What if the creator of the game and his team ended up losing at the tug of war game? Also they said the object of the game is to be fair , honest, with full disclosure no discrimination so eveyone has an equal chance I think if they had said in the beginning that only one person will make it out alive, there would have been lesser participants. They were disingenuous to the players in withholding that only 1 will win that breaks their premise of it being a fair game . 1 in 500 chance gamble with your life is not very good odds and a slim probablity that you'll come out alive.