Magnus Lancaster

Magnus is the Runner-Up of Essential Survivor: 
==Maldives==
Magnus was indeed my Winner Pick at the beginning of the season. His interview was showing me great things in him and I felt like he had the potential to make it deep, which he did. However I can’t say that his gameplay deserved a win, the Jurors also agreed with me as they gave him the title of Runner-Up, let’s see how he got there.
Being on the Bodu Beru tribe, Magnus got off to a very rough start. He was labeled as the tribe inactive right off the bat and was looking to be a potential option once they lost the challenge. Thankfully, Winter’s shenanigans caused her to be the first boot instead of him, but it’s not like Magnus’s positioning got much better. Despite being in 3 separate alliances, he constantly felt expendable and like he was on the bottom of the tribe. 
At the swap, a 5-2 majority was Magnus’s new stomping grounds. And honestly, not much happened in this entire phase either.. Magnus did improve his bonds with Kam and John, becoming a third in their duo. But besides that, it was uneventful. However when Kamala went home, Magnus threw his vote onto Tyler in the case she played something. Tyler obviously wasn’t the biggest fan of this and began to distrust him.
At the merge, Magnus’s game fell apart fairly quickly. Not liking the minority right off the beat, it wasn’t hard for him to stick with the tribal lines and vote out both Jake and Zent. But while doing so, Magnus always thought about flipping (much like everyone else), so at the Final 9, he played a huge role in getting Pierre voted out. But he’s also realized that it may not have been in his best interest to make that move as he was now on the bottom with the trio… or, what used to be the trio as Kam was sent to Ponderosa in 8th. 
It was so clear that Magnus was just scraping by each vote, with no real power in the game, it feels like the Pierre boot may have lost him the game. At Final 7, Trish was unanimously voted out. But even with his low chances of winning, Magnus tried to plan out his endgame, only to realize that his only chance of winning may be against Tyler, and even then he wasn’t certain. So after Trey was voted out at 6, Magnus went into 5 believing that he was a goner, which he was. Until Tyler royally screwed up and sent home Mike instead. Taking this miracle with grace, Magnus quickly made a deal with John at F4 to take out Joseph should he lose immunity, Magnus also made a deal with Joseph to make F3, but had the intentions of breaking it. 
After winning F4 Immunity, it looked like Magnus would send Joseph home. But after lots of complementation on John’s chances of winning (and a little of manipulation by Joseph), Magnus forced a tie between the two of them and sent them to firemaking. Which Joseph won, this move is looked as one of the worst moves in the franchise as Magnus completely threw away his game here, like it or not. As expected Joseph won Final Immunity, and took out Tyler. At the FTC, you could tell Magnus felt like he had no shot. The jurors did as well as they unanimously voted for Joseph to win this season.
==Voting History==
Magnus's Voting History 	Magnus's Voting History	Magnus's Voting History
Episode 	Magnus'sVotes 	Voted AgainstMagnus
This All Just Got Real, G	Winter 	-
The Weakest Link 	Bodu Beru Immune 	Bodu Beru Immune
I Just Enjoy Chaos 	Bodu Beru Immune 	Bodu Beru Immune
Disaster Class 	Dhoni Immune 	Dhoni Immune
Or Die Trying 	Kamala 	-
Am I The Raini Of S8? 	Dhoni Immune 	Dhoni Immune
A Strategic Approach 	Tyler 	Kamala
Keep My Eyes Peeled 	Jake 	Jake, Trey, Trish, Zent
The Sheep Will Stay Sheep	Trish 	-
Future Lies Ahead 	Pierre 	Michael
A Banging Season 	Tyler 	John, Kam
This Is Craziness 	Trish 	-
Scramble Scramble Time 	Trey 	-
Knuckleheads 	Michael 	John
Knuckleheads 	John 	-
Knuckleheads 	- 	-
Runner-Up, Day 39 	Runner-Up, Day 39 	Runner-Up, Day 39
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