Shawn

Shawn is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Greece and Visionary Survivor: Clash of Casts.

## Summary Greece

Having aligned himself with the biggest threat in the game on day one, it became rather apparent that Shawn's game would prove either very difficult or very easy. At first, the former appeared more likely when his ally and previous trial season winner Dan was unanimously voted out at the first Icarus tribal council and second overall of the season. However, Shawn was quickly able to regroup with Derek, Dilman, and Doll, managing to eliminate Booty and Monkey at the following tribal councils before the tribe swap.

At the tribe swap Shawn was in an interesting situation. With two former Icarus and two former Perseus members on the new Icarus tribe it was clear that old tribal lines would be drawn. However, the lines never grew into boundaries as the new Icarus tribe won both of the remaining challenges before the merge. However, that's not to say that connections weren't made. Due to their filipino backgrounds, Dilman, Quil, and Shawn were all able to connect and created a final three agreement headed into the merge.

Once the two tribes merged, Shawn had many connections with many different castaways, not unlike many other castaways still in the game at that point. However, the way the rest of Shawn's game would play out was interesting to say the least. After Tiffany's evacuation Shawn decided to really step his game up socially and strategically, while downplaying his strategy in the process. Predicting that the jury would start at the final nine, Shawn made it his personal mission to begin his own individual jury management by speaking with all remaining castaways on a somewhat regular basis to make it seem like he was working with them. In reality, Shawn purposefully voted whoever he felt was the minority vote at each tribal council so that he could validly tell the jury that he never voted for any of them at the final tribal council should he have made it. A very risky strategy, but one that likely would've been very rewarding had it come to fruition.

With each tribal council came another minority vote for Shawn, up until the final six. With a public idol in his pocket, Shawn attempted to be as resourceful as possible. While not entirely clear of the rules, Shawn waited to see whether or not Derek would use his vote block at the final six tribal council before making a decision of whether or not to play his idol. Unfortunately, idols must be played before tribal councils commence, thus making Shawn's idol play void. When Derek played his vote block on Quil, a tie was forced between Rachel and Shawn. With Quil still having no vote, Derek and Kaden eliminated Shawn with two votes over Dilman's one in what is considered one of the most controversial eliminations to date.

## Clash of Casts Summary

Coming into the season as one of the bigger names from season one, it was only natural that Shawn would become an early target. While that certainly was the case, Shawn didn’t have too difficult of a time solidifying relationships. Starting the game on a small tribe of 5 that consisted of only season one alumni, Shawn and fellow tribemate Derek quickly aligned themselves due to being the only two people in their tribe to have made the merge in their original season. And when Elx and Monkey made it rather apparent that they were a strong duo, Booty became the swing vote.

After losing the first tribal council of the season, Shawn became the most obvious target on the Samantabhadra tribe. Initially, Booty sided with Elx and Monkey out of fear of Derek and Shawn being bigger threats down the line, despite Elx and Monkey being such a powerful duo. Fortunately for Shawn, at the last minute before tribal Derek was able to convince Booty that Elx was targeting him, which wasn’t true. Now with a solid three votes against two, Shawn seemed to be in a great position. However, when Monkey played an idol on Elx, Shawn became the first person eliminated from Clash of Casts in a \*3-2 vote while Elx was spared.

### Voting History

 We're A Bomb Waiting To Explode
 Eliminated, Day 3

## Return Interviews

**Coming into your second season, which area do you think you can improve in most between social play, physical play, and strategic play? How do you plan on improving?**
I think I can improve on the social part. During my first season, I know I had the social game, but then my strategic game didn't get along with my social one. I didn't have enough social game to avoid every target and didn't have the time to minimize the threat percentage so this time, I'm gonna try to be a social player.
**What was the biggest mistake you made when playing in your first season? How did you learn from it?**
Well, you know it. I think it was not reading the rules. To be honest that's that. I think I would've gone further than my placement if that rule wasn't it or if I read and understood it.
**Have you spectated any seasons besides the one you competed on? Have any other castaways stood out to you?**
Nope, I looked at it sometimes but I'm not really spectating. I don't know, they might surprise me hehehe.
**How has Visionary Survivor impacted you?**
Well, I've been reading rules in ORGs after that so I think it has a great impact in my org life.
**In what ways do you hope to refine your legacy with this second chance you’ve been given? What do you hope to gain from competing again?**