The Hunger Games Competition: March 2013

The 25th of January has passed. In fact, it passed a long time ago. Unfortunately, a few of the competitors required extra time to complete their entries, and extra time was given. I do, however, apologize for the length of time delayed from the last event to this one.
That being said, Vestige Vicissitude of District 1, Nixion Strange & Helena Sky of District 3, and Kestrel LeStarre of District 10 have failed to comply with the deadline of the entry - even with extended time - and as such are henceforth taking no further part in The Hunger Games Competition.
So with those competitors gone, the number of competitors has been narrowed down to six... I have to say, it doesn't look like it's going to be much of a bloody competition.

...The next task is the Training Sessions. This entry in itself will not affect your Sponsor Rates directly, but will definitely have a lasting affect on what you will be able to show the Gamemakers in the next task as well as what you will be able to do in The Games.
You do not need to work with your District Partner in this necessarily, but it is still a good idea to talk things over with them especially if your characters will be interacting. On top of this, now that we are entering a stage where Alliances are coming into play and District Interaction becomes more essential, the option to Request CPU's will become open to you all. You do this in the way you would expect - send me an email. Send me an email, request a CPU for you to either use or involve in whatever other alliances you may have and then I'll give you a verdict on it. If they're already taken by some other player, then you will not be able to use that CPU. If the CPU is already partial to the actual Player of that District, then you will also need to contact that Player (Miss Cain for example) and then come to me.

Simply mentioning a CPU is allowed, though only in passing, nothing major. This goes for mentioning an actual Player as well - only in passing, and it has to be something that they've actually done. Which will mean you will have to have either talked to them or read their already-commented entry.

All notifications of Alliances MUST BE SENT TO ME THROUGH EMAIL. If I am not given a notification of an Alliance and find out about it later on, that Alliance will be disbanded. All Alliances also must be realistic, the same applies for your training. Any unrealistic stupid behavior will not be accepted and will be required to change.

For example, a twelve year old boy will not be able to lift the heaviest weight in the room. I don't care how long he's been training or how much determination he has, no twelve year old can lift something like that.
As for Alliances, it will be unlikely that a Career Tribute will come to one of the outline Districts for an Alliance unless they display some sort of relevant and useful skill to catch their attention. And again, if displaying such a skill, it must be realistic.
The schedule is as follows. All Tributes are required down at the Training Rooms at 10:00 am every morning. The Tributes are free to train throughout the day. There is a thirty minute break at midday for lunch before Tributes resume again until 4:00 pm. This lasts for three days.

With the Chariot Rides finished, the next day brings the start of the three-day Training Sessions for all the Tributes. At 10am they all make their way down to the Training Rooms and make their start.
Upon arrival, the announcer instructor reminds all Tributes that there is a large chance that they will be killed by something such as dehydration and infections rather than at the hands of another Tribute, so do not overlook the smaller stations.

In Training, there are a set of Stations you can move around to freely.
[MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON THE BUTTON TO REVEAL THE STATIONS. ANY STATIONS THAT ARE NOT MENTIONED BELOW WILL NOT BE PERMITTED IN ENTRIES]

- Firework

This station has a large setting behind of woodland behind the front of it. The task for the Tributes is to enter the woodlands, gather wood and/or leaves and bring them back to the front of the station. Afterwards, the Tribute(s) proceed to build and light a campfire.

- Knot-Tying

This station is fairly self-explanatory. There are a multiple instructors at this station with a large variety of different rope materials. They are there to assist you in learning however many knots you wish to learn. [A full list of existing knots can be found here].

- Snare Setting

Again, a fairly simple station. There are multiple instructors at this station, placed to teach you how to set snares to trap Tributes, catch food, knock a Tribute out, etc.

- Animal Skinning

This station has multiple different dead animals hanging from hooks (possums, squirrels etc.) and the instructors there will teach you how to skin the animal, to cook the animal, and how to avoid swallowing bones. The same process also applies for fish at this station.

- Tracking & Senses

This station will teach you a large number of things. They will teach you to recognise what footprints belong to what animal, how recently they were made, if they are injured or not, what body type they belong to (if human). On top of that, this station also offers basic sense training which includes reading which direction the wind is blowing in, how to recognise which way is North and so on.

- Plants

This station goes through a huge range of different plants and also teaches you the properties of these plants. This includes their uses, if they’re edible or not, if they’re poisonous, their life span, etc.

This station also includes a test in which you will attempt to identify as many plants against a basic description of them as possible within the time frame given.

- Climbing Course

This station has three different sections to it – all (obviously) to do with climbing and scaling. Beginners are encouraged to begin on the ladder. Intermediate climbers are defaulted to the net and/or rope that hang from the ceiling, as well as a rough artificial tree. And for experienced climbers there is a vast Capitol-Generated cliff-face. The aim is to reach the top as fast as possible. No harnesses or any other means of protection are open to use in this station.

- Shelter Building

This station, as implied, focuses on teaching you to build shelters out of a range of materials. Similar to the Firework Station in the sense that there is a large environment behind it and you are required to gather what materials you can before listening to the instructors and learning how to construct something significant out of them.

This station is also linked to the Camouflage Station.

- Camouflage

This station is linked to the Shelter Building Station.

Camouflage teaches the Tributes how to effectively disguise one thing as another, usually applies to certain body parts – most commonly the arm in practice. Various paints and materials are set around the station and you are free to experiment and seek help from the instructors. These skills are usually later put to use in the Shelter Building Station.

- Swimming Practices

This station is set up in a large pool in the Training Room. The instructors are all in the water and you are taught how to swim and also how to effectively apply other abilities in the water as well – mostly combat.

- Weights

A simple station, though an important one to focus of for sheer strength. A huge range of different weights are set up that evolve from small, bone-shaped weights to huge weights in the form of steel barrels.

- Obstacle Courses

This station has a large variety of different obstacle courses.

[I won’t be specifying any particular ones. Any Tributes going to this station will make up their own obstacle course to test and hone their abilities. This station has the potential to be incredibly rewarding if used correctly]

- Self Defence & Hand-To-Hand Combat

This station is all about non-weaponized combat. Naturally, there are many instructors at this station and are all there to assist you. You will be taught basic blocks, basic offensive strikes and basic counters. If you already know that much already, you will be moved on to more advanced training before attending sparing sessions with certain instructors. Wrestling is also included in this station.

On top of this, this station also has punching bags and dummies to practice on as well as charts for pressure points and so on.

- Freelance

This station isn’t so organised. Rather, there are ten or so instructors placed around mats for Tributes to use however they wish. This station is mostly used for cardio activities (push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups, etc.), and stretching.

- Survival Skills

This station mostly focuses on how to obtain food. While it does incorporate some methods of hunting, it mainly focuses on making certain things edible, as hunting is demonstrated more in-depth in Tracking & Senses.

This includes purifying water, identifying rotten/rotting food, identifying a poisoned animal, making a hammock etc.

- Animal Hunting

This station will put you through a variety of events in an environment set up in the station for you to attempt to track and kill an animal. This animal can range from anything from a wild bear to a fish.

This station also teaches competitors how to fish.

- Weapons

Self-explanatory. This is the largest station of them all and has an enormous variety of weapons in which to choose from. Instructors are all over this station. You can practice against the air, learn how to use a weapon, battle an instructor or use the weapons against any of the multiple objects set for them (punching bags, targets, full-body targets etc.). There are no guns in this station (or any of the others).

This station also includes a variety of sub-stations which focus on a particular major weapon. These subheadings are…

- Archery

- Axes

- Knives

- Slingshots

- Spears

- Swords

- Tridents

Start! You have THREE weeks to send your entries to me via email [zathiernone@gmail.com] and then comment it on this post after you get my approval. By the 1st of April it has to be completed.

Updates And Announcements:
Eden Threatening, you are required to comment you entry. Comment it now, if you would.
Statistics [Pre-Games] page has been updated.
Statistics [In-Games] page has been added.
Eyeless Eyeball has joined and is now using Shaun Gray of District 9.

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Monday 11 March 2013

Training Sessions