sangmin — i've always said this man picked up the snake card in the beginning of genius s2 and never put it down ever again and this is a perfect example. masters in politics phd in gaslighting. acts like your one drunk uncle at family dinners but is secretly plotting to steal all the family property and is succeeding. his only weakness was his absolute refusal to believe that the shit he stirred would rile up the other teams enough to make an anti-alliance against p1 lol

xitsuh — obligatory i am xitsuhpilled disclaimer. seeing him run strategies not just for his team but for everyone else in his rambling manaical genius way scratches an itch in my brain no other player reaches. he is the mathematical workhorse behind all these big moments and every time i see him rapping through scenarios like a possessed man he bewitches me. i considered docking him a place for not changing the lock password & the round one fumble but all's well that ends well so he is safe—for now!

yoohyun — i see why yoohyun was called the dad of the team lol. he's the steady presence, the man doing the alliance work, the guy keeping challengers from imploding by kyunghoon-led antics and making sure his team looks at the big picture. i could also just feel the love and excitement he has for the game from how active he was from the very first match, this man is here to play and i am so excited to see more of him after such a long time!

jihoo / sungbeom — jihoo is team challengers' own little supercomputer, but without the crazy genius bite to him. he has a little kyunghoon-esque ruthless streak in him too, judging from his dealings with sangmin. a dangerous player to look out for who might actually be a little nerfed by the team element of this game. sungbeom on the other hand hasn't seemed to change much from being dongmin's right-hand. he's a great counter to xitsuh's madness (if they both stay on the same page) but i do see his conservativeness stopping p3 from playing the reckless, high risk high reward romance moves that jinho & xitsuh are so drawn to—which could be a positive or a hindrance depending on the day.