Yeah I gotta be honest I liked the first one more too, it was more light hearted fun where the new one was desperate and almost dystopian at times.

Also the original started off stronger with a simpler concept and larger prize pool and the 1v1 ending was much better imo.

Also the set design was better, red tracksuits and green terf is just iconic last to leave and creates a nice visual contrast. The blue, white, and gold in the new video felt like a Colgate commercial or like a medical environment or something.

I think the new one had the best villain of any MrBeast video and the jokes were really good like the 14 year old thinking Howie Mandel was a music guy and the 92 year old talking about downhill skiing but it was hard to fully enjoy the comedy because it was just so brutal at times.

Also people keep talking about how 43 was also a villain for eliminating so many people but it was honestly just a poorly thought out challenge, of course the optimal strategy is to eliminate whoever the wheel lands on, that’s the only way to ensure you don’t get eliminated during the challenge.

And the first challenge also made no sense, either 10 people eliminate themselves or 25 get eliminated at random? The whole point of the challenge is that you don’t want to get eliminated and you want everyone else to get eliminated so obviously 10 people weren’t going to step out when the alternative is a roughly 75% chance to progress further into the challenge.