CALLING ALL HUNTERS, ARE YOU READY TO SURVIVE THE ULTIMATE GAUNTLET?

Assemble your ultimate squad and polish your controller skills the second annual most intense gaming challenge of the year is officially around the corner.

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Starting Friday, January 1, 2027, The Hunter’s Cabin will host the second year of Escalation Protocol: The Last Team Standing, a brutal 20-week weekly elimination tournament designed to test your gaming skills, squad coordination, and sheer endurance. Whether you dominate on PlayStation, Xbox, or PC, this is your chance to claim bragging rights, custom gear, and cold hard cash. The Rules of Engagement: Adapt or Be Eliminated The premise is simple, but the execution will test even the most dedicated trophy hunters. Teams of four will compete week-to-week to hit escalating collective quotas of Trophies/Achievements AND Platinums/100% Base Game Completions. Each week runs from Friday to Friday, with weekly quotas scaling up from a warmup to an absolute marathon: Week 1: 100 Trophies/Achievements & 1 Platinum/Completion Week 5: 500 Trophies/Achievements & 5 Platinums/Completions Week 10: 750 Trophies/Achievements & 10 Platinums/Completions Week 15: 1,000 Trophies/Achievements & 15 Platinums/Completions Week 20: The Final Battle Royale The Catch? Miss either quota by the weekly Friday deadline, and your squad is eliminated. No second chances. Maintaining your squad is critical, if your team size drops below your four players at any point without admin approval, you are forfeit. Cash, Merch, and Glory If your team has what it takes to survive the gauntlet, serious rewards await. $200 Cash Prize awarded to the ultimate winning team (minimum 10 participating teams required). Custom Cabin T-Shirt design for the champions. Bonus rewards scaling up based on total team participation! Server boosters receive a powerful edge. Anyone actively boosting the Cabin server starting December 1st grants their team 1 auto-completed challenge per boost! Fair Play Rules: No Cheap Tricks To ensure a level playing field, organizers have instituted strict anti-shovelware and anti-cheat policies. No Shovelware or Easy Stacks: Games under 4 hours, asset flips, AI-generated titles, autopops, and shovelware lists (cross-referenced via platprices.com and howlongtobeat.com) will not count toward quotas. One Account Per Player: Participants must register a single primary platform (PSN, Xbox, or PC) and submit their own trophies. No account sharing or ringers allowed. Verification: Trophies must be earned during the active week and verified via The Hunter’s Cabin Website or Exophase. How to Enlist Do you have what it takes to be the last squad standing? 1. Form a 4-player team of active server members. 2. Head over to the #signup channel on the discord server. ( Discord link ) 3. Lock in your roster before the December 1, 2026 for January’s kickoff. More rules and details within the appropriate discord channels. Gather your squad, plan your backlog strategy, and get ready to escalate! Year 2026 winners:

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