Eric G.

Eric is a contestant from Endure: Dissonance. Eric joined Production for Endure 11.
==Dissonance==
===Profile===
Name: Eric
Age: 29
Current Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tribe Designation: 
===Player Review Ranking===
Rank: 4th
Placement: 2nd
Edgic: CPN
SurvAv: 11.17
The punching bag of E9. It didn’t matter what happened at what time, it was Eric’s fault and everyone was going to let him know. Eric started off in a wobbly position, missing the night one call because we weren’t his life priority, but quickly climbed up the social ladder of Chanmé, by the end replacing Nadim in the Brie/Joshua/Julia group. Eric really started to break out in Nu!Véner when he was arguably the more successful of the three Chanmé’s in bridging the tribal gap. Eric managed to avoid a target through this group, and by Karen’s blindside slipped into the top position tribe where he got to lay out his case to Alicia/Heinrichs, and get a good relationship going with the Teubé boys. A lot of merge was Eric just sort of trying to balance his relationships with gameplay. The people he wanted to work with were playing games that worked actively against them, and despite being friends, Eric chose the route that was best suited for his game. Much to many’s chagrin. Eric sat as the outside to the outsiders as he wasn’t in the Teubé trio, and not Alicia/Heinrichs, which made him an easy pick off in theory, but every time the tides came close to turning, Eric pulled out a clinch immunity win. After the Will blindside, Eric was the only person talking to Rayna making him hold a lot of power going into the final 6, which he used to help split the vote on Heinrichs and Alicia, ultimately eliminating Heinrichs. Eric pulled out the most immunity wins ever won in a season, and despite all this navigating didn’t really ever get the social props from people in the game for the way he positioned himself. He made a lot of hard decisions that though hard, ultimately benefitted his game state. This fell on deaf ears at FTC, but he still managed to get Rayna, and Jonathan’s votes to win and win a spot in my heart. Tysm. Respect Eric, Kilby!! - Samm
I will admit I didn't give Eric enough attention in the pre-merge phase of the game. My first impression of him was that his cast photo looked like a used car salesman whose lot was situated somewhere in rural New Hampshire. His avatar was one of the less than stellar efforts on my behalf because it was hard to differentiate a bunch of short brown haired white guys. There were a lot of characters I was drawn to during the pre-merge phase of the game and Eric for the most part faded into the background of the scenes. I should have realized though that he wound up being in many scenes of the characters from all angles of the game. He symbolically planted the seeds to become one of my absolute favourites come the merge phase and Kilby's uh... seething anger against Eric for uh... being from the alias community? not being around night 1?... being named Eric?... I dunno... -- yeah, all of that became the fertilizer because this bitch grewwwww baby. In pre-merge on tribes with blockbuster billings I always hoped Eric would be the one to go because he seemed like the obvious outcast in the cast. But that's actually what made Eric so great. While Eric was so well-connected he was also the odd one out always. He was never in the tight knit entanglements he was the straggler on the outside. It gave him the ability to move through the game fluidly and connect with so many different people which gave him the added agency when he needed to have it at merge. What started as ironically cheering for Eric to spite Kilby turned into genuine fanfare and if I could go back and re-watch the season (which... I guess I will since the montage is coming 2030) I think I'm going to appreciate Eric's story arc so much more than I already do and he's going to become a Jonathan Olivera tier favourite for me. It didn't come across to the jury at FTC and maybe some of the VL didn't see it either but I thought Eric had this season won at 6 and he would have been worthy.
In the few moments of the season where people weren't screaming around burning everything to the ground and extinguishing the flames soon after with the volume of tears produced -- Eric had some beautiful beautiful moments as well. Let's start with my biased favourite -- the immunity wins. All records are meant to end and Eric deservedly has taken the keys to the kingdom for me and I am just grateful he lets me live there rent free and allows me guests on weekends. He demolished the challenge aspect of the game and I do believe that challenges are a viable way to win the game of Survivor and be touted as a deserved winner. He utilized the format of the game to his advantage to make himself a viable ally every single round because his vote held a ton of power. His run was one of legends and it has not gotten the credit it deserves yet. On top of that, his drunk appearance at tribal where he threw jabs at Ricky to leave immediately after because he was being summoned to take shots, absolutely beautiful. And then the magnum opus: Taylor Swift. The folklore listening party which Eric did not want to be at because he wanted to live in the sweet blend of lyrical euphoria and misery but nah... he just decided to be a blubbering mess on call with his tribe. I am very grateful that Jack took a screenshot of the member sidebar when everyone was listening to Spotify at the same time. A moment that is synonymous with Endure 9. Eric will forever be the biggest Taylor Swift fan and is the only member of the Taylor Swift Fan Club in my eyes. It's still an absolute robbery he wasn't included in it. But in the end, he got the last laugh. He was a part of, arguably, the strongest final 3 in Endure history so far (tied with Palmyra for me) and left his mark on the series. I would love to see him come back and perfect his FTC performance, but he decided to be gracious and let y'all win some challenges for Endure 11, stepping aside to prod with me <3. What an altruist! - Stephen
===Voting History===
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===Media Releases===
==Trivia==
* Eric is the current record holder for Individual Immunity wins at 6, eclipsing Stephen who has 5.
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