Josh

Josh (HaroldNeedsAWin#4871) was a player in Trial By Fire, the first season in the Trial By series, for the Lederon, Astinius, and Belfeast Tribes.

Strategy
Josh's game consisted of getting on a big alliance and controlling the game from there. He considered himself a good guy and spent most of the game making the right choices and backing the right people. He was Harry's main ally and played a big role securing every vote went as planned.

Performance
Josh ranked 2nd. He played most of the game by DMs. In the early game he seemed to be very fond of Caleb and started having a back and forth with Açai. When the joint tribal hit, he was the one that lied to Rolf saying Açai was targetting Caleb, which makes him responsible for the Açai Blindside. Regardless of this, he voted Caleb during the tribal.

When Astinius formed, Josh kept a strong alliance with Rolf and Nexus to get through his time in the team, and with the second Belfeast formation, he was contacted by Mark for an alliance with Harry and Liz. This alliance later became the core of the Harry Web.

Josh stayed loyal to the Harry Web, and provided the votes by utilizing his alliance with Nexus, for Harry, every time a member of the Caleb Web needed to be voted out. He was the one that convinced Harry he should ally with Rolf, he did this to save Rolf (His ally) from elimination.

When it came down to the Final 5, Josh planned on taking Harry to the finale, and Harry planned on taking him. With Harry winning immunity challenges, Josh was saved from elimination as his old allies were voted out one by one.

He lost the finale on a 4-3 against Harry, who took him to the finale after Josh won a coinflip against Rolf.

Reputation
Josh never returned to the competition and his reputation has decreased in the community as he's deemed as a not so deserving finalist looking back on it, with players like Rolf growing to be known wider and bigger than him.

Trivia
-Josh was the highest-ranking member of the Astinius Tribe.

-Josh is the only contestant out of the Final 3 to be the highest-ranking member of a single team instead of two.

-Josh never had an actual alliance chat with Açai.

-Josh, even if he voted for Caleb, is entirely responsible for Açai's blindside.