Bandit (robbed from BvW)

Bandit is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Italy, Visionary Survivor: Clash of Casts and Visionary Survivor: Fans vs Favorites.

## Italy Summary

As a member of the original Versace tribe, Bandit had a lot of time on his hands due to winning three out of first four challenges. It's safe to say he used this time wisely. Due to him being arguably the best challenge competitor on his initial tribe he quickly developed a target on his back, but fortunately he was able to keep the heat off of himself by consisting winning challenges and forming an alliance that kept him safe at the only tribal he went to pre-merge. He didn't receive a single vote pre-merge despite being such a big target as a vocal leader and challenge beast.

Once the merge hit Bandit was in a good and bad spot. On one hand, he was reunited with all of Versace who had a dominant majority in the merge with a 6-4 number advantage. Things looked even better after two more Valentino were evacuated to start the merge leaving original Versace with six members and original Valentino with two members at the final eight. However, this was offset as his target only grew bigger with less and less people in the game.

Recognizing his dominance, Schmutz, Sasha and Ethan began to blur tribal lines as they talked with Jack and Joel to try and turn the votes against Bandit in a double tribal council. Unaware of the blindside that was about to happen, Bandit and his closest ally Brandon voted for Joel and Schmutz respectively. Bandit voted for Joel thinking that Versace would hold strong and eliminate the final two old Valentino members while Brandon voted thinking that old Valentino was looking to make a move Schmutz. Ultimately, Bandit was taken out with the most votes in a double elimination that resulted from a complex vote.

### Voting History

 Good Morning World
 Two Is Enough
 If I Get Voted Off I'm Gonna Be Like "Bruh"
 Why The F Wouldn't You Use all 24 Hours?
 Silence Is Golden
 Give It Up For Day Fifteen
 Guac
 Committing Competition Suicide
 Joel
 Eliminated, Day 27

## Clash of Casts Summary

Finishing 8th in a season with a disqualification followed by three consecutive evacuations isn’t exactly the most satisfying result. With his second chance, Bandit wanted to prove that he could compete at a high level even with an active cast.

In the early stage of the game before the swap, Bandit and the rest of the season two alumni were ironically and shockingly active. They quickly became a dominant force after finishing 1st and 2nd in the first two challenges, proving that they did indeed have the physical and social skills to be threats in their own right. After the swap, Bandit, Brett, and Jack all remained on the Manjusri tribe, while Luke and Schmutz were swapped onto the new Ksitigarbha tribe. Based on previous challenge scores, the new Manjusri tribe seemed to be the better tribe on paper. Unfortunately, the tribe faced loss after loss after loss, only winning one challenge out of the remaining seven pre-merge challenges. For most of the tribal councils Bandit was in a good position, even winning individual immunity for the double tribal council in which Aidan was eliminated. But eventually the bonds of other players on the tribe were stronger than Bandit’s, leaving him in the dust in a unanimous 5-1 vote.

## Fans vs Favorites Summary

With two rather mediocre performances to his name, Bandit desperately wanted to prove himself as a strong player in his third season. The game started off pretty well for Bandit, he had led his tribe in finding camp and was able to quickly connect with tribemates Elx and Ry. While he and Elx would soon turn into a tight duo, Bandit’s social game was too narrow for him to really control much.

With the Favorites losing so many of the challenges in the early game, it was critical for Bandit to confirm numbers at every moment possible to ensure that he would make it through each round. Unfortunately, his only strong connection was with Elx. As Izaak was targeted in the first two tribal councils, Bandit was able to work himself into the majority easily as everyone was against Izaak. But come the third tribal council Bandit was in trouble. With Elx by his side Bandit started to lead a campaign against Booty, fearing that Booty would eventually target him. Although he initially wanted to blindside Hoeah due to perceiving him as an under the radar threat, he felt more confident in his numbers against Booty. Ironically, that wasn’t the case. At the time Booty’s game was better spread out than Bandit with stronger connections, which allowed Booty to eliminate Bandit in a 6-2-1 vote sending Bandit home.

### Voting History

 After This Season I'm Gonna Have So Much Instagram Followers
 I'm Literally Gonna Drown Myself
 This Was An INTENSE Vote
 Eliminated, Day 7

## Return Interviews

* Fans vs Favorites

**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?**
Social for sure. I didn't reach out to Joel or Sasha for the whole season, and that didn't really help me going into the part of the season where people were actually not striking out. So I can be working on my dm game in order to have connections where they matter more, a connection with Sasha may have been able to swing things for me then.
**What was the biggest mistake you made when playing in your first season? How did you learn from it?**
Uh I put to much trust where it wasn't warranted. I trusted that Joel and Schmutz would continue doing as me and Brandon wanted even when there was no good reason they would. I play a lot safer now, relying on less chance, which should help.
**Have you spectated any seasons besides the one you competed on? Have any other castaways stood out to you?**
I've slightly paid attention to s4, same with s1. Rey is a big threat, he is extremely talented. Sasha and Schmutz would also stand out as issues. Frankly I don't know but so much about s3, but Nexus and Michael are solid players who I already know to be friends. Finally, good ol Brandon and Kaden C., two of my best friends in the community now honestly, I want them back.
**How has Visionary Survivor impacted you?**
Imma be real, the only thing I can come up with is that it was part of the train of orgs that made me realize that my social game was super poor. Except if u count meeting Brandon and Joel.
**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?**

I mean, its not like my legacy is that good. I came 8th in the worst season. I still have to get myself a good legacy in the first place like, right now I'm just a mediocre juror in this universe. I don't have a reputation worth having, so i need to get one of those.
**What does it mean to you to be considered a Fan Favorite in the Visionary community?**
After both of my performances being super mediocre, its huge that the community thinks enough of me as a person, and not just a player, to give me this opportunity.
**What are your expectations for this season in terms of competition?**
After none of the 18 all stars being here, the competition will still obviously be steep, but not as bad as it could have been. People like Dawit and Rey not being around makes things easier obviously. But some people on the ballot worry me, Hoeah being one example off the top of my head.
**How do you expect the mixed cast of veterans and newbies to impact the season? Are you more nervous about the veterans returning or the newbies who are getting their first chance?**
Frankly, the newbies. Vets are gonna go for people they think are threats, other vets. Newbies might try to slide under that radar for too long, and I have to try to avoid letting that happen.
**Coming in as the veterans of the season do you feel that it’s the Favorites job to uphold their stature and give the Fans a tough fight?**
I feel like its more like the fans need to prove something to us frankly. We should be the obvious bigger players, they need to be able to prove themselves not us.
**What’s your main goal this season now that you’ve been given another chance?**