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Archive => RFF Archived Boards => Survivor 32: Kaoh Rong => Topic started by: Leafsfan on January 20, 2016, 11:07:29 AM
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Nick Maiorano
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Name (Age): Nick Maiorano (30)
Tribe Designation: Beauty
Current Residence: Redondo Beach, Calif.
Occupation: Personal Trainer
Personal Claim to Fame: I’ll always be a better listener than you. Meaning, I listen to people better than you do, I’m more interested in people than you are, and I accept people more than you do. And yes, sometimes I pretend to do these things, but at least I pretend, whereas you just check out and are narcissistic.
Inspiration in Life: I didn’t have a hero last time I applied and still don’t. No human is a hero. I’m my own hero because I love the person I am.
Hobbies: Writing, exercising and managing web projects.
Pet Peeves: These aren’t necessarily pet peeves, but angry, loud and rude people who don’t know how to hold a conversation.
3 Words to Describe You: Obsessive-compulsive, receptive and contrarian.
If You Could Have 3 Things on the Island What Would They Be and Why? Alcohol. There’s nothing like a truth serum to give the other contestants. A picture of other contestant’s loved ones to negotiate with. A vacuum, so people think I’m dumber than they initially thought.
SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like: Courtney Yates and Jonathan Penner, personality wise. But I’m much more socially intelligent than they are.
Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: Winning a million dollars and showing the other contestants that signing up for my season of Survivor was a bad idea.
Why You Think You’ll “Survive” SURVIVOR: I’m athletic, but the most useful skill is my positive nature. Other members of the group will feed off my positive demeanor and remain upbeat or at least feel better once they have a conversation with me. Why You Think You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: It’s simple. I’m charismatic and manipulative. This isn’t something I’m proud to admit, but it’s true.
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Garrett and Joaquin mixed together :lol:
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Lol This man is interesting. Arrogant but funny. Crazy but intelligent. Let's see how his game is. :D
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How dare he insinuate that Courtney Yates doesn't have social skills.
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How dare he insinuate that Courtney Yates doesn't have social skills.
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How dare he insinuate that Courtney Yates doesn't have social skills.
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He was one of my pre-reveal picks, but now I hear him speak and think the Beauty ladies will kick his pompous self out before Caleb, if Caleb can be a gentleman the first week in the game.
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How dare he insinuate that Courtney Yates doesn't have social skills.
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He was one of my pre-reveal picks, but now I hear him speak and think the Beauty ladies will kick his pompous self out before Caleb, if Caleb can be a gentleman the first week in the game.
Lol I feel the exact same way. When I read his (spoilt pre-reveal) bio, I was excited and he was one of my favourites on the male side.
Now... noppity nope. :)
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Survivor: Kaoh Rong - Meet Nick Maiorano
https://www.youtube.com/v/h-5Dq1214jw
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No human is a hero. I’m my own hero because I love the person I am.
No human is a hero.
Nick Maiorano is a hero to himself.
Therefore, Nick Maiorano is not a human.
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He's giving me such a dbag impression omg :lol:
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No human is a hero. I’m my own hero because I love the person I am.
No human is a hero.
Nick Maiorano is a hero to himself.
Therefore, Nick Maiorano is not a human.
Keith Nale logic :lol:
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I have just read his full bio and I honestly don't remember seeing a more full-of-themself person on Survivor.
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For all we know, he hits the beach and is the nicest/most caring person to his tribemates, but is just cocky to the camera for fun, haha. That would be more fun than him just being like this, we'll see.
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I have just read his full bio and I honestly don't remember seeing a more full-of-themself person on Survivor.
Perhaps Jonny Fairplay but definitely Russell Hantz
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No human is a hero. I’m my own hero because I love the person I am.
No human is a hero.
Nick Maiorano is a hero to himself.
Therefore, Nick Maiorano is not a human.
Keith Nale logic :lol:
Just you wait. He'll turn out to be a Synth.
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Garrett 2.0
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Extremely obnoxious
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Interesting.
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GET OUT ALREADY. WHY IS HE EVEN IN THE BEAUTY TRIBE?? YUCKKKK
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GET OUT ALREADY. WHY IS HE EVEN IN THE BEAUTY TRIBE?? YUCKKKK
I know right. His body is not good considering he is a personal trainer. His face looks wierd in some angles and I don't see him beautiful or handsome at all.
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Following Episode 1: Nick and Anna might be a natural match based upon temperaments, but the downside for Nick is that the other men on his tribe do not appear to be as closely bonded as the women. Furthermore, Nick will be in trouble if he takes the moniker of "Beauty" to close to heart and let's that dominate how he presents himself to others.
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Following Episode 2: Nick appears to get along well with his tribemates, although he was on the outside while watching the budding "bro-mance" between Tai and Caleb.
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Following Episode 3: While Nick appears to play nice with his tribe, his emotional disconnection with its members might be his undoing, since there is nothing else that appears to be an issue.
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Nick continues to be EWWWW here.
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Following Episode 4: Nick did not get much time on camera and appeared to be away from his tribemates during Caleb's emergency medical care. Based upon this and the previous episode, it appears Nick would have been the top candidate for elimination on his tribe. So the upcoming tribal reconfiguration should benefit him. He might wind up helping underdogs like Peter from the Brains tribe or Jason or Scot from the Brawn tribe if they should wind up together, especially because they have similar temperaments. Nick stands the greatest chance of being either an unremarkable elimination or a wild card that can shake up the plans of those who currently find themselves in a majority alliance. It all depends on who gets the same colored buff as him.
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Nick Maiorano (new Chan Loh, formerly in "Beauty")
Following Episode 5: Nick might have been on the chopping block at the old "Beauty" tribe, but he received a reprieve from that designation after the tribal shakeup landed him with four new tribemates. Yet his seemingly phony personality and apparent physical strength will make him someone whom those four will not want to see reach the merge. Nick would have benefitted from being paired with Peter, his closest personality match. ...How much did the reconfiguration hurt or help Nick's chances (scale of 1 to 10, 1 hurt very much, 10 helped very much)? 3.
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Following Episode 6: Nick appears to exhibit a light form of misogyny and egocentrism, which revealed itself during his interactions with Michele and Debbie. It appear highly unlikely that any of the women will want to work with him for the long term, which means Nick would be wise to maintain a male dominant merged tribe (currently six men and five women) . Unfortunately, his ego might mislead him into thinking he could control some of those women's votes.
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Following Episode 7 (the merge): Nick was the star of this episode, garnering perhaps as much face time in this one as he had received in the previous six combined. He was a willing recipient of a vast amount of powerful information, which gives him a similar position as Scot previously garnered but without the perceived overconfidence. As much as Nick comes off as cocky in his private confessionals, his public discussions with his tribemates have seemed levelheaded and non-confrontational, which should allow him to fly under the radar for the next few votes, during which the more outspoken castaways will target each other. Nick and Michele appear to have a good working relationship, but it remains to be seen if they can remain on the same page as Tai and Julia as the numbers dwindle, since they might disagree on when to target a Brawn.
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His ponderosa was so great, he's much more complex of a person with the deep rooted self-doubt of his vulnerability. I actually wanna see him back now, we didn't get enough Nick!
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Love him or hate him, Nick provided a really, REALLY good three-episode arc.
I'm sad to see him go because he grew on me, but then again it ended an amazing three-episode story of the Fall, Rise, and then Fall of Nick which I'm eternally grateful for <3
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lmao what a glorious TC with this douche going <3 I honestly loved all the ominous signs, like during the IC feast, when he was like "I hope it's not bittersweet. I know it won't be." <333
He was undeniably good TV though.
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The Rise and Fall of Nick is similar to the Rise and Fall of Stephen from Cambodia imo, although Stephen got more (and more consistent screentime)
Both were on the bottom of their original tribes, but a swap put them in a better position. They maneuvered their way to the top of a large majority alliance during the merge, but soon after were blindsided by members on the bottom of their alliance along with the minority alliance. Also, both got a lot of screentime in their last three weeks.
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Following Episode 8: This elimination provides yet another example of the directors/editors of the program misdirecting the audience's perception of the castaways. Nick's promotional clip before the season and comments to his tribemates and the camera in most of the episodes made him appear rather full of himself. Yet his prominent role in the last episode, in which he displayed level-headedness in the face of Jason and Scot's overconfidence, was a ruse to make the audience believe he had risen above that nature. As it turns out, his true nature always was what it was, and his arrogance over the proposed seven-person Brawn-Beauty alliance came through too loudly to let it pass by the female members in it (Cydney, Julia, and Michele). Nick probably would have gone much further than any of the remaining men had it not been for his foolish displays of consulting with Julia following the reward (which Cydney called out) and then boldly declaring that a Brain would be eliminated during the immunity challenge (reiterated at tribal council). His conduct this episode is the embodiment of the adage, "Pride goeth before the fall." His elimination continues a trend in which the reasons for elimination had far less to do with endgame strategy and more to do with bad or suspicious feelings about the given castaway at a given time. In this case -- no different than Darnell, Jenny, Alecia, Peter, Liz, or Anna -- it was strictly a matter Nick proving to be untrustworthy (i.e. a so-called threat to maintaining his word at a later stage). Even though there were equal or greater threats still in the competition, his brash behavior created a bad feeling that made him a desired target at this point. Perhaps this is why this season has been a bit of a letdown in comparison to recent seasons, because the level of strategizing seems to be quite low and based upon momentarily-held sentiments.
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OTTNN5 TO GO HOME. SEE YOU NEVER AGAIN.
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The dissection gone into that essay is astounding.
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Imo the move made by Cydney and co. was a good long term move. Nick was replacing Cydney as the Brawn's third, and this way she, Michelle, and Julia have more options than anyone else down the road.
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Imo the move made by Cydney and co. was a good long term move. Nick was replacing Cydney as the Brawn's third, and this way she, Michelle, and Julia have more options than anyone else down the road.
Agree with Book! More eyes might be on Cydney now as a threat but she keeps Jason and Scot safe with this vote while eliminating a 4 beauty advantage should they decide to turn the tables again down the road. Her tight bond with Debbie is also going to be useful as the brains will likely turn on a beauty before they turn on her.
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That story arc was everything I ever wanted out of Nick. Perfect rise, classic overconfidence, and more fate-tempting than I thought a human being could ever provide. I definitely thought he'd turn out to be a character that I'd hate, but this arc actually was probably one of my favorite things about the season so far.
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That story arc was everything I ever wanted out of Nick. Perfect rise, classic overconfidence, and more fate-tempting than I thought a human being could ever provide. I definitely thought he'd turn out to be a character that I'd hate, but this arc actually was probably one of my favorite things about the season so far.
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Nick Maiorano (10th place, 2nd jury member)
Following Episode 12: Now that Jason is out, there is no castaway that Nick would clearly favor for Sole Survivor. He likely would reward Aubry over Michele, but like Scot, he seems to be open to listening to everyone's argument and making a fair decision.
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Following Finale: Nick led the discussion by the jurors and succinctly pointed out what each finalist needed to do to win the jurors hearts and minds -- Michele to prove intelligence, Tai to demonstrate awareness of gameplay, Aubry to show confidence. He suggested that votes were up for grabs, although the fact that they went strictly along the Brawn-Beauty alliance lines indicates that not that many were actually up for grabs. By a narrow margin, Michele was the most successful in accomplishing what Nick's challenged the finalists to do.