The Gauntlet

The Gauntlet is an original Roosterteeth reality TV series based on gaming. Each week, 4 teams of 4 compete, last man standing wins $10,000. The show is hosted by Burnie Burns and is sponsored by Geico. Contract worker Ali Baker is the announcer for Season 1.

Overview
Players from around the nation gather to compete in a video game competition, with eliminations every week. Burnie has the power to send up to four players home in any given competition week. The coaches each lead teams of four players. Brooke leads Yellow Team, Gustavo Sorola leads Red, Joel Heyman leads Blue, and Caleb leads Green. During each episode, each team competes in multiplayer game matches based on a certain theme. The losers of the initial round are then sent to The Gauntlet, where they have one last chance of redemption. The winner of the Gauntlet stays, the loser leaves. The losing coaches makes cameo appearances in the subsequent episodes in some way or form, usually as commentators. As of Episode 8, the final four players have merged into one team for the finale.

The Competitors
Unlike Season 1, Season 2 will feature a different competition style, and is hosted by Burnie Burns and Joel Heyman. There are four teams like the first season. However, one team will be made of the Rooster Teeth Community, another made of Rooster Teeth Employees, a third of Achievement Hunters, and fourth will be of celebrities. The prize is as of yet unknown.

The community team has been selected from a tryout process at RTX 2013. The first phase of tryouts consists of thousands of gamers trying to get the high score in games such as Battle Block Theater, Trials Evolution, and Geometry Wars. The 17 top players are then called back to the main stage at RTX to compete for a spot on the community team.

The Teams
Community Team: Coming Soon Rooster Teeth Team: Coming Soon Achievement Hunter Team: Coming Soon Celebrity Team: Coming Soon