IRL Squid Game competitors complain it was too real, reporting injuries and poor treatment as they fought for $5 million beneath a grinning MrBeast: ‘We’re all just looking up at the sky, screaming at him like he’s god’

https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/irl-squid-game-competitors-complain-it-was-too-real-reporting-injuries-and-poor-treatment-as-they-fought-for-dollar5-million-beneath-a-grinning-mrbeast-were-all-just-looking-up-at-the-sky-screaming-at-him-like-hes-god/

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  2. it’s a new kind of modern day cult, they just don’t know it yet.

  5. I’ve been saying for years that this dudes a fucking creep who exploits poor people for his own amusement. And every time his fans come out of the woodwork to scream “it’s not exploitation!!!! It’s like a game show!!!!!”

    Glad to see people are starting to realize a billionaire making the poors compete and dance like monkeys for kicks on YouTube is fucking disgusting

  6. I think the show was pretty clear on what the game entailed. What were they expecting.

  7. This is like signing up for Mortal Kombat after playing the video game/watching the movie and being shocked when you start seeing people turned to ice and souls being stolen.

  8. Yeesh, parasocial relationships with Youtube content creator’s is disturbing

  10. He might be an asshole but they’re fucking idiots as well. They knew what they signed up for.

  11. Feel for these people but this is too fucking funny. I’m waiting for him to terrorise some cities in a robot that looks like buzz lightyear

  12. Well, the whole vibe around this guy is really starting to show itself.

  14. ok mr beast is probably in the wrong for a lot, but these people did choose for themselves to go on a show like this in the first place. the idea of this whole reality tv competition is gross from the start. as a one off youtube stunt? ok maybe. not too bad. no prolonged suffering. an entire tv competition show? based on a show that was not about a bunch of people playing children’s games and then going back to their happy lives. like isn’t it basically the complete opposite of the message of squid game?

    and, maybe i completely lack whatever it is that makes people go on any kind of reality tv, but like… i just side-eye the contestants, the producers, mr beast (who i really don’t think is as evil as he’s made out to be but definitely isn’t not evil), amazon. all of them.

  15. They are acting like he forced them to participate. They could say no.

  16. Mr Beast turns out to be kind of a duck? Why am I not shocked, I’ve had a bad vibe off this guy from the get

  18. What did they expect? Seriously, what did they expect?

  19. 1) the people are dumb lol
    2) hosts like this all act the same way , because it’s entertaining
    3) he’s done a fuck of a lot more good for the planet than the entirety of the comment section combined x1000.

  21. omfg this sounds insane and cruel!… when and where can we watch it?

  23. This dude figured out how to manipulate children and spend their parents money. It’s baffling that he has remained popular this long based on such a bullshit premise

  24. Nah fuck that what the fuck do they read when they sign up? None of you saying it’s horrible shoukd every say “you’re responsible for your own actions, willingly”

  25. This dude is fucked and his ‘fans’ need help if they think playing with people’s lives for clout and money makes someone a good man worth standing up for.

  27. What I find funny is that I’ll never be exploited by this guy. Why? Because I’ll have nothing to do with him. So a pro tip to avoid stuff like this is avoid situations like this, it’s that simple but I guess people are just stupid.

    Whoever participated in a public squid game show doesn’t deserve any pity

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