Question 1 - "Do you feel like you did a good job at making a good first impression with the other players?  Explain." Maurice - "I don't think I did a good job, but I did my best, because I signed the board, and if anyone was really playing the game would know that I did at least say something." Robert - "I tried my best but I really don't know what kind of impression I made." Tim - "I didn't try to communicate as much as I should have." Earl - "I hope I did good making a good first impression.  After all that's most important when meeting new people.  I was nice and helpful, so I hope I came off good.  One thing though that might've hurt me was not talking to anyone - I really don't like using MB's personally - like I'll use them for my games but not solely for me.  SO I'm more talkative on IM's and Email - and I've only talked to a few people.  I'm not much of a conversation starter these days, unless I have something important to tell the person." Julie - "I feel that I have an okay job making my first impressions.  I still have not spoken to some people, but I'm sure that I will soon." Karl - "I haven't really talked to the other players much so I might be out this round, who knows ;).  In games like these anything is possible." Andy - "Well, I have only met with 6 out of the 11 people so far through AIM, but 8 of us have posted on the message board.  From everything I have read about everyone...they seem really cool.  And my first impressions I think are pretty accurate.  We are all still getting along and no harsh words have been spoken to anyone about anything (at least to my knowledge).  I really like the people in the game." Michael - "I do feel like I made a good impression on all of the other players.  The people that I have met have all been really friendly. I have been a positive player in this game so far and hopefully people see that.  Even the people that I have not been lucky enough to meet as of yet should be on good terms with me because I did send out an introduction email to all involved, as well as posted on the board a few times." Julie D. - "I feel I did O.K.  I tried really hard to introduce myself to all the players and have some conversation with all of them.  There were a few players who really were friendly to me and I hope I made as good an impression on them as they did on me." Greg - "Yeah, I think I made a fairly good impression with e-mails.  It's just a matter of being a nice guy." Mike - "Well I stayed under the radar not making myself seem like a threat.  So I think I did a pretty good job at accomplishing my goal."

Question 1 - "If you were to be eliminated this round, which one player would you like to see win the game?  Why?" Karl - "Andy, he seems pretty cool and we've talked a lot." Earl - "Andy or Julie. I talk to those two the most and it would be cool to see someone I know a bit win." Julie D. - "I would like to see Greg win the game.  He is really nice.  He helped me a lot with the first challenge along with Andy and Michael.  The reason I'd like to see Greg win over them is that this is his first online game!  I'd like him to start out with a great experience." Julie - "Michael, because I sincerely thing he deserves it, he's a great kid." Andy - "I would like to see Karl win this game, he is a really nice guy and seems to have his heart in the game. He tries really hard at the challenges and he talks with me more then the others." Greg - "If I get eliminated this round, I hope Julie D. wins.  She's so sweet; I'm glad the game has given me the chance to meet her." Michael - "If I were to be eliminated this round I would definitely like to see Andy or Greg take this game home.  Andy is a great guy and a great friend.  Since beginning this game, it seems that I have bonded with him the most.  He will definitely be one of the people that I stay in touch with after my time in the game has ended.  Greg is another person that I would like to see win the game.  It's sort of weird when I think about it because other than a few emails, he and I have not ever had a conversation!  There is something about him that makes me feel as if there is a connection/bond between us for some reason.  He's a great guy, he's gone out of his way to email me many times and I would not be disappointed if he were the winner of this game." Tim - "I would say Michael because he seems to be trying but not over doing it."

Question 2 - "Are alliances necessary in this game, or is it better to be just friendly to everyone?  Explain." Karl - "This is a pretty tough game. You have to worry about two things. The challenge and being voted off. A small alliance is okay, but if you try to make it too big, it could fail easily if the players are knocked out of the game. It's better to communicate with everyone often and make a good first impression." Earl - "Alliances are necessary in life. This is game is no different, however I don't think they are as important as say Survivor. I don't know of any alliances either. Although friendships are alliances to a degree, with that said, I know of the 'alliance' I'm in. It would be with Andy, but we're just friends, it's not like we plot against other people or anything. Just friends playing in a game together :-)" Julie D. - "I think it's better to be friendly to everyone. In an alliance you are going to eventually have to vote against your own." Julie - "I really don't think that alliances are necessary, because if you finish last your gone weather people like you or now." Andy - "I think as of now, since to make it to the next round, an alliance is sort of need. I do have three people that I think I am safe with and we are all voting putting the same person at the bottom of our list. So voting wise, the four of us should be safe, but competition wise, who knows!" Greg - "I don't think anyone can afford to be on someone's "bad side", especially at this point in the game, but a sure alliance is a good thing." Michael - "There is no reason to make alliances in this game. The key to success is to do well on the challenges (that is a personal achievement) and to make friends and be civil to everyone. The fact is that if friendships are made they will last forever. An alliance will end as soon as one part of the alliance does poorly on a challenge. It makes more sense to make friends and stick around then to make alliances and enemies out of the other players." Tim - "A team is always stronger but you have to turn your back sooner or later. I prefer to be nice to all."

Question 1 - "Over the nine days you've played in this game, which single moment was your favorite?  Explain." Michael - "There has been no single moment in the game that I can say was my favourite.  My favourite part of this game is a collective of meeting and conversing with Greg, Andy and Julie D.  If I cannot walk away the winner of this game, at least I can take the walk of shame knowing that I have made 3 great friends who would gladly walk along side me." Andy - "My favorite moment was getting the mail that said I made it to the first ever e-Fear Factor.  I wont ever forget that, I was so happy cause I love playing in first versions of games 'cause IF you win, all the players that play after you sorta look up to you." Julie D. - "My favorite moment had to be finishing the maze (Challenge #3).  It went a lot quicker than I expected.  I was thrilled to be to the end!" Greg - "My favorite single moment was when I opened my email for the first time after the game started; it was full of messages from people I didn't know, but were so nice just the same." Julie - "I really enjoyed Challenge #2.  It was really fun and challenging!"

Question 2 - "What exactly is/was your greatest fear in this game?  Explain." Michael - "I think you had it right Steve, when you said that the greatest fear would probably be failure.  Everytime I complete a challenge, every time I scroll down to see if "PASSED" is beside my name upon getting the results, I am really afraid!" Andy - "My greatest fear is getting eliminated by the challenges.  I am so afraid that I will eliminate myself from the game by losing a challenge.  It is the worst feeling to eliminate yourself from a game instead of having other people vote you out." Julie D. - "My greatest fear was not being quick enough.  The challenges were tough.  Challenge #2 was hard for me!" Greg - "My greatest fear was being eliminated after the first round.  NO ONE wants to be the first to go." Julie - "My  greatest fear is being i guess you would say "voted out" or evicted.  Because that would just end it right there."

Question 2 - "How secure do you feel about making the next round?  Explain." Maurice - "I feel okay about the next round, those questions were really something.  You had to think about the people the host was talking to. (The surrounding)." Robert - "I really don't know but I hope if I'm eliminated it's because of a vote not because of a lack of skill." Tim - "I would be a little surprised if I made the next round." Earl - "Well, not 100 % - we'll just say that.  I used my clues as well as four others I got from people, but there's still that doubt that lingers in my head.  If I don't get eliminated - I may get voted out.  This is probably because I haven't talked to everyone personally yet." Julie - "I really don't feel secure at all making the next round.  I think that I did horrible on the challenge." Karl - "It's way too early to tell, if I'm out, it's okay.  The game looks like it's going to be very fun." Andy - "I think that since two of the 11 people haven't even posted anything yet, I feel very secure about making it to the next round.  Julie D. told me that she was going to put me on the top of her ranking list which made me very happy and make me feel more secure in my position in the game." Michael - "I feel quite confident in my passage to the next round.  Like I've explained, I have made some good impressions on my fellow cast members.  Also, I managed to collect every clue for the challenge and so my range of guesses should have been a lot smaller then most of the other contestants." Julie D. - "Well, you can never be sure.  I don't feel too sure at all.  I hope I passed Challenge #1 and I was nice enough to people that I'm not at the bottom of anyone's list." Greg - "I really hope I make the next round!  I just don't want to be the first eliminated.  That would be embarrassing." Mike - "I think I will make it to the next round because people don't see me as a threat."