things. From the way things are looking now, Whitney or Ace will be the first boot if we visit tribal. Whitney seems rather....odd. I'm almost sure she played last season. I think she doesn't too much care for Vince. Today she said, "He can be good person." Followed by, "but i don't know him. at all" That was rather strange, don't you think. Prior to that, she also told me that she hadn't spoken to him yet. If you haven't spoken to him yet, how can you make the assumption of he can be "good person"? So yeah, she seems a little fishy. I spoke with Ace today, and he seems pretty nice. Apparently it's his first ORG? I don't know how true that is, but he seems like a nice dude. I'd rather see Whitney go than him. 

My strategy for the upcoming rounds is to be super active, speak with everyone and try to form genuine bonds, and be someone people can trust. I'd love to be included in the majority alliances, but not be seen as someone in a power position. However, I don't want my position in the hierarchy to be too low. I don't mind not being in power, but I can't be at the bottom. I will be fierce. I have overcame the horrors of Worlds Apart, where I was bullied by misogynistic human beings; I am powerful. #Shirinspiration


Look at the beautiful Persian Princess

So we head into the challenge arena and guess what challenge it is?! Fire making! Everyone's disappointed because they hate Endurance but guess what?! I LOVE this. I mean, why wouldn't I? Obviously I practiced this challenge because it was in Pure Season 1! Pft...amateurs. So I'm pretty prepared. Let's just hope those hours practicing building fire on YouTube were worth it. Truth be told, I want to lose this challenge. That's an absurd thing to say, I know. I could very well be voted out, but I don't care quite frankly. Going to tribal council forms alliances, alliances rule the game. I'm ready for the intense strategizing to begin. I know it's coming sooner or later, preferably sooner! So yup, I'm stuck building fires for the next 24, should be good. I would throw it, but that sucks and I don't want to be voted out for being seen as a weak link. 

But yeah, in conclusion, nothing major occurred today. I just continued forming bonds with some people. I really had a good time communicating with some. Other conversation were more forced and boring, which sucked. I am so enjoying this experience. They better watch out, because Shirin is here to win! But, being honest, I don't even need the million, I've earned my million years ago! It's just about bragging rights. To brag to everyone I know. I WON SURVIVOR! I'M THAT OBSESSIVE FAN THAT ACTUALLY WON!

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 3: Enjoying the Experience 

Hey there! I'm back. So today began off kind of rough for me. Remember when I mentioned practicing building fire at home? Well, yeah it's an entire different story out here. I expected the challenge to be fairly easy, and it totally wasn't. I woke up at approximately 4:30 AM and stayed up until around 8-9 building fires. I went to bed at around 12:30. I only received THREE hours of sleep! Three. THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME HAPPY. I also skipped breakfast, and ate a bagel to make up for it. I was so exhausted. However, the early bird does get the worm, and that saying is definitely true. I knew I wasn't going to be able to produce fires during the day because I had a beach date with Coach (aka me being in town all day), so I knew I had to make them early in the morning. This turned out beneficial because Dan tried to make some fires later on in the day, but ultimately wasn't able to make as many as I did. So yeah, I was so glad that part was over. NOTE TO FUTURE FANS. REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH YOU PRACTICE AT HOME, ITS AN ENTIRE DIFFERENT STORY OUT HERE!

So some minutes prior to the deadline, our tribe begins freaking out, fearing we may be in danger of losing. Of course I had to keep up the facade of me being disappointed at the sheer possibility of us losing, but who are we kidding? I WANTED TO LOSE. Unfortunately, when results came back, we won. Yay? As I previously mentioned, going to tribal makes people scramble, discuss votes, and strategize. These are three things I'm anticipating in this game. 

Remember when I told you all about Whitney having deep anti Vince sentiments? Well, more people are noticing those too. Vince is becoming increasingly shady day by day, and quite frankly, I don't know if I trust him or not. Whitney wants him gone. Today, Morgan told me that she wants him gone also, and Whitney was on board. And, she said that he has been going and making one-on-one deals with majority of the tribe, which indeed is true. If Morgan wants him out, then there's a strong possibility that her close ally Rodney wants him gone also. Sash and I discussed these things, and so we were thinking about potentially voting Vince out if we would've lost the challenge. Unfortunately, we didn't get to do that. Sash told me that Ciera told him that Vince has been talking to a lot of members of the opposite tribe. I understand him not wanting to be PreJury for the second consecutive season, but he's really playing too hard too fast. You always focus on your tribe first. When you attempt to communicate with the other tribe TOO much, you're only making yourself seem like a huge target. Unnecessary, dude. Unnecessary. 

Let's talk about COACH in that challenge! Way to KILL it, dude! That was an amazing effort! He beat Heidi's (HEIDI I LOVE YOU <3) record! That's amazing. Him having such a phenomenal performance also helps my game. How so, you may ask. My plan for the meantime is to hide behind the bigger targets in my alliance, and Coach is that person. By showing such a masterful performance in the first challenge, you're opening up the gate for you to be potentially blindsided and targeted for being such a enormous threat. Trust me, everyone's paying attention to how big of a threat he is. I know I am. Right now, I will use this to my advantage. 

Apparently we have another twist in this game! A secret location. Each tribe will send a member of the opposite tribe to this location, where there's most likely a Hidden Immunity Idol hidden. Personally, I don't want to go. This only will put a huge target on your back because every single person in the game will know you visited a secret place that potentially has an idol. To be honest, if I were read, I'd pick Coach every single time. If they did so, it would make him a bigger threat because 1. He's good at challenges and 2. He may have an idol. I don't know if they're going to do that, but that could potentially be a legit strategy if they wanted to try to get him out. We plan on sending Cirie. She hasn't logged onto the boards in some days, so we'll send her to ensure nobody over there has access to an idol clue, or whatever's hiding in there. Knowing these hosts, it could be anything to be honest lol.

Well, that concludes today's briefing. I'm very interested to see who Read decides to boot, most likely Cirie because she's inactive but anything can happen! I'm hoping Davis can visit tribal next round so things can get much more interesting. Right now, I'd say (in order from least to greatest) the top three people in control of our tribe is Coach, Shirin, and Sash. I think the three of us are in pretty decent spots, which is good. Vince could've been up there, but he has proven to be shady, and Whitney's extreme disdain of him isn't doing him any favors. This all still feels like a dream right now. I'm so excited! Wish me luck.

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 4: Loving the Experience 

Hey there! Today was like Davis' off day, nothing much happened so this confessional won't be as lengthy as the others. Basically I just talked with other people. Rodney and I are like so awesome. I like him a-lot lmao. Cirie is expected to be the boot over there. However, I was alarmed about something that I will have to work on, or I won't be winning this game. Gabe told me that Danni, Dan, and Kim said that I was trying to fish for information regarding tribal. This statement isn't too false. I was like GL at tribal to Kim/Danni. Dan, on the other hand, isn't justified so I'm going to assume he's just trying to follow the crowd. Loser. Gabe is so amazing. I love him so much for sharing this with me. This just lets me know that he is definitely someone I trust and I will look out for him (in a positive way) in the future. Love him. <3 He's my favorite person on the other tribe. I'm so thankful for him telling me this because now I know that I don't need to do that when they go to tribal again. Don't wanna get a bad record already, lol.

Back on Davis, we were pretty bored today. We sent Cirie to the secret location because she's active, giving them no shot whatsoever and knowing what's potentially in there, unless Hali tells them. The other tribe sent Hali to the secret location. Many people on this tribe haven't spoken to her, so if we ever go to tribal, the boot would probably be between her or Vince. Her because she's a mute and she may be hoarding an idol clue. Vince because Morgan and Whitney both dislike him, and so if the majority wants Vince gone, why go against the tide right now? I feel like I'm pretty safe as of now. Hopefully that doesn't change anytime soon. But yes, that's pretty much all for today. Nothing major has occurred, so not a-lot to talk about. We have a challenge tomorrow and I'm PRAYING we lose. This downtime we have is painfully awful. I'm ready to see how the tribe will be divided, so yeah. Goodnight!

[Shirin Oskooi]

Ashley Underwood You're such an angel. God bless you.

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 5: The Experience Continues

Hey there, guys! Today began as a relaxed day, not much going on. As expected, I ran around camp naked. A few people were a little freaked out, but who cares what they think. I'M A STRONG WOMAN THIS SEASON. The Persians of Interest felt like we needed to solidify the 5 person alliance today. We decided to go with the three of us, Whitney, and Rodney. Whitney thinks she's in charge, but she's wrong. I really don't care. If that makes her satisfied, then I guess she's the leader. So Rodney told us Morgan was awesome, so we were like ok when she gets online we can create a new group and add her, because we wouldn't want her to seem like the lower man, or in this case, woman on the totem pole. However, when she logs on, she tells me that Rodney is an asshole and she hates him because of what he said in the chat yesterday. We were discussing Survivor contestants, and she said an unpopular opinion and he was like, "Lol that's wrong you need to fucking leave. bye." Or something in that nature. He said things similar to me, but they didn't offend me. This could just be a stunt to downplay their relationship, I don't know to be completely honest.

So we head down to the challenge arena, to see Cirie voted out. Then, we see what our challenge is. Making a banner! CRAP. I'm not very creative; I'm artistically impaired. This challenge absolutely is not one that I can do. I simply told my tribe this. No sugar coating. I can't do it. Sorry guys. Poor Vince. I actually feel bad for the guy. Everyone hates him. Whitney has a vendetta against him that began on Day 1 and has only gotten worse. Now he's being criticized for his pick of the slogan and the tribe logo. Poor dude can't catch a break. If we go to tribal, Whitney is going to push hard for him to go. I probably will go along with it, no need in going against her. If she wants to be the Queen Bee, then she can have that role! So, yeah, that's pretty much all that happened today.

Hopefully things spice up tomorrow if we lose the challenge. I absolutely love Survivor, so sitting around on off days are no fun. I'd rather go to tribal to be plotting, even if that puts me in the risk of danger. Still, I'm having so much fun! Sash and I told each other that we're each other's #1 ally, so that made me feel very good. I trust him a lot. He feels like Ace is pretty shady, and I also feel that way a little. Right now, I'm just agreeing with whatever he/Coach says! This game is so fun, and will definitely get even funner if we go to tribal. Don't get me wrong, going on an immunity streak would be pretty cool, but I wouldn't get to experience some of the things I've dreamed of! To sum up my experience so far, I'll use a quote from McDonalds: "I'm lovin' it"

[Shirin Oskooi]

Nobody on my tribe is even online, with the deadline approaching in approximately 30 minutes. I guess I'll just go ahead and post Hali's flag at 7:55. It seems like everyone is throwing...weird. I don't know how to feel.

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 6 (from yesterday): So It Begins

Yesterday, I got really weird vibes from everyone. It seemed like the only one even invested in the challenge was Hali. Not even Vince seemed to care, which was very alarming. I'm no idiot. Like prior to the deadline, I was practically the only one on. If I wasn't on, what was going to happen? Were they just not going to submit the artwork Hali did? There's something going on, and I know it. 

So I submitted our artwork, and once results came back, we lost. Here comes the lying, manipulating, the backstabbing, and the strategizing. I thought we would have a simply Vince vote. The 5 person alliance have a majority so we could easily vote him out. Well, Survivor is NEVER that simply. Ace gets online, and asks me about this 5 person alliance. He tells me that Morgan told him about it. REALLY MORGAN?! *sigh* I mean I can't blame her. Why would they tell her about it and not include her. So I can make the fair assumption that there's an alliance including Vince, Ace, Hali, and Morgan vs the other 5. Ace told me flat out last night that they're voting for Sash because he's shady and he wants me to do the same. He gave a speech about how he trusts me, and the things. This is definitely not his first ORG; He's too good of a player. What really annoys me is Coach has basically given up on Sash. Um, hello? POI? What happened to that? I like Sash, but he could very well be playing me. However, I'm not 100% sure of that. Coach doesnt even want to let Sash know that they're voting for him. This totally sucks right now. If we vote Sash out, we're deadlocked. Ace, Hali, Vince, and Morgan vs Shirin, Coach, Whitney, and Rodney. Here's the thing regarding tonight's vote: I will vote for Vince. Sash will (obviously) vote for Vince. Whitney will vote for Vince because she absolutely hates him. That leaves two wildcards in Coach and Rodney. I like Rodney, but I don't know whether I can trust him, same with Coach. This morning Rodney told me that he wants Vince out and will work on Coach/Whitney

This is so tense right now. At this point, I have no idea who's going. Sash doesn't even know he's on the chopping block. Heck, for all I know, it could be me going home tonight. This tribal is crazy as heck, and it isn't going to get any better. If we 5 can vote together for at least ONE tribal, then I'll be happy. JUST ONE. Let's get Vince out, guys! Geesh this is frustrating lol. But, this is what I expected when I applied for Survivor. As frustrating as it is, I'm actually enjoying it lol. If I go, then so be it. I had fun playing~

[Shirin Oskooi]

1 hour and 18 minutes (but who's counting) before the voting deadline and I have no idea who I'm voting for. I want to be loyal to my alliance, but if the majority of the people are voting for Sash, then I want to be in the majority. Gosh this is frustrating lol. I love it.

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 7: First Vote, One Week Out Here

Yeah, this update won't be as long as the others (JFP screaming, "YAY YAY YAY YAY!") because I pretty much summarized everything up in my previous post(s). Vince left, which was epic. Like I think he wasn't 100% dedicated to the game, which sucks. That returnee spot could've gone to someone else, like Sue Hawk, Outspoken Goddess. That vote went better than I expected. As always, I freaked out and became paranoid prior to the voting deadline. Like really, I need to stop that lol. I'm always so nervous. So I told Sash that he was going to receive some votes, kinda to let him know that I'm looking out for him. I want him to trust me, because I feel like I can trust him. I selected Whitney for our tribe leader because quite frankly she's hilarious and I'd love to see her decisions. 

After the vote, Morgan threw a tantrum and left the tribe chat. Ok, girl. We get it you're mad. However, you chose to rebel against the authority, so you have so suffer the consequences. LOL let me stop getting cocky, referring to us at the authority. Arrogance leads to getting blindsided, so let me drop that immediately. But yes, she chose to run her mouth to Ace about the 5 person alliance. We voted together successfully, which made me happy. Hali also voted with us, as did Vince himself lmao. He freaking self voted. That's disrespectful to Ace and Morgan, who were practically fighting hard for you to stay. Morgan then proceeded to telling several members of the tribe that she would like to be voted out next. REALLY? Ok, that is a huge pet peeve of mine. I understand being pissed about things not going your way....trust me. But I have never, and will never get so upset where I beg to get voted out. That just grinds my gears. Blah. Once Ace gets online to see he voted in the minority, he does some damage control. I still like the dude, and I don't want to see him go soon.

Speaking of that, Coach seems to have some sort of vendetta against Ace. He wants him gone ASAP. It may be because Ace isn't a newbie like he says he is, or because he knows that Coach is a manipulative power player. I don't know, but Coach wants him out desperately. However, I don't think that's beneficial to my game right now if I'm being honest. If we lose again, I'd rather Morgan go home. I mentioned the fact that if we swap, Morgan is going to flip, and he says, "Ace will also." Dude, come on. What is it with you and Ace? But, I just sit back and smile. No need to rock the boat, at least not right now. I'm not trying to over play and get myself stuck in the Loser Lounge aka Pre-Jury. Nope. I'm actually here to play for 1st Place!

*Sorry JFP I hope that wasn't too long*

[Shirin Oskooi]

OH, and another thing: I absolutely find it very shady that the other tribe continuously sends Hali to the Secret Location. Maybe they have some sort of deal with her? I don't know, but she's one I need to watch out for because she may be holding some mysterious power.

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 8: Let the Drama Flow

Yesterday when we returned to camp following tribal, there was an eerie sense of silence. Suddenly, Morgan erupts into flames, like a volcano. She's like, "WHY AM I EVEN IN THE CHAT" and basically just gets angry and leaves the chat. She proceeds to change her signature on the forum to gif of her flipping Sash off. Obviously, she's very angry. I actually feel bad for the poor girl. She's obviously very angry, and even though she has a reason to be mad, she caused all of this on herself. Me while she's arguing with everyone:


Like, really. Come on please let's not have this drama. You shouldn't have ran your mouth to the others. You have to pay with the moves you make, I learned that years ago lol. Challenge time! Whitney, our leaders selects: Whitney, Rodney, Coach, Shirin, and Morgan. Hold up, wait, what? *insert BB Canada Topaz gif here* Me? The challenge is a puzzle, which I am AWFUL at. Morgan said that she's not going to do it so why did you vote her? Come on Whit, don't screw us lol. I'm sure I made it obviously clear on Day 1 that puzzles were not my thing. So Whitney tells JFP she's swapping Morgan for Hali, and Morgan's like "No no girl Hali ain't doing nothing." So, that made me pretty happy because then Hali took MY spot! Yes! I actually tried to do the puzzle, and it took me 63 minutes compared to everyone else's 8-11 minutes. #Flop I WASNT GOOD AT PUZZLES IN WORLDS APART EITHER!

So yes, in general, nothing major happened today except Morgan blowing up then told me to add her back into the tribe chat. She's radical, crazy, and dangerous. I don't know if I need someone like that in my game right now. We'll see. Hopefully we win this challenge, I don't think I want to visit tribal again. If we do, then we just do. If we don't then great! This game is so fun!       

[Shirin Oskooi]

!Superfan Shirin Speaks!

Day 9: Finally a Slow Day

Yeah the title pretty much explains everything. Nothing major occurred today so nothing to update. We won the challenge by three seconds which is a blessing. I'm glad no tribal. It'll be interesting to see who they boot because Stacey is immune. As long as Gabe's safe, then I don't care who goes. Ok that's it for this update. Sorry, but there's really nothing to talk about

SHOUTOUT: PW ASHLEY YOU'RE AMAZING. NEVER CHANGE, NEVER CHANGE. (EVERYONE ELSE YOU GUYS ARE TOO, BUT SHE'S THE BEST SORRY)

[Host Austin]

Jun 27, 2015 3:28:32 GMT Shirin Oskooi said:

SHOUTOUT: PW ASHLEY YOU'RE AMAZING. NEVER CHANGE, NEVER CHANGE. (EVERYONE ELSE YOU GUYS ARE TOO, BUT SHE'S THE BEST SORRY)

Stop, she doesn't need the ego boost.