CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME.

[Spesh]

saph, maybe if you root for them to win they wont?

[Deleted]

I can't. :/ I have no idea who's left in the Games lol.

[ᕙʕ•ᴥ•ʔᕗ]

...as a staff member with a tribute in these Games...ouch. >.>

And yes, staff members who participate in the Games have no clue what's going on (unless the rest of the membership are also clued in on the event). Like the random events? Yeah...I'm freaked out for my tribute because I have no clue what could happen to him if I make the wrong move.

I think most of it is just luck, luck and a little bit of planning (I mean, c'mon, you have to decide when they're going to eat and drink). So how those three managed to grab the winner's title is all based on a lot of praying to Ripred and maybe an ounce of knowing what the right moves to make are.

Oh, and I do have a lot of characters. xD So I guess that increases my chances of being in the Games?

[aya]

Mar 23, 2011 16:15:36 GMT -5 oakheart said:

Of course the staff members win a lot, They can't help it. Who do you think makes the arenas? Even if a staff member only makes one area of the arena, that's one area that they know to avoid if it's too dangerous, or to go to if there's food/water. The only way to make it more "fair" would be for them to randomize where they go, and what training stations they have, and that would be a pretty dumb reward for taking care of the site. My question is, how do they get picked so often? do they have a million characters or something?

As these seem like legitimate questions, I feel as if I should address them:
Who do you think makes the arenas?
It varies from Arena to Arena and different parts. Lulu and I made the layout/concept for the 54th, I the layout/concept for the 55th, 56th, and 57th and 58th; I made the maps for all of them; Wolf Tears has done the board descriptions for all, I believe.

Even if a staff member only makes one area of the arena, that's one area that they know to avoid if it's too dangerous, or to go to if there's food/water.
Actually, no — in these Games, anyhow, there are only a few non-Games staff that know where is dangerous and where is not based on Random Events; everyone has equal knowledge about where is dangerous based on Mutts (see the muttation list in the HG Info board) just like everyone has equal knowledge about which areas have food or water (again, see HG Info board.)

The only way to make it more "fair" would be for them to randomize where they go, and what training stations they have, and that would be a pretty dumb reward for taking care of the site.
It is fair and legitimately fair, not "fair." The reason why staff aren't barred from competing is because yes, it would be poor payment for the voluntary site work they do. There are plenty of non-Games staff to run the Games so they're fair for everyone.

My question is, how do they get picked so often? do they have a million characters or something?
Well, yes, sort of — it varies from staff member to staff member, but most have a fairly large number of character. They're active members, and active members with large numbers of characters do get reaped often (for example, GreanBeads, Atoa, and Reeallia have had three, Semper, Damen, non-Staff Cameron, Bane, Glitter, etc have had two; where as, tribute-wise, Lulu, myself, WT, and Thundy, have each had two while staff (and Tori has had three) but other than that, staff members who have had multiple tributes were typically hired after one of their first)

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[oakheart]

Thanks for clarifying all of that. I posted that before I knew were the HG Info section was, so I didn't know.