Ethan Hentzel

* All-Stars
* Subv3rsion

**Ethan Hentzel** is the winner of *Subv3rsion* and *Subversion All-Stars*. In his first season he received a score of 49/50 on the Final Quiz. In his second season he received a score of 50/50 on the Final Quiz.

## Subv3rsion

### Game Summary

Ethan's winning game in Subv3rsion is not remembered for its sheer dominance or its smooth path to the end. Instead, it's remembered for its underdog story where despite not locking in on The Mole until Quiz 10, Ethan persevered to the endgame through strategic splitting, filtering of information and outright determination. After a very shaky Quiz 1, Ethan relied mostly on his relationships to Soumya, Sarah, Jabbar & Hot Girl Chris in order to get truthful information about the game. However, after losing allies Sarah & Hot Girl Chris in the second and third executions of the season, Ethan knew he had to regroup and forge his own path in order to make it to the end. Unbeknownst to Ethan and to his benefit, Jabbar was added to a power alliance of himself, Johnny & Gabby where Johnny told them both with absolute certainty who The Mole was. Jabbar kept this information to himself, while always throwing suspicion onto Noah whenever he could in order to hopefully keep Ethan from being executed. This proved to be effective, and round by round Ethan and his closest ally Soumya narrowly escaped execution by always being slightly better than those around them. Things began to unravel when rival Ryan decided to play the **RizGod's Revenge Advantage** against Ethan in Round 6, cutting his quiz time in half from 20 minutes to 10. However, what would normally be seen as a disadvantage, quickly helped Ethan practice on quiz time and accuracy, and ultimately became a huge turning point in the game for him. The push from there on out became splitting successfully alongside Soumya, and slowly ruling out the final suspects that they had. Having an ally who was more of a risk-taker than Ethan, proved to pay him back tenfold when Soumya was able to rule out suspect Louise in Quiz 9, and Gabby in Quiz 10 through her own execution. After definitively figuring out that The Mole was Noah all along, Ethan went on to be the fastest/most accurate in the last 2 quizzes of the season. At the 50-question Final Quiz, while Ethan made a small error in counting Noah's exemptions throughout the season, he still managed to pull off the win by tying Louise with a score of 49 out of 50 and having a faster quiz time than her.

## Subversion All-Stars

### Game Summary

Being one of only two returning winners to come back for All-Stars, Ethan knew that he would have to drastically change his approach to the season in order to produce similar results. Splitting until Quiz 10 was just not an option this time around, especially in a cast full of incredible quiz-takers. Change did indeed happen, and from the very start, Ethan quickly became one of the most polarizing players in the game attributable to being so vocal about his opinions during *Money Race*. MuffyGate™ came and went, and with it left a seemingly divided cast—people who were open to working with Ethan, and people who wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. After defending ally Soumya in *7 Rooms and A Boom*, Ethan widened the gap between himself and his opposers even further by re-purchasing dossiers that were already bought by Ryan just to piss them off. While this action cut off many potential allies for Ethan, it also cemented Soumya's unwavering loyalty for the remainder of the game—something that would prove to be very profitable. After quite a rough first two rounds of the game, Ethan would begin to work on other relationships that he could try and depend on. He quickly found himself in the likes of Gabby, Johnny, Geneva & Hammond. Following the creation of these new relationships, Ethan purchased the **-1 Advantage** from the Token Store, dead set on using it on longtime rival Ryan. Despite sending him into a three-way tie, Ryan survived the execution making Ethan feel uneasy about the future of the game. After Geneva's surprising execution in Round 5, Ethan finally entertained the idea of Dani being The Mole—something that Soumya had been pleading to him for almost two rounds now. Knowing he had to be riskier in approach this time around, Ethan decided to go all-in on Soumya's suspect Dani, hoping that he had finally figured out the answer. After surviving the Round 6 double execution, both Ethan and ally Soumya felt confident about Dani being this season's Mole. Due to unfortunate circumstances and a constant flow of information, once the Round 9 Live Night took place, the game officially became a certified speed race. Ethan began to tighten up his notes and focus on his speed, getting faster in every quiz that he took. With the help of the **Three Witches Advantage**, Ethan broke the then-current fastest perfect score record by 28 seconds, getting a time of 1:53. After losing his final ally Soumya in Round 10, Ethan made a slight mistake on Quiz 11 and thought he was dead in the water. To his amazement however, Blake made the same mistake, and a faster time qualified Ethan into yet another finale. Determined to get a perfect 50/50 this season, and vowing not to fumble like he did on Quiz 11, Ethan perfected his notes and quiz-taking strategies going into the Final Quiz. While he may not have been the odds-on favorite to win, a costly mistake made by Focer, while also tying and outpacing Kelly, propelled Ethan to victory once again, becoming *Subversion's* first two-time winner.

## Trivia

* Ethan is the first contestant to win two seasons of *Subversion*.
* Ethan is the first and only *Subversion* winner to not receive a single exemption throughout a season.
	+ Coincidentally, he achieved the same feat in a following season, making it two whole seasons without receiving safety from an exemption.
* Ethan co-holds the record for the fastest perfect quiz score, with a time of 1:53.
	+ He shares this record with Sam Focer, who also got the same time in *Subversion All-Stars*.
* Ethan co-holds the record for most career perfect scores, with a total of 7.
	+ He shares this record with Louise Thurkle and Kelly Farmar.
* Ethan co-holds the record for the most executions survived in a single season, with 11 in both *Subv3rsion* & *Subversion All-Stars*.
	+ He shares this record with all of the other Finalists of *Subversion*.
* Ethan co-holds the record for most career executions survived, with a total of 22.
	+ He shares this record with Kelly Farmar and Sam Focer.