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Name (Age): Brian Chung (37)

Current Residence: Quincy, MA

Occupation: Police Officer

Claim to Fame: Making the transition from the business world to the world of law enforcement. I used to work on Wall Street, helping people build investment portfolios, and I’d actually amassed a pretty good fortune. I had a wife and a baby son. But all that changed when my dad, who was working as a convenience store cashier back in Massachusetts, was shot and killed in an armed robbery. I was absolutely crushed, and when I went back home to Massachusetts for the funeral, I decided I’d never leave. I quit my job, my family and I moved there permanently, and my second son was born there. At first it was just so I could help my aging mother and support her now that she was on her own, but being in my old childhood home and experiencing the memories that I had with my father, guilt started to set in. I felt partially responsible for my father’s death, because it felt like I should’ve been able to help him. I was wealthy enough that my 63 year old father shouldn’t have been working at a gas station in a tough neighborhood. So I decided that I was gonna turn that sorrow and guilt into something good, and I wasn’t gonna let families like mine be torn apart if I could help it. I enrolled in the Police Academy, I became an officer, and I’ve been in that field ever since.

Hobbies: Riding bikes with my wife and kids. It’s a great way to decompress when I’m off the clock, and it keeps me in good shape.

Pet Peeves: People who respect the boys in blue, but also people who think they can act with absolute impunity. I understand this from both sides of the aisle -- as an officer, people disrespect me everyday, but as an Asian male, I have experienced some degree of profiling. I can’t even imagine what it’s like in other minority communities. So I feel like I’ve developed a good middle ground, which is that the work that police officers do is amazing and that the men who put on that uniform definitely deserve respect. However, there are bad apples, and the system definitely protects them somewhat more than it should.

If You Could Have Three Things on the Island, What Would They Be and Why: An exercise bike so I can stay in shape and because riding a bike helps me think, an extra pair of underwear because I can’t stand when mine get dirty, and a picture of my family to remind me where I came from.

SURVIVOR Contestant You Are Most Like (can be my fanon or canon): Jeremy Collins. I’m a family man at heart, and like Jeremy I’m gonna find my values rooted in them somewhat. I don’t plan on going out here and slitting throats every chance I get, and I’m gonna try to find a solid alliance and stick to it, but one of the best parts about Jeremy’s game in my book was that he wasn’t afraid to flip on people if he had to. Plus, his game had a solid physical and social component to it, and I hope mine does too.

Reason for Being on SURVIVOR: I want to get the money to buy a new house, preferably on Cape Cod. My family and I are still living in the house I grew up in and it’s great, but it’s definitely a less than ideal living situation. I’m hoping for an upgrade, and I’m hoping to get my mother a nice place to go if the memories get to be too much for her.

Why You Will "Survive" SURVIVOR: I’m a very tough individual, and the survival aspect of the game isn’t gonna be hard at all. I don’t mind sleeping on the ground, and though the food aspect is gonna be hard for me, I think I’ll deal with it better than other people.

Why You Will Be the Sole SURVIVOR: I’ll have no trouble making it through the early portions of the game, I think. I’m gonna be good at challenges and I’ll be a great resource to have around camp. I’ll be able to manuever between alliances when I make the merge too, and I can hopefully pull out some challenge wins if things get tough at that point. I don’t want to lean too much on my physical game. If I get to FTC, I’ll be able to plead a strong case hopefully, and I think I’m a nice enough guy that people won’t be upset to give me the million.

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Additional questions for you (Answer AS YOU, not as your character)


 * Rate you castway's strategic, physical and social game out of 10, 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. Provide a reason why you chose the numbers.


 * Strategic: 7. Brian is very good at thinking of plans and the numbers aspect of the game won’t be a problem for him, but he will have trouble flipping on people and backstabbing others. Once he’s made a solid connection with a group he won’t want to abandon them, for better or worse. In new school Survivor, he could find himself left out of crucial voting blocs and plans.
 * Physical: 9. Brian is a very strong challenge threat. As a police officer he’s very tough, and physical challenges are definitely his strong suit. If he has any weakness it would be balance challenges, he’s not going to be great at those, but in a pure endurance challenge he could stay up for hours.
 * Social: 6. Brian is a slightly above average social player. He’s not going to be very many people’s number one friend most likely, and he has trouble connecting with certain types of people. There will be some people he may not make too much of an effort to get to know at all -- he won’t get along with some strong personalities. He also has a bit of a disinterested expression that can cause people to think that he’s not interested in their conversation.
 * What could cause your castaway to win?


 * Because he doesn’t have an overly noticeable social game and he’s not gonna be spearheading big moves and game changing plans very often, he’ll probably fly under the radar for the early portions of the game. If he can go into the merge with solid connections, he’ll be a threat to go deep for sure. Plus, he can pull out a clutch challenge win if it came down to it, and his endurance will likely be surprising because of his age.
 * What could cause your castaway to lose?


 * There are two main things that could cause Brian to lose. The first is his threat level, especially in the late game. Brian will likely go into the game not telling people his story, but he’ll definitely tell people he considers himself close with, and because he has an inspirational story, players might be less likely to take him to the end. Also, he’s definitely not the type to throw a challenge, so he may accidentally raise his threat level too high in the early merge. The second is his social game. He’s unlikely to be in direct confrontation with people at any point in the game, but if you aren’t in his immediate alliance he might have a tough time reaching out to you. He’ll have some people in the game who will absolutely love him, but for others it won’t be hard to see him go, and he could become an easy vote because people won’t be incredibly attached to him.
 * What kind of castaways would your castaways align with?


 * Brian is a rather old fashioned person, so if there happened to be an age division on his tribe he’d definitely fall in with the older people, even though he’s kind of on the cut off. He’s probably not going to align with people who are unnecessarily mean, so castaways like Forrest or Isla probably won’t be very much on his radar.
 * What kind of characters would your castaways avoid or be enemies with?


 * As I said earlier, unnecessarily villainous people won’t be favorable to him. As for clashes on other levels, he doesn’t get along with lazy people, and strong personalities will probably turn him off.
 * Please provide a small paragraph of backstory.


 * I provided most of the important things above, but some details that I didn’t mention are that Brian’s parents immigrated from China a few years before he was born. His father worked two jobs and his mother raised him for much of his childhood. Him and his younger sister, Emily, studied hard to pull themselves up by their boot straps and realize the American dream that their parents worked so hard to give them. While studying at Northwestern, Brian met his wife Amy, who he married at the age of 25, and it was her who motivated him to move to New York, where she had grown up. It was there that they gave birth to their first son Tyler. After moving back to Boston they gave birth to a second son, who they named Leo, after Brian’s deceased father.
 * Do you consent to having your manga altered (such as natural hair shades, eye colours, custom clothing/face details) if your castaway is cast? (under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will this impact your character's chances of being cast): Absolutely!