Hello everybody! We're so excited to see how quickly the Tribute spaces have been taken up. It's honestly a lot faster than we had anticipated, so thanks again! And now, here is what we've been working on… The Sponsorship System! Yay! Now, how this works (if you don't already know) is that you guys, the character submitters, will have 'points' to use on supplies, weapons, and the like to send to your Tribute(s) when they are in the Arena. There's a couple rules, too. First, you can only spend points when Tributes are in the Arena. No pre-Game gifts, meaning your Tribute won't be getting any tridents and bossing it up Finnick Odair-style. Secondly, there will a point where points will no longer be given out. We'll make it obvious when you can't earn any more. That said, here's what you can "buy" and how you can earn points to "buy" it:

Small bread package (3 slices of stale bread, 2 biscuits)-3 points

Water bottle (1, half-filled)-3 points

Warm bowl of soup/warm bowl of stew-5 points

Small supply kit (contains a box of 8 matches, a large empty water bottle [2x size of normal bottle], several bandages, and 1-use insect repellent, all in a backpack)-6 points

Small medical kit (several bandages, burn cream, insect bite/sting relief, a hot pad, and a cold pad)-6 points

Pocketknife-6 points

Rope (up to 20 feet)-1 point for 2 feet [Note: for a longer piece, you must spend points at one time]

Fresh meat (your choice of animal)-6 points for half a pound (.27 kilograms) bulk, 10 points for one pound (.45 kilograms), or 3 points for 5 slices

Regular bread package (6 slices of fresh bread, 6 biscuits, a small container of butter, and a butter knife)-8 points

Medium supply kit (20 matches, a full large water bottle, a larger amount of bandages, gauze, a small can of insect repellent, sunscreen, and 6 feet of rope)-10 points

Medium medical kit (more bandages, a small tube of future equivalent of Neosporin, larger amounts of burn cream, 2 hot pads, 2 cool pads, a larger amount of insect bite/sting relief, pain reliever, and nausea relief, all in a larger backpack)- 11 points

Sleeping bag/waterproof jacket set-10 points

Dagger-10 points

Small weapon (throwing knives kit, whip, club w/spikes, small sword w/sheath)-14 points. Each.

Large weapon (Axe, spear, scythe, large sword w/sheath, bow and arrow w/quiver, trident w/net)-19 points each

Throwing knife/arrow refill (MUST already have throwing knives or bow and arrows, either through luck in finding or via sponsorship gifts)-5 points

Note to Tribute from Mentor/You-1 point (everyone gets 1 free note to start with. Using these to give them advice or give a morale boost is recommended!)

How to EARN points! (NOTE: everyone gets 10 points to start, and gets 3 points for a tribute)

Post a short, simple review (1 per chapter, longer than "great" or "awesome"-please be at least a sentence! 1 or 2 word reviews will NOT count.)-1 point

Post a longer, more detailed review (We will decide what is "detailed" and what is simple. Detailed is longer, paragraph-length reviews with constructive criticism, advice, or telling what you really liked and why, etc. You get what we mean.)

PM Arena/mutt ideas*-3 to 5 points (depends on how detailed you are or how much we like it!)

We incorporate your Arena/mutt in some way-4 points

Send a bloodbath tribute (only 1 per person, and not allowed if you have 2 tributes-Sorry!)-6 points instead of the Tribute submission points

Be the first person to answer correctly the bonus points question-X points (value will be determined on the question difficulty)

Be awesome-X points (this is up to our discretion-there is NO way to influence by asking)

Current List of Points (Note: we will TRY our hardest to keep track of points, but you should also keep track of your own points) (Names with *'s represent a period. The site disables periods, as it thinks it is a website address. Sorry!)

Rosemarie Benson-13

jaffacakesyumm-16

angelofmusic4ever-13

diana*reynolds*566-13

Lol*WhySoSerious-13

Notthegovernment-25

Rilliusin-13

Evie192000-13

Mindnight Ink-16

xxxRimaxxx-16

GirlOnFire4-16

tasherekalb-13

mspadfoots-16

Tigergirl22-13

If you have any questions or concerns, PM makerboy13 (me)

Lastly, if your Tribute(s) die before you exhaust your points, you have two options: 1, use your remaining points on another Tribute, or 2, give your points to another person. This option can be done at any time, and is NOT REVERSABLE.

See you all at the District 1 Reapings!

-makerboy13 and littlekad16

Here's a joke as a reward for reading through all of that:

Two sausages were frying in a pan. One sausage says, "Man, it's hot in here."

The other sausage says, "Holy crap! A talking sausage!"

And here's another:

Frick, Frack, and DooDah were fishing on a lake. A wave hits the boat, and DooDah falls into the lake and drowns. Frick says to Frack, "Oh no! What are we going to do?" Frack says, "I-I-I don't kn-know." Frick says, "Well, we gotta tell his wife. You get to." Frack argues, "B-b-but I st-st-stutter!" "Well, Mel Tillis stutters, but man, can he sing!" Frack agrees, and they get back to shore. Half an hour later, they arrive at DooDah's house. DooDah's wife answers, and asks, "Can I help you?" Frack sings out, {to the tune of Camptown Races}"Guess who drowned in the lake to today? DooDah, DooDah."