Hunger Games Simulation: Beyond the Possibilities

Raven◊, Female (18)

Cyborg◊, Male (18)

Both from Teen Titans (2003).

Lostbelt Kings

• Magic: Morgan◊
  • Source: Fate/Grand Order
  • Gender: F
  • Status: Safe
• Technology: Zeus◊
  • Gender: M
  • Status: Safe
  • Note: Nommed in his True Body form.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Jul 28th 2023 at 6:26:21 AM

~GamerLuna2022 Hey, FYI, many of us feel like that much like the original Metal Sonic, Chaos Sonic should be Yellow-flagged, as he made to be a robot version of a 15-year-old.

Sailor Moon◊ (female, yellow)

Albert Einstein◊ (male, elderly)

Edited by troper101 on Jul 28th 2023 at 7:25:52 AM

You just nominated them in S288, so since they're on cooldown, you can't nominate them again until S293. Please change your tributes.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jul 29th 2023 at 3:30:43 AM

That and I’ve already nominated Manhattan for this season.

It's 101's choice if they want to Hand Wave the other Manhattan as a clone or swap him out again for another tribute.

I mean clone manhattans are a thing in Watchmen

MAGES.◊

5pb.◊

Both female and possibly lime-safe (unless there's other opinions?). Also don't ship them since they're sisters

Plague Knight◊, specialises in alchemy

Yesod◊, Patron Librarian of Technological Sciences

Nominations have been closed! We have 72 tributes this season.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jul 28th 2023 at 9:12:41 PM

Somehow I missed Manhattan. No worries, I've changed it (you can't get more science-y than Einstein).

Judging from your swapped-tribute pic, I think Einstein should get flagged as elderly.

According to Wikipedia, the pic you used was taken in 1947. As Einstein died as a 76-year-old in 1955 and since 1955 - 1947 = 8, he would be 68 in that pic which is around elderly age.

Also, I'll volunteer to run this upcoming season btw.

Edited by MummyGaGa on Jul 28th 2023 at 1:32:01 PM

• (Player1) (has/has/has/has/have1) (a broken/a broken/a broken/a broken/broken1) freakin' (neck/neck/neck/neck/necks1), but [typeA1] still (plans/plans/plan/plans/plan1) to win the season. (Also Bloodbath)
• (Player1) look(s/s/s/s/1) at the above/below event, glare(s/s/s/s/1) at all involved and yell(s/s/s/s/1) "DAMN!" before walking off.

Edited by MatthewLMayfield on Jul 28th 2023 at 5:52:20 AM

Little late but Event Suggestions are now closed

And NTC and Jake have set up the Clean Save for the latter. Also due to the dip in tribute count, we're temporarily switching the Death Rate from Very High to High.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jul 29th 2023 at 7:47:02 PM

By the way, in the event I suggested, the death order is supposed to be in the order I suggested (player 2 and then player 1). My intention was that P1 killed P2, but P2 (who is already dead) doesn't get an achievement in killing P1 because their spirit was the one who killed P1, not P2 themselves. This can be fixed in the next season.

Fair enough, if that was the problem then P1 and P2 should be reversed in the next season. The Mutual Kill can be kept.

I know it's impossible to suggest events without making one mistake, but I still never stop doing it for good.

Edited by Dghcrh on Jul 29th 2023 at 9:40:56 PM

Jake set it as a Mutual Kill, but that can be reverted to a Taking You with Me event next season. The fact that P2 still dies first in that event needed to be fixed, though, because the sim is programmed to kill P1 first, regardless of what the text says.

The death order problem's already fixed, but I'll still check with Jake regarding whether or not the dead tribute should still be credited for their posthumous kill.

That being said, Jake's sent the screens and save to Kaf!

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jul 30th 2023 at 3:59:01 AM

Looking forward to both my tributes dying in the bloodbath as karma for Season 288.

Kaf is currently working on the first update, but he'll post it tomorrow in his timezone because he needs to sleep. He'll call upon a cohost if he's still struggling with it.

Edited by TroperNo9001 on Jul 30th 2023 at 8:09:27 PM

We open with a short pan over the Arena. It's been remodeled to fit the theme, as usual - one half is now a haze-shrouded mystical forest, the other a rolling landscape of gleaming metal.

Ignore the purple sky. It can't be helped.

The hosting booth is empty, and dark. With the Gamemakers and co. having evacuated, there was no need to keep the lights on - especially since the allotted host for this season has no need for them.

There is a blinding flash, the brief sound of a heavenly choir singing things too beautiful and holy for the mortal mind to comprehend, and a heavily armoured angelic figure manifests. His mere presence bathes the booth in a white light that's more than enough to wholly illuminate it. Once he's sure he's looking in the direction of the camera, the angel strikes his best Badass Armfold and tries very hard to exude confidence.

   "Greetings, mortals of..."    He pauses to check a cue card he pulls out of Hammerspace.    "...Panem? Seriously? Bread? Who calls a country bread? That's fucking- ahem... Greetings, mortals of Panem!"    His voice is as bombastic as his pose.    "I am Gabriel, Highest of All Angels, Righteous Hand of the Father, and I shall be your host this fine day!"   

He pauses and glances outside at the ominous sky.

   "...okay, I admit, fine day is a stretch. But still, even the bleakest day can be made better by a chance to listen to       my       glorious voice! Not that I'm, ah, biased or anything."   

Gabriel takes a seat in one of the available chairs, to which a slip of paper with a wizard emoji on it has been hastily attached. There is another chair, marked with a robot emoji slip, lying unoccupied. He takes pains not to so much as glance at it.

   "I understand these... Hunger Games... seriously what the fuck kind of name is that? Is giving things shitty names a hobby for you people? are very important to you. Certainly so important you won't let a little thing like the impending apocalypse stop them. Well, be not afraid! If I'm not blowing my horn, your world'll be fine! So sayeth the Father! So, let's get this show on the road, shall we?"   

THE REAPING◊

   "BEHOLD! Seventy-two unfortunate fools of every shape and size, all about to give themselves to the Sin of Violence, for which all but one shall pay the ultimate price! Exciting, no? I can tell why you mortals love this so much!"   

Gabriel can't help but toot along on his glittering golden trumpet as the horn sounds to signal THE BLOODBATH◊

•    "So it begins! And first up, we have Muelsyse, the Rhine Lab Operator! Wonderful craftswomanship, but... is this really a skill that's going to keep you alive? Aren't you going to find a weapon or something?"   
•    "Heigh ho, heigh ho! It's off to die you go!"   
• The extended montage of Barty Crouch Jr. getting hurt^note let's face it, he deserves it is suddenly interrupted by a loud DOOT. Gabriel looks irate.    "HEY! TURNER! Blowing horns to signal death and destruction is MY job! Try that again, and we'll see how fairy godparents fare against an archangel!"   
•    "...hrm. Cyborg - wonderfully creative name, by the way, almost as good as "Panem" - hasn't committed any heinous sins to       my       knowledge. And knowing these things is kind of my job. Maybe he's just making excuses for sucking."   
•    "This man is absolutely loco in the coco, in case you couldn't tell! If       he       doesn't buy your lies, why bother pretending?"   
•    "The evil Guardian, eh? If my notes are correct, people who've played this..."    Gabriel's eyes aren't visible, but he somehow gives the impression of squinting at his cue cards nonetheless.    ""Leg-End of Zelder, Breathe Off the Wild"... would agree with you there. Me, it's not my job to judge machinery. Much as I wish it was."   
•    "Wait..."    Gabriel looks from Sailor Moon, then to her identical copy in the League of Magical Girls, then back to Sailor Moon.    "The fuck? Nobody told me the mortals had invented cloning!"   
•    "Don't kill and don't be killed? What do you think this is, a flower-arranging contest?! Look, Draedon's smarter than you! He's KILLING people in a KILLING game! My infinitely caring angelic heart goes out to you, by the way, Kamek, but someone had to be first blood."   
•    "...what the Hell kind of weapon is that? A double-ended... laser blade? Do you have ANY IDEA how impractical that is?"    Gabriel draws his own twin swords with a flourish.    "THIS is what fine, PRACTICAL swordsmithing looks like! Gaze upon the blades of Heaven itself, O mortals, and despair!"   
•    "..."    Gabriel feels his own neck uncomfortably.    "Good luck with that, O- wait, no! You're a rival to the Father! Fuck that, I hope your broken neck kills you! Painfully!"   
•    "Behold! Muu has acquired an item with the power to cheat death! Watch as she inevitably fails to make any use of it!"   
•    "The Inventor is now the official representative of your stupidly named country, fated to obey your every whim! That's right! If she fails and dies a horrific, early death, that's a weight on YOUR consciences! How does THAT make you feel, O sinners?"   
•    "Agreed, Raven. Agreed."   
•    "Bleach cannot kill machines. Noted. Y'know, not for personal reasons or anything."   
•    "This will take, what, a week? If you're incredibly lucky? Patience is a Heavenly Virtue, Nitori!"   
•    "Wait... it says here: "it is written, only Link can defeat Ganon"! These notes are LYING to me!!!"   
•    "I've never tried this... pizza. Mortal sources tell me it is, and I quote, "lit". I'll have to see about placing an order... there's this "Peppino Spaghetti" I've heard much about..."   
•    "Well, well! It seems Jimmy's genius is such that he's aware he is nowt but a fictitious creation of overactive human imaginations! Must be terrifying. Can't imagine how it feels."   
•    "...huh. Catchy little tune there.       Can you feel the sunshine, does it brighten up your day..."   
•    "...because he was nominated. Any more stupid questions, O Woman With the Name That Looks Like Someone Headbutted A Keyboard?"   
• The brow of Gabriel's helmet somehow furrows as he lays eyes on the Champion.    "He looks familiar... but... I can't quite put my finger on why..."   
•    "...keep this... R.O.B.... far away from me. Please."   
•    "What's with all the pizza right now? Anyhow, that sounds like a plan! It'd give the Cornucopia something to eat other than piles of stone!"   
•    "Barry! Don't go injecting yourself with random needles you find on the ground! This is why you spend all your time in that Father-awful hospital, you COMPLETE MORON!"   
•    "Doctor Facilier has friends on the other side, but absolutely no friends on this side. 'Tis what you deserve for fraternising with demons, says I!"   
•    "More twitchy eyes! Han Solo overthinks this and believes eye-twitching is a sign of some fatal disease^note Night Event No. 16027, which... is apparently illegal and gets him booted. Huh. You folks are weird."   
•    "If I'd known there would be so many machines, I'd have stayed home. Anyway! This pink puff, super tough, or so I am told, teams up with..."    Gabriel stops. He double-checks the cue card. Then triple checks it.    "...no. That's not his name. That CAN'T be a name a human parent gave their human child. Panem I could believe, Hunger Games I reluctantly accepted, but THIS is some kind of bad joke!"   
•    "Every tribute wants Science (bitch) dead! And Magic, snort snort, to judge by its immediate acts of violence, wants every other tribute dead!"   
•    "Such desperate hunger! You could just have brought pizza. That's allowed, apparently."   
•    "I count... one, two, three... four deaths so far! There's MANY more to come, so I hope you're ready to feel like a complete failure times eighteen, Renamon! If you aren't one of the deceased by then, of course!"   
•    "Awww, tiny Yesod! That's adorable, I want one- ahem. I, ah, mean, I'm sure the folks at home would want one. The Archangel Gabriel has no need for such frivolities."   
•    "And much like the Phoenix Down, we can reasonably expect these goggles to do nothing for Lewyn. NEXT!"   
•    "...again. Pizza. If you're that hungry, just make a HUGE pizza."   
•    "What?! How dare you kill one wearing the blessed garments of the Father! I don't care if he tried to kill you first! A CURSE UPON YE!"   

Gabriel glances over at the unoccupied chair. He breathes an audible sigh of relief when he realises it's still empty.

DAY ONE◊

•    "Violence! Immediate, glorious VIOLENCE! Not that Xzar seems to mind. Apparently he's insane enough to be immune to pain!"   
• Gabriel pulls out his holy horn and plays a snippet of the Benny Hill theme as Penn and Teller are chased to and fro.    "What that is, I don't know. But I was told playing it over scenes of chaotic running equals instant comedy."   
• There is a minute of silence as a still image "performs" a parody of a song from a webcomic with no soundtrack. The audience is bored. Gabriel is bored. The Hunger Games was a mistake.
•    "Caterpillar eating! Hardly an exciting pasttime, but much preferable to       whatever the Hell that was."   
•    "R.O.B. gets...       salty."    There is a Beat.    "I, uh, was told terrible puns are a hallmark of hosting these things. How'd I do? Was it groanworthy enough?"   
•    "Merasmus is slain! That's Technology 2, Magic 0! As a representative of Magic, myself, I'm gonna have to tell my team to step their fucking game up."   
•    "Though, that said, it seems the techies are indulging in a little magic? Or is this some hologram bullshit?"   
• no in character comment just a fitting gif◊
•    "You know what they say! All toasters toast TOAST!"   
  •    "I-I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me."   
•    "Oh, you think you have it bad? Try wearing full plate mail for ALL OF ETERNITY! I can't remember the last time I had feeling in my extremities!"   
•    "Enjoy your freedom while you can, mortal. Imprisonment for your sins can be escaped in life, but in death..."   
•    "D'awwwwww!"   
•    "Let's see... pizza, steak, Cornucopias... I've tried none of these things. Wow, apparently I really need to broaden my mortal culinary horizons."   
•    "Ancient Greek pottery depicting Zeus, perchance?"   
•    "Oooooo, my eyes are covered, it's so scary!"    Gabriel is likely rolling his eyes, but with his helmet covering his entire face, it's hard to tell.    "Again, get with the program."   
•    "That's now one teamkill each for Magic and Technology, in case those of you at home aren't keeping track! Gee, it's almost as if this whole X versus Y theme means nothing to them!"   
• Gabriel shudders as Muu slowly and painfully turns all of the Engineer's own contraptions against him, only finishing him off with a Sentry bullet to the head once his suffering has gone on for nearly an hour.    "Look, I know it's a death game, but have some fucking standards, okay? There's a special room in Hell for people like you, Muu! Literally! I helped make it!"   
•    "Can we officially declare this Food Season instead? No? Because it sure seems the Tributes think so!"    Gabriel adds "breakfast cereal" to his list of Mortal Foods To Try.
• Smash cut to Gabriel duel wielding a pair of gleaming blessed frying pans.    "...nope, can't say I see the appeal."   
•    "Now, yelling in triumph as you fell a foe in glorious battle - THAT I understand! SEIYA!"   
•    "Ha ha ha, such a funny pun. It's still day one, O great draconic dumbass! You're nowhere NEAR a landslide victory yet!"   
•    "...Jack Spicer is NOT going on the Mortal Foods To Try list."   
•    "Neither is that."   
•    "Ot - no, actually, steamed hams       do       sound lovely. A Springfield regional delicacy, if I recall correctly... or was it Albany...?"   
• OOC:Long John Baldry died fifteen years ago this month. May he rest in peace, and may we remember his glorious voice for all time. Dunno if it'd work for Supreme Calamitas though, what do the Terraria fans think?
•    "Sage has done absolutely jack diddley squat this season. Sloth isn't heroism, boneheads! No wonder so many of you end up in Hell!"   
•    "I doubt it. But       I'll       laugh at you, because mortals getting hurt is funny! And before you complain, mortals, let he who has never watched these Games and laughed at stupid deaths cast the first stone."   
• "Spaghetti" is added to Gabriel's ever-growing list.
•    "Stealing the sun! Oh, how impressively diabolical! Shame someone beat you to it."    Gabriel gestures to the dark purple skies outside.
• Gabriel pauses. Then he adds "trash" to his list of foods to try.
•    "The construct is moving! Gesturing! Genuflecting, even! Father knows what it's trying to communicate, but I'd say it has a bone to pick with Raven!"   
•    "Panem says Sailor Moon doesn't get to receive her letters. Wow, I was right, you really ARE all assholes."   
•    "Riddle me this! Why are you bothering with mind games and quizzes when an easy kill is RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU?!"   
•    "Now, see, Lewyn here has good taste in escapes. My armfold's better, though. Sorry, you can't beat an archangel at looking cool, them's the Father's rules. Totally."   
•    "Learned some tricks from your father, eh, Luke?"    Gabriel pauses.    "Ah - forgive me, that was crossing a line."   
•    "First reckless drug use, now a chronically unhealthy diet! I'm amazed any hospital could keep you alive, Barry! But be glad they could, for Gluttony damns the soul..."   
•    "Wow, this "Chaos Sonic" is, to use the most holy and sanctified terminology, a total fucking dick. And I'm not just saying that because of bad experiences with fast blue machines. Honest."   
•    "A dog goes to school! Which school? It doesn't matter, it's a dog, it flunks because of course it does! Nice job wasting everyone's time during a crisis, Iggy!"   
• CRUNCH    "Ooooooough. This feels like as good a place as any to leave things off, wouldn't you agree?"   

   "Ah..."    Gabriel sighs and flops back in the hosting chair.    "Exhilerating indeed. I wasn't expecting to find this as enjoyable as I did, but I suppose there's always entertainment to be found in the self-destructive foibles of mortals. Especially when you get to comment on it. Alone. With absolutely no co-host. Yep. Alone."   

   "..."   

   "Say, uh, folks at home? Am I going crazy, or do you hear-"   

Something small and dark blue, poorly illuminated by Gabriel's holy light, bursts through the window at blinding speed. It collides directly with the camera, and the last thing the viewers will hear before the feed cuts to TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, PLEASE STAND BY is a yell of    "OH FU-"   

FALLEN TRIBUTES◊: Kamek, Ganon, Han, Jogo, Merasmus, Saheeli, Engineer, The Witch, Ultimate League of Magical Girls, Leblanc

What exactly are Saheeli's death, the "broken freakin' neck" event, and Nitori's online art event references to?

Yooo me Lucky

Wow, both of my tributes are already dead? I'll think of some events for next time then.