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'''Rooster Teeth Team''': '''Achievement Hunter Team''': Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Lindsay Tuggey, and Ryan Haywood 
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'''Celebrity Team''': Coming Soon
 
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Revision as of 00:21, 21 October 2013

Gauntlet logo

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.

Episodes

Episode Theme Initial Challenge Gauntlet Challenge Result Air Date Link
1

Auditions

Series Premiere

Many contestants get interviewed for a spot in the Gauntlet competition The second round of Auditions where hopeful competitors play video games to test their skills The list of possible competitors was narrowed down to 19 contestants October 2012 [1]
2 Meeting the Coaches The 19 contestants meet Roosterteeth Staff who, unbeknownst to them, are the coaches Four of the remaining contestants not on a team play in Super Smash Bros Melee for the spot. Kyle is placed on Red Team, three other contestants are eliminated November 6, 2012 [2]
3 FPS

The four teams compete against each other in Team Fortress 2.

Handicap: The coaches will shoot the opposing team with Nerf Guns.

Winners: Caleb's and Brooke's teams

Losers: Joel's and Gus's teams

The losing teams compete in a game of Team Death match in Call of Duty: Black Ops Gus's team wins, Joel's entire team is eliminated November 13, 2012 [3]
4 The Concert

The three teams compete playing an RVB song in Rockband

Handicap: The coaches play various instruments and talk to annoy and distract the other teams.

Winner:

Gus's team

Losers:

Brooke's and Caleb's Team

The two losing teams compete for the highest total score in a game of DDR.

Monty Oum makes an appearance

Brooke's team wins,

Caleb's entire team is eliminated

November 23, 2012 [4]
5 Halo: Combat Evolved

The remaining two teams play each other in Halo CE in a Capture the Flag game at Blood Gulch. First to score wins.

Handicap: Brooke and Gus throw plushie Grifballs at the opposing team, the players have to use big controllers.

Winner:

Gus's team

Loser:

Brooke's team

Brooke's team is forced to compete against each other in a Free for All match to 15 kills. The player with the lowest number of kills gets sent home. Robert loses and is sent home. November 30, 2012 [5]
6 Super Mario Bros.

The remaining team plays to see who can win 4 separate Mario games.

Winner: Brooke's Team

Loser:

Gus's team

The losing team has to compete against each other in the first level of Super Mario Bros The Lost Levels (known as Super Mario Bros 2 in Japan) Last one to finish gets sent home Thomas is sent home December 6,2012 [6]
7 Zombie Day

The two teams compete in Scavenger mode in Left 4 Dead 2. Best of 3

Winner:

Gus's Team

Loser:

Brooke's Team

The losing team has to compete in House of the Dead 3 Overkill.

Last to 10,000 points gets sent home.

Justin is sent home December 14, 2012 [7]
8 Minecraft

The remaining 5 players compete in a battle royale in Minecraft, the bottom two will compete in Minecraft for the final spot in the merged teams

Josh and Jeremy compete for the final spot in the last team in a best of 5 in Soul Caliber

Jeremy is sent home.

The final four competitors are: David, Josh, Kyle, and Tim

December 20, 2012 [8]
9 Meet The Final Four This episode gives an overview of each of the finalists' lives N/A N/A December 24, 2012 [9]
10 The Finale The tournament is now always in The Gauntlet Challenge, and the loser has no chance at redemption and is automatically sent home.

The first game is Counter Strike: Global Offensive- Arms Race. Loser is sent home

The second game involves a Warthog race in the last part of the last level in the Halo 3 campaign

The two finalists compete for the grand prize in a game of Tetris

David loses the first round

Kyle loses the second round

Josh loses the final round

Tim wins the competition

December 27, 2012 [10]

Season 2

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: Achievement Hunter Team: Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Lindsay Tuggey, and Ryan Haywood  Celebrity Team: Coming Soon

Episodes

Episode Theme Initial Challenge Gauntlet Challenge Result Air Date Link
1

Auditions Part 1

Season Premiere

Thousands of Gamers compete to be in Round 2 of the tryout. Special Guests: Freddie W, The Champion and Finalists of Season 1 N/A 17 candidates have been selected to go to Round 2 September 1, 2013 [11]
2 Auditions Part 2 The 17 chosen candidates go to the RTX mainstage for the second round of the tryouts A fake interview. The players for the community team have been selected September 8, 2013 [12]
3 To Be Released To Be Released To Be Released To Be Released October 20, 2013