Film Theory: How to SURVIVE the Hunger Games pt. 1

[@owenlewis4693]

One other thing:
Rub the knives on poisonous plants to make poison knives.
So even if you only hit someone in, say, the leg, they're still done.

[@SpairM]

You goddamn genius

[@channelthatdontneedaname7847]

This is so evil yet so genius

[@adeleaslan8182]

I’d still miss while throwing 🤣

[@slugworth3773]

@@jameshedrick4490 It was a joke. Don't take it so serious.

[@katrinataylor7549]

Nice.

[@jadasimone7883]

Career:**trains their entire life**
MatPat: I’m about to end this mans whole career

[@frandaman6767]

😆

[@mayahpeterson4899]

get it... career... aha...

[@bebop3970]

I’m about to end this career’s whole man.

[@RecoveringChristian]

But they establish in movie they almost always win...

[@seprithlicastia463]

@@RecoveringChristian What they say versus what we see.

[@pengweng3795]

I actually saw this super genius idea (I didn’t come up with it, just sharing) but if you took the poisonous berries from the first book, and put them in empty parachutes from sponsors and drop them near tributes, they will think they’re sponsors sent them food and die. Another option would be to “accidentally” drop the berries when running from someone, the tribute will think it’s real food and eat them

[@starthelotus3453]

It would be a pain to get your hands on the sponsor capsules, since tributes took them for storage or a cooking utensil as seen when Katniss used it to make a soup.

[@pengweng3795]

@@starthelotus3453 all you would need is one, cuz you can reuse it after each victim dies, and it could just be one of your own sponsor parachutes

[@marp795]

Rather make it juice, so if there was to be anyone who knew what nightlock berries looked like, they wouldn't recognize them

[@midgematic]

Dude thats actually ingenious. Get real good at running, “accidentally” drop a bag of berries and ppl will start falling like flies

[@karmaticdeer3727]

That's.. the reason in the book Katniss keeps the barries on her in the first place so.. yeah duh..

[@heamac]

Hey, now that Style Theory is a thing, maybe the team should come back to this franchise to cover some fashion choices: what's some of the ways clothes will help you survive the elements (or challenges), what fabrics would have let them safely perform the fire stunts, etc

[@Celeste_51]

Ooh good idea

[@roaringdino3000]

...except all the tributes get the exact same clothing in the ring

[@TheMatiwanes-ct3dh]

nah I mean maybe

[@AxolotlCannoli-ei7ug]

Or it could just talk about the horrendous style choices of the capitol

[@MLBedits4U-bc1sp]

they should 100% start a book theory

[@alysmmaia3208]

I love how he talks as if we might actually experience the hunger games.

[@phoenixasher5968]

Well, Donald Trump just got elected...

[@divine308]

Raven Ace I always wanted to put my archery and survival skills to survive

[@sylveoniscute8612]

Raven Ace Yeah that's a BIG problem 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@limcl]

Well i bet a can survive with my stealthyness i can beome an assasin in the hunger games

[@eleanordouglas9654]

Well with Donald Trump as president a hunger games is highly likely😂

[@mudkiips1026]

That is not the most memorable line this is
“THAT IS MAHOGANY”

[@bellac6311]

Honestly that line is one of the rware occurrences when the movies do something better lol. I wish that line was in the book!

[@heathermontague5051]

you forgot her little gasp lol I love that part

[@akaashisumbrella605]

XD i remember that

[@gorilladriller8532]

Doesn’t happen in the books

[@inactivechannel992]

"No. Now shut up and eat your pears."

[@syglox4343]

How to survive:
1. Don’t get picked

[@sillygoosetaur]

Syglox the floor here is made of floor ah yes

[@ellanewman4924]

I won’t get picked bec I’m just built different 😈

[@johndeacon129]

You can’t control if you get picked

[@tobby9729]

Guitars & gerbils r/whoosh

[@RandomRothbardian]

Or be a 13 year old knows how to Use a bow and a sabre (definitely not giving away my age)

[@tammymomoftwo]

Anyone who has played Minecraft hunger games knows you don’t go into that freaking starting area
You book it as far away from other players as physically possible
Way easier to take on one person you found in the woods than a group of 3 people while also worrying about the 7 others who are like 2 feet away and might decide to shank you at any time without warning

[@A_Anti-Furry]

Thanks for the info, I am a Minecraft player too!

[@Marshmellow_Cat]

ExactlyA

[@marvel4life22]

Or just read the books

[@fireblitzgaming4306]

Yeah sure and have nothing to work with

[@tammymomoftwo]

@@fireblitzgaming4306
I mean
Better no weapons than have someone actually trained shove a spear through your face
Plus in Minecraft the middle area is just pure death
And there are chests elsewhere too
You can rely on those way more than risking it in the middle area
Though Im not sure that applies to the actual books

[@IceGavel]

Fun fact: The girl that died from eating poison berries was seen in the film studying which berroes and plants are poisonous, which some fans have taken as a sign of deliberate intent to commit suicide.

[@Lilliathi]

+LordIce
Couldn't you just eat every berry you found?

[@IceGavel]

Lilliath No, some berries are VERY poisonous. Berries are basically plant fetuses - hence why they contain seeds. Not all plants find the idea of being eaten appealing (though some like it a LOT, case in point the tomato), while some plants like the idea of killing animals for nutrients (case in point, the Venus Fly Trap). Poisonous berries have the advantage of killing the thing that eats them - either for defense, or to create free compost for the seeds to grow in.
And the worst part? There are not a lot of visual indicators for whether or not a berry is poisonous, hence why some survival experts recommend avoiding wild berries.

[@IceGavel]

Lilliath Because there are *few* signs, not *no* signs. IF you know what to look for, you can eat wild berries. But a layperson isn't likely to know such. It's good survival sense to know which are poisonous and which aren't.

[@Abyssionknight]

I don't buy the suicide theory.
Other than bulking up on food before the games, Foxface is shown to have knowledge of the plants to eat, avoiding the cornucopia, and focused on avoiding fightings and focusing instead on surviving, scavenging, and sabotage.
She made it to fourth place. It makes no sense to commit suicide once you've statistically got a 25% chance to win. Her survival skills may have been lacking, leaving her weakened and starving, but at that point there's no reason to quit. Worst case scenario you keep poison berries on your person, so if you find yourself in a situation where a brutal death is likely, you can instead give yourself a less violent death.
I assume she simply was hungry and desperate and assumed they wouldn't be stupid enough to collect poisonous berries.

[@Lilliathi]

LordIce
That's some weak ass poison, if a little stomach dilution can render it harmless. A poison that weak would probably result in a long and painful death without stomach dilution.. less painful to just strangulate yourself with a belt or hug a career.

[@SuntulaOrange]

This how u can survive hunger games;
1. Pause the game
2. Turn of your wifi or leave game
3. Just be the cameraman

[@Claramoo]

1. Cant pause it because its an online game
2. Yes, I agree

[@SuntulaOrange]

@@Claramoo if you can't pause the game you can click settings

[@saidaabdille8603]

@@SuntulaOrange There are no settings only menu

[@61010anna]

*District 8 Male has left the game

[@Rizzless69]

*District 3 Female has left the game

[@perhaps1131]

Other tributes: “ok how am I gonna do this”
The tribute who watched this video: *laughs in survival*

[@ЖеняПеня-с1ш]

Never did I think my incredibly low Metabolism would come to use.

[@its_lemon_19]

@@ЖеняПеня-с1ш sameeee.

[@lordmaniel3603]

@@ЖеняПеня-с1ш i'm fucked

[@someotherworldlybeing3167]

@@lordmaniel3603 same

[@alwaysindanger2279]

@@someotherworldlybeing3167 same.

[@TaliMonaghanmusic]

Matpat: wow, there’s a lot of topics that we could take on here
Also matpat: proceeds to not make another hunger games theory for the next 5 years

[@cookiedoughatkinson907]

I was looking for this comment, would love to see his take on other parts of the franchise

[@saraharnold4535]

“I mean, what are you gonna do with a trident? Roast 3 marshmallows?”
Finnick: am I a joke to you?

[@slugworth3773]

RIP Finnick...

[@drzeeshan1000]

Oof

[@historyatwar6230]

oooooooooooooof

[@Team-ve1xm]

That’s exactly what I was thinking

[@SnickersEatsCookies]

Aww why did finnick have to die

[@iamroadrash824]

I didn’t realize how old this video was until he said “waiting in line for the iPhone 6” we’re now on the 11

[@bellac6311]

And now were waiting to be out of isolation

[@introvert3964]

Forgive me for I have sinned by ruining the 69th like

[@stevenmorales7814]

Wow

[@logistaovis7766]

But I mean we skipped the iPhone 9

[@ansleyiscooler]

iamroadrash824 😬

[@minimi1]

Haymitch won because he was one of the first to the Cornucopia, grabbing a knife and supply bag. Any food in the arena that wasn't in a supply bag was poisoned.

[@personperson6801]

minimite and because the force field that kinda, ya know killed that girl

[@niconico9358]

minimite but, isn’t that a one time thing? Do we know another hunger games where they had the quirks haymitchs games had? This is just unlucky for everyone listening to this video lol

[@kacpernowak1535]

@@niconico9358 He was participating in 50th Hunger Games and only because of that, the arena had a special, unique rules: it was beautiful, but everything was deadly - flowers, squirrels, food and more. So yeah, pretty much a one time thing.

[@derekkrahn6944]

In the 50th games he won by using the barrier to reflect an axe.

[@jahnumies]

Not all was poisonous, but everything that looked like safe to eat was poisoned, rain was safe to drink and there was something safe to eat if i remember right

[@robinlime8]

3:04 The tributes have varying ages because the 75th pulled victors of all ages (E.G Mags was elderly because she won the 11th games when she was a teenager & Katniss is only 17 fighting a bunch of adults in the 75th hunger games because she won only a year ago)

[@xyecho]

yeah, and to date the youngest victor ever was finnick at 14, so if you're aged 12-14 you're statistically already dead, i really don't get where he pulled all this just straight up incorrect information from? same with district based odds, he's just straight up wrong since according to the books the career districts *do* have the most victors, and let's be real, how weird would it be if a 17-18 year old that trained their whole life had the same survival chance as a staved 12 year old

[@alblin]

Yeh, what a baseless claim to make. It was hilarious how wrong it was.

[@michaelagarner1282]

@@xyecho This is called FILM theory

[@mango7514]

And these FILMS are based on books which they share ALL OF their lore with.
Practically anything that happens in the books happened in the films even if it isnt on screen or mentioned.

[@dream20262]

They still have verying ages in the 74th annually game because they very from 12-18 so yeah

[@kaisetic3150]

"What are you gonna do with a trident? Roast three marshmallows at a time?"
*Finnick disagrees*

[@swirlycat5554]

*Angry Finnick noises*

[@iiroseyx9820]

Finnick leaves the chat

[@lantran-do9hf]

Finnick Odair want’s to know your location

[@DramaQueen_17]

Finnick joins the the chat
MatPat: :O

[@Lior353]

*angry finnick noises*

[@wade247]

I make sure to re-watch this every so often to refresh my mind
y'know, just in case

[@yellowjellow5744]

yup...
it still gives me anxiety
the hunger games are brutal

[@tahern4719]

same

[@hannahnothdurft5611]

same

[@nataliamidzio]

Same

[@lunaequinox7333]

Same!

[@visolix7329]

Now, imagine that all 24 tributes have seen these Hunger Game theory vids.
They've seen the guide.
They have a near perfect strategy.
They know what to do to make their odds for survival higher.
MatPat showed them.
The Games are starting.
The countdown is over.
Everyone's released.
Everybody runs off into the forest simultaneously because collecting weapons is too risky.
Everybody looks around.
"What the fuck?"

[@nunutrxh]

+Visolix You should be at the top

[@felipevasconcelos6736]

Then they realise that everyone ran away and come back. And blood.

[@SamJNE122]

+Visolix Imagine only 23 of them had seen the video. Matpat just killed everyone else.

[@AchedSphinx]

+Visolix Yeah... if everyone was smart in the Hunger Games it'd be boring and Katniss would be dead.

[@DesinGames]

+Visolix "Hey guys lets just grab a weapon here and leave in a friendly way *insert poker face here"

[@Sonic7486]

When I went to the cinema to watch the new one just before the movie started one of the staff came in and said “enjoy the movie and may the odds be ever in your favour.”

[@pamelajoseph8180]

Hahaha, that’s amazing! W staff.

[@braimyumleah8215]

The way you survive the hunger games is to be the main character

[@Walht]

Lolk

[@Walht]

Molly Belbin HI!!

[@flyguy9125]

+WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubeMan What you guys fucked eachother

[@Walht]

david scott Nah I kidnapped her that's all.

[@flyguy9125]

WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubeMan lol

[@soggyramen6031]

“Roast three marshmallows at the same time” bruh that actually sounds pretty awesome

[@bellac6311]

Beast mode activated

[@lantran-do9hf]

Finnick Odair want’s to know your location

[@goodnight-moon564]

Soggy Ramen
That does, but unless your sponsors and mentor think that Marshmallows would be the most helpful thing, you’re not gonna find any Marshmallows in the arena

[@vaedaprange7077]

true

[@purplebrownie5175]

Um but we can also do that with a stick

[@lordofthecrickets9096]

How to survive the Hunger Games:
Don't volunteer.
That's it.

[@aidaljaljevic]

Eric Mckenzie but what if u get picked?? then u won't have a choice, well unless someone volunteers

[@lordofthecrickets9096]

@@aidaljaljevic Yeah I guess that's true but I meant if your name didn't get drawn

[@aidaljaljevic]

Eric Mckenzie ik

[@sawyerprescott9650]

but hey! thats just a theory! a film theory! aaaaand cut.

[@rocketeersteele546]

Derpty derp, volunteer de derp

[@allenjohnson8988]

Matpat as Effie Trinket is terrifying

[@Measuresderepo]

I disagree, he’s slaying.

[@froggy2311]

Here’s how to survive the hunger games:
*be the cameraman*

[@froggy2311]

TTVwiggly Nuts i didn’t mean for it to be but a lot of people had similar ideas so whoops

[@rivo3]

I don’t want to be rude but they install cameras in the arena

[@froggy2311]

Rivo Rox r/whooosh

[@froggy2311]

Kermit ur sexy

[@wisvai279]

Ha. Technically there isn’t a cameraman but it’s still funny

[@aghitsaplane4262]

Jeez guys,everyone knows you have 15 seconds of invincibility so just grab the diamond sword in the center and get to work

[@SMFizzy]

agh it's a plane have they added invincibility to mc hungergames now?

[@lindsey7544]

LMFAOOO

[@adeleaslan8182]

agh it's a plane Minecraft reference

[@michelleng472]

Get the potion of instant health and strength too

[@prosoccer3453]

*KEYBOARD AND MOUSE*

[@kayleecaca]

I knew Katnis would always win, because she's the main character yet I still read the books nonstop and acted surprised

[@ARedVelvetBunnie]

Katniss is like a cat and literally has 7 lives, there’s so many times where I wonder to myself how is this girl not dead, sometimes I even forget she’s a teenager lol

[@kayleecaca]

@@ARedVelvetBunnie exactly!

[@juancarlosdiaz9870]

Kaylee Keen yea just like divergent huh

[@leia7691]

Kaylee Keen lol same

[@bananalana264]

Dude same

[@t.b.cont.]

Knives are cool and all but I’d rather tie it to the end of a stick. Spears and polearms have been hunting tools and battlefield weapons since before the Bronze Age, and they’re also relatively easy to learn compared to other weapons.
If you have a time crunch and have to become proficient in a weapon in a very little amount of time, my bet is spear. they also have a range advantage too so everyone with their tiny little knives aren’t gonna be able to reach you before you reach them

[@kertchu]

It’s easy: just be the protagonist

[@Sunstar-yf7sv]

Or make sure everyone thinks you're in love with the protagonist so that they change the laws

[@BananaWasTaken]

Put on a nice suit of plot armour

[@GoldenTNT]

Bang the producer

[@smit_ty6771]

Plot armor makes you invincible

[@NamingIsHard828]

Its gooooood to bee 400th like

[@papajawn]

I've played my fare share of Minecraft Hunger Games. I think I know what I'm doing.

[@hunterog2262]

Yes I agree

[@itsjustalychannel]

mood

[@lucidmoth1023]

Yes, and all the points in this video make perfect sense in a Minecraft situation XD. DO NOT FIGHT THE PEOPLE AT SPAWN WITH VIP ARMOUR. Unless your like me.

[@roaring20spennies]

Fortnite helps too, I wanna get that epic Victory Royale

[@annie-wo1jq]

Oml same lol

[@sophiekendel2613]

So basically
Get fat
Be a master on sharp metal
And know plants
Seems legit

[@robinsonbright2671]

Guess so

[@fyra_cat2119]

Be sure to be a coward

[@timidtrillium]

See I would die because I have a really fast metabolisim so I would die from starvation :(

[@scrablse2613]

XDD

[@thatbitchfromengland9066]

It’s already me accept the master at sharp metal and knowing plants

[@dp1698]

surviving the hunger games is easy, just sneak a phone in there and start recording. NOTHING KILLS THE CAMERAMAN

[@annieludke4027]

The things they don't teach in school

[@Tony333Aye]

Squiddy the Krackin because “those” things are USELESS

[@Adrian0401]

Squiddy the Krackin omg that would be awesome

[@lylane5565]

Mustache Kiwi birb so is making a plain doesn't even erupt paper mache volcanoes in history. But we did it anyway.

[@lordvladdican2728]

ua-cam.com/video/BStXWwIVs7Q/v-deo.html

[@jessicav931]

Except in certain districts (1and 2 i think?)

[@tortellinitime8533]

How to increase odds in hunger games: step 1: have your memoir from your family be a unassuming necklace or bracelet (at least 23 beads) and each bead is heavy enough to trigger a pressure plate. Step 2: when waiting at your platform throw them at the other tributes pressure plates (opting for the biggest threats) 3:Enjoy the increased odds 4: follow the rest of the advice in this vid, but when you get sponsors keep the food, mix in poison and drop them above people (at night from a tree) so they eat/consume it. Bing bang boom you have good odds
(I wrote this before I read Ballad of Songbirds and snakes)

[@missimperfectlyfine7]

OK YOU ARE SO SMART

[@jeevanbrar4900]

@@kirsty7950 do a smol under hand throw or ask a sponsor to send packages of rocks down to select adversaries skedaddly doo better odds

[@jeevanbrar4900]

@@kirsty7950 you can have close friends or family do it. I mean seriously, why would a panem pebble cost thousands?

[@JoAnna-le2wr]

Ok, this is actually kinda smart.

[@jeevanbrar4900]

@@JoAnna-le2wr not sure if you meant me but thank you and yes everyone here is using a high level of critical thinking. I applaud that.

[@LarlemMagic]

A way to always survive:
Be the protagonist.

[@TerrarLP]

+LarlemMagic Ned Stark says otherwise

[@alexanderhand138]

So true minsc.

[@Usagi33353]

we're all propagandists of our own stories

[@macomputersuck]

Who needs futuristic armor from the capital when you have plot armor.

[@darthalpha1525]

+LarlemMagic My brother and I call it the 'A-team Syndrome'. It applies to any main group of characters in a movie :P

[@slombardiGD]

I love how you dissed peta’s fingerpainting at the start of the episode and then recommended practicing camouflage in the gym lol😅. And you can’t really just happen upon a dead body because the capitol removes them with hovercrafts almost immediately after they die.

[@JustinPageSlayer]

I’m asthmatic, I would try to run from the cornucopia and die from an asthma attack before I could take 5 steps

[@yqq9808]

Justin PageSlayer lol same even me as a scaredy-cat would panic attack at the tube and faint right away lol

[@adeleaslan8182]

I’d probably trip

[@bompscout1999]

I’ll run away like a coward lol

[@flix23]

I wish

[@kierdotk]

They probably wouldn't be THAT unkind. After all, they want to watch people fighting to the death, so they wouldnt pick you. (Lucky)

[@Havelanca]

Fun story! Because of this single video, I have had virtually no body insecurities whatsoever in four years. As a little grade seven who loved the Hunger Games, first watching this video was great. Clearly, the advice of putting on weight to survive stuck in my mind, because about a week later, I was getting dressed and looked in the mirror. I looked a bit fatter than usual, but instead of some degrading and self deprecating comment, my first thought - and I quote - was “eh, you’d survive the hunger games”. And that has stuck with me for four years now, meaning I haven’t been ashamed of my body for the entire of high school. So thanks Matt!

[@AmaraEmme]

You should watch Biko’s scenes from the tv series Alone- he does well in the show because he’s one of the heavier contestants. Plus he’s hilarious

[@wingedkatgirl]

Congrats!!!

[@jestinbinu8631]

not good

[@JustThatOneRandomGuy]

Congrats on the positivity! So long as u r keeping urself healthy, it doesn’t matter what u look like! Keep it up.

[@QuincyChen]

Yesssss

[@chqncxllor1636]

any last piece of advice?
*Stay Alive*
*-Haymitch*

[@zoeisamess895]

Hamilton?

[@RS-je4tl]

Kill everyone duh

[@camhenry8715]

@@zoeisamess895 well, no. But Hamilton is good.

[@ferdousikhanam5043]

Honestly my favourite part

[@leia7691]

Anonymous deep 🤧

[@theeartsee6622]

I swore i wouldn’t watch a film/game/food/style theory video until my emotions settled down, and i didn’t wana cry to the realisation that matpat is leaving us, BUT IM TOO OBSESSED WITH THE HUNGER GAMES TO NOT SEE THIS

[@juno2871]

How to survive?
*”Stay Alive”*
Gee thanks Haymitch

[@primveal3003]

FBI OPEN UP!!

[@aurora9426]

Cavetown

[@bronwynpidgeon8481]

It is the best way of surviving

[@iesalyn6306]

"Where's my son!?
" Mr Hamilton come in-"
I'm sorry..

[@atotallyrandomperson3889]

Tea Spill c a v e t o w n

[@bono5486]

I would just be that one guy in trees Dropping Rocks On peoples heads

[@jake-907]

Takoes u made my day 😂

[@HelterwithoutSkelter]

I would be that one guy that does nothing bit survives cuz main character pros

[@thorevans6404]

Takoes I'd be dropping knives and swords on people

[@imadoglmao1073]

I literally almost DIED laughing at that XD

[@TSande130]

And I'd be the person who finds the nearest house, sets Lego bricks everywhere, finds a closet, and hides.

[@davidgeorge1943]

Why do I get the feeling that SOMETHING from these videos will actually be helpful at some point in my life?

[@fatmathair3363]

David George true very true

[@CommanderWaddles]

Analytical skills & a healthy love of conspiracy theories are pretty good

[@blue-bg5dg]

David George Donald Trump. That's why.

[@monstarxl77]

A Very Lost Pikachu. Better than Hillary

[@plzsubtomynewchannel1110]

David George
It probably will. Like in dogeball or something

[@dragonfang9462]

Instead of flat-out running from the cornucopia, I would run away and then hide in the bushes or other natural camouflage , wait till things calm down and everyone's gone, and loot the remains, chances are the dead tributes have something on them and the cornucopia still has some supplies left.

[@DavidRCSA]

That is genius

[@amyliu8036]

@@DavidRCSA The only risk would be those who got a ranged weapon and were thinking of the same thing

[@Haynocam]

Everyone at a movie theater: “this is a good movie”
Matpat: “I could make a theory about this”

[@joebrown1198]

As bill wurts would say
You could make a religion out of this

[@unoriginal1562]

MatPat: *Talks about using knives*
Me: “But... but... staby staby with a trident...”

[@lazydonkey3617]

Worked for someone

[@sebastiancalvey1226]

GO AQUAMAN(or The Mariner)On They Shit and get Creative.

[@kloeupton271]

Stabby stabby stabby with a jousting stick that's actually sharp

[@allisond.46]

My sister claims the endpin of a cello is also quite sharp. Not sure how you’d get that in the arena, though.

[@cherylseybert5669]

@@allisond.46 it is!

[@Cheeseanonioncrisps]

One thing that wasn't mentioned here is the publicity side of the games.
At least one victor (Finnick) won due to sheer good looks- and Katniss only won because of her love story which meant people sponsored her. You need to be either strong enough for people to think it a good investment or likeable enough for people to want you to win.
There are several times throughout the games during which tributes almost die but are then rescued by a well-timed parachute.
Also for the training- you need to learn how to swim. True, there's no pool at the gym- but just getting someone to teach you the basic movements will give you a higher chance of survival. The 75th Hunger Games were started in the middle of a lake and at least one tribute (Annie) won because the arena flooded and they were the only one who could swim. Water can also be a good hiding place- so just practising holding your breath could make all the difference.

[@Cheeseanonioncrisps]

Most tributes carry with them some very specific skills that they learned from their district. So Rue knows how to treat Tracker Jacker bites because she comes from district eleven where there are a lot of Tracker Jacker nests- but Katniss knows how to hunt and trap things because she comes from district twelve where the rules are more lax.
So ideally you should team up with someone from a district that is totally different to yours. So say, if you're from an industrial district like district three you should form an alliance with someone from a more rural district such as district eleven. They will have skills with plants and wilderness survival that you will not posess- but you will have a wider knowledge of the technological side of the games.
Even districts like district eight (the textiles district) will have experience with force-fields and weaponry that a person from district ten (the livestock district) who will have a wider knowledge of plants- even if that isn't their job.

[@Dragsflame]

+Cheeseanonioncrisps There's also Johanna Mason, who won because she underplayed her strength and when all of the other tributes underestimated and forgot her she got an axe and slashed them all to death. She's also the only tribute whose winning got described as 'murder' due to the nature of her surprise attack.

[@cartoonanimemaster57]

+Cheeseanonioncrisps Well.. It does say Pt.1 Maybe pt.2 will focus more on getting sponsored and shit.

[@itsJust_Jac]

+ZazKaiserKing you'd be correct sir

[@Omegeddon]

+Cheeseanonioncrisps Sponsors only make a difference when you're in trouble tho. My strategy would be to run and as soon as i get clear drop me a good knife and maybe a canteen. It'll be really cheap at the beginning and i can take it from there

[@isaacmahoney5947]

So age doesn’t affect your chances but finick was the youngest ever winner at 14 despite reapings starting at 12?

[@harlz3787]

From survival skills, tonnes of sponsors and killing- not being 14

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

He wasn’t the youngest, he was ONE of the youngest.

[@emmalol1756]

i think he’s the youngest alive tribute (at the time at least, rip finnick)

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

@Ks in the book it says one of the youngest

[@Doomzdeh]

Age does matter. A 12 or 13 year old isn’t going to have the strength or the size to compete with full-grown teenagers, generally. And they will have significantly less training with weapons or with general knowledge of plants or survival. Not to mention the fact that such young tributes are going to find it almost impossible to get any sponsors or allies in the arena because they have such a small chance of winning. Most other tributes and sponsors will consider them to be death fodder before they even have the chance to step foot in the arena.
That’s not even mentioning the theoretical young districts from places like District 11 or 12, both places where prospective tributes aren’t really taught to hunt or fight and usually don’t even know much about vegetation either. They’re basically dead on-arrival unless they can hide the entire time, get lucky and use something like poison or traps to stay alive, and avoid being killed by hazards from the Capitol.
Even at that, you’d still have to fight the last tribute to the death, who would likely be much bigger than you and much more experienced with weapons. Your chances of winning are still abysmal, because they’ll be even more on their guard and you’re their only target left.

[@xxsapphirexx_1224]

I would love if there were like 73 other novels (not as long of course) either in the winners point of view or 3rd person about each hunger games. I just think it’d be kinda cool.

[@goodnight-moon564]

Or maybe a collection of short stories about the other 72 hunger games (A ballad of songbirds and snakes covers the 10th). That would be cool.

[@xxsapphirexx_1224]

Goodnight- Moon yes!!

[@Sunstar-yf7sv]

I'd love to see one about the first games, before they had everything figured out

[@greenergrass4060]

Yeah it would be really cool to read about a Hunger Games that went out regularly. No dual victors, or rebel Sabotages mid-game.
Then we'd get to see the guilt and trauma of a lone victor, except theyre all by themself .
Like imagine the story possibilities!

[@kaitlinlarmore9404]

Christian Blanco wrote 1-75 and with narration. Obviously not cannon but there still amazing. I’d check them out

[@Seekoiah]

Thing is about carb loading is once you eat a lot in Capitol is you become a lot more hungry in the arena. Katniss mentions that since she grew up with a lot less food she knows how to be hungry for longer and look...
She won so uhhh

[@helenwhs]

Hunger is purely psychological. You can have weeks worth of fat and survive on that even when feeling hungry. Since Katniss can apparently deal with hunger, she should double down on the carbs before.

[@bellac6311]

@@helenwhs She did. She ate alot in the Capitol, and states that that helped her. However she also found food for herself easily, so i dont think it would have changed aything. Water was what she struggled with.

[@axolotl7084]

She won for the fucking plot

[@ashketchum8509]

I've watched part one and two five times already because it's getting closer to 2021 and I want to be ready for any scenario.

[@Phoenix-yo2gn]

Not gonna lie tho The Hunger Games would be quite a good show if you think about it in the sense of how many views it would get and how much money it would make.
For example people are gonna watch if 2 people from where they live are put into the games because they’ll want to route for them and if the world is in districts you would want them to win even more.
Secondly, if there was a place like the Capital then they would want to bet because for some reason people just really like to bet.
So yeah it may be horrible but I feel like it would get a lot of views and make lots of money it’s like one of those things that you don’t wanna watch but wouldn’t be able to not watch cuz you wanna see whose gonna win.

[@justyourlocalbernana1823]

@Phoenix
100 people with 2 from each state BATTLE IT OUT TO THE DEATH! Who will win? Who will survive? Find out next time on Starvation Competition!

[@ChaaosEnthusiast]

Hello I’m from the future and yes it was like this

[@piko3058]

*May the odds be with you*

[@introvortex1649]

@Chaaos I am from further in the future and this is true

[@catfly05U]

who else here watching old matpat vids cuz he is retiring :(

[@zeno4425]

me

[@sophiemactrac]

Me

[@TheoryWitch]

Me

[@doubleeyeemoji]

“Caution-Do Not Poke The Careers”
“Are Tracker Jackers edible?”
My favorite quotes

[@robinsonbright2671]

Me too

[@bladesofderp4649]

Yep

[@mattok101digitaltamer9]

They ain't unless you can SOMEHOW extract it from a dead Tracker Jacker

[@declaniii6324]

Someone Someone when is the tracker jacket thing?

[@Olllie2490]

“Don’t poke the careers”
Me: Well the tracker Jackers did...

[@salem1353]

Isn’t it ironic, Foxface, the girl who spent so much time studying plants and in the deleted scenes bragged about how smart she was, died to some berries.

[@cumberbatchvines9604]

people assume that she commited suicide and i think that makes a lot of sense!

[@salem1353]

cumberbatchvines and in the books it says that Foxface had no reason to question the safety the berries, since Peeta was preparing to eat them.

[@cumberbatchvines9604]

@@salem1353 Mhm okay, I am on the first book, so I haven't read that part yet, thanks for letting me know!

[@salem1353]

cumberbatchvines sorry

[@cumberbatchvines9604]

@@salem1353 No need to apologise 🙈

[@saka8531]

How to survive the hunger games:
Eat The whole McDonald’s food chain
Become an herbalist
And last but not least be afraid and run away

[@georgy2596]

Monty Python *activate*

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[@user-gp6zr8bx2m]

@@insertusernamehere8324 Thats a long comment

[@insertusernamehere8324]

@@user-gp6zr8bx2m
I know 😏

[@user-gp6zr8bx2m]

@@insertusernamehere8324 Ye

[@the_demon149]

3:18 Finnick won when he was 14 and was the youngest tribute to win. I think it’s safe to say that no 12 year old has won before.
Edit: Thanks, I changed it.

[@wijiastutik667]

Not 'one of the youngest'.
But in fact the youngest victor, and he majorly won because not only he's a good fighter, but he also very good looking that he able to get so many sponsors to support him, he even manage to get a trident as a sponsor and it was mention as one of the most expensive item to ever sent into the arena.
So yeah not only there's no 12 yo tribute to ever win the game, but also the youngest victor which is 14 yo mainly won it because of sponsorships.

[@allywainwright978]

Rignt. The math ain’t mathing.

[@akosuakyekyere1481]

Nah finnick was the youngest. At least the youngest recorded since the 1st-10th hunger games were erased from the records

[@EleanorGrey13]

How to survive the Hunger Games:
*Be Katniss Everdeen*

[@LifeofRylan]

Ellie Nori & Lil okay
*tries and dies*
Huh should have worked BLEH

[@georgy2596]

The tip that is “stay alive” actually works. If you follow the advice, you will stay alive

[@ClarissaMcLaughlin]

The winners weren’t equally spread across the districts though. Haymitch was the only previous winner from their district able to train Katniss and Peta

[@hi.im.ana123]

Wrong Peeta

[@dactylische_hexameter]

there also was another trough history but he wasnt that good and hes dead

[@devra712]

Haymitch was taught by the previous Victor(gonna say he's Brian cause otherwise I'm gonna get confused)
Who taught Brian?
Capitol soldiers? Maybe nobody taught Brian.

[@hallofadventures2320]

@@devra712 i think it was mentioned somewhere (i forgot where so i could be wrong) that it was capitol people who did the original mentoring before there were any victors!

[@trashandthepartygirl]

Ever heard of the balled of songbirds and snakes dummy
Lucy gray

[@guestb6319]

"Lets say you want to survive"
In the HYPOTHETICAL situation that you WANTED to survive...
Matpat, you have a way with words

[@slugworth3773]

😂

[@michaeldmingo1525]

It's a good way to commit suicide ( if you are depressed or something ).

[@ronaldogente5916]

The way you survive the hunger games is to be the main character

[@Blubgamer]

this comment deserves more likes.

[@guestb6319]

@@Blubgamer thanks man 🤣 I didn't even know it had ad many as it did until you replied

[@rokit0402]

You can almost never lose with this strategy: a little while before the game starts you are on platforms that if you step off too early you go boom boom so you can wear alot of excess clothes to take off ball up and throw at them, making the quickest hunger games ever and say "thats all folks"

[@weirdoodee1216]

Well there is a few things you need to first get a good personality think of it as a reality show you need to make yourself a fan favorite

[@themanwhowouldbebrick]

You can’t choose your clothes they give them to you

[@Doomzdeh]

That’ll stall you from getting off your platform though. And everyone who does jump off will immediately be gunning for you for playing such a dirty trick. You won’t be able to get away unless you’re faster than all of them.
Also, you wouldn’t have enough clothes to do this to all of your rival tributes.

[@nopenotmae]

"Odds have to do with math."
Well guess I'll die first...

[@rayx8957]

A-Mae-Zing nah me first

[@funajgamer6311]

A-Mae-Zing trust me I’ll die first I can’t even do long division

[@inactive2286]

1+1=3!
Wait.
...
OH SHIT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO-

[@cryptictaco5834]

ducksauce your so dumb you don’t exist

[@s.o.m.n.i.a]

I can't math °^° or ingrish

[@rustyshackleford4933]

Here's me survival guide for the Hunger Games: 1. Avoid being born in the Panem world
2. Stay home and play more Fallout 4.

[@ninjanovaguy8289]

best plan 8/8

[@someguyonyoutube4285]

Sounds like a plan

[@bumblebutt8759]

+Rusty Shackleford good plan

[@099roar]

FAAALLLLLLLOOOOUUUUT!!! Wooooooo

[@jdlogan48]

Full proof

[@chocoshroom2926]

How to survive: dig a 1 by 3 hole and cover the top. Now stay there till everyone kills each other. You also need to collect food and water, but whatever

[@eatea5415]

ah yes, die in a pit shall we

[@jakegalvin6946]

You play Minecraft, I like ya cut g

[@cbf2006axn]

Oxygen?

[@luisabannard8724]

the game people send stuff to move you if you're camping somewhere, remember with Katniss and the fire

[@iamthenameofthedance3898]

Don’t forget to sneak so they don’t see your name tag 🤓

[@Tomato_soup_chef]

how to win the hunger games:
*don’t die*

[@hascots]

Step one: Bring Cinna back and make him your stylist

[@joebrown1198]

R.i.p cinna

[@Sunstar-yf7sv]

I legit cried when he was attacked before the quarter quell tho. R.I.P Cinna

[@unoriginal7076]

@@Sunstar-yf7sv R.I.P

[@unoriginal7076]

@@joebrown1198 R.I.P

[@claire-wk9ss]

rip

[@sydneynixon1044]

i feel like you can’t say age/district doesn’t matter because you’re not looking at the percentage of winners from each district you’re just looking at the fact that someone from each district has won in the past. and the ages are more variant based on what year they won because these games have been going on for 75 years you have to look at how old everyone was when they won not how old they are now.
thank you for coming to my ted talk on a video 4 years old

[@foxxybreyerkatnisshorsepro1336]

Agreed! For example careers may have access to this kind of knowledge (like statistics and strategies) however outliers may not know as much because they dont have the academies and what not

[@janewman77]

True

[@Framlii]

@@foxxybreyerkatnisshorsepro1336 its not very hard to write ( male, 16 yo). You dont need academics for that. Poor district dont do it because they already assume they will die.

[@meganwall4405]

Yeah like finnick was the youngest winner at age 14

[@nosyposy7448]

Although i couldn’t find much evidence on age i tallied the number of 30 known victors from various districts (cause i don’t have much better to do) and here are my numbers
1: 3
2: 8
3: 2
4: 6
5: 3
6: 4
7: 2
8: 2
9: 2
10: 2
11: 2
12: 3
From this we can see that districts 2, 4 and 6 have an advantage, which makes sense as district 2 is the district of masonry/weaponry (self explanatory as to why it has a huge lead) and is also the richest district
district 4 is of fishing which is relatively useful when in natural biomes hence why they have a a fair amount of wins as well - not to mention that most fishers generally have good natural survival skills
district 6 being the district of transportation makes bare sense to me especially since they don’t use weapons or tools often. But they are known to be one of the most rebellion districts which may result in some underlying aggression of tributes which can play factors.
Many of the poorer/less relevant/combat savvy districts are in the 2-3 range with the exception of district 1, despite it being a career district i would assume because it’s the closest thing to the capitol people r probs lazy i dunno.
So if you were to live in panem, pray you’re born in either district 2, 4 or 6 cause then the odds will probably be in your favour

[@fizzyflair4155]

...why do I find myself actually taking this advice seriously?

[@owynpeschke5964]

Fizzy Flair because you know this will happen one day

[@Theundeadpokemon]

Fizzy Flair dxdc

[@jada5849]

Why do I actually wanna try this even if I feel I'm going to die

[@jesus4214]

Because school is like hunger games

[@nyawilson7393]

Don't worry, I'm obsessed with the first two books in the franchise

[@comicfan1324]

Honestly to me the biggest challenge of the hunger games is the psychological aspects. Sure you might be incredibly athletic, strategic, or even just plain lucky, but when it comes down to it chances are you’re gonna have to get your hands dirty at least once during these competitions, and didn’t complete honesty I don’t know if I’d be able to do that.

[@sofiapicasso1915]

to be fair with Foxface, the movie made a point of showing how good she was with recognising plants so she probably ate the poison berries on purpose

[@animasity8519]

+Sofía Picasso woah I just realized that omg

[@agirlhasn0name]

+Sofía Picasso Yeah, I tend to think that once she realized she had no chance against Katniss & Peeta, she offed herself in the quickest & least painful way...

[@jeighcalpito4335]

+Anna Litticle Not really... it was most likely to show Peeta that they were poisonous.

[@agirlhasn0name]

+The Strong Ivysaur That Is Smart Kill herself just to do that? =\

[@BeedlePencil]

+Sofía Picasso Or could it simply be bad writing?

[@ghostlylinks3422]

This will probably never happen but just in case ill memorize it.

[@melodywind750]

ShinyEevee, you never know!

[@skyhanna7894]

MOM: GET OF UR PHONE AND COME EAT DINNER!
ME: But matpat is teaching me how to LIVE!

[@fivesix3868]

XD

[@TheElf_Online]

BUT MOOM! What if I have to fight in an arena? I need to not die!

[@johnwuest4324]

I just answer a text and my dad tells me I’m a bum

[@ayandak47]

what was for dinner?

[@anorasolo]

Sky Hanna lmao

[@caz.vs.u.]

It's a little insane to think that 6 years ago I watched this video with my sister" the first one of any of your videos we had watched. and now we're both addicted to all of your channels, and your videos have made a massive impact on my life; they made me remember why I loved science and helped me discoverer many passions of mine. time really flies and I feel kind of old now.

[@basicallyyes1796]

Mat: Genders don’t affect
Also Mat: you burn off more calories depending of your gender

[@Kate-es9of]

That's just science though.

[@whyme6181]

MAT IS A HYPOCRITE!!!!!!!!!!😝

[@SillyTheHomo]

Wait I forgot about that

[@minjink9457]

hmmmm....

[@zinkheroofyoutube8004]

@@whyme6181 No, its science

[@MagicalCipher]

The percent of you’re survival will go down by 80% if your period starts during the hunger games

[@assholestudios3026]

Magical Cipher oof

[@wdbarbie]

Magical Cipher i doubt they all get it as to get your period you need to be healthy, as to maintain a child. seeing as the people in the tributes are underfed i don’t think they’d face that issue

[@azelmamortlake4471]

Feel like I read/watched something about how whatever the Capitol implants in the tributes would prevent men growing facial hair and women having periods for the course of that Games.

[@MagicalCipher]

Lily Mortlake
I don’t know how that would work but atleast that’s better for the tributes

[@lunachiaraa]

Magical Cipher OMG I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THRN

[@insertnamehere9991]

How to survive!
Hunger games: Be main character or just don't be chosen
Walking dead: Be main character or be child of main character or be Daryl
Game of thrones:Be main chara- Yeah no....you can't survive game of thrones.....

[@zandrus9191]

Try me, get me to Westeros.

[@Nobody-uj8oo]

how to die in any movie be korean or named glenn

[@0Quiwi0]

Plot armor for the win!
Unless you are in GoT...

[@Sean-uy3rf]

you little racist-ass

[@alterdragon8167]

carter wolf yeah totally cough supernatural cough Jo Charlie Crowley and many more cough

[@Gold3nDreams]

The hunger games is my fave book and movie series and I know ALL of the lore. So not a whole lot of this was a surprise, but still it’s outstanding you got so much info into one video!

[@canslp01]

*How to win: Take a necklace with beads. While the countdown is going, break it. Chuck beads at your opponents mines. A winRAR is you.*

[@Loldino897]

+Can SLP (CANSLP) PERFECT

[@emilyallen5035]

+Can SLP (CANSLP) that could work, but the capital will defiantly take you out of the games, or try to kill you in the arena.

[@zaneseahorn6877]

That would work, but you would looked at the same way Katniss is. The difference? You can't hit every tribute, so they'll still be a few left if nothing else. You'll be expendable by the capital.

[@opchild]

+Can SLP (CANSLP) You can'tbring anything with you, so unless you have someone who's upset with the capitol (Cinna) you won't be doing that.

[@opchild]

So if you throw them your weight changes and you blow up, btw I did read the books. Sorry I don't remember every minute detail.

[@evanderpierznik]

I see where ur going with "Age doesn't matter" but a 12 year old does not have the same odds of killing an 18 year old

[@toni4157]

That’s what I was going to say. Literally the youngest known winner was 14 and they were probably on of those who hid and were smart about the game, which most kids still aren’t mature enough to know how to handle the games.

[@slugworth3773]

@@toni4157 Finnick was the youngest winner, and he was a kind of career, being from District 4 and all. He didn't hide the whole time.

[@razzledazzle9723]

@@toni4157 yeah, and finnick won in a super lucky scenario- he got sponsors bc he was...well, finnick. His sponsors made sure he was never hungry/thirsty AND they got him the trident that won him his games. Not all 14 yr olds r charming/pretty enough for that to happen to them.

[@toni4157]

rayn yes exactly! Otherwise he may not have won if not for his sponsors, yes of course he is strong but we see him when he is older and a lot better than he probably was when he was in the games

[@kaisetic3150]

@@slugworth3773 He didn't really hide but he also didn't face people head on. He made nets with rope and and the speared them with a trident.

[@fallenmaple9023]

“May the math be ever in you favour”
XD

[@heartlyjenkins2187]

MatPat: I mean honestly, what are you going to do with a Trident?
Odysseus: *Laughs*

[@o_p0tterhead]

The second point is wrong. It does matter where you're from.
• The better your support team (stylist, mentor etc.), the better your chances of actually having decent sponsors.
• The better you look, the higher the chance of attracting those sponsors.
• The richer your district, the higher chance your gifts will be valuable.
• The richer your district, the better you're fed and the healthier you are.
etc.
Yes, Mags was old in the 75th Hunger Games, thus she was an old victor and tribute. But that was only because of the quarter quell and guess what? When she actually won, she was a teenager like everyone else.

[@rayjohnson9742]

Also a district with a larger population means statistically less chance of being picked.just remember DONT VOLUNTEER.lol

[@bobjoe109]

Yeah, literally everyone who won the Hunger games ever was between 12 and 18 years old.

[@barryallen9466]

@@bobjoe109 is that not the only age range allowed to be reaped from? That was my understanding throughout the entirety of the novels. It's not exactly fair to have a 70 year old man going up against a healthy 23 year old.... I thought it was a pool of individuals aged 12-18 (or 19 cant exactly remember) that were subject to being chosen.

[@b-rabbit3654]

Well, it’s not that you *have to be rich* the ones from District 11 were able to survive for long thanks to their knwledge of plants

[@abdilibrahim993]

@@barryallen9466 That was the Quarter Quell, they took all the old victors and made them against themselves.

[@bl0ck688]

basically, get fat and don't exercise before the games, run AWAY from the Killy stabby things and be a coward. Hunger games version of bush camping. This tactic has my approval.

[@lunayen]

You should exercise, but don't do weight training.

[@angelkamarkovska9535]

Love your username xD

[@justs553]

exactly my strategy in pubg

[@zenomplayzgd8869]

7u7

[@James-le8gd]

basically fortnite

[@kaminaridenki._.]

Hamilton already said the secret to win this "Outrun. Outlast."

[@DaRealMuffinMan6]

I love how he makes it sound so easy to master throwing knives in 3 days

[@DaoistReader]

Its not easy but its the easiest option you have. There are also weapons experts in the gym to teach you and you have more than 3 days to practice outside the gym.

[@mathiaswilhelm1902]

Given the nature and risk of being picked for the games i would assume it would be mandatory to teach everyone combat skills at all times incase people are chosen
Some people might have had months or even years to master throwing knives

[@emirose3395]

If my survival in the Hunger Games was purely based off of my weight/fat, I would outlast every other child there.

[@mysticqueen3551]

Probably same, fam. Probably same.

[@chrisbohn201]

Emi Rose I feel you me too

[@isabellaadamsbakingvlogs4833]

Not me I'm 11 and weigh 50 lbs

[@miki-u7c]

Luna Lovegood Harry Potter?
Referaence

[@Ashingz]

Emi Rose my secret weapon is , an extra large bag of non healthy chips , a large poutine from Costco ( a poutine is from Canada and is made from fries gravy and cheese) and maybe a couple sticks of butter. I know butter doesn’t really taste that good but hey.... ALOT OF CALORIES (Maybe bring some breads and oh ya maybe some vitamins for not dying of scurvy or something)

[@sxunken6801]

Never did I think my incredibly low Metabolism would come to use.

[@wanjikuwangondu7032]

gl with the Games my friend 😌

[@joshuaespinoza2117]

@Sivan A same lol

[@Julia-ln5og]

I'd be dead, high metabolism

[@rainbowangel5264]

I don't get hungry that often so I'm good.
Context: One time, I didn't eat breakfast, and made it through the first half of a day. All I had that day was some oatmeal cookies (they're good! Why do people hate them?) And rice for dinner. And I was full. The whole time.

[@joshuaespinoza2117]

@@rainbowangel5264 I could never I am always hungry

[@JoshBeck-z5m]

Matpat “The math doesn’t lie”
The hunger games “districts 1 2 and 4 have the most victors”

[@CharlieJackDaw]

Foxface knew everything about bugs and plants, so there is no way she would have mistaken nightshade for anything else. She totally knew what she was doing when she ate those berries.

[@asphojdenkarlstad396]

Nynke Kersten maybe she was so scared of being hunted by the careerists she ate them

[@duolingobird5081]

@@asphojdenkarlstad396 I’d do the same too

[@harlz3787]

@@asphojdenkarlstad396 there was only one Career left

[@kspoo10_]

Sorry, but this... doesn't make sense. There were only 4 other tributes still in the area, she had a pretty good chance of winning especially considering the feud between Cato and Katniss & Peeta. Also, in the books it is explicitly stated that she ate the berries because she saw Peeta picking them and (probably because he was allied with Katniss) she guessed that the berries were safe to eat.

[@luxterna1106]

@@kspoo10_ yes, but if she knew what she was doing, I think she tought that peeta and katniss were gonna eat those berries, leaving only the traps of the impatient capitol, cato, and her. so death.

[@Cuddybear]

Say every person entering the hunger games watched this video.
Training: Everyone at ropes, climbing and came painting.
When the Games begin: Everyone runs the opposite of the Cornucopia.
Dat be funny.

[@katarinacarrico7887]

I was thinking the same thing. Then everyone would probably stop and stand where they were, realizing that no one was going over there.

[@justjoking5252]

Everyone! We don't need to fight!

[@celestewoodworth5627]

Unless your me. I generally wait a few seconds, taking that time to make my decision. If I can tell no one is gonna go for the Cornucopia, I'm going to rush in, grab what I need and only that, then gtfo.

[@travisblue9354]

3187: " before the hunger-g start wach this video"

[@forestcat8079]

Knifes, knifes everywhere

[@timorousspecter738]

what if I'm naturally weak and can't aim?

[@vigorouspringle8962]

Well... you're fucked

[@brunobaia7898]

Hide

[@RandomPerson-te1hp]

TimorousSpecter Run

[@Error-su1yo]

Scream and violently wave your weapon around in hopes that you would stab someone

[@limcl]

Use a bomb and run towards your enemies and theyre screwed

[@rcovers8542]

Always been one of my favourite Film Theories. Been on a binge ever since the final theory released, and I'm reliving my life all over again

[@dante9478]

Man. Prim would really have a blast if she watched this.
oops.

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

+MiniMovies Pop Too soon, man.

[@TryinaD]

How dare you.

[@wikiprion]

well my heart juST SHRIVELLED UP REMEMBERING PRIM'S FATE THANKS OBAMA

[@dante9478]

+FateCat Indeed. She was pretty bombiful.

[@Relish-rm2kn]

+kilo xxX_420_ren_xxX wELL THEN THERE GOES MY EMOTIONS

[@StachMan]

MATPAT AHEAD OF HIS TIME.... 4:41 "All my friends are dead"

[@caeisonfire]

StachMan
Lol I read this as my video time reached this exact time! AHAHAHA!

[@lousworld6212]

StachMan
Me in before watching this video: "All my friends are dead INSIDE"

[@chocoshroom2926]

In minecraft, my favorite weapon is a trident... remember, they can be used for distance and melee combat. Just put loyalty on it.

[@lucyvlogandart5166]

Ha,I named a trident in Minecraft finnics Abbs

[@uglyuno2642]

I named mine: *Marshmallow roaster*

[@MorbidFayde]

Coming back to this years later, and in these 2 episodes, MatPat misses something extremely important. The story that you want to build around yourself is EXTREMELY different depending on where you're from. The poorer districts' tributes would BENEFIT from volunteering as it's unheard of before the 74th games and it makes everyone sympathise with Katniss, whereas in the richer districts it's EXPECTED for people to do so, so if you're form a career district, you just wanna go out there to make sure everyone knows your strength from the get-go, so you either make yourself as intimidating as possible to look most likely to be the betting favourite, or make people send your stuff through self-presentation to tell a narrative, if you're form a lower district

[@blossomingbeelzebub]

I really want a Film Theory about the suitcase from pulp fiction! That would be amazing!

[@rileymiller4730]

YASSSSSS

[@SebideeTW]

+FrodoBaggins1926 The best theory I've heard is that they are the diamonds from reservoir dogs.

[@gori11afingers]

Marcellus's soul is another theory

[@rileymiller4730]

+Sebidee TW i heard it was the boss' soul because he has the bandage on the back of his neck and that is where the devil takes your soul from

[@gori11afingers]

Riley Miller m8 I just said that

[@user-er1gz5ld3r]

*when you actually want the hunger games to exist but realise you could die*
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[@brinsonhuette1605]

Yes

[@hilmalottarantala3314]

It's crazy but I kinda want them to exist... To test if I'm smart enough to survive. But not actually, I don't want them to exist. If you got the point

[@sergejusm9144]

I wish there was like virtual reality where you are in hunger games and when you die you just go back to the real world lmao that would be sick

[@Car.alarm.]

@@sergejusm9144 Ikr? That would be amazing.

[@UnexpectedWonder]

@@sergejusm9144 That sounds like proper Video Game, especially for Arcade Games and Online Gaming.

[@Will-gq6gn]

“Under the stress of fighting off jabberjays and bad CGI dogs”😂😂😂😂

[@amandeepkang5918]

Njhuiiu Yuji uu77 i7 5

[@meatkirbo]

One thing about the Careers: they’re taught how to fight, but survival skills are not part of that. Their training is based on the idea that they won’t Need To Last, that they’ll completely sweep the competition through fighting (and otherwise relying on the cornucopia)

[@nntbm]

Me in the hunger games...
Friend/ Family member: You're going to die! We're going to miss you so much! We love you! *cricricri*
Me: Nah I know math and watched a UA-cam video I'm good. See ya soon!

[@thaliagrace4502]

MinionKat123 That is so true! My addiction to UA-cam finally paid off! XD 😆

[@acrybabyfellowisinmytphat5594]

MinionKat123 Me would be
Family/friends:HOPE YOU SURVIVE IF YOU DIE WE WILL LOVE YOU ALWAYS
Crush:Bet ya gonna die
Me:Guys dont worry i watched a youtube video about this problem and i have a big sweet tooth!!!

[@Deadlyaztec27]

"It's okay guys, I crammed for this Hunger Games with a UA-cam video. You're looking at the soon to be winner."

[@stoneprovo2623]

MinionKat123 SAME 😂😂😂😂😂

[@akihoe]

"I'll be fine...just let me change my hair color to a 'normal' color first so I won't be noticeable!"