Vivi

## *Skatevivor* Career

**Vivi** is the Sole Survivor of *Skatevivor: Beach City*, the second season of *Skatevivor*. After finding an idol in the pre-merge that quickly became public knowledge, Vivi came into the merge with perhaps the biggest target on her back. Despite her threat level, Vivi managed to survive the chaotic merge to make it to the endgame, where her close partnership with her Day 2 ally Simone helped secure her a spot at Final Tribal Council. Vivi ultimately beat Simone in a 5-4 jury vote and became Skatevivor's second Sole Survivor. She also won the Villain of the Season award alongside Simone.

## Profile

**Name:** Vivi

**Age:** 16

**Pronouns:** she/they

**Timezone:** GMT

**Starting tribe:** Garnet

**Which survivor contestant would you say you are most like? Why?** ... is this a bad time to admit i've never watched a single episode of survivor? so, an actual answer, with the help of some friends and what i've generally heard: i've been compared as a player to Chaos Kass a lot, though i've never really looked into who she actually *is.* from what i generally understand, the comparison comes from my audacious gameplay, particularly my lackadaisy attitude towards flipping. i've done it a lot in games, out of boredom or fear i was on the bottom - with the latter, i'm right most if not all of the time, to be fair. it's just easy to get a villainous reputation for it, ya know? that or i just hate my tribemates. it's easy to hate people for me. it's also easy to love 'em too, but i'll spare y'all the sap. though another part of it is that i'm not afraid to make a scene when needed - i'm aggressive, i'm sarcastic, i'm controversial and i don't particularly care what other people think of me. either you love or you hate me, not my deal .not to disappoint, but i can't promise you that style of gameplay here, though i can promise the snark.

**What is your experience with ORGs (Online Reality Games)?** i've been playing discord orgs since february 2020! i played a couple forum orgs before then, but i don't particularly count them because they were filled to the brim with same old challenges and pregaming. my fav ones there were anon. /shrug. while the first couple games for me were kinda like, dog in a swimming pool as i got a feel for the way things worked (especially the increased social demand, i didn't know how to go about that at all), i've been gradually getting better - culminating in a recent 8-2-0 win in Cobvivor. mwuah xoxo.  ... i went straight back to merge blowup for the kicks for my next one though. i can't pass up a chance to force rocks at f14 even if it does make everyone hate me.

 **What is your strategy coming into the game?** there's two possible ways i could play this, but every game starts with my intention to be a decent person this time around. guess where it usually goes. if you answered "down the drain" congratulations! from what i can tell by the spec chat, this server's a lot more ... mature than the servers i'm used to. or at least that's the general vibe, the people seem a lot more adult and i think that's going to be hard to get used to? i'm not the best with connecting to older people. i can't make a complete call until seeing the actual *cast*, but i don't think i'll be able to get away with my usual bullshittery without making an utter clown of myself. so i'm going with one of my favourite strategies - "go the fuck to bed". someone being a dumbass and blowing shit up? shut ur mouth and go to sleep and see what's going on in the morning. sticking my nose into shit leads to me sparking more shit. in general, i think i said this in my interview/application, but i work best as a duo - latching onto someone i can trust and work with wholeheartedly is a strategy that's gotten me far in other orgs, and has kept me sane. the person tends to be usually a lot strategically stronger than i am, since i'm not the greatest at hatching plots - i'm a cute sidekick and i know it, if ya get me. i also find it hard to stick to loyalty beyond a duo, if i do at all? and breaking hearts is fun and all, but the "fuck you vivi" after tribals is ... not. i'd prefer to avoid that this time. so the plan really is to find a prince charming <3 and find some people i can ride out this early preswap period with before seeing what happens at a swap. chances are? i'll try and stay loyal, but we'll see. keyword is try anyways.

**Would you rather get to the end and be hated or get voted out early and be loved?** easy pick: early and loved. almost all (soon to be all) of the orgs I’ve gone prejury in, I’ve had the chance to return and do better in because of going early + loved, and it just makes for a more satisfying experience as a player. even without the chance of returning, it’s just nicer to see specs cry over you being robbed over them calling you a bad winner or undeserving of your position. i don’t mind being hated by the players, n sometimes I even revel in it, but it depends on the reason - when it crosses over to specs ive either attacked a fan fav or crossed a line and im just like, not comfortable with that.

**Is there anything else you want the specs to know?** i should hopefully be doing voice confessionals this season, ft. my dog - they’re quiet and I tend to ramble so they’re probably not desperate watching, but if you like a British accent they’re fun. also don’t expect 100% coherency here because while I love my paragraphs I also love taking screenshots and snarking. personal equivalent of looking into the camera like I’m on the office. o ye and one more thing: imaybestupid

## Survivor

After Flava was exiled in the marooning vote , Vivi was placed on the dominant but chaotic Garnet tribe with Lindsey, Simone, Joey, Rhone, and Treavor. Vivi immediately hit it off with Simone and the two formed three alliances together: one with Simone, Vivi, and Joey, one with Simone, Vivi, and Lindsey, and one with all four of them. Garnet went on to win the first challenge, and Vivi's ally Simone got to go to the Kindergarten with Olly. When she returned, she shared information about the nature of the Kindergarten with Vivi.

In the second cycle, Lindsey used a randomizer to help the tribe decide who to send to the Kindergarten, but “rigged” it so Vivi could go. After Garnet won again, Vivi met Pixiel in the Kindergarten. The two bonded, and Pixiel chose to share her idol clue with Vivi. Both of them found the correct Twitter account, but Pixiel couldn't find the correct video. Vivi solved the idol hunt and, upon realizing the idol could only be claimed when back at camp, gave Pixiel all the steps to solve it, although the Pearl idol had already been found by Olly at this point.

Vivi found the Garnet idol upon returning to camp in the third cycle. She ultimately decided to tell Simone and Lindsey about her idol, and almost immediately after doing so, Vivi (and Simone) got worried that Lindsey was acting suspiciously. Shortly before Rhone went to the Kindergarten, he told Treavor that Vivi had thrown his name out. Treavor confronted Vivi about this and she tried to smooth things over, but he felt he could no longer trust her. The Garnet tribe descended into a paranoid mess while Rhone was at the Kindergarten. The exact nature of the OG Garnet drama was difficult for Hosts and specs to follow, but it largely stemmed from paranoia around alliances and who would be targeted if the tribe went to Tribal Council.

At the first Swap, Vivi swapped to Sapphire 1.0. Sapphire - made up of four Garnets (Vivi, Simone, Joey, and Rhone), three Pearls (Brandon, Antony, and Dumpy), and one Amethyst (Jamal) - went on to dominate the next two challenges. Vivi, Simone, and Joey worried that Rhone might flip on them despite their OG Garnet connection. Unbeknownst to Vivi, her idol had already been exposed to Olly (and perhaps others) by Lindsey on Ruby 1.0.

Vivi swapped to Sapphire 2.0 at the second swap, staying on the tribe with Rhone, Brandon, Antony, and Jamal. Olly and Treavor came over from Ruby 1.0 and brought with them the fallout from the Pixiel vote at the previous tribal council. Treavor told Rhone about Vivi's idol, and Olly informed Vivi that Lindsey had leaked her idol on the previous tribe. Brandon, wanting to capitalize on the rift between Treavor and Vivi from the OG Garnet days, formed a majority alliance with himself, Vivi, Antony, and Olly called Groot. During Greed, Vivi seriously considered taking the necklace but ultimately decided against it. After no one took the Greed necklace, this alliance of four targeted Treavor, and led Rhone, Jamal, and Treavor to believe that Antony was the vote instead. Treavor threw his vote on Brandon in case Antony had an idol, but was blindsided in a 4-2-1 vote instead. On his way out of tribal, Treavor publicly called out Vivi for having the idol.

Sapphire 2.0 headed back to tribal council the following round, where Rhone emerged as the obvious target. He made a last-ditch effort to save himself by trying to put the target on Vivi and her idol, but was unsuccessful. When the two tribes merged at the Final 11, Vivi reunited with Simone and the two set their sights on breaking up the Amethysts at the first merge vote. Vivi found the merge idol and she and Simone tried to put a target on Kham by saying he found it. Now in possession of two idols, Vivi went on to win the first individual immunity challenge of the season.

After results, Joey started pushing for an Olly blindside. The Amethysts, particularly Nate and Kham, jumped on board with the Olly blindside plan with Joey as the decoy. The merge vote shifted when Dumpy leaked the Olly blindside plan to Brandon, who leaked it to Olly and Vivi in a new alliance called Hmmmm. Dumpy, Vivi, Olly, and Brandon decided to vote out Kham and pulled in Simone. The subsequent scrambling led to the most chaotic tribal of the season, wherein Brandon and Antony's names were also thrown out as targets. Vivi, worried that her idols were putting too big of a target on her back, transferred her merge idol to Olly.. At tribal, Vivi played her Garnet idol on Brandon to ensure his safety, and Olly played Vivi's merge idol on himself. Dumpy threw their vote on Olly to try to cover their tracks and hide the fact that they were the one who leaked the Olly plan to Brandon, Olly, and Vivi. Kham was eliminated in a 5-4-1-~~1~~ vote, with Brandon receiving no votes against him and Olly negating Dumpy's rogue vote against him.

At Final 10, Dumpy found themselves in hot water due to their role in the chaos of the merge vote. Vivi planned to stick close to Olly and Brandon, and the three of them began questioning Dumpy's motives and why they ended up being the only Olly vote. Once Brandon realized that Dumpy was acting in good faith, he convinced Vivi and Olly to push for a Nate vote instead. who was voted out 7-2-1, with Joey and Nate voting Dumpy and Isabella voting Vivi out of spite. Around this time, Vivi and Isabella's game relationship grew increasingly tense.

At the Final 9, Brandon decided to make his move against Vivi and Olly. Knowing Olly still had the Pearl idol, Brandon rallied Simone, Antony, Jamal, and Dumpy to blindside Olly with the idol in his pocket, leaving Isabella, Olly, Vivi, and Joey in the dark by telling them the vote was Antony. Surprisingly, no one leaked the vote to Olly. However, Olly grew suspicious that he was being blindsided and told Vivi and Isabella. Vivi didn't believe that they were actually being blindsided since she assumed Simone would tip her off if a vote was being made against her. Olly played the idol on himself, successfully negating the five votes against him and sending Antony out of the game with just three votes against him.

Vivi came into the next round initially feeling betrayed by Simone, but decided to maintain their relationship because she ultimately believed that Simone was possibly trying to keep Vivi safe by leaving her out of the loop. Vivi and Isabella, both on the "bottom" after the last round, repaired the rift between them and grew close. After Olly won immunity, Brandon tried to throw Dumpy under the bus for the attempted Olly blindside. A new alliance of Jamal, Simone, and Vivi formed, and they redirected the vote onto Brandon, recruiting Olly and Isabella to vote with them, blindsiding Brandon in a 5-2-1 vote.

Vivi won her second individual immunity of the season at the Final 7, and Dumpy was once again targeted. Unbeknownst to Vivi, a new majority alliance of Dumpy, Jamal, Joey, and Simone formed called Fuck The Patriarchy and targeted Olly as a jury threat. To avoid hurting Vivi's feelings by blindsiding her twice, Simone told Vivi she was voting Olly shortly before the vote. With Olly's blindside, Vivi lost a close ally and once again felt betrayed by Simone.

After being on the wrong side of the vote, Vivi began feeling very down at her chances of getting any votes at Final Tribal Council. When Isabella was targeted at the Final 6, Vivi sadly voted her out. At the Final Five, Simone and Vivi began to wonder if Jamal, Dumpy, and Joey likely planned to go to Final 3 together. Despite Simone's previous betrayals of Vivi, the two grew closer and closer as the game went on, and Simone expressed her desire to sit at the end with Vivi as the only two women left in the game. Still, Vivi felt she would need to cut Simone before the end if she wanted to win. After Dumpy won the Final 5 immunity challenge, Joey told Vivi that he planned on voting her out, and she got to work convincing Joey to vote someone else instead. Vivi ultimately convinced Joey to vote out Jamal with her and Simone, who was blindsided in a shocking 3-2 vote.

At the Final Four, Vivi considered throwing the immunity challenge. She had previously promised Simone that she would give her immunity if she won, but didn't want to risk sitting next to Simone at the end. However, she ultimately decided not to throw and, after winning the challenge, gave up her immunity necklace to Simone. In exchange, Simone let Vivi make fire against Dumpy. Vivi easily beat Dumpy in the slide puzzle, sending them to the jury.

Simone won final immunity and made good on her intention to go to the end with Vivi, quickly casting her vote against Joey. Vivi initially felt down about her odds of beating Simone at Final Tribal Council, and worried that she was seen as a goat. She highlighted her strong endgame gameplay and her ability to save herself despite her threat level, but felt that she wasn't going to be able to get the votes necessary to win. However, unbeknownst to Vivi, the jury was very high on her gameplay going into FTC. While Simone managed to change a few juror's minds, Vivi's impressive ability to survive despite her target helped secure her the win in a 5-4 Jury vote, making her *Skatevivor*'s second Sole Survivor.

At the reunion, Vivi also won the Villain of the Season award alongside her partner in crime Simone.

### Voting history

**^1** In *"DO WHAT’S RIGHT AND NOT WHAT’S EASY"*, Vivi gave up individual immunity to Simone and beat Dumpy in firemaking.

## Trivia

* Vivi has the distinction of being the first *Skatevivor* player to accomplish several things:
	+ First *Skatevivor* player to find more than one idol in a season.
	+ First *Skatevivor* player to transfer an idol to someone else.
	+ First *Skatevivor* player to play an idol on another player.
	+ First *Skatevivor* player to give individual immunity to another player.