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perate need of any
weapon. As I approached
the base, a fellow teammate
(now considered an enemy)
standing guard of the weapons. All
hope of obtaining any kind of weapon immediately went out the door. My
only option left was to literally run for my
life, and so I did. I was dodging water (the
main source of ammunition) left and right,
running around trees and any other obstructions I could find. I even miraculously escaped
a few water balloons thrown at me from point
blank. In the process of escaping death, I hurt
my knee, but my adrenaline rush was an instant remedy for my pain.
Finally, I had found myself in a relatively
safe zone, and tried to create an alliance with
one of the teammates who had possession
of a weapon. At this point, I had no hope of
winning anymore, so I bargained with him to
take out everyone and finish me off last. Although he didn’t quite agree with me, I was
far away enough from him to avoid any danger to myself from him. As such, I watched
the rest of my former teammates eliminate
each other as I maneuvered around the playing field to secure myself.
A few moments later, I had discovered that
everyone had been eliminated, and the last
person (the one who I tried to ally with) had
slipped and essentially eliminated himself,
which resulted in me becoming the champion. I can’t say that it was the most glorious
victory since I didn’t provide the final attack,
but I did manage to dodge everything that
was thrown at me, which I think is something
worthy of a champion. In the end, it was a
well played game, and as mentioned previously, it could not have been won without a
well thought-out strategy.
As the winner of the Hunger games, I was
given the honor of donating all of my winnings to any charity of my choice. After long
contemplation, the money was donated
to the Eliminate Project, a suitable charity considering the relation of its name
to the Hunger Games. Also, all of the
canned food that was used as substitute entry fees was donated
to a local charity in the city
of Davis.
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