Okay, hi.

Chances are, if you're really involved in these kinda SYOC fics, you'd probably have seen me somewhere. Especially if you have written them, or started one recently. I really enter a lot of my tributes in. I've been loitering around that corner of Fanfiction recently cause, well, I've nothing better to do? Not only that, I just like creating characters and seeing other authors write them.

Anyway, I've got this sudden urge to start an SYOC fic of my own. Don' t ask me why, but I just know that when I get these weird urges to write, well, I just write! I'm weird that way.

First things first, I'd like to clear up a few issues before I actually give you the tribute form and you start rushing off to fill it (cos you're all just SO enthusiastic!). I want to state, for the record, that I'm not promising any super regular updates. If you didn't already know this, I'm a 14 year old student in Singapore. What this means is that I have an insane life under the education system here, and I'm pretty much in school from 6.30am to 6.30pm. I have no life, I know. The point is, even though I really like writing fanfics, I probably can't write it as often as I'd like. So… I'm asking for your patience and cooperation on this. I try to check my email on my iPhone at least twice a day (once in the morning and once at night, due to all the weird time-zone thingies) so I'd probably reply to a review or PM or something, but I just won't update my chapters as much. That being said, you can be rest assured that I can vow I will post 1 chapter a week, at the very least, once the real Games start, although I'm expecting to be able to post 2-3 times a week.

Right, so another thing is that I know how a lot of authors put up these kinda fics, and they seem super dedicated for a while, and then they just lose interest around District 3 Reapings. Admittedly, that's probably one of my weaknesses as well. BUT, I don't like it anymore than you do, you know! So I'll try to deal by pretty much skipping the Reapings all together. I might cover some in flashbacks, or I might just write one or two really lengthy chapters from the POV of a Capitol viewer. I'm not that sure. But I promise I won't write 12 chapters of the Reapings and everything. That's just overkill.

Okay, and thirdly, I'd like to say that this is not a first-come-first-serve thing. I'm not an overconfident fool – I know I'm not the best of writers, although not from lack of trying. And, I'm a perfectionist as well, so I'd like this story to come out as best as it can be. So basically, I'm going to choose tributes that I feel I can write from. This means no Suebutes, no weird and unnatural characteristics, and no unexplainable strengths. If you want to try and get a really good tribute in, check out FoalyWinsForever's A Guide to Not Making your Tribute Suck. I'd also like to mention here that if your tribute doesn't get chosen, please don't be offended and come murder me in my sleep! Its really not meant as an insult to you or anything. I just want this story to come out as best as it can, and I don't think so highly of myself to be able to write around any kind of character.

Oh, before I move on to give you the tribute form, I just have one last thing in this already-too-lengthy introduction of mine. I want to request that ALL tributes for Districts 1, 2 and 4 be Careers. Yes, ALL. My reason for this is that I find it unlikely for anyone else to be in, really. Even if you get chosen, won't some other Career volunteer? So unless you can justify it and convince me, no. Other tributes from other districts may be in the Career pack too, by the way. Just saying, cause its not entirely impossible.

Just PM me if you have any questions.

So yeah, tributes form. Is it too much to ask if you just review their names, age, gender and district? Then, just PM me the rest. I know its inconvenient, but I'd like to do this, since secrecy is, after all, an all-too-important factor of the Games. If you review with everything directly, I would not take it into account so much unless your character is really outstanding, or if you have a valid reason (like, if you don't have an account).

Name:

Age:

District:

Gender (just to be sure):

Appearance:

Personality:

Family/Friends:

Additional Background:

Strengths:

Weaknesses:

Weapons of Choice:

Strategy for the Games: *At least tell me whether you're going to run towards or away the Cornucopia.

Token:

Reaping Outfit:

Chariot Outfit (Optional):

Interview Outfit (Optional):

Interview Angle:

Romance: Tell me if he/she's had a romance back home, and if you're open to one within the Arena. Note, just because you say yes doesn't mean I'll write it!

Alliances: Yes/No? You can request as well.

Yeah, so that's about it. But don't think you can get away from me yet! I've still got to explain one more important thing… SPONSERING!

Right, so I've decided to try sponsoring for a while. Trust me when I say I'm organized enough that I would be keeping a very close eye on your points! But anyway, before we start threatening bodily harm if you try to cheat, let me explain the system. The following are ways in which you can get points:

Submit a tribute – 5 points

Review (something of substance, that's at least a bit constructive) – 5 points per chapter

Favoriting/Alerting – 5 points each

Submit Arena ideas – 10 points for effort, 10 additional points if I use it

Answering random trivia questions (which I might or might not put, depending on my mood) – 5 points for correct answer, 15 points for an incorrect answer

Volunteering one of your tributes for a Bloodbath character – 15 points (ya got guts!)

And here is a general idea of what you can do with these points:

Small basket of food (Small chunk of bread, a small packet of crackers and 1 liter of water – lasts 1 full day) – 5 points

Mid-sized basket of food (Half a loaf, small slice of cheese, 2 liters of water, a small sized bag of dried fruits – lasts 2 days) – 10 points

Large basket of food (Entire loaf of bread, 2 big slices of cheese, 5 liters of water, big bag of berries – lasts 3 days) – 15 points

Gigantic basket of food (Pot of stew, 2 loaves of bread, 7 liters of water, 5 slices of cheese, large packet of crackers – lasts 5 days) – 30 points

Small Weapon (dagger, knife, slingshots, darts, twine, one small spear) – 5 points each

Large Weapon (sword, a set of knives, axe, set of spears/javelins, bow and a dozen arrows) – 15 points each

Medicine – 15 points

Small pack (small meal + 2 small weapons + blanket) – 10 points

Medium pack (mid-sized meal + 3 small weapons OR mid-sized meal + 1 large weapon + sleeping bag) – 20 points

Large pack (large meal + 3 small weapons + 1 large weapon + sleeping bag + night-vision goggles) – 35 points

Gigantic pack ( gigantic meal + 2 large weapons + NVGs + 1 tent) – 50 points

Other stuff will be added as we go along. It's around midnight now, so I'll stop here and go off to sleep.

Just note, my plan is to post this, check regularly for the week and potentially post updates, but all submissions will be closed by 8pm on Sunday night, 24th Oct, according to MY clock – i.e. GMT +8. I'll update tomorrow or the following day to tell you more, because I'm really falling asleep now.

Submit, kay!

xoxo