Orange

**Orange** was a contestant of SurviVARs: Wildemount.

## **Profile**

**Discord:** x-𝕒𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕠

**Gender:** he/him

**Timezone:** EST

Orange! This man is one of my favorite people on Discord, and I was SO excited to be able to finally host him. This man is always a massive UTR threat, and SurviVARS was no different for him. He started off on Clay, where he and Flower were the cool kids in town. They ran the tribe backwards and forwards, and when they lost the first challenge they were able to dictate that it was Akicita’s time to go. Orange had a lot of power, and was able to save players like Riley and because they were higher on his trust rankings.

At the first swap, Orange followed Riley and Flower to Nydoorin. He was able to finish the idol hunt around then, but Sparky had already claimed it. When Danger came to Orange with idol info, Orange reciprocated, unknowingly giving Danger what he needed in order to claim the Lionette idol. Everyone was coming to Orange, and he seemed set up to the kingpin of this tribe as well. Orange, Dongoosh, and Danger were all pitching that two tribes should team up and take out the third, and it looked like OG Clay was the only tribe not on the target list (in part thanks to Orange’s dominance in the trust rankings). In the Cannonfire challenge, Orange held his own against Shaun but Nydoorin ultimately lost and went to Tribal Council, where OG Clay was forced to choose between voting off a Brenatto or a Lionette. Danger proposed a 3-3 split between Jake and Dongoosh, but Orange felt closer to them than to Danger so he went along with Riley’s push to take out Danger. This was when they swapped again, and Orange and Jake switched places with Shaun and Lars. Sparky saw Orange as his lifeboat on this new tribe, and shared that he had found the Clay immunity idol. Roman and Aowyn had a lot of power on this tribe, but Orange was threatening to upset that power structure alongside Jake just by being chill dudes that everyone wanted to work with.

At the Double Tribal, Ano won immunity and Bella emerged as the easy vote. Orange lost a Clay, but went into the merge at the very top of trust rankings. Even though people were clocking how well he was set up, nobody seemed to mind. Sindira was sent to the jury, and Orange found himself at the auction. Orange went all in on a secret item and wound up earning a Deck draw, which ultimately gave him the power to plant a Mimic Idol. He came up with a complicated idol hunt with some wickedly challenging puzzles, but not before giving Flower all the answers so that he could claim it when the hunt was made active. Shaun was sent home thanks to his scrambling and auction chart shenanigans, and Orange was still on top of the game. He had close confidants in Dongoosh, Sparky, and Flower, and almost everyone had him in their top slots for trust. Then everything hit the fan for Orange… Ano won a clutch immunity, sending everyone into a mad scramble.

The unanimous votes of the last two rounds meant that alliances finally needed to be drawn in the sand. Sparky’s idol had become public knowledge, so everyone was trying to find a way to flush his idol while sending their preferred target home. Everyone wanted a different target here, but Orange was largely left out of the crossfire. Targets changed back and forth, alliances were made, and chaos ruled. At the end, after a LOT of leaking and lying, it was Orange’s target than wound up catching the votes. He had pushed Roman successfully, but this leaked back to her and she had just enough time to flip her numbers from Riley to Orange in retaliation. When Roman played her idol, Orange was sent home in a 4-5-1 vote when he should have been safe. His heartbreaking exit (when he was literally #1 in trust rankings) was commemorated with a nomination for Most Robbed player, and the blindside that took him out was nominated for Best Move. Orange was really just getting started when he was sniped from the game. He spent the pre-merge becoming the social core of this cast, and was prepared to ride that to the end. If not for Roman’s idol and a lot of leaking, Orange probably could have done it too. He has such a fun personality, and it’s no wonder he does so well in these games. He’s disarmingly charming, and a master of the UTR game. Orange didn’t get to dominate the endgame like he may have in another universe, but he was a massive contender and got sniped too soon.

### **Nominations**

**Most Robbed Player**

Orange was at the top of trust rankings (like, literally #1 overall) when he was sent home. He was on top of the game, and shouldn’t have been in any danger whatsoever. As a matter of fact, it was Riley with the target on her back until about 30 minutes before the votes were read. If word hadn't leaked back to Roman that she was in danger, it probably wouldn’t have flipped onto Orange, and we would’ve had a VERY different season (especially considering Riley’s role in everything that came after). Orange, like Dongoosh, paid the price of what happens when an idol is played correctly. He had so much potential to go far, and would’ve been a serious endgame contender if not for thirty minutes of game talk that flipped the game against him.