Richard

Richard in Season 12

## Overview

Richard was a castaway on HistORG Season 12: Pokemon. He put on the persona of a person who went slowly insane over the course of the season, and was loved by spectators for his chaotic gameplay and purposefully over the top voice confessionals and interactions with others.

Richard worked closely with Meg, the eventual Sole Survivor, from the merge on and worked with her to idol out Intracloud at the Final 9 Tribal Council, which could have backfired but Intra played his idol on Shane instead, provoking an maniacal laugh from Richard.

He was voted out at the Final 7 because of a large threat level from both idoling out Intra and advocating to vote out Savvy in the last two votes that showed his true amount of power in the game.

## Gameplay

### Season 12

Richard was placed on the Bug Catchers, originally going to be a Youngster but swapped at the last minute because he and Average were getting along and Vui wanted to prevent any pregaming. On the Bug Catchers, he quickly formed a close bond with Treyvor and Andrew, and with Leprum and Calum both being inactive, it made the first elimination an easy decision.

Although Calum would return, Treyvor had found a disadvantage that made everyone vote twice, which made Calum's sport particularly precarious. Richard had a Safety Without Power and told Calum to vote for him so that Richard would nullify the vote and eliminate Leprum in a 6-3-~~1~~, which ended up happening.

Richard was going to eliminate Calum next, but a swap spared him, and Richard was placed on Snagem. There he met and got along with Kaiden, kept his ally in Treyvor, and met Intracloud. Richard singlehandedly won the second swap challenge, Who's That Pokemon, drawing ire from every tribe except his own, but sparing Snagem from a Tribal Council.

Richard swapped onto Cresselia with Kaiden and Treyvor, and met Savvy, but had another quiet swap as the only elimination was Ryan, something that was very uncontroversial. At the merge, Richard was reunited with Andrew from his original tribe, and voted for Max at the merge tribal, staying loyal to Andrew, but Meg flipped on Andrew, sending him home as the first merge boot.

Richard's advantage forced everyone's vote to be public, and Treyvor, who had been playing both sides, inadvertently made both sides upset, including Richard. Richard knew that Treyvor was likely leaving at the following Tribal Council so he took the opportunity to vote for Felt to make him more paranoid, but Felt won immunity which nullified the vote.

Richard honored Nate's wishes and eliminated him unanimously at the following Tribal Council, and when the merge tribe was split in two and he was with Meg, who had a blood idol to nullify three votes, Richard plotted to take out Intracloud since he wanted to weaken Savvy and Shane, and was concerned that Shane may have had an idol. At the Final 9 Tribal Council, Meg shocked Intra, Shane, and Felt by idoling Richard, and Intra responded by idoling Shane, which was noble but sent Intra home in a ~~3~~-2 vote.

At the Final 8 Tribal Council, Richard advocated heavily for eliminating Savvy, since he had the strongest narrative and the best chance of winning because of social connections. While the initial vote tied between Meg and Savvy, Richard succeeded in flipping Felt and Kaiden on the revote, eliminating Savvy.

Richard had a relatively quiet final episode, stating he knew he was being eliminated and working with Meg and Kaiden to eliminate Shane instead, but failed and went home in a 4-3 vote.

Richard campaigned for Meg in Ponderosa, and voted for her in the Final Tribal Council along with Felt, Shane, Calum, Intra, Nolan, Nate, and Andrew. He very openly showed disdain for Kaiden's game and criticized Max intensely for eliminating Felt at the Final Four.

## Awards

### Season 12

* Best Confessionals (w/ Shane)
* Villain of the Season
* Duo of the Season (w/ Meg)
* Best Move