Whimsy February 16, 2023 Share February 16, 2023 Carson Garrett Age: 20 Hometown: Rome, Ga. Current Residence: Atlanta, Ga. Occupation: NASA Engineering Student Three Words to Describe You: Multi-faceted, exuberant, innovative Why do you want to be part of Survivor? I want to be part of Survivor to win the game I know and love and prove that age does not define success. As someone who has obsessively studied the evolution of game theory within Survivor, I cannot wait to test myself and see how my unique thought process and strategic background fare on a game built upon the idea of adaptability. While I believe that winning Survivor requires some luck, I think that my intuition and discernment will lead me down a path to victory. What's one life experience you feel has prepared you for the game? Over the last year, I have completed two semesters' worth of workforce development training at NASA. My first semester specialized in proposal writing, and my second dealt with mission concept design. I was the project manager of a team of 10 students. Working with a variety of people from all over the country to develop a formal engineering report was a challenge. Which previous player do you identify with the most? Who do you think you will play most like? I identify most with Christian Hubicki. Christian embraced his quirks and nerdiness to disarm his opponents into wanting to work with him. He used his charm and intelligence as a weapon, and despite being labeled as the "weakest" male on the David tribe initially, he became one of the biggest threats after the merge. I intend to model my game after him but focus more on diminishing my threat level until the endgame. Unlike Christian, I do not plan to reveal my engineering background (especially given the perceptions attached to rocket science). I want people to solely view me in a "Mr. Nice Guy" light and I plan to ensure no one will detect my deeply strategic underside. What will you value in an alliance partner? The quality I value most in an alliance partner is loyalty. I would love to be in on an alliance with someone who, no matter what, would never vote me out. Though personally, I am willing to do anything and work with anyone if it puts me in a better position to win this game. Favorite Hobbies: 3D printing, Settlers of Catan, photography, Minecraft, strategic board games, space/engineering YouTube videos, Civilization V. Pet Peeves: Mosquitoes, delayed texters, people who text me essays, people who play on their phone during a movie, smacking gum in a silent room, people who radiate negative vibes, people who think the moon landing is fake. What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? I am most proud of being the recipient of the National Student Volunteer Award for 2022 in Consult Your Community, a nonprofit consulting organization that spans 26 college chapters. After working my way up to being president of the Georgia Tech chapter, I was beyond honored to find out about how many of my peers nominated me for the award. What is something we would never know from looking at you? Most people would never know that I 3D print and design Survivor puzzles for fun. Part of my preparation for Survivor has been practicing the 3D puzzles I've made. Who in your life is your biggest inspiration and why? My great-grandfather is my biggest inspiration in my life. Growing up in poverty and working his way up to being a chief engineer at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, my great-grandfather was able to help shape NASA projects such as Skylab and Saturn V during the peak of the space exploration era. Why will you be the Sole Survivor? I will be the Sole Survivor because of my natural ability to push myself to succeed. No matter what challenge I am presented with, I never give up and always prepare to the best of my ability. I plan to use my emotional intelligence, logical mind and kindness to bring home the million-dollar check and become the youngest Survivor winner in the process. Link to comment
LadyChatts May 25, 2023 Share May 25, 2023 Exit interview with Carson https://ew.com/tv/survivor-44-carson-garrett-interview/ -he wouldn't have helped Yam Yam try to make fire if he knew he'd be taking him on later that day. He admits he got into his own head too much when it came to making fire, but is proud of how well he did -he said the reason he voted for Yam over Carolyn was because he felt Yam gave a better FTC performance, and he didn't feel that Carolyn explained her strategy as well as he would have liked. He does say he was going to vote for one of them, but was undecided who before FTC. -as to why he tried coaching Carolyn through FTC, he could tell she was nervous and wanted her to just own the decisions she made so it'd sound like she had a better strategic game than people might have realized. He also said that while he loves Heidi, looking at her game from the perspective of the 3 Stooges alliance, he felt she was riding their coattails and he was trying to point that some of the decisions she made in the game were because of Tika's influence, not her own moves. He said that Tika instigated stuff between Soka and Ratu, and that they didn't always vote the same way on purpose as a way to leverage their votes. -he believes he would have won because he had stronger relationships with some of the jurors compared to Yam and Carolyn (he was close with Lauren, Brandon, Danny, Matt, Frannie and Kane, and believes he could have gotten all of their votes, or at least most of them). -he still has his 3D printer, but didn't share any of his prize money with it (I think it deserved some of the cut, along with Carson's bathtub, for helping aide him in the challenges). He would feel honored if he broke Survivor by practicing these challenges at home because of his printer; he does admit Survivor needs some freshness that can't be replicated by a printer -when he switched to Ratu, he knew they would assume he was given something (like an idol), but he didn't want them to know that, so he made up an advantage called Shot in the Light (basically it would increase your SITD odds). He did eventually tell Lauren and Kane about his idol as a way to build trust with them going into the merge 1 Link to comment
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