Felipe

**Felipe** (felipereis11011#5250) placed 11th in Season 6 & 16th in Survivor Season 10.

New to ORGs, Felipe initially got off on the wrong foot on the Moto Tribe. Marked as a potential first boot due to being too shy to message much (despite being online, maybe the most out of every Moto member), Felipe eventually warmed up to their tribe to survive the vote. Despite being on the outs of the Moto majority alliance and being the backup target for all three votes they attended, Felipe was able to worm their way in with Ives in particular by promising to be a messy shield, causing irreparable damage with other people’s games to entice her. This worked, and awoke a newfound love for having fun and being messy within the game for Felipe. Now one to confessional often about wanting to make flips and that majority alliances are boring, Felipe became a fan favorite due to their outright disdain for playing a “boring” safe game due to fun being their main priority for joining. At the merge, Felipe was playing all sides of the island, which was noticed by a few other players. This led to their perception  shifting from that of a fun ally and shield to a liability, as their allegiance was in question. Despite this, it was not until after the Captaincy results that Felipe was in true danger. Danny wanted to form a “mega majority” of every player but the OG Isasabai, which Felipe hated due to being “boring.” When the trust list came back, all but Felipe that would be in the majority were on the “most trusted” list, further rubbing Felipe the wrong way. Felipe decided to reach out to the Isasabai 4 to warn them of the 7 person majority forming. This would prove to be the nail in their coffin, as Penny and Kev instantly ratted on Felipe despite their words holding true. Caught now by everyone in the game for playing all sides, Felipe began to unravel and flip-flop allegiance often within a 24 hour time span, promising something to everyone. They even managed to burn the bridge with their number one, Ives, when explaining poorly why they contacted the Bottoms and implied accidentally that it was an alliance against her. Felipe continued to panic and fight for their life, but it was to no avail as the rest of the island now felt that nothing they said could be taken at face value. As such, Felipe unfortunately was voted out of Survivor for the first time in their career in a near unanimous 9-1-1 vote. They are remembered for their very pleasant personality and desire to play hard for fun rather than coast to a safe win.

Returning in Season 10, Felipe had a rocky start on the Katibo Tribe. Placed onto the Brawn Tribe for his positive attitude, Felipe would find himself quickly relegated to the bottom when he was either not social enough to most of the tribe, or gave “bad vibes” to them, particularly AJ. AJ would form a one sided intense distrust of Lucas and Felipe, the latter of which was heightened significantly when Felipe wrote down his name. At Katibo’s first Tribal Council, Felipe was an easy consensus boot due to being deemed inactive, as well as pushing Beetnorf’s name who was actually someone who’d have been willing to work with Felipe if the chance arose. However, Felipe possessed the Katibo Hidden Immunity Idol, and after being tipped off by Lucas would end up playing it, negating 6 votes against himself and creating a tie between Lucas & AJ. Lucas would ironically then go home, despite being the person to tip Felipe off to danger in the first place. The Katibo Tribe would proceed to be particularly blunt toward Felipe, mocking him at Tribal Council and explaining his gameflaws to him. Felipe would vow to improve, and it seemed like he was attempting to be more social initially as Ben was beginning to form a plan of him, Beetnorf, Felipe, and possibly AJ flipping the tribe on Dylan. However, this would quickly seem to vanish and only get worse once the tribes swapped. On Nu-Katibo, Felipe would be pegged once again as inactive. This time would seem to be a repeat of his OG flaw albeit a bit worse, talking to only 1-2 tribemates max and ignoring all of the others. Due to this, it was not a shock when even those willing to flip and make moves once again chose the safe option, seeing Felipe as an unreliable ally. He would be met with a 7-1 boot, proving the importance of at least responding to your tribemates more than once after a loss.