Zura

Zura is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Blood vs Water.

## Blood vs Water Summary

Zura’s game is one that’s interesting in that it speaks volumes to the way the modern game of Survivor is played. Throughout the course of the game Zura’s activity was spotty, this often put him in situations where he didn’t really have a good grasp on what was going on in the game. The first tribal council saw Zura voting in the minority due to not being included in the majority alliance that was created on Hera. The next vote was easy as Danny was eliminated unanimously, but after Hera lost their third immunity Zura had to step up a little to ensure his safety. With himself and Quizzy being the only two people left outside of the alliance Zura took the opportunity to flip some numbers. Although Maji had already been working to make a move against Hunter, Zura formed a small alliance between himself, Amani, and Maji that would work to ensure his elimination.

After Hunter’s elimination the swap had come and Zura’s game started to fade to the background a bit. After losing the second post-swap challenge Toon was targeted for having a poor social game. The advantage play from Toon that resulted in Epoxy’s elimination was annoying but ultimately was just a minor bump in the road for Zura’s game.

Coming into the merge Zura had been reunited with his partner Joel, but his involvement in the game was starting to sink. Zura had little to no involvement in the first two merge tribals as Nick and Amani left, which frustrated him immensely. After admittedly being confused throughout the first couple tribals, Zura had become annoyed to the point where he told the entire tribe that he didn’t mind being voted out and the only reason why he wasn’t quitting was so that he could keep his jury vote at the end of the game. Some saw this as Zura needing to be voted out so that he could be alleviated from his stress, others saw it differently. The day following this incident Enrique spoke with Zura and he told him that he was feeling better about his stress and was ready to continue playing the game. They decided to target Kaden and began to put the pieces into place. But after Zura telling everyone he was basically quitting, the sudden target on Kaden was viewed as immoral by a few of the castaways which became a major source of tension. The tribal council ended with Kaden eliminated by a 7-4 vote, but Zura’s game may as well have been finished as well.

Up until Joel’s elimination Zura had followed his gameplan despite wanting to make his own moves for some time. The problem was that Zura wanted the same things Joel wanted every tribal council, but Joel was perceived as a more dominant player which left Zura as a goat. By the final five it seemed to be too late for Zura to get a resumé going as even without Joel his gameplan seemed to align with what was already in everyone else’s best interest. Everyone saw Quizzy as the biggest threat remaining, followed by Gabe, which left Zura in the final tribal council with Jay and Maji.

Despite having what was probably the most consistent final tribal council, it was hard for most juror’s to justify voting for Zura since he didn’t really have much of a resumé. His best angle was really to tell the jury that he had played himself up as an intentional goat knowing that it would make him a lock for the final tribal council. But even then, it still would’ve been tough. Ultimately, he lost the season to Maji in a 5-4-1 vote.