Mink

Mink is the sole visionary of Visionary Survivor: Haiti and returned to compete Visionary Survivor: All-Stars.

## Haiti Summary

It’s not too often that someone has a consistently accurate read on all numbers at all times throughout a season, which is something that makes Mink so special as a player. At the start of the game Mink accidentally found himself as the head of the Hounds alliance with Dwight, Josiah, Matthew, Maxx, and later Robby. He was at the center of most of the decisions that were made for the three tribal councils Vodou attended pre-swap. After Ryan made a seven person alliance he instantly became a target on day one. But Mink and Josiah both wanted to keep Ryan for their own separate reasons, so the target was flipped to Essix after Josiah spread a rumor that Ryan might have an idol. Essix was eliminated first, and Ryan went at the second tribal council. After finally winning at the third challenge, Vodou lost the fourth and was sent back to tribal council for the last time before the swap where Maxx was eliminated unanimously due to his inactivity issues and wishy washy challenge performances.

After the swap Mink found himself at a 4-3 disadvantage with Josiah and Matthew on the new Vodou tribe. Since they were in the minority they knew they would need to play sneakily. So they came up with a lie about the Maxx vote to make it seem like they were divided, and the original Egzagòn members that were swapped to their tribe completely believed it. They also had an idol, extra vote, and an idol blocker between them that they didn’t end up needing. The new Vodou tribe quickly turned against Ry as Giully told Vaeril a lie that Ry was using him as a vote and for whatever reason Ry admitted to it even though it wasn’t true. After trying to throw but winning the first two post-swap challenges, the new Vodou tribe finally got their chance to take Ry out at the last tribal council before the merge. While everyone initially wanted Ry out, Giully, Matthew, and Mink had all lost their votes. This left Gregory, Josiah, Ry, and Vaeril as the only four people who could vote. With such a small voting pool, Josiah considered flipping to eliminate Giully. Everyone knew she was a challenge threat, so allowing her to get to the merge could’ve been dangerous. But after Ry leaked Josiah’s plan, he backed out. Ry didn’t need Josiah’s vote though, as he had managed to flip Gregory and force a tie after Mink blocked his idol. Luckily for Ry, the wheel sent Giully home as Ry moved into the merge.

When the two tribes merged Mink found himself reunited with all members of the Hound alliance and a numbers advantage between old Vodou and old Egzagòn, things were looking great. And after narrowly avoiding elimination at the most recent tribal council, Ry continued to be public enemy number one as Vaeril immediately called him out at camp. Everyone just wanted an easy first merge vote so everyone hopped on board to eliminate Ry. Everything fell into place rather easily, but just in case Ry found a second idol, Josiah came up with a plan to split some votes onto Gregory. Sure enough, Ry did find a second idol just before tribal council. Josiah’s plan would’ve worked, but Ephraim ignored the plan by voting Ry anyway and Jacob and Izaak decided to flip and vote with Ry against Josiah when Ry told them about his idol. As a result, Mink’s main ally was eliminated in a \*4-3-1 vote.

After Josiah was eliminated and Ephraim was disqualified, Mink had distanced himself a bit from the Hounds and lowkey began pursuing Robby as a target. His game had essentially taken a couple steps back as he found a new ally in Vaeril, someone who had struggled to find solid footing and allies thus far. But suddenly, just as the two had begun to get closer, the target had shifted from Ry to Vaeril. Before Mink could even realize what the reasoning was everyone was on board and he knew he had to flip too in order to not alienate himself from the rest of the tribe. So after Mink flipped, Vaeril was eliminated in a unanimous 8-1 vote.

By the final eight Mink was running out of options. He had no allies, no influence, and no real foundation to play off of. His only hope was targeting Jacob, who had recently been exposed for his shady style of gameplay. The two targeted each other up until Mink won immunity, and up until then Robby had been doing his best to keep them pitted against each other. But after Mink won immunity, they made amends and agreed that it would be in their best interest to work together and try and get Ry eliminated. They managed to flip Dwight, who was already nervous about letting Ry slip to the end of the game, and Izaak. But when the votes tied 4-4, Ry survived his second wheel of the season as Jacob was sent to the jury.

At the final seven Mink was at his lowest point of the whole season. It seemed like everyone he aligned with instantly got eliminated. Nothing was going his way, so he chose to roll solo. It was public knowledge that Matthew had an idol, which offered Mink a second option for how to play the rest of the game. He could ever win out immunities until the final tribal council, or he could convince Matthew to give him his idol as an extra shield for himself moving forward. It was risky, but he decided to pursue the idol. After a long twenty-four hours of discussing, Matthew ultimately decided to give Mink his idol on the condition that if Mink didn’t play the idol he would have to give it back. Of course Mink accepted, but he had no intentions of actually fulfilling his end of the deal. With only an hour left until tribal council, Mink started using Matthew’s idol as a bluff and told people that he was playing it. Falling for the trap, Dwight and Izaak both flipped. And since Robby didn’t want the vote to go to the wheel, he reluctantly flipped too. This resulted in Ry being eliminated in a 4-2 vote since Matthew was cursed.

After losing the final six immunity challenge to Robby, Mink went into tribal council with the same approach as the final seven. He didn’t want to use his idol here because then if he lost the final five immunity challenge he would have no protection. Since Dwight was cursed, there were only five votes to worry about. If Mink could flip one more person he’d be golden, but if not he could also force a tie with his vote blocker if he could flip at least one. His plan was simple, wait until the last minute to bluff and get people to scramble. Despite Gregory, Izaak, and Robby coming up with a concrete plan to split votes, Mink still managed to get Izaak to flip. So after Mink used his vote blocker on Matthew, a tie was forced between Matthew and Mink. Mink’s luck came through as Matthew was eliminated by wheel.

At the final five Mink was back on top, the end was nearing and he had an idol that guaranteed him a spot in the final four even if he lost the immunity challenge. His only concern was making sure that Robby lost so he could eliminate him before the final four. He figured he could beat the other three in any remaining challenges, so eliminating Robby was his top priority. Fortunately, in a really close challenge, Mink came out on top with immunity. With Robby vulnerable and Mink immune, there was no question that Robby was the best and most obvious target. So after Mink played his idol on Dwight as a safety precaution to build trust, Robby was eliminated in a 2-\*1 vote since Gregory and Mink lost their votes to the devil.

With Mink’s greatest competition finally out of the game, Mink had a smooth ride to the final tribal council. After winning the final two immunity challenges of the season, Mink claimed his seat in the final tribal council and really could’ve beaten Gregory or Izaak with ease. In the end he chose Izaak, fearing that Ry might cast his vote for Gregory out of loyalty. Although everyone expected Izaak to be an easy victory, he actually had a really solid final tribal council performance. But in the end his performance didn’t stack up against Mink’s game as Mink was crowned the sixth Sole Visionary in a unanimous 8-0 vote.

## All-Stars Summary

From first place to first boot, Mink was unable to replicate his exciting Haitian victory in All Stars. Though his game was short lived, it was still quite eventful.

Mink started strong on the Royalty tribe, aligning with Joel and Bee to create the Three musketeers alliance. Mink then attempted to create a majority of 4 with Blair. Unfortunately, he quickly alienated Blair, who felt like she would be on the bottom of these four players. This caused Blair to join the three stooges alliance with Dawit and Kaden. Now that the tribes were split down the middle, between stooges and musketeers, the games began.

Both sides continually switched their targets and attempted to mine information on the other. When it became clear that Blair was not with him, Mink attempted to flip Dawit against Blair and later tried to flip Kaden against Dawit. Both plans backfired, as Dawit, Kaden and Blair were closer than Mink realized, and they all told each other of Mink’s schemes. This caused the Stooges to set their sights on Mink.

Dawit sealed Mink’s fate when he tricked Joel into flipping against Mink by threatening Joel over voice chat with a fake idol and threatening to vote Joel out over Mink. Though Mink attempted to use a fake extra vote as leverage, it was not enough, as the reigning champion was soon eliminated in a 4-2 vote.

### Voting History

 The Devil Works But I Work Harder
 Eliminated, Day 3

## Return Interviews

**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?**
I am planning as of now to play in a similar way, I really have not thought about it much but I am sure I will have to play differently after all everybody just saw how I played. Right now though I am planning on making close bonds and working hard to make plans and get them through, maybe I will be less dominate in the beginning though.
**What did you learn from your last season that will help you do better this time around?**
Be a little less controlling early on, I have to let everybody come to their own conclusions, I would say to manage my threat level but coming off of a win, my threat level will be through the roof. And of course make really close bonds early on.
**With 18 high caliber players returning, who are you expecting to see return? Who are you most and least excited to see again?**
Alright, we are seeing jacob back 100%, which I am excited for, and also nervous for he plays really good but I want to work with him, Sadly though I am new to this server so I dont know the big names from past Seasons.
**How confident are you this time around? Do you think you have what it takes to beat the best of the best?**
My hopes are not high, I will have to play 100 times harder, there will be no dwights and no Gregs that just give up, these people are all trying SOOOOO hard to get the win and they all know my play style so I have a massive target.
**What are you looking forward to most this season? What are you looking to accomplish this time around?**