Contains spoilers for Squid Game: The Challenge episodes 1-5.
Netflix’s Squid Game reality show, Squid Game: The Challenge, has kicked off on the streaming site, with 456 players competing for a whopping $4.56 million.
While mostly similar to the Korean drama, which premiered on Netflix in 2021, with the games kicking off with Red Light, Green Light followed by Dalgona, also known as the cookie cutter game, the Squid Game: The Challenge contestants were left in shock in episode 3 when a new game was added.
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Before playing the game, the remaining players were asked to get in line. Thinking that tug of war was up next, some of the boys decided to stick together, assembling what they believed to be the “strongest” team.
“I see line three and I see Brad and his line is bad. They look weaker and smaller. Line one is the strongest line. We have a clear advantage,” Player 432 told the camera.
Brad, also known as Player 337, said: “I’m looking over at team one and I’m like, ‘Damn, all the big guys!’ They have an upper hand.”
The two teams then entered the game room to learn that they weren’t playing tug of war, but war ships, which is similar to the Battleship game.
“Attention players: Welcome to the third game – war ships!” the voiceover announced.
“This is not tug of war at all,” Player 432 then complained to the cameras. “Holy! This is a completely new game. Damn!”
“The team we’re going up against was thinking their brawn was going to win this, oh no! This one’s gonna win this all day,” Brad added in his VY, while pointing to his brain.
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