Elx

Elx is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Greece, Visionary Survivor: Clash of Casts, and Visionary Survivor: Fans vs Favorites.

## Greece Summary

With most new ORG players, anxiousness and excitedness is a common theme. Elx was no exception. Best known for his final eight blunder, Elx's consistently made good moves too early.

From the start Elx made it clear that he wanted Lime out of the game sooner rather than later. So he figured that the best way to accomplish this would be to align himself with him and gain trust. Within the first week Elx was in two alliances with Lime as well as a side alliance with Kaden and Tiffany. Elx was in good standing with his entire tribe and was playing rather under the radar, especially with only attending one tribal council.

After the tribe swap, Elx was still on a tribe with Lime's core alliance. However, he was separated from his allies Kaden and Tiffany which meant any move against Lime was out of the question. Instead he focused on and continuing to build solid relationships with Play and Rachel. They worked together to eliminate Steven, but afterward Elx decided to side with Lime and cut Play loose when he figured he couldn't trust him.

Once the two tribes merged, Elx was ready take his game to the next level due to being reunited with Kaden and Tiffany. After the first immunity challenge, he immediately started working to gain the numbers to blindside Lime. But before a move could be made, Tiffany was suddenly evacuated from the game. Having lost a number, it was unclear whether or not Elx and Kaden could still pull off the blindside. Fortunately for them, the numbers swayed in their direction as they eliminated Lime in a close 5-4 vote.

With high highs, come low lows. Coming off of the successful Lime blindside, Elx was ready to make his next big move. A bold move at that. Knowing that Shawn had a public idol that he bought at the merge auction, Elx was determined to make a move to flush the idol while also eliminating Kaden in the process. With his targets picked, Elx attempted to form a voting block with every member of Epizón excluding Kaden and Shawn. His plan was to make Shawn feel wary of the vote and get him to play his idol out of discomfort, while eliminating Kaden as the prime target. As expected, Doll leaked this information to Kaden, who had three idols himself. When Kaden received word of this, he, Derek, and Doll all locked their sights onto Elx. Surprisingly, Dilman, Quil, Rachel, and Shawn all remained on board and voted for Kaden. But when Kaden played one of his three idols, Elx was ironically sent home in a 3-5 vote in which the 5 votes on Kaden were nullified.

## Clash of Casts Summary

Known for having a very aggressive playstyle, Elx’s main goal was to use his second chance as a way to chill out his gameplay. In his first season he flipped on an ally, successfully blindsided his biggest target, and almost blindsided the one person who helped him most in blindsiding his biggest target all within three tribal councils. On top of that, coming off of said successful blindside he made a six person alliance at the final eight in order to carry out his blindside attempt. Which ultimately and unshockingly resulted in his elimination when someone exposed Elx and told Kaden to play his idol.

Knowing that he would be a big target simply because he tends to be one, Elx did his best to keep a low profile in the early stages of the game. Unfortunately for him, he was never really able to get the chance to. Since he already had a good relationship with Monkey headed into the season, the two of them naturally came together on the season one alumni tribe. But two wasn’t enough to secure a majority on a five person tribe, so when Derek and Shawn also started forming something, Booty was left as the middleman.

At first Elx and Monkey were able to secure a vote in Booty who felt that Derek and Shawn would become bigger targets later on in the game. But things quickly changed when Derek convinced Booty that Elx was targeting him, which he wasn’t. Luckily, Booty’s vote didn’t matter when Monkey shared with Elx that he had found the hidden immunity idol and was willing to play it on him should he need to. So when they continued to struggle to shift things back their way, Monkey played his idol on Elx and sent Shawn home in a dramatic, opening \*3-2 vote.

While Elx’s struggles were put on a short pause after Samantabhadra won immunity, an incoming tribe swap sent him from the top to the bottom of his tribe. What really stung about the swap was that he was separated from his main ally Monkey, and to make matters worse he was swapped onto a tribe with Derek. Once the newly formed tribes settled at camp, Derek immediately started campaigning to get Elx eliminated, telling everyone about Monkey’s idol play and the tight bond Elx and Monkey share. This was more than enough to get Elx eliminated as he was already an easy target anyway. So when the new Manjusri tribe lost the first post swap challenge, Elx was sent packing in a near unanimous 7-1-1 vote.

### Voting History

 We're A Bomb Waiting To Explode
 I Will Be Back!
 Eliminated, Day 8

## Fans vs Favorites Summary

From being the first person idol’d out of the game in season one to having a rather disappointing showing in season five, Fans vs Favorites presented the opportunity for Elx to redeem himself. At the start of the season Elx quickly linked up with Bandit and felt strongly toward Ry as well. Things were looking up for Elx as everyone quickly targeted Izaak after Raykar Pord lost the first challenge. While the Favorites’ easy vote was delayed a bit by Kiibo quitting the game on day two, Izaak was taken out in a unanimous vote after the Favorites lost the second challenge.

The Favorites losing the first five challenges of the season made it difficult for Elx to develop any sort of social traction within his tribe. Having lost Bandit at the second tribal council, Elx was struggling to maintain his relationships. After Bandit was eliminated, Elx decided to join forces with Booty and Slug despite them having been the reasons bandit was blindsided. But the threat of the three remaining season six veterans was too risky to not do anything about. At the next tribal council Elx was targeted by the Haiti vets while he, Booty, and Slug targeted Ephraim. Hoeah was the deciding vote, and after he locked into working with the season 6 veterans it seemed as though Elx’s game was over. But after Ry forgot to vote the votes tied 3-3 and Elx was spared as Ephraim was eliminated by wheel. However, Elx’s fortune didn’t last too long.

With six castaways left on the favorites tribe, four votes were needed for a majority. The numbers sound simple, but the tribe was evenly split 3-3 with neither side giving anything to the other. But in a work of social genius, Giully managed to play off of the stubbornness of her tribemates. Booty, Elx, and Slug all agreed that they would vote for Ry. Knowing that Elx and Slug were dead set on Ry, Giully talked to Booty. But Giully didn’t necessarily need to get Booty to flip, all she needed to do was get Booty to write down a different name than Elx and Slug. After Booty was so turned off by his conversation with Giully, it worked when he voted for Giully without confirming with Elx and Slug. Giully had forced a 3-2-1 vote and Elx was eliminated.

### Voting History

 After This Season I'm Gonna Have So Much Instagram Followers
 I'm Literally Gonna Drown Myself
 This Was An INTENSE Vote
 Literally On The Edge
 I Really Hope It Isn't Me
 Eliminated, Day 11

## Return Interviews

* Fans vs Favorites

**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?**
Let's just be honest here, it's strategic play. My season one strategy was here and there and everywhere. I was impulsive on everything and I just need to take a chill pill this season. I will improve by planning out moves and executing them at the RIGHT time rather than executing them when I think of them.
**What was the biggest mistake you made when playing in your first season? How did you learn from it?**
Well this one is quite simple for me, I'M THE ERIK OF VISIONARY! I need to make my legacy as a good player, NOT an Erik! I made a 6 person alliance with Kaden's closest ally, Doll in it. Not smart at all. Also, eliminating Play was a HUGE mistake. I've learned from it because now I don't make moves as hastily and take more time to think about them usually!
**Have you spectated any seasons besides the one you competed on? Have any other castaways stood out to you?**
Oh yeah, I've watched the first three! Someone who stood out to me personally was Blair. I know this would be the answer for lots of people but like Blair is iconic and played a near flawless game. Someday I hope to be like Blair.
**How has Visionary Survivor impacted you?**
It's the most professional and best ORG I've ever played in, that's how! Everything from the outstanding casting, to the survivor talk, to the great community just makes me love Discord even more! It's the best server that I'm in and I love it so much, man. Thank you for making me a big part of the community and returning means a lot to me. For real.
**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?**

As I mentioned earlier in the interview, I WANT REVENGE FOR SEASON ONE. This might be second chances, but if Kaden is in this season I WILL MAKE SURE THAT HE'S GONE IN AN INSTANT. My legacy will be refined fully by winning the first ever returning season of Visionary. This is MY moment. Mine...
**What does it mean to you to be considered a Fan Favorite in the Visionary community?**
Means a lot, didn't expect to get voted in because like half the server thinks I'm annoying. But to EVERYONE who voted me in I wanna say thank you. Thank you for giving me another shot at this amazing game and I am representing everyone who voted me in by playing. I hope I can win for you all.
**What are your expectations for this season in terms of competition?**
Less than Season 5, more than Season 1. I expect Booty to be in... sighhhhhh. I expect slug to be in and he could be easy to manipulate if I'm being honest. Uhhh let's see who else? Giully? She'll definitely work with me I'd say. I think Schmutz could be fun. THE POINT IS I'm liking my chances more than normal!
**How do you expect the mixed cast of veterans and newbies to impact the season? Are you more nervous about the veterans returning or the newbies who are getting their first chance?**
Vets for sure! The noobs can leave. Vets have experience... I can control the new players. Who knows though you tend to find some really good new players!
**Coming in as the veterans of the season do you feel that it’s the Favorites job to uphold their stature and give the Fans a tough fight?**
Oh yeah, we're gonna demolish 'em... saying this I'm thinking its gonna be a Survivor Amazon and we gonna lose the first challenge. But yeah we're gonna be focused and we'll know what to do more than the fans.
**What’s your main goal this season now that you’ve been given another chance?**