what is the persona that you will present to the public? what will you wear? that's right, the skills and assets of the tributes are assessed before the games begin and assigned a point value, giving the audience a sense of who is the favorite. kind of like these early polls that not only give us the lay of the land but in the case of this first debate determine who even makes it on stage. what do you do when the buzzer goes off and you're in the arena? you can hide you can try to blend in and survive and not make any ugly headlines. try to get in one good kill. or you can throw yourself head first into that multicandidate melee and risk losing your own head right away. you can create alliances, however tenuous. team up with the others to attack the strongest and improve all your chances of living to see another debate. then there are the threats. vote for me or you'll get stuck with this guy. you know like catness and peta