I Am Literally Not Built To Be A Czar

**I Am Literally Not Built To Be A Czar** is the first episode of Survivor: Siberia

## Story

A snowmobile glides along the frozen tundra of Siberia. 10 or so miles away, 20 strangers are all trotting through the snow making their way to the end point.

but more just a normal person, not too threatening. i hope im not seen as a threat. the only relevant thing i did in my season was get votes almost every time

But sometimes my social awareness really fails me

The person on the snowmobile turns their face to the camera and starts to speak as they ride.

As they shift their vehicle to a stop, showering the contestants in icy, mushy snow they says:

### Cast Reveal

He reveals the tribes. First up is the Zamoro tribe, wearing blue clothes with white buffs.

Though it may be too early to tell, this tribe will probably be very buddy buddy. I may have a chance to slip in and make a strong alliance though

With this Poison announces the Czar twist. Czars will captain their tribe and lead them through challenges, while also choosing two people from their tribe to watch the Redemption Island duel each round. Accompanying the Zamoro tribe is Volume, from Antelope Canyon.

There's also the Zhennyy, wearing completely orange.

And joining them is Katerina, from The Badlands!

## At Camp

On Zhennyy, AJ quickly bonds with Ryn

The feeling is far from mutual

Aj is nasty. Like he’s super gross. Like if I get eliminated first at least I won’t have to talk to him ever again. Oh AJ we love your enthusiasm god what is this kid on?

Jon already isn't having much fun

especially ashley no shade but she just is not in the mood to talk rn

The feeling is spread through some of the tribe

But Ashley is enjoying their time here

Some early allegiances are forming

Over on Zamoro, it's a different story

All the Danganronpa fans are on this tribe. All the people who love Shea Coulee are on this tribe. Did I go in too deep already?

Spidey is the first one to feel out of touch with the tribe

im over here tryin to have a conversation and get to know you and theyre givin me one word. some people arent good at talking i guess lmao or maybe just arent interested oop

But for the most part everyone is enjoying themselves

There seems to be a group forming between the younger boys on the tribe

I'd definitely like to work with him for our first vote, klanke as well as they said I'm the only person they've talked to which might be a lie idk

Ultimately a trio is formed between Klanke, Rob, and Volume

I am luckily already in a trio. Which for strategic purposes, I'm happy with. Personally hoping we can slay our first challenge and avoid a pesky tribal council

While there's other alliances already happening

## Challenge

The challenge was Hero Puzzles, where three people from each tribe faced off against in each other in different types of puzzles. The matchups were Bunstop vs Jon, Spidey vs AJ, and Ephraim vs Ashley. In the end, Ashley cost their tribe the win by abstaining from the challenge.

The people who scored points for their tribe; AJ, Ephraim, and Bunstop, each got an idol clue. This means Zamoro wins immunity!

### On Zamoro

The tribe relishes their victory

Not everyone is happy though

Spidey is thinking about the game

im gonna talk to razor since he brought up majority alliances when we were talking yesterday and see if he’d be interested in maybe making an alliance with me, majority or not. if he does i’d like it to be with some people that aren’t in the one i’ve already got so hopefully he’d be down for that. i might reach out to bunstop and angel too since i’ve been talking to them. we’ll see how it goes

They then create an alliance with Angel, Bunstop, Ephraim, Klanke, Rob

Now I'm wondering what he's aiming for here. Is he spreading chaos and alliances for fun? Or has he indirectly revealed his targets? Razor, Zoey and JD are the people I recall not being in any of the alliances, but Spidey left Volume out of the six for a reason. This could mean the Poggers are in for a rocky ride

### On Zhennyy

Most people are nervous about their first tribal

I think the ties I have made are good for this vote and I hope I gave enough to my tribe to show them I am there to play hard (But not to hard)

AJ starts spreading his clue around

FatFam gives us insight on who he likes

AJ is also really cool. He talks very similar to me which I like. We definitely vibe. He shared the idol clue with me which is epic. He lives in Australia so timezones are a challenge.

Jon is thinking about the future

i trust aj and fatfam (i dont like that hes called that) and we’ll probably pull in ryn and katerina and one other person for a majority, not sure who. mya maybe?

AJ is scared though about the perceived duo of him and Jon

## Idols

Rob has his suspicions on who has the idol already

But that just means I need to stick to them like australian gum to a surface

Several people get stumped on a riddle

While Razor is just defeated

Bunstop is able to make progress and get through the rest fast. At the end of his troubles he finds the Zamoro Idol!

however, if I misplay it, it's worth nothing expect a false sense of security. which, granted, can keep me from making unnecessary moves, but it's not the most effective use of an idol

No one on Zhennyy yet has made much progress

### Before Tribal

Most people recognize the tribal as a consensus Ashley vote

Like I really don’t care as long as it’s not me

Jon's really scared though

which makes me think she either has an idol and wants to get one of us out for some reason or she's just given up. i'm trying to ignore the rampant paranoia and just tell myself that sometimes it is this easy but idk

## Tribal Council

* **Poison:** Welcome to the first tribal council of the season. Grab a torch and dip it into the fire to get flame and we'll get going. Ashley, I hate to address the elephant in the room but with your challenge performance today, do you think you'll be a target for tonight?
* **Ashley:** Honestly I felt like shit, because I let the team down. I truly tried my best but with my internet and everyone where I live distracting me and oh don't get me started on my fiancé blowing up my phone, just didn't work out in my favour. I am so sorry that I was the one who put us here and if you guys want me out, I understand. However I will try to help our team win the challenge next time if I am still here after this.
* **Poison:** Well said. Katerina, welcome back to the game! What does being czar mean to you, and how are you changing your game to accommodate it?
* **Katerina:** I don’t know how I’m changing my game to accommodate it I just make the decision together with my tribe
* **Poison:** Jon, you've only had 2 days to get to know your tribemates, and now you're going straight into tribal. Do you think the connections you've made so far will hold strong tonight?
* **Jon:** Yea i dont really know. 2 days isnt a very long time. But in a tribe with 10 people i suppose its much more likely that you’ll be safe than not, so im hoping i am.
* **Poison:** AJ, you were the only person on the tribe to win in your category, which meant you get an idol clue for your troubles. How does that factor in into your "threat-level status"?
* **AJ:** I don't really think it means much tbh and I'm just glad that we didn't get 3-0'd. If anyone feels some type of way about me having a clue I'll straight up just drop it here in the chat because I'm too much of a dumbass to solve a series of commands anyway, and I'd rather someone here find the thing before we get to a swap and someone from the other tribe can get a chance at our side's idol.
* **Poison:** Finally Kyle, touching up on the idol, are you afraid one's already been found? Do you think there's a possibility it could be played?
* **Kyle:** In response to my question, I would be majorly shocked if an idol had been found but crazier things have happened! Who knows!
* **Poison:** Alright and with that it is time to vote, FatFam, you're up.

At Tribal Council, Phoenix self votes making the vote 8-1-1, with Ashley going home over Ryn.

## Part Two

Aniya doesn't care for Ashley's words

AJ loves Aniya's sassiness and hopes she sticks around

FatFam isn't a big fan though

Vote Aniya or Phoenix out

### On Zamoro

Volume has his plans if they head to tribal.

but i don't reallly wanna get rid of bunstop or jd since they're active. i just hope we win, i can reverse the 4 losses

Bunstop is forced to deceive Rob

god I feel so bad, but if he gets all the way to the end, I can say ephraim found it. but hey, he said he was bored, this is something to do lol

## Redemption Island

As for what I'd change, maybe my reaction to the tribe voting me out? I don't hold grudges but they just voted me out over something out of my control and didn't even give me a chance to redeem myself outside of Redemption

## Challenge

The challenge today for the tribes is Flag Making! Each tribe had to design a flag for their tribe based on the current Russian flag. They went through several drafts, some serious, some jokes...

but who’s to say that they’d even come for me. there are so many people on the tribe that didn’t even attempt to make a flag at all that could have made a great one and saved our asses, but this is all just if we lose and hopefully it won’t even come to that

In a vote of 3-0, **Zhennyy wins immunity!**

### On Zhennyy

Everyone's glad they can avoid tribal

AJ feels the win was all him

Katerina gives her thoughts on the tribe

Ryn and Phoenix seem like much more trustworthy people to me, despite them being worse and challenges and stuff maybe. But I think for now I’ll just keep the dynamics as they are

Mya doesn't know where she's at on the tribe

and I’m not sure where I stand, I’ve talked to everyone and I think I’m in a good spot so far. I don’t know anyone here and I give off a nice vibe I feel

### On Zamoro

Everyone prepares for tribal

I've got everyone lined up like ducks. theres no way i dont make it to merge if not farther

the majority six still haven't come up with a name, it's probably gonna be razor or zoey now but still, you never know

Razor has talked the LEAST to me ever since the beginning, he could totally talk more tbh but it's cutting close. I also really don't want to vote out a girl first because two girls would have been voted out then

Spidey and Zoey push for a JD vote

so i kept pushing jd and it seems like i’ve got them with me now which is good

Some people push back though

Me and JD are likely going to be seen as a pair. I really don't know why I'm even attempting this. The Lord needs to tell me to stop right this instant

Tbh that was my strategy too. But she didn’t get lucky

Razor is pretty convinced the vote is on himself

Spidey has a lot of feeling about all this

he still doesn’t seem too interested in alliances from what i’ve seen but rob is talking to me now about what we do with razor like talking to him more and i feel like hes heading towards asking about making an alliance with him which is strange bc i think he was the one that mentioned voting razor lmao but i mean i guess having one with them wouldn’t be a bad idea

## Tribal Council

* **Poison:** Welcome to the first tribal council of the season. Grab a torch and dip it into the fire and let's get started. Zoey, how well do you vibe with the tribe? Have good relationships?
* **Zoey:** I definitely think me and this tribe get along well, i like everyone here and have talked with most people and they all seem really chill
* **Poison:** Good to hear, so Spidey, you were the one who made the flag, which while it was very pretty did not win. Are you in anyway afraid that might make you a target?
* **Spidey:** it was my flag that was submitted yes and while that does make me feel a little bad that it lost for us and of course there’s always nerves when it comes to being at tribal, especially when it’s a situation where you’re part of the reason the tribe is there, but i’m not terribly worried it’ll be my undoing. making flags was a group effort, i took ideas and criticism and made changes based on what my tribe wanted from our flag. sure i made it, but i feel like it really was OUR flag not just mine. we also made the group decision to submit mine, it’s not like i pushed for it alone and bullied people into picking mine or anything like that. i of course don’t feel safe, no one should at this point, but i don’t think it being my flag puts me at any more of a disadvantage than anyone else here
* **Poison:** Oh damn that's a lot. Volume while Spidey may have made the flag, you're the one who chose to use it. Should you be the one who's afraid?
* **Volume:** I feel like I might be in some trouble for picking the flag, I just think its more fair to say the competition was too strong. Spidey's flag was great, and the tribe did mostly make that decision together, but I see how the Czar role will make me look at fault
* **Poison:** Bunstop, you got an idol clue last challenge, did that put a target on your back?
* **Bunstop:** Of course it does, but I don't believe that it's logical to vote either of us out solely based on that clue. There are many other, more important factors to consider when evaluating a player's target level, and players with advantage clues (not even an actual idol), should not be the highest priority for any tribe to eliminate first
* **Poison:** JD, if this vote was purely based on challenge performance, would the people who failed the challenge or the people who didn't collaborate be in the most trouble?
* **JD:** I think that since I have yet to participate, this could put me in danger, although I have been semi-active on the chat and have been trying to be active and helpful wherever possible, and there are others who might have been less active than me.
* **Poison:** Finally, Angel and Klanke, the Czar twist also promotes a more individual standpoint on the game, do you think it puts a target on the Czar's backs? Is it a bunch of pressure?
* **Klanke:** No not really I mean they can be at fault sometimes but now no i don’t see any reason why they would have a target
* **Angel:** You can't deny that being in the Czar position doesn't come with any risk. When you're in any leadership role, you have some sort of responsibility to uphold, and, if you're not careful, that could mean your very downfall
* **Poison:** Two very different takes I see. Well, with that it's time to vote. Ephraim, you're up.

Despite Rob's protests, JD ended up going home in an 8-1-1 vote over Ephraim; and Razor, who self voted.

## Trivia

* The episode title comes from Volume when answering a question about being czar.