Hoeah

Hoeah is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Continental Conflict and Visionary Survivor: Fans vs Favorites.

## Continental Conflict Summary

Commonly painted as a follower by both spectators and castaways, Hoeah unfortunately received the short end of the stick in pretty much all situations he was involved with.

At the start of the game Hoeah was known as the challenge beast of Cortés, being the biggest factor in a lot of the earlier challenge wins for Cortés. With his main ally Sean by his side, the two had solid control of earlier Cortés. But as more and more castaways mutineed to their tribe, they were both subtly pushed into a bench role as other players to the spotlight.

At the first tribal council, Slug was a clear target and was voted out near unanimously, afterward Eddie followed at the next tribal council, which left Sean and Hoeah as the two castaways on the outside of the loop without either realizing it. At the next tribal council, the majority of Cortés began to target Sean due to his seemingly fake personality, claiming that he acted nicer in one on one conversations as opposed to group conversations. As a result, he was eliminated in a 5-2-1 blindside. And as if the humiliation of being left out of the vote wasn’t enough, Hoeah attempted to play a fake hidden immunity idol planted by Star. When the idol didn’t go through, Hoeah became the first person to find and play a fake idol in Visionary history.

When the third mutiny offer came around Hoeah was more than ready to leave Cortés and join Cartier after the blindside of his closest ally. Upon joining Cartier, Hoeah quickly allied with Rochelle, this would quickly become his primary relationship throughout the rest of his game. When the tribes merged, Hoeah was targeted by old Cortés due to having a broken relationship with its old members. Knowing about this broken relationship, old Cartier predicted that Hoeah would be their target. In preparation for tribal, Rochelle shared her idol clue with the rest of old Cartier in an attempt to find the merge idol and win the first battle between Cartier and Cortés. And when Hoeah found the idol after Rochelle told him where to search, he was able to save himself at tribal council and eliminate Jethro after blocking all Cortés votes.

With a majority over old Cortés, things were finally looking up for Hoeah after a rough nearly two weeks of play without Sean. But in the game of Survivor, whenever you feel most confident is when things fall apart. Knowing that old Cortés would be placing their votes on Rochelle, Dementia came up with an elaborate plan to have a majority of the votes land on Rochelle, followed by two votes on Rey, and one vote on each Bee and Hoeah as backup plans. As predicted, Hoeah played his idol, but things took a shocking turn when Noah played a vote blocker on Rochelle to cause a 1-1-1 tie between Bee, Hoeah, and Rey. As a result of a crazy tribal, Hoeah was eliminated by wheel.

## Fans vs Favorites Summary

As one of the more underrated Favorites returning, Hoeah had a lot to prove in his second go around. In the early stages of the game Hoeah put an emphasis on developing a strong, social, middle man type of game. Safe to say it worked really well. During the pre-swap portion of the game he had managed to vote in the majority at every tribal council, a feat that none of the other Favorites shared. This accomplishment was pretty impressive considering how hectic the first five tribal councils were.

Throughout the first couple of tribals Hoeah was more or less wandering around in the middle of his tribe, getting info from both sides. But as the two opposing alliances started dwindling due to the repeated tribal councils, Hoeah found himself in a more pivotal position with each vote. By the fourth tribal council Hoeah was in a true swing vote position with two options. Option one was to side with Booty, Elx, and Slug to take out Ephraim. The second option was to side with Ephraim, Giully, and Ry to take out Elx. Hoeah had developed a stronger connection to Giully than anyone else, so he naturally sided with the season six alumni alliance. They had a 4-3 majority, but after Ry forgot to vote the votes tied 3-3-1 and Ephraim was sent home.

Now that the lines had been drawn, the fifth tribal council started to force castaways’ hands a bit. Based on how the previous vote went, the tribe was split evenly 3-3. While Hoeah could’ve flipped and reverted back to working with Booty, Elx, and Slug, he felt better about continuing with Giully and Ry. His decision paid off as Giully came up with and perfectly executed a plan to force a 3-2-1 vote. When Booty voted for Giully and Elx and Slug voted Ry, Elx was eliminated.

Heading into the swap Hoeah continued to keep a low profile. He had been swapped onto the new Rak tribe with Ry, and they ended up down in numbers 3-2. If they wanted any chance of surviving they needed to flip someone. Despite the Fans not losing a single challenge before the swap, they really weren’t all that close. Bloody and Storm had assumed that they as well as Barney would stay Faen strong, but after losing the third challenge Barney remained hesitant. Barney had clicked really well with Ry, whereas he wasn’t all that close with either Bloody or Storm. Ultimately he decided to flip, and surprisingly Bloody did too. Even though Barney forgot to vote, Bloody’s was enough to land three on Storm to send him home.

Heading into the merge Hoeah was in a good spot. Still playing under the radar, he and Ry had reunited with Giully as she and Ry developed a plan to shake up the game. Knowing that a lot of the fans were going to target Logan, they did their best to ensure that a majority of the votes would land on him so that he could effectively play his legacy advantage. The plan went perfectly, as Logan nullified ten votes and blindsided Cole with just two. Throughout the rest of the merge Hoeah faded into the background a bit, being a part of a majority of the votes but not really directing any of them in an effort to minimize his threat level. When Logan won the final seven immunity challenge everyone seemed to be on board to eliminate Booty. But when Epoxy started spreading a lie that Booty had an idol, a majority shifted to Hoeah as the safe vote. This resulted in his elimination in a 5-1-1 vote.

## Return Interviews

**What does it mean to you to be considered a Fan Favorite in the Visionary community?**
To be a Fan Favorite, well, to me, it means that you were viewed in a positive light based on your personality and gameplay on your previous seasons. It also feels like a chance to redeem myself and improve upon what I did previously. It’s opportunity at its finest and i’m here to prove something.
**What are your expectations for this season in terms of competition?**
This season i expect tough competition with people who came back to prove something and with other people who came to knock those people down. You can never underestimate someone in this game and I won’t start now.
**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?**
I think the dynamic will create more easily drawn lines. These tribes will most definitely stick moving into the merge. As for being nervous, I feel like I’m someone who was viewed in a way that I don’t believe was fit, so I’m hoping that I am less threatening to both sides. However, I feel more nervous about veterans who may pick me off due to my minimal connections.
**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 as though for a veteran to come into this game and NOT do their very best would be an insult to those who didn’t make it in. We came here for a reason and if you wanna play weak then you’re just doing the rest of us a favor.
**What’s your main goal this season now that you’ve been given another chance?**