How do you compute the net force acting on the rope in a game of tug of war?

A force is simply a "push" or a "pull" measured in Newton Force, let us assume that there are 10 kids pulling on both opposite end of a rope, and each kid has an average mass of 40 Kg, this means each kid can pull on a rope of equivalent of 400 N. If we have 10 kids on each end of the rope, therefore the total tension on the rope could be around 4000 N. This would clearly explain that there are two 4000 N in each rope, creating a huge tension horizontally on both ends of the rope.