Kip Gates

Kip was a castaway on Essential Survivor: 
==Fans Vs. Favorites==
Kip’s Fan Favorite win was rightfully deserved. He was far and away the most polarizing character this season. From his contagious confidence, to all his one-sided rivalries. Kip was a delight to watch this season, despite his 11th place finish.
Starting on the blue Kahu tribe, and right off the bat he banded with YEG members Cole and Kristin. To save a lot of time and effort, let’s just say that these three completely ran this tribe during the premerge. Having ins with everyone in a matter of days. However, they had some competition. Matthew and Jaylen were also positioned well, posing a threat to Kip and his crew.
As challenges came and went, Kip started to develop this rivalry with Punahele Aria. Feeling like she continues to one-up him on every challenge. Unlike Aria, Kip downplayed his challenge abilities most of the time to maintain threat level. 
Now Kahu has gone through 2 unanimous vote-offs in Oscar and Oma, and Kip couldn’t be more pleased with the amount of control YEG had. They had so much control, to the point where a tribe Idol Hunt was led by them during the Joint Tribal. But Kip didn’t have as much control during the Joint compared to normal tribals. He tried to conceal the vote within this tribe, but tribemates Karmynn and Des continued to screw his plans by giving the favorites information. Now worried that the target may end up on himself, Kip received Despair's Idol. Playing it at Tribal Council along with Aria and her idol. It’s also important to note here that Kip started on a bad foot with the Faves, as his arrogance annoyed a majority of them in private and at Tribal Council, notably Tae.
Fast forwarding to the merge, Kahu was up 8-5 in numbers. And here comes Kip’s 2nd one sided rivalry, this time with Mark. Seeing this should be an easy vote against Aria, Kip was displeased to hear that Mark was planning to flip to the favorites. Blaming this on Mark’s piss poor game and ‘case of bigmovesitis’. Keeping himself in good favor, Kip, Kristin and Matthew planned to flip as well and vote off Karmynn, to try and gain favors with John and Brittney, two favorites that seemed to wanna flip. 
Now feeling decently safe at the Final 12, Kip was now relying on John and Britt to stick with him and Kristin. And with word about YEG starting to go around, Kip felt less and less safe as time went on. A flip against him at the last minute was supposed to be organized by Tae, but several people backed out of it, keeping Kip safe for one more round. Unfortunately, this resulted in Tae absolutely blowing up Yeg at Tribal Council.
Now at Final 11, YEG is feeling somewhat defeated, but not to the point of giving up. The three attempted to rally votes for Tae HARD, but Tae’s blowup ended up working as they split the votes between Kip and Cole. With Kip going home in a 5-3-3 plaurity vote.
And to put the cherry on the sundae, it was during the round where he was runner-up in Immunity to Aria.
==Voting History==
Kip's Voting History 	Kip's Voting History	Kip's Voting History
Episode 	Kip'sVotes 	Voted AgainstKip
Ain't No Damn Fish Here 	Oscar 	-
THROW SOME NAMES OUT 	Kahu Immune 	Kahu Immune
Fade Back To Obscurity 	Kahu Immune 	Kahu Immune
A Ditzy Naive Little Kid 	Oma 	-
It's The Hypocrisy For Me 	Will;Will 	-;Ineligible
Lil Sausage 	Kahu Immune 	Kahu Immune
I'M A VILLAIN 	Kahu Immune 	Kahu Immune
Unfortunately I'm Not Gay 	Karmynn 	-
Bro I Thought We Liked Broods	Bradley 	Aria, Bradley, Jaylen
Stay Tuned 	Tae 	Aria, Despair, Jaylen, Mark, Tae
Voted Out, Day 25 	Voted Out, Day 25 	Voted Out, Day 25
Voted ForLone Survivor 	colspan="2"