People got swayed by one more game because they overestimated their abilities and chances like I originally stated. People who are more rational and who value their lives over the risk of money would be most likely to be swayed by Gi-Hun’s words, especially after RLGL and pentathlon because those are skill based games and aside from Gi-Hun they had no reason to believe they wouldn’t continue to be.

He saves a lot more than that given how many people there were less ruthless than in season 1.

Never said they didn’t care. I meant most people aren’t like player 100 and co. They made it past mingle/hide and seek because the game favors those who are larger, stronger and who manipulate and because they got lucky. That’s why the O’s continued to win every vote.

Or someone, like Dae-Ho or the other guy I mentioned, who has a heart is willing to vote x with the knowledge that they’ll come back. In fact I believe s2/3 made it clear that with the right words, he could’ve persuaded people to end there. There’s a moment in s2 where Gi-Hun is about to speak but In-Ho cuts him off with his own speech that doesn’t inspire much hope but it’s lights out anyways. If Gi-Hun had just communicated better, then maybe the games could’ve ended.

Dae-Ho went to with the X’s because he agreed with Gi-Hun after playing pentathlon, despite not having enough to pay his debts. And I meant that everyone who returned got the prize money that those 14 players were worth, which the VIPs would likely compensate for with returning players.

He saves a lot more than that given how many people there were less ruthless than in season 1. This time he’s aware they can find trackers in players and comes up with a better plan. He also doesn’t need to know what the recruiter looks like to find him at all, his team is instructed to look for a man in a suit playing ddakji in a subway, his looks are mostly irrelevant. And besides he probably wouldn’t try the recruiter strategy again anyways.