It's Not My First Rodeo

## It's Not My First Rodeo (Finale)

And the Sole Survivor is...

**It's Not My First Rodeo** is the final episode of MintORGs Season 1: Hogwarts, which saw **Wei** become the first Sole Survivor of MintORGs.

## Story

### Final 5

**Duolingo** had an argument with Wes as Wes was leaving the game. He feels that he has already lost the jury votes of Andy and Wes if he makes FTC. He is also upset that Wes used in-real-life stuff to attack him. He felt like he had became a punching bag for others and is still working hard to survive. He plans on getting Nick out this vote, believing this gives him the best shot to the end.

**Nick** was genuinely surprised for making out of F6 tribal council alive, believing it should've been a close vote between him and Nikki . He felt that Duolingo and Nikki bought his excuse of why he voted Nikki well and believed he was still in good odds of playing double agent, although Duolingo wants him out. He hated the challenge every second. With Duolingo winning, he believes that the votes are most likely on him and is trying hard to convince Duolingo and Nikki to vote Tomato out as Tomato is a jury threat. He finds it ironic that his fate lies in the hands of two people whom he had tried to target previously. Despite all efforts, Nick was voted out 4-1, making his trip to Ponderosa. Before he left, he gave a speech...

**Nikki** has been vibing after Wes's exit and wants to go to the end with Duolingo.

**Tomato** didn't appreciate Wes's comments about him being "weak" and hopes to prove Wes wrong by making it into FTC. He revealed part of his strategy being "acting dumb" to lower his threat level. Also, bringing up his classic mac and cheese lie that he has made all season, with Nick. He finds it difficult to vote Nick due to the bond they had, but acknowledges it's a do or die moment. He feels bad about the vote as he believes Nick is deserving of the FTC spot but also knows that Nick will win in FTC if Nick gets to the end with him.

**Wei** felt tired after making it into the finale. He questions what Tomato wanted, which is to at best, force fire at F4 between Tomato and Nikki or Duolingo by voting out Nick. He believes that he will be safe and heading straight to FTC unless Tomato wins the final immunity challenge, believing that if Nikki or Duolingo wanted to force fire, they would be more willing to go against Tomato instead.

### Final 4

Duolingo felt a sense of relief to not get "bashed on" by Nick in his final words. He feels that Tomato has Andy, Nick and Hayleigh's jury votes secured so his primary goal right here is to vote out Tomato.

Nikki feels one step closer to FTC after Nick's vote-out and wants to go to the end with Duolingo and Wei. However, they are also aware that they haven't made impressive moves all game.

Tomato felt honoured to be the last Ravenclaw standing. He wants to do well and represent his house well. He noted that Nick's vote was according to plan and only one obstacle stands between him and FTC, Duolingo's immunity streak. He wants to sit at FTC with Wei and Nikki , as he believes this gives him the best shot to win. He noted that he was a key part of the votes of Rips, Imke and Wes. He also noted that if Duolingo did win immunity here, it'll most likely be him and he will have to go after his no.1 ally Wei. He felt that Nick being kind to him with his departing speech definitely screwed over himself as it paints a target on his back. He also noted that Nick claiming that Wei has "no shot of winning" is false and would only help Wei to get to the end as Duolingo and Nikki would be more inclined to keep Wei over Tomato for that reason.

Wei didn't really feel bothered by Nick's vote-out although he wanted to question Tomato's decision of wanting to force fire in a situation of 2-2. He wants to sit at FTC with Tomato and Nikki . He also noted that he was a major part of the Jamal, Rips, Hayleigh, Imke and Wes votes. He felt that Nick's attempt to "dunk" his game actually helps him because Duolingo and Nikki would be more inclined to take Tomato out, getting the target off him. He also realized that if he does get to FTC, he needs to be able to explain his game well knowing certain jurors like Nick are out of the loop on his game and probably would not vote for him.

*Duolingo won immunity again!*

Duolingo was pitched by Tomato to vote out Wei as Tomato had noted Wei being an FTC threat, with past org experiences of being a juror. However, with talks and coordination with Wei and Nikki, he did not budge and ultimately voted out Tomato.

As Nikki lost the challenge, they are worried about going into a F4 tie-breaking fire. They feel that them and Duolingo will need to convince Wei to flip on Tomato for them to be safe. Eventually, the vote went on as planned and Tomato was voted out 3-1.

Tomato is expecting his exit as Duolingo yet again won immunity. He shares his opinions that Duolingo played a better physical game whereas Wei had a better social and strategic game and it would be a tough decision for him as a juror, needing to come down to the FTC performance for his jury vote. He also felt that Wei has played a better game than him, so he proceeded to pitch to Duolingo and Nikki that they would've been better selecting someone like him with no experience and will crumble under the pressure of FTC, than Wei who is probably an FTC threat for being an experienced juror. He was then approached by Wei , with a plan discussed to force fire between himself and Nikki as a last resort to save himself. Despite all efforts, he was voted out 3-1 and became the final member of the jury.

After the challenge, Wei had a chat with Duolingo and noted that Duolingo is on board with voting out Tomato, same for Nikki. He is fully aware of what Tomato had done in an attempt to get the target onto himself. He is fully on board with voting Tomato out, noting that he has "all the weapons" to beat Duolingo at the end. He also proceeded to approach Tomato where they discussed together about putting 2 votes on Nikki, even though he would be voting Tomato out. He dropped a quote, "I'll vote for you and you'll still give me the vote at FFTC". With the end in sight, he notes that Duolingo and Nikki will have fun dealing with him in FTC if he does make it.

### Final Tribal Council

*There is just one last thing the finalists have to do: convince those they have voted out to vote for them to win.*

Duolingo and Wei both took an approach on explaining why their games were better. Duolingo notably being the only Hufflepuff to make merge and winning immunity for 5 consecutive rounds while getting to the FTC with his close ally Nikki. Wei mentioning himself sneaking under the radar the whole season without catching any votes to boot but still having a say and was in the loop of how all the votes went. On the other hand, Nikki took an alternative route in being truthful about how they really feel and expresses views on how they felt their game paled to the other two.

As the questioning began, several jurors like Andy were dismissive of Duolingo's game. Duolingo fought hard to explain himself. However, Wei saw an opportunity to tap on the jury's feelings and went full-in on Duolingo, resulting in Duolingo blocking him. Nikki shared their opinions and felt that Wei actually might have just taken the crown.

**With no votes for Nikki, and only Kyle and Nick voting for Duolingo to win, Wei became the first Sole Survivor of MintORGs.**

## Trivia

* This marks the first time a player has sweeped both challenges in the Finale, with Duolingo winning both F5 and F4 immunity challenges
* The final vote this season is the largest margin of victory to date for a Final 3, with a vote count of 7-2-0.