Haff

Haff, also known as Haff/Stag, is the winner of Survivor: Neuquén and the impact player of Survivor: All-Stars.
Haff found success on the Loncopué Tribe, only attending on tribal council, and securing a majority alliance of five. At the merge, Haff had to rethink everything after his alliance imploded, though he rebounded, and maneuvered his way into the endgame through savvy social choices. Impressively, he won critical immunities, and even convinced someone to gift him an idol, which resulted in him being awarded for being a most deserving victor.
==Profile==
===Survivor: Neuquén===
Name: Haff (37)
Pronouns: He/Him/His​​
Current Residence: Australia, Australia eastern standard time
Personal Claim to Fame: I won national Taekwondo championships when I was a kid.
Hobbies: This is tough, I have a lot, but limited time for them these days with two small kids (don't worry, it leaves plenty of time for orgs). I'm a gamer (both computer gaming and board games). I also enjoy golf and beer brewing. I'm a very competitive person so I tend to enjoy any hobby that allows me to compete with people.
Pet Peeves: Rude and nasty people. Life's too short to be rude to people or put up with rude people (don't worry I won't block though - that bit me in the ass). People that hold grudges (I can't). People who sign up for orgs then go afk and never do anything.
3 Words to Describe You: Friendly, sardonic, strategic
Favorite Season of Survivor: It could be because it's fresh but David v Goliath. I really enjoyed the cast diversity in that season and that we got to see a decent amount from all of the cast (no Chelsea edits). Heroes v villains was also great. I have watched them all except for Marquesas - they didn't air that in Australia for some reason. I tend to enjoy all seasons, even those that get panned as being no good.
Survivor Contestant You Are Most Like: Well I am a beautiful and unique snow flake. But I'll say Aubry. I am geeky, but with a well rounded social and strategic game while also being decent at challenges.
What’s your strategy coming into the season? 
I don't like to go in with a preset strategy. My overall strategy is to read the situation and react to it. Survivor is, I think, about assessing risks and opportunities. So I will aim to minimise risks and take advantage of opportunities. Gathering as much information as possible is key to knowing about opportunities, so I also intend to be as social as possible. Particularly early on. In sydvivor I think the social aspect of my game was key in my win (but also contributed to me being seen by some as a villain /shrug).
==Survivor: Neuquén==
===Season Summary===
===Voting History===
TBA
==Survivor: All-Stars==
===Profile===
Name: Haff (38)
If you could describe yourself in three words, what would they be? What did I put last time... Social, Strategic, Cynical
Why do you think you were asked to participate in this All-Star season? Do you feel deserving of the title? Do you feel as though you’ll feel outclassed by the high-caliber of the cast, or belong among Infivivor’s best? Because I won. I mean, I think I deserve it, but not sure if I'd be here without the win. My game was pretty straightforward - be friends with everyone until I wasn't - and there wasn't really anything that flashy about it. I don't expect to feel outclassed. Alert but not alarmed. I recognize that it'll be a different kind of season, probably higher intensity.
What do you think went wrong last season, so that you weren’t successful in winning the season? How are you planning to improve upon these flaws? As said above, I really just went in to s4 looking to be as social as possible and use that to get as much information as I could and take advantage of that. That will always be a part of my gameplay, no matter what as it's just my natural game... I do it at work too. Social game seems to be my strength.
I do think I may need to change my game up, I just haven't worked out how yet. But i've been toying with some ideas:
1. Just go in and say Roll has inspired me and I am going to be 100% honest now (even though she wasn't as honest as she claims) - and stick to it
2. Full villain
3. Eratic game - just do random things like post all my confessionals in tribe chat, start fights, hold elections...
4. Semi afk until merge - see how far I can get by saying nothing except "ok" or "hmmmm"
In all probability the slight change I might make is to go slightly more villainous with my social game. So i know Roll called me a liar in her confessional, but I actually didn't straight out lie that much, generally the things I said were mostly true, but i was selective with who I told what. So perhaps if I just throw some straight out lies into the mix, that could cause a little more chaos and see a winner scrape through the early game.
This may work particularly well given I think there will be heightened paranoia over who will be out first, pre-existing relationships etc.
What’s your strategy coming into the season? Social with a twist of lies. See above. However, I think much of early strategy will depend on initial tribe divisions.
Is there anyone you’re particularly looking forward to seeing on the season? Is there anyone you’re particularly dreading seeing on the season? Do you think feuds and partnerships from original seasons will carry-over? Looking forward to - Molly, Jack, Daniel. Dreading - Gato, Roll, Phil, Ashlee. Feuds and partnerships will carry over to a certain extent. I expect Gato to be out to get me, probably Roll as well. I have feuded and partnered with Ashlee in the past, but I could still work with her. If I was on a tribe with James I would certainly be looking to rekindle our frenemyship.
Do you think your reputation will help or hinder your game, and why? Mostly hinder. The only way I could see it helping is if all 4 winners were on the same tribe and then I may propose a winners alliance to stop us all being picked off - but I would 50/50 as to whether I immediately flipped on it to make sure other winners were targeted first. Other than that, a winner is an obvious target that wouldn't be too hard to gather numbers against. My pitch would be that the challenge beasts (James, Molly, Letters) are the bigger threats though.
==Survivor: All-Stars==
===Season Summary===
===Voting History===
==Trivia==
*Haff is the first Sole Survivor to be involved and survive in a firemaking challenge and eventually win the season.
*Haff is the oldest contestant on both of his seasons.
**Previously he used to be the oldest contestant in the series, until ten seasons later, Troy would take over the record.
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