Ginge

Ginge played in Myka's VideORG Games: Ocarina of time where he was voted out in the final 8 tribal council where was he was voted out 5-3-1 and became the fourth member of the jury. He returned to S6: Twisted Metal All Stars and was the second runner up.

## Contestant Career

### Tribes

Goron Tribe, Kokiri Tribe, Lon Lon TribeWashington D.C., Paris, Holland, Hong Kong

## Ocarina of Time Player Profile

**1.) What is the most important thing or things that people should know about you?**

Lol but for real, I'm 22 years old, from Burnsville, MN but I currently reside in Des Moines, IA for school. I go to Drake University where I study musical theatre and advertising, I'm on my senior year. I've been playing orgs for just over a year now and this will be my fifth one. John's Survivor S2 - 8th/18 Kingdom S1 - 1st/16 John's Survivor S6 - 15th/30 Survivor Unreal S8 - 8th/20 I'm a huge Survivor superfan who has seen every single US season at least 2-3 times. When I was in elementary and middle school, gaming was my main passion, and the Legend of Zelda has always been my favorite franchise. And in a way my drive to earn the allowance money to buy and collect all those games and some of their corresponding consoles was a huge kickstarter and my first realization in my life of what hard and consistent work ethic can do for you. Ocarina of Time was my introduction to that series, so when I saw that this org combined Survivor and Legend of Zelda, I couldn't say no.

**2.) Why should specs pick YOU in their draft?**

I think that one of my main strengths in orgs as well as could be one of the main reasons of my success here is my ability to connect with most people I meet through my self awareness of how others will perceive me based on the vibe I give off. When I first meet new people, I usually tend to be very open about myself, inviting others to do the same through being friendly and complimentary, and I've noticed that this usually results in more people trusting me easier. And I typically have a mostly good understanding of what type of information to give up and when so that people can see me as reliable. I feel that if I maintain this perception with as many people as possible here, then I can go far.

**3.) If you win this game, what would be the biggest reason why?**

Probably my biggest weakness in orgs and what could very likely be my demise if I get in my head too much when it happens is that when things don't work out how I planned, I struggle to adapt and change course how I need to fast enough to stay afloat and get more traction. My unfortunate downfall usually comes as a result of that. If that happens at some point this season, I need to be able to be flexible and change just like that so I can get back on the winning path.

**4.) If you don’t win this game, what would be the reason why?**

Because I'm me that's why

Lol but in all seriousness, despite how busy I may appear to be, I give everything I do my absolute all, including orgs. As someone who's been a big fan of both Survivor and Legend of Zelda for a long time, someone who's smart socially and strategically enough to be able to maneuver through this game and someone who has solid timing, self awareness, and analytical assessing skills to go along with it, I think I have what it takes to win this org.

## Twisted Metal All Stars Player Profile

**1.) How do you feel being named an all-star? What is your motivation this season? What makes you an all-star?**

Of course it's very flattering to be called as such. Out of the 100 people who have played this org so far, I'm one of the select few that receives this label. How could it not be an honor? I just need to make sure I don't get in my head about this, compare myself to my peers, and think I'm not deserving which is a subconscious problem in my regular life as well, especially . I just need to remind myself that I'm just as deserving of being here and have just as good of a chance as anyone does. Even if this is a pool of an INCREDIBLE player caliber, most of whom I consider to be better than me but it's fine! We'll get through it.

I need to break my usual spiraling trend I tend to get at certain points of my org experience. In that as soon as I start getting closer to a specific goal I want to achieve, I start to let a bunch of doubt plague my mind and just assume worst case scenario and think so low of myself. And I feel that my best bet at avoiding this pattern is just continually remind myself why I play Survivor. To have fun! Get to know and build solid bonds with people. Hell maybe even create genuine friendships that last beyond the game. And I feel that I'll be most likely to follow through on this if I work in checkpoints. Let me elaborate. In my normal life, I am a musical theatre major at college. And as such it involves auditioning for multiple shows every single year. Auditions are by far the worst part of this lifestyle imo. It's always very nerve wracking knowing your fate in landing this gig lies solely in the quality of your performance in that moment. If you're good enough and see you possibly fitting somewhere in the show, they'll call you back for a certain role. They'll have you read for it, sing for it, maybe learn choreography, etc. From there, that usually means you have a good chance at being in the show. It's all about where you fit. Then the cast is finalized. A good system I found for overcoming audition jitters and keeping myself focused on my performance work in the moment, is setting checkpoints for myself. Instead of going in with the pressure on myself of "gotta get this part!" I go in with the mindset of "just show yourself and get a few callbacks" then if I'm successful and get some callbacks for certain roles, I can go into those with the mindset of "alright, let it loose, get this bread, go for the jugular!" And I've gotten my best results in auditions doing that I feel. Hopefully that makes sense for those who don't understand the thratre process.

So I'll be doing this here as well. I found to not have quite as much fun in my last org, BOTO, as I could have, hell even when I was doing well, because I was putting so much pressure on myself to be the best and win. Kept me from seeing the present. I overthought unnecessarily, and as a result, I underdelivered. Two idols were played and I was taken out on a revote all because I failed to see the simple solution. I can't do that again, I didn't even make merge so *right now* my main goal for this org is not to win. I just want to make merge. The only other time I went pre merge was in the only other AS org I've ever been in. One round before merge. So if I can just make merge here, I'll be ecstatic. And if that is achieved, I can adjust from there for my next checkpoint.

I mean for one the name says it all I'm fucking sexy. And glorious. And everyone knows this. Plus I like to think I'm pretty fucking hysterical. And occasionally smart about something. Also in S2 I guess I played pretty okay Idk lol but for real, deep down, I know what I can be proud of. In S2, I adapted to the crackhead energy of Goron, my og tribe, and subtly gained trust of others and social leverage by just building bonds, getting in on plans and alliances, all while the big dogs were already trying to blindside each other and just slide on by. Unfortunately, the swap to Kokiri put me in a precarious position where I had to be on my toes and play somewhat chaotically. That season, we each had a secret duo partner on the other tribe. And in the swap, I was put into a 3-3 tribal lines division with my duo partner being there as well. And since everyone knew whose partner was whose from very early on, it was pretty apparent to everyone that he and I were in the middle. And it made me a target at the very first vote by someone pushing it, even after I was gonna flip on Goron to help him out. So fortunately, we were able to tie the vote, where he went home on the revote after he revealed a lie he told to the people who voted with him. Then when we went back to tribal later, I had to adapt my strategy AGAIN where we knew merge was next and we had no choice but to turn on the person who single handedly saved me

merge came and we found ourselves in an alliance of 7 where we spent the first 3 rounds taking out some people considered as goats. And during that, my duo and I formed an underground alliance of 4 with another duo that we could use down the road. Which stayed in tact during the goat slaughtering days. At final 9, we flipped on a power player with an idol, which he went home with. Tbh I trusted him more than I trusted his ally (who ended up going on to win lol) but my duo had history with the idol holder and wanted him gone as did that entire coalition of 6 we got together so I cooperated. I knew it was gonna make me look sketchy and it did as the people I flipped on wanted me dead next. And two people in that coalition were gonna make it happen too. So I got the underground 4 together to make them realize we're getting flipped on so we can snipe her and then our 4 would be good for a while. We even had an extra vote so what could go wrong? ... Unfortunately my vote got stolen and then the hero of the story in me was no more and all of Videorg wept So yeah, that's my story from S2. I hope to be more successful here but again, we're not getting ahead of ourselves. Let's just make merge first

**2.) Which all star are you most excited to play with? Which all star are you most concerned/threatened/tentative about?**

**3.) If you win the season, how are you going to accomplish it?**

Like I said before, I'm trying to not focus on winning so much right now. Just my first checkpoint of getting to merge for now. However, if I am able to achieve this prestigious honor, I feel it will be because of my successful threat level management and my ability to stay on my toes at all times to be prepared to handle any chaos that's thrown my way. Any good player needs to be able to adapt, so if I can do that I'd like to hope I have a shot. And if I'm able, I wanna keep myself in a position where I always have some social leverage. In the sense that I have as many reliable allies as possible so I have different options in front of me for the best path forward. If possible, I wanna keep as many big threats around me as possible. So if I can align with those big meat shields, I feel I can make this work. But the issue is that with this pool in a season like this, you're never gonna know for sure who qualifies as a trustworthy meat shield and who is trying to accomplish the same thing you are in slipping by while the big names are going after each other. As any single person in this cast could swing either way or hell, even fall anywhere in between that I haven't even mentioned yet. So I just need to keep being myself, create strong bonds as well as be observant and listen to everything around me. This would be my best chance for success I feel. I mean, this is such a strong cast that I really don't know if I will be able to pull this off. I noticed the common pattern for me in orgs is that while I usually come out with the right reads on what's going on and the right idea as to what to do next. But then I fall short when it comes to the execution because someone beat me to the punch with an extra trick up their sleeve. So I'm scared that's gonna happen once again. But in the end of the day, I know deep down I have what it takes to win. Hell, I've done it before despite how long it's been. So, I can't see why it isn't worth a shot and we'll see how it goes.

**4.) If you don’t win the season, what would be the most likely reason?**

I get robbed by a stupid advantage both of the last two people who did that to me being in this very cast (edited)

Lol but for real

If I don't win, it will be either me getting too far ahead of myself, ditching my gut instinct unnecessarily to make a big move too early taking me out or me overthinking a specific scenario too much to the point where I fail to see the easy solution that's right in front of my nose. If I fail, it's likely gonna be because I did one or both of those things.

But I'm gonna do my damndest to make sure this doesn't happen

For the specs

Cuz there's nothing left here after I'm gone obviously

## Character Ranking

**Season Character Rankings:**

**S2: 3. Ginge**

*Ginge cult, please don’t track me down and beat me senseless for this. But the fact Ginge got eighth place and still made top 3 is absolutely a testimony to him, not an insult. Ginge was an incredibly deliberate player. From the novels he wrote in his confessionals, to being the last to submit for just about everything, Ginge delivered on his preseason promise. I told him this personally, but Ginge gave me the best application I have ever seen, even if it was submitted like 30 minutes before the deadline. I even extended the cast to fit him in. And unlike some of the players before him, Ginge made good on his application hype. His personality was a draw, and even though few knew him before this game, everyone knows and loves him now. Ginge was gonna win this game, I have no doubt, if Jenny didn’t take a steal a vote and steal his game, and rip out fans hearts, with it. I know Ginge is taking a break from orgs now, but I seriously hope he feels proud to end on this note, because I for one can say I’m honored he chose to play in my little org here.*

**S6: 8. Ginge 2.0**

*Ginge is such an icon in so many ways. He gave some fantastic video confessionals, always gave detailed and strong confessionals, added humor and entertainment, and was never afraid to be real and himself. In any other season, he'd EASILY be top 3 in this ranking. So why is he at 8? Well, he played a bit too undetectable strategically. Really, thats it. All of the top 8 were huge characters who played fantastic games, so it came down to the tiniest of differences. But Ginge was a finalist, and a well deserved finalist at that. He brought so much to the season and we just wouldn't have had the same experience if it wasn't for his fun, raw, and real energy.*

**S3 All Players Rankings: 8. Ginge**
*There is something that just feels right in the world putting Ginge eighth. Ginge, you shared today how much you like your penis. I guess that makes sense, since after watching your video confessionals, you look like one.*

## Stats

 Days Played
 Votes Against
 Individual Immunity Wins
 Idols Found
 Advantages Found
 Votes Negated

## Trivia

* Ginge's S6 Starter Car was the Sweet Tooth Car