The first game of Squid Game: The Challenge, a brand-new Netflix original reality game show, led to the mass elimination of more than half of the players. Over 450 players had initially joined the game, and the remaining 200 were left to face the rest of the games and tests that would be unleashed on them. The players were restricted to the dorm room for most of the time, and it allowed them to form alliances and friendships that could be used in the later part of the show. Many of them had begun to understand the importance of the friendships that were forming which led many of them to question their loyalty as well.

In the first test, two contestants were asked to work in the kitchen. Following the chore, they were asked to either give another player of their choice an advantage or choose someone to be eliminated. It was...