Flaming

Cody was a Castaway on Raging Survivor: Boracay Island

Flaming came into the game packing. They had a strong alliance, a slight advantage, and an overall good strategic mindset. It seemed to be a sure bet that they would advance far into the game. However, in survivor, a bit of luck is required. Unfortunately, Flaming got the other side of the coin. Let's find out why.

Flaming was feeling really good about their tribe right out of the gate, claiming the tribe was the hosts' favorite. Whether that was true or not, Soro was able to win the first immunity challenge, guaranteeing Flaming's' safety. During the episode, they made strong connections with Ben, Tyler, and Tone. At the same time, they were very weary of Mayo due to believing that he held a possible advantage. This distrust only strengthened during episode 2, where Mayo's lack of a social game caused him to come off as dry or unresponsive during conversations. However, despite Soro losing the challenge, Mayo was not Flaming's main target. That was on Irene due to her inactivity. Another key factor that is established by Flaming during this time is the Fire Nation. This alliance, composed of Flaming, Ben and Tyler, was a tight group bent on reaching the final 3. This dream never met reality.

When Episode 3 rolled around, Flaming was high in spirits. They were in a great position within the tribe, had a solid 3-person alliance, was in on the irene vote, found half a super idol, AND the tribe won immunity. Everything was up for Flaming! Not much happened this round, but it does go without saying that Flaming continued to strengthen his bonds with both Ben and Tyler, strengthening the Fire Nation alliance. This was Flaming's peak. Which is unfortunate, as everything went downhill from here.

When Soro lost the 4th immunity challenge, the target was not as precise as before. The majority alliance, consisting of Tone, Alex, Tyler, and Ben created a split vote plan in order guarantee that either Mayo or Sonatine went home. the reasoning for this was that a rumor had spread that Sonatine had half of a super idol. As for Mayo, people generally thought he was a bit dry. Flaming, although not part of the majority alliance, was in on this plan. Tyler, Tone, and Alex were supposed to vote for Sonatine. Ben and Flaming were tasked with throwing two votes in Mayo's direction just in case Sonatine played something. Sonatine and Mayo were led to believe the vote was flaming, in order to avoid any suspicion. Now, on paper, this plan works very effectively. As seen later on, it proved to be ineffective in practice.

Tone, not wanting to jeopardize his current social standing in the tribe, decides to not vote. This causes a 2 v 2 v 2 split between Flaming, Sonatine, and Mayo. Whenever a split vote occurs, the wheel of doom is introduced. Whoever the wheel lands on are eliminated. Despite the 66.7% chance it wasn't them, Flaming was picked by the wheel and sent packing.

Looking back at the elimination, many things could have saved Flaming. Tyler, at the time, held an extra vote advantage and could have used it too vote for either Mayo or Sonatine. Tone could have just voted with the majority, or the odds could have worked out in Flaming's favor. Sadly, none of these possibilities came true, cementing Flaming in 14th place.

## Voting History

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### Trivia:

* Flaming is the first person to ever be eliminated by the wheel of doom in Raging Survivor
	+ Flaming is also one of only three people to ever be placed on the Wheel of Doom. The other two being Mayo and Sonatine.