Jay

}}Jay is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Ring of Fire and Visionary Survivor: Blood vs Water.

## Ring of Fire Summary

Jay, the final premerge boot of Season 9, truly embodied the name of the season with his fire and enthusiasm for the game. Jay decided to make the boldest move possible - sending himself straight to Mt. St. Helens during the premiere without any discussion with the rest of the group and deciding to create tribes of 8, hoping to not be swap screwed. Entering the game as an experienced and well known ORG player, he quickly developed his relationships with half of the tribe and solidified his alliance with his long time friend, Clasper. However, many power players such as Jonathan and Wyatt recognized his threat level just about as soon as the anarchy phase began and started to plot his downfall.

After being divided onto the Pink tribe, Jay was included in a majority alliance named “Five Guys,” which soon became “Four Guys” and following Jay’s elimination, “Three Guys.” Jay and the Pink tribe won the first challenge with a commanding lead following the penalties of the Nani tribe, leaving Jay safe for the episode. After the tribe’s first challenge loss in the second episode, Jay and the other members decided to target Juni over Clasper, with much influence from Jay. Other players took note of Jay’s defense of Clasper, but following her speech in the camp chat, Juni was voted out unanimously nonetheless.

Jay’s story stays quiet for 2 episodes, following Ducky’s quit and Piggy’s vote out. However, as the 5th episode came plans began to come to Jay, forming a trio with Myth and Travis planning to blindside Wyatt. Jay seemed very confident with this group and Clasper both on the tribe, although he struggled to build a solid relationship with both Starz and Axis, the two seeming to be “outsiders” at this point. Jay also struggled to build trust within his own alliance, constantly ranking as one of the least trusted by his alliance members in the opening days of the premerge portion of the game.

At a high following the Wyatt boot, Jay seemed to be in one of the best positions in not only his tribe, but in the entire game. However, as his tribe lost the final premerge challenge, Jay’s game was scrutinized by the other members of his tribe. From Myth, Travis, and Starz’s perspective, Clasper was a clear easy vote out for their majority alliance. However, Jay pushed heavily to Myth, Travis, and Axis that voting out Starz was a better idea. For a long time, it looked like the plan would seemingly work. But upon comparing notes, both Myth and Travis became growingly weary of Jay’s loyalty to Clasper, especially following Jay proposing to vote out their own alliance member over Clasper, who seemed to them like an inactive outsider

For Jay, this move was completely expected. Jay and Clasper’s friendship transcends Visionary, with the two being absurdly close in real life. Day after day, Clasper ranked on the very top of Jay’s trust rankings, above every other alliance member he had. Jay’s decision to flip on Starz had alerted Myth and Travis to this loyalty, and fearing that Jay was too powerful of a player to keep in the game and that he was not loyal to them, they began to plot. On the six person tribe, Myth possessed the only idol, and was aware that he was the farthest on the merge idol search as well. Fearing that Jay’s loyalty to Clasper was too strong to be overcome, Myth and Travis informed Starz of Jay’s plans and determined that Myth would save Starz with his idol. This move seemed to completely alienate half of the tribe, but nonetheless, Jay was voted out with 3 votes, with Starz’s 3 votes he received nullified by Myth’s idol.

In reality, we have no way to know if Jay would have remained loyal to Myth and Travis at the merge. However, Jay never clarified any plans to turn against the two, and neither did Clasper seem to attempt to force this. From an outsider’s perspective, the vote out of Jay was a horrible decision showing that the two were overplaying and struggling to trust their own allies. However, it still remains true that Jay was undyingly loyal to Clasper, which led to his vote out. Jay was brought to lounge with a horrified reaction from the spectators, all completely dumbfounded at the move that was made that night. Was it the right choice? The world may never know. But the fact remains that Jay was a massive power player all throughout the premerge, playing hard and well from the very first day when he called his own name to claim the first Creator Power.

### Voting History

 There Was A Target Set In Mind
 Loss of a Great Friend
 Wishing You Nothing but Love Bro
 You Should Find Something To Clean Yourself With
 Who Wants To Be My New Sugar Daddy?
 Nobody Can Avoid This Many Bullets Going At The Targets On Their Heads
 Eliminated, Day 18

## Blood vs Water Summary

Visionary Survivor is an ORG that has commonly been known for its dominant winners and less than likely runner-ups. While Jay’s game may not have been the most impressive out of the castaways in Blood vs Water, the conclusion is what really made it unique. Jay is someone who points a heavy emphasis on the importance of relationships in the real world, which translates to a heavy fixation on having a strong social playstyle in the game of Survivor. While he wasn’t the most adept or versatile strategically, he always had his social game to fall back on.

In the initial phase of the game Jay quickly developed the most bonds on the tribe without many really realizing it. He had started to open up many doors and kept his foot in all of them just in case he needed to walk through them later. While this first part of the game wasn’t all that challenging with Wyatt blowing up at the only tribal council the Zeus tribe attended, the foundation he set both on the Zeus tribe and then on the Hera tribe post swap would set the incredible foundation that allowed him to move comfortably come merge.

When the swap came Jay was down in numbers on paper. He had been swapped onto the hera tribe with Epoxy and Matthew in a 5-3 minority situation. But he also had Enrique, his partner who had started the game on the hera tribe and remained their post swap. Like Epoxy and Matthew, Jay unsurprisingly put a massive effort into developing more bonds to ensure his safety. Thankfully, other factors made it easier. With Toon’s social game severely lacking during the swap portion of the game, he had become a super easy target. After they took their only loss at the second post-swap challenge, Toon was in trouble and things were looking up for Jay. The only problem was that since no one talked to him, Toon knew something was up. In an unfortunate turn of events, Toon removed himself from tribal council which canceled all votes and sent everyone else on the tribe to rocks. Epoxy was eliminated at random, which was a fairly decent blow to Jay’s game.

When the tribes merged Jay took a bit of a backseat. Understanding that laying low in a tribe of 13 was the smart thing to do, he settled into a role that would have him play in Enrique’s shadow for the time being. Knowing that his social game was a strong enough asset on its own, he wasn’t too worried about playing too strategically or too physically quite yet. While the first vote didn’t swing his way as Nick was eliminated, both Amani’s and Kaden’s eliminations went perfectly for him. At the final ten Enrique’s hand was starting to be forced, which meant that Jay had to slowly start walking out of the shadows to play a more upfront game. With Kaden gone Enrique had become the main target. His Tribal Council Exit Ticket was enough to save him and eliminate Toon at the final ten, but at the final nine he was vulnerable. After losing immunity, Enrique was voted out and there wasn’t much Jay could’ve done about it.

Despite having just lost his partner, Jay was still in a pretty okay position at the final eight. Other players were emerging as bigger targets, which encouraged Jay to just keep his head down and keep pushing his way to the end subtly. While the rest of the game didn’t necessarily see him calling the shots, he played a key role in assisting Gabe in the eliminations of Giully, Matthew, Joel, and Quizzy. Some might argue that he was just following Gabe’s lead, but in most ways they really just shared a common agenda. That is up until Gabe was voted out at the final four.

With the final tribal council now looming, Jay had a decent shot. While Maji’s game spoke for itself in many ways, Jay was a fighter and knew his way around a speech and had a general knack for solid communication. Thus, the final tribal council ended up being a pretty tightly contested match between the two of them, with Zura struggling to obtain votes. Ultimately, Maji won in a 5-4-1 vote. While Jay did fall one vote shy of winning, his story is one that proved that there can be merit in an under the radar game that doesn’t necessarily have any moves it’s solely responsible for on its resumé. But more importantly, it showed that having a consistent drive can make up for any gap between competitors.