Darryl

Darryl is a contestant on Visionary Survivor: Egypt, Visionary Survivor: Clash of Casts, and Visionary Survivor: Blood vs Water.

## Egypt Summary

Darryl’s game can be summarized as the most uneventful of the season even though he lasted two weeks deep into the game. As he and Serena seemed to be in control at the start of the game, Darryl only went downhill from there. Due to randomized votes that came from castaways forgetting to vote, coincidentally there was one vote at both of the first two tribals that aligned with Choros’ vote. This lead Choros to believe that Darryl had voted with him and was a trusting ally, which was not the case. Darryl voted against Choros at both tribal councils, but due to his belief, Choros would specifically note that he liked and trusted Darryl when publicly speaking poorly of other tribemates. Little did he know he was ironically ruining Darryl’s game in the process. As these comments caused Duck and Tom to not trust Darryl, the final straw landed as Darryl’s actual main ally, Serena, was abducted by Bennu after the abduction twist challenge. Now all alone, Darryl was eliminated when Sphinx lost the final tribal immunity challenge.

### Voting History

 Everyone Is Blindfolded And Has Knives
 Voting Her Out Is The Snap Of A Finger
 Sorry Spectators, My Tribe Keeps Winning
 I Have Almost Completely Avenged You, Love You
 Winning Is Boring
 Eliminated, Day 13

## Clash of Casts Summary

As one of the lesser known castaways in his original season, Darryl had a lot to prove with his second chance. His first go around he played a somewhat aggressive strategical game and was accidentally framed for casting minority votes that were the result of others on his tribe not voting. Coming into his second season, he knew he needed to switch things up.

At the start of the game Darryl and fellow tribe member Kiibo were left on the outs of a potential rekindled trio consisting of Aidan, CK, and Dawit. Fortunately for Darryl, he was able to form a steady bond with Dawit that placed Dawit into a swing vote position. But there was nothing to worry about as the original Ksitigarbha tribe never attended a tribal council pre-swap.

After the four tribes swapped into two, Darryl was separated from Dawit, but remained on a tribe with Kiibo. This relationship would prove to be very beneficial as Kiibo saved Darryl’s name from the chopping block in numerous situations in order to keep his strongest ally in the game. As the new Manjusri tribe kept losing, Kiibo’s influence on the tribe remained steady but there was only so much he could do. By the time Manjusri was down to five members Darryl was seen as the least active member of a tribe that was desperately trying to win challenges. After Kiibo finally eliminated his biggest target, Jack, he had an important decision to make when Manjusri lost the final tribal immunity challenge. He could either force a tie by voting with Darryl in an attempt to save his less active, but more trustworthy ally, or he could make it a unanimous vote by voting with Brett and Jethro. He decided on the latter due to knowing that Darryl had a stronger relationship with Dawit than he did with him, and he didn’t want to risk becoming a third wheel in that scenario. When Darryl didn’t give any of his tokens to Kiibo after he was eliminated, his theory was confirmed.

## Blood vs Water Summary

After competing twice and being the last pre-merge boot both times, Darryl had something to prove to himself and to the Visionary Survivor community when returning for Blood vs Water. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long to fall back into old habits. In Darryl’s first two seasons his gameplay revolved around finding one ride or die and sticking with them while not really interacting much with other tribemates. In season three it was Serena, which led to Darryl’s downfall after she was abducted by the Bennu tribe. In season five it was Dawit, and while Darryl almost made it to merge without him, he was eliminated after being swapped onto a new tribe away from Dawit early in the pre-merge.

Blood vs Water saw Darryl picking up a new ride or die in Steven. Naturally, they were tight, but Darryl’s relationships with the rest of the tribe were lacking. Due to winning three out of the four initial challenges and Wyatt blowing up at the only tribal council the Zeus tribe went to, Darryl reached the swap barely breaking a sweat. But the swap saw Darryl’s game start to go downhill, following the trend of his first two seasons. After the swap Steven had stepped up as a bit of a social powerhouse, doing his best to form a solid majority alliance. While the alliance was solid, it was broken up from the inside by Kaden after he convinced them to split the vote. Kaden had developed a strong relationship with Giully, who was Steven’s main target, thus he had no intentions of working with Steven or his alliance. Ultimately Steven was taken out of the game in a 4-3-1 vote after he decided not to play either of his advantages.

With his main ally and arguably only strong ally now out of the game, Darryl was in trouble after the swapped Zeus tribe lost again just before the merge. Since no one really had a very strong bond with him, he was eliminated in a unanimous 6-1 vote, continuing his last pre-merge boot curse.

### Voting History

 I Feel Like I'm Back In The Majors
 Perfect And Punctual
 Grab The Ropes And Hold On Tight
 I Think A Baddie Will Be Leaving Tonight
 Sometimes It’s Better To Be Honest Than Spread Those Lies
 We Love You, We Will Always Love You
 It’s Every Man For Themselves
 Eliminated, Day 16

## Return Interviews

**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?**
Realistically I did ok at this aspect, wasn't the MOST social person but I was able to have numbers on my side which dropped due to people not voting but I feel if I talk more I'd help with people trusting me more then they did last time around.
**What was the biggest mistake you made when playing in your first season? How did you learn from it?**
Uhm... I wouldn't say its my mistake but I guess not having people believe I actually voted with them when I did in fact vote with them.
**Have you spectated any seasons besides the one you competed on? Have any other castaways stood out to you?**
Don't hate me but I actually did not, I found it very complicated to pay attention too, nor do I have the attention span to pay attention to things I'm not involved in so...this isn't shade just all tea cause I'm easily distracted.
**How has Visionary Survivor impacted you?**
It was actually extremely fun and impacted me to play even harder if cast I'd love the chance to show everyone just cause a randomizer ended my game doesn't mean I won't spin the wheel of fate and death to win the game and show everyone I deserve happiness and much more.
**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?**