Suzz

**Suzz** was a contestant of SurviVARs: Seven Seas and SurviVARs: Secret War.

## **Profile**

**Discord:** suzzlightyear

**Gender:** she/her

**Timezone:** PST

## **Survivor**

* S4 - Seven Seas
* S5 - Secret War

**Player Ranking (6th)**
Suzz is always a force to be reckoned with, and this game was no different. SurviVARS hasn’t had many players as well-rounded as Suzz, and she was able to dominate the social game, challenge game, and advantage hunt. She was one of the first to find an idol, kicked ass in every challenge she touched, and had a pretty chill ride thanks to her solid social game. The beauty of Suzz’s game is that she always has one of the biggest threat levels in the cast, but people enjoy her company so much that they keep her around. Plus, her downfall as the puzzle goddess against Nick W was one of the crowning moments of his winning game, which makes her an excellent character in the season’s story. The only reason she isn’t higher on this ranking is because her confessionals weren’t always active, so we often had to see the strength of her game through the eyes of others. Still, Suzz was one of the best players of the season, and a deserving Player of the Game.

### **Awards**

**Move of the Game**

This move is definitely one the Jury didn’t fully understand but it was without a doubt the move of the season. At this point in time, the game seemed to be shifting in a direction where all the “big” players would target each other and get picked off one by one. However, two extremely powerful players decided to find common ground with this vote and really blew up the game more than any other single move this season. Suzz and Lex were both the two biggest targets in the game at Final 8, and they had just gone against each other. This vote was supposed to be a straightforward Lex blindside, but something else happened… These two pulled together whoever they could to change the target onto Maya. Maya, at this point in the game, was looking like she was gaining momentum with BK and Winston, and the former Barbarossa tribe looked as though it was poised to run the endgame. This vote out accomplished several things:

- It opened up a spot in the game allowing someone else to align with BK and Winston, which Suzz took advantage of

- Lex, despite going out the next move, really had a shot to make a deeper run

- Suzz managed to escape another round without using any advantages

- It also opened up a spot at FTC for every player left for standing their ground and refusing to target “Bigger” players.

**Player of the Game**

This season had plenty of great players, and power was always shifting. Through all this, Player of the Game comes down to two players who played radically different games, and I believe both should be highlighted. Nick W started out slow, but as the game went on he kept doing more and somehow found himself jumping from alliance to alliance. He won clutch immunities and truly represented the pirate season better than anyone by his constant devious lies. The other player was almost the anti-Nick W of the season. Suzz came into this game and had a bit of a reputation for being a big threat strategically and in challenges. She immediately found the idol and as the game went on more things went against her. Still, something about her allowed for people to trust her, and she kept picking up allies at crucial points who all seemed to be willing to sacrifice their games for hers. Where Nick survived on deception, Suzz survived on being very upfront with people. The question with this award is that when both games deserve recognition, which game deserves the final honor? The game built around brilliant social maneuvering but always having the space to do so, or the game where you only had so few options but always found a way to maximize them? Either way congratulations to both of you!

#### **Voting History**

**Player Ranking (13th)**

Suzz has a baseline of aptitude in these games that almost guarantees she’ll make the merge, and this game was no different. She had a solid social game from the start, and was able to skate through the early game with no issue. Unfortunately, the reason she ranks lower on this list is because she skated a bit too much. She didn’t play Secret War as hard as she played Seven Seas, but she did still have some impressive moments to her name. She found an immunity idol (which was not easy this season) and was RIGHT behind Victoria on a couple of Infinity Stones. Her blindside (with an idol in her pocket) set the tone for how ruthless this cast could be in the merge. I wish that she had come into the game with a bit more fire, but I’m still really happy that she played, and I’m happy to have her as a part of this community!