Gary Chow

## Overview

Gary Chow was the winner of SHUFFEL! 1: First Flight and passenger on SHUFFEL! 8: Frequent Flyers. His gameplay started off strong with a powerful alliance which controlled the first half of the game, and in the later half he became an underdog who had to fight his way to the end of the game. Ultimately his determination and ability to maneuver his way to the final 2 earned the respect of the jury, crowning him the winner in a 6-3 vote against finalist Sienna.

On Frequent Flyers Gary proved himself as a winner, being the best placing winner on that season. He was initially put into a bad position being paired with another winner, Farrah, but utilized his strong social connections to propel himself into aviation. Once he aviated he went under the radar while still making moves that impacted the game, ultimately placing 6th.

## Gameplay

#### SHUFFEL! 1: First Flight

Week one Gary had no preference over who went home, having no bond with either nominees. He voted Marcus and Ken out in a spur of the moment decision, one he regretted after and apologized to the gay couple for. Week two he and his girlfriend Becca were nominated by Dustin and Taylor after Becca refused the sexual advances of Taylor. Gary got into a massive argument and nearly hit Taylor, but controlled himself. He and Becca won the killshot and gloated in front of Taylor and Dustin.

Week three the pair won topflight and needed allies to get Dustin and Taylor out. They were approached by Maria and Jenny and the four created The Quad alliance. With the help of Maria and Jenny Gary and Becca were able to get Dustin and Taylor ejected. Week four Gary and Becca were nominated by Sienna and Lydia which they didn't take personally and successfully won the killshot. As Maria pushed for Marcus and Ken to go Gary didn't want to do that, yet submitted and contributed to the unanimous vote.

During week five Gary and Becca were nominated as pawns by Jenny and Maria to throw the plane off guard, assuring their safety. Gary won the killshot for himself and Becca and assured their safety, and then executing the plan to evict Rodrick and Alissa. After this week Gary and Becca became suspicious of Maria and Jenny, but unlike Becca Gary hid his feelings of worry which would bite Becca in the butt later.

In week six Gary was nominated by Lydia and sat in the cargo room for the first time, but his alliance swayed the votes in his favor and he stayed by a large margin. In week seven he and Becca won topflight and the two made a power move by nominating two pairs, they successfully got their target Kelsey ejected. Week eight Gary and Becca were betrayed by Jenny and Maria, and Becca was ejected. Gary felt hurt and betrayed but realized he needed Maria and Jenny, considering he had no bonds with any other players in the cast.

Week nine Gary began to secretly branch out, and established a connection with Sienna, using her naive nature to his advantage. In week ten Gary pushed for the ejected of Lydia over Sienna a move which would benefit him down the line.

In week eleven Gary was faced with a choice, to eject Maria or Jenny. After a lot of conversations Gary felt it was smarter to keep Maria around since he was closer to her, and in a 2-1 vote Maria stayed. After winning the killshot in final 5 Gary changed his line of thinking and realized just how big of a threat Maria was and voted her out, but she stayed in the tiebreaker. In the final 4 he sat on the block next to Maria and aired out all his issues with her, which she respected. She was ejected over him and he knew he had to fight hard to win the first class comp, which he did. He made the easy decision of evicting Jaelyn and taking Sienna to the final 2. He had a powerful and effective speech displaying his game and the jury respected it, granting him a 6-3 win.

#### SHUFFEL! 8: Frequent Flyers

Being paired with Farrah meant any chance of him going under the radar like he planned went out the window. The two were immediately nominated as the targets, and once they lost the killshot it looked like it was all over. Gary and Farrah went to Robin and leveraged their prior relationship, to which Robin agreed in keeping them and helped flip the vote to keep them.

The following week Gary was nominated again, and while he came close in the killshot he still lost. It looked like once again he and Farrah were going to be ejected, that is until a house meeting was held, in which Gary basically explained why it would be detrimental for a majority of the players game to eject him and Farrah, as they are shields. His speech ultimately worked and the vote was flipped onto Salem / Janae.

Gary, season 8

## Gameplay

### Ejected In

The Syrian Desert

Week three as he was nominated again Gary wasn't as worried, knowing that being on the block next to Drake / Jill meant they would likely be safe. He relaxed that week and spent a lot of time bonding with other players like Eclipse and Hudson.

Upon aviation Gary was safe and was put in a difficult position. He was friends with both Eclipse and Farrah, but decided it would be better for his game to get rid of Farrah, lowering his threat level which ultimately worked in his favor. The next week Gary was nearly nominated but made a deal of safety with Dick. He got into a minor altercation with Robin when he told her that he wouldn't be saving her and he voted to keep Diyoza.

Week six he was safe, as his social game was really good. When the nominations were set he was conflicted again, knowing that Jaelyn would be ejected, but having a friendship with her. He honored his friendship and voted Abraham out.

In week eight he was approached by Diyoza with the idea to get Blair out and he approved of the idea, and the two executed their plans. Once she was a final nominee Gary campaigned heavily for her to be ejected and she was. Week nine Gary didn't agree with Eclipses plan to get Hudson out initially, but after some thought he eventually relented and voted the way his ally wanted, ejecting Hudson.

In week ten Gary saved his ally Eclipse once again, pushing for Troy to go which wasn't a hard narrative to spin. Unfortunately his social game wouldn't be enough to prevent Damien from nominating him in week eleven and he hit the block for the first time since week three. After losing the killshot it looked like Gary would be staying in a 2-1 vote, but after Dick and Damien talked Dick flipped on his ally and voted Gary out making the vote 2-1 and he placed 6th.

## Trivia

* Gary is the original winner of SHUFFEL!
* Gary is the first male w inner
* Gary is the first Asian player
* Gary is the first person to win the First Class competition
* Gary was nominated the most times in SHUFFEL! 1: First Flight
* Gary is the highest placing winner on Frequent Flyers