Ryan

**Ryan** is the Sole-Survivor of Pickle Productions S1: India, Karmas Kurse.

Ryan started off slow at the premerge portion of the game, nearly avoiding being first boot. As the game went on, his social and strategic game massively ramped up. He won the season 6-2-0 with a strong UTR game with barely anyone seeing him as a threat.

## Pickle Productions ￼

### India, Karmas Kurse

Starting off the game Ryan started off the game on the Varansi tribe. Starting off the game, many people viewed him as inactive and with both of the tribes going to tribal council, it seemed like he needed to win immunity. Ryan ended up not winning immunity and it was between him and Legendz, but Jade ended up saving him. After this Ryan steadily started to up his social game but it wasn't enough as he was left out of the Jason vote and instead voted Noah.

After this a tribe swap saved him and his tribe lost the first immunity challenge. With this vote it was Yellow vs. Cam and his social game was shown during this vote, becoming close allies with many of the people that set him up for later in the game. During this vote his strategic game shined, too, as he was the swing vote and voted out Cam leaving him in the middle of the tribe.

Ceej then walked and it was Amy vs Stew, and he voted off Amy who idoled and Stew went home in a ~~3~~-3 vote. He was able to convince Amy that he did not flip and instead Yellow which kept his under-the-radar game in check.

Once the merge hit, Ryan had successfully obtained 3 Good Karma's, meaning he had won a extra vote that he planned on using late. When the Aligarh 5 started to show its cracks and Ryan immediately jumped on the oppritunity, acting as the flip vote between Hedgy vs Yellow, voting Hedgy out, and securing a middle position in the tribe where everyone trusted him. The next tribal was a double with Amy and Jayden going home, with him voting both of them out.

When he made it to the final eight, he quickly realized that the two Aligarh outsider, Agent and Step, were the current biggest jury threats. Knowing he needed to make a move against them, Ryan voted against the bigger of the two threats, Agent. And with Adam idoling, he helped send Agent home. Once the bigger of the two threats was sent home, Ryan knew he needed to finish the job and with the help of the others, Step was voted out in a 4-3 vote. After that Casper was expelled from the game, meaning that the extra vote he worked so hard for was nullified.

When he reached the final five, it was clear that the biggest threat to his game was Adam. And when Adam lost immunity, Ryan knew that it was time to strike. Jay ,not wanting it to go unused, ,played his idol on Ryan securing his spot in the final four as well as Adams spot on the jury. When Jay was immunity at the final four, Ryan manipulated the other three into believing Yellow and Tyrone were the two biggest threats left. Wanting to seem loyal to Yellow in case he lost the tie-breaker, Ryan voted against Tyrone. When Yellow won the tie-breaker, Ryan was next to him as well as Jay at the finale.

At Final Tribal Council, the jury criticized him for his cut-throat gameplay and not caring for the relationships he made throughout the game. But he was applauded for his strategic dominance, jury management, and overall performance. He was rewarded for his gameplay, by winning the season in a 6-2-0 vote against Jay and Yellow.

1. ↑ Jay played a hidden immunity idol on Ryan, nullifying one vote.

## Trivia

* Ryan is the first winner of Pickle Productions.