Xcync

**Xcync** (Xcync#3746) placed 4th in Season 6 & 11th in Survivor Season 10.

Starting the game in a rocky position, Xcync’s perceived lack of social skills planted him in the target seat on early Isasabai. With the rest of the tribe debating who was a better boot out of him or Tyler due to perceived inactivity, Xcync’s social game would make steady ground when he found the Isasabai Idol early on, emboldening him to play harder to stay in the game. This allowed him to flip his position into one of comfort, as he, Cherry, and Mariana formed The Rose Gang alliance to control the votes. Ironically unlucky, the Isasabai won all pre-swap challenges and found themselves all on the bottom of their respective tribes initially after the swap. Luckily, the entire Rose Gang alliance swapped together, and Cherry was quickly able to crack the OG Dakai to give themselves actual total control at Tribal Council. In a surprise twist, however, the timezones of two members (Cherry and Xcync) saw them inactive when also inactive Jazzy returned to strategize, leading the entire tribe to vote for her for not speaking with anyone despite the Isasabai intending to use her to vote out Jumble. When Jazzy pulled a surprise idol out, Xcync was fast asleep and assured to go home…until Cherry passed out from medication and received a self vote, causing a tie. Feeling his back was against the wall, Xcync shifted his game into overdrive and spun a fairly half baked (albeit passionate) lie that Cherry confided in him he had the Isasabai Idol, meaning they could get an idol out of the game and back in circulation. This was humorously completely effective, causing the OG Dakai to immediately cut ties with Cherry and form a new majority alliance with Xcync and Jazzy. Xcync also continued to foster his relationship with Mariana, forming somewhat of a duo with her from their bonding time on the two tribes. At the merge, Xcync was initially very UTR. He felt it was in his best interest to lay low and slowly build new bonds due to the known perception that the OG Isasabai Tribe was strong as a whole. Despite this, Xcync would reach his breaking point after two near unanimous votes, feeling that the tribe was boring and contemplating making a move with his idol. He was very pleased when Ives would approach him, Mariana, and Penny with a plan to blindside Danny rather than have a predictable Penny boot. Much to his annoyance, however, Ives abandoned the plan without even telling them and joined in voting for Penny, relegating him back to the bottom. Fed up with the perceived pagonging of anyone who didnt bow to the whim of the “mega majority,” Xcync snapped and told Mariana about his idol and that they may be able to make a move as the next two to go. Mariana snapped right back, revealing her own idol as well as two Extra Votes. They used these powers to entice Danny as well, who was feeling on the outs and at the bottom after very narrowly escaping Ives’ blindside the round prior. This group and their bag of tricks would dominate the end game, as Xcync’s social game was middling and pleasant enough to give him a decent in with all of the game, as well as Tanner’s flip to the Isasabai Duo as he saw them as goats. Additionally, Xcync had a penchant for strategic moves, often dictating the strategy of his merge-game alliances. He was able to make it all the way to the Final 5 with his Isasabai Idol concealed and technically not even needing any of their tricks, but was very pleased to play it anyway and negate a potential tie against himself. At the Final 4, it was clear to any willing to see that Xcync was playing objectively the best game. After losing immunity via an ill timed tie breaker, Xcync initially felt he was safe to go on as Ives was an obvious Jury threat because despite not doing much in the merge, she’d be seen as an “underdog”. However, Mary blindsided him when she opted to tie the vote with Ives after she randomly decided this was her best way to show she had control that was not Xcync’s plans. A confused and annoyed Xcync tried his best to smash the firemaking challenge and claim his crown, but would fall short when he made an early typo despite earning more points than Ives otherwise. He would then become the final juror of the season, annoyed that he lost the game in his opinion due to his timezone. He is remembered for his growth throughout the season, starting as a perceived target due to lack of social game and finishing as a well rounded, solid threat to the other players.

Placed on the Brain Tribe in Season 10 due to his strategy defining his first season, Xcync would not make much of an impact on the season as a whole. Shockingly inactive compared to his Season 6 performance, Xcync would sort of "go with the numbers" for his entire stay in the game. At the Final 11. Dangan pushed for Xcync to go over Denim last minute when he caught wind that X had allegedly thrown out his name to others. When a rumor spread that Denim had an idol, the votes were scared onto X for being an easy boot to avoid an idol in a 7 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 1 vote.