Mark

Mark (Videogamelover#0946) was a player in Trial By Fire, the first installment in the Trial By series, from the Lederon and Belfeast Tribes. He is also currently a player in Trial By Water, part of the Bayoneta Tribe.

Trial By Fire
Mark was a self-proclaimed manipulator. His strategy consisted of having a good social game, making people believe he was a loyal ally, using them to get further in the game, and backstabbing them. Early in the game, he made connections with both Josh and Liz, and during his time in Belfeast, Açai and Harry reached out for an alliance with him to deal with Heather.

He latched principally to his alliance with Harry to get him far in the game, planning to backstab him later down the line. After the Second Team Swap, he combined his alliances and connected Harry with Josh and Liz. He also played as a spy for Harry on Caleb and Soy.

Mark's plan consisted of finding the right opportunity to backstab his main alliance with Harry, and bringing James, Josh or Nexus to a finale to win the vote.

Trial By Fire
During his time on the Lederon Tribe, Mark looked for alliances with Josh and Liz. He recognized Harry as a strong player, so after the First Team Swap when Harry and Açai offered him an alliance, he accepted and managed to convince Harry he was loyal as a dog for most of the game.

His alliance with Harry (And Harry's parallel alliance with James) managed to eliminate DJ and get the three of them through the Second Team Swap, where he founded an alliance between Harry, Liz, Josh and himself.

When the merge happened and the preparations for Soy's elimination started, Mark got invited to an alliance with both Caleb and Soy, and spied on them for Harry. He was planning to betray Harry and side with him, but unfortunately he wasn't the only spy, James was with him and would tell on anything he did.

He chose to vote for Harry the day of Soy's tribal, to prepare for his big betrayal. The vote result didn't change and Soy still went home, but the inconsistency on the voting made both Harry and Rolf raise an eyebrow. After the Harry web figured out there was a traitor, the general consensus was that Mark had done it, so Harry put him to the test.

James, playing a spy role again, offered Mark an opportunity to backstab Harry, which Mark accepted. Mark seemed to pass the test at first, warning Harry that "James was plotting against him", yet he regretted this afterward and decided to tell Harry it was all a bluff, accepting the offer. After Caleb was gone, Harry pointed the finger at the traitor, and his elimination was imminent after Marks's alliances with Josh and Liz proved to never have been responding to him in the first place, instead responding to Harry.

Reputation
Mark is widely regarded as an antagonistic yet ineffectual figure among the cast of Trial By Fire. Among the cast, he is regarded as either a threat or a lame duck. Some players and members of the Hosting Team hold he is a strategic and skill player, others would argue he for carried far and his actual efforts plummeted to the ground.

Trivia
-Mark was the first player voted off from the Harry Web -A lot of people confused his profile picture during Trial By Fire for a parrot.
 * He was also the only player from the Harry Web who was voted off before the Caleb Web disappeared