Joey

## *Skatevivor* Career

**Joey** is a contestant on *Skatevivor: Beach City*, the second season of *Skatevivor*. Joey was often left out of the chaotic merge votes all season, but made it far as a reliable and loyal ally. He was eliminated in third place when his long-time ally Simone chose to take their other long-time ally Vivi to Final Tribal Council over him.

## Profile

**Name:** Joey

**Age:** 15

**Pronouns:** he/him

**Timezone:** PST

**Starting tribe:** Garnet

**Which survivor contestant would you say you are most like? Why?**
yaknow, the survivor contestant i'd say im most like is probably like, coach. "death before dishonor" isn't a quote i exactly live by, but to be honest i admire the way coach plays. i dont exactly lie TOO much, if i do lie its to save my ass or its like a white lie lolol. i think im decent at comps like coach is, and i dont know if he really has a social game but i do want a good social game this season. ive only seen like two seasons of survivor so theres not much room for me to compare, but for this game i'd like to play like a combination of todd(china) and coach.
**What is your experience with ORGs (Online Reality Games)?**
i do have quite a bit of experience with ORGs! im coming off of a loss at FTC but prior to that my placements are spotty as ive gone from 3rd to 20th to 9th to 2nd. ive played horrible in all of those games but i feel like ive gotten a grip on how to actually play the game **well** so im excited to see how i do here.
**What is your strategy coming into the game?**
my strategy coming into this game is to make a **damn** good first impression on all my tribemates. i want to have a -good- social game and for that to work i gotta put effort in and i plan on doing that. i want to play under the radar but be impactful but in a way so that others don't catch on. like, i wanna be dominant, but not a threat. if that makes sense. kinda like todd on china, i guess. kinda like a puppetmaster, but not too vocal. finding an idol would be delightful too.
**Would you rather get to the end and be hated or get voted out early and be loved?**
i'd easily prefer to get to the end and be hated. getting out early is just like, not something i want to do regardless if im loved or not, i dont really care about like "validation" or whateva, im playing to win-- and i feel like in my past 3 games ive already played villainous to an extent so the only con is if the jury hates me but im gonna ensure that doesnt happen.
**Is there anything else you want the specs to know?**
Nah i got nothing more for the specs

## Survivor

During the Marooning vote, Joey was relatively quiet but cast his vote for Flava along with the majority of the other castaways. Joey was placed on the challenge dominant Garnet tribe with Simone, Lindsey, Vivi, Rhone, and Treavor. He connected immediately with Vivi as they were the youngest on the tribe, and he was pulled into an alliance with Simone and Vivi, as well as one with Simone, Vivi, and Lindsey. After winning their third immunity challenge in a row, Rhone went to the Kindergarten and the Garnet tribe descended into a paranoid mess. 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 Final 16 swap, Joey was swapped onto the once again challenge dominant Sapphire tribe with his two closest allies, Simone and Vivi; fellow Garnet tribemate Rhone; three Pearls (Brandon, Antony, and Dumpy); and one Amethyst (Jamal). Simone, Vivi, and Joey worried that Rhone would flip on his original tribemates due to the drama on OG Garnet. Vivi told Joey about the idol she found on exile when she went pre-swap, further strengthening their bond.

At the Final 14 swap, Joey was swapped onto Ruby 2.0 into a minority, with only Sapphire 1.0 tribemates Simone and Dumpy swapping with him. Joey was reunited with Lindsey, as well as the three tightly allied Amethysts Nate, Kham, and Isabella. The Amethysts were already plotting to blindside Lindsey, with Nate leading the charge against her in particular. Lindsey, unaware that she was in any danger on her new tribe, chose not to grab the Greed necklace and both tribes went to separate tribal councils. Lindsey believed the vote was on Dumpy since they were perceived as the least talkative member of the tribe. Meanwhile, the Amethysts filled Simone in on the vote, who told Joey, and they both agreed to take out their fellow OG Garnet Lindsey. The Amethysts were initially suspicious of how quickly Simone and Joey agreed to vote with them, but they all voted together to take out Lindsey in a 4-2-1 vote, with Isabella and Kham throwing votes on Joey in case of an idol play.

Ruby 2.0 won the next challenge and the tribes then merged. After Vivi won the first immunity challenge, Joey began to plot an Olly blindside, using his growing connection with Nate to get the Amethysts on board with the plan. The Amethysts, however, were using Joey's name as a decoy. The merge vote shifted when Dumpy leaked the Olly blindside plan to Brandon, who leaked it to Olly and Vivi. Dumpy, Vivi, Olly, and Brandon decided to vote out Kham and pulled in Simone. Simone, in turn, told Jamal about the Kham vote to maintain his trust. At tribal, Vivi played her Garnet idol on Brandon and Olly played Vivi's merge idol on himself, resulting in Kham being sent to the Jury in a 5-4-1-~~1~~ vote. Joey was left out of the vote, but believed Simone spearheaded the move to save him.

At the next vote, Joey won immunity at the auction. With Dumpy as the primary target, since the chaos of the merge vote had been pinned on them, Joey jumped on board and set his vote for Dumpy to go. Brandon, who was initially pushing for Dumpy to go, convinced Vivi and Olly to save Dumpy and vote out Nate instead, who he claimed was the real architect of the merge vote chaos. Simone voted with them and Nate was eliminated in a 7-2-1 vote, with Joey and Nate voting Dumpy, and Isabella voting Vivi out of spite.

During Touchy Subjects, Joey was voted as the biggest goat and tied for most trustworthy. He tied for winning immunity with Dumpy. When the tiebreaker also tied, the two faced off in Tower of Hanoi, ending with Joey winning his second individual immunity. Despite wanting an Olly boot for a while, Joey was left out of the plot hatched by Dumpy, Jamal, Antony, Brandon, and Simone to blindside Olly. He voted for Antony, who became the next member of the Jury when Olly correctly suspected he was being blindsided and played his idol. After Olly won immunity, Brandon tried to throw Dumpy under the bus for the attempted Olly blindside. Joey was once again left out of the vote, voting for Dumpy while Brandon was blindsided in a 5-2-1 vote, with Brandon and Joey voting Dumpy and Dumpy voting Joey.

At the Final 7, Dumpy was once again targeted for the vote after Vivi won immunity, but a new majority alliance of Dumpy, Jamal, Joey, and Simone formed called Fuck The Patriarchy and targeted Olly as a jury threat. Olly was successfully voted out in a 4-3, with Joey voting correctly for once with the majority alliance and Isabella, Vivi, and Olly voting for Dumpy.

At the Final 6 vote, Joey voted with the rest of the tribe to unanimously vote out Isabella due to her perception as a jury threat. During the Final 5 vote, Joey reconnected with his long-time ally Vivi to set his sights on Jamal, and Jamal was eliminated when their Day 2 ally Simone joined them to form a majority. When Simone lost the Final 4 immunity challenge, Joey was open on his decision to vote for her despite her being his closest ally since the beginning of the game. But his plan was ruined when Vivi made *Skatevivor* history and gave Simone her individual immunity necklace to pit herself against Dumpy in a firemaking competition. Dumpy lost, leaving the three original Garnet tribe members as the Final 3.

The Jury was shocked when Simone won the final immunity challenge and chose to single-handedly vote out Joey and take Vivi to Final Tribal Council with her, despite Joey's perceived status as a goat and Vivi's dominant gameplay.

Going into Final Tribal Council, Joey had already promised Simone his vote and stayed true to his word. Simone lost to Vivi in a close 5-4 vote.