Booty

Booty is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Greece, Visionary Survivor: Clash of Casts and Visionary Survivor: Fans vs Favorites.

## Greece Summary

The best way to describe Booty's gameplay would be with a simple scenario. If you were to offer Booty five dollars now, or fifty dollars in a month, nine times out of ten he would pick the five dollars now. This isn't to say that Booty didn't know what he was doing, he started off making all of the right moves, but that was exactly the problem. Booty started off the game creating the first alliance in Visionary Survivor, the Thicky Icies, which consisted of himself and three other members from Icarus. After the first tribal council, it looked like the stage was set for Booty. His alliance managed to get the other alliance to flip on one of their own which gave their alliance the numbers for any potential following tribal councils. Realizing this, the dynamic duo of Dilman and Shawn made a move. Having been clued in by her on the vote at the first Icarus tribal council, they pulled in Doll for assistance as well as Derek. They managed to shift the power within the Icarus tribe and flip the vote onto the early emerging powerhouse that was Booty, making him the third castaway eliminated in a close 4-3 vote.

## Voting History

 Legenderek
 Don't Strike Me
 A New Awakening
 Eliminated, Day 8

## Clash of Casts Summary

Out of all of the second chances given in the season, Booty arguably had the most to prove out of anyone. In his first season, he went from the top of his tribe to the bottom in the span of one one vote. While Booty was adamant to return, he didn’t really make the most of his revival.

Booty instincts were immediately put to the test when he started the season as a crucial swing vote at the first tribal council of the season. Caught in the middle between two duos, Booty ultimately joined Derek and Shawn in targeting Elx after Derek convinced him that Elx was throwing his name out. But Booty’s decision didn’t matter after Monkey played an idol on Elx, causing Shawn to be eliminated, and solidifying an even divide within the tribe.

When the swap came roughly a week into the game, Booty was swapped onto a tribe with Monkey, while his ally Derek and his enemy Elx were swapped onto the other. With no connections on his new tribe other than Monkey, who opposed him during the first vote, and Dawit, who he had a negative history with, Booty’s game started to crumble. At this point it seemed as though he had given up. After losing the second post-swap challenge, Booty went into tribal council entirely expecting for him to be the one to be eliminated.

Suddenly, with Booty completely unaware, things were starting to appear in his favor as Dawit started becoming adamant about a split vote on Schmutz in case Booty played an idol. When none of his allies seemed to support the split vote, Dawit became paranoid and started overanalyzing many relationships within his tribe. Due to their reluctance, he suspected that Eddie, Sean, Otter, Luke, and Schmutz were all allied. So he went to CK and started explaining his theory, which then caused CK to start scrambling to a point where Booty was on very few people’s minds. As a result, CK and Schmutz developed a new plan to blindside Otter, and at first it seemed like they had the numbers. But when a narrow majority of the tribe either didn’t trust Booty or couldn’t overlook his challenge performance, he was eliminated in a close 5-4 vote.

### Voting History

 We're A Bomb Waiting To Explode
 Dancing With A Lot Of Fire
 I Will Be Back!
 You Can’t Win Survivor This Early But You Can Lose It
 Eliminated, Day 10

## Fans vs Favorites Summary

Coming into this season Booty had the most social connections of anyone, which gave him a lot of options to work with during the pre-swap phase of the game. He started the season working with Slug, as well as reluctantly working with Bandit in order to keep Elx as a number, and he also had interest in working with Ry. After losing the first challenge, Booty targeted Izaak since he appeared to be an easy first vote. When Kiibo quit, Booty’s plans to eliminate Izaak were delayed. But after the favorites lost again, Izaak was eliminated unanimously despite the other season six alumni wanting to work with him. With Izaak’s elimination, Booty had pretty much confirmed his grip on the Raykar Pord tribe.

After Izaak went Booty and Bandit’s conflict surfaced, which basically just meant Bandit was going to be eliminated. Booty’s social game was the strongest on the tribe at that point, which made it fairly easy for Booty to eliminate Bandit after he tried to plan a blindside against him. After Bandit was gone Booty’s next target was Ephraim, but this wasn’t going to be as easy. Ephraim, Giully, and Ry had become a tight trio. Booty, Elx, and Slug had also become a tight trio. Which left Hoeah in the middle as a swing vote. Hoeah felt better about his position with Giully and the others as opposed to Booty’s group, so he sided with them. But after Ry forgot to vote, Booty was able to successfully eliminate Ephraim by wheel in a 3-3-1 vote.

After losing their fifth straight challenge, the Favorites were sent back to tribal council. By this point Slug had been wanting Ry out for some time despite Booty’s efforts to keep them together. With the tribe now split 3-3, someone needed to give or else the wheel would determine who would be eliminated. Knowing that neither Elx or Slug were gonna change their votes off of Ry, Giully came up with the genius idea to sketch out booty to the point that he voted for her. He did, which resulted in a 3-2-1 vote in which Elx was eliminated because Booty didn’t double check the vote with Elx and Slug.

After the swap Booty remained on the Raykar Pord tribe with Booty and Slug. While they had a tribal majority over fans Lexa and Mufasa, they weren’t able to stick together due to how fractured their previous tribal councils had left them. Booty did his best to try and get Lexa and Mufasa to vote off Giully with him and Slug after they lost the second post-swap challenge. And he also tried to keep Giully and Slug together. But Giully wanted nothing to do with Booty and Slug which resulted in Slug’s elimination in a close 3-2 vote.

With his power now stripped from him and his ride or die eliminated, Booty entered the merge with very little control or influence. Now playing without the control he once had, Booty opted to change his playstyle. Since he already lacked power, he exaggerated it by painting himself as a load and talkative goat. He constantly tried to get conversations going at camp about random things to make it appear as though he wasn’t trying as hard. In some ways he was attempting to minimize other castaway’s respect for him so that they would be more prone to take him to the end. And it worked really well, despite many castaways being annoyed with him.

At the final nine he started an “island meeting” to expose a few castaways in the game, coincidentally the main two who called out ended up getting eliminated at the final nine and final eight, but only because people already wanted them out. But by the final seven Booty was walking on thin ice. Everyone wanted him out due to a mix of him being annoying and also not really having any long term plans with anyone. But Epoxy found no point in voting for him as she just saw him as a goat to take to the end. So Epoxy discussed a plan with Booty to inform the rest of the castaways that he had an idol, which he didn’t. But everyone bit, so the target was changed to Hoeah and Booty was saved.

At the final six Booty had avoided the spotlight again as a blindside against Myka was planned and executed. After Mufasa won the final five immunity it was between Booty or Logan for elimination. Booty and Logan wanted each other out and Epoxy naturally wanted to keep Booty, which left the decision up to Mufasa and Logan. Mufasa ended up voting Booty, but after Lexa forgot to vote Logan ended up being eliminated in a 3-2 vote and Booty was saved again. After Mufasa won again at the final immunity challenge, the only valid option was to vote for Epoxy. After she was unanimously eliminated, Booty had solidified his seat in the final tribal council.

Contrary to what most expected, Booty actually pulled off a very impressive final tribal council performance despite his game not being as successful as Mufasa’s. His answers were in depth and flaunted his game rather well. The only problem was that he attempted to take credit for moves that weren’t really his own, despite having other plausible angles to receive votes. Ultimately he ended the season losing to Mufasa in a close 5-3-0 vote.

## Return Interviews

* Fans vs Favorites

**Coming into your second season, which area do you think you can improve in most between social play, physical play, and strategic play? How do you plan on improving?**
I believe I can improve the most in the strategy aspect of the game. I usually just go with my heart and act in the moment however I’ve been learning that planning ahead is better. I plan on improving by talking a bit less and observing more than being observed. I also plan on improving this aspect by building better bonds with people which kind of ties into the social aspect. Which I’m usually pretty good at. I plan on being on good terms with more people and I don’t wanna lead any alliances so I’m not the main target. I can definitely be pretty manipulative so imma try and use that skill to my advantage this time around. In conclusion I plan on trying to lay low to improve my strategic game while making bonds to improve my social game.
**What was the biggest mistake you made when playing in your first season? How did you learn from it?**
The biggest mistake I made was probably... trying to be in control. Everyone knows who you are when you do that and then they want you out because you’re a social threat. I plan on fixing this by making one on one bonds so I’m added into alliances easily and I won’t have to make the alliances. I also plan on trying to align people with common bonds so they vibe well together and it creates a strong alliance. I learned from this mistake by watching other seasons and viewing the different aspects of gameplay. I saw that people who had that same strategy failed so I saw how the winners won and it was very different for each person. They did have a similar thing though. They weren’t controlling multiple groups, they had small loyal groups so I think that’s how imma try and go about this season.
**Have you spectated any seasons besides the one you competed on? Have any other castaways stood out to you?**
Not really because I don't know spectating an org is kind of weird. However some people do stand out to me. Blair was definitely someone I liked to watch. She was a huge underdog throughout the whole season however she had an amazing social and strategic game. She was always thinking 3 steps ahead and I think I’m going to try and do the same. However another person who really stood out to me was delta. He was always spreading lies and whatnot, causing lots of drama between others. If I get the chance I will try and spread those little seeds of doubt into the others minds.
**How has Visionary Survivor impacted you?**
I mean it hasn’t really done much for me, but I did get to meet some cool people and create new friendships. Maybe not during the game, but after a lot of bonds were strengthened. Personally it hasn’t done much and physically it hasn’t done much either, but it gave me a new view on orgs as a whole since it was my first professional one.
**In what ways do you hope to refine your legacy with this second chance you’ve been given? What do you hope to gain from competing again?**

I hope to achieve all star like status. I want to be known as a good player. It doesn’t matter if I win or don’t win, I want to be viewed as someone who did really good. I hope to gain stronger bonds with some others who are also receiving this second chance. I want to prove to all the haters that I’m not a bitchy flop and I’m able to achieve good things.
**What does it mean to you to be considered a Fan Favorite in the Visionary community?**
Being a visionary favorite speaks volumes tbh. I was entertaining and got the award which I came to do! I like it when people like me and in the community I can really show my true self so I’m glad others enjoy my personality. Being a fan fave also shows that I’m better than half of the past players.
**What are your expectations for this season in terms of competition?**
Well, most of the favorites flopped in their season(s) and only got the votes because their friends were in the server tbh. However I’m friends with most people on the ballot, and anyone I’m not friends with can easily go i don’t care. I feel like the people in the season will be more caring and lay low, but imma be loud and my true self because we don’t stan fake bitches in this household! Since the faves are flops I would think we lose a few challenges because...welll...looking at the ballot...none of them did..amazing in challenges. It scares me, but that just means I’ll have to try harder to stay another day on the lovely little island.
**How do you expect the mixed cast of veterans and newbies to impact the season? Are you more nervous about the veterans returning or the newbies who are getting their first chance?**
The faves are like sneakier, and played before so they know what to fucking do! They know their mistakes and everything so it makes them 10x more dangerous. Half of the fans have barely watched a season SOOOOOOOO they’re gonna be a cake walk.
**Coming in as the veterans of the season do you feel that it’s the Favorites job to uphold their stature and give the Fans a tough fight?**
Meh. I’ll definitely give a good fight, but in the end this is a game and I don’t have to hold myself to anyone’s standards. Just because I’m a veteran doesn’t mean I’m gonna do great and it doesn’t mean I should be held to a higher standard than the fans. I’m a flop and lowkey I wanna work and manipulative the fans!1!1!1!!1 I have no resume, I have no stature, I have nothing in this game, so bring it on bitch.
**What’s your main goal this season now that you’ve been given another chance?**