No. No, they are not. Not Petuu, at least, inhumane bastard.

The nature of this game. [And it is a game, whether it's a VR video game, or a game to the Overseers, or a game show as Thomas said.] You can't have a game without a firmly defined ruleset. They can change the rules at any time, but they still need to be followed, or it falls apart. To be ignorant of the rules is one thing, but to not know them, or the extent of them, is not the fault of the player.

Which means none of this was designed to be fair. We're meant to lose, one way or another. Losing means death.

So what do they gain from our deaths?