INT. MASSIVE GAME ARENA—MORNING

500 new players, dressed in matching dark-red jumpsuits, stand in rows inside a wide arena resembling a massive abandoned playground. The air is tense, everyone quiet. Above them, giant screens flash the logo:

Suddenly, a huge hologram of Emmanito appears above the players.

EMMANITO (HOLOGRAM) Welcome, mga manlalaro. You are the chosen one. The desperate. The doomed. Your first challenge is a Filipino childhood classic. "Agawan Base."

GAME 1: AGAWAN BASE – TWISTED EDITION RULES ANNOUNCED (via speakers): Players are divided into 4 major groups: North, East, South, and West.

Each team must defend their own base while attempting to invade others.

If you are touched within enemy lines, you're marked.

Marked players will be hunted by shirtless, masked marshals after a 5-minute grace period.

Only the last 250 standing will move to the next game.