About

The Hunger Games Simulator is a web-based simulation game that allows players to create their own rosters, as well as use tributes from the 74th and 75th Hunger Games, for a virtual arena deathmatch using custom avatar images and names for the tributes. Upon submission, the simulator generates an outcome through a series of events during which all but one are killed in some manner. Since its launch on December 25th, 2014, hundreds of screen captures, thousands of tweets, and many videos of users' simulations have been shared on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, 4chan and many other places online.

Origin

The simulator was conceived and structured by Jacob^[2] and brought to life by the Brant^[3] on December 25th, 2014. The concept and rules of the Hunger Games Simulator are inspired by the book and film The Hunger Games. Just as in the book, the Hunger Games simulator features two participants from each of the 12 Districts, allowing for a total of 24 individual avatars to be added. On top of this, the simulator allows users to increase the tribute-limit to 36 and 48 (2-4 tributes per district).

Spread

On January 24th, 2015, Redditor PopsicleIncorporated submitted the earliest known Hunger Games simulator screenshot to /r/survivor^[4], which featured the cast of the reality TV show Survivor. The post received 0 points (45% upvoted) and five comments. In the following months, screenshots of in-game notifications featuring various cartoon, video game and anime characters began to surface on Tumblr and Reddit, with many posts incorporating humorous references to specific communities or subcultures. On February 27th, Tumblr user comedycorpse^[5] uploaded another instance featuring Looney Tunes characters, which received 115 notes. On March 7th, Redditor mightyeggroll shared a series of screenshots in a r/anime^[6] post titled “Anime Battle Royale,” garnering 1,194 points (86% upvoted) and 39,804 views for the corresponding images on Imgur.

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