Jake A

**Jake A** was a contestant on **Trinity Survivor: Twilight Town** & **Trinity Survivor: Forged by Fire.**

New to the ORG community, Jake came into Trinity as an outsider with limited history known about the other contestants. He would start on the Renraku tribe consisting of 7 people where he built strong connections with the likes of Nick and Vlad, only to be separated at the swap. He would then build the strong bonds with Blake, Stoner and Jabbar which ultimately helped them become the final four. After a tie vote of 4-4-1, Jabbar chose to crown Stoner as the winner, leaving Jake with second place.

 8 seasons later, Jake was invited to compete in Trinity All-Stars where he started on the Kubou tribe, a tribe consisting of 7 people once again. Jake built very strong alliances with Jesse, Madison and Joel early on to take control of Early Kubou, until a swap set the apart. During this time Jake grew connections to people like: Blake, Tim, Keaton, Maynor and Connor which helped him navigate to and through the merge. His close relationship to Jesse was key as they were behind almost every vote that occurred. Unfortunately once Tim was removed from the game at final 5, that left him vulnerable and seen as the biggest threat at final four, where he was voted out 3-1, to his surprise. He was crowned Player of the Season for Forged by Fire.

## Twilight Town

Jake started on the Renraku tribe consisting of 7 people: Jake, Austin, Matt, Vlad, Nick, Zach and Nin. Early on, Jake felt very connected to Vlad and Nick, as they created a three person alliance. He also felt like he had a good relationship with Austin and Matt, which put Jake in a good position. However, there came a twist where the contestants would get knowledge of how they would be swapped in the coming rounds. This put a target on Jake and Austin, as they were the only two that would be swapped to a different tribe. Because of his relationship with Vlad and Nick, Austin was voted out at the second tribal council. After winning the next two immunities, the Yellow tribe lost again. Jake was the clear target, but used his relationship with Nick and Vlad to try and gain numbers. Matt decided to flip and vote with Nick, Vlad and Jake to vote Zach out in 4-2 blindside. Once the tribes were swapped, Jake was now on the Machi tribe with Stoner, Blake, Jabbar, Luis, Rory and Jake S. Once again, Jake found himself in the minority position as the only one from his original tribe. However, with Rory rubbing his old tribe the wrong way, it made him a target. Stoner, Luis, Jabbar and Blake all voted with Jake against Rory for a 5-2 blindside. The next round Jake S did poorly in the challenge, so the tribe agreed to a unanimous vote against him. This brought Jake to the merge with many options.

Once the merge hit, Jake had a few different routes he could go. He still had Nick, Vlad and Matt from og Renraku and Stoner, Luis, Blake and Jabbar from new Machi. Jake noticed that Nin had been a very social player that had voted for him in the past, so he was weary about where he stood. Jake organized for his two alliances to come together and take out Nin at merge, thus opening the game. Shortly after, Heather was removed from the game. At the final 10, Jake was one of the 5 who won immunity so he did not have to vote, but he saw the blindside of Vlad, one of his closest allies. This sparked tension between Jake and Blake as the majority could no longer trust Blake. However, as the majority gained control by ousting Luis, Matt, and Alex, Jake found himself in good standing with everyone left in the game. At final 7, Jake was told that Blake had an idol so knowing the majority was voting Blake, he let him in on the plan in order to blindside AJ, being too close to Stoner. At final 6, Jake wanted to save his long time ally, Nick, but Nick let Stoner in on the plan, thus causing Nick to leave unanimously. At final 5, a final 3 of Jabbar, Jake and Stoner was locked in with Blake as the next target. However, Jabbar gave up immunity to Blake, thus putting Jake in a vulnerable position yet again. Jabbar and Stoner held true to their final 3 and voted out Connor. At final 4, Jake and Stoner lasted in a four hour long endurance competion where Jake took home his one and only immunity win this season. With a hard decison, Jake felt Blake played the strongest game, so Jabbar, Jake and Stoner became the final 3.

During FTC, Jake pleaded that he had more hoops to jump through than the others, and didn't get to hide behind idols or immunities to keep himself safe. However, the jury was impressed by Stoner's ability to keep his threat level down, even with an idol. Jake received 4 votes from the jury including: Nick, Vlad, Luis and Connor. However, with Stoner and Jake tying, Jabbar got to break the tie, where he voted for Stoner to win the game, giving Jake second place.

## Forged by Fire

During All Stars, Jake started on the Kubou tribe with: Joel, X, Madison, Grace, Livingston and Jesse. Based on previous connections, Jake felt comfortable with Grace and Joel as he knew them prior. He also bonded rather quickly to Madison and Jesse. When they lost the first immunity challenge, Joel was seen as an easy target due to low activity. Jake and Jesse felt however that they could work with Joel, and they were worried about how close Livingston, Grace and X were. Half the tribe wanted Joel out while the other half wanted Livingston out, so this put Jake and Jesse in the middle, where they ultimately chose to make Livingston the first boot due to his connections on other tribes. The next challenge Kubou lost again and chose to vote out Grace because X had better connections with the tribe.

Once the tribes swapped, Jake found himself on a tribe with Jesse, Joel, Tim, Jay, Jerry, Pietro and Tylor. This where Jake would spend time building his relationship with Tim and Pietro, while solidifying a solid core with Jesse. This tribe never went to tribal council.

Once the tribes swapped again, Jake found himself on a tribe with Blake, Connor, Madison, Jake S, Ned and Tawni. Jake quickly reconnected with Blake and Connor while also bringing Madison in to create a majority alliance. After their first loss, Jake S, Tawni and Ned were targeting Connor, but Jake, Connor, Madison and Blake wanted to break up that trio. Due to the "Save Votes" twist of the season, Blake, Jake A and Connor all had extra votes, thus Jake came up with the plan to split the votes on Ned and Tawni because Ned likely had the idol. As expected, Ned played the idol to negate 4 votes leaving a 3-3 tie between Tawni and Connor. In the revote Tawni was voted out 5-2. At the next vote, the majority decided to vote for Jake S over Ned because Connor was debating on flipping to vote out Madison, so the majority thought Jake and Connor were closer. The tribes swapped once again, but during a Live immunity challenge the tribes were told that someone on each tribe would win individual immunity. Jake was able to do the longest wall sit on his tribe so he won individual immunity. The tribe unanimously voted out Tylor in 15th.

Once the tribes merged, there were two very clear sides formed. Jake had connections with Connor, Jesse, Madison, Blake, Tim, and Keaton, however the other side was targeting Connor due to his flip flop gameplay. A new alliance was formed consisting of: Jake, Blake, Jesse and Madison known as the Absentee Ballots. Knowing the votes weren't there to save Connor, they decided to save their votes in hopes of making a move the next round. Connor was voted out in 13th. Keeping the saved votes a secret, the Absentee Ballots planned to target one from the group of: Pietro, Jerry, Rachael, Ned, Jay and Tim. With a vote of 9-7, (most votes in Trinity history) Ned was blindsided. The sides were now clearly: Jake, Jesse, Madison, Blake, Keaton and Maynor vs. Pietro, Jerry, Rachael, Tim and Jay. One side was targeting Jerry while the other was targeting Jesse, however two idols were played. Jesse played her own while Pietro played his on Jerry thus negating every vote. During the scramble, the new targets were now Jake vs Pietro. With Tim as the person in the middle, it was up to him to decide who left. Jake's relationship with Tim ultimately got Tim to flip on his alliance and keep Jake in the game, giving Pietro 11th. The next round Jake saw Rachael as one of the leaders of the opposing alliance that could also win immunity, however she had connections with people like Blake and Tim, who Jake was also working with. With help from Jesse, Madison, Keaton and Maynor they were able to make the move on Rachael for 10th, while others saved votes thinking Keaton was the boot. At the final 9, Jake was in a good position but the trio of Madison, Keaton and Maynor started gaining a lot of attention. Jake won immunity this round and felt something was going to happen, but listened to his alliance and voted for Jerry. However, Madison was blindsided by a vote of 6-5.

There were now two sides at final 8 with Keaton, Jake, Jesse and Maynor on one side and Blake, Tim, Jay and Jerry on the other. With the likelihood of anyone flipping very low, Jake and Jesse decide to save their votes, thus sacrificing Keaton in 8th place. At final 7, Jake and Jesse found themselves with their 4 votes and Maynor. Thinking ahead, they figured that Tim and Blake were going to want to save their votes, so they organized to save their votes, so they could gain majority at final 6. At the vote, everyone except for Jay and Maynor saved their votes with Jay voting for Blake and Maynor voting for Jay. As the only person to revote, Maynor voted Jay out in 7th. Now having 3 votes in the final 6, Jake felt good as he had a final 3 planned for himself, Tim and Jesse. With the final 6 vote being a live vote and discussion, there was no time to plan. Jake knew that he needed Jerry or Blake to go, as they were his biggest threat to get to the end. Once again thinking ahead, Jake knew that Jesse was the target at 6, so he saved his vote knowing Jesse would use her three votes on Jerry. However, Jerry played the idol Rachael gave him to save himself negating Jesse's votes. However, Jerry decided to keep his votes so the only people to revote were Jesse and Maynor. Knowing what Jake and Jesse had planned before the vote, Blake was voted out in a 3-1 vote against Tim. Final 5 looked great for Jake as Jerry was his clear target and he had a final 3 with Jesse and Tim. However, after not following the rules to the immunity challenge, Tim was removed from the game in 5th place. At the final immunity challenge, Jake fell short and Jerry won his way to the final tribal council. Not having much option, Jake turned to his ride or die from the start, Jesse to try and cause a 2-1-1 vote against Maynor. However, knowing that Jake was her biggest threat, she decided to vote Jake along with Jerry and Maynor to make Jake the final member of the jury.

At the final tribal council, Jake was an advocate of Jesse's game saying she made the moves necessary to get her to the end, despite her early status of being a threat. Jake voted for Jesse to win the game. He won awards for "Best Alliance" with Jesse and "Player of the Season".

## Tribal Council

### Total Votes Received:

13

* Jake A was the first person to lose in a final tribal tied vote, followed by X in Past & Present.