CK

CK is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Egypt, Visionary Survivor: Clash of Casts, and Visionary Survivor: All-Stars.

## Egypt Summary

Never had we seen pre-merge and post-merge games from the same player that were so contrary before CK. CK spent the early days on Bennu developing a strong duo alliance with Michael. While their alliance wasn’t boldly public or well known, they unknowingly were placed into a loose minority. Knowing that they would need to expand their numbers to have any sort of influence, they approached Tabor in hopes of getting him to join as a third number. After receiving this invite, Tabor went behind their backs and exposed the duo of CK and Michael to the remaining three Bennu who were excluded from the offer. However, not everyone bought into it entirely. As a result, Bennu was cracked in many different areas. As the Bennu tribe kept winning challenges due to ironically solid communication, they were never able to attend tribal council. This meant that they never got the chance to sort out and confirm their relationships.

When the merge came there were still many unanswered questions involving the Bennu tribe and its former members. The most important of which being whether or not they would stick together. With four original Sphinx remaining and two original Griffin it seemed as though the smartest thing to do was to hold onto a clear majority by wiping out the other tribes, which is exactly what they did. With Kalina emerging as the forefront of the Bennu onslaught due to her aggressive targeting of Tom and Serena, CK and the rest of Bennu had things relatively easy. While the wipeout of Sphinx was successful, the game took a sudden shift when Duck and Tom were evacuated and disqualified respectively. With the game going from final ten to final eight in one day, suddenly everyone was itching to make a move.

While everyone from former Bennu was talking about being more aggressive at the final eight, CK emerged as the most dominant after the easy blindside that sent Dawit to the jury. At the final seven, CK started to take control as Aidan and Michael essentially became his puppets. At the final seven CK was ready to make a move against the threatening underdog that was Blair. With Michael’s immunity idol blocker it seemed as though the plan was set in motion even with Tabor flipping to Blair’s side in order to vote out Bennu mod boss Kalina. But when CK and Michael decided to split vote for seemingly no reason and Nexus played his vote blocker on Kalina, Blair was spared as Kalina was sent to the jury.

Despite his plans at the final seven tribal council crumbling, CK was still in a decent position that turned into a great one after conving Nexus to flip. With CK and Blair both running the game up to this point, it was clear that only one would remain in a matter of a couple tribals. After Blair did take the target off her back by winning the final six immunity challenge, CK and his alliance decided to settle for voting Tabor out in order to solidify the trust of Nexus. This proved to be successful heading into the final five. But when Blair won her second consecutive immunity challenge, CK was in trouble. Knowing that their opportunities were limited, Aidan, Michael and Nexus all knew that they had to get rid of CK and Blair as soon as possible due to their strong runs. While Nexus stayed loyal to CK by voting out Michael, it didn’t matter as Blair figured out CK’s target and played an idol on Michael. Blair’s genius play coupled with Nexus playing his own idol on himself resulted in CK being eliminated in a 2-2\*-1\* vote.

## Clash of Casts Summary

Being one of the more controversial casting selections due to playing so well his first time around, CK surprisingly didn’t have too much of a target while playing. As a matter of fact, he was able to easily rekindle his relationships with Aidan and Dawit on the original Ksitigarbha tribe that gave him a simple majority over Dawit and Kiibo. While these relationships didn’t amount to much due to the original Ksitigarbha tribe never losing any challenges, they did give him some room to work with both before and after the tribe swap.

Despite being separated from Aidan as a result of the swap, he and Dawit both landed in a solid position on their new tribe. There were three season four alumni on their tribe that could be joined to create a solid majority, two season one alumni who weren’t on good terms, and two season two alumni that were both physical and social threats which made for easy targeting. With these new dynamics in mind, CK and Dawit teamed up with the season four alumni and Monkey, who had beef with Booty due to the first tribal council, to create a majority of 6-3. The Egypt duo was in an incredible spot that was both under the radar and influential.

Naturally, dynamics started to change after the new tribe lost their first challenge. What should’ve been an incredibly easy vote against Booty turned into chaos in which everyone’s games were exposed. Upon losing, the majority alliance that consisted of CK, Dawit, Eddie, Monkey, Otter, and Sean all agreed to vote for Booty due to seeing no value in keeping him over Luke and Schmutz. But when Dawit started getting paranoid about the possibility of Booty having an idol, he began to adamantly push for a split vote. The problem was that none of the season four alumni were too keen on the idea because they were afraid that splitting the votes would expose the alliances. When Dawit interpreted their response as them working with Luke and Schmutz, he developed and explained his theories to CK.

Trusting him wholeheartedly, CK saw Dawit’s theories as truths, and they were. Unfortunately, seeing how paranoid Dawit was and understanding his reasoning caused CK to become paranoid himself. So he hatched a plan to blindside Otter to eliminate the threat of Eddie, Otter, and Sean controlling the tribe from multiple angles. He was able to convince Booty, Monkey, and Schmutz, but when Luke wouldn’t overlook Booty’s poor challenge performance and Dawit found it more beneficial to his game, Booty was eliminated in a close 5-4 vote, sending CK’s game to shambles.

Coming off of a make or break move that ruined his game, CK was in subtly hot water heading into the double elimination. CK’s old alliance quickly targeted him due to his shadiness during the previous vote, and to make matters worse he tried to withdraw information from Eddie and Otter behind their backs which made him look even sketchier. Fed up with everyone’s shiftiness around him, CK decided to call out Dawit and Schmutz for being bigger threats than him. His decision was incredibly questionable due to Dawit being immune at the time, but surprisingly it almost worked. His goal was to make himself such a large threat that he wouldn’t be threatening anymore, and his call out of Dawit that resulted in a major confrontation did get people to start thinking. Most notably Eddie, who was on the fence between voting for CK or Schmutz after seeing CK’s reasoning. In the end, the majority of the tribe decided to vote against CK in a 5-2-1 vote due to the whole blowup and him already being outcast anyway.

### 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
 Stop Acting Like That Necklace Brings You To The Final Tribal Council
 Schmutz
 Eliminated, Day 13

## All-Stars Summary

Coming into All-Stars CK had his eyes on the prize. While he wanted to reach jury, and he planned to get past the final five, his main priority was to win.

At the start of the season CK immediately clicked with Brett. They had both competed in season five, but were never on the same tribe and thus were never able to work together. The duo had a good amount of time to relax and build up their relationships as the Legend tribe won the first two challenges of the season. But after losing the third challenge, their games unknowingly took a turn for the worse. There was a general consensus on the Legend tribe that Rochelle was the least active and no one had the great of a relationship with her. Because of this, Brett decided it would be best to gather up votes against her for an easy first vote for the tribe. Naturally, CK was on board, and while they thought Derek was with them, he, Robby and Sasha had other ideas. Derek, Robby, and Sasha had become a strong subtle trio throughout the first week of the game, so after pulling in Rochelle they had the numbers to blindside Brett.

After losing his closest ally and very obviously being left on the bottom of his tribe, the swap couldn’t have come at a better time for CK. He was swapped onto the new Royalty tribe along with Bee, Kalina, Otter, and Sasha, who had just blindsided him the tribal council before. So naturally, CK made it his mission to get Sasha out of the game. Fortunately for him, Sasha wasn’t the most social on her new tribe which made it pretty easy for CK. Confident that Sasha would be eliminated, CK threw a rogue vote on Otter in case Sasha played an idol. Fortunately she didn’t, but the vote did still leave a bit of a bitter taste in Otter’s mouth. But after winning the last two pre-merge challenges, CK and the rest of the new Royalty castaways had become rather trusting of each other.

Once the tribes merged CK quickly found himself in a majority that consisted of all of the original Legacy members as well as himself and Bee. The alliance’s initial plan was to eliminate Dawit, fearing that if he wasn’t dealt with soon then there would be a repeat of his run in season five. But after Dawit caught wind of the plan and planned on buying a Tribal Exit Ticket, the alliance decided to split their votes between Dawit and Derek. Unfortunately, the plan failed after Kaden gave his legacy advantage to Derek, which sent CK and Bee to the wheel after they each received one vote. CK’s game was almost ended, as Bee was randomly eliminated.

At the next tribal council a double elimination was presented. While CK was under the impression that the majority alliance would target Dawit, Derek, and Kaden, who were essentially saved by a production mishap, many side deals resulted in CK, Derek, and Rochelle becoming the three biggest names on the chopping block. After Rochelle selflessly played her idol on Derek, CK was eliminated with Rochelle in a 4-\*3-3 vote.

## Return Interviews

* All-Stars

**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 honestly am looking to take a backseat this season. I would definitely need to improve on my strategic play. I'd say my physical game is pretty good and my social game is honestly at a bare minimum for decency. And I'll definitely have to improve that because with Kalina most likely also getting a call back. There's a 90% chance she'd be on my ass. I'd probably improve my strategic game by paying more close attention to the information I'm getting. Which is mostly what screwed me over back in S3 at the Final 7 Tribal Council. I'd also have to improve my social game by actually taking the time to get to more people. Which could be hard due to me playing with returners and my age. But I think if I want a shot at the title of Sole Visionary, I'd have to change my game up a bit, that's for sure.
**What was the biggest mistake you made when playing in your first season? How did you learn from it?**
Day 29 & 30 was rough for me lmao. I scrambled way too much at what previously was a simple vote. I'm gonna take a cue from Sophie about what she said at last night's Tribal Council. She said that people need to get used to not knowing every conversation that happens. I'm going to attempt that but I turn into a different person out there, so nothing's solid. But like I said earlier, my immediate goal is to take a backseat and play for of a UTR game. It's working for me now in another ORG/camp and won me the title of Sole Visionary in Visionary Speeds. So hopefully I can do it here in Visionary 5.
**Have you spectated any seasons besides the one you competed on? Have any other castaways stood out to you?**
I spectated S1 and am somewhat into S4. S2 i was on a vacation so I didn't see much. Thank God for wikis lmao. Bu yeah there's definitely big names in every season
S1 - Kaden, Dilman, **Derek**, Elx
S2 - Joel, Jack, Sasha, **Schmutz**
S3 - Blair, Me, **Kalina**, Delta, Dawit
S4 - Rey, Dementia, Rochelle, **Jethro**, Star, Otter
The bolded people are the ones I think have a shot at being an under the radar threat and stood out to me.
**How has Visionary Survivor impacted you?**
Hm, I'd say it impacted me because looking back at my confessionals, there was a lot of times that I was overly-confident (not 'cocky') about stuff I definitely did not need to be cocky about. It showed me that I let my guard down a lot, which is surprising due to how far I got. But as for every season I play in, I'm taking away something new each time. As for S3, I took away the fact that I need to tone down on being confident and remind myself to never feel too safe, which was what got me in the end.
**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?**

Honestly, Idk if I wanna be a 'legend' or a 'noticeable player' yet. I'm hoping to go for something like Spencer in S31. Except actually win lmao. I hope my overall gameplay improves and maybe I can have a lasting impact on the Visionary Survivor community like people such as Blair, Jack, or Kaden.
**Clearly you did something right last time you played otherwise you wouldn’t have been invited back. So this season, are you looking to play more of the same way or change up your play style?**
Bruh, I have no clue lmao. I tried switching it up last season but look how that turned out lol. It's always the social connections that fuck up my game. So that'd probably be a big priority to me. And maybe I'll try to not be as upfront. I'm hoping my 15th Place in Clash of Casts balances out my 5th in Egypt. I also want to be more of a listener than a talker. I've noticed that people love to talk about themselves way too much lmao. Plus, it'll lower my threat level down even more. Tbh, I just wanna make jury. We'll see what happens from there.
**What did you learn from your last season that will help you do better this time around?**
I learned that confrontations usually don't work lol. Even though I was pretty much a goner from the Booty vote, that blow-up didn't helpmy game and in turn helped Dawits. Wait. I lost both fucking times because i wasn't calm and thinking shit through, guess Kaden was right about that lol. Yeah, I think I'll have to double-check all my decisions in this game this go-around, or else I'll end up in pre-jury with yet another irrational fatal mistake to my name lol.
**With 18 high caliber players returning, who are you expecting to see return? Who are you most and least excited to see again?**
Greece - Kaden - Come on, it's the first winner of the franchise, you gotta have him back. Besides Dawit he should easily be the biggest threat due to his five immunity wins. I know he's lacking in the social department too so hopefully he doesn't pull a Dawit and goes ham on bonding with people lol. I'd like to play with him, but I'm also wary of a secret alliance between himself and Dawit. As much as they wouldn't like to admit it, it's really possible and they could do some serious damage if they partner without people knowing,
Dilman - Dude this guy was a GOD on his season. I know him personally and I can say that's he's really likable. An Old-School, Brett, if you will. I'd love to play with him but idk how well I could be able to read him. He's great at making social bonds and the fact that people miss him will only help himself should he return. I'd want to target him around early-merge but I don't even think he's on Discord anymore so I won't dwell on him for much longer lol.
Rachel - I haven't seen much of Rachel's gameplay but she's notorious for her oddly amazing challenge performances, I could see her getting a call, but whether or not she'd accept it, i don't know.
Italy - Joel - Yet another winner, unlike most of the winners in this franchise, Joel took a different approach to the game and decided to use Jack as a meat shield. Unlike most people would believe, that strategy worked and I could see him coming back due to that winning game. I don't know much about Joel as a player besides that but I'd definitely like to play with him.
Schmutz - The only other person from Italy that I could seecoming back is Schmutz. Phenomenal social player, went decently far in both of her seasons, and is a Fan favorite among fans of the ORG. While wouldn't exactly mind playing with her again. I'm afraid she may hold some grudges against me due to the whole S5 fiasco. I doubt it, but, still a possibility.
Egypt - Blair - Also a Fan Favorite, I could see Blair coming back and even though she caused my demise back then, I'd actually really like to play and align with her. She seems like the loyal type so if I could get on her good side, I wouldn't mind taging along with her for some votes. Although, her being a winner puts a huge ass target on her back. So maybe aligning with her wouldn't be the best for my game... although, I think she'd be returning and it'd be cool to see her game adapt this time around.
Kalina - Jesus Christ. As much as she on my fucking ass I'd probably align with her the fastest, we'd aligned together in diferent games so I think we could do it again. I DEFINTELY ouldn't put it past her to organize a blindside against me. But knowing how good at this game the cast will be, that might be a risk I just might have to take. On the bright side though, Kalina comes off as very conscending when talking strategy so maybe that helps her seem like a dick LOL
CC - The Big 3 from this season are definitely coming back lol. For starters, let's talk about Rey. I'd like to believe that Rey and Schmutz have very similar playing styles, as both of them rely heavily on social connections they've made, but Rey is definitely more dominant. He's said he liked watching me play so hopefully he'd wanna align with me this go-around. But then again, who can you really trust in a cast of the best players this ORG lol.
Rochelle - Nope. No. Nada. Not aligning with her at all lmao. Rochelle somehow pulled off a perfect mob boss strategy despite never ever even watching the fucking show. If that doesn't scream natural-born player idk wtf does then. She should be one of the most threatening people to play in this cast period. Due to her also never watching the show, I don't think she'd be able to adapt well. But people have shocked me before...
Dementia - Is this even a question lol? Bring this guy back! I think he could do some damage if he gets brought back, but his ego might get in the way of things yet again. If I'd wanna work with him though... I'm not sure. He seems like the guy who'd bring their own ally down with them and I REALLY don't need my name to get dragged again lol.
CoC - Dawit - If he accepts and he gets to the merge, just hand him the check lol. I don't think that it should be a shock to anybody that he needs to go on the spot. Mans breezed through a cast who should've seen that he was running the game lol. If he can do it again in a cast of returnees, I doubt it.
Kiibo - Mans is a good overall player in my book, he just needs to get footing. Also, being a Fan Favorite, Kiibo coming back wouldn't be crazy. But I'd rather have people keep an eye on him rather than let him slide due to him never making single-digits. It's always the quietones that surprise you...
**How confident are you this time around? Do you think you have what it takes to beat the best of the best?**
I know I can do it, but going into the game I'm gonna try to just not be too confident. Or even be confident at all, because that confidence to gonna make me become cocky, then I'll make a fatal mistake due to me being cocky that I can win. Tbh, I'd rather go into the game thinking that'll lose, so I can focus on actually playing the best game I can. If that makes sense lol.
**What are you looking forward to most this season? What are you looking to accomplish this time around?**