Post by Mitchell Edwin Johnson on Apr 29, 2010 10:11:16 GMT -5
Anyone in for it? Put simply, 24 kids, a pair each, boy and girl, free for all, killing each other in an arena of vast and various terrains.
explain much more later.
The Hunger Games are played each year in the country of Panem, the outcome of a post-apoctolyptic North America. They are not truly a game, but rather a fight to the death between 24 children (called tributes) between the ages of twelve and eighteen. One boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts are forced to participate in this event in a large, outdoor arena. The event is televised to the people of Panem, and the last living tribute is declared the winner.
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How it started
75 years before the 74th games, the thirteen districts of Panem revolted against the Capitol. Together, they stood strong. But when District 13 got blown to bits by the Capitol, resistance became pointless. They submitted to the Capitol and lost their hope.
Now, every year since the rebellion, the Capitol forces a girl and a boy from each district to participate in the Hunger Games, in front of hidden cameras that show everything live. Each year, twenty-three children die. Only one survives.
edit Reaping
Every year, a reaping ceremony is held. Two glass balls contain slips of paper. Each child from the age of twelve and above has their name submitted. When they are thirteen, their name is entered twice and so on until they are eighteen, the final year for eligibility. You can choose to add your name more times in exchange for oil and grain. One glass ball contains the girls' names and another is for the boys. The district representative picks a name out of the ball. Whoever's name is on that slip is then entered into the Games, unless someone is willing to volunteer.
edit Mentoring
Each surviving tribute may choose to mentor the next two tributes from their district the following year, and so on.
edit Tokens
Each tribute is allowed one token from their district, to represent and remind them of home. They must not be able to be used as weapons, and cannot be dangerous.
edit Bloodbaths
Always, in the beginning of a game, there is a huge bloodbath where roughly half of the Tributes die right off. The area it takes place in is the Cornucopia, near the starting point. Surrounding the tributes are tables full of goods--weapons, food, water--just about everything you could want or need to survive.
This is where the fighting always starts. Either you stay to collect food or weaponry and fight, or you run and risk your chances without it. Either way, there is a very likely chance of your death.
There is usually more than one bloodbath in the Games, oftentimes at feasts.
explain much more later.
The Hunger Games are played each year in the country of Panem, the outcome of a post-apoctolyptic North America. They are not truly a game, but rather a fight to the death between 24 children (called tributes) between the ages of twelve and eighteen. One boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts are forced to participate in this event in a large, outdoor arena. The event is televised to the people of Panem, and the last living tribute is declared the winner.
Contents
How it started
75 years before the 74th games, the thirteen districts of Panem revolted against the Capitol. Together, they stood strong. But when District 13 got blown to bits by the Capitol, resistance became pointless. They submitted to the Capitol and lost their hope.
Now, every year since the rebellion, the Capitol forces a girl and a boy from each district to participate in the Hunger Games, in front of hidden cameras that show everything live. Each year, twenty-three children die. Only one survives.
edit Reaping
Every year, a reaping ceremony is held. Two glass balls contain slips of paper. Each child from the age of twelve and above has their name submitted. When they are thirteen, their name is entered twice and so on until they are eighteen, the final year for eligibility. You can choose to add your name more times in exchange for oil and grain. One glass ball contains the girls' names and another is for the boys. The district representative picks a name out of the ball. Whoever's name is on that slip is then entered into the Games, unless someone is willing to volunteer.
edit Mentoring
Each surviving tribute may choose to mentor the next two tributes from their district the following year, and so on.
edit Tokens
Each tribute is allowed one token from their district, to represent and remind them of home. They must not be able to be used as weapons, and cannot be dangerous.
edit Bloodbaths
Always, in the beginning of a game, there is a huge bloodbath where roughly half of the Tributes die right off. The area it takes place in is the Cornucopia, near the starting point. Surrounding the tributes are tables full of goods--weapons, food, water--just about everything you could want or need to survive.
This is where the fighting always starts. Either you stay to collect food or weaponry and fight, or you run and risk your chances without it. Either way, there is a very likely chance of your death.
There is usually more than one bloodbath in the Games, oftentimes at feasts.