Line #662 Roleplay/HungerGamesSimulation


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:May the RNG be ever in your favor. (logo by [[Tropers/DaveTheAssassin dave_the_assassin]])]]
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4	->''"Only at the Trope Games can you find a snowman killing an intelligent, apex-predator dinosaur with some C4."''
5	-->--'''Tropers/DarkDestruction''', after [[WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins Chilly]] had used an explosive to kill off [[Film/JurassicWorld Indominus Rex]] and [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Rolf]] in OG Season 33
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7	The Hunger Games Simulation is a play-by-post game on the Administrivia/TVTropesForum Games subsection, launched by Tropers/Arcada188, and it's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a simulator of ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' by brantsteele. The [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14639073780A94605500&page=1 Original Generation]] hosted 250 seasons and saw more than 5000 unique "tributes" (combatants) participating. The [[ContinuityReboot Reboot]], titled ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15358704370A99240800&page=1 Beyond the Possibilities]]'', was launched by Tropers/TheGamechanger.
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9	The mechanics are pretty complicated, but still simple enough for newer users. Players nominate up to two characters as tributes each[[note]]Each nominated tribute must have a regular picture that will represent them throughout the game; a death pic that will be displayed when the tribute is killed is optional.[[/note]], then once a sufficient amount has been reached (up to a maximum of 200 as of Season 258 or after 24 hours of nominating tributes, whichever comes first), a chosen player "runs" the simulator. Once they have a "good save"[[note]]see the Save Runner Guidelines below, though it usually requires "only X deaths in the first update allowed" and "no early Arena Events" (certain events used to kill off more tributes than normal days/nights)[[/note]], they screenshot it and send both the screens and the save privately to the host of the season, who will then narrate the events of the season to the other users in several updates, usually ranging around 2–4 days in real life. Starting from OG Season 12 onwards, players can also suggest custom events.
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11	Anyone can join, but please note that usage of the Administrivia/TextFormattingRules, especially the escape sequence ([=[==]=]) is ''very'' recommended (if not outright ''mandatory'') to help everyone, due to problems rising from broken events and others throughout the HGS history.
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13	After the end of each season, the top three contestants and the most murderous are placed in the Hall of Fame for future reference. The HGS Wiki and HGS Databases, which document ''every single tribute submitted'' along with other stats, can be found [[http://tvt-hgs.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page here]] for the Wiki, [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tAGlk8AOwMuXsV3CyDAA7HRHinXMc696/view?usp=sharing here]] for the Database Stats, [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JanFFqsYhN8hewtyY0kjgSlD8M7N-mae/view?usp=sharing here]] for the Database OG, and [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MqxSwmJruSymWhOcdJuFsPwNdK3CSQYQ/view?usp=sharing here]] for the Database Reboot.[[labelnote:OG Status]]Hall of Fame and Data spreadsheets currently accurate up to Season 114; Stats accurate up to Season 112[[/labelnote]] [[labelnote:Reboot Status]]Hall of Fame and Data spreadsheets currently accurate up to Season 15; Stats accurate up to Season 13[[/labelnote]]
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15	A SpinOff thread where the players are free to run their own seasons can be found [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14713908640A70575300&page=1 here.]] The LooseCanon RP Spin-Off, titled ''Convergence'', can be found [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15576410980A04187800&page=1 here.]] A Recap page for ''Convergence'' can be found [[Recap/HungerGamesSimulationConvergence here]], as well as a discussion thread [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15668938500A84086800&page=1 here]].
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17	On October 31st, 2019, It was announced that Convergence will be rebooted into a new RP continuing after the events of the original. The new RP, titled ''Another Side Another Story'', can be found [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15737140660A52768800&page=1#comment-1 here]], with its recap page [[Recap/HungerGamesSimulationAnotherSideAnotherStory here.]]
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20	[[foldercontrol]]
21	[[folder:Save Runner Guidelines]]
22	# No saves with an early arena event. These tend to wipe out an absurdly large number of tributes in the first few days, causing seasons to either end quickly or drag on with a few tributes left and low death rates in between.
23	# [[invoked]]'''Absolutely NO saves in which children or underage characters in general are involved in {{squick}}y/[[PaedoHunt NSFW events]].''' The save must be re-run, and if it has to be posted on the thread as a gag save, then it ''must'' be tagged with a ContentWarning. Tributes who [[OlderThanTheyLook don't look]] [[YoungerThanTheyLook their age]] and/or are [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman non-human]] are ''not'' excused.
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27	!!This Forum Game provides examples of:
28	[[index]]
29	* [[HungerGamesSimulation/OriginalTropes Original Run Tropes]]
30	* [[HungerGamesSimulation/TropesAToO Convergence/Another Side, Another Story Tropes A-O]]
31	* [[HungerGamesSimulation/TropesPToZ Convergence/Another Side, Another Story Tropes P-Z]]
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33	[[/index]]

Context Roleplay / HungerGamesSimulation