Survivor: Fan Characters/Trivia


 * Fan Nickname: "Baxtabber" for Baxter, "Staypuff" for Alex (but that one's used in the comic as well). The nicknames from the actual show are often used as well.
 * It's also become something of a trend to call popular female players "goddesses", like with Montana and Ker.
 * Schedule Slip: Apparently had one in the beginning of the first season when the author had to switch from modified sprites to 100% custom ones. After that, however, it is completely averted; this has lead to some people lauding him for being the god of buffer. However, the author has recently notified that Season 10 will be delayed a bit, most likely putting an end to the aversion. The season premiere will be some time in late June.
 * What Could Have Been: SWSU has detailed a number of scenarios he considered for the various seasons after they had ended:
 * Brains vs. Brawn: He had originally planned to have a Corrupt the Cutie arc for, but scrapped the idea after he couldn't make 's "evil" face look convincing and ended up using it for in the next season instead.
 * Season 3: SWSU said he wanted to make it a story of how someone lost it instead of how someone won it referring to losing and  winning). He had originally considered  as a winner, but she was as boring as hell and would have been a lot less satisfying a winner. Additionally, the season was supposed to be nicknamed "The Gender Wars", but it was scrapped after the name was decided to be too cheesy.
 * Cursed Islands: Instead of winning, he had considered, who would have been a more safe, 'heroic' pick, as well as  which would have been hilarious considering how demented she was; . Also, he had initially planned for the final vote to go 4-3-0 with  receiving no votes, but changed it to a 3-2-2 split when he realized that.
 * Season 6, All-Stars, was originally planned to be a Pre-Merge vs. Post-Merge season, but was changed when SWSU realized he was leaving out too many big characters. Prospects for the pre-merge tribe included Eugene, Cassie, Phil from Season 1, Mihoshi, Drake and Audrey.
 * Season 7:, the winner of the season, was fighting in a three-way battle between and .  was ousted because she would be yet another competent winner, and  was ousted because SWSU felt that  had more colorful moments to offer.
 * Season 8: SWSU initially had as the winner, but changed it to  because he wanted a more negative winner.