Ricky

is a contestant on . 
==Sierra Leone==
===Bio===
Age:27
Location:Sacramento, California
Tribe Designation:
===Player Review Ranking===
Rank: 4th
Placement: 6th
Edgic: CPN4
SurvAv: 5.44
 I'm not going to lie, I feel like I have to tread on eggshells writing this ranking. So I'll pre-emptively say, Ricky and I have had both highs and lows in our friendship, especially when it comes to opinions regarding what went down in Sierra Leone. Ricky played an amazing game, but ultimately lost a lot when it came to social games in some places. So I'm forwarding this ranking with the fact that Ricky played an amazing game, he ultimately deserves one of these top positions, though he was seen very negatively throughout the game. There will be times where he's described as a shield, and by this I do not by any means mean goat - the two are wholly different. Alright.
Ricky started out on Adamus, insisting that he was a member of the SF community as opposed to the iSurv1vor community - which by all means was fine by me, frankly, I didn't want Ricky and Drew to start on the same tribe. I didn't see it as conducive to the season for them to start together. Ricky had been an alumni for season eight of SF, and thus knew quite a bit about the players that were coming in (which is also why I tried to take Jilly away). Ultimately at the beginning, he really should have been at a slight disadvantage, there easily could have been an alliance formed by the previous SF8 players to take out the two non-SF8 players right off the bat. Big Mike, in fact, fell victim to this fact. But Ricky integrated immediately. He was fun to be around, he drank, he laughed, charmed, and ultimately pulled in both illy and Patty into a core alliance right off the bat - ensuring that any means he was not anywhere near danger. The alliance worked perfectly, Ricky was a big personality and served as a huge shield to Jilly and Patty, and he managed to get himself into an admirable position in a tribe where he should have been at a disadvantage.
He moved onto Mayagba where he remained as one of the core members of the bigger alliance, him Jilly and Patty rocked every facet of Mayagba. Ricky knew my hosting style and as such knew exactly what kind of challenge I would post just from treemail, and alongside Patty, they practiced until the challenge and won nearly every time. Ricky and Patty's challenge prowess is essentially unmatched in Endure as a series to this day (even though the challenges have become somehow more predictable?) Ricky had Yap on a leash and was ultimately the reason that 5AM fell flat. Yap told Ricky everything, and knowing they were targeting Patty completely nipped it in the bud immediately after major conflict. This became hilarious as during the Trent vote out, Ricky voted Yap just to cause shit - and shit he did cause.
Ricky was and is the most explosive castaway I've ever had and he cause and participated in many a fight - there were quite a few on Mayagba, but the most notable ones started in the three tribe phase, where at the first vote out he causes a huge fight with Matt. This fight lasted twenty minutes and is ultimately what causes Matt to be saved. Because anyone that can hold their ground against Ricky deserves respect (seriously, you'll get your ass reamed and you won't win.) There were a couple personal comments in this fight that ended up impacting the game later on, but ultimately just caused Matt to be the ultimate underdog - so thanks for that Ricky. Moving into the merge, Ricky ended up just being the biggest target. He was always the easiest person to target, he was explosive, his roommate was in the game, and his side was very clearly labelled. Ricky played an extremely loyal game to his iSF group, and he made his side known. As such, Ricky received more than a few votes when he could have. Him alongside Drew and Patty, took out everyone possible. Ricky pulled off one of the greatest blindsides with Kevin - as it was his idea to take him out and use the Dead Man Walking to set the tribes in his favour, and they did.
Ricky ensured Rachel went home over Jeffrey and Britti, who he had on his side. The only real danger Ricky was imposed by before the final six (and Patty's slight of vengeance that wasn't too clear) was at the final ten vote between him and Jillian. At the end of the day, it was a coin flip. The whole Tribal Council was an emotional mess and at the end of the day - Ricky reigned supreme, before taking out Bryce, Matt, and Sam.
Arguably the biggest fight Ricky participated in was the Pressure Cooker where he started drinking right at the start, and started a whole lot of fights. In fact, the season one pressure cooker was just one giant fight. A lot of endless yelling with Ricky often at the centre. He heckled, haunted, and horrified both Sam and Matt in an attempt to make them drop. (Which succeeded with Matt.) This was arguably the most entertaining pressure cooker ever, it was excellent. Ricky's internet ultimately dropped which lead to his elimination, and allowed Sam to steal the win - before getting voted out next round.
Ricky's downfall came at the hands of Patty who had a long term vengeance and a need for a big move. His final tribal is emotional, and he nearly gets Georgina to cause a rock draw at the last second. His ultimate downfall at his tribal was voting for Patty. Emotions ran high, and Georgina didn't want to save Patty when it came to a draw, she wanted her gone. After an emotional voting period, Georgina ultimately votes out Ricky.
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After Ricky he was voted out, Ricky plays honestly an incredibly strong game - and this isn't to downplay his game while he was in there. But there were points in the jury where Ricky played so hard that Georgina was winning over Drew. He worked until the votes were read to pool as many votes for Georgina as he could to win - unfortunately, this doesn't pan out and Drew wins.
Ricky played an amazing game, though he takes a lot of flack for his extroverted and often irritable personality in game, he played his damn heart out from start to finish and deserves a whole lot of recognition. - Samm
===Voting History===
‘’To be added.’’
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