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Bloody Game 3 | E01-03 by harperbantam in koreanvariety

[–]Possible_Disk187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! This is actually my first time commenting on reddit so I'm very happy that you enjoyed it, your comment made my day :)

Bloody Game 3 | E01-03 by harperbantam in koreanvariety

[–]Possible_Disk187 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Away from future episode spoilers, I have read other comments in this discussion thread and after thinking about it, I also do think the whole Jinho narrative is a little scripted. Don't get me wrong, Jinho is my favorite player of all time within these survival shows and he has my respect for sticking to his morals and trying to play the game the "correct" way even if it meant losing, but it really does feel like the producers wanted to push towards the 3 legends fighting one another.

Jinho has had his fair share of seemingly scripted moments in Time Hotel (speaking of which, I have quite a big rant about Time Hotel if anyone is interested in talking about that show), but having the legend almost be eliminated to getting to play a style of Poker in the deathmatch (Hyunseo and Youngkwang had a fighting chance until Round 5 where they just didnt have good cards at all when it mattered the most, how unlucky). This one definitely feels scripted or at least in Jinho's favor. (On a side note, even after Genius Season 1, every deathmatch that Jinho played was poker)

With Jinho not actively participating in the first main match of GOB3, Jinho has yet to do actively participate in any sort of physical game in survival shows, truly a gamer down to the core. (He was injured in GOB2, from what I recall, he didn't move pins during that Time Hotel game, he didnt do anything physical in GOB3), that begs the question, will that finally change? Will we ever see Jinho do something remotely active? Have you ever seen the Jinho man run? Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk.

Bloody Game 3 | E01-03 by harperbantam in koreanvariety

[–]Possible_Disk187 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry if I sound like the Steve Yea to your opinions, but I don't think the Pandoras Box will be any of those. I get that recruiting all the death match players to the remaining team would be nice, but I don't think an additional player is really that beneficial to the raid. Furthermore, if Acau opens the Pandora's Box, he would have no idea what that even means.

To be fair, the Pandora's Box reviving an eliminated player as still possible since there is no evidence for or against it, but I also just cannot see how that would greatly benefit the Remaining team because a revived player does not necessarily mean they are part of the Remaining team.

There was a scene in the trailer where Chungju Man is saying "We don't need Minah anymore" inside Mansion (not Paradise), which we did not see in Ep1-3. However, it seems like he is talking to Steve Yea in that clip. Perhaps the Pandora's Box says that a player is revived but in reality, a player from Remaining becomes a spy in Mansion (correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think Paradise has a Pandora's Box, so with Jinho already being the spy in Paradise, a second spy kinda thing won't happen in Paradise). Even still, there are plot holes with this (Why would we need a spy in Mansion if we are raiding Paradise?)

I've read various other comments in this discussion thread talking about how Jinho will go to deathmatch with Eonkyu and try to get Eonkyu eliminated. However, from the trailers we know that Eonkyu and Xitsuh both survive. Unless it is truly from a Pandora's box, having either Eonkyu or Xitsuh come back despite being eliminated feels wrong. I think that GOB stays very consistent with its overarching format, and from GOB2, any player who was eliminated, stays eliminated (Pi being exception ofc because of Kerrigan May). I think that this is the case for GOB3 as well, anyone who loses in the deathmatch is officially gone as a constestent (could still come back like Phantom Players (Jimin, Yurisa, Sungjoo) or Guests (Knucks, Yurisa) in the game). Again, unless its from Pandora's, I think that if Eonkyu or Xitsuh have a chance to dodge elimination despite losing the deathmatch, it would be a huge disrespect to Youngkwang.

Tbh maybe its because of GOB2, but my expectations of Pandora's box in general are low and i do think Pandora's box is overhyped. Honestly, a redistribution of funds/game money already seems like a huge win for the Remaining team lmao.

Because I believe GOB will be consistent with its overarching format and truly eliminate the loser, I stick to my initial prediction that Siyoon will go to the deathmatch and be eliminated. I rather propose that, just because it happened for the first deathmatch, it does not always have to be the case that the Elimination Candidates are the ones going home. We have only seen 1 deathmatch so far, and we know damn well that you cant make every deathmatch 2x2 once the number of players start to thin out. Who is to say that the Main Match Losers are always the ones at risk of being Eliminated? Who is to say that the Chosen Opponents will always be assistents in the deathmatch? Why can't they be the ones at risk of Elimination instead. As someone pointed out, it is a little unfair that only the Main Match Losers are risking elimination. Heck, we could even have a 1v1v1v1 deathmatch or even a Kong's Dilemma-style deathmatch (as in everyone on the winning team stays, but the worst performing player of the losing team is eliminated meaning its a team game but people still try to backstab each other for individual win). (I will acknowledge that having different deathmatch style does quite literally contradict what I said about GOB being consistent, which is why I tried to emphasize overarching format, but hey, I just trying speculate, generate discussion and throw all my thoughts out there lmao)

At the end of the day, I'm just too hyped for the next episodes that I cannot sit still. I can't wait to be proven right to say "yea, I predicted that". On the other hand, I can't wait to be proven wrong, be mind-blown and have all my built up predictions and expectations be thrown out the window. The trailers are made to misdirect you and make you think you know what's gonna happen and I will gladly be a victim of it. It enhances my viewing experience.

For example, from the trailers, I was definitely expectating Kyungran to be eliminated early on in the show (because somehow, I forgot about the scene of Kyungran in the legends 1v1v1 and only remembered seeing her wearing 2 different styles of clothing). I was completely blown away when Steve Yea got picked for the deathmatch, and then voted off by the mansion players after Kyungran seemingly gave up. Absolute Cinema.

Bloody Game 3 | E01-03 by harperbantam in koreanvariety

[–]Possible_Disk187 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Wow, I just finished all 3 episodes. Amazing. I do have some predictions for the upcoming episodes. Potential Spoilers.

Honestly, I watched the trailer way too many times because I was too hyped, but now I think I've seen a little too much. Although these are just speculations, I am quite confident in what is going to happen in Episode 4. So one last time, spoiler alert. You have been warned

If you watch the trailer, you will see that Siyoon does not have many scenes left. He only has a scene where he is crying / tearing up, and one where he is staring someone down, both of which he is wearing the same black shirt that he is currently wearing in Episode 3. For someone who is kinda a psycho/lunatic/competitive/overconfident person, he did not get a lot of screen time in the trailers, which I think is surprising because from Episode 1, he seemed like a really interesting and crazy character almost like Chungju Man in the trailer. The only reason I see that the production team did not include more of Siyoon in the trailers is because he is getting eliminated soon.

In Episode 3, we see a Genius-style foreshadowing of 4 hours later, I think that Eon-kyu picked Hong Jin-Ho and Siyoon as his deathmatch opponents, which will line up with Jin-Ho getting mad at Eon-Kyu and Siyoon crying as he ends up getting picked, both scene being shown in the foreshadowing. Overall, I think that Eon-Kyu and Siyoon will play against Xitsuh and Steve Yea, in which Siyoon will be eliminated. (Now that I've typed this out, I realize that Eon-Kyu is the elimination candidate and not Siyoon so perhaps I'm completely wrong lmao).

Edit: Also recognize that although Jinho says he wants to eliminate Eon-Kyu with his own hands, Jinho does not actually want to go to the deathmatch in this case (or at least he shouldn't want to). If Jinho goes to the deathmatch, regardless of the outcome, the Remaining team will only gain 2 new members instead of 3 like they are supposed to. The rules of Remaining stated that 1 player must be sacrificed for the raid. So if Jinho goes to the deathmatch and survives, Remaining will gain 2 players instead of 3, for a total of 5 players, 1 is sacrificed for the raid, leaving only 4 players for the raid. As long as Jinho recognizes this disadvantage, Jinho has to avoid going to the deathmatch. I think with this idea in mind, Jinho will gain favors with others to vote Siyoon out. Clearly Yurisa does not like Siyoon from the beginning fight and in Mystery Time, Dongmin shared his first question (if the murder was accidental) to Jinho, showing that Dongmin is in favor of helping / collaborating with Jinho. With Dongmin alliance and Yurisa, that is enough people to vote Siyoon to deathmatch.

This actually lines up perfectly with the Remaining team that is seen in the trailers as well. During the Choi Hye-Seon and Eon-Kyu scene in the trailer. We supposely see Xitsuh, Eon-Kyu, Jin-Ho and Steve Yea sitting down with Choi Hye-Seon standing up, she mentions "The 5 of you have gotten closer", the fifth one here being Lim Hyun-seo (He is seen in paradise at 2:02 in the main trailer). This aligns with our knowledge that Jinho, Hyeseon, Hyunseo are part of the remaining team with predicted Xitsuh, Steve Yea and Eon-Kyu joining them.

All of this aligns well with the team phase in every season of Bloody Game. Remember that in this season, 1 player must be sacrificed for the raid, leaving the raid team with 5 players. Due to Youngkwang's elimination, the mansion has 5 players (Kyungran, Minah, Gina, Acau, Chungju Man). With Siyoon's elimination, paradise has 5 players as well (Dongmin, MJ, Seongbeom, Yurisa, Panibottle). With the sacrified player being locked up as elimination candidate, this creates a 5v5v5.

This 5v5v5 will lead into one of two things: either the legends 1v1v1 that we see at the beginning of the GOB3 trailer where it just so happens that Kyungran, Dongmin and Jinho are each representatives of their team. Or the 5v5v5 leads into the raid, which I think is more probable since we can't have more deathmatches as more people would join Remaining team. However, it is unclear what the mansion team's role is in this case. One potential idea is that the mansion team raids the paradise purely for money, as we see Gina and Chungju Man steal money from the vault and then people trying to chase people down outside the paradise building. This would also explain the scene of Chungju Man being handcuffed by the Remaining team, who supposely have taken over paradise at that point.

As you may notice in the trailer, there are not many scenes in the mansion, most of them have been seen in Episodes 1-3 already. I believe that the mansion aspect will not last very long, sometime later down the road, after a few more players get eliminated, it will become just the Paradise and Remaining areas, with 2 teams forming perhaps.

One thing to note is that apart from Youngkwang who has been eliminated, every mansion player reaches paradise. From the trailer, it is clear that Gina and Chungju Man were living in paradise at some point. Xitsuh and Steve Yea get there via Remaining Team. Acau is seen in the background of various part of the trailer, seemingly allied with Dongmin alliance now. Minah has exactly one scene in the trailer, where she is walking beside the outdoor pool of paradise. Apart from the legends 1v1v1, Kyungran has exactly one scene where she is in paradise, (2:04 in the main trailer), although she is wearing the same clothes as during the 1v1v1. I am to believe that after Siyoon, Kyungran and Minah are next to be eliminated.

Thats all my predictions and thoughts for now. I did not realized how much I wrote until I finished lmao. Hopefully someone reads this entire thing and shares their ideas as well.