Luke

Luke is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Italy and Visionary Survivor: Clash of Casts.

## Italy Summary

Luke is a castaway that started off the season just as well as anybody else. He immediately found a #1 ally in Schmutz as well as some solid relationships with a handful of other castaways on the Versace tribe. Everything seemed to be headed in the right direction for the early stages of his game. However, after failing to complete the third challenge, his tribe lost their first challenge of the season. Although it seemed like Luke had enough connections to keep himself safe, many of his supposed allies turned on him due to him being quieter than other members of the tribe. As a result, he became the third castaway elimination from Visionary Survivor: Italy.

### Voting History

 Good Morning World
 Two Is Enough
 If I Get Voted Off I'm Gonna Be Like "Bruh"
 Eliminated, Day 8

## Summary Clash of Casts

Being one of the lesser known alumni returning to compete in Clash of Casts, Luke was arguably the biggest dark horse of the season with a lot to prove. Starting off on the season Luke didn’t have much to worry about. Much like his first season, his original tribe was more dominant physically. After avoiding the first two tribal councils, Luke was swapped onto the Ksitigarbha tribe with fellow season two alumni Schmutz. Separated from his main allies Brett and Jack, Luke took more of a backseat role on his new tribe as to not become a large target. He mainly focused on impressing his new tribe with his challenge performance, proving that he would be an asset to them throughout the rest of the pre-merge.

Luke was in a solid position when Ksitigarbha lost their first challenge as a new tribe when Booty and Otter seemed to be on the block. No one was paying much attention to Luke and Schmutz as Booty was weighing down the tribe physically and people seemed to be wary of the season four alumni on the tribe. During this time, an alliance between Luke, Schmutz, Eddie and Sean seemed to be strengthening without anyone suspecting it… at first.

In order to prevent a potential idol play from Booty, Dawit suggested that his majority alliance split the votes onto Schmutz or Luke, preferably Schmutz. When the season four alumni seemed hesitant, even with all of Dawit’s aggressive pushing for the split, he got suspicious that the season four alumni were working with the season two alumni on the tribe. While his theory didn’t impact anything at first, he did hint at the possibility to CK which made him incredibly paranoid. After Booty’s elimination, tension was high at the Ksitigarbha as CK and Dawit had a heated argument about how the last tribal council went. During this argument Schmutz was thrown under the bus by CK, making her think she was in deep trouble. Even with CK on the block for targeting an immune Dawit, Schmutz decided it would be a good idea to target Luke as a way to distance the two and eliminate any suspicion. Thus, a rivalry was sparked.

Come merge, Luke continued with his backseat approach while also working to up his social game and be a little more aggressive. A simple and linear strategy, but one that seemed to work out well for him. At the final nine the underlying conflict between Luke and Schmutz had finally resurfaced. So when Schmutz won immunity, Luke was in a tough spot. Now being the biggest target, Luke pushed for a Jethro blindside in order to weaken the season four alumni. Knowing that the season four alumni were likely working together with Schmutz for a 5-4 majority, Luke and Dawit pulled together an idol blocker, extra vote, and vote blocker to ensure that Jethro would go home. Unexpectedly, when Otter flipped for his own personal gain and Jethro forgot to vote, the blindside worked easily.

After getting rid of Jethro, Luke had his sights locked on Schmutz who was still targeting him. After Eddie won the final eight immunity his opportunity finally arrived. Schmutz found herself on the bottom of the tribe with Eddie and Sean after Jethro was blindsided. While she was down, she attempted to throw Eddie and Sean under the bus in order to secure a position in the majority. Unfortunately for her, the last minute scrambling turned out to be the last straw as she was eliminated in a unanimous vote.

Coming off of the successful Jethro and Schmutz blindsides Luke seemed to have lost his momentum as other deals and moves were controlling the game instead of his own. Including Dawit’s sole vote at the final seven, and the Monkey blindside at the final six. By the final five, Brett, Dawit, and Otter had all locked their final four spots due to having a Tribal Exit Ticket, an Immunity Idol, and a Tribal Exit Ticket respectively, which meant that either Eddie or Luke would be eliminated. After Brett won the final five immunity, he essentially had the choice of who to eliminate due to all of the advantages. After much consideration, and even after Eddie told him to give his Tribal Exit Ticket to Luke, Brett decided to give the ticket to Eddie, making Luke the first person to ever be Cirie’d in Visionary.

## Return Interviews

**Biography**
Gender: Male
Country: USA
Birthday: November 15th
Occupation: Usher at Movie Theatre
Three Adjectives: Funny Wise Chill
Hobbies: Writing, Video Games, Smoking
**Coming into your second season, which area do you think you can improve in most between social play, physical play, and strategic play? How do you plan on improving?**
I can def improve my social play. I'm good at finding an alliance, but I need to socially interact with everyone on my team, and then mostly everyone at merge, just so I don't get blind sided so easily lmao. I don't think I need to change anything else tbh. I'll sweat challenges so I don't get voted off early.
**What was the biggest mistake you made when playing in your first season? How did you learn from it?**
Shit its hard to remember tbh. i kinda begged for my life i didn't find enough allies. so the begging was worthless because they had no remorse for me. they basically didn't know who I was lmao.
**Have you spectated any seasons besides the one you competed on? Have any other castaways stood out to you?**
Hardly. I've been watching the current season a bit. Rey and Aaron are standing out as entertaining and good players.
**How has Visionary Survivor impacted you?**
It set the bar for high quality orgs basically.
**In what ways do you hope to refine your legacy with this second chance you’ve been given? What do you hope to gain from competing again?**