It would have been interesting if before the first game, they used a random number generator to pick a number from 1 to 456, and whichever number was chosen, that player was eliminated.

I just did it and got 201 (which is the same number of people that survived the first game in the original show).

I'm on the bridge game episode and I realized I want them to be eliminated. I'm not rooting for any of these people. I do not like any of them. I want to see them gone.

Weird for a game show, there is usually at least one person/team you want to see succeed.

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I'm on the bridge game episode and I realized I want them to be eliminated. I'm not rooting for any of these people. I do not like any of them. I want to see them gone.

Weird for a game show, there is usually at least one person/team you want to see succeed.

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I wanted Bee to win

She should have rolled for someone else instead of herself in the dice game, cause she said she rolls sixes all the time.

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So is this worth watching if we've already seen the MrBeast version of this?

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This, anybody watch both? MrBeast's was pretty elaborate.

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This is way better than the Mr. Beast version. This is a fully fleshed out reality show/game show. There are a lot psychological elements to this version that make it way more interesting.

I didn't expect this show to be very good. I'm surprised at how much I've enjoyed it.

Yeah, I honestly feel it's almost as good as squid game. Like the stakes aren't as high obviously, but I also don't have to waste time on the (spoilers for the actual show) behind the scenes cop story with the elites.

The Ashely thing is still really eating at me. I think it is just a direct reflection of how people today think. They all wanted to be part of a team and she refused and would have gladly let someone else do all the work. When it was her time she did it once and was real quick to pass the baton.

Then to double down like she did with Mai and say "I did my part" was laughable. There is gaslighting and then there is that lol

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The Ashely thing is still really eating at me. I think it is just a direct reflection of how people today think. They all wanted to be part of a team and she refused and would have gladly let someone else do all the work. When it was her time she did it once and was real quick to pass the baton.

Then to double down like she did with Mai and say "I did my part" was laughable. There is gaslighting and then there is that lol

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It pissed me off, especially during the dice game when everyone acted like Mai was being ridiculous for nominating Ashley. It's like everyone else had already forgotten about the bridge.

I think the simple explanation is that the other people still in the game liked Ashley more than they liked Mai.

There has the be some editing to the Ashley story. She straight up said, "I did jump" and Mai didn't bat an eye. My wife and I just looked at each other like wtf, did we miss something? The other contestants not fighting anything and taking her side on it is also super strange.

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It's entertaining, but man oh man are they editing it in a way that makes me wince at the contestants. So many people crying about a game show.

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I'm curious how long the whole contest went on for. I feel like the show doesn't really do a good job conveying that. If they're playing 1 game per day, you're just locked in a room with nothing to do for long periods of time. It's going to start driving people crazy.

I read somewhere that the red light green light game lasted 8 hours, while the show made it seem like it took maybe 10-20 minutes.

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There has the be some editing to the Ashley story. She straight up said, "I did jump" and Mai didn't bat an eye. My wife and I just looked at each other like wtf, did we miss something? The other contestants not fighting anything and taking her side on it is also super strange.

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I am thinking the same thing. The fact that no one called her out at any point in time is amazing to me. The guy behind her on the bridge did not even put up a little argument when she turned and told him she did her part and it was his turn to go. It may be the editing, but it seems in her mind she did play as a team.

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There has the be some editing to the Ashley story. She straight up said, "I did jump" and Mai didn't bat an eye. My wife and I just looked at each other like wtf, did we miss something? The other contestants not fighting anything and taking her side on it is also super strange.

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After she refused to pass Trey and he was eliminated, she moved to the front of the line. When she was at the front, she did make her 1 50/50 choice that (mostly) everybody had agreed to at the beginning. Then she let the person behind her pass to make the next decision. She really only screwed Trey. Didn't seem like anyone was really super close with Trey, and if he's now gone, i guess no one else really cares.

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Thisguy1 said:

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There has the be some editing to the Ashley story. She straight up said, "I did jump" and Mai didn't bat an eye. My wife and I just looked at each other like wtf, did we miss something? The other contestants not fighting anything and taking her side on it is also super strange.

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After she refused to pass Trey and he was eliminated, she moved to the front of the line. When she was at the front, she did make her 1 50/50 choice that (mostly) everybody had agreed to at the beginning. Then she let the person behind her pass to make the next decision.

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No one is saying she did not. She did not agree to that and was explicit in saying she would not move ahead of anyone. If that is the case then she should not have expected anyone to move in front of her. She made her one choice and the fell back to the team and acted like she was with it all along. With that said, the person behind her should have had the stones to call her out. I find it weird that no one, not one person said anything, it had to be editing. It's like they were hit with a neurilzer.

I get it from her stand point that let the person in front of you do all they can and give yourself the best shot at moving forward. I have no problem with that. My problem is with owning it. She is the one that showed up to the last meeting on presentation day and talked about how hard she worked getting it done.

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It's entertaining, but man oh man are they editing it in a way that makes me wince at the contestants. So many people crying about a game show.

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I'm curious how long the whole contest went on for. I feel like the show doesn't really do a good job conveying that. If they're playing 1 game per day, you're just locked in a room with nothing to do for long periods of time. It's going to start driving people crazy.

I read somewhere that the red light green light game lasted 8 hours, while the show made it seem like it took maybe 10-20 minutes.

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Even the now infamous bridge scene was much longer than the time they showed. I thought it seemed strange that there was always a delay. Turns out the person would be Eliminated and swapped out for a stunt double to fall through the bridge to an airbag down below. I honestly just thought they were putting a cgi person in since the cutaway is pretty far back when they show the fall

Based on everyone's reactions to her I feel like they may have edited it to make her look worse. He may have not given enough time for her to really say she's not going.

I read somewhere that Trey (the guy that the girl didn't cut in front of) didn't understand that they had agreed to each only take one step. He had resigned to lose, and they edited it to make it look he did.

I agree with the poster above suggesting that they don't like any of these people and wish they could all lose.

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There has the be some editing to the Ashley story. She straight up said, "I did jump" and Mai didn't bat an eye. My wife and I just looked at each other like wtf, did we miss something? The other contestants not fighting anything and taking her side on it is also super strange.

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After she refused to pass Trey and he was eliminated, she moved to the front of the line. When she was at the front, she did make her 1 50/50 choice that (mostly) everybody had agreed to at the beginning. Then she let the person behind her pass to make the next decision.

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No one is saying she did not. She did not agree to that and was explicit in saying she would not move ahead of anyone. If that is the case then she should not have expected anyone to move in front of her. She made her one choice and the fell back to the team and acted like she was with it all along. With that said, the person behind her should have had the stones to call her out. I find it weird that no one, not one person said anything, it had to be editing. It's like they were hit with a neurilzer.

I get it from her stand point that let the person in front of you do all they can and give yourself the best shot at moving forward. I have no problem with that. My problem is with owning it. She is the one that showed up to the last meeting on presentation day and talked about how hard she worked getting it done.

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She listed her profession as 'civil rights investigator' in Atlanta, so I'm guessing she's accustomed to receiving credit for doing zero work at all. If you listened, you know, to her, you know, interview, you know, you'd see, you know, she's not that, you know, not that bright.

fun watch so far (i'm on ep 5), except for every other player talking about how smart they are and how underestimated they are

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/squid-game-the-challenge-hooking-up-eliminated-b2458443.html?utm_term=pos2&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed1

Umbrella guy had to be scripted. Nobody is that big of a *****.

What is different than the show is that they can cut financial deals with each other. I know some of that is going on.

I was extremely skeptical of this but wow, this is some good stuff. This actually has made the reality competition tv formula feel fresh again. Love the mix of games and back room deals like big brother.

What I really like about this show is the editing and how they weave stories through every episode and across several. As someone said here - they focused on people who got eliminated in the first round and then some who made it pretty far. They'll also pick up new stories of people. I think Netflix did an awesome job with this. It's also very tense, another hat tip to the editors.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2023/tv/news/squid-game-the-challenge-season-2-casting-1235822776/amp/

There's spoilers about who the three finalists are in the article

Battleship game was a little dull. And it basically turned it into a game of chance. Not my favorite.

The final episode is coming out tonight.

who y'all rooting for? my money is on phill

Haven't watched this yet, but I had several rounds of interviews to be on the show (as well as a physical and psych eval), alerted my company I would need the time off, and had my bags packed. They went a different direction last minute.

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Haven't watched this yet, but I had several rounds of interviews to be on the show (as well as a physical and psych eval), alerted my company I would need the time off, and had my bags packed. They went a different direction last minute.

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what was that process like?

did you apply or did they approach you?

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Haven't watched this yet, but I had several rounds of interviews to be on the show (as well as a physical and psych eval), alerted my company I would need the time off, and had my bags packed. They went a different direction last minute.

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I'm guessing they found your texags handle?

https://www.squidgamecasting.com/#casting

People can apply there. They're accepting applications for Season 2 now

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Haven't watched this yet, but I had several rounds of interviews to be on the show (as well as a physical and psych eval), alerted my company I would need the time off, and had my bags packed. They went a different direction last minute.

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I'm guessing they found your texags handle?

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Haha I do wonder about that.

The process was basically:

1) A guy I know works for the studio casting team and mentioned that I should apply
2) I filled out a very lengthy application online ( including a self recorded video) and then had an interview with him and his casting director over Zoom
3) a couple weeks later I was told I was moving to the next step and then had a video call with someone higher up in casting
4) I then waited a long time and then got a call out of the blue from Netflix giving me info on next steps (basically are you still available the dates of filming? and if so, we are emailing you everything you need)
5) then things started getting very tedious and fast paced. I had about a week to schedule a physical and a long discussion with a Netflix psychologist. They also had me turn over all my social media info and answer more in depth questions. The psychologist told me if I was at this point that I could assume I was going.

Then they went radio silent and the day before I was supposed to be leaving I still had heard nothing. Even the casting guy I know thought that was odd so he said I should call them. I called and all they said was "we decided to not move forward with you".

So who knows! It was a bummer.

You must have appeared too stable in your evals to make the cut. Did you cry enough?