Cheating is a case where contestants attempt to rig the game for them to win in one way or another.
Forms of Cheating
Sockpuppetry
| “ | This is Chris from Hawaii's Fanon wiki. We're all just figments of his creation. | ” |
–Mitchell (mocking Chris7toppei's sockpuppetry) | ||
Sockpuppetry occurs when a contestant (known as the sockpuppeteer) attempts to further their own game by entering a second account (known as a sockpuppet) into the game.
Another form of sockpuppetry occurs when a former contestant tries to enter a different account into another season, with the hopes of being able to play again, unbeknownst to everyone else.
Photoshopping
Photoshopping occurs when a contestant tries to digitally alter their challenge scores, making it look like they received a higher score than what they actually did.
Password Stealing
Password stealing is when one contestant obtains another contestant's password and play as them. This is considered cheating as another tribe mate is doing the work for a different tribe mate, which can unfairly help them win.
Helping With Scores
Helping with scores is considered cheating as another tribe mate is doing the work for a different tribe mate, which can unfairly help them win.
Glitch Exploiting
Glitch exploiting is when a contestant exploits a glitch in a flash game, which can unfairly help them win.
Known Cheaters
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| Cheater | Season | Type | Reason | Punishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaaitlyn | Survivor: Hawaii | Photoshopping | Photoshopping her screenshot result in a fishing game from 5384 to '85384'. The screenshot can be viewed here. | Her score was changed to -5000, which resulted in her tribe Manu losing the challenge. |
| Chris7toppei | Sockpuppetry | Playing under two different accounts in the same season | Ejection from the game | |
| Cassie watkins | ||||
| AW3SOM3 S4MU3L | Sockpuppetry | Playing under two different accounts in the same season | Hawaii jury votes negated, infinite block on all Survivor wikis | |
| Kaaitlyn | Survivor: Hawaii Survivor: Cuba | |||
| J8in | Survivor: Switzerland | Photoshopping | Photoshopping his challenge result. | Ejection from the game |
| IAmNothing712 | Password Stealing | Obtaining tribemate Johnarvin's password and playing for him in a challenge | None (Quit before a punishment could be given) | |
| RangerStar | Applied for Survivor: Nepal | Sockpuppetry | Being a suspected sockpuppet of AW3SOM3 S4MU3L (Sockpuppetry discovered pre-season, before cast was finalized) | See Samuel's entry for details. |
| Survivor Lance | Survivor: Egypt | Sockpuppetry | Being a sockpuppet of Hawaii contestant Chris7toppei | Removal from the jury, and an infinite block on all wikis for both accounts |
| Sluesvince07 | Applied for Survivor: Korea | Sockpuppetry | Being a sockpuppet of TheDrPeps79 (Sockpuppetry discovered pre-season, before cast was finalized) | Max's jury vote negated, and a one-year block on all wikis for both accounts |
| Moonsik | Survivor: Papua New Guinea | Helping Other Tribemate | Trying to submit for fellow tribe mate LukePrower with a challenge to get the win. | Was given a self-vote at his next Tribal Council as a penalty. |
| Arcker55 | Applied for Survivor: Côte d’Ivoire & Survivor: Polynesia | Sockpuppetry | For being a sockpuppet of Zingerace23 (Sockpuppetry discovered pre-season, before casts were finalized) | One-year block on Survivor ORG Wiki for both accounts. |
| TheAspie | Survivor: Anarchy | Glitch Exploiting | Exploiting a glitch in a flash game that got him immunity. | Was stripped of his immunity. |
| Jefraislife | Survivor: Indonesia | Sockpuppetry | Being a sockpuppet of Nommehzombies. | Was disqualified from the game and a one-year block was given to both accounts. |
| JamesBCrazy | Survivor: Salvation | Glitch Exploiting/ Photoshopping |
Edited the code of the Squishy Bird flash game to increase his score in the challenge. He was also found guilty of Photoshopping said score, but as the person judging his screenshot was unaware of the exploit, it is unknown whether the artifacts in the screenshot were actually caused by Photoshop. | Was disqualified from the game and given a one-year block. |
| Bwburke94 (non-contestant) |
Advance knowledge of cheating | During the challenge in which James cheated, he hinted to his brother Brendan that he was cheating, but claimed to him that it was via Photoshop. Brendan did not inform the hosts of this knowledge until after the challenge despite knowing James' score, altering the outcome of the challenge. | Was not given any sanctions beyond the block of the brothers' shared IP address. | |
| Corey.altiere | Applied for Survivor: Greece | Sockpuppetry | Applied for Greece, not remembering he had previously played in Survivor: Anarchy as Corey334489 (Was discovered on Day 1, immediately after cast was finalized) | Was removed from the finalized cast and replaced with SurvivorMJ. Corey is not officially considered to have played in Greece. |
| KathyV | Applied for Survivor: Java | Being a sockpuppet of UgniusSlekys. | Infinite block for both accounts. | |
| MystiaBlue | Survivor: Java | Sockpuppetry | Successfully entered a sockpuppet into Java. Was discovered a year later. | Given a one year block to both accounts. |
| Bebhunghia97 | Survivor: Sichuan | Helping/being helped with scores | After a 2-2 tie at the final four Tribal Council, TSN was to take part in the Jury Statements tiebreaker challenge against Tswifties. He was caught contacting members of the jury in violation of the challenge's rules. | Was disqualified from the challenge, and as a result the game. Despite his elimination being the result of cheating, he was allowed onto the jury. |
| xTeardrops | Applied for Survivor: New Zealand and Survivor: Sichuan | Sockpuppetry | Being a sockpuppet of QueenFioonz. | Both accounts were banned indefinitely from future games. |
| Loenev | Survivor: Azerbaijan | Sockpuppetry | Successfully entered the sockpuppet QueenFioonz into Azerbaijan. | Both accounts were banned indefinitely from future games. |
| Pierzina | Survivor: Molise | Outside Contact & Screenshotting | Received and sent VL information to other players while refusing to say who sent it to her. Also sent screenshots to the Ponderosa chat. | Removed from Jury. |
Trivia
- "Kaitlyn" and "Cassie" are the first two female sockpuppets.
- "Lance" is the first male sockpuppet.
- James is the first returning contestant (excluding sockpuppets) to be caught cheating.
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