a really big reason as to why i couldn't bring myself to like hyun gyu's character this season is because I geninely believe his edit has made him look a lot cleverer than he actually is.
there has not been a single game where i genuinely think he has shown any true prowess. even in the corrupt cop game, he was carried heavy by tinno's, kyu hyun's and 7high's plan even if he did not know it, because the red team seemed like it had so much corruption that the blue team seemed likely to not have a corrupt cop. i find it rather irritating to see him being so harsh to hyunjoon about his abilities when sohui and tinno have provided most of the good strategies and gameplay honestly. even the hidden game was found by kyu hyun, and solved by sohui. the only real thing he has is persistence, which does not work a lot of the time honestly.
i find these kind of characters irritating because if you're going to be cocky, you need to back it up. dong jae in season 1 may have been seemingly arrogant at first but at the very least it was always his plan that went through with and he always took responsiblity for any poor consequences for the team after, and he actually showed a lot of intelligence, even when his plans failed.
this kind of mooching off smarter, but more passive and kind players rubs me the wrong way because if you are here to win, you need to at least show off your own skill.