Matthew

Matthew is a contestant from Endure: Somnium and Endure: Dissonance.
==Somnium==
===Profile===
Name: Matthew
Age: 26
Current Residence: Washington, D.C.
Tribe Designation: 
===Player Review Ranking===
Rank: 7th
Placement: 3rd
Edgic: OTTN
SurvAv 5.35
Matt started off in a really solid position in his tribe forming a bond with Sarena/Bryce that would be the driving force of his post-merge storyline. Pre-merge was filled with relentless rants and pissing every single person he was ever in a tribe with off. Matt’s for sure a top 10 character in Endure history, as his know-it-all attitude ran through the challenges driving a thorn in the side of every tribe member. But like - it worked, and Matt won every single challenge as a strong proponent of his tribe’s success and became the first contestant along with Abby, Bryce, and Sarena to never face tribal pre-merge. This doesn’t go without saying though that any tribal that Matt would have attended after the initial swap would have resulted in his elimination. He came into merge with a huge target on his back, only to win immunity and to skate through into a group of people that wanted to work with him. Namely, Jess/Danny, and Bryce/Sarena (separately). Matt made a series of short sided decisions that caused a lot of damage not only to his own game, but to his alliances (mostly Bryce/Sarena as well) which caused a lot of hi-jinx in the post-merge realm. After flipping to take out Rico, he ran into a rocks situation where previous allies attempted to take him out, only to flip back to them. It was just absolute chaos that ultimately gave so much power to both Jess and Danny. He made merge hella interesting by just being Matt, but ultimately had he made final 2 in either scenario, he would have lost. (I genuinely asked the jury of somnium about this like two months ago cause I was curious). But he leaves a great series legacy, overall one of the top Endure characters for sure. - Samm
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==Dissonance==
===Profile===
Age: 27
Current Residence: Washington, D.C.
Tribe Designation: 
===Player Review Ranking===
Rank: 16th
Placement: 13th
Edgic: MOR
SurvAv: 3.62
Matt is episodically a fantastic pre-jury character who we actively root against all season to finally lose a tribal council so he can leave even though he NEVER DOES. But he came into the season trying to prove that his previous success in 7 wasn’t a fluke as the resident challenge beast. Matt was a great pick for this cast cause I instantly could form a tribe around him, the Chanmé tribe was fully built around the fact of how each individual person would react and work with Matt which they more or less did. Matt really ingratiated himself in with the core without being a member himself, but wouldn’t have been the next boot if Chanmé continued on their losing streaks. He swapped into honestly an even better position as he was reunited with Jack and the two of them said, “never want to go to tribal?” and so they didn’t. Matt’s story is sort of an ironic one though because his role card required him to go to three tribal councils and he could pretty easily succeed. In neither of his second or third tribes would Matt have gone home, he was in a great middle core position with Jack where they probably could have bullied another target, and I’m pretty sure he knew this. I think he also loses points because he was pretty certain it would be a split tribal and he still felt comfortable with that randomness factor to survive a tribal council. When the review board came, there was such a slew of crazy dynamics from previous tribes that he was sort of outmatched by a bunch of people looking to give reciprocal favors for things that happened in the past. Matt became an easy let go for ultimately having a lack of drama or stake. He was such a dominant character that sort of left with a fizzle which while it made a hilarious ironic story, it wasn’t really sort of the death by Abby/Brutus Ides of March death expectation. - Samm
Sam pretty much has nailed the writeup on MVM. The only thing I would say is I would say that Matt should be slightly higher in the rankings -- not by much but definitely a smidgeon. Nobody truly excels in all three aspects of the game, let alone one sometimes, but Matt... had he made merge it would have been an interesting one to watch because of who he is, how he plays, and what he is capable of accomplishing. He was an absolutely dominant force in this game and was ridiculously grating and polarizing to cast... and production :slight_smile: :slight_smile: :)... Matt's pretty bright, he's a comp beast, and he is a character. He was very forthcoming with his history in this game and the accolades he has procured during Season 7 which actually saved him on Chanme in the beginning... but just barely. He was a perfect addition to the cast and the fact that a tribe was tailor made for his being is enough of a statement to say how much he means to the series. His own undoing at the hands of... himself being too damn good??? is one of my favourite story arcs in this game, and in any game I've ever viewed. Pre-jury isn't a negative thing if it cements your legacy further and for Matt it did just that. - Stephen
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==Trivia==
Category:3rd Place
Category:Final Jurors
Category:Contestants
Category:Somnium Contestants
Category:Dissonance Contestants
Category:Final Pre-Jurors
Category:Final Pre-Mergers